Arnold Is Back for Terminator 5 - Part 1

[MrMaooz]

Courtney was such a straight-up *****e in Jack Reacher. I hope I see none of that in his performance as Kyle Reese.

 

[Solidus]

I guess I don't see him as "Terminator" muscular. I've never been wow'd by his performance, but I'll give it a chance. I never saw Reese as a super hero type, but besides Spartacus I never really thought of Jai that way either. In DH5, he did not look like some jacked type of guy. Of course in shape, but not some steroid type.

Hopefully he did something in the casting to wow them. Because again the two Clarke's were great casting. So let's hope he holds his own. It's a long road, but I still have hope mainly because of Megan. But it will be a tough battle.

 

[-JKR-]

A part of it is the aspect ratio he used. I guess he chose the one for The Avengers because it's easier to film with when it comes to action sequences and overall blocking.

That's not it. There are lots of great and cinematic looking movies with the same aspect ratio, ie. Pacific Rim. Honestly, I simply think that Whedon just isn't THAT good.

 

[Warhammer]

I'll be optimistic of Courtney. This will be his launching pad if he does well.

 

[MysticRain]

He seems to be in a lot of things recently, must have a very good team behind him. I wouldnt have care, but for Kyle . I just dont see it at all. Not just the face or the build, but the hair as well t: And I still havent gotten into the acting yet.

 

[jmc]

I have no idea what to call the Terminator movie. It's somewhere between all the re-boot/make and sequel/prequel terms.

rebooquel?

 

[titansupes]

Ugh, Courtney?

 

[DA_Champion]

It's interesting to me that the nerdosphere is up in arms over Robocop and Terminator getting rebooted, but is excited about Godzilla being rebooted.

I saw the original Godzilla at a Japanese Film Festival in 2011 or so. It's still a great movie. It also doesn't "need" a reboot.

 

[terry78]

The 98 version soured us so much we overlook a new attempt.

 

[henzINNIT]

This just feels like a Nick Stahl as John Connor level mistake, I'm sorta baffled.

Stahl was easily my favourite John Connor, so I don't agree.

 

[DA_Champion]

The 98 version soured us so much we overlook a new attempt.

That doesn't follow. Nobody is applying that logic to robocop or terminator.

 

[terry78]

I assume it was just that bad. I don't get it either but someone else will have a reason probably.

 

[StarLord]

I only read about this last night and was like eh? They went with him?!

 

[Teelie]

It's interesting to me that the nerdosphere is up in arms over Robocop and Terminator getting rebooted, but is excited about Godzilla being rebooted.

I saw the original Godzilla at a Japanese Film Festival in 2011 or so. It's still a great movie. It also doesn't "need" a reboot.

Terminator started as a sequel, not a reboot. And we're still not sure what it is at this point. A lot of the people against the idea of this being remade were against the idea of another sequel too, especially with Arnold Schwarzenegger reprising the terminator role.

Your comparison also suffers another flaw: I and others could care less about this Godzilla reboot attempt.

Just because someone might think rebooting Robocop or The Terminator is a mistake doesn't mean they will suddenly care about another movie that's totally unrelated to either (they've had crossovers on top of being cyborg movies). Godzilla is not only a Japanese movie but it's not even close to the same thing as either of those two.

And I wasn't against a Robocop reboot myself. Just the circumstances behind this one which have shown the movie as presented was a mistake. Making it PG-13 was the first one of many.

So while it's interesting you clumped the entire "nerdosphere" into a single collective, it doesn't hold up to scrutiny.

 

[Crockett]

No suprise, as with Sarah Connor they went with the more known name, I'm not saying he's a great actor but Courtney's better than what most give him credit but the problem is that he has an action hero look to him and that's not what Kyle should look like.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

Courtney could always stop training as much and down-size a little for the role. The reason MB wasnt some roid head in the original was to probably how little food they get to eat in the future.

Though MB was still in good shape in T1. Plus again, Reese is a warrior and a survivor, if Courtney can portray that then he is halfway to doing the job IMO. And this is coming from someone who is a huge fan of T1 and Kyle Reese as a character.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

Jai Courtney is a name? Since when?

 

[RetrogradeOrbit]

I always thought those S. M. Stirling Terminator novels would have made great adaptations.

 

[Teelie]

Jai Courtney is a name? Since when?

I think it's pronounced "Jay" but I always have to correct myself from thinking of it as "J-eye".

 

[DaRkVeNgeanCe]

It's really going to have to take a lot to get me behind this project again, after this casting news I had a horrible sinking feeling, the same feeling I had when I watched TS and had to see the horrible Worthington (which Courntney looks very similar to) attempt to carry his way through a Terminator film, and failing miserably at doing so.

 

[Octoberist]

I think it's pronounced "Jay" but I always have to correct myself from thinking of it as "J-eye".

She meant a 'name' as in a name value.

 

[Teelie]

That's questionable too.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

It's really going to have to take a lot to get me behind this project again, after this casting news I had a horrible sinking feeling, the same feeling I had when I watched TS and had to see the horrible Worthington (which Courntney looks very similar to) attempt to carry his way through a Terminator film, and failing miserably at doing so.

I really thought Worthington was one of the better things about TS, there were bigger problem with the story-telling and direction than there were with him.

 

[DaRkVeNgeanCe]

We all admit TS had a lot of problems but no I don't agree, I think Sams one of the top worst things about it.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

I hate Worthington as an actor and think Bale is great but Bale annoyed me in Salvation more than Worthington. I just thought he gave a lazy, shouty one dimensional performance. I blame the writing and McG for that more than Bale of course. The only actor who was actually effective in Salvation was Anton Yelchin. I don't hate Salvation but it flat out is not a good film all around. Yes the visual effects are good and there are some inoffensive chunks here and there. I can still mostly watch it though I groan in pain a lot of at it's stupidity.

Anyway I have no idea if Mr. Courtney is a bad, decent or good actor right now but I do know that I'm just not excited about this cast at all. I hope that Game of Thrones chick does better than Kit Harrington did. I still have nightmares about his performance in that Silent Hill movie.