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Diego Salazar @dfsp1.bsky.social · 10h

Oh, I was thinking specifically about Ben Solo (and the fact he's kinda dead), but yeah, that would be a great concept.

Diego Salazar @dfsp1.bsky.social · 10h

I mean... I don't hate that idea. Essentially a sort of Divine Comedy/What Dreams May Come set in the Star Wars universe?

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Diego Salazar @dfsp1.bsky.social · 12h

While so far it seemingly is being considered the lesser score in the franchise (to put it mildly), I think the score for Final Reckoning is really solid and works well for the movie. I particularly enjoy this track: sells the stakes and the emotion extremely well.
open.spotify.com/track/77NzHC...

This Is My Mission - Bonus Track

open.spotify.com

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Diego Salazar @dfsp1.bsky.social · 1d

That's a fair point. Still, can't help but feel that it ultimately hurt the movie.

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Diego Salazar @dfsp1.bsky.social · 1d

(I love Linda Hamilton and Arnold, but I would even go as far as saying it would have been better if they didn't include Sarah and the T-100 at all)

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Diego Salazar @dfsp1.bsky.social · 1d

Dark Fate was so frustrating to me, could've been Terminator's Prey moment. It's really good (and the tone is just right), but opening the movie with John and Sarah kinda undermines the actual film's story. Swap that scene with Grace's flashback and things would flow much better, IMO.

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Diego Salazar @dfsp1.bsky.social · 2d

I mean, it's a tough act to follow James Cameron (and that's mostly why I didn't rank it higher, can't help but think how well Cameron films action set pieces in particular), but I agree about it being pretty fun.

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Diego Salazar @dfsp1.bsky.social · 2d

-instead of about Grace and Dani, and Legion. That also means the target audience is older Terminator fans not those who this would their first movie in the series.

Diego Salazar @dfsp1.bsky.social · 2d

Just to expand on it a bit because I wanted to keep the review focused on Genisys: I think Dark Fate choosing to open with undoing the ending of T2 instead of the classic opening in the post-apocalypse, makes the movie about Sarah Connor (who audiences have not seen in 30 years... if at all)-

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Diego Salazar @dfsp1.bsky.social · 2d

Caught this on TV. Hot take: I actually dig this one. More than Dark Fate.
boxd.it/bpPjJf

A ★★½ review of Terminator Genisys (2015)

First things first: this is nowhere near as good as the Cameron originals, particularly in the way the action is shot, but even if its story is a blatant attempt at 2009 Star Trek-ing the Terminator f...

boxd.it

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Diego Salazar @dfsp1.bsky.social · 4d

Oh, damn, I got them mixed up lol. In that case, the whole thing is pretty rough (except for Ned and Angourie Rice's character, those two are comedic gold).

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Diego Salazar @dfsp1.bsky.social · 4d

It's first half is rough AF. Once they are all in Happy's apartment tho, things start looking up and it starts feeling like a real movie, IMO.

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Diego Salazar @dfsp1.bsky.social · 5d

However, I kinda agree that Tron Ares flopping can't be blamed on him, but the studio that chose to soft reboot the franchise (one that never was a blockbuster hit) instead of continuing the story of the last entry.

Diego Salazar @dfsp1.bsky.social · 5d

I was thinking about that just this morning. Looking past his IRL weirdness, the guy's always worked in supporting roles and got praise for it but he's never been a leading man.

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Diego Salazar @dfsp1.bsky.social · 6d

A decade late sequel that (apparently) didn't even follow the previous movie's story so its fans wouldn't be very interested in it anyway. It's a surprise it did as well as it did.

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Diego Salazar @dfsp1.bsky.social · 6d

Much appreciated, coming from you (after revisiting it, I'm tempted to redo it with the updated Steppenwolf design).

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Diego Salazar @dfsp1.bsky.social · 6d

He also was my inspiration for my submission to Zack's ZSJL poster contest.

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Diego Salazar @dfsp1.bsky.social · 8d

I stand by the idea it's all a matter of visual education. Filmmakers today seemingly are just not interested in exploring the potential for visual expression on the medium.

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