#Terminator Future War

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

THAT ONE TIME STING ALMOST BECAME KYLE REESE -- WELCOME TO 1984.

PIC INFO: Spotlight on American film actor Michael Biehn in full costume as human resistance fighter Kyle Rees, from the 1984 sci-fi/action "The Terminator," written & directed by James Cameron.

PIC #2: English musician Sting (decked out in his infamous codpiece) as Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen in David Lynch's "DUNE" (1984).

OVERVIEW: "The Austrian Oak wasn’t the only star who almost missed out on his iconic role. When casting Reese, the human protector who travels back from the future to thwart the Terminator, pop star Sting was considered for the part that would eventually go to Michael Biehn. “I even met with him,” says Cameron of the former Police frontman. “I was fascinated by his look. He seemed slightly otherworldly – or at least not of this time. I felt vindicated when Sting played a major role in David Lynch’s "Dune" (1984) as the malevolent Feyd-Rautha."

"However, he wasn’t interested. I was too much of an unknown as a director at the time. I remember riding down in the elevator with him after our meeting and him sneering "So, Piranha 2, huh?" I didn’t want to tell him I had gotten fired off that film after a few days of shooting, so it wasn’t my movie at all, because frankly I was better having even a bad credit than having no director credit. Or that’s what I thought at the time.""

-- BFI, "The Terminator came to me in a dream: a new interview with James Cameron," published April 21, 2021

Sources: https://milleniumcondor.tumblr.com/post/157358762391, www.bfi.org.uk/interviews/terminator-james-cameron, & Picuki.

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[aviruserothanatoguru]

"The Last Bastion" is a single by the HUMAN TIME project. Cover.

The cover for the first single "The Last Bastion" of the upcoming album of the project "Human Time"  https://humantime.bandcamp.com/album/single-2025 HUMAN TIME Official lyrics video YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRWly1q1OPo No later than yesterday, I drew an illustration for the design of a cool-themed music album - a dark future consumed by soulless technology, an atmosphere of noir and cyberpunk, without colorful "sparkles" and glamorous "plastics." Man and machine, living flesh and technology - what?, where?, for what?. To draw such a thing is just a celebration! I think fans of the visual design of the first Terminator, The Matrix, Doom3, warhammer 40K, and so on. - I think they will understand me.

[i-j0s]

[opens-up-4-nobody]

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[grayrazor]

It seems like a recurring thing throughout my life that I discover years later that a movie I saw got a TV show/cartoon that had been running all that time (or that started decades later).

[pedroam-bang]

Terminator: Resistance (2019)

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Requested by anon

[but-a-humble-goon]

Imma be honest I lost all interest in the future war as a setting the minute Terminator 2 opened with hordes of T-800 endoskeletons walking around as regular footsoldiers. The whole premise of Terminator really only makes sense if you go with what the first movie established, that the bulk of Skynet's forces are made up of HKs which are big but also dumb and manageable and terminators are very specifically elite units reserved for high value infiltration and assassination missions only. If Skynet has the resources to just roll legions of terminators off an assembly line in such numbers that they use them for manual labour then it makes zero sense how they lost the war when it's established a single basic T-800 is worth a hundred heavily armed men. The only way to reconcile this is to reduce the titular monster of the franchise, whose insane unstoppability is literally the thing that drives the whole plot, to a disposable jobber. Which, I cannot stress enough, is the last thing you should ever do to the Terminator.

[t-cognoscente]

Pop quiz!

[takunwilliams]

Arnold

ai robot nightmare

the terminator

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[king-starscreams-fics]

Story 2/?: complete.

Next one: in development.

What would you like to see happen in story three?

Story 1: Leave Me Alone! — Starscream is sick with Cybertronian Flu and (probably against his better judgement) Megatron decides to give him the best care he is able. When he begins to feel unwell in turn, he is not overly concerned. At least, not until his medic is.

Story 2: A Brave New Start — with a terminal illness diagnosed, Megatron begins to give the future serious consideration. How does he want to be remembered?

Story 3: Life on the Moon — the initial stages of peace, with Optimus Prime and Megatron co-leading their integrating former factions. What could possibly go wrong?

[narelledeadmond1955blog]

[abduloki]

Back to the 80s by WeAreRetro

80s to me is the golden age of films, where film producers understands the meaning of "entertainment". Where people watch films and shows that makes them forget the harsh realities of life for a while to let their mind rest and their heart wander.

Unlike today where most films and shows are getting more realistic that they constantly remind you of reality that you are yearning to forget that you hardly have time for a quick respite. It's no wonder everyone is always on edge, frustrated, unhappy and unmotivated.

80s shows not only entertains you but inspires you. Their message is simple : no matter how dark it may seem now, it will turn out okay. There is hope. Hope keeps you alive and moving. Where else today, it's like telling you no matter what you do it's pointless.

So people gave in to despair, they become skeptic and lethargic. 80s films were great that many films today are either sequel, prequel, spin-off, reboot, remake or canon to the 80s franchise. While some succeed like Cobra Kai, some failed like Star Wars Trilogy Sequel.

The successful ones retain the spirit, vibes and values of the original, while the failed only takes the name and changes everything else while hoping to get the same or better rating and reaction from the fanbase, which is illogical as nothing beats the original.

Those who disliked them will be labeled all sort of things like purist, sexist, toxic, etc. But as Henry Cavill said,fans are not toxic, they're just passionate about things they love and cherish. Taking that away and repackage them into something different will upset anyone.

[pedroam-bang]

Terminator: Resistance (2019)