10 Movie Plot Twists That Punished Loyal Fans

Poor John Connor just can't catch a break, can he?

This one is a real shame, because while Dark Fate isn't perfect, it did a lot of things right, and could've taken the series in a positive direction. Unfortunately, the movie upset a lot of fans within its first ten minutes, which didn't inspire many people to return for repeat viewings, nor did it make the movie feel like a natural continuation of Terminator 2 - something that it had been billed as from the very beginning.

The introductory scene finds Sarah and John Connor relaxing by a beach, the world apparently safe from the robotic threat of Skynet. But suddenly, a T-800 appears out of nowhere and kills John, sending the movie down a completely different path from the one many expected.

There's nothing wrong with the movie trying something surprising, but this particular choice didn't seem warranted in the slightest. At the end of T2, John and Sarah stop Skynet and ride off into the distance, hopeful for the future. To then immediately kill John in such a blasé fashion feels like Dark Fate is ignoring that ending, not building on it, almost like the filmmakers wanted to get him out of the way so that they could tell the story they really wanted to tell, rather than the one that made sense in terms of following T2 - which is what fans had hoped to see all along.

The twist is even more bizarre when you consider that James Cameron has spent decades trash-talking Alien 3's decision to kill off Newt and Hicks - even calling it a "slap in the face to the fans" - only for him to do the same thing here, with an even more beloved character.

So... what happened Jim? Did Terminator fans deserve a slap as well?

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