Discussion: T4 - Captain Connor

"The events in Terminator Salvation take place before John ever sent Kyle back to protect Sarah Connor, so this movie will have nothing to do with any of the Terminator movies we have seen so far. It is the start of a new trilogy,for Christian Bale has signed to do two more after Terminator Salvation. We will see if the writers can come up with a script that will make us want a whole new Terminator ,since we are used to the time travel concept from the other films ."

"The events in Terminator Salvation take place before John ever sent Kyle back to protect Sarah Connor, so this movie will have nothing to do with any of the Terminator movies we have seen so far. It is the start of a new trilogy,for Christian Bale has signed to do two more after Terminator Salvation. We will see if the writers can come up with a script that will make us want a whole new Terminator ,since we are used to the time travel concept from the other films ."

"Wait, if it's true that this movie takes place "before" T1, then what about this line from the Warner Bros. description?

"But the future Connor was raised to believe in, is altered in part by the appearance of ..."

To me, the "raised to believe in" portion implies that a post-T1 Sarah has raised John telling him about his future role in the human resistance. I don't see how his vision of the future can be altered by the appearance of a strange Terminator, but maybe it really is a very very strange Terminator.

Then again, if you are right, I think that would be quite an intriguing concept; a prequel to T1, where we see how it was that John Connor came to have his training without Sarah shacking up with paramilitary types."

"John in salvation is not a general but a captain in the united states army (whats left of it). So what do you guys think of the last leg of johns hero's journey. me personally I love that idea."

"So the events of T4 *have* been affected by the events of T1 and 2?

I just want to know whether the events of T4 will lead directly to Kyle Reese being sent back to Sarah Connor and having T1 happen then. I.E. chronologically you would watch T4 before T1. It seems to me that if T4 follows the T1/T2 timeline, then it's not truly a "prequel" to T1."

"John being a captain is something I can see at this point. No one, savior or no savior, is going to be given the title of general at the age of thirty. Makes you wonder if the eight-year gap in age will affect TSCC John's standing with the Resistance."