10 Reasons Terminator Genisys Isn't As Bad As You Think

10. They Got The Future War Right

In the first two Terminator films, audiences were presented with a bleak glimpse of a future painted in washed out purple and greys, with laser rifles and flying Hunter-Killer units working to eliminate any human resistance alongside skeletal fighting units and disguised Terminators. This was the future war that fans grew up with; this was the future war they wanted to see play on out the big screen.

Flash forward to 2009's Terminator: Salvation. A lot was riding on the fourth film in the franchise, which was finally to tell the story of the future war, and stray from the time travel plotline that had been key to the first three films. However, the task was handed to an unproven director (McG) best known for the Charlie's Angels franchise. 

He seemed ill-equipped to handle such a massive responsibility, and wound up unable to control star Christian Bale. It didn't help that a leak scuttled plans for an ending that was actually inspired, but perhaps the worst sin was the look of the film: over-exposed. Bright. In a desert setting, it was far from the bleak, grey future painted in the Cameron films. Gone were the laser rifles, in were machines that looked like something out of a Transformers movie.

At the very least, Terminator: Genisys corrected this. It got the future right.