In statements to FilmJournal, McG revealed his plans to have the movie set in 2011, pre-
Judgment Day - similar to
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles revelation that Judgment Day takes place on April 21,
2011 - and to bring back the chase feel of the original trilogy.
[1] The plot had Skynet discovering how to send non-
InfiltratorTerminators such as
Hunter-Killers and
Harvestersthrough the
Time Displacement Equipment.
John Connor goes back through time to fight the machines using present day military tactics and technology while being pursued by a new model Terminator. While in the past, he meets a 60 year-old scientist played by
Robert Patrick, who is researching cell replication and was to become the template of the
T-1000.
[2] McG also planned to have
Sarah Connor live until 2011, which would have retconned
Terminator 3's plot of her dying of leukemia. Rumors circulated that the film would take place in modern day London, despite the fact that both
Terminator 3 and
Terminator Salvation state that Judgment Day happened in 2004.
[3]
I
I've NEVER seen any of the Terminator films or TSCC TV Show (despite the fact that I own both seasons of TSCC on Blu-ray & I had Terminator films on VHS growing up). I need to jump on this, already. I also need to jump on GoT, since it's only 10 episodes a season.
