Tag: John Connor (in Terminator Genisys)

Time travel concept. Abstract spiral of flying clocks in a colorful vortex.

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Gary Varner
Date
May 3, 2025

Categorized
Science Fiction

Tagged
John Connor (in Terminator Genisys), John Connor (Terminator Genisys 2015), Kyle Reese (Terminator Genisys), Pops (Terminator Genisys 2015), Sarah Connor (Terminator Genisys), Terminator Genisys (2015), Time travel (in science fiction)}

Terminator Genisys Review, Part 10: Too Many Time Machines!

_{Terminator Genisys was simply removed from the canon, and for good reason, as we will see} _{Gary Varner
May 3, 2025

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I have warned about the perils of using time travel in storytelling. This movie is a prime example of the problems I was talking about.

man with smoking head - vaudeville villain

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Gary Varner
Date
April 26, 2025

Categorized
Science Fiction

Tagged
John Connor (in Terminator Genisys), Kyle Reese (Terminator Genisys), Sarah Connor (Terminator Genisys), Vaudeville villain archetype}

Terminator Genisys Review Part 9: When Writers Hate a Character

_{Essentially, the writers hated John but knew the audience loved him, so they tried to hide their attitude; however, their contempt leaked into the script} _{Gary Varner
April 26, 2025

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Deprived of the natural motivations they started the story with, the characters become carbon cutouts of clichés that people have seen over and over again.

Blurred silhouette of a child behind a glass door in the darkness (symbolizing sadness, loneliness, horror or fear)

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Gary Varner
Date
April 19, 2025

Categorized
Science Fiction

Tagged
Evil Child archetype, John Connor (in Terminator Genisys), Kyle Reese (Terminator Genisys), Sarah Connor (Terminator Genisys), Stakes in screenwriting}

Terminator Genisys Review Part 8: The Evil Child Murders the Film

_{The screenwriters tried to adapt the Evil Child theme from horror films without allowing enough time to build the needed suspense} _{Gary Varner
April 19, 2025

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Making John Connor a villain also removes Sarah’s motivation to fight Skynet. Without that, she’s just another generic tough girl fighting an army of robots.

Contrasting Headwear Symbolizing White Hat and Black Hat SEO Techniques

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Gary Varner
Date
April 12, 2025

Categorized
Science Fiction

Tagged
Archetypes in fiction, John Connor (in Terminator Genisys), Kyle Reese (Terminator Genisys), Nihilism in literature, Sarah Connor (Terminator Genisys), Skynet (Terminator Genisys), Stakes in screenwriting}

Terminator Genisys Review, Part 7: Now John Connor Is the Bad Hat

_{Why don’t Hollywood screenwriters understand the importance of what the audience thinks is at stake?} _{Gary Varner
April 12, 2025

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The way writers make fantasy engaging — and sci-fi is a form of fantasy — is by anchoring the hard-to-grasp concepts with familiar ideas.

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Gary Varner
Date
April 5, 2025

Categorized
Science Fiction

Tagged
Featured, John Connor (in Terminator Genisys), Kyle Reese (Terminator Genisys), Pops (Terminator Genisys 2015), Sarah Connor (Terminator Genisys), T-800 (Terminator Genisys 2015), Terminator Genisys (2015)}

Terminator Genisys Review, Part 6: Things Certainly Speed Up

_{But unfortunately, that means that built-in complications become even more tangled} _{Gary Varner
April 5, 2025

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Curiously, once Kyle Reese is safe, he is transformed from a confident, well-meaning soldier into an idiot with a surprising lack of common sense.

Chrono-Luminescence: Futuristic Light Tree Illustrating Divergent Timelines in Digital Forest

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Gary Varner
Date
March 29, 2025

Categorized
Science Fiction

Tagged
John Connor (in Terminator Genisys), Kyle Reese (Terminator Genisys), Pops (Terminator Genisys 2015), Sarah Connor (Terminator Genisys), Skynet (Terminator Genisys), T-800 (Terminator Genisys 2015), Terminator series timelines}

Terminator Genisys Review, Part 5: Too Many Terminators in Here!

_{The chaos created by tampering with the timeline of the franchise continues} _{Gary Varner
March 29, 2025

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The problem with resetting the timeline is that the audience’s emotional stake in the outcome necessarily diminishes when no events are permanent.

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Gary Varner
Date
March 15, 2025

Categorized
Science Fiction

Tagged
John Connor (in Terminator Genisys), Skynet (Terminator Genisys), Terminator Genisys (2015)}

Terminator Genisys Review, Part 3: Genisys’ Fatal Flaw

_{Terminator Genisys was seen in the industry as so bad that another sequel was proposed that effectively wiped this timeline from the canon} _{Gary Varner
March 15, 2025

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A critical plot decision — to give Skynet a key piece of information — makes Skynet’s Terminator strategy seem incoherent.