- John Hansen
- December 6, 2017
‘Terminator Salvation’ reviews
John’s “Terminator Salvation” review, johnvhansen.com, May 24, 2009 John’s “Terminator Salvation” flashback review, johnvhansen.com, June 4, 2017
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- John Hansen
- December 5, 2017
‘Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines’ reviews
John’s “Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines” review, Brainerd Dispatch, July 3, 2003 John’s “Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines” flashback review, johnvhansen.com, July 6,
- John Hansen
- June 11, 2017
‘Terminator’ flashback: ‘Terminator Salvation: Trial By Fire’ (2010) (Book review)
In some ways, spinoff novel authors have less freedom than movie writers. For example, we know Timothy Zahn is not going to kill off John
- John Hansen
- June 7, 2017
‘Terminator’ flashback: ‘Terminator Salvation: Cold War’ (2009) (Book review)
Greg Cox’s “Cold War” (October 2009) is the first spinoff material to come out after “Terminator Salvation,” but it’s actually another prequel story, like “From the Ashes”
- John Hansen
- June 4, 2017
‘Terminator’ flashback: ‘Terminator Salvation’ movie, novelization and comic book (2009) (Review)
The very first “Terminator” spinoff materials – the Now comics – explored the Future War, but aside from flashbacks/flash-forwards, it took another two decades for
- John Hansen
- May 31, 2017
‘Terminator’ flashback: ‘Terminator Salvation: Sand in the Gears’ (2009) (Comic book review)
Around the same time that the novel line provided a “Terminator Salvation” prequel with “From the Ashes,” IDW – the seventh (and, as of now,
- John Hansen
- May 30, 2017
‘Terminator’ flashback: ‘Terminator Salvation: From the Ashes’ (2009) (Book review)
Even as Fox deemed the “Terminator” franchise not popular enough to renew “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles” for a third season, the movie wing of
- John Hansen
- June 6, 2016
‘Terminator’ flashback: ‘The Sarah Connor Chronicles’ Season 2 (2008-09) (TV review)
“Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles” Season 2 (2008-09) is a decompressed stretch of low-key epic storytelling that continues to chronicle central “Terminator” ideas. John and Sarah
- John Hansen
- December 31, 2015
John’s top 10 movies of 2015
These were my 10 favorite movies of 2015: 1. “Spotlight” — This chronicle of the Boston Globe’s 2001-02 probe of rape allegations in the Catholic Church is
- John Hansen
- December 8, 2015
Why is Katniss Everdeen so reluctant to be a hero? (And why ‘Gotham’ features the rarest of heroes)
When faced with a totalitarian government, institutionalized corruption or a plain ole supervillain, pop culture’s superheroes and revolutionaries are almost always reluctant, and it’s getting