Mythopoeika
I am a meat popsicle
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Arnie? Blend in?
I'd written this film off as not worth the effort and expense of a cinema trip because of the negative reviews, but I might rethink that decision now.Saw it tonight, much better than I expected.
Heres a review another member of the SF group wrote:
The one where.....we saw a Terminator film which was.....actually really good, despite all the negative criticism given.
Without giving much away, the film was told from the prospective of the 1984's film version of hero Kyle Reese. Who travels back in time from a machine-dominated dystopia of 2029 to 1984. Initially on a mission to rescue a damsel in distress, finds himself in alternate timeline when confronted by a tough Sarah Connor accompanied by a guardian T-800 played by Arnie.
Overall the film does well with recreating the scenes and scenarios of the first two films with an alternate setting. Then plays into the theoretical concepts of time-travel and creation of multiple timelines to an overall Multiverse. The rest of the film then creates enough action and alternate twists and turns to keep the viewers interested.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1340138/
Some questions about the altered timeline are left unanswered, To be revealed in sequels no doubt.
I wonder if it will reference the series at all... that had a variant on the predestination paradox going on where skynet couldn't be stopped but judgement day could be delayed, there was some flexibility in it.
It was implied that some characters might have come from different versions of the future, it got cancelled before it went full blown multiverse though.
A friend of mine saw it and considered it a waste of time, but he's not really into modern blockbusters. But he does like the first two films a lot, so...
Unusually for me, I really wish they would make a sequel to Buckaroo Banzai.Buckaroo Banzai would warn you against putting a teaser for a sequel that won't happen at the end of your film, Terminator people!
I've never seen Buckaroo Bonzai. Just how good is it?Unusually for me, I really wish they would make a sequel to Buckaroo Banzai.
It's fun. The special FX are what you'd expect from the 80s - i.e. a bit rough.I've never seen Buckaroo Bonzai. Just how good is it?
[Grabs 50 calibre][Falls over]quick! we must go and blow it up!! i will get the TNT, myth you are on the 50 cal!
[Grabs 50 calibre][Falls over]
Too bloody heavy!