"technology, which the military uses to retrofit its stealth fleet and missile defense systems. The second Terminator explains the sequence of events leading to Judgment Day to John and Sarah. The military attempted to shut off Skynet when it became self-aware. Skynet retaliated by launching a nuclear attack against Russia, correctly surmising that Russia would respond in that risk. In ""Terminator 2"", the future was altered when Sarah and a young John, together with a second Terminator from the future (this one reprogrammed and sent by the future John Connor), raided Cyberdyne Systems and succeeded in destroying the CPU and"
"Exterminator 2 Exterminator 2 is a 1984 action thriller film written and directed by Mark Buntzman (with additional scenes directed by William Sachs), starring Robert Ginty and Mario Van Peebles, with cameos by Arye Gross in his debut role, and John Turturro in his second role. It is the sequel to the 1980 film ""The Exterminator"". Following from the previous film, it shows Eastland walking freely on the streets of New York, without any hint that his dual identity was compromised. He meets up with another old army buddy, Be Gee (Faison), who owns a garbage truck. As seen at"
"four-film ""Action-Packed Movie Marathon"" DVD set on March 19, 2013. Exterminator 2 Exterminator 2 is a 1984 action thriller film written and directed by Mark Buntzman (with additional scenes directed by William Sachs), starring Robert Ginty and Mario Van Peebles, with cameos by Arye Gross in his debut role, and John Turturro in his second role. It is the sequel to the 1980 film ""The Exterminator"". Following from the previous film, it shows Eastland walking freely on the streets of New York, without any hint that his dual identity was compromised. He meets up with another old army buddy, Be"
"came out, """" (the official ""Terminator"" sequel) was released. Mattei's film was not released in the United States, especially under its original title due to licensing problems. Up until 2018, the film had never been released on video in the United States for legal reasons. It was being released in countries such as Japan, Brazil, and the film's native Italy. Severin Films released the film (under its ""Shocking Dark"" title) on Blu-ray on May 29, 2018. Shocking Dark Shocking Dark (also known as Terminator II, Terminator 2, Aliens 2, Aliennators, and Contaminator) is a 1989 Italian science-fiction film written by"
"to save Sarah. The Terminator did not succeed in killing Sarah. Reese impregnated Sarah and became John's father, and the Terminator was destroyed in a hydraulic press. In ""Terminator 2"", the damaged CPU and the right arm of the first Terminator were recovered by Cyberdyne and became the basis for their later work on Skynet. In the second film, Miles Bennett Dyson, the director of special projects for Cyberdyne, invents a revolutionary type of microprocessor based on the reverse engineering of these parts. Cyberdyne Systems, initially a manufacturing company, grows into a major defense contractor based on the recovered Terminator"
"each ""model"". The ""Terminator"" title has also been used as a generic name for other human-simulating characters in the ""Terminator"" universe, such as the liquid metal shapeshifting T-1000 antagonist in the sequel """" and a T-850 in the sequel """". The end credits of the first three ""Terminator"" films list Schwarzenegger's character as simply ""The Terminator"", while in ""Terminator Genisys"", he is credited as ""Guardian"". In ""Terminator Salvation"", a Terminator resembling Schwarzenegger created via facial CGI—used because Schwarzenegger's duties at the time as Governor of California prevented him from working on the film—over Roland Kickinger's on-set performance is credited as"
"The title was derived from this second chance given to humanity and to Marcus, in addition to John's efforts to save humanity from the machines. The film's original title was Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins, but this was dropped during filming. Throughout writing, the cast and crew would watch scenes from the three films to pick moments to reference or tribute, including ""Come with me if you want to live"" and ""I'll be back"", which is uttered by John in this film. McG found himself having to decide which ideas for references would be included and which would not. An"
"Predator 2 Predator 2 is a 1990 American science fiction action film written by brothers Jim and John Thomas, directed by Stephen Hopkins, and starring Danny Glover, Ruben Blades, Gary Busey, María Conchita Alonso, Bill Paxton, and Kevin Peter Hall. The film is second installment of the ""Predator"" franchise, serving as a sequel to 1987's ""Predator"", with Kevin Peter Hall reprising the title role of the Predator. The film received negative reviews, despite earning a moderate return at the box office grossing $57 million worldwide, and was considered a disappointment compared to the previous film's $98 million gross on a"
"Terminator (character) The Terminator (also known as T-800 and T-850) is a fictional character from the ""Terminator"" franchise portrayed by both Arnold Schwarzenegger and numerous actor stand-ins digitally overlaid with Schwarzenegger's likeness. The Terminator itself is part of a series of machines created by Skynet for infiltration-based assassination missions, and while an android for its appearance resembling a human, it is described as a cybernetic organism consisting of living tissue over a robotic endoskeleton. The first appearance of the Terminator was as the titular antagonist in ""The Terminator"", a 1984 film directed and co-written by James Cameron. While the original"
"Shocking Dark Shocking Dark (also known as Terminator II, Terminator 2, Aliens 2, Aliennators, and Contaminator) is a 1989 Italian science-fiction film written by Claudio Fragasso, produced by Franco Gaudenzi and directed by Bruno Mattei. Although the film was promoted as a rip-off of James Cameron's ""The Terminator"", it is actually mostly a rip-off of ""Aliens"", also by Cameron. Despite the film's original title and artwork presenting it as a sequel to 1984 film ""The Terminator"", it is not officially associated with that film. The plot has more in common with the 1986 film ""Aliens"". Two years after Mattei's film"
"A scene deleted from the theatrical cut, but restored in the ""Terminator 2"" Special Edition, lends the most credence to this explanation. In this scene, John and Sarah shut down the Terminator for modification according to his instructions. When he reboots, the upper-left of his HUD reads ""Cyberdyne Systems Series 800 Model 101 Version 2.4"". Additionally, the original ""Terminator 2"" teaser trailer further verifies this on a display monitor during android tissue generation, referencing the Series 800 Model 101. A Cyberdyne Systems series T-800 Model 101 Terminator with living tissue over a metal endoskeleton, played by Arnold Schwarzenegger, is the"
"Actor at the 1992 MTV and Saturn Awards. The T-1000 was ranked #39 in the Online Film Critics Society's 2002 list of the ""Top 100 Villains of All Time"", and #19 in ""Empire""s 2018 recounting of the best cinematic villains. Teaser trailers for ""Terminator 2"" deliberately withheld the notion that the T-1000 character was the villain. A tagline for the film was """"This time there are ""two"". Terminator 2."""" Prior to the film's release, Robert Patrick was promoted as portraying ""Austin"", the name on the T-1000's police uniform's ID tag. Writer/director James Cameron stated that his original intention for the"
"the second film and ignores the events of the following installments. The series follows Sarah (Lena Headey) and John Connor (Thomas Dekker) as they try to ""live under the radar"", after the explosion at Cyberdyne. Summer Glau plays a Terminator named Cameron and Brian Austin Green plays Derek Reese, the brother of , both sent back in time to protect the Connors and prevent Judgment Day. On May 18, 2009, Machinima released ""Terminator Salvation: The Machinima Series"", an animated web series set between the events of """" and ""Terminator Salvation"", comprising six episodes. Set in 2016, twelve years after Judgment"
"The Terminator The Terminator is a 1984 American science fiction film directed by James Cameron. It stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as the Terminator, a cyborg assassin sent back in time from 2029 to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton), whose son will one day become a savior against machines in a post-apocalyptic future. Michael Biehn plays Kyle Reese, a soldier from the future sent back in time to protect Connor. The screenplay is credited to Cameron and producer Gale Anne Hurd, while co-writer William Wisher Jr. received a credit for additional dialogue. Executive producers John Daly and Derek Gibson of"
"Ending-Man Terminator Terminator 2 (; real console name ""Super Design Ending-Man BS-500 AS"") was a video game console sold in Poland, Slovakia, Serbia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Romania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, Montenegro, India, Kenya and Hungary. It was also sold in Italy as ""top consolle"". In Spain it was usually received as a marketing gift for those assisting sales conferences organized by different companies, usually by assisting to a hotel as a promotional tool. It is a hardware clone of the Nintendo Famicom. This particular Nintendo-clone was hugely popular in Poland, Serbia, Montenegro, Croatia, Bulgaria, Romania, Pakistan, India, Kenya, Iran and"
"T2-3D: Battle Across Time T2-3D: Battle Across Time (also known as Terminator 2: 3D and stylized as T2 3-D) is an attraction at Universal Studios Japan, with former locations at Universal Studios Hollywood and Universal Studios Florida. The version of the show at Universal Studios Hollywood closed in 2012 and the version at Universal Studios Florida closed in 2017. The attraction is a mini-sequel to """" and reunites director James Cameron and the main cast from the movie, including Arnold Schwarzenegger as The Terminator, Linda Hamilton as Sarah Connor, Edward Furlong as John Connor, and Robert Patrick as the T-1000."
"and revolved around the first attacks between Skynet and humans. ""T4"" would follow immediately afterward and centered primarily on the war seen in the first two films. Warner Bros. gave the film the codename ""Project Angel"". Following the release of ""Terminator 3"" in 2003, producers Andrew G. Vajna and Mario Kassar contracted Nick Stahl and Claire Danes to return as John Connor and Kate Brewster in another film. Director Jonathan Mostow helped develop the script, written by John Brancato and Michael Ferris, and was set to begin production in 2005 after completing another film. It was known by then that"
"twice as a video game; the first for computer in 1990 and the second for Sega Genesis in 1992. A sequel ""Predators"", was released in 2010. Predator 2 Predator 2 is a 1990 American science fiction action film written by brothers Jim and John Thomas, directed by Stephen Hopkins, and starring Danny Glover, Ruben Blades, Gary Busey, María Conchita Alonso, Bill Paxton, and Kevin Peter Hall. The film is second installment of the ""Predator"" franchise, serving as a sequel to 1987's ""Predator"", with Kevin Peter Hall reprising the title role of the Predator. The film received negative reviews, despite earning"
"original 1984 film. The fifth installment, ""Terminator Genisys,"" Schwarzenegger plays an aging T-800 Model 101 (reprogrammed by an unknown party) and becomes a mentor and father figure to a young Sarah Connor of an alternate timeline, and Brett Azar portrays the original Terminator from the first film, with Schwarzenegger's then-likeness utilized via CGI. Schwarzenegger and Azar will reprise their roles in the sixth film. The original T-800 is sent to terminate a single target, Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton), in 1984, to prevent the birth of her son, John, the future leader of the Human Resistance. It survives superficial damage from"
"Mixing, Best Makeup, and Best Visual Effects. The highest-grossing film of 1991 and of Schwarzenegger's career, ""Terminator 2"" has since been named by several publications such as the American Film Institute as one of the greatest action films, science fiction films, and sequels of all time. The film was followed by another sequel in 2003 titled """", and the upcoming sixth film in the series will serve as an alternate sequel to the film and reboot the series from ""Rise of the Machines"" onwards, slated for a release in 2019. In 2017, ""Terminator 2"" was re-released in 3D 4K resolution"
"could effectively conceal the Terminator's massive endoskeleton. The teaser trailer for ""Terminator 2"" shows a T-800 having its flesh covering applied by a large industrial mold. Terminator (character) The Terminator (also known as T-800 and T-850) is a fictional character from the ""Terminator"" franchise portrayed by both Arnold Schwarzenegger and numerous actor stand-ins digitally overlaid with Schwarzenegger's likeness. The Terminator itself is part of a series of machines created by Skynet for infiltration-based assassination missions, and while an android for its appearance resembling a human, it is described as a cybernetic organism consisting of living tissue over a robotic endoskeleton."
"a life-threatening injury to his heart. Marcus offers his own heart for transplantation, sacrificing himself to save John. As he recovers, John radios to other Resistance fighters that, although this battle has been won, the war still continues. In 1999, two years after C2 Pictures purchased the rights to the franchise, two ""Terminator"" films' premises were mapped out and were supposed to be developed simultaneously. Tedi Sarafian was hired to write """", which he eventually received shared story credit for, while David C. Wilson was to write ""Terminator 4"". Before any revisions were done, ""T3"" initially took place in 2001"
"the logo appeared. A preview trailer was released the following day, with brief clips from the film accompanied by ""I'd Love to Change the World"" by Jetta. Differing from past ""Terminator"" releases, the preview had forced-looking camera motion in aerial-effect scenes and a first look at the color grading used to evoke the look of past films. The full trailer debuted on December 4. A second trailer (released In April 2015) was noted for spoiling the scene in which John Connor becomes a Terminator, a decision criticized by Alan Taylor and the writers. WWE's March 29, 2015 WrestleMania 31 promoted"
"distributed the film. Hurd and Cameron were married from 1985 to 1989. For the role of the Terminator, Cameron envisioned a man who was not exceptionally muscular, who could ""blend into"" a crowd. Lance Henriksen, who had starred in ""Piranha II: The Spawning"", was considered for the title role, but when Arnold Schwarzenegger and Cameron first met over lunch to discuss Schwarzenegger's playing the role of Kyle Reese, both came to the conclusion that the cyborg villain would be the more compelling role for the Austrian bodybuilder; Henriksen got the smaller part of LAPD detective Hal Vukovich and the role"
"account of himself in a production chair on set. The picture indicated the correct spelling of the film's title: ""Terminator Genisys"". On June 13, 2013, Schwarzenegger said that he would return for his fourth film as the Terminator. By early November, Garrett Hedlund and Tom Hardy were under consideration for the role of Kyle Reese. That month the choice for Sarah Connor was narrowed to Emilia Clarke, Tatiana Maslany and Brie Larson, and Clarke was selected in December. That month, Jason Clarke began negotiations to play John Connor. In February 2014, the studio considered Garrett Hedlund, Jai Courtney and Boyd"
"the most expensive films of its era, with a budget of about $100 million. The biggest challenge of the movie was the special effects used in creating the T-1000. Nevertheless, the film was finished on time and released to theaters on July 3, 1991. ""Terminator 2"", or ""T2"", as it was abbreviated, broke box-office records (including the opening weekend record for an R-rated film), earning over $200 million in the United States and Canada, and over $300 million in other territories, and became the highest-grossing film of that year. It won four Academy Awards: Best Makeup, Best Sound Mixing, Best"
"title of the first part. ""Ator 2"" was released in the United States as ""The Blade Master"" on February 15, 1984 with a 92 minute running time. The film was shown on American television under the title ""The Cave Dwellers"", a version of the film that included footage from the film ""Taur the Mighty"". The film has also been released under the titles ""Ator the Invincible"" (Great Britain), ""Ator II - Der Unbesiegbare"" (Germany), and both ""Ator, el invencible"" and ""Ator 2, el invencible"" (Spain). ""Total Film"" included ""Ator 2 - L'invincibile Orion"" in their list of the 66 worst"
"Where the makers of its predecessor introduced Alice as she prepared cabins while dressed in denim jeans and a shapeless lumberjack shirt, the sequel's conventionally attractive lead is established immediately as combining masculine traits with feminine attributes. Ginny exits a battered VW bug in a flowing fuchsia skirt and a low-cut t-shirt."" Ginny's adoption of the monster's own strategy, in ""Part II"", brings into question whether the final girl image is in fact a wholly positive one. Sarah Connor was a timid young woman for the most part in the first film, ""The Terminator"". She learned of the Terminator from"
"grossed over $433.4 million worldwide over its $187.3 million budget and was followed by a sequel, ""Terminator Salvation"" in 2009. John Connor has been living off the grid in Los Angeles following the death of his mother, Sarah Connor. Although a war between humans and Skynet's forces did not occur on August 29, 1997, as foretold, John still fears it. He rejects his fate as humanity's savior and hides from Skynet. Unable to locate John in the past, Skynet sends a new model of the Terminator called the T-X to July 24, 2004, to kill other members of the Human"
"Terminator Genisys Terminator Genisys is a 2015 American science fiction film directed by Alan Taylor and written by Laeta Kalogridis and Patrick Lussier. The fifth installment in the ""Terminator"" franchise, it serves as a soft reboot of the series, using the plot element of time travel to erase the events of the previous films from the series' continuity. It stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, who reprises his role as the Terminator, alongside Jason Clarke, Emilia Clarke, Jai Courtney, J. K. Simmons, Dayo Okeniyi, Matt Smith, Courtney B. Vance, and Lee Byung-hun. It follows soldier Kyle Reese, a soldier in the war against"
"killing him. One is sent to infiltrate the human resistance, the other sent through time to kill John Connor as outlined in the ""Terminator 2"" movie. In the simultaneously published ""Terminator 2: Judgment Day – Cybernetic Dawn"", set just after the film, a female T-1000 and two T-800s come to the present to make sure the creation of Skynet happens as planned. In the second crossover between Terminator and Robocop, the T-1000 plays a fairly significant role. It's the same model as from ""Terminator 2: Judgment Day"". His role is not changed, he still intends to kill John Connor, but"
"music for when Reese and Connor escape from the police station that would be appropriate for a ""heroic moment"". Cameron turned down this theme, as he believed it would lose the audience's excitement. The Terminator The Terminator is a 1984 American science fiction film directed by James Cameron. It stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as the Terminator, a cyborg assassin sent back in time from 2029 to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton), whose son will one day become a savior against machines in a post-apocalyptic future. Michael Biehn plays Kyle Reese, a soldier from the future sent back in time"
"Terminator (franchise) The Terminator series is an American science-fiction franchise created by James Cameron and Gale Anne Hurd. It encompasses a series of films, comics, novels, and additional media concerning battles between Skynet's synthetic intelligent machine network, and John Connor's Resistance forces and the rest of the human race. Skynet's most well-known products in its genocidal goals are the various terminator models, such as the T-800 (Model 101), who was portrayed by Arnold Schwarzenegger from the original film in 1984, and similar units he also portrayed in the later films. As of February 2010, the franchise has generated $3 billion"