Marcus saves Terminator 4

Everett 2022-04-20 09:01:13

Strictly speaking, the story of "Terminator 4" has departed from the "Terminator" series. The so-called "Terminator" should refer to the robot sent by "Skynet" to the past to carry out assassination missions. Its purpose is to kill the future leader of the resistance army, John Connor, thus ending the surviving human resistance against it in one fell swoop. In this series, the future war between "Skynet" and human beings is only a background. What really appears in the foreground is the battle between the Terminator and John Connor and his protectors. The first three "Terminators" strictly follow this routine. From 1 to 3, the story framework is basically the same, and only the age of John Connor and the model of the Terminator robot are upgraded episode by episode.

Terminator 4 broke it all, and why? Maybe it's tired of the story of this hunting mode, maybe it doesn't have the confidence to tell a good story with this simple mode, maybe it can't imagine TX (the beautiful robot in "Terminator 3") anymore What an upgrade should look like. In short, "Terminator 4" has become a war drama that describes the future of human-machine warfare. There is no time travel, no terminator, its correct name should be "Skynet Empire 1" or "Rebel Skynet 1".

The advantage of doing this is that in the first three episodes, Skynet, which has been "still holding a pipa half-covered", finally showed its powerful strength in this episode. Various types of robots appeared in turn, attacking in all directions by water, land and air. . In terms of "visual bombing", "Terminator 4" definitely ranks first in the entire series. However, what really saved "Terminator 4" from becoming a bad film was that the film set "half-man, half-machine" Marcus as the protagonist in addition to Skynet and the Resistance. The mystery of Marcus' life experience constitutes the biggest suspense in the first half of the film's straightforward narrative. In the second half, Marcus' true identity is revealed. He can't accept the reality that half of himself is a robot, and at the same time, he can't tolerate the rebels. He has to fight Skynet to the death to prove his loyalty to human beings. Marcus's pathos adds some unexpected tenderness and ambiguous feelings to the monotonous battle of good and evil in "Terminator 4".

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Extended Reading

Terminator Salvation quotes

  • [last lines]

    Marcus Wright: [thinking] What is it that makes us human? It's not something you can program. You can't put it into a chip. It's the strength of the human heart. The difference between us and machines.

    John Connor: [pause]

    [continues thinking]

    John Connor: There is a storm on the horizon. A time of hardship and pain. This battle has been won, but the war against the machines races on. Skynet's global network remains strong, but we will not quit, until all of it is destroyed. This is John Connor. There is no fate, but what we make.

  • [first lines]

    Dr. Serena Kogan: Marcus. How are you?

    Marcus Wright: Ask me in an hour.