Hell no. Terminator 3, Salvation, Genisys, Dark Fate, and The Sarah Connor Chronicles all had their moments, and I can’t honestly say I hated a single one.
It’s been 30 years since T2 came out. Either you’re still engaged with the franchise and interested the newer films or you’re not. Comparing everything to T2 forever is pointless, just like it’s pointless to compare every new Alien entry to Aliens or every new Star Wars entry to Empire.
I personally like how every entry in the franchise has tried so hard to retcon itself as a sequel to T2 that it’s turned into a Doctor Who style timey wimey kudzu plot, but maybe that’s just me.
The problem with every terminator after 2 is that they went from “no fate but what we make” to determinism.
Not sure what you mean there. The only one in the series that gets close to determination is the first one, and even that one implies the future is changeable despite being in a stable time loop.
The Sarah Connor Chronicles is the furthest away from determinism, not T2.
Haven’t seen all of them but three is purely “do what you want, shit will happen anyway” as well. The one where the terminator doesn’t need power anymore to function and a villain who’s power are conviently flexible depending on what the story needed.
I didn’t hate it but for me personally it was enough to lose all interest in the whole franchise. The whole terminator universe is incoherent while taking itself quite seriously - and I mean Doctor Who levels here, without just going “timey winey” with it.
I hope for the fans of the franchise that it’ll work out, personally I’ll stay… apathetic, if that’s the right word.
