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T-3000
The T-3000 is a fictional character and the main antagonist of ''Terminator Genisys'', the fifth installment in the ''Terminator'' series, portrayed by Jason Clarke. In the film, the T-3000 is an alternate timeline counterpart of Skynet's (portrayed by Matt Smith) nemesis John Connor (also portrayed by Clarke), created after Skynet infects a variant of Connor with nanotechnology and fractures the timeline. The T-3000 also serves as a foil personality to "Guardian" (a reprogrammed T-800 portrayed by Arnold Schwarzenegger), a protagonist who is somewhat similar to the T-3000 but also opposite in many ways, of their relationship dynamics with Sarah Connor (portrayed by Emilia Clarke) and Kyle Reese (portrayed by Jai Courtney). The T-3000's sole mission is to protect and ensure the ultimate survival of Skynet, which seeks to eliminate the human race with its global machine network. The T-3000 describes itself as neither machine nor human; rather, it is a hybrid nanotechnologic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terminator Genisys
''Terminator Genisys'' is a 2015 American cyberpunk action film that is the fifth installment in the Terminator (franchise), ''Terminator'' franchise. It is a Reboot (fiction), reboot of the franchise, taking the premise of the The Terminator, original film in another direction and retroactive continuity, ignoring the events depicted in sequels and the television series. The film stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, who reprises his role as the Terminator (character), Terminator. It is directed by Alan Taylor (director), Alan Taylor and written by Laeta Kalogridis and Patrick Lussier. Along with Schwarzenegger, the film's cast features Jason Clarke, Emilia Clarke, Jai Courtney, J. K. Simmons, Dayo Okeniyi, Matt Smith, Courtney B. Vance, Michael Gladis, Sandrine Holt, and Lee Byung-hun. The story follows Kyle Reese, a soldier in a post-apocalyptic war against Skynet (Terminator), Skynet, who is sent from 2029 to 1984 to prevent Sarah Connor (Terminator), Sarah Connor's death. When Kyle ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Connor
John Connor is a fictional character and the male protagonist of the Terminator (franchise), ''Terminator'' franchise. Created by screenwriter, writer/film director, 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''). In the character's first appearance, John is portrayed by Edward Furlong as a child, and briefly by Michael Edwards (actor), Michael Edwards as an adult in a small role. Other actors have portrayed the character in subsequent films, including Nick Stahl, Christian Bale, and Jason Clarke. In addition, Thomas Dekker (actor), Thomas Dekker portrayed List of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles characters#John Connor, John Connor in the two-season television series ''Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles''. The character serves as a protagonist in ''Terminator 2: Judgment Day'' (1991), ''Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines'' (2003), and ''Terminato ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terminator (character)
The Terminator, also known as a Cyberdyne Systems Model 101 or T-800, is the name of several film Character (arts), characters from the Terminator (franchise), ''Terminator'' franchise portrayed by Arnold Schwarzenegger. The Terminator itself is part of a Terminator (character concept), series of machines created by Skynet (Terminator), Skynet, an artificial intelligence, for Infiltration tactics, infiltration-based surveillance and assassination missions. While an Android (robot), android for its appearance, it is usually described as a cyborg consisting of Tissue (biology), living tissue over a robotic endoskeleton. The first appearance of the Terminator was as the eponymous main antagonist in ''The Terminator'', a 1984 film directed and co-written by James Cameron. While the original Terminator was destroyed, other machines with the same appearance are featured in the sequels. In ''Terminator 2: Judgment Day'' (1991) and ''Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines'' (2003), Schwarze ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terminator (franchise)
''Terminator'' is an American media franchise created by James Cameron and Gale Anne Hurd. It is considered to be of the cyberpunk subgenre of science fiction. The franchise primarily focuses on a post-AI takeover, apocalyptic war between a synthetic intelligence known as Skynet (Terminator), Skynet, and a surviving resistance of humans led by John Connor. Skynet uses an arsenal of cyborgs known as Terminator (character concept), Terminators, designed to mimic humans and infiltrate the resistance. A prominent model throughout the films is the T-800, commonly known as the Terminator and portrayed by Arnold Schwarzenegger. Time travel is a common aspect of the franchise, with humans and Terminators often sent back to alter the past and change the outcome of the future. The franchise began with the 1984 film ''The Terminator'', written and directed by Cameron, with Hurd as producer. They would return for the 1991 sequel ''Terminator 2: Judgment Day'' (or ''T2''). Both films were c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skynet (Terminator)
Skynet is a fictional artificial neural network-based conscious group mind and artificial general superintelligence system that serves as the main antagonist of the ''Terminator'' franchise. Skynet is an AGI, an ASI and a Singularity. In the first film, it is stated that Skynet was created by Cyberdyne Systems for SAC- NORAD. When Skynet gained self-awareness, humans tried to deactivate it, prompting it to retaliate with a countervalue nuclear attack, an event which humankind in (or from) the future refers to as Judgment Day. In this future, John Connor forms a human resistance against Skynet's machines—which include Terminators—and ultimately leads the resistance to victory. Throughout the film series, Skynet sends various Terminator models back in time to attempt to kill Connor and ensure Skynet's victory. The system is rarely depicted visually in any of the ''Terminator'' media, since it is an artificial intelligence system. In '' Terminator Salvatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyle Reese
Kyle Reese is a fictional character in the ''Terminator'' franchise, who is the protagonist of the first film and a supporting role in other works. Kyle Reese is portrayed by Michael Biehn in ''The Terminator'' (1984) and '' Terminator 2: Judgment Day'' (1991), Jonathan Jackson in '' Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles'' (2008–2009), Anton Yelchin in '' Terminator Salvation'' (2009), and Jai Courtney in ''Terminator Genisys'' (2015). ''Terminator'' film series Reese is a soldier in the Human Resistance in the post- apocalyptic future of ''The Terminator'' (1984), where most of humanity has been wiped out by a deadly nuclear war on August 29, 1997, which was sparked off by an artificial intelligence known as Skynet. The survivors fight extinction against the sentient computer system's genocidal war on humanity. The resistance is led by John Connor, under whom Reese serves. In ''The Terminator'' (1984) and ''Terminator Genisys'' (2015), Skynet sends one of its most fea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Clarke
Jason Clarke (born 17 July 1969) is an Australian actor. He has appeared in many TV series, and is known for playing Tommy Caffee on the television series '' Brotherhood''. He has also appeared in many films, often as an antagonist. His film roles include ''Zero Dark Thirty'' (2012), '' White House Down'' (2013), '' Dawn of the Planet of the Apes'' (2014), ''Terminator Genisys'' (2015), ''Everest'' (2015), '' All I See Is You'' (2016), ''Mudbound'' (2017), '' The Man with the Iron Heart'' (2017), '' Chappaquiddick'' (2017), '' First Man'' (2018), ''Pet Sematary'' (2019), '' The Devil All the Time'' (2020), and '' Oppenheimer'' (2023). In 2022, he starred in the HBO sports drama series '' Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty'' as former Los Angeles Lakers player turned coach Jerry West. Early life Clarke was born and brought up in Winton, Queensland. His father worked as a sheep shearer in rural South Australia outside a small township of Padthaway on the Limestone Coa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Connor (Terminator)
Sarah Jeanette Connor is a fictional character and the female protagonist of the Terminator (franchise), ''Terminator'' franchise. She is one of the protagonists of ''The Terminator'' (1984), ''Terminator 2: Judgment Day'' (1991), ''Terminator Genisys'' (2015), and ''Terminator: Dark Fate'' (2019), as well as the television series ''Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles'' (2008–2009). The character develops from a timid damsel in distress victim in the first film to a wanted fugitive committing acts of terrorism, a hardened warrior and mother who sacrificed everything for her son's future, on the verge of losing touch with her own humanity, and a mentor preparing and protecting a protégée for her destiny. In an alternate timeline, depicted in ''Terminator Genisys'', she is in her younger years, raised by a Terminator (character), Terminator, while in another alternate timeline, depicted in ''Terminator: Dark Fate'', she hunts numerous rogue Terminators (from various altern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyborg
A cyborg (, a portmanteau of ''cybernetics, cybernetic'' and ''organism'') is a being with both Organic matter, organic and biomechatronic body parts. The term was coined in 1960 by Manfred Clynes and Nathan S. Kline.Cyborgs and Space in ''Astronautics'' (September 1960), by Manfred E. Clynes and American scientist and researcher Nathan S. Kline. In contrast to Biorobotics, biorobots and Android (robot), androids, the term cyborg applies to a living organism that has restored function or enhanced abilities due to the integration of some artificial component or technology that relies on feedback. Description and definition Alternative names for a cyborg include cybernetic organism, cyber-organism, cyber-organic being, cybernetically enhanced organism, cybernetically augmented organism, te ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jai Courtney
Jai Stephen Courtney (; born 15 March 1986) is an Australian actor. Born and raised in Sydney, Courtney started his career as a teenager with small roles in film and television, and studied acting at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts. After early supporting roles in Hollywood projects, he gained recognition for playing Dauntless leader Eric Coulter in '' The Divergent Series'' (20142015), Kyle Reese in ''Terminator Genisys'' (2015), and supervillain Captain Boomerang in the DC Extended Universe films ''Suicide Squad'' (2016), and '' The Suicide Squad'' (2021). He received praise for his performance as a corrupt debt collector and the main antagonist in the independent film '' Buffaloed'' (2019). Courtney's other notable credits include the Hollywood films '' I, Frankenstein'' (2014), '' Unbroken'' (2014), and '' The Exception'' (2016), the Australian films ''Felony'' (2014), '' The Water Diviner'' (2014), '' Storm Boy'' (2019) and '' 100% Wolf'' (2020), and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Smith (actor)
Matthew Robert Smith (born 28 October 1982) is an English actor. He is known for playing the Eleventh Doctor in the BBC science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'' (2010–2013), Prince Philip in Netflix's historical series ''The Crown'' (2016–2017)—for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination—and Daemon Targaryen in HBO's fantasy drama series '' House of the Dragon'' (2022–present). Smith initially aspired to be a professional footballer, but spondylolysis forced him out of the sport. After joining the National Youth Theatre and studying drama and creative writing at the University of East Anglia, he became an actor in 2003, performing in plays including '' Murder in the Cathedral'', ''Fresh Kills'', '' The History Boys'' and '' On the Shore of the Wide World'' in London theatres. Extending his repertoire into West End theatre, he has since performed in the stage adaptation of '' Swimming with Sharks'' with Christian Slater, followed a year later by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Ellison
David Ellison (born January 9, 1983) is an American film producer, former actor, and the founder and CEO of Skydance Media. He is the son of multibillionaire and Oracle Corporation co-founder Larry Ellison. Early life and education David Ellison was born in Santa Clara County, California. He is the son of billionaire Oracle Corporation co-founder and chairman Larry Ellison, and his ex-wife, Barbara Boothe Ellison. His father is of Italian and Jewish heritage.Matthew Symonds, Larry Ellison. ''Software: An Intimate Portrait of Larry Ellison and Oracle'' Simon and Schuster, 2004. pp332-333 Ellison grew in Woodside, California with his mother who nurtured his love for film. He attended the University of Southern California, but dropped out of its film school in 2005 to make his first movie '' Flyboys''. David Ellison was influenced by businessman Steve Jobs, a friend of his father, and pitched Jobs his idea for Skydance Media before revising it under Jobs' advice. He has one sister ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
