Jean Hibbert's Terminator Salvation.
Terminator Salvation (Alpha Version)
- a Story by Jean Hibbert.
Some of the ideas have been stolen from the movie, and most of the scenes in the movie can be re-used on my take of Terminator Salvation. The reason I have re-written the story is because I feel that the story did not live up to my expectations. Yes, and an egotistical way I feel that I could have done a lot better. Despite Sam Worthington's appearance as different breed of terminator(i.e. a robot with a human brain & heart) I didn't feel that the main twist had been properly capitalized on and that there were no real surprises or open ended questions left by the time the movie came to an end.
Issues I have with the movie:
1) There were not enough battle field scenes. Especially ones where the humans get their asses handed to them which is what should have been happening. I mean this is the beginning. A movie like this one should have a dark ending. Us the humans should be in a position where they feel there is no hope, and the only person keeping human kinds hope alive should be John Connor.
2) Too many loose ends were tied up by the end of the movie. This was an obvious attempt at lining up a sequel series, with John Connor being the primary leader of the resistance. Way too predictable in my opinion.
The War:
The human race is withstanding the continues waves of machines that attack them. Although they are heavily outnumbered their experience with fighting the machines and the machine's predictability have given the humans a distinct advantage in the war. Traps are laid and the machines are willing victims. Suddenly though, things change.
Movement of the Tide "Something has changed":
The first evidence of change in the machines behavior is with a trap laid to test the new "Sonic Wave weapon" on a heavier vehicle. In this case a Hunter Killer. John Connor and company notice that only a T-600 arrives at the blast are which was set off as a trap by the resistance. The resistance destroy the T-600, but are then set upon by a wave of HK's and the first of the T-800's. This is the first sign to John Connor that "Things have changed". The machines have for the first time set a counter trap for the humans. They have somehow learnt to appreciate the importance if sacrifice in war.
This T-800 had a flesh exoskeleton and came in the form of Sam Worthington. Initially they thought the T-800 was a member of the resistance an advantage the T-800 used to devastating effect. John Connor is the sole survivor of this battle and bareley escapes the battle gaining the scar on his face he
is so well known for.
John Connor is barely alive after two weeks of travelling through the wasteland with limited rations. During this trek he comes across the dead pilot hanging in the electricity lines. He is unable to make head or tail of where this pilot came from and suspects that the pilot was from a resistance movement that he has not yet made contact with, since none of the resistance movements have aircraft to his knowledge. This gives him hope. He also manages to salvage a map to a deserted Cyberdine Systems base from the dead pilot. The location of the skynet headquarters remains a mystery. He then comes across a renegade settlement who help him recover. They also give him the details of where this other resistence movement exists. John realised that he must contact them. John also gains new valueble allies during this brief period. Then suddenly the settlement is set upon by the massive machine which grabs some of the settlers through the roof as in the movie. John and a few of the allies manage to destroy the massive robot. [This part needs work...]
Discoveries:
John realises that this enemy base may hold the key to allow the resistance to understand their enemy better, gain new technology and allow them to build their own Terminators.
The final battle scene before John Connor and his men make the final discovery:
The final scene will be where John and some of his resistance members will be crossing the bridge. On the other side of this bridge is the lost Cyberdine base. They are intercepted by the HK but they destroy it with thier new Sonic wave weapon.
The final discovery "This is not the future my mother warned me about."::
The humans discover a new breed of terminator that they have never seen before. This terminator looks like Sam Worthington, but they are unable to program it due to its highly advanced computer system. They wake the terminator and strangely enough they realize the new terminators think they are human. The terminator they have found was unfinished and thus not plugged into Skynet. This terminator could help them understand Skynet and the new Terminator technology. It could help them in their battle against Skynet.
This is where John Connor realizes that he is now in chartered territory. He can no longer rely on the tapes left by his mother for guidance. The movie ends where John Connor - goes onto the global radio discovered at the lost Cyberdine Base and sends out the final message to any other humans on the planet that are still alive.
John also discovers information int he lost base that a certain area in South America had been left untouched by the nuclear holocaust unleashed by Skynet. John then also realises that the dead pilot he discovered in the power lines had a Brazilian flag on his jacket.
Why has this area not been touched by the Machines? Why were the machines trying so hard to mimic humans? Were they trying to be human? Did they see themselves as a form of life and thus wanted to be human?
THE END OF PART 1