Terminator Genisys (Blu-ray + DVD + Digital HD)

Terminator Genisys is the best Terminator movie since T2. In fact, Terminator Genisys actually should have been the true sequel to T2, because the plot fits in with T2 in a 100% perfect way. In comparison, T3 didn't fit in with T2. The plot from T3 essentially said "T2 didn't save the day the way all of us were told and there was no need to kill the T1000 and destroy Cyberdyne, because everything was going to happen anyways." The plot from Terminator Genisys really only acknowledges events from T1 and T2, not T3 and Terminator Salvation. The plot in Terminator Gensys is so well written that it left Terminator fans like me and my family stunned at times!SPOILER ALERT: Everything you read from this point on is a spoiler alert. The movie starts out with Kyle Reese explaining how Judgment Day occurred, and then how John Connor saved his life. Then there is a need for Kyle Reese to go back to 1984. All of this is expected and it is done very well. But then, as Kyle Reese is in the time machine going back to 1984, SkyNet attacks John Connor! This is a HUGE surprise!While traveling back in time, Kyle Reese sees a vision of something very unusual from when he was a child. This was an important moment in time , because what Kyle Reese saw was not actually from "his" past. The vision Kyle Reese saw was from an "alternate" version of 1984. The reason for this is because "someone" (who we later learn was John Connor) sent a T-800 Terminator to protect Sarah Connor when she was a child.One of the most stunning moments in the movie was in 1984 when the T-800 representing the T-800 we saw in Terminator 1 arrived. As expected, the T-800 goes around asking for clothes. But then, another T-800 shows up and says "You won't be needed them." A tough-as-nails Sarah Connor then uses a weapon with a futuristic design to kill the T-800 that previously tormented her in the first Terminator movie!Kyle Reese then arrives in 1984 from the future. As expected, Kyle Reese goes around looking for clothes. But then we get another stunning shocker! One of the police officers chasing after Reese is a T-1000! ... True Terminator fans like me and my family were just going CRAZY saying "WHAT THE HECK! The T-1000 isn't supposed to be in 1984!"The T-1000 actually doesn't last long in 1984, because unlike in 1991 the duo of Sarah Connor and her T-800 protector have had many years to make a trap for the T-1000. I won't spoil what that trap is, but lets just say it is awesome.At this point, Kyle Reese and Sarah Connor agree the best way to prevent SkyNet from winning is to travel 33 years into the future to the year 2017. When they arrive naked, they are arrested. But the T-800 has been waiting for 33 years to get them out of trouble.I have to say I was then truly stunned again when the movie shows that the reason the timeline is about 20 years behind schedule is because that little punk Danny Dyson continued his father's work at Cyberdyne. Remember how in T2 we saw that Miles Dyson was killed. Well, Danny Dyson must have done some research and helped his dad, because Danny eventually achieved the same things his super intelligent dad was working on.But what about how Miles Dyson and Cyberdyne had a CPU from the first Terminator 800, while Danny Dyson did not? Well, Danny was getting information from SkyNet in a different way. I am not willing to spoil who it was giving Danny this information, but when you see who it was, you will be STUNNED!In 2017, one of the police agents who helps get Sarah Connor and Kyle Reese out of trouble is John Connor. It is at this point when Kyle Reese learns he is the father of John. It is also at this point when one of the BIGGEST SHOCKERS of the movie occurs when the T-800 arrives! ... I'm not willing to spoil that part. ... But let's just say Kyle had warned Sarah it was possible for this type of thing to happen!This sets the plot for the rest of the movie. ... This review is getting long. If this isn't enough to encourage you to watch Terminator Genysis, nothing will be. This truly is the BEST Terminator movie since Terminator 2 and is in the same league as T1 and T2.

Me and my wife were very pleased with the movie. We were worried that it might be a cheesy sequel, but boy will be wrong. The plot and execution were very sophisticated and well thought out and very nonlinear. Even the time machine aspect of the movie took a normal time travel paradoxes to another level with a new twist I haven't seen in other sci-fi shows. Definitely food for thought. Acting was great, all the action was well done in context, a fair amount of eye candy so must be seen on the big screen with a big sound system. It was great to see Schwarzenegger and his last role and I think he did a great job. Of course, like all sci-fi shows, you have to suspend your critiques of consistency, but they did not stretch it very far as sci-fi shows go. Definitely worth the time and enjoyed watching it and it is as good or better than the first Terminators of the series that we saw years ago.

Great movie

It would appear, from the dates on most of the reviews, that they were reviews of the theatrical release of this movie, not the DVDs. The disk version of this movie was not released to the public until November 10, 2015, which was the date I received my package from Amazon containing three disks. The first disk in the package has just the movie in 3D. Second disk is a Blu-ray 2D disk of the same movie with extras showing how the special effects were created and featuring multiple interviews and comments from the actors. The third disk in the package is a standard DVD of the same movie.My wife and I viewed the 3D version of this movie on a Homegear 100" HD Motorized 16:9 Projector Screen W/ Remote Control from an Epson Home Cinema 3500 1080p 3D 3LCD Home Theater Projector. We enjoyed the fresh new actors playing the characters from the older movie versions, and Arnold Schwarzenegger as a recycled "old but not obsolete" Terminator/protector of Emilia Clarke in the role of Sarah Connor. She substitutes youth and beauty for the former Sarah Connor's biceps. Jai Courtney was cast as Kyle Reese, who was looking buff in his role and offering some beefcake for the female audience. Versatile Jason Clarke played John Connor. Between the special effects and the actors there was plenty of eye candy for both men and women in this movie.To like this move you must, of course, like the Terminator franchise, appreciate its long history, be willing to accept the implausible and enjoy the interludes of humor that were injected. J.K. Simmons, who has recently being doing Farmer's Insurance commercials, picks up where the psychiatrist obsessed with Sarah Conner left off and adds more to his role than his time-on-screen might suggest. Korean actor Byung-hun Lee convincingly plays the state-of-the-art Terminator sent back in time to kill Sarah Connor.The non-stop action, engaging characters, special effects and stunning 3D kept my wife and me involved throughout this movie, leading us to be completely satisfied with our purchase of this three disk set. The cost of this set was about the same as the two of us viewing the theatrical release in 3D in a theater but we'll be able to enjoy this movie as many time as we would like in the comfort of our home in stunning 3D.

Really good 3d movie I really enjoyed it.

Arrived as described.