Watching Terminator: Dark Fate reminded me a lot of some of the new Star Wars movies. Just like The Force Awakens, Dark Fate follows the template of the original film only remixed and repackaged with some new characters. It’s also similar to the Disney era of Star Wars in the sense that it’s willing to kill off past heroes on a whim. Early on in the film, John Connor takes a brutal shot to the chest by a Terminator and dies. This is a creative decision that I personally like but has proven to be rather divisive among Terminator fans. Interestingly enough, it wasn’t a polarising decision in the writers’ room. In an in-depth interview with THR, Terminator: Dark Fate director Tim Miller had this to say: Now, doesn’t that sound familiar? In The Last Jedi, Rian Johnson put aside the whole idea of bloodlines and chosen ones and revealed that the protagonist’s parents were nobodies — “filthy junk traders who sold her off for drinking money.” I love how the new character in Dark Fate isn’t so much a chosen one, but one who gets tangled up in the whole situation somewhat randomly.
Tim Miller also goes on to say that the death of John Connor was necessary to fuel Sarah. Miller also talked about how he and his team wanted to start in a manner that is shocking and would jolt audiences out of their seats. Terminator: Dark Fate is currently screening in Malaysian cinemas. Click here to check out my Terminator: Dark Fate review.
