Like a never-ending time loop, another Terminator movie is here. So what separates Terminator: Dark Fate from its fellow Arnold Schwarzenegger murder robot sci-fi movies? Well it’s finally rated-R again. Plus James Cameron, the man who started it all, took a break from his infinite Avatar sequels to help produce and write the story.
But before you see if this is the T2 sequel your whole future has been building toward, watch these movies before Terminator: Dark Fate.
Deadpool
James Cameron may have a credit, but Terminator: Dark Fate was directed by Tim Miller, a director who forced his way onto the A-list by willing the live-action Deadpool movie out of purgatory. After the internet fell in love with the leaked pre-viz trailer, Miller proved that his VFX background could deliver an inventively action-packed R-rated romp. Terminator may not require that same sense of humor, but everything else is right in Miller’s wheelhouse.
Halt and Catch Fire
Dark Fate’s time-travelling protector of humanity is a cyborg Mackenzie Davis. If you want to watch Davis in a different story about technology, well you should watch Black Mirror’s “San Junipero.” But after that you should check out Halt and Catch Fire, where Davis plays a passionate prodigy during the dawn of personal computing.
Agents of Shield Season 4
The gimmick for Dark Fate’s Terminator, the Rev-9, is its ability to split into a robot endoskeleton and T2 goo human skin exoskeleton. Gabriel Luna plays that human skin. And if you want to see him as another hellish pursuer, check out Marvel’s Agents of Shield’s fourth season where he plays the Robbie Reyes version of Ghost Rider. Too bad this flaming skull’s Hulu spin-off got cancelled.
The Terminator
Judgment Day gets all the love but the first Terminator is straight-up better. Sorry. The time loop is contained. There’s no dumb kid. A future human versus a future robot is a way cleaner conflict than a future robot versus a reprogrammed future robot. It’s the only time Arnold gets to be actually threatening. And the tone is darker and more violent compared to the more Hollywood blockbuster sequel.
Terminator Genisys
On the flipside, the stupid, obnoxious, convoluted Terminator: Genisys is by far the worst movie in the franchise. Watch this to see just how bad things can get. Dark Fate could only look better in comparison.
The Matrix
People like to talk about all the anime and religious influence in The Matrix, but the sci-fi masterpiece that brought us into the new millennium also owes a huge debt to The Terminator in its conflict between man and machine. Can you believe we’re getting a Matrix 4?
Beauty and the Beast
Dark Fate brings Sarah Connor herself, Linda Hamilton, back into the franchise. Her action heroine chops are even more compelling combined with her age and world-weariness that movies don’t typically allow women to have. But if you want to see her hang out with a big hairy Ron Perlman check out the bizarre 1980s CBS drama Beauty and the Beast.
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