I had a little help from James Cameron, John Brancado and Michael Ferris and Tedi Sarafian, since they wrote T1 T2 and T3...
but, yes, in the fact that the whole Rise of the Resistance story, and all the characters that were not carried over from other films, are my own invention, creation and explanation of events following T3.
Yes, I wrote this Terminator story/script all by myself.
copyright ME 2002
I hope you like it!
If you like it enough, I might just punch out T5 and T6 and post them here too!
__________________ 'The future is not set...'
'I'll be back...'
'Hasta la vista, baby!'
'I'm back!'
'Come with me if you want to live!'
'You're terminated!'
Too much confusion going on there. There are two other scripts which I would prefer, but I liked "The Hope of the Future" the most since it fully explained all the sequences of T1, T2 and T3, and also had a major role for Arnold (although we all assume that he's not coming back for a main part. But who knows if Arnold will be re-elected again? He said he's up for T4 anyway!)
Maybe try avoid using TX-850A and B as we can't actually tell which is which apart from the letters. And I have absolutely no idea how you came up with that! They are of different sizes and technologies. And how can they possibility capture a T-X? If I assume you are using the severely damaged T-X from T3, how could it still have any poly-alloy on it? Not to mention that after a hydrogen bomb explosion (we see the effects of it in T3) there is hardly any usable parts left...
These are just some points to clarafy. I haven't actually quite finish the entire script as I lost interested in it. Sorry about that but I still look forward to your 2nd draft.
__________________ 'The future is not set...'
'I'll be back...'
'Hasta la vista, baby!'
'I'm back!'
'Come with me if you want to live!'
'You're terminated!'
If i recall correctly, one of the final scenes of T3 was a shot of the T-850's endo skull in the ashes, and it's eye dims out. It might also be possible that fragments of the T-X are also scattered somewhere in the rubble as well?
Btw, it's a nice script, Slick!
__________________ [SPOILER - highlight to read]: All your Rick Roll are belong to me!!
That end scene with the slowly fading optical sensors is exactly the scene I used to base my assumption that the Terminators survived, at least, in part... or in parts...
along with the end narrative quote about the Battle For the Future was only just beginning...
so, I/We can assume that enough parts of both Terminator units survived the blast; the blast was minimized by the cramped 12 inches of space, by the beating and reboot the T-150 had already suffered, and by that special little catch-all called Writer's Creative License, the blast brought down the mountain, without bringing down the Terminators! Simple, not confusing... suspend your disbelief just enough to fathom the concept that a machine, a super computer brain from the future could invent time-travel and send back some other machines to stop the one man capable of stopping that super computer from achieving its goal of world domination... if you can conceive of such a twisted concept, then surely you could grasp the concept that those terminator machines are tough enough to withstand a lowly little nuke....
Still a little lost as to the confusion peace_seeker mentions, but, not bothered by it enough to give a $hit, so...
Thanks TMA!
__________________ 'The future is not set...'
'I'll be back...'
'Hasta la vista, baby!'
'I'm back!'
'Come with me if you want to live!'
'You're terminated!'
Dude get a life!!!!!!! Terminator was a TRILOGY!!!!!!!!!!!! It's like going hay! Neo's Dead and the world is safe from evil...sounds like there could be a storyline there! ****N HELL!
actually TERMINATOR was originally shot to be a one-shot wonder, so (as Terminatory might say) **** you, *******. Although Cameron had invested time in inventing the back-story and future-story, including some great stuff that never made it to the final cut of the first, best The Original Terminator, he thought the story was complete, or complete enough, with that first film, and saw no need to go forward with any crappy, second-rate, second-chance sequel.
Only all those years later, were Cameron and crew enticed to revisit the story, dredge up some of the fantastic back- and future-story, and tack a second chapter to the Terminator tale.
Same thing as Mostow and the gang did with T3, took the story and added their own twisted turn to it, useless and pointless as certain folk might consider it to be...
and T4 is inevitable, so there.
Trilogies are so 80s...
Quadrilogies are the stuff of the new millennium!
TERMINATOR 4 RULZ!! (to put it in language u no doubt understand, Dude!)
__________________ 'The future is not set...'
'I'll be back...'
'Hasta la vista, baby!'
'I'm back!'
'Come with me if you want to live!'
'You're terminated!'
1. The 80's gave birth to the best movies of all time.
2. Why would there be a 4th Terminator if its a trilogy of the 80's.
3. The Matrix Trilogy, The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy all part of the millenium, all TRILOGIES
4. I can think of only 1 trilogy that is to become a "quadrilogy" : Die Hard and even then Bruce Willis has to fund it because it's a stupid idea...woo yea Justin Timberlake as John McClane jr YIPPY KA AYE hee hee hee. I wonder how many terrorists he's gonna say "Im guna have ya naked by the end of this song" to.
5. I dont hate you. I pity you.
T1 was in 1984, T2 was released in like 93, T3 in what 2002 or 2003, so your argument about 'Terminator= trilogy of the 80s' is as weak as the rest of your babble...
think harder, dud (not a typo...)
STAR WARS saga, 6 movies ( or, by your feeble reckoning, 2 'trilogies' rather than a 6-flick saga, I suppose).. (begun in 1976, 24 years before 2000) STAR TREK saga, 10 movies.. (6 Original Cast, 4 TNG cast) (many pre-2000) (3 TRILOGIES, plus 1, or what? moron) JAMES BOND series, 22 movies.. (many pre-2000)(7 TRILOGIES +1??????????????????????????????????????????????)
let's just go with QUADRILOGY, since it's the wave of the new millennium
LETHAL WEAPON QUADRILOGY SUPERMAN QUADRILOGY (so far) (long before 2000) BATMAN QUADRILOGY (+1 new one)(begun before 2000) TREMORS QUADRILOGY PLANET OF THE APES series 5 movies (way before 2000) + 1 remake ALIEN QUADRILOGY FRIDAY 13th, 11 movie series (2 QUADRILOGIES + 1 TRILOGY, so far) NOES, 8 movies (DOUBLE QUADRILOGY) HALLOWEEN saga, DOUBLE QUADRILOGY JACK RYAN QUADRILOGY (Hunt For Red October, Patriot Games, Clear and Present Danger, Sum of All Fears) ROCKY QUADRILOGY +1 (so far)
the feeling's mutual...
oh, wait.. I do hate...
not you per se, just closed-minded idiots in general, so don't take offense...
any and/or all forms of movie series' don't have to just end with 3 because you say so!! Plenty of cinematic sagas go on beyond 3 installments. Get used to it!
Arnie is done with politics, or, when he is finally finished, he will return to the role that made him famous:
T4 IS INEVITABLE!!
__________________ 'The future is not set...'
'I'll be back...'
'Hasta la vista, baby!'
'I'm back!'
'Come with me if you want to live!'
'You're terminated!'
Arnie's term ends next year and he plans to run again, but many (including myself) believe he won't be winning this time in which case it is likely he 'will be back' for possibly one more film (likely T4 or True Lies 2). If the rumors are true of James Cameron returning to helm TL2 then you can bet Arnie will return as well, but if the rumors are false there is a healthy chance T4 will be his pick.
First off: well done for writing your script! I think there are some good ideas in there. Please accept my apologies for not reading all of it but I get charged by the minute to use the Internet since my Internet Provider tried to screw me over with Broadband fees! (Long story...)
Secondly: everyone providing negative feedback about a T4 movie ever happening - please STOP. Part of this forum is based upon fans of the Terminator franchise pushing for a fourth T movie to be created to correct the wrongs of T3. Whether is happens or not is another matter. But for now, there is a slim chance if might happen, and the negative vibes you're bringing to the forum by putting down a fellow fan who got off their arse to write a script for a possible fourth T movie shows way more creativity then you or I ever will.
Keep up the good work Slick, it's much appreciated.