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‘Terminator Genisys’ a treat for Schwarzenegger’s fans
Mumbai: Film: “Terminator Genisys”; Language: English; Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jason Clarke, Jai Courtney, Emilia Clarke; Director: Alan Taylor; Rating: **1/2
This film is based on characters designed by James Cameron and Gale Ann Hurd from the “Terminator” series which began way back in 1984. A battle for survival between the nearly-extinct human race and Cyberdyne Systems’ world-spanning synthetic intelligence, Skynet which during the course of time created the Terminators, who were used against individual human targets, forms the crux of this time-travel Sci-fiction series.
“Terminator Genisys”, is the fifth edition of this series. Narrated from the leader of the human resistance force, John Connor’s (Jason Clarke) point of view, the narration rolls off circa Aug 2027, with his voice-over revealing, “Skynet is a threat to all humanity that existed. 3 billion people died in a nuclear fire. Survivors called it the judgement day. I was born after the judgement day.”
And then it is revealed, that after yet another assault on a Skynet facility, John sends his friend Kyle Reese (Jai Courtney) back in time, to 1984 to protect his mother, Sarah (Emilia Clarke) from a Terminator assassin and thereby ensures his own existence.
Unfortunately, an unexpected turn of events creates an altered timeline and instead of meeting a scared waitress, Sarah with John in her womb, Kyle meets a skilled fighter who is protected by a Terminator guardian who she fondly calls, “Pops” (Arnold Schwarzenegger).
Now confused, Reese laments about the time travel mechanism. Meanwhile, he also suffers from bouts of vision which reveal to him that “When Genisys, the latest technical application comes online, Judgement day begins.”
Unsure about the turn of events and where it will lead him, forms the crux of this edition, which figuratively leads to John’s genesis too.
On the performance front, this edition seems to be Arnold Schwarzeneggera¿s show. He is simply dynamic and self-aware with his broad jaw-gritting smile and pouting, “I am old but not obsolete.” It is also fascinating to see a bout of Arnold Vs Arnold in the film.
Jai Courtney as Kyle is charismatic, whereas Jason Clarke as John Connor gets lost in his myriad avatars and Emilia Clarke, as the agile and spunky Sarah is fairly competent.
With Scriptwriters – Laeta Kalogridis and Patrick Lussier’s plot jumping timelines and narrated in a non-linear fashion, along with the characters replicating themselves, makes this viewing a big jigsaw puzzle, which even fans of this series will find hard to assemble. The breaking point comes in the last scene, when you can’t relate to Kyle speaking to John who is not Sarah’s son!
Mounted on an epic scale with visuals in neon blue and golden hued frames with cool CCI images incorporated, the film is glossy and mind-boggling.
Director Alan Taylor’s pace of the narration is racy and he is technically savvy to deliver a well-synchronised action film, on par with the last four editions.
The film is surely going to entertain you if you are an action buff, but not too fussed about the logic of the tale. And of course, for Schwarzenegger fans it is a treat.
International online casino Casino Days has published a report sharing their internal data on what types and brands of devices are used to play on the platform by users from the South Asian region.
Such aggregate data analyses allow the operator to optimise their website for the brands and models of devices people are actually using.
The insights gained through the research also help Casino Days tailor their services based on the better understanding of their clients and their needs.
Desktops and Tablets Lose the Battle vs Mobile
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“Some of the reasons behind this massive difference in device type are affordability, technical advantages, as well as cheaper and more obtainable internet plans for mobiles than those for computers,” the researchers comment.
Xiaomi and Vivo Outperform Samsung, Apple Way Down in Rankings
Chinese brands Xiaomi and Vivo were used by 21.9% and 20.79% of Casino Days players from South Asia respectively, and together with the positioned in third place with a 18.1% share South Korean brand Samsung dominate the market among real money gamers in the region.
Cupertino, California-based Apple is way down in seventh with a user share of just 2.29%, overshadowed by Chinese brands Realme (11.43%), OPPO (11.23%), and OnePlus (4.07%).
Huawei is at the very bottom of the chart with a tiny share just below the single percent mark, trailing behind mobile devices by Motorola, Google, and Infinix.
The data on actual phone usage provided by Casino Days, even though limited to the gaming parts of the population of South Asia, paints a different picture from global statistics on smartphone shipments by vendors.
Apple and Samsung have been sharing the worldwide lead for over a decade, while current regional leader Xiaomi secured their third position globally just a couple of years ago.
Striking Android Dominance among South Asian Real Money Gaming Communities
The shifted market share patterns of the world’s top smartphone brands in South Asia observed by the Casino Days research paper reveal a striking dominance of Android devices at the expense of iOS-powered phones.
On the global level, Android enjoys a comfortable lead with a sizable 68.79% share which grows to nearly 79% when we look at the whole continent of Asia. The data on South Asian real money gaming communities suggests that Android’s dominance grows even higher and is north of the 90% mark.
Among the major factors behind these figures, the authors of the study point to the relative affordability of and greater availability of Android devices in the region, especially when manufactured locally in countries like India and Vietnam.
“And, with influencers and tech reviews putting emphasis on Android devices, the choice of mobile phone brand and OS becomes easy; Android has a much wider range of products and caters to the Asian online casino market in ways that Apple can’t due to technical limitations,” the researchers add.
The far better integration achieved by Google Pay compared to its counterpart Apple Pay has also played a crucial role in shaping the existing smartphone market trends.
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