Definitely not underrated.
Acidraindrop is actually right here, but maybe not for the reasons some people think.
There's nuance to this discussion about how awful Genisys is and how good/bad Salvation is.
Salvation is a better directed film, with FAR superior cinematography, sound design, set dressing and special effects. However, people seem to be confusing that with being a better Terminator film, in which case, it is not.
Genisys is stupid beyond belief, but at the same time has fun with an alternate timeline story; it's sensible, in some ways, within its own little nonsensical world.
Salvation tries to latch onto the existing Terminator mythos and that's where things completely fall apart. The script is an absolute mess, and every time I think about it the more frustrating it becomes because it seems like five or ten different movies cobbled together into one.
Skynet is depicted as a memory-adled schizophrenic AI in Salvation, not really sure what it's trying to do (it's trying to kill Kyle and John and knows this is a prime directive yet doesn't do so when many opportunities present themselves, it's like... WTF?).
At least in Genisys there was some consistency in its goals (no matter how ridiculous and silly).
In Salvation, Skynet literally brought itself to ruin with Marcus, which did them zero favors. And when you think about their plan for him, it still makes no sense why they just wouldn't have used an infiltrator unit in his place.
Given how ragtag the humans were, it kind of makes you question at which point did they eventually make the phased plasma weapons or where did they eventually get them from? (I always assumed in the Cameronverse they lifted them off of downed Terminators)
John going into Skynet's base alone made no sense. There was no one from his camp who believed him about the past? No one else who was willing to help him stop Skynet/rescue Kyle? It was all just so nonsensical.
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