T2 figured out work around the first movie, but didn’t set itself up for a future installment. The Terminator was not set up to be a franchise. Time travel plot lines are hard to do right and you have to carefully plan out future additions to the franchise so that it can continue to make sense. I’m going to go with Terminator because the actual plot line is now an unmitigated disaster. Of course, purely for profit reasons, the Studio will make 30 years worth of mediocre sequels, only this time all the fun is in the nostalgia, rarely in the actual movie. It doesn't matter if the hero is Ripley or someone else, the adversary remains substantially the same. In contrast, the Xenomorphs can't be replaced with another malignant alien species without negating the concept of the franchise. Batman wouldn't fight the Joker three straight times nor would James Bond apprehend (or sleep with) the same Russian spy every couple years. Hero themed franchises work better because, after the introduction, the featured villain carries the show. Hence, a "franchise" can be nothing but predictable. But, as studios know, audiences are more receptive to a new idea without prior expectations. The new timeline results in the Matrix or maybe the entire story thus far was in the Matrix (explaining the time paradoxes). The Matrix concept could have made for a cool T3 idea. Killer robot battles killer robot was badass let's remake the same movie 4 more times! You can stretch a concept only so thin before it's easier to start a new one. But, after one sequel, that well is usually dry. So, for the sequel, you add a nuance: an entire hive of aliens or a bendable Terminator model with a wicked motor bike. Whether it's Aliens or Terminator or Predator, you begin with an invincible adversary who, by the end, is now defeated and vulnerable. Villain themed franchises typically fizzle out quicker than a perforated can of 7up. We're talking the perfect action/horror film. I mean, when it comes to sequels, the task is pretty much impossible to replicate or top the first one. Less of a parallel and more of a foil to the first.īut yeah, throw in some Bill Paxton freaking the fuck out, LA being portrayed as the fiery shithole it truly is, and the additions to the lore, and I'd say it's a darn good sequel. In the first, we see an elite "rescue" squad go up against the monster and lose pretty dramatically in the second, we see a bunch of egghead scientists who think they're prepared get annihilated.
The second, is the Predator as a force of nature the only way to conquer it is wit and guile, not brute force.
The cinematography and set design work to make you really feel this. This is a sweaty motherfucking movie, just like the original. It stays true to the first in a few ways.
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