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Originally Posted by Deberg_1990
Saw it, enjoyed it, but overall pretty meh.
I thought the setup was pretty cool, but by the end it sort of ran out of steam.
The timeline is so convoluted now, my brain is spinning trying to make sense of it all.
I think I would have liked it better if I had never seen a Terminator movie before.
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I agree that the concept is interesting, but they couldn't find a way to make the script tighter and pull it off without leaving a sloppy mess in its wake.
As it stands now, you could have a veritable modified Groundhog Day situation. They could retool the events of any of the previous movies over and over.
The problem is introducing the multiverse concept when you have 2 competing forces with the ability to alter the past. If there's no longer a linear timeline, then there's no way there can be a final resolution.
It's like playing checkers, except that when a piece is jumped it isn't removed from the board. It's just placed at the back of the board away from the immediate action.
In fact, Skynet is actually pretty stupid. Why waste your time battling over winning this specific timeline? There are obviously timelines Skynet goes live, John Connor isn't able to defeat Skynet , and the resistance dies.
Then, the question is, since Skynet is a singular entity, what the hell is it going to do with all that free time now ?
Can of worms.