In terms of messy timelines, the Terminator franchise has got to be right up there with the X-Men series when it comes to a mythology that loves nothing more than to tie itself in knots with every subsequent installment.
Admittedly, James Cameron’s classic opening two movies and Jonathan Mostow’s Rise of the Machines followed a relatively linear story where Kyle Reese has to save Sarah Connor to ensure her son is born, before the T-800 has to save both of them in order to stop Judgment Day, then has to return once more to save John and Katherine Brewster so that their children can live because Judgment Day was actually inevitable all along. But after that, things get confusing.
Of course, the problem can largely be attributed to Salvation, Genisys and Dark Fate all attempting to launch a brand new trilogy, and all falling at the first hurdle.
Admittedly, James Cameron’s classic opening two movies and Jonathan Mostow’s Rise of the Machines followed a relatively linear story where Kyle Reese has to save Sarah Connor to ensure her son is born, before the T-800 has to save both of them in order to stop Judgment Day, then has to return once more to save John and Katherine Brewster so that their children can live because Judgment Day was actually inevitable all along. But after that, things get confusing.
Of course, the problem can largely be attributed to Salvation, Genisys and Dark Fate all attempting to launch a brand new trilogy, and all falling at the first hurdle.
- 12/3/2020
- by Scott Campbell
- We Got This Covered
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