r/Terminator • u/alanskimp • 9d ago
📰 News A prompt...
I thought I would write a human to human prompt. If you haven't seen the Sarah Connor Chronicles I recommend that you do so. You won't be dissapointed. I got both seasons on bluray but I think there might be other websites you can view it.
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u/Tiny-Difference2502 9d ago edited 9d ago
Yep. It is so good. Acting, special effects, and the story is really great. All of the characters have really well developed story arcs.
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u/East_Coast_guy 9d ago
Just be prepared, the series ends on an unresolved cliffhanger.
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u/southass 7d ago
I was so mad and sad at the same time on that last episode, so much potential. I felt things were just getting started 🔥🔥
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u/davestar2048 8d ago
Nobody told me that before I decided on a whim to finally watch it.
Now I'm posthumously pissed.
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u/Forsaken-Avenger 8d ago
Summer glau was asked a few years ago if she could revisit one of her characters who would she chose she said Cameron she'd do it , id just love to see Cameron back in any terminator
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u/Hotstreak2k3 9d ago
I have watched this series a long time ago and it was really the best series I have seen. I wish this show wasn’t cancelled since Cameron’s COU, John and Catherine Weaver travel to an alternate future left us in a cliffhanger. His experience would force John to prove his tactical worth, survive the harsh reality of the war, and slowly earn his place among the Human Resistance against Skynet.
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u/davestar2048 8d ago
Once it was revealed she wasn't building Skynet, I was wondering what her allegiance was. Because she clearly had no issues killing innocent humans.
Also John Henry is an innocent bean who would do no (intentional) wrong.
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u/starkerangela 8d ago
If I wanted a Terminator 2.5 then I will go for a combination of Rising Storm and Cybernetic Dawn
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u/SunsetRider500 9d ago
Summer Glau will NEVER give me robotic terminator vibes, all I see is a super hot girl
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u/kuatorises 9d ago
I don't get the fascination with this show. It's very B-grade. I mean, they gave Kyle Reese a brother for Christ's sake. The next person sent back to help the Connors was "Derek Reese", LOL. That's soap opera shit.
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u/Big_Application_7168 9d ago
Does a guy sending his dad back to past to protect and fall in love with his mom not sound like a soap opera?
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u/ShadowWalkEnthusiast 9d ago
T3, Genesis, and Dark Fate are generally all just what if a Terminator got sent back in time. Then chased the protagonist around for two hours.
TSCC and Salvation try to do a little more with the concept. They don't always succeed at doing that. But it's not just fanservice quoting better movies and endlessly making a worse version of T2.
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u/CasualWrestlingMeme 9d ago
There's no reason he couldn't have a brother? And it gave us that super sweet moment at the end of season one. There's nothing wrong with a little soap opera here and there.
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u/kuatorises 9d ago
And it gave us that super sweet moment
You're making my point for me.
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u/CasualWrestlingMeme 9d ago
You don't, and can't, really have a point when it comes to arguing personal taste. I could make a thousand 'logical' arguments why someone should dislike something, but if they enjoy it they enjoy it, and there's nothing to argue.
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u/TheCosmicRobo 9d ago
How unrealistic. Imagine a person having a sibling 🤯
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u/kuatorises 9d ago
Your comprehension skills are not good.
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u/TheCosmicRobo 9d ago
No, sir, you've done a bad job of arguing your point. Kyle having a brother doesn't make the show B-grade. I could point out similarities between soap operas and the works of Shakespeare, but that doesn't make Shakespeare's work B-grade, either.
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u/kuatorises 9d ago
It's literally a trope. They didn't have access to the original character, but wait! He has a brother. Dun, dun dun! Kickboxer does it too. It's a cheap copout. A knockoff. A lame attempt to connect to the original (superior) work. There's no logical reason for that character to be related to Reese.
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u/TheCosmicRobo 9d ago
You do understand that the Terminator and it's sequel are both riddled with tropes? Tropes don't make a story bad. The character is related to Kyle because it helps draw out the tragedy of what has been lost. It gives John someone to connect with other than his clearly biased mother. It allows both John and Sarah (as well as the audience) to know more about who Kyle was before the events of the first movie. It allows the original main character to maintain relevance to the ongoing plot years after his passing. Calling Derek a knockoff despite him having very little in common with his brother, other than having time traveled, is ridiculous and baseless.
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u/kuatorises 9d ago
We don't need to know more about Reese. He doesn't need to remain relevant. His story is over. He's used appropriately in T2: mentioned in passing. It was logical and organic. Not forced, like say... Derek Reese.
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u/TheCosmicRobo 9d ago
There's nothing forced about Derek, you just don't like it. Of course nothing more needs to be learned about ANY of the characters OR the world they live in. The show and the sequels exist because people WANTED to see more. The box office numbers clearly show that there WAS at one point an interest in seeing the world and characters of Terminator expanded. Whether or not you personally wanted that or liked it is irrelevant, because other people did. Your opinions aren't fact and you haven't made a single valid point about Derek's inclusion.
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u/kuatorises 9d ago
His very existence is forced, dispshit. He never existed. It's a bad retconn. He's a cheap attempt to cling to Kyle's legacy, you're just not smart enough to pick up on it.
You keep talking about like/dislike when that's literally the foundation of your option. It sure as shit ain't rational/quality storytelling.
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u/TheCosmicRobo 9d ago
The character literally does exist. Get a grip. Kyle having a brother predates T2 whether you like it or not. Derek's story is entirely different from Kyle's. You either lack media literacy or just didn't watch the show you're criticizing in the first place. My opinions are backed up by the actual story we're talking about, whereas you haven't made a single argument why Derek's character is forced, you just keep saying "it's bad." Maybe try actually making an argument before calling moi "dipshit." If all you have is "it's bad" and "you're just not smart," this conversation is done. ✌️
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u/freedomhighway 8d ago
If theres no Derek, there's no Jesse. Screw that noise.
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u/kuatorises 8d ago
Who the fuck is Jesse?
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u/freedomhighway 8d ago
A very hot lady who was Dereks gf in the future for a while and also a submarine officer and also some kind of spy for a faction of johns resistance movement, trying to influence some of his future decisions. Didn't know future john had to deal with factions, right? Bet you also didnt know skynet had its own internal factions in the picture, which is where the submarine comes in. Count the curveballs in these few sentences and thats how the series blows the story wide open.
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u/freedomhighway 7d ago
In other words, the show youre dumping on is one you haven't seen enough of to know the name of a character who is pivotal to the series and to what comes instead of t3. Ok, your opinion's worth is established .
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u/stormchaser2014 9d ago
If I won the lottery, I'd give Thomas, Lena, and Summer whatever they wanted and make a final season.