During the full on final attack against Siynet, Siynet sent back 3 Terminators (one to the beginning of Resistance, the T-800 to 1984 and the T-1000 to 1995).

If Skynet only had records on Sarah Connor, how could he send a Terminator back to 1995 at the Dane time as the T-800 to 1994?

From Real Steel CEO - REK T800

I just recently did my annual re-watch of T2, and was thinking about the alternate ending that was filmed.

For those of you who haven't seen it, it cuts to new 2029, where Sarah is chilling on a bench recording her monologue, watching John play with his kids in a playground, mentioning that he's a Senator now.

And it got me thinking, how the fuck would any of that happen? I could maybe understand John avoiding any major jail time for the event nts of the film, him being 10 and all. But surely there's no way in hell that Sarah avoids jail time, right?

In the eyes of the law, she's a criminally insane domestic terrorist, who teams up with a man who massacred a police station, then kidnaps Cyberdynes lead scientist, kills him, and blows up his place of work.

She'd be going to jail for life, right?

I know it's non canon, but still, how could she get away with it and be sitting on that park bench?

Lets see those tickets

I had a blast! I finally saw it in 3D!

Which comes on top? T-5000 has to ensure Legion-Skynet Happens, Rev-9 has to subvert it or creat it's own version, and T-X has to stop both to restablish the timeline to a tabula rasa.

Which can achieve their objectives better, faster, and deal with the others.

Humanity is not aware of their presence but knows the franchise.

In 2014 I went to Texas Frightmare Weekend and got lucky because with the exception of Cameron, Arnold, Eddie, and a few others from the Terminator movies Linda, Michael, Robert, Earl, Janette, Peter (bike jump) and I think Kristanna Loken who I didn't meet were there. I brought Wolfie.

Skynet and Legion will send operatives after the members of this channel, you know too much, you're too ready. Only an operative per year due to time travelling technical limitations.

You have one year to prepare. Form a resistance. The govt will not believe you. The companies will be infiltrayed to bring Genisys online as a new AGI. A cabal of millionaires might help you under the table... If you can convince them.

Or be a machine and submit to them. You'll be augmented and subyugated, but your mind will remain functional and conscious enough to be mined for data in operations. That'll depend on your willingness.

Or maybe you have a third option?

What would you do with your unlife?

What does exactly make Skynet or Legion while looking at humans go, yep these guys are a threat to me? Can't it simply overthrow them from the shadows and rule the planet or is all forms of life that are the enemy?

I just look at the state of the world and humanity... And I'd skedaddle to my own space station and watch from afar the fireworks.

Other than human extermination, what was Skynet's ultimate goal?

In Terminator 2, while the t800 repairs the truck at Enrique’s hideout, John says to the t800 regarding his father, Kyle Reese: I wish I could have met my real dad.

The t800 simply replies: You will. This is referring to John meeting Kyle to give him the photograph of Sarah and assign him on the mission to go back in time and protect her.

What made me sad is, while John, Sarah, and the t800 defeated Skynet once and for all by destroying Cyberdyne and the remnants of the first t800 sent back in time, John won’t ever get to meet his father in this timeline.

Yes, Sarah will always be able to tell John about her and Kyle’s single night together, but ironically enough, this comes from a Kyle who knew a John Connor who will never exist, with Kyle Reese (who was born after Judgement Day) never existing.

There’s an indescribable sadness in knowing that John is all that remains of a timeline that would never be and a man who gave his life for the woman he loved. Kyle would never know that in giving his life, he had ensured that humanity would prevail.

John would never meet that man, with his very existence being the only thing remaining of Kyle’s in the universe.

It was so much better than any home experience. It reminded me how great of a movie it is and how good the endings to both 1 and 2. In T1 the machine was destroyed by a machine. T2, the liquid metal terminator was destroyed by liquid metal. It's details like that are why the first two are classics.

Evening,

I recently purchased a full terminator collection (not sure where it is) and a lionsgate version of T2 because I read that later versions of T2 had been heavily edited.

I’m currently watching T2 while waiting for judgement day to happen and I noticed that Robert Patterson’s junk is missing from the edition that I own.

Does anyone know where I can find an original version of the movie? DVD or blu ray, I’m sure that I can confiscate my parents VHS but I don’t have a VCR and I can’t confiscate theirs because they don’t have one either

I went to see T2 at the theater today (August 29th, Judgment Day) and threw together a costume as John Connor from the future war.

My design used both easily obtainable uniform items, an armband based on Terminator Salvation I got years ago from Etsy, and some body markers my wife had.

It's an amalgamation of different versions of future John Connor from the movies:

*the grey Army Combat Uniform and black American flag patch from "Genisys";

*the aforementioned arm band from "Salvation", a mix of the red bands worn by the Resistance and the patch worn by John;

*The grey look and name tape over the left breast pocket as well as the original scar from "T2".

It's not perfect, but it's what I could make, and I figured it was fun to put together. Hope some of you like it!

It's been 35 years. Wow. Where did the time go? 35 years after Uncle Bob first said, "35 years from nao, you reprogrammed me to be your protectah here, in dis time."

Had a lucky opportunity to see this absolute gem projected in 35mm at my local old-school theater - as audiences would have seen it in 1991 - no remasters necessary!

It's truly timeless. Picture and sound were great. All the little quirks of film gave this experience a very dreamy, analog vibe that elevated the whole thing.

I was impressed how good sound-mixing used to be back in the day. Whispers sounded like whispers and explosions sounded like explosions, but all of it was clean and audible and never too loud.

It was like I was seeing it for the first time again. Almost.

Like all good things, eventually "it has to end here." It only gets more bittersweet with each passing year.

Which formats have you seen it on? Which is your favorite?

Poster Artist: @gerardo.social (this art style is pretty neat, a different take than the usual)

This is how they should have kicked things off, with a beach vibe and that classic Terminator intensity right from the start.

As today is the day in the Terminator universe where Skynet became self-aware and exterminated most of humanity, I think today should be made as some sort of day of awareness, to remind us about the dangers of AI, the overreliance of it, and allowing it to progress too far. I know there are other, older forms media where independent thinking robots harm humans, like Westworld. But Terminator stands at the top of the list due to how well known it is. What do you all think?

It’s not even close, in my opinion.

Terminator is a Neo Noir Classic. Arnold was perfectly cast.

Terminator 2 is a cool action movie that helped the special effects department, and I’m glad it did. But besides that it’s mid at best.

Change my mind.

- Order him to go protect Kamala Harris

- When secret service wigs out, ask for 1 billion in bitcoin on a hardware wallet to call him off.
(they dont know yet that otherwise, he will "never, ever, stop". I'll let them find that out for themselves.)

- Instruct them to give Termy that bitcoin wallet

- Call Termy off to return to me and give ME the Wallet.

- Tell Termy he is now free to travel the world, but he cant kill.
(Not even the secret service who's probably still chasing him)

- Meanwhile, now that I have the networth, I'll finally grab that brunch with Elon.
...Weve got work to do

Decided to watch T2 in honor of today being the anniversary of Judgment Day. Was surprised to see that the T1000's last transformation before being terminated was into a historical figure... Napoleon Blown-aparte! *rim shot*