Flies and sweaty skin.
What does the lack of them tell us about Terminator: Genisys storytelling deficiencies?
The following contains spoilers forTerminator: Genisys.
WhereT2s violence is big and exhilarating,The Terminators is brutal and often quite bloody.
WhereT2offers an upbeat message of hope and humanity,The Terminatorends on a note of ominous gloom.
The shot cuts to the T-800, its eye socket empty, its flesh pale and clammy.
Theres a knock on the door.
Its a janitor, lugubriously trudging around the flophouse corridors with his mop and bucket.
Hey buddy, the janitor says, chomping on a cigar; you got a dead cat in there?
What does this have to do withTerminator: Genisys?
Well, the plot simply ignores the implication that a T-800s skin has a shelf life.
The horror is largely absent fromTerminator 2: Judgment Day,but thats by design.
This is a bigger, slicker Terminator, retooled and refined for the summer multiplex crowd.
T2 has action and thrills that you’re free to actually feel in your gut.
This article comes fromDen of Geek UK.