TRAILERS
Watch: Everything & Nothing Changes in 'Terminator: Genisys' Trailer
by Ethan Anderton
December 4, 2014
Source: Paramount Pictures
"If we die tonight, mankind dies with us." The first trailer for the franchise reboot Terminator: Genisys has arrived, and while the reboot says the rules have changed and a younger version of the badass Sarah Connor (Emilia Clarke) says everything has changed, not much has really changed at all. She says the timeline that future John Connor (Jason Clarke) sent Kyle Reese (Jai Courtney) to no longer exists, and that's because an older Terminator (Arnold Schwarzenegger) has been raising Sarah, and dispatched with the younger Terminator from 1984. And yet we still get the "Come with me if you want to live" and "I'll be back" lines. Oh, and there's a new T-1000 (Byung-hun Lee). Yeah, it's a clusterfuck and a half. Enjoy!
Here's the first trailer for Alan Taylor's Terminator: Genisys direct from Paramount Pictures:
Terminator: Genisys is directed by Alan Taylor ("Game of Thrones," Thor: The Dark World) and written by Laeta Kalogridis (Avatar, Shutter Island) and Patrick Lussier (Drive Angry). Emilia Clarke, Jason Clarke, Jai Courtney, J.K. Simmons, Byung-hun Lee and Matt Smith all star in the film that takes a completely different approach to the Terminator timeline, finding Sarah Connor orphaned and being raised and trained by an aging T-800 Terminator (Arnold Schwarzenegger) as Kyle Reese (Courtney) is sent back in time from the future again on a new mission. Paramount Pictures releases the film next summer on July 1st, 2015.
98 Comments
1
Maybe its just me, maybe I'm alone on this, but I am so tired of going back in time to save a Connor. I would like to see them finish the war, complete the series and stop trying to make money off the same old story.
blkstar on Dec 4, 2014
2
I totally agree. This was a fresh concept with the first movie, maybe the second. Destroy the world all ready machines, save us from more of these dark, mechanical re-boots...ugh
John Guymon on Dec 13, 2014
3
Emilia Clarke is great in this trailer! Everything else? Not so much. I can't help but feel like this thing is gonna bomb, and hard.
Aj Meadows on Dec 4, 2014
4
I wouldn't say it looks good but it certainly doesn't look bad. That Emilia Clarke casting was a damn fine choice, though.
Jon Odishaw on Dec 4, 2014
5
F(*& THIS! Nothing is sacred anymore.
ragethorn on Dec 4, 2014
7
To me it just looked stupid and it is trying too hard... Jai Courtney is a franchise killer. First Die Hard, now this 😛
Enola on Dec 4, 2014
8
Is that a photo of Uwe Boll? lol! I hope that is for ironic purposes considering your criticisms here.
Joker's hideout on Dec 4, 2014
9
Pretty sure that Die Hard would have killed the series just fine without him.
Jon Odishaw on Dec 4, 2014
10
Not really. he was the most annoying part about the last DH movie.
Sascha Dikiciyan on Dec 4, 2014
11
good lord.......just awful....
bat0u on Dec 4, 2014
12
That was better than I expected. One day we will get the present day "war of the machines" I have dreamed of since I was 8.
Brian Sleider on Dec 4, 2014
13
And let's add this to another film I won't be seeing.
Justin R on Dec 4, 2014
14
F'N James Cameron man! Someone call JJ to reboot this properly.
ragethorn on Dec 4, 2014
15
Cameron has little if anything to do with these new Terminators. He sold the rights a long time ago.
David Diaz on Dec 4, 2014
16
That guy would sell his mother for a dime.
ragethorn on Dec 5, 2014
17
I think he sold them so he could get money to finish Titanic
David Diaz on Dec 5, 2014
18
So it's pretty much a mashup of the first 3 Terminator movies....
TheOct8pus on Dec 4, 2014
19
I don't like her acting here.. when she's shouting it doesn't urgent or real. Action seems okay, but not really worth making this in the first place. Not convinced still, sorry guys.
OfficialJab on Dec 4, 2014
20
I liked how the T-1000 cut off his arm/blade to make a spear. That's a neat, fresh idea I didn't see the character do before and there's a lot of potential with that for action sequences. There's nothing new or exciting about the rest for me.
NathanDewey on Dec 4, 2014
21
This looks really, really bad. I like the cast here, especially: Jason Clarke, Matt Smith, J.K. Simmons, Byung-hun Lee, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Emilia Clarke. But, despite the solid cast, I have a feeling this film will be a giant train-wreck, the CGI and action sequences look cheap. This seems like it would have been a better video-game, here's what I had to say about the 20-second teaser of a teaser: Ugh... they should just give up on these Terminator films. This keeps looking worse and worse, the plot rumours surrounding it are stupid and it's reminding me more and more of Green Lantern (a great waste of a good cast, crew and director). Instead of making terrible movies, why don't they give this kind of budget to a Terminator video game instead? Video games make a lot of money, and there hasn't been a good Terminator game since... ever! The best thing the Terminator franchise produced (apart from the masterful first-two films) is the TV series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (which ironically starred Game of Thrones cast member, Lena Headey as Sarah Connor, a character who is now being played by Emilia Clarke, who is ANOTHER cast member on Game of Thrones), which got cancelled after two great seasons. I hope that, like Salvation, this film flops hard and lets these actors move onto bigger, better projects.
thejon93rd on Dec 4, 2014
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Fuck video games. FS is not a gaming site....
TheOct8pus on Dec 4, 2014
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Obviously, but a lot of these Hollywood action films are looking like video games, so that's why I made the comment, I also mentioned other things in case you're too blind to see them and you're eyes are just fixated on the term "video games" for no reason other than to act like a jerk.
thejon93rd on Dec 4, 2014
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I've never had a trailer leave me with so many mixed emotions. I think I like it and I think I want to cry, I'm so confused.
Matthew on Dec 4, 2014
25
Same. I want to like it. It cant be worse then Rise of the machines, can it?
Franklin Carpio on Dec 4, 2014
26
Nonsense
Have Hope on Dec 4, 2014
27
Had me interested at the start, lost me a little in the middle, then lost me completely when Arnie used himself as a torpedo at the end.
Al Apone on Dec 4, 2014
28
The look of the future is spot on, why oh why didn't they stop there? This looks like Sarah saves Kyle's ass, and Jai is still an unconvincing choice of casting. Catch this on rental... Edit: nice poster at the end, nothing like a hot girl in a corn field holding a terminator skull.
Steven on Dec 4, 2014
29
Man, this is going to bomb so hard.
IamSlave on Dec 4, 2014
30
Oh yeah.
Reznik on Dec 4, 2014
31
this looks soo bad....here is hoping its actually decent due to low expectations!
desispeed on Dec 4, 2014
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I'll be back? Again? Enough is enough! I thought Arnie realized that the line was old a cheesy (since he's made fun of himself several times). Maybe it would carry more weight if he said, "I won't be back"
TheOct8pus on Dec 4, 2014
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You would think with twisting the timelines around they would of gone one more step and done that. Really cool idea btw for what would most likely be Arnie's last Terminator pic.
Steven on Dec 4, 2014
34
how about the "come with me if you want to live" im sick of that line now, been in practically all of the movies AND the tv show...
Jason G on Dec 4, 2014
35
Kinda underwhelmed by this. This trailer was just not... good. The constant references and that song that I swear I've heard in another trailer? Come on! The bus flipping over, though. Holy shit!
Nielsen700 on Dec 4, 2014
36
I recognized it right away too, it's from the Nightcrawler trailer.
thejon93rd on Dec 4, 2014
37
almost positive the music from the beginning of this trailer is in one of Dawn of the Planet of the Ape's somewhere
cooper on Dec 4, 2014
38
This one's got all the makings of a bad trailer and doesn't bode well at all for the movie. .. Questionable casting, re-treaded music, ret-conning the plot, horrible jumbled mess of editing, cheese-riddled dialog. Judgement day indeed!
Movie Bear on Dec 4, 2014
39
Not in my must see films of 2015-list, but I might as well consider.
Tuomas Lassila on Dec 4, 2014
40
I was actually expecting much worse. Still, have no interest. New ideas please! So was it Doctor Who that messed with the timeline?
Swanland on Dec 4, 2014
41
Looks better than I thought... casting though... yeesh. I just don't & can't equate any of those faces with those characters. Possibly my poor (?) imagination. "...clusterfuck and a half" seems to be a fair assessment. Netflix'er.
avconsumer2 on Dec 4, 2014
42
Teaser for the trailer was much better.
Jason Scarpelli on Dec 4, 2014
43
Haha
Pincode on Dec 5, 2014
44
So one of the things that is constant, apart from the characters in any timeline is "I'll be back".
Ola on Dec 4, 2014
45
Have to think about this, but it doesn't look too good for the franchise. The trailer contains certain elements that look copied from the S.C.C.'s, like the steel door that appears to beaten upon from the outside. There seems to be a lot repetition going on from T2 like the T1000 morphing effects. I mean, we saw that in 1991. Why present it in a trailer in 2014 as if it is something special? That variation on the original Fiedel theme didn't sound very majestic. Then there are the clichés like Connor speeching for his troops and the three hero's forming a chain hanging from a bridge. The internal logic like T1000 waiting like a sitting duck for that bus to crash into him (Why doesn't he jump away from it?). So all and all, I am a bit worried that this is going to be a disappointment.
Nash on Dec 4, 2014
47
who the hell cast jai courtney as kyle reese?!?
davidshaw on Dec 4, 2014
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His mom probably, I swear the reason why we get some of these casting choices is family ties or some shit. LIke this guy, why is he even an "actor" HE CANT ACT, or Taylor Kitsch, He cant act either, yet he keeps getting roles, I swear, his mom, dad, aunt, uncle is a casting director with pull or some shit.
Brian Sleider on Dec 4, 2014
49
haha "his mom probably"
Franklin Carpio on Dec 4, 2014
50
Seeing as he's an Australian, who's mum (yeah we spell it 'mum' not 'mom') is a school teacher and dad is an electrician, family ties seem preeeeetty far fetched.
Matt C on Dec 4, 2014
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Mum blew the casting director.
Brian Sleider on Dec 4, 2014
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He sucks so much, it's unbelievable how he gets work! Actors are entitled to some misses in their career, but the guy simply can't act, never could, never will. He alone has the potential to ruin the movie and the little this franchise has left.
Ricardo_PT on Dec 4, 2014
53
He was good in Spartacus, and he's better than Sam Worthington or Chris Hemsworth.
AwesomeWave on Dec 6, 2014
54
I have to say I'm not completely sold, but I'm skewing a lot more towards the optimistic side than I was before.
Chris Groves on Dec 4, 2014
55
This seems like fun, even if it may never reach classic status. Looks light years better than T3: Rise of The Machines. Now am I really one of the few people who felt Salvation was decent enough that it could have spawned an interesting trilogy? I wanted Bale back as JC w/ scar or Jim Caviezel, who I like and looks similar to Michael Edwards in T2.
Johnny Neat on Dec 4, 2014
56
At first, I thought I liked Salvation a lot more than T3, but as time has gone on, T3 seems to hold up better. There is a 'clunky-ness' to Salvation that likely came from McG's lack of experience with that type of film. I don't really like the way they did certain things in that film. But T3 at least has Arnold in a leading role, and despite the heavy amount of 'silly humor' the film moves along at a very fast pace and has an ending that really punched me in the gut when I first saw it. Being a 12 year old kid, I was expecting the happy ending, saving the world, etc...and to see it not work out that way was pretty mind-blowing. Terminator Salvation never packed that kind of punch. There are good and bad aspects to both, but in general, I think T3 is a little bit better....neither match the original two though.
Chris Groves on Dec 4, 2014
57
WTF did i just watch.
Nadir Ahmed on Dec 4, 2014
58
expandable, in a sense where it gets watchable after I run out of all options. In some distant future, of course...
shiboleth on Dec 4, 2014
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There are only oh so many times you can stick a movie's timeline back up its own ass. All the same, I'm glad it's completely left behind the aggressively gritty and realistic feel of Salvation in favor of the more retro sci-fi aesthetic of the classics. I recognize it's not the best, and feels a bit like the third one as far as campiness goes. But after having some mixed feelings about the aesthetic, design, and "vibe" continuity the new Star Wars and Jurassic World trailer gave me, I'm sort of childishly excited to see a "reboot" of a beloved old franchise getting a trailer that feels like a love letter to the old stuff. I question whether or not it'll be a good film. But that it'll be as fun and familiar as the first two is still a wonderful sign for me.
Gavin on Dec 4, 2014
60
Looks fun. Hopefully a pluasible plot comes with it.
LightningB on Dec 4, 2014
61
Nah, I will wait for the Bluray...
John on Dec 4, 2014
62
KINGPYN 2: TURKEY'D.
DAVIDPD on Dec 4, 2014
63
Wow...just, wow. I think it would have been better as a straight up remake then with mashing up the timelines. Undecided in this one.
theslayer5150 on Dec 4, 2014
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The miscasting on this movie makes the trailer already unwatchable. Just awful. While Salvation wasn't the greatest, at least it had a good cast going for itself.
Sascha Dikiciyan on Dec 4, 2014
65
Looks kind of ok. Now if I can just get a horse to kick me in the perfect spot in my head so I forget the first two movies...we'll be in business.
Jonathan on Dec 4, 2014
66
lol - that would probably work pretty well. Save a hoof for me.
avconsumer2 on Dec 5, 2014
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soooo yeah this basically shits all over everything i love
jonnyb61 on Dec 4, 2014
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I'm sold. Looked a lot better than I thought.
Trey Wilson on Dec 4, 2014
69
Aaaand queue the poster with the young heroine turned away from the camera wearing tight pants....
fazha on Dec 4, 2014
70
Felt a little messy, but trailers sometimes don't sell the movie well. I'll hold judgement I guess.
Quanah on Dec 4, 2014
71
lol dafuq
Jeff Prioleau on Dec 4, 2014
72
Worst. Trailer. Ever.
Jameson Cyr on Dec 4, 2014
73
Not interesting and cold! look like a B movie trailer.
Pincode on Dec 5, 2014
74
May be James Cameron
Pincode on Dec 5, 2014
75
omg!!! it's a remake from T2 and looks cheap! Can someone tell Arnie he is washed up?
Avi on Dec 5, 2014
76
This could be one of the crappiest movies ever made
Ty Webb on Dec 5, 2014
77
Actually Ethan, Laeta does not technically have a writer's credit for Avatar. The only other presentable credit on a finished film is Shutter Island (one of Scorsese's weaker entries). Her other credits include the more recent and failed TV reboots 'The Bionic Woman' and ill received films like Stone's 'Alexander'. This is obviously a valuable property to Paramount so perhaps that explains why it would be handed to a generic text-book writer to regurgitate what works.
Anon on Dec 5, 2014
78
hmmmmm #WhatIsThisSheet
Liam Knurtsis on Dec 5, 2014
79
I think it looks awesome. I don't care what anyone says when it comes to movies except when they give good reasons why they didn't like it and can have a civil conversation without calling me stupid, an idiot, or cursing at me. I also thought the Jurassic World Trailer was amazing and is everything I was expecting, couldn't ask for more. Same for Star Wars, I just wish I knew the plot besides it taking place after episode 6. No doubt I'll extremely enjoy all 3 movies since all 3 series were my childhood.
steve on Dec 5, 2014
80
After tossing and turning all night, I've decided I'm going to watch this movie with an open mind and as a reboot. It has nothing to do with the original 2.
ragethorn on Dec 5, 2014
81
This just looks like T2 all over again. They obviously couldn't come up with a new Terminator, so they just put a different face on the t-1000 Terminator. BOOOO!
TyeFighterPilot on Dec 5, 2014
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'Aww they done flipped it, they flipped that script up y'all, awww yeaaaahhhhh.'
Carpola on Dec 5, 2014
83
This looks worse than T3! I wanted a Salvation sequel over this reboot shit. At least Clarke's scar looks badass
SkyNet300 on Dec 5, 2014
84
i rather liked salvation, Christian Bale killed it i think as connor
Mat on Dec 6, 2014
85
Seriously what Terminator fan would actually want another chase film? Boring!
SkyNet300 on Dec 5, 2014
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exactly
Mat on Dec 6, 2014
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Every Terminator movie has been a chase film. Where have you been?
Tina Chambers on Jan 26, 2015
89
Where are the character arcs from the first movie? This will just be a bunch of noise and explosions.
AwesomeWave on Dec 6, 2014
90
The same characters are in this movie. Just different versions of those people. Keep up!
Tina Chambers on Jan 26, 2015
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I didn't know machines aged (Arnold)
Mat on Dec 6, 2014
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Any true Terminator fan know's he hasn't aged, but, as revealed in this trailer, a reprogrammed Cyberdyne Systems Model 101 Series 800 Terminator (Arnolds series) was sent back even earlier than 1984 to save Sarah Connor. Then it looks as if about 30 years has passed so of course the T-101 is going to suffer some normal wear and tear over those years protecting Sarah. Duh!
Julius James III on Apr 9, 2015
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it's not a reboot nor a remake since the whole concept of the franchise is to go back through time to change history this happens in an other trajectory of time & NO robots don't age but the skin that covers the terminator is a human living tissue skin with hair and veins running through it's used by the machine to make robots look like humans to infiltrate the rebellions, so naturally the skin & hair ages like a normal human being... I gotta say well-played from the writers
Nader Kayali on Dec 7, 2014
94
don't judge a book by its cover
Gerardo Vazquez on Dec 7, 2014
95
YES! Same vibes as T2! But in a crappier vaersion.
Jamie Holmes on Dec 8, 2014
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kind of over the top with the nostalgic notes as their brand position. I hope jason clarke doesn't become typecasted to be in only post-war movies-- DANG!! That girl looks like a young Linda Hamilton !
RobotProphet on Dec 10, 2014
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I just hope it's good.
SkulloManiac on Jan 12, 2015
98
Actually, the trailer looked pretty good. And considering they've already reset Judgement Day once, they can get away with resetting other events. We don't know how many timelines there may be.
Tina Chambers on Jan 26, 2015
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