Friday, June 5, 2009
Moon Bloodgood
This post isn't really about Moon Bloodgood. I just think her name is pretty awesome. It's like being named Kitty Ittybitty, except kickass.
I watched Terminator: Salvation.
So this is the plot outline (SERIOUS SPOILERS. IN FACT, I'M TELLING YOU EVERYTHING):
Marcus Wright, a criminal, is given a second chance (remember that, because they are going to use it as an excuse for Fantastic Racism) by Dr. Helena Bonham-Carter (looking less hot than usual). Why exactly signing up to become a lab rat is considered a second chance is beyond me.
John Connor and Co break into a SkyNet facility. Steal info. Find human prisoners. Everyone is blown up, except of course, John Connor.
Resistance Command tells Connor they have found a frequency that shuts down Terminators. Humanity is Saved! (but because it wasn't Connor who figured it out, you know it's going to fail). Connor finds out he has to save his dad-to-be, Kyle Reese.
Wright pops out of the desert, hooks up with Kyle, blows up a 20-storey Terminator and some Motorminators (I kid you not) and then loses Kyle. All the while looking pretty trim in his (stolen) trench coat.
And by trim, I mean sexy.
Wright then hooks up with Moon Bloodgood. Her character's name is so blah compared to her real name, I won't use it. They head to Connor's hideout, because Wright wants to rescue Kyle. He saves her life. He looks really nice in a t-shirt too.
And by nice, I mean sexy.
Our humourless, characterless and unsympathetic hero Connor strings Wright up when they find that he isn't totally human. He has a beating heart, but a motherboard installed in his brain. Wright believes he is human. Bloodgood, like any woman would, has fallen for Wright and his mysterious but kind ways. Also his cute butt. They bust out.
Connor finds Wright, but makes a deal. Wright helps him into SkyNet Central, and they bust Kyle out of there. Everyone's happy. Command then orders a hit on SkyCentral using their superfrequency waves. Connor disagrees. In a forced moment to show how much everyone loves Connor, because the audience sure as heck don't, several resistance fronts refuse to hit unless Connor gives the word.
Wright continues on his quest to discover who he is. The half robot look is not so charming on him.
By not so charming, I mean exactly that.
Wright gets in, gives Connor the location and gets kidnapped by SkyNet. While Connor is beaten to a pulp by naked Arnold Schwarzenegger while protecting Kyle, Wright goes on a journey of self-discovery. He has nice eyes. He's also possibly the only character in this movie with something approaching a personality. He pulls out his SkyNet chip and vows to help Connor.
They beat Arnie, but Connor is stabbed. Uh, like anyone cares. Using Connor's idea, they blow up SkyCentral before coptering off (Command blew themselves up with the frequency btw. Told you).
Apparently Connor will die without a heart. Cue audience rolling their eyes. Wright offers his heart, despite the fact that he had just found his humanity, fallen in love and proven to everyone what an all-round more useful and loving person he is in comparison to John Wangster over there.
And Connor, being the douche he is, accepts it.
The end.
1) What the hell were the people being kidnapped for anyway? Target practice?
2) Connor wouldn't even have bothered trying to save those people if his father-to-be wasn't among them, the sanctimonious prick.
3) Where does the Resistance practice their flying?
4) It's not okay for Connor to die, but it's okay for them to rip the heart out of a willing man just because he's half machine? What? They wouldn't allow that to happen to a human, unless said human was on the verge of dying. Androids have rights too.
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