I am not surprised that Terminator: Dark Fate is bombing because I am the target demographic for that movie. A futuristic movie featuring cyborgs killing everything in their path. I am THERE!
But, I knew I wouldn’t be there for this movie the moment I saw this early picture promoting the movie.
First of all, what the hell is that androgynous thing in the middle and who is the Hispanic chick? Why am I turning into a Terminator movie to see that? Of course, like the new Ghostbusters before it, this was really supposed to be a big feminist “F you” to the sort of men who liked the original movies. The director even said so before it came out: