I get that this new Disney film is actually based on an older intellectual property than the Terminator series, but they should know better. Context matters.
You can’t just name the movie after the protagonist (who just so happens to have a strikingly similar name to one of the most famous protagonists in recent film history) and not expect people to scratch there heads.
The name ‘John Connor’ has a place in popular culture as humanity’s only hope for survival in our inevitable war against machines. My personal opinion is that Disney really should have taken that into consideration.
I know I wouldn’t want everyone’s first reaction to my new, blockbuster film to be, “hey, that sounds like that other guy.”
