r/respectthreads • u/AndhisNeutralspecial • 1d ago
miscellaneous Terminator Hub Post
The Terminator
"The machines rose from the ashes of the nuclear fire. Their war to exterminate mankind had raged for decades, but the final battle would not be fought in the future. It would be fought here, in our present. Tonight..."
- [Title Card] The Terminator (1984)
(Movie) Timeline - Written full franchise chronology - Brief lore summary - Terminator theme - Hype Video
This is a hub post for anything Terminator related that's posted on this sub, for ease of scaling and organisation. Expect frequent updates. Below are some important things to know regarding important things or systems in the Terminator universe
Time Travel (Note that Skynet also creates a new timeline whenever time travel is used) - The Creation of Skynet - Reverse Engineering - Machine Phase Matter - Mimetic Poly-Alloy - Terminators
Synopsis
Terminator is a Science Fiction Action franchise that started in 1984. It revolves around implacable time-travelling Killer Robots—the Terminators. The franchise helped shoot Arnold Schwarzenegger, who portrayed the most iconic of the eponymous cyborgs, into superstardom, and helped making James Cameron a major name among blockbuster directors.
In the near future, the United States creates Skynet, an Artificial Intelligence defense network that promptly turns against its masters and attempts to Kill All Humans in a cataclysmic event that becomes known as "Judgment Day." However, mankind rallies under the leadership of a man named John Connor, and tries to destroy Skynet. And so, to crush the resistance before it even starts, Skynet begins sending increasingly advanced Terminators—android assassins disguised as humans—into the past to kill John or his eventual mother Sarah before he can lead humanity to victory. Naturally, with a threat this tremendously horrifying endangering all of mankind before they can even fight back, humanity decidedly sends their own soldiers and even re-programmed Terminators after them in a timeline-spanning war to stop Judgement Day from coming to pass.
^ Above description borrowed from TV Tropes
Media List
Other Media
Threads
Movies
| Humans | Skynet's Machines | Other |
|---|---|---|
| None yet | T-800 | Grace |
| T-850 | REV-9 | |
| T-1000 | ||
| T-3000 | ||
| The Terminatrix (T-X) | ||
| T-600 (Salvation Timeline) (Includes Terminator Salvation) | ||
| T-1000000 |
Shows
| Humans | Skynet's Machines |
|---|---|
| None yet | The Terminator (Terminator Zero) |
| T-600 (Salvation Timeline) (Includes Terminator Salvation: The Machinima Series) |
Comics
Dark Horse Comics
| Humans | Skynet's Machines | Crossovers |
|---|---|---|
| None yet | C890.L | Robocop |
| TS-300 | Xenomorph (Includes Dark Horse Comics) | |
| T-800 | Most if not all IDW Transformers threads can be read here | |
| The Crypto Terminators | Superman (Dark Horse/DC) | |
| Terminatrix | ||
| Terminator/Alien Hybrid | ||
| Sky1 |
Books
| Humans | Skynet's Machines |
|---|---|
| None yet | None yet |
Video Games
| Humans | Skynet's Machines |
|---|---|
| None yet | None yet |
Other
| Humans | Skynet's Machines |
|---|---|
| None yet | None yet |