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SciFi Month (2025) – Terminated

Arnold as the Terminator

For Science Fiction month, I decided to finally watch all of the Terminator movies. This series has quite the tumultuous history. The first two movies are written and directed by James Cameron. He wanted to do a third movie, but he lost the rights in an auction in 1997. After the release of the third film, the rights were sold again.

Terminator Salvation was released in 2003, and then the company filed for bankruptcy. Terminator Genisys was initially intended to be the first installment of a new trilogy before James Cameron regained the rights in 2019. However, the idea was scrapped after its low performance at the box office. Terminator: Dark Fate is produced by James Cameron and was also intended to be the first installment of a new trilogy. The project was scrapped for the same reason.

As a result of all this, the franchise is disjointed and incongruent. Does that affect their entertainment value?

Masters of the Universe Teaser Trailer

This was teased yesterday (Jan 21). Apprently we have teaser trailers for the teaser trailers now. I wasn’t going to annoy you with a post about that. Instead, I waited until the trailer was officially released. So check out the Masters of the Universe teaser trailer.

ICYMI: The Fourth Avenger’s Doomday Teaser

I’m getting mixed details about the number of teaser trailers Avenger’s Doomsday will have. I thought there would only be four, but I’m seeing there will be six in some places. Be that as it may, in case you missed it, here is the fourth (and final?) Avenger’s Doomsday teaser trailer.

These two are not a huge surprise. We knew the Wakandans story isn’t finished, and we just had the newest iteration of the Fantastic Four. It’s a fun trailer, but it doesn’t quite have the dramatic flair of the previous teasers.

If there are more trailers, I’ll post them. I think the next teaser we get will be one for the full movie, which is still about 10 months away.

film real

“The screen is a magic medium. It has such power that it can retain interest as it conveys emotions and moods that no other art form can hope to tackle.” 
– Stanley Kubrick

Avengers Doomsday: X-Men

The third teaser trailer for the Avengers: Doomsday movie dropped, and this time it’s the X-Men. It should be no surprise that we are getting the X-Men; it’s been teased for quite a while. The question is, who will be back?

This might be Sir Patrick Stewart’s final film. I thought I read somewhere that he is considering retirement. He will be 86 years old this year. I probably need to go back and watch all the X-Men movies again, just to remind myself of where things were left.

Anyway, Marvel is doing well to build the hype, and I’m anxious to see the first official trailer for this movie. We have a long time to wait; the release date is set for November.

film real

“The screen is a magic medium. It has such power that it can retain interest as it conveys emotions and moods that no other art form can hope to tackle.” 
– Stanley Kubrick

Christmas Movies (2025)

Another Christmas in the books; it always goes too fast. I did get a chance to watch several movies this year and a decent mix of selections. This is also the inaugural year for a new special event movie, Elf Celebration Day (on December twELFth). Let’s get the list of default movies.

Oh Christmas Tree
  • White Christmas
  • 8-Bit Christmas
  • Scrooged
  • A Christmas Story
  • A Christmas Story Christmas
  • Christmas Vacation
  • Four Christmases

We watched Four Christmases again this year, so it’s now pretty much a default choice. Believe it or not, we did not watch Spirited this year, which surprises me since my daughter enjoys it so much. Now let’s get to the non-default choices, including a 2025 Christmas movie.

Movie Trailer – Avengers Doomsday: Thor

How about one more trailer before 2025 comes to a close? As promised, here is another teaser trailer for Avengers Doomsday, this time focusing on Thor.

If you didn’t know, the actress who is playing Thor’s adopted daughter is Chris Hemsworth’s own daughter, India Rose Hemsworth. She is reprising the role from Thor: Love and Thunder. I think this makes the character dynamics much more real, not just for the viewers but also for Chris and his family.

There is a theme developing here. So far, both trailers depict a member of the original Avengers and their child. I think there are two more teaser trailers set to come out, so who else has a kid? Keep in mind that this movie is not scheduled to release until November, 2026.


film real

“The screen is a magic medium. It has such power that it can retain interest as it conveys emotions and moods that no other art form can hope to tackle.” 
– Stanley Kubrick

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