10 Fool-Proof Ways To Save The Terminator Franchise
6. Sort Out The CGI
One mystery we may never solve is how the Computer Generated Imagery in 2015s Terminator Genisys manages to look worse than the practical effects in 1984s The Terminator. Undoubtedly, though, it does. From Lee Byung-huns T-1000 to Jason Clarkes T-3000 version of John Connor, none of the effects in Genisys ever feels like they could be real. CGI might be easier to produce nowadays, but that doesnt stop your giant mental pointy arms looking incredibly unbelievable. Bad CGI takes you out of a movie, and, considering that Paramount and Skydance also made the visually stunning J.J. Abrams Star Trek films, there really is no excuse here. Maybe they cut a corner and limited the CGI budget below reasonable expectations, or perhaps they simply hired the wrong effects expert. Either way, the film never makes you believe that a Terminator could really exist. The jaw-dropping effects in the original film were as important to its success as Arnie and James Cameron, and the naff ones here contribute just as much to Genisys disappointment levels. Is it too much to ask that they embrace the older techniques instead next time around, and dont just rely on computers?
