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Future John's rank in the Resistance
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Jul 12 2008, 7:26 AM EDT by
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Thread started: Jul 11 2008, 11:38 PM EDT
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Future John in T2 is shown wearing a uniform with the insignia of a four-star general. That's an error, right? As the leader of the Resistance, surely John is entitled to hold the rank of five-star general.
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RE: Future John's rank in the Resistance
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Jul 12 2008, 7:26 AM EDT
I’m currently writing a story that involves a set piece battle in the future ( whether I post it or not depends if I think it’s any good) anyway it got me thinking about what the structure of Johns command would be like. Rank isn’t just to say who’s top dog, it designates what unit types/numbers you command. For example a lieutenant commands a platoon of approximately 11-44 soldiers give or take and a captain commands 2 platoons or more called a company and so forth. Perry is a one star General (Brigadier General) so he is either a deputy commander to commanding General of a division or is the commander of a brigade size unit, 3000-5000 strong John is a four star General (General) and can command anything from 50000-1000000 soldiers, that is, multiple divisions (Corps) or Army (Corps or multiple Corps) I some how doubt that John has that many troops under his command so I think his command structure while following general military principles is probably akin more to the French resistance of WW2 with “cells” rather than the regular army chain of command. Each “cell” would be independent and wouldn’t know the location of other “cells”, they would have a set zone of operation and wouldn’t be any larger than Company size as larger formations would find it harder to avoid detection. A cell could be commanded by any rank from lieutenant to colonel regardless of actual unit size. It would be conceivable that officers of varying rank survived JD but lack the troop numbers to justify that rank so I envisioned a divvying up process of the available officers to the various “cells”
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What's your favorite John Quote?
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Jun 12 2008, 12:48 PM EDT by
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Thread started: Jun 6 2008, 11:44 PM EDT
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Is it "No you need to go. He gave you a ring and now you're freaking out." , "Insurance.. The boring kind." , "Chip? What model are you? Are you new?", "You bought me the wrong needle-nose pliers.. I've been calling it Time-lagged." , "You've reached the future leader of mankind.", "Statue. Screw it." or "Are you yelling at her yet..Mom, there's no turkey."
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Jun 12 2008, 12:48 PM EDT
Episode 2: Gnothi Seauton
I want my new name, I want that whole new me.
Episode 3: The Turk
Don't walk around acting like my bodyguard. You're supposed to be my sister. You don't fool anyone. Don't act like a freak do you understand? Sit down. I didn't get killed and she didn't kill anyone.
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John Connor, is he Mexican?
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May 10 2008, 9:00 AM EDT by
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Thread started: May 7 2008, 9:53 PM EDT
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At the end of The Terminator, Sarah is last seen driving through Mexico while six months pregnant. I assume that John was born in Mexico.
Mexico recognizes birthright citizenship, so John is Mexican by birth.
I was just thinking that in the United States political climate of 2007, what Cameron did to ARTIE makes John a Mexican terrorist. John gets the blame because Cameron is not a legally recognized person.
(On a completely unrelated topic, I'm still bitter about Y2K7.)
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May 10 2008, 9:00 AM EDT
"Maybe but we will have to find out for sure. He seems pretty white to me. Unless that what his new fake id may say about him in 2007" What does race have to do with anything? Excluding in some anthropological outlooks race coincides with nationality (paticularly in Mexico)...but in this day and age you can be Haitian and be white racially---of course in Haiti you'd be considered Black even if you made Frosty the Snowman tan in comparison. The only group that is not a racial group is Latino/a. Since every country taht speaks spanish in Central America, South America, and the Caribbean are of mixed descent unless they can say otherwise....which not many can. So being "white" doesn't stop you from being Mexican or even Chinese for that matter. As for his status...he's a US citizen. He'd have dual. Only if he was Haitian would he not have dual, he'd have to choose. I realize that Sarah was driving to Mexico at the end of T1 and she could have very well aided with the Zappatista movement, but when I was thinking of Guerilla warfare I figured she went down to Souh America like Columbia or stayed in Central like Nicaragua.
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Two Johns at Once
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Apr 3 2008, 4:35 PM EDT by
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Thread started: Apr 1 2008, 9:52 AM EDT
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Here's something to chew over - when the drew came forward in time from the bank vault, we knew that in the time between the "jump point" and the landing point Sarah was to die of Lukemia - so there's no chance of meeting herself. But John is still alive and it is possible for the "jumped" john to meet the "linear " John. Or does his temporal line actually include the time jump?
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Apr 3 2008, 4:35 PM EDT
"Time logic is a mess in Terminator Series/Movies
Think about this, if John is really going to die as a young boy then it will not be an older John in the future. In other words why send a protector to myself in the past if I still alive in the future." Good Point.
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John conner and Kyle Reese actors
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Jan 7 2008, 6:01 PM EST by
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Anybody else think that Christian Bale and the future John Conner in T2 look a little alike?
Also, the other guy signed on for TS: the future begins, Marcus Schenkenberg looks kinda like Michael Biehn.
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EDWARD FURLONG
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Nov 15 2007, 5:09 PM EST by
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I would still like to see Edward Furlong come back in T4. The kid in the TV show looks like he will do a good job getting the character.
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Nov 15 2007, 5:09 PM EST
It's a shame, but Edward Furlong's life just sort of fell apart after being in T-2. That was due to his family's greed and all the money he got, not because he was in the movie. If you read about it, it's truly awful that money makes people that should be taking care of you such total a**es. I don't think he could do another Terminator movie much less be the right actor for the job now.
The new T-trilogy movies are going to focus on John Connor in his 30's. As to who would be the best actor to play him now? It would need to be an actor of passion and strength who would be a belivable as a resistance leader. I think Ben Affleck is that man. He is so underrated as an actor! But he's my choice!
http://www.cinematical.com/2007/05/10/get-ready-for-a-new-terminator-trilogy/
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