The text is a transcript of a video that reviews the Terminator film saga and its decline over the years. The narrator explains the plot, characters, production and reception of each film, from the original Terminator in 1984 to Terminator: Dark Fate in 2019. He criticizes the inconsistencies, contradictions and lack of originality of the sequels, especially the ones that ignored or erased the events of the previous films. He also praises some aspects of the saga, such as the visual effects, the performances of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton, and the themes of time travel and human nature. He ends by asking his audience for feedback on his video format and length.
Here are some key facts extracted from the text:
1. Terminator 2 was the first favorite movie of the narrator, who saw it as a child despite being R-rated.
2. The Terminator saga was created by James Cameron, who was inspired by his nightmares and two episodes of The Outer Limits written by Harlan Ellison.
3. The first Terminator movie was about a time loop where Kyle Reese, John Connor's father, was sent from the future to protect Sarah Connor from an exterminator sent by Skynet.
4. Terminator 2 introduced the T-1000, a liquid metal exterminator, and the idea that the future is not written, as Sarah and John managed to prevent Judgment Day by destroying Skynet's technology.
5. Terminator 3 showed that Judgment Day was inevitable and introduced the T-X, a hybrid of solid and liquid metal exterminator, who tried to kill John and his future wife Kate.
6. Terminator Salvation was set in the future war against the machines and focused on Marcus Wright, a human-terminator hybrid who was used by Skynet to lure John into a trap.
7. Terminator Genesis ignored the events of the previous films and created a multiverse where John Connor was corrupted by Skynet and became a terminator himself, while Sarah Connor was protected by a reprogrammed T-800 since childhood.
8. Terminator Dark Fate also ignored the previous films and showed that John Connor was killed by a T-800 shortly after Terminator 2, while a new threat called Legion sent a new terminator called Rev-9 to kill Dani Ramos, the future leader of the resistance.