Persephone's (Gothic) Insights

This two-part article analyzes the new trailer   for Tim Miller's upcoming movie,  Terminator: Dark Fate (2019). Part one largely examines   The Terminator/T2 (1984/1991) and outlines Miller's trailer in comparison. Part two examines the trailer's pros and cons in further detail.   Spoilers! Ever since watching  The Terminator Collection   on my uncle's VHS player,   I always loved the  Terminator   franchise. So, when I heard James Cameron would be producing Tim Miller's new Terminator   movie, I got excited—yes, excited. Despite Cameron's  glowing praise of the very uneven  Terminator Genisys (2015), I felt my hopes start to rise   (for the record, I enjoyed  Genisys , but it could've been a lot better, too). This excitement peaked when I heard a trailer had been released: "A message, a message from the Lord!" "God be praised!" However, now that I've watched it, I've tempered my expectatio...

This is part two of my article analyzing the  new trailer   for Tim Miller's upcoming movie,  Terminator: Dark Fate  (2019). Part one examines   The Terminator/T2   (1984/1991) and outlines the trailer. Part two will now examine its pros and cons, in further detail.   Spoilers! As mentioned in part one, Miller has clearly taken some gambles on his special effects. Suchgambles are hardly new. Cameron has rolled the dice before, as well; he was simply smarter about it. In  T2 , he shoots Arnold jumping off of, and rolling away from, the crashing tanker. Both are in the shot, but the footage of the tanker is clearly a blue screen: Note how their tones don't match. Blink and you'll miss it. However, this shot is very quick, thus "hiding" the visual imperfections. This being said, many shots in  T2   are longer because Cameron did them live—with a real stunt crew photographed in real time. While either "surfs" the tanker,...