Comments on: ‘Terminator Salvation’: The shocking, bummer of an ending you didn’t see!

By: Physics

Physics — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 22:19:36 +0000

A physics major, a father, a husband, a sci-fi lover………… a disappointed fan!
This was a great opportunity, missed, and if we “return to London”, I think I might have to just let go.

By: Darth Davidious

Darth Davidious — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 08:38:16 +0000

According to T3, John Connor dies at some point at the hands of a Terminator and Sarah Connor dies of cancer but we do win the war against the machines. Kyle Reese says so in T1.

By: Manny

Manny — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:05:41 +0000

I think the alternate ending would be cool. However, I speak for myself, I’ve come to love the characters, John Connor and Sarah Connor. It would be a real shame if they didn’t win.

By: Barney L. Cornett

Barney L. Cornett — Sun, 31 May 2009 07:39:49 +0000

We’re no longer in that demographic “filmguy”!

By: Barney L. Cornett

Barney L. Cornett — Sun, 31 May 2009 07:36:57 +0000

Actually, you’re the one that’s wrong “filmguy”, you either missed or hated the movie “Watchmen”! Your rant that Science Fiction films are at an all time low and that there is no originality in any of it any more is very simply Nonsense, you can’t get much more original then “Watchmen”, a script that was optioned by the Studio’s over 20 yrs ago!
I never thought I would live to see the day that it would filmed and I would see the result on the “Silver Screen” and the story not be Butchered in the Writing and Directing Process!
There’s originality all over the place, just look at “Transformers”, that movie could not have been made 25 yrs ago which brings us to “Terminator Salvation”, a franchise that is 25 yrs old!
It says something about the “Terminator Franchise” that it’s popularity is as strong today as it was 25 yrs ago! The same can be said of “Star Trek” whose popularity is as strong today as it was 45 yrs ago!
Remember the demographics, these movies are made for men 18-35!

By: filmguy

filmguy — Sat, 30 May 2009 10:59:09 +0000

I never said that my opinion is fact. I even say in my post that nothing about time travel is fact. All we have are theories. The only thing I was trying to do is just try to put a perspective on the theory that Cameron used for the first Terminator. If in the end you choose to believe something else I respect that.

By: Darth Davidious

Darth Davidious — Sat, 30 May 2009 08:28:07 +0000

I don’t have any confusion about your opinion. I understand what you’re trying to say. With that said, it’s ridiculous for you to state your theory would prove to be true if time travel were possible. For the simple fact: you can’t prove it unless time travel were possible.
Likewise, just because James Cameron allegedly said Kyle Reese was meant to be the father, doesn’t mean we have to agree to that logic.
After all, by your own admission, he and the writers are human and humans are flawed. Everything you or Cameron says about time travel is just opinion or fiction, not fact.
Me? I would agree more with the Back to the Future theories on time travel and a paradox if one were to exist.
We’ll have to agree to disagree: I say Kyle altered history by becoming John’s father and others say he was always meant to be his father. I just happen to believe the “Reese always being John’s daddy” theory has too many plot holes and is too far fetched to believe, even when it’s just fiction.

By: filmguy

filmguy — Fri, 29 May 2009 10:44:42 +0000

Darth Davidious I understand your confusion about the time paradox or the Causality Loop that's used in the series. It's a difficult concept to swallow. Like I said before, if time travel were possible it would in fact prove that time is non linear. Since we perceive time as being linear it's almost impossible for us to understand this. That's why everything we assume about time travel is only theory and not fact. We don't have the ability to understand it. Unless we evolve to a higher state of being we probably never will. The writers of the Terminator series are only human and humans are flawed. So of course there's going to be plot holes. There always are in stories dealing with time travel. You just need to have a suspension of disbelief. I have two links that you really should check out that may help you understand better... http://terminator.wikia.com/wiki/Predestination_paradox and http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0438488/board/thread/138997539?d=138997539&p=1#138997539

By: Darth Davidious

Darth Davidious — Fri, 29 May 2009 09:30:53 +0000

“I really enjoyed the TV series and I hope the movie doesn’t nuke the possibility of the TV series continuing.”
Speaking of endings, I really liked the season (series) finale of the Sarah Connor Chronicles. Now THAT was a good ending!
Too bad the writers for that show didn’t write the script for Salvation.

By: Darth Davidious

Darth Davidious — Fri, 29 May 2009 09:26:37 +0000

“I’m one of the people who’s always wondered what’s so damn special about John Connor, other than everyone telling him how special he is.”
John was always the Christ figure in the Terminator films. We really don’t know why specifically except for what we know about him.
Kyle said in the first film that John taught everyone how to fight. And Kyle also said the Resistance won the war against the machines by destroying some defense grid. Maybe John was the one to figure out how and that’s why he matters so much for our survival. Maybe a future sequel will show how he figured out the way to destroy this defense grid, who knows.
Still, in T3, we find out John seemingly dies before the Resistance wins the war against the machines so it doesn’t quite add up so far.