#terminator future war

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THAT ONE TIME STING ALMOST BECAME KYLE REESE -- WELCOME TO 1984.

PIC INFO: Spotlight on American film actor Michael Biehn in full costume as human resistance fighter Kyle Rees, from the 1984 sci-fi/action "The Terminator," written & directed by James Cameron.

PIC #2: English musician Sting (decked out in his infamous codpiece) as Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen in David Lynch's "DUNE" (1984).

OVERVIEW: "The Austrian Oak wasn’t the only star who almost missed out on his iconic role. When casting Reese, the human protector who travels back from the future to thwart the Terminator, pop star Sting was considered for the part that would eventually go to Michael Biehn. “I even met with him,” says Cameron of the former Police frontman. “I was fascinated by his look. He seemed slightly otherworldly – or at least not of this time. I felt vindicated when Sting played a major role in David Lynch’s "Dune" (1984) as the malevolent Feyd-Rautha."

"However, he wasn’t interested. I was too much of an unknown as a director at the time. I remember riding down in the elevator with him after our meeting and him sneering "So, Piranha 2, huh?" I didn’t want to tell him I had gotten fired off that film after a few days of shooting, so it wasn’t my movie at all, because frankly I was better having even a bad credit than having no director credit. Or that’s what I thought at the time.""

-- BFI, "The Terminator came to me in a dream: a new interview with James Cameron," published April 21, 2021

Sources: https://milleniumcondor.tumblr.com/post/157358762391, www.bfi.org.uk/interviews/terminator-james-cameron, & Picuki.

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SKYNET Unit

I-U5000

The I-U5000 or Terminator Ultra-5000 is a variant of the T-H Hybrid Human, constructed with the most advanced technology built within the endoskeleton in 2029.

An Ultra-5000 unit can remote control multiple T-800 Terminators simultaneously by synchronization via satellite-based connection.

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T-400

The T-400 Endo, nicknamed "Clanker" or "Faker" by Resistance, is a Humanoid Hunter Killer invented during initial tests to mimic human autonomy. Although they served Skynet as impressive guards in early internment prisons, they are no longer a match for modern weapons, and only a few rusty units remain in service. A T-400 was physically strong and could lift about 1000 lbs of weight. It was known to be able to break through concrete and reinforced walls. It could easily beat a human in close combat.

Unlike later Terminator models, the T-400 series used cheaper materials like steel rather than hyper alloys and, likewise, more primitive technologies throughout. The hydraulic systems were slow but capable of providing the Terminator superior strength compared to a human.

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SKYNET UNIT

T-200

The T-200 represented the first anthropomorphic Hunter Killer (HK) design by Skynet. They were produced in the thousands and were puny by later standards. These Terminators were based on schematics of NORAD maintenance droids, and in some cases were actually the original NORAD droids retrofitted with new components and memory instruction sets. The T-200 had very rigid posture and limited range of bodily motion. It was also extremely delicate. Even a near miss by a large caliber weapon near the array could incapacitate the T-200. The armor of the T-200 was laughable. Hyper alloy construction had yet to be perfected at the time of the T-200 and good materials were scarce. Later models derived from the T-200 architecture had advanced artificial intelligence and served as maintenance technicians and some were directly controlled by Skynet, acting as its eyes and hands. They had no combat programming. By the time the resistance began forming, the T-200s were hunted by humans for their parts which could be recycled. Their weaknesses and short comings compared to later models are almost too numerous to list.

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SKYNET UNIT

T-70

The Cyberdyne Series 70 Automated Fighting Infantry Unit "The Terminator"(also known as Cyberdyne Series 70 Autonomous Infantry Unit),or simply T-70, was the first Terminator with a humanoid form. It is basic Terminator model designed as a basic foot soldier that stands 8 feet (2.4 m) tall.The T-70 is equipped with a Gatling gun with Motion-Tracking Laser Designator, rattling off six hundred rounds a minute. It can travels up to 2 km between recharges. Additionally, there were two colors available: Battleship Gray and Apache Green.