History Fridge / TerminatorGenisys

* The title "Genisys" was mocked before the movie came out. The stated reason for using that spelling was that they wanted to avoid infringing on the copyright of the band Music/{{Genesis}}. That doesn't make sense; the movie's title would have been ''Terminator: Genesis'', which is legally obviously distinct from the band. However, in-universe, Cyberdyne would not be covered by that distinction. So they really would need to change the spelling to avoid infringement.

* FridgeBrilliance crossed with FridgeHorror. Think of the franchise as a whole, each attempt by our time travelling heroes to prevent Skynet from existing simply results in Skynet being created later and later, with more advanced terminators available to it for the war itself and to send back with each loop. The horror sets in when you realize this means each version that replaces the previous in the timeline is more and more intelligent and advanced and has more advanced tech from which to start the war from and thus is more advanced by the end. This means that if our heroes keep trying to prevent Judgement Day over and over what they will inevitably end up doing is creating a timeline where Skynet is advanced enough and smart enough that it may be able to make say T-1000s or even T-3000s practical enough to build to be regular shock troops instead of too impractical to be anything but rarities sent on the most vital missions, all controlled by a much smarter overlord, thus there would eventually be a loop where Skynet actually WINS. [[NiceJobBreakingItHero In short, by trying to do the right thing our "heroes" are inadvertently dooming the world.]]

* The T-5000 demonstrates a high level of intelligence, even given that it is housing Skynet. [[spoiler: By making its move to transform Connor and eliminate all witnesses save for the required person being sent back in time, it's preventing the one flaw that would allow humanity to reverse this particular time change - foreknowledge. That is, no one will know what happened after the fact and thus no one can send someone back in time to stop it. Fortunately, someone somehow knew (in another timeline?) and put such vital informations in Pops' database.]]
* Pops is consistently going up against and defeating superior Terminator models in this movie. Not only does this preserve the drama by pitting Pops against enemies that could probably beat him, it demonstrates the effectiveness and adaptability of the T-800 that the other models lack. Since Pops has been active for decades he has had years for his A.I. to evolve far beyond typical factory settings, allowing him the time to develop the tactical thinking, planning, and combat skills needed to effectively outthink and outfight models that could otherwise beat Pops easily, as well as compensate for the age induced malfunctions from decades of operation without maintence. This is most clearly demonstrated when he uses planning and backup to [[CurbstompBattle defeat his fresh off the shelf "brother" with ease.]]

* The title "Genisys" was mocked before the movie came out. The stated reason for using that spelling was that they wanted to avoid infringing on the copyright of the band Genesis. That doesn't make sense; the movie's title would have been ''Terminator: Genesis'', which is legally obviously distinct from the band. However, in-universe, Cyberdyne would not be covered by that distinction. So they really would need to change the spelling to avoid infringement.
* At times during the film, Creator/EmiliaClarke's acting seemed emotionless and robotic. Thinking about it, Clarke's character Sarah Connor has been raised by an emotionless machine for eleven years, so it would make sense for her to sound robotic compared to other humans.
** On a similar note, people have complained about her sounding too young, but Sarah Connor was born in 1965, making her 19 in the first film. So it technically makes more sense to have her sound like an actual teenager than someone who's almost 30.

* Remember the online criticisms about how the later and more powerful Terminator series consistently failed to accomplish their programmed goals while the older and more obsolete T-800 series had been more successful? The same criticism had been heaped onto the T-3000 in this film, but be it the writer's intention or not, this time a plausible justification for his VillainBall underperformance can be made. [[spoiler:John Connor as the T-3000 is deliberately holding back against his parents with a futile hope that they would [[WeCanRuleTogether join him]], hence he adhered to his programmed goal of protecting Genisys/Skynet by delaying the protagonists instead of killing them outright - all these being traits that exhibits one of the few remaining remnants left within him]]