If you are a fan of the Terminator film series, then you
know that the lead up to the theatrical break of Terminator Genisys this
summer was met with finger’s crossed and high hopes. Would this entry be a franchise killer?
WHEW … that was the big sigh of relief that director Alan
Taylor delivered the goods with this re-boot of the series — much like Star
Trek — with a new timeline for
the narrative. The humor is great —
especially with the running homage
jokes related to Arnold Schwarzenegger’s character — and the “work-arounds” to
connect the “remembered” past (what we know of the series) with the new
timeline are well-constructed and very clever.
The only gripe, and it is a small one, is that Emilia Clarke
is not the same Sarah Connor that Linda Hamilton was. She’s a good four-inches shorter and doesn’t
command the screen as Hamilton did, but you can understand Taylor working with
her as they have that Game of Thrones connection — he
directed and she was Daenerys Targaryen in six episodes together.
Everything else works, with the age issue of Schwarzenegger
cleverly handled (aging human flesh covering his metal internal skeleton) and
the performances of Jai Courtney (Divergent, Insurgent, A Good Day to Die Hard,
etc.) as Kyle Reese spot-on and Jason Clarke (Zero Dark Thirty, Dawn of the
Planet of the Apes, White House Down) properly sinister as the
anti-John Connor.
Paramount Home Media Distribution announced this past week
that Terminator
Genisys will be available as a stand-alone DVD and two Blu-ray/DVD
Combo Pack (one with and one without a 3D viewing option) product offerings on
Nov. 10.
The ARR is 130 days and domestic ticket sales stand at $89.4
million.
As to bonus goodies, these are limited to the Blu-ray/DVD
Combo Packs and consist of three production featurettes — “Family
Dynamics,” “Infiltration and Termination” and “Upgrades: VFX of Terminator
Genisys.” 
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