9. Terminator Genisys: The Moment Where Anyone Tries To Explain The Timeline
As time has gone on, the Terminator franchise has developed an approach to the concept of time travel that literally only makes sense if you accept that these are in fact films that decrease in quality with each successive instalment. In other words, the plot of these badly made movies only works if you think of them as badly made films while you're watching them. That's a level of willing suspension of disbelief that usually only fans of professional wrestling are able to muster. Terminator: Genisys and its $450 million worldwide takings tends to suggest that a lot of wrestling fans went to see this confused mish-mash of a film, although it's probably worth pointing out that to date, the entire Terminator franchise has only made a little more box office than Jurassic World did this year. The Terminator may be an iconic property, but it's not been a vast money spinner for the various studios that have squeezed out the last three films. This is because the longer a story predicated on time travel continues, the more viciously complex the timelines become, until each new instalment ends up as the cinematic equivalent of a migraine. I gave it a shot trying to figure out why and how things were happening in Terminator: Genisys, but after my nose stopped bleeding I decided to simply go with it, and enjoy it what it was: witless prannying about with guns and cyborgs. A new Terminator film, in other words. But then I also write about wrestling, so...
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