IN Terminator Zeroartificial intelligence is trying to take over the world again. But this time it is a project that rivals in power and might the Skynet itself, responsible for all the horrors shown in the film saga. An interesting twist that clearly shows that the world as the franchise imagines it, It’s much more complex, strange and brutal than what’s been shown so far.
Certainly, Terminator Zero It’s a tough bet. Not only does he have to bring a well-known story back to the big screen, one that has undergone all sorts of reimaginings, most of them disastrous, and even in TV projects. All to tell a single story. About how the machines took over and how they started a nuclear fire that wiped out humanity. Which is what caused John Connor to arrive, the leader who stood up to them in the midst of a terrible scenario.
To give you a better understanding of the scope of the saga and what to expect from it Terminator Zero from Netflix, we leave you with everything you need to remember about the franchise before watching the anime. From the beginning of everything to the vision of the resistance leader’s mother. It’s a journey through an often irregular franchise that nevertheless continues to captivate audiences. And there are no shortage of reasons.
A Motley Chronology
saga Terminatorhas gone through various stages since its cinematic debut in 1984 with James Cameron. Especially since the resource of time travel allowed the creator to not only explore the possibility of time loops and predetermination. And also in various quantum theories about time travel. In general, a certain order is maintained in the franchise. It all has to do with how the future war between humans and machines is perceived.
The main points are presented in the first film, released in 1984. Terminatortold how Kyle Reese (Michael Biehn), a soldier from the future, travels from 2029 to 1984. He is destined to conceive John, the future leader of the resistance, in order to protect Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton). At the same time, Skynet, the artificial intelligence responsible for unleashing the war, sends a T-800 robot, specifically a Cyberdyne Systems Model 101, to kill the young woman. But as a result of a time paradox, Kyle ends up being John’s father.
The story continues in the next sequel. Terminator 2: Judgment Daytells how the T-1000 (Robert Patrick) now travels to 1991 to try to kill John. Now the teenager (Edward Furlong) must flee with the T-800, reprogrammed to protect him. All the while, Sarah tries to kill the one she believes is the cause of the apocalypse and stop the impending events. Which he finally achieves, and so the apocalyptic future seems to have been created. Fun fact? The plot includes a timeline of the apocalypse: On August 4, 1997, the US Congress passes a bill that puts Skynet into action, thereby removing human decisions from strategic defense. It was only on August 29, 1997, at 2:14 a.m., that the AI became self-aware, leading to mass destruction.
Things are getting even more confusing
However, the saga returns for its third part. Terminator 3: Rise of the Machinesmoves away from that ending to imagine a future on the brink of disaster. Set in 2004, John Connor (Nick Stahl) is a man afraid of technology who has trouble living outside of any digital or legal records. By this time, Sarah had died, which made their situation even more difficult.
Things will get even worse when Skynet tries to kill him again. This time, with the help of TX (Kristanna Loken) programmed to confront another T-800 who will try to stop her. Finally, the movie does not mention the ending of the second part and makes it clear that a nuclear catastrophe will happen sooner or later.
A script that deepens Terminator SalvationReleased in 2009, the film moves to 2018, revealing John Connor (Christian Bale) as an adult who must face the war he has trained for his entire life. Which he does, in a role closer to that of a religious leader than a military man. The story introduces Marcus (Sam Worthington), the first prototype of the T-800. It also shows John that the cars are redeemable. Interesting fact? Helena Bonham Carter has a small cameo role in the film.
And again at the beginning
In 2015, the saga took another turn: Terminator Genisys. In this case, the plot essentially returns to the first film with the intention of reimagining and delving into new events that significantly change the future. But beyond that, it innovates in key ways. Like, for example, pay more attention to Kyle Reese (Jai Courtney) and his relationship with Sarah Connor (Emilia Clarke).
But he does so by changing both of their stories. In the film, Kyle is part of a temporal aberration that opens up a new timeline. So when he arrives to protect Sarah, he finds that she already knows what’s going to happen, and that she’s being protected by a reprogrammed T-800. Which leads, again, to the whole plot, a race against time toProgram the original Skynet, which is of course called Genesis.
Finally, in 2019, the franchise made its most eccentric move yet: Terminator: Dark Fate. What, having forgotten all the films since the premiere Terminator 2: Judgment Day. So he brings Sarah Connor back. The solution restarts the timeline again, telling how after surviving the T-1000, the robot, lost in time, kills John Connor. Because of this, she goes crazy in search of revenge.
But in John’s absence, a new leader has emerged. This time, it’s Dani (Natalia Reyes), who will be protected by Grace (Mackenzie Davis) from the highly advanced Rev-9 (Gabriel Luna). Which leads them to find another version of the T-800, which, as is becoming common, ages for reasons unclear from the series’ mythology.
Where does Terminator Zero fit into the chronology?
The events he talks about Terminator Zeroare set in 1990 and tell the story of what happened in Terminator 2: Judgment Day. This leads him to tell the story of Malcolm Lee, a robotics engineer who is developing an artificial intelligence system that will allow him to compete with Skynet. Of course, there is also a robot who is ready to kill the scientist. who will be helped by a soldier from 2022 who arrived to avoid the worst.
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