Terminator: Dark Fate – Deleted scene – requested by @oswald-forthewin
Answering ask with plot spoilers after the cut:
Anon said:
SPOILERS FOR DARK FATE: I think the flashforward with Dani looked iffy because they tried to make her tougher, harder, more like John Connor, while in the dam scenes at the end she was perfect commander material: authoritative but soft and scared at the same time. Anyways, I loved Dani and Natalia’s performance too, she held her own opposite the whole cast and her character was lovable from the get go. Also, as a 5’2’’ person, I love that she’s so tiny, but she can still kick ass.
Yeah, you know what, I think you’re on to something. Like they had to make her so visibly hardened and changed to reflect her status when that wasn’t necessary? Even at the end of the movie, her look there? Was fine! Was great, tbh. But I think it wasn’t even about what it represented in her so much as providing a dramatic difference to show time changing. I honestly think they should maybe not shown her much at all, except possibly a look at the injured commander Grace had been trying to save earlier. These movies never do well in these big reveals, John Connor has never satisfied. It’s a lot better keeping it all hazy in the future.
Dani was just like, so in control. Even from the start, when she went in to fight for her brother’s job, when you knew they were presenting her as a natural leader type, takes charge of situations, fights for the little guy, but she did it so reasonably and like, naturally. Like you knew this kid had already developed a reputation among her coworkers, aside from her brother knowing she’d pick up his slack.
Answering ask with plot spoilers after the cut:
Anon said:
SPOILERS FOR DARK FATE: I think the flashforward with Dani looked iffy because they tried to make her tougher, harder, more like John Connor, while in the dam scenes at the end she was perfect commander material: authoritative but soft and scared at the same time. Anyways, I loved Dani and Natalia’s performance too, she held her own opposite the whole cast and her character was lovable from the get go. Also, as a 5’2’’ person, I love that she’s so tiny, but she can still kick ass.
Yeah, you know what, I think you’re on to something. Like they had to make her so visibly hardened and changed to reflect her status when that wasn’t necessary? Even at the end of the movie, her look there? Was fine! Was great, tbh. But I think it wasn’t even about what it represented in her so much as providing a dramatic difference to show time changing. I honestly think they should maybe not shown her much at all, except possibly a look at the injured commander Grace had been trying to save earlier. These movies never do well in these big reveals, John Connor has never satisfied. It’s a lot better keeping it all hazy in the future.
Dani was just like, so in control. Even from the start, when she went in to fight for her brother’s job, when you knew they were presenting her as a natural leader type, takes charge of situations, fights for the little guy, but she did it so reasonably and like, naturally. Like you knew this kid had already developed a reputation among her coworkers, aside from her brother knowing she’d pick up his slack.
Hey can I ask you something? I’m gonna watch terminator this weekend. I never expected it to be queer so I know I’m not gonna be that sad about that. I’m from Colombia and I want to know what do you think of Dani’s character and Natalia’s performance?
I thought she was great! There was one flashforward that I thought was a bit eh but not because of her, at all, because of the writing. She was super likable and relatable, and totally believable as somebody who deserved this level of protection. (Edit: and to not spoil you or anything, but obviously there’s more to her character than a random girl, otherwise a Terminator wouldn’t be after her, and the reveals are totally believable.)
She started at a big disadvantage with me personally, actually, because I’ve loved the first two movies for forever, so I already was going to be more connected to Sarah Connor and the Arniebot and then this is just a coincidence, but I’ve liked both Mackenzie Davis AND Gabriel Luna for years. Look at the dates on those gifsets! So this movie was a mix of a whole bunch of things I already liked and then…Natalia Reyes. But against that competition, she held her own! She did y’all proud. :>
