From one of the writers of T3 and T4...
On T2:
Eight years later I stood in line at the Cinerama Dome for the opening night of "T2: Judgment Day." For all the cool digital morphs, the movie was a sprawling mess, bloated and self-important. On multiple levels, it was a betrayal of the original. I couldn't stand it.
When brought back to write T4:
The dynamics of the war with the machines seemed dull to us, as did John Connor, whom we kept a peripheral character. (If you think the character is dull, then write him as more interesting.)
http://johnbrancato.blogspot.com/2009/10/how-to-beat-twice-dead-horse.html
It's quite an interesting read. Part behind-the-scenes info, part "I'm a good writer, all the bad movies I've written are the fault of other people!" essay.
Funny thing to note, one aspect of the T3 script they first whipped up...
See, after the first two pairs of terminators were sent back from 2029 for the first two movies, JC revealed himself to be evil-- a Skynet deep-cover agent. He destroyed/will destroy the human resistance from within.
They kept trying to make this happen. First in Salvation (same writers), where Marcus was to receive John's face and then kill everyone. (Thankfully changed when leaked and the internet became outraged enough to scare the filmmakers.) And then in Genisys (different writers) where John becomes a Terminator.
On T2:
Eight years later I stood in line at the Cinerama Dome for the opening night of "T2: Judgment Day." For all the cool digital morphs, the movie was a sprawling mess, bloated and self-important. On multiple levels, it was a betrayal of the original. I couldn't stand it.
When brought back to write T4:
The dynamics of the war with the machines seemed dull to us, as did John Connor, whom we kept a peripheral character. (If you think the character is dull, then write him as more interesting.)
http://johnbrancato.blogspot.com/2009/10/how-to-beat-twice-dead-horse.html
It's quite an interesting read. Part behind-the-scenes info, part "I'm a good writer, all the bad movies I've written are the fault of other people!" essay.
Funny thing to note, one aspect of the T3 script they first whipped up...
See, after the first two pairs of terminators were sent back from 2029 for the first two movies, JC revealed himself to be evil-- a Skynet deep-cover agent. He destroyed/will destroy the human resistance from within.
They kept trying to make this happen. First in Salvation (same writers), where Marcus was to receive John's face and then kill everyone. (Thankfully changed when leaked and the internet became outraged enough to scare the filmmakers.) And then in Genisys (different writers) where John becomes a Terminator.
