The summary is about the Terminator film series, specifically focusing on the time travel and plot complexities across multiple films. Here is a concise breakdown of the key points:
1. The narrator reviews the basic premise of the original Terminator (1984), where a cyborg (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is sent back in time to kill Sarah Connor, and a protector is sent to save her.
2. The narrator then moves on to discuss the events of Terminator Salvation (2009), where Christian Bale plays John Connor, a resistance soldier fighting against machines. John Connor befriends a robot named Marcus, who is a cyborg with a human heart.
3. The narrator then summarizes the events of Terminator Genisys (2015), where John Connor (now played by Jason Clarke) sends Kyle Reese (Jai Courtney) back in time to protect Sarah Connor (Emilia Clarke). However, upon arrival, they discover that an older Schwarzenegger has been protecting Sarah since her youth.
4. The narrator explains that the plot becomes complicated with the introduction of a new villain, a robot version of John Connor, and a new threat, a social media-like app called "Genesis" that can control all devices and potentially become a new Skynet.
5. The narrator concludes by summarizing the final battle, where the heroes try to stop Genesis, and Schwarzenegger ultimately solves the problem by creating a short circuit in the time machine.
The narrator frequently breaks the fourth wall, addressing the audience and expressing frustration with the complexities and plot holes in the Terminator franchise.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text:
1. In the Terminator universe, bad guys sent a robot to kill Sarah Connor.
2. The good guys sent a blonde robot named Risk to save her.
3. Risk saved Sarah Connor and also saved Christian Bale, who played John Connor as an adult.
4. The bad guys sent another robot to kill John Connor, but the good guys sent Schwarzenegger robots to save him.
5. The bad guys killed another robot to kill John Connor as an adult.
6. The good guys sent new orders to save John Connor, and he was saved.
7. Judgment Day arrived, and everything changed.
8. In the post-apocalyptic world, John Connor became a resistance soldier fighting against the machine rebellion.
9. John Connor was walking with his friends when he suddenly died, but he was revived.
10. John Connor won the war but not the battle, and the story continued.
11. In Terminator 5: Genesis, the story begins with John Connor as a child, and he meets his father, Kyle Reese.
12. The machines sent a robot to kill Sarah Connor, but a good Schwarzenegger robot arrived to save her.
13. John Connor told Kyle Reese to go to the 80s to save Sarah Connor.
14. Kyle Reese traveled to the 80s and met a young Schwarzenegger who was sent to kill Sarah Connor.
15. Schwarzenegger and Kyle Reese fought, but Schwarzenegger was not killed.
16. The group of protagonists traveled to 2017, where they were put in prison but were saved by John Connor.
17. Schwarzenegger appeared and killed John Connor, but it was revealed that John Connor was a robot.
18. The robot John Connor wanted to defend Genesis, a Facebook-type app that controls all devices.
19. The group of protagonists arrived at the Genesis facilities and met Genesis, a little boy in the form of a hologram.
20. Schwarzenegger solved the problem by getting into the time machine with the robot John Connor, causing a short circuit.