A favour to ask

Hi everyone,

As you know I am a great supporter of anyone with autism and I was asked by a proud and lovely mum called Denise who's son Sam is a Finalist in a Film Festival.

He has made a 5 minute short film about his girlfriend who has Downs Syndrome and it would mean a lot for you guys to vote for him.

Here is the link if you want to vote:

http://www.focusonability.com.au/FOA/films/Aptitude_with_Attitude_849.html


Please give him all the support for a wonderful and Creative Autistic person!!


Many Thanks

Terminator Genisys - The Film for a New Generation That Kicked Butt!

In 1982 James Cameron, a little known writer and Director decided to write a screenplay that would become one of the most famous Sci-fi films in history! 

Fast Forward to 2015, Genisys has been released in cinemas after a long wait for fans, questions surrounding the film and especially it's plot since the last two Terminator Films were such a disappointment with plot flaws and low box office success see's the Terminator film franchise fall from grace.... that is until Now! 

 When I first heard the whispers of a new Terminator film was in production I was sceptical! 

The third and fourth films in the series were not the same and had many disappointing factors to do with the original narrative and in the fourth film no Arnie to be found. 

So when the whispers became more fact than fiction and slowly film magazines such as Empire and Total Film had begun to unearth the truth about Genisys and it's narrative I began to become excited and looking forward to what would be the deciding film for the Terminator at the Box office for a modern day audience who were too young or had just been born when the original two films were made!

 The Original Terminator was a small indie production that was made on a rather small budget compared to it's modern day successor. 

And although James Cameron may not have had any direct involvement with Genisys there is a respectful additions of  both Terminator 1 and Terminator 2 that are then all intertwined together in a amazing new film that will blow you away! 

I was born in 1992, so when I stumbled onto the Terminator series, I was a young adult, the nuclear war threat was over and social media was just beginning to boom with Facebook and Twitter becoming new additions to MySpace, a very young Youtube and MSN Messenger! 

I was blown away with the idea that a computer system that should be protecting man kind could indeed gain it's own mind and make decisions and build robots that only had one programme and that was to kill. 

What got me more interested in the actual original film series was the idea that you could change the course of history and indeed time with one simple act. Cause and Effect could be altered all in a simple change to the actual cause that sets off the effect later down the line and all it all started with Sarah Conner. 

Linda Hamilton the original Sarah Conner 1984

When we are first introduced to Sarah Conner in the first Terminator, she is a sweet young girl who is trying to make a living by being a waitress in primitive 1984. 

Little does she know how important she is and up until the point where the Terminator comes to kill her does the reality sink in with the aid of her love interest and protecter Kyle Reece , a solider in the Human Resistance from 2017.

Kyle knows his mission and will do anything to keep the mother or the resistance safe. Groomed by his leader and son of both Sarah and Reece John Conner to fall in love with his mother. 

Reece is your stereotypical Hero Lead in any film. 

He knows his mission, he has his flaws and difficulties from his past but is willing to do anything to save his damsel in distress and in doing so saving the world. 

With Genisys the world is a different place and this includes 1984 itself. We're actually heading into Back to the Future Territory with the explanation as in to how this alternate 1984 occurs and this is just the beginning to what happens to be the best Terminator that doesn't have any involvement from it's creator! 

Now and Then- Sarah Conner

Emilia Clarke is well known for her performance in HBO's 'Game of Thrones', but with the challenge of recreating such an iconic character of Sarah Conner it must of been the role of a lifetime. The Sarah Conner in Genisys reminds us of the  Sarah Conner we remember from Terminator 2 - Judgement Day. 

Linda Hamilton's performance in Terminator 2 is legendary. Sarah Conner is no more a young girl but a fierce and strong woman ready to fight for her and her son's survival.

Clarke transports us as an audience back to Terminator 2 instantly. Her harsh and strong mentality and alternative reality to the original Conner is revealed  and when she first meets Kyle Reece it doesn't go as well as planned. 

Kyle Reece - AKA Jai Courtney

For Kyle Reece it must have been a shock to find out the woman who you are supposed to protect and save, is well already looking after herself and doesn't really need help from him. 

Reece has witnessed the cause to the alternative 1984 and is brought into a world where Terminators are already running riot. 

Not only that he has to face his first task of not only running away from the police but do you remember the T-1000's? 

                                    Well they're back but in 1984!!!! 

T1000 1991

 The surreal and terrifying prospect of meeting not only the most amazing machines that first appeared back in 1991 in T2 but to then get your head round the possibility that they have been sent back to 1984.

As a Terminator fan this can literally make your head spin... and this is kind of a spoiler. I'm trying to keep as much as I can a secret but this film is worth going to see to find out more. Because this is just the tip of the iceberg!!

And heres when the shock of what has already to Sarah Conner kicks in for any Terminator Fan! 

I don't really want to give the narrative away!!! I really want you to go and see it for yourselves! 

Young Sarah Conner being Saved by the Terminator! 

But one more little secret wouldn't hurt now would it? 

We all know that The Terminator was sent to kill Sarah Conner in the original film but this isn't the original!! NO NO. 

Give us a Smile Arnie! 

One of the biggest shocks you will get at the start of this film is that Sarah Conner has relied and lived with the machine that has tried to kill her. 

Arnie is back looking a little bit older than he did back in 1984 and well not in the best condition as a terminator. 

He's had a few more years and his outer human skin is beginning to age more and more. With Wrinkles and Grey Hair you can't believe your eyes when you first see him again! He has also got a pet name as Sarah calls her terminator affectionately as 'Pops'.  

The story goes that in 1979 a young 9 year old Sarah is made an orphan by not a T-800 but the later model T-1000 who murders her parents. 

Meet T1000 2015! 

So it seems fitting that the T-1000's are running around in 1984 and are very hard to get rid of.

The edge of your seat ride of a narrative speaks volumes and adds in realities that shouldn't mix well together. Terminator 1&2 were amazing as  individual films. The trick with Genisys that really works is that it has been able to blend both films together seamlessly.  Adding in extras that you can't imagine and still able to entertain and surprise effortlessly. 

There is one more character that we cannot forget about as he is the key to linking all the amazing narrative together and his name is John Conner. 

John Conner with Terminator in T2 Judgement Day 1991

We all remember the John Conner of 1991. He was a rebel with a troubled and some what disruptive attitude. 

Forced into foster care due to his mother being locked up in an insane asylum for her telling the truth about the Terminators and the Future. 

Since the last time we have seen John, he is now a man. A strong leader who has risen to his destiny with the battle scars to prove it. 

His attitude to 'SkyNet' and the Terminators is one with venom and loathing. 

His only need in the first ten minutes of the film is to make sure he succeeds in destroying SkyNet forever! 

John Conner 2017

The John Conner you meet later is different and not in a good way. He is the reason to why there is an alternate 1984. 

Not in terms of his own doing as he has had a little help from a familiar face that we will all recognise in the UK as the 11th Doctor in Doctor Who! 

I would just like to say to Matt Smith that you were amazing in this film.. but I don't think I can look at you in the same way ever again!!! 

Genisys should not be looked upon as a reboot of a classic film, rather as a instalment of a trilogy that lost it's way. 

Whether you like it or not, please do not write Terminator Genisys off as another money making film that will disappoint. It was written and produced by fans of the original films who asked the permission of James Cameron to make a Terminator Film that would not disappoint not only Cameron himself but more importantly you the fans at home. 

SkyNet's threat is now not about Nuclear weapons but more a close to home topic that we all use. Social Media and Technology that we rely on daily for information, entertainment, protection and even saving our lives. Genisys is a new reality for a modern day audience with the echo's of the old in the world of Terminator. 

It might not be about the Nuclear Threat anymore but more about the infiltration of Technology into our everyday lives. 

Terminator Genisys is out now in cinemas.