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Main Terminator Discussion
I saw a heading under the listing for Salvation that remarked that you could watch the first then fourth without missing anything. I then thought that you could do the following:
Watch Salvation first.
Watch the first Terminator.
Watch T2.
This would provide an alternate reading of the series: It would show how the future undid the past. Is there a trope concerning such reinterpretations of canons? If so, what is it? If not, is this worthy of the main entry, and if it is, where would be an appropriate place to stow it?
The series hasn't been clear about how the serial numbers of the terminators work, since Kyle first refered to the Terminator as a 101. Other material sometimes uses the T-101 code, but referring to this page
it makes it very clear that it is a T-800 series chassis with the model 101 skin. All T-800 skeletons look the same while all 101 models look like Arnold Schwarzenegger. Since there aren't any model numbers for the T-1000 or T-X series, it's more consistent to use T-800 when referring to the robot in the same paragraph as the others.
it makes it very clear that it is a T-800 series chassis with the model 101 skin. All T-800 skeletons look the same while all 101 models look like Arnold Schwarzenegger. Since there aren't any model numbers for the T-1000 or T-X series, it's more consistent to use T-800 when referring to the robot in the same paragraph as the others.
When I introduced somebody to these movies, their most insightful comment was that Kyle Reese is the single most versatile time traveler EVER.
He shows up in a past he functionally knows nothing about, naked. Within 20 seconds, he's acquired pants. Within a minute, he's ascertained the date and stolen a cop's gun. Within 2 minutes, he's got himself brand new Nikes and a trenchcoat. 30 seconds later, he's evaded the police entirely, stolen a shotgun from them, and walks off in search of an unattended car to hotwire and a phone book.
After an hour in the past, he's got literally everything he will use until his arrest. He's so ahead of the curve that he has time to turn on talk radio and take a nap while the Terminator gets some screentime.
Read that again: He takes a nap so that the Terminator has time to catch up.
Is there a trope for that?
Regarding "Ludicrous Precision", where numbers of kills is shown as 0.0, it's not some crazy complicated programming. It's a percentage without the % sign.
Why did the special effects failures get dumped onto YMMV? Seeing someone in the background pulling a lever to make an effect happen isn't subjective...