10 Fool-Proof Ways To Save The Terminator Franchise
5. Reduce The Time Travel
Yes, time travel is necessary to enable the existence of the Terminator franchise, but its never been as big a part of the narrative as it is in Terminator Genisys. Everyone and their mum is time travelling in this one, and it becomes something of a lazy plot device. The beauty of the original film is that the time travel was limited. The T-800 is sent back to kill Sarah Connor and Michael Biehns Kyle Reese is sent to stop him. Thats it. The story has been enabled, and then they get on with telling it. Genisys takes a different route, offering multiple time streams and confusing amount of journeys through time. Two Terminators are sent to 1984, as is Jai Courtneys Kyle Reese. Theres also an older Arnold Schwarzenegger who was sent back to protect a younger Sarah Connor. Matt Smiths Skynet travels back in time to infiltrate the Resistance. Emilia Clarke and Jai Courtney then travel to 2017 later in the film. Its just too much. The film gets bogged down in explaining all the time jumps, forgetting that it The Terminator wasnt a film about time travel, it was simply a film facilitated by it. Next time, the franchise should try to get back to that.
