Terminator: Dark Fate Trailer Reactions - 6 Ups & 6 Downs

1. It Doesn't Drop A Great Big Bloody Spoiler In There

Terminator Dark Fate
Paramount

The minute this trailer didn't follow Genisys' lead of literally spoiling the film's biggest twist with utter disdain for its audience, it became infinitely better than the entire Genisys marketing campaign.

Now, it is slightly a shame showing that Grace is a cyborg, but that was heavily rumoured almost from day one of her announcement and it doesn't lose anything for showing that really. More importantly, most of the story is protected - or the key details are, at least.

What we know is that there's a new Terminator chasing Dani Ramos for some reason, Sarah Connor turns up as some sort of Terminator hunter and then their trip takes them back to meet Arnie's ageing T-800 for some reason. Beyond that, there's teases of action sequences, but the biggest focus is on atmosphere and emotion rather than just outright cheap spoilers. Let's hope they stick to that for the subsequent trailers, eh?

What did you think of this trailer?

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