Terminator: How would you end it?
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I think a cool way to end it would be that Judgment Day happens, but the Connor use Cameron to hack into Skynet so thatb when the nukes are launched, Skynet destroys itself and them.
Humanity then starts over from the ashes with no Skynet and no John Connor.
Humanity then starts over from the ashes with no Skynet and no John Connor.
I think John finally does (whatever it takes) and Skynet is prevented from existing. Cameron fades out of existence as the time stream fixes itself. John and Sarah lose their memories of the Terminators and "re-set" to a more normal existence. The final scene is of an IT guy somewhere in Silicon Valley hammering away at a keyboard. The camera pans around him and you hear a voice come out of the computer speakers.
"Hello, Dave," and the guy grins. Fade to black. The title would be:
All Our Nightmares, Torn Asunder
"Hello, Dave," and the guy grins. Fade to black. The title would be:
All Our Nightmares, Torn Asunder
Here's an original idea:
I would have Future John Connor and humanity set off a bomb to scorch the skies and deny the machines their solar power. But they fail. The machines retaliate by snatching humans and plugging them into the system as batteries. To keep their minds, and as follows their bodies, alive, the machines create an elaborate virtual reality which would be called The Grid.
I would have Future John Connor and humanity set off a bomb to scorch the skies and deny the machines their solar power. But they fail. The machines retaliate by snatching humans and plugging them into the system as batteries. To keep their minds, and as follows their bodies, alive, the machines create an elaborate virtual reality which would be called The Grid.
I think, as an audience member up until now, I have too much emotional investment to write an ending where Skynet wins, so I'm ruling that out now.
What I am undecided about is having Connor prevail either before or after Judgement Day occurs, and where Sarah Connor fits in (including whether or not I should even say she died or not as T3 did).
I would probably prefer an ending that leaves a sense of unease with the heroes, even though Skynet really is toast. The possibility of something else negatively impacting their lives that they never took the time to notice before because of Skynet dominating their thoughts.
I believe beating Skynet would involve exploiting the flaws in its AI (hey, just because it's smart and self-aware, doesn't mean it's perfect IMO), much like how humans today are required to address the short-comings of 2008's AIs.
I would probably keep John alive through it all because I'm fascinated by people who have the rest of their lives to digest and reflect on what they experienced in their prime. John would have a ton of things to mull over for his entire life.
What I am undecided about is having Connor prevail either before or after Judgement Day occurs, and where Sarah Connor fits in (including whether or not I should even say she died or not as T3 did).
I would probably prefer an ending that leaves a sense of unease with the heroes, even though Skynet really is toast. The possibility of something else negatively impacting their lives that they never took the time to notice before because of Skynet dominating their thoughts.
I believe beating Skynet would involve exploiting the flaws in its AI (hey, just because it's smart and self-aware, doesn't mean it's perfect IMO), much like how humans today are required to address the short-comings of 2008's AIs.
I would probably keep John alive through it all because I'm fascinated by people who have the rest of their lives to digest and reflect on what they experienced in their prime. John would have a ton of things to mull over for his entire life.
I'd have the good guys win, of course. But probably not in the past, just in some way so those in the postapocalyptic future could rebuild it. Probably some form of peace with Skynet would be best, as long as you didn't see it coming from too far away.
Probably a crazy idea but what about having Judgement Day still happen as predicted but have the aftermath only last for a decade or so where Connor and the Humans defeat Skynet. After that we could have aliens take notice of the state of affairs on Earth and decide that it seems ideal for invasion which gives the humans another enemy and the realisation that they probably should keep the Skynet Tech.
I don't think it's possible for Judgment Day to be prevented for the simple fact that our electronics and computer technology growth is exponential. Preventing an AI program now only means there will be an even better AI program in a few years. It's not like AI only gets developed in Los Angeles, despite what The Sarah Connor Chronicles shows. And once one AI is successfully launched, the competitors and copycats will be jumping into the fray.
By putting out mafia hits on anyone who attempts to make another.
But it is possible to prevent Judgment Day by just having the common sense to not plug your super-intelligent self-aware AIs into the nuclear bombs!
Good Will Riker
Admiral
i'm at a loss as to why people are saying 'prevent JD'. JD happened.
i'd end it with Skynet being destroyed, the time-machine found, Kyle being sent back, the T-1000 mk 2 found, the T-800 beign sent back, the T-850 killing John, before Kate has it reprogrammed and sent back and then they destroy the complex.
following the movie continuity and riffing off the T2 novelisation.
i'd end it with Skynet being destroyed, the time-machine found, Kyle being sent back, the T-1000 mk 2 found, the T-800 beign sent back, the T-850 killing John, before Kate has it reprogrammed and sent back and then they destroy the complex.
following the movie continuity and riffing off the T2 novelisation.
Siwilliams
Fleet Captain
It was called Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
But he said he wanted to do a third one
I always had this crazy idea that, through a time loop, Skynet lead to Kyle Reese and Sarah Connor meeting and so thus created John Connor, and at the same time, the battle with that first T-800 and Sarah's victory over it lead to it's parts being found by the company that owned that first factory and thus began Cyberdyne and so forth.
Well, what if John Connor where to reach the time vault or whatever, just as the first T-800 where about to be sent back? Kyle Reese said Skynet's defense grid was smashed, the battle was won. If Connor where to come upon the first T-800 about to go back and blow up the time machine then and there before it could... that would cancel everything out. John Connor and Skynet, both would never have come into existance. It would end there and then.
*Shakes head* That's one idea, and a shocking one. Not sure what would happen with it though. Would the cancellation of the first time travel trip totally destroy the timeline, forcing them to collapse on themselves and in a "Year of Hell" style wipe, prevent Judgment day by preventing the adversaries of Connor and Skynet from ever going back to create each other/themselves? It's a radical thought.
Another idea is that if a Cyborg Terminator where somehow captured and made public knowledge in the 1980s it might have made the future war stories credible and scared people enough to prevent it all. But it might also just inspire people in the same breath, seeing what was technologically possible.
The most satisfying ending to the Terminator saga, I think, is the most classic and most human. The human resistance wages an all-out final battle on Skynet's system core, destroys it at a heavy cost of lives, and John Connor leads the victorious humans in the aftermath as they found a new world upon the ashes and ruins of the old one, finally uniting earth by race, creed, and country upon the banner of humanity. Perhaps the final movie ending with a flashback from the farther future, the 2070s or 80s, of an old John Connor in a new human city or something.
I don't know. There are so many scenarios.
Well, what if John Connor where to reach the time vault or whatever, just as the first T-800 where about to be sent back? Kyle Reese said Skynet's defense grid was smashed, the battle was won. If Connor where to come upon the first T-800 about to go back and blow up the time machine then and there before it could... that would cancel everything out. John Connor and Skynet, both would never have come into existance. It would end there and then.
*Shakes head* That's one idea, and a shocking one. Not sure what would happen with it though. Would the cancellation of the first time travel trip totally destroy the timeline, forcing them to collapse on themselves and in a "Year of Hell" style wipe, prevent Judgment day by preventing the adversaries of Connor and Skynet from ever going back to create each other/themselves? It's a radical thought.
Another idea is that if a Cyborg Terminator where somehow captured and made public knowledge in the 1980s it might have made the future war stories credible and scared people enough to prevent it all. But it might also just inspire people in the same breath, seeing what was technologically possible.
The most satisfying ending to the Terminator saga, I think, is the most classic and most human. The human resistance wages an all-out final battle on Skynet's system core, destroys it at a heavy cost of lives, and John Connor leads the victorious humans in the aftermath as they found a new world upon the ashes and ruins of the old one, finally uniting earth by race, creed, and country upon the banner of humanity. Perhaps the final movie ending with a flashback from the farther future, the 2070s or 80s, of an old John Connor in a new human city or something.
I don't know. There are so many scenarios.
Something I wished had happened with this new Terminator movie is that John Connor is nothing like what we've seen before, has no prior knowledge of upcoming events, is surprised at the time travel discovery, and as soon as he sends Kyle Reese back in time John suddenly turns into a completely different person.
Good Will Riker
Admiral
That would be a cool idea, but confusing for the audience at large.
Especially for filmgoers who are not as immersed in Terminator lore like ourselves.
Well it seems that the franchise will end two different ways. The movie continuity with Humans having survived Judgment Day and winning the war with Skynet and the TV series continuity where Skynet and Judgment day are averted all together. This duel ending is a pretty good idea.
If I'm to be blunt though, I'd still prefer things to have ended after T2.
If I'm to be blunt though, I'd still prefer things to have ended after T2.
according to the T1 novel, that's exactly what happened. Sarah recognises the paradox of John's conception in her thoughts in her epilogue scene, whilst a chapter from before that, features 2 young men from the factory stealing the chip and the arm from the wreckage and then setting up a company, which they eventually name... 'Cyberdyne'
