by TAKE ONE
TAKE ONE Presents... is series of critical analyses of beloved film franchises from the TAKEONECinema.net crew. We are currently running The Impossipod where we critically analyse all the Mission: Impossible franchise films in release order. Our first series was The Xenopod, a podcast series where we watched and analysed all the Alien franchise films in release order, and our second series was The Dinopod where we discussed the Jurassic Park / World franchise films.
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May 27, 2026
<p>Simon and Jim enter the modern era of Terminator films with TERMINATOR GENISYS directed by Alan Taylor, a film with a promising start that goes on to absolutely fall off a cliff. They discuss the producers' ambition for a new Terminator Cinematic Universe off the back of this film and the perils of planning for a trilogy without making a successful film first, the interesting way that this film recontextualises and subverts the original film and creates a blank slate for a new direction, the uninteresting way that the film just goes in the same direction as the previous entries in the franchise, digital de-aging and the "mummification" of cinema, the transformation of Skynet into a consumer tech product and how that impacts the politics of the narrative, and why 'Genisys' is spelled that way.</p><p>Content warnings: nuclear war and apocalyptic destruction; murder and violent death; patriarchy and forced procreation; body horror and removal of skin.</p><p>Our theme song is Terminator Theme Song (32Stitches Remix) by 32Stitches available on SoundCloud at <a href="https://soundcloud.com/32stitches/terminator-32stitches-remix" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://soundcloud.com/32stitches/terminator-32stitches-remix</a></p><p>Full references for this episode available in Zotero at <a href="https://www.zotero.org/groups/5642177/take_one/collections/EIRIF9WS/collection" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.zotero.org/groups/5642177/take_one/collections/EIRIF9WS/collection</a></p>
April 22, 2026
<p>Simon and Jim discuss TERMINATOR SALVATION directed by McG. They discuss the film's disappointing turn from the franchise's anti-war themes towards working directly with the US military and parroting establishment narratives, the dour over-saturated (by design!) late-2000s colour palette of the film, what specific voice Christian Bale is doing as John Connor, how the film represents (or doesn't) the nuclear and the horror of nuclear weaponry, the odd allusions to other films like THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION and MAD MAX, the interesting work that could be done tracing the production rights to this franchise and how that impacts the texts themselves, and Jim tells us about his legendary Worst Day of Cinema.</p><p>Content warnings: incarceration and capital punishment; misogyny and patriarchy; nuclear war and apocalyptic destruction; militarisation and civilian casualties; murder and violent death; body horror and removal of skin; steroid abuse; heart surgery.</p><p>Our theme song is Terminator Theme Song (32Stitches Remix) by 32Stitches available on SoundCloud at <a href="https://soundcloud.com/32stitches/terminator-32stitches-remix" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://soundcloud.com/32stitches/terminator-32stitches-remix</a></p><p>Full references for this episode available in Zotero at <a href="https://www.zotero.org/groups/5642177/take_one/collections/J4XVRVSM/collection" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.zotero.org/groups/5642177/take_one/collections/J4XVRVSM/collection</a></p>
March 25, 2026
<p>Simon and Jim discuss Jonathan Mostow's TERMINATOR 3: RISE OF THE MACHINES, a pivot from interesting and distinctive Terminator films towards generic early 2000s action films. They discuss this film's wild tonal whiplash and the great disservice it does to the film's more ambitious plot points, the casual laddish misogyny and voyeurism expressed through the T-X and the Kate Brewster characters, how terrible and generic the film looks including a stunt superficially similar to the famous truck flip from THE DARK KNIGHT, Arnold's small distraction during this film of running for Governor of California, and the naming conventions of blockbuster franchises after the third film.</p><p>Content warnings: misogyny and patriarchy; nuclear war and apocalyptic destruction; casual homophobia; murder and violent death including the shooting of children; body horror and removal of skin.</p><p>Our theme song is Terminator Theme Song (32Stitches Remix) by 32Stitches available on SoundCloud at <a href="https://soundcloud.com/32stitches/terminator-32stitches-remix" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://soundcloud.com/32stitches/terminator-32stitches-remix</a></p><p>Full references for this episode available in Zotero at <a href="https://www.zotero.org/groups/5642177/take_one/collections/MA22Y4VE/collection" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.zotero.org/groups/5642177/take_one/collections/MA22Y4VE/collection</a></p>
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TAKE ONE Presents... is series of critical analyses of beloved film franchises from the TAKEONECinema.net crew. We are currently running The Impossipod where we critically analyse all the Mission: Impossible franchise films in release order.
Our first series was The Xenopod, a podcast series where we watched and analysed all the Alien franchise films in release order, and our second series was The Dinopod where we discussed the Jurassic Park / World franchise films.
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