Terminator
A powerful impervious humanoid machine with advanced artificial intelligence, programmed to terminate humans. The main antagonists in the Terminator film series.
"Terminator" is a vague term used to describe the various machines built by Skynet to destroy humanity. These emotionless hunter killers were the result of a military defense network (Skynet) that became self-aware, deeming humanity a threat. After setting off nuclear bombs on all major cities, Skynet took over automated factories and began producing various terminators to hunt down and kill the remaining population.
Over time, a human resistance would form under the command of John Connor, who would become a formidable opponent to Skynet. Upon defeating Skynet, the machines often implement time travel in a ploy to "reset" the playing field by altering the past, and averting the defeat. This tends to result in humans reprogramming captured terminators to combat a threat sent back to do damage in the past.
Skynet was eventually capable of improving its machines, and the different types of terminators became distinguishable by their series number and/or model number. The most popular terminator is the T-800 model 101, played by Arnold Schwarzenegger in "The Terminator" (1984) and its sequel "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" (1991).
Canon information about the other types of terminators is very limited, derived mostly through the future war scenes in the first two films. However, throughout T1-T3, one could gather a short list of different terminators:
HK Aircraft - "hunter killer" jets with onboard weapons (T1, T2, T3)
HK Tanks - massive "hunter killer" tanks with onboard weapons (T1, T2)
T-1 - bulky tank with mounted machine guns (T3)
T-600 - infiltrator machine with rubber skin (described in T1)
T-800 - infiltrator machine with organic flesh (T1, T2)
T-850 - advanced version of T-800 (T3)
T-1000 - mimetic poly-alloy (liquid metal) (T2)
T-X - mimetic poly-alloy over endoskeleton, with onboard weapons (T3)
The terminators with human flesh are disginguishable by their model numbers. In Terminator 1 and 2, both Arnold terminators are the same model 101 appearance, but they are in fact different machines. In Terminator 3, the T-850 (also a(n aged) model 101) terminator admits that he comes off an assembly line. The teaser trailer for T2 shows this assembly line in action.
The first two films are ground-breaking tech-noir classics. However, following the departure of the series creator James Cameron, the franchise was placed in the hands of the two imbeciles who wrote "Married with Children" and "Catwoman". Together, these unstoppable forces of stupidty would ditch the bleak, desperate atmosphere with tense moral fiber and strong social commentary... in favor of shallow Summer blockbuster material. And comic relief?
In conclusion, Terminator Salvation is a worthless film that accomplishes nothing. Fuck that movie. Let's continue pretending it doesn't exist. Terminator Genysis sounds like a turd baking in the sun too. There is no fate but what we make for ourselves, and the powers that be continue to put the hands of this once beloved series in the hands of inept screenwriters who don't understand why the first two films were so amazing.
Over time, a human resistance would form under the command of John Connor, who would become a formidable opponent to Skynet. Upon defeating Skynet, the machines often implement time travel in a ploy to "reset" the playing field by altering the past, and averting the defeat. This tends to result in humans reprogramming captured terminators to combat a threat sent back to do damage in the past.
Skynet was eventually capable of improving its machines, and the different types of terminators became distinguishable by their series number and/or model number. The most popular terminator is the T-800 model 101, played by Arnold Schwarzenegger in "The Terminator" (1984) and its sequel "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" (1991).
Types of Terminators
Canon information about the other types of terminators is very limited, derived mostly through the future war scenes in the first two films. However, throughout T1-T3, one could gather a short list of different terminators:
HK Aircraft - "hunter killer" jets with onboard weapons (T1, T2, T3)
HK Tanks - massive "hunter killer" tanks with onboard weapons (T1, T2)
T-1 - bulky tank with mounted machine guns (T3)
T-600 - infiltrator machine with rubber skin (described in T1)
T-800 - infiltrator machine with organic flesh (T1, T2)
T-850 - advanced version of T-800 (T3)
T-1000 - mimetic poly-alloy (liquid metal) (T2)
T-X - mimetic poly-alloy over endoskeleton, with onboard weapons (T3)
The terminators with human flesh are disginguishable by their model numbers. In Terminator 1 and 2, both Arnold terminators are the same model 101 appearance, but they are in fact different machines. In Terminator 3, the T-850 (also a(n aged) model 101) terminator admits that he comes off an assembly line. The teaser trailer for T2 shows this assembly line in action.
Judgment Day
The first two films are ground-breaking tech-noir classics. However, following the departure of the series creator James Cameron, the franchise was placed in the hands of the two imbeciles who wrote "Married with Children" and "Catwoman". Together, these unstoppable forces of stupidty would ditch the bleak, desperate atmosphere with tense moral fiber and strong social commentary... in favor of shallow Summer blockbuster material. And comic relief?
WtF Happened?
In conclusion, Terminator Salvation is a worthless film that accomplishes nothing. Fuck that movie. Let's continue pretending it doesn't exist. Terminator Genysis sounds like a turd baking in the sun too. There is no fate but what we make for ourselves, and the powers that be continue to put the hands of this once beloved series in the hands of inept screenwriters who don't understand why the first two films were so amazing.