Terminator Salvation put the series in the right direction

Rating: 9/10 (29 November 2015)

Re-watching the Terminator franchise several times over, I begin to wonder why Salvation got such a bad wrap. It's not perfect by any means, but it had the franchise going in the only logical direction: The future war! Let's be honest, T3 was just a bad rehash of T2. It had a good ending but it really didn't do anything for the series as a whole. Salvation gave us an early look at the war against the machines. We finally got to see a gritty and war-torn world where John Connor was the military figure we kept hearing about.
I didn't feel the movie needed Arnold, and I stand by that. Christian Bale was perfect for the role of John Connor(way better than Nick Stahl or Jason Clarke). The Marcus Wright character was also great, except for the fact he was focused on more than Connor.
After seeing Genysis, I will still continue to count Salvation as the most recent in the franchise. Genysis isn't un-watchable, but again, it was just a rehash of the first 2 films.
I would love to see the franchise be re-evaluated and maybe continued again from Salvation, although I'm sure that won't happen.