#TERMINATOR QUOTE LEARNING COMPUTER SERIES#

In The Terminator, John is mentioned and is the basis of the film. Terminator: Dark Fate also continues from the events of Terminator 2 in another alternate timeline.

#TERMINATOR QUOTE LEARNING COMPUTER SERIES#

In the fourth film, John fights with the Resistance in a post-apocalyptic setting after Skynet has taken over.Īs the series' central plot heavily involves time travel, the story of the character is often non-linear and portrays many possible outcomes, for example Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines and television series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles continue from the ending of Terminator 2 but are depicted as taking place in alternate timelines, while Terminator Genisys (2015) revisits and changes the events of the first film. With foreknowledge from his parents, John fends off Terminator assassination attempts in the second and third films before Judgment Day. When his mother Sarah Connor was the target of a time travelling Terminator unit ( Model 101) in the first film, John sent resistance fighter Kyle Reese (depicted in certain continuities as his adoptive son) to protect Sarah, knowing Kyle and Sarah would later conceive him. In the fictional universe's narrative, John Connor is a messianic figure (born on February 28, 1985) who will lead the Resistance to defeat an empire of robotic Terminators amassed by the rogue military AI Skynet, following a cybernetic revolt doomsday event known as Judgment Day. In a 2021 interview, James Cameron said that the song ' Russians' by Sting inspired him to create John Connor: 'I remember sitting there once, high on E, writing notes for Terminator, and I was struck by Sting’s song, that “I hope the Russians love their children too.” And I thought, “You know what? The idea of a nuclear war is just so antithetical to life itself.” That’s where the kid came from.' Terminator film series Michael Edwards as the adult John Connor in Terminator 2: Judgment Day. The character serves as a protagonist in Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003), and Terminator Salvation (2009), the antagonist of the film Terminator Genisys (2015), and has a brief cameo in Terminator: Dark Fate (2019). In addition, Thomas Dekker portrayed John Connor in the two-season television series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. Other actors have portrayed the character in subsequent films, including Nick Stahl, Christian Bale, and Jason Clarke. In the character's first appearance, John is portrayed by Edward Furlong as a child, and briefly by Michael Edwards as an adult in a small role. Created by writer/ director James Cameron, the character is first referred to in the 1984 film The Terminator and first appears in its 1991 sequel Terminator 2: Judgment Day ( T2). John Connor is a fictional character in the Terminator franchise.

Kyle Connor ( Terminator Salvation: The Final Battle comics).

Jr ( Terminator Salvation: The Final Battle comics) Kyle Reese (adoptive son Terminator: Infinity comics).

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