... will affect you in the future - its possible no truer words have ever been spoken. Events that occur in the future, will in fact affect us in the future. Will they have any effect on us now? Why of course not, b/c were not in the future. However, what is certain is that when future events happen, our future will be affected by them. It really is simple logic when you stop + take the time to think about it.
Now perhaps you recognize that grand statement, + perhaps you don't. For those of you unfamiliar with the commonly dubbed "worst movie of all time", that being "Plan 9 From Outer Space", it is a snippet of the powerful opening narration provided by Criswell. In an unfortunate blunder however, after making such a bold statement about future events + their inevitable impact on our future, the film decided to tell us of a "fateful day" that had already happened. How strange... o well, it's no matter; for i'm not here to ramble on about "Plan 9". I am however here to discuss, that's right, the future, + the certain effect it will have on our own future. For this "discussion" on the future, i will look @ 2 monumental film series in our history, the Terminator franchise + the Planet of the Apes...
Let's wet our appetites with "Planet of the Apes", one of the greatest sci-fi films of all time. It isn't however the fantastic + groundbreaking original we will be sinking our teeth in to. Instead however, let's have a look @ the films many sequels. The grand revelation @ the end of the 1st film is that Charlton Heston was on Earth the entire time, only many years in the future, after the fall of man as the dominate species of the planet. In "Escape from Planet of the Apes" we learn that 3 apes from the future manage to land themselves back in time, thus laying the seeds for the Ape "revolution". So, if i have this correct, + i'm fairly positive i do, Apes from the future escape to the past which in turn lead to the rise of Apes + eventual decline of man... Does that really make sense...?
To answer the above question for you - no, it doesn't really make sense. I'm sure many fans (is that right word?) of the "Ape" series will argue that it's perfectly sound logic. I can assure you however that it's not. Now the final "Ape" film leaves off with both species coexisting peacefully although we all no that can't + won't last. If it actually is to last... well, then we seem to have found ourselves a whole new set of questions to ponder haven’t we.
Now lets get on to the main course - the Terminator franchise... Arnold Schwarzenegger is sent back in time to kill Sarah Connor, thus preventing the birth of John Conner, eventual leader of the human resistance. John Connor, in the future mind you, sends back his friend + ally, Kyle Reese, to protect Sarah Connor. You can tell already how seamless this soundly structured plot is. Here's the catch however... while Kyle Reese is protecting Sarah Connor they inevitably fall in love with each other + share a night of passionate love. The result of this... John Connor!! So what have we learned from this? If the Terminator was never sent back in time to kill Sarah Conner, Kyle Reese would have never been sent to protect her + thus, there would be no John Conner. Yet somehow John Conner already existed in the future... sense anyone? I think not.
Now i hope u quickly wrapped your mind around that b/c, that's right, there's more!! In T2, subtitled Judgment Day, we learn that the Terminator hand + computer processing chip recovered from the 1st Arnold Schwarzenegger led to the numerous advancements that would result in "Judgment Day". So if the Terminator was never sent back in time, there would be no Terminators? No Judgment Day? With that in mind i think the Machines made the right call - Sending a Terminator back in time was essential to them being able to send a Terminator back in time. Perhaps they could have avoided hunting down Sarah Connor… it probably would be helpful not to have a human resistance bugging you @ every turn.
Beyond all that non-sense is, well, more non-sense. “No Fate But What We Make For Ourselves” – this being the common message hammered into our heads while watching the Terminator films (especially that long dull part of T2). We learn from John Conner that his mother made him memorize the message so he could tell his father. His father in tern would tell it to her. The origin of this message - unkown!! This is the case with many aspects of the Terminator franchise. According to wikipedia this + just about every other example of ill-logical fallacies from the Terminator films I have mentioned are examples of an ontological paradox. I would explain what that is except my guess is it’s somewhat complicated (+ probably lacking in sense). If you’re that interested in it, look it up.
Of course, it's plain to see how little sense any of this absurd plot makes. This plot + these events however do take me back to what i'm pretty sure was my original point. That being... the future, + the future events that will impact that future. Future events depicted here are very clearly affecting the future. The Machines decision to send a Terminator back in time resulted in a future dominated + controlled by Machines. As a result they had the ability to send a Terminator back in time. The Machines ill-advised insistence in eliminating Sarah Connor to prevent the rise of her son as a military leader resulted in the birth of John Connor, eventual leader of the human resistance (i still question the Machines on that one) . In Planet of the Apes, the Apes that escaped from Earth in the future, only to find themselves in the past, went + laid the way for the future they would eventually be escaping from. It's all very clear - events that are happening in the future, are in fact having an affect on our future.
Now perhaps you recognize that grand statement, + perhaps you don't. For those of you unfamiliar with the commonly dubbed "worst movie of all time", that being "Plan 9 From Outer Space", it is a snippet of the powerful opening narration provided by Criswell. In an unfortunate blunder however, after making such a bold statement about future events + their inevitable impact on our future, the film decided to tell us of a "fateful day" that had already happened. How strange... o well, it's no matter; for i'm not here to ramble on about "Plan 9". I am however here to discuss, that's right, the future, + the certain effect it will have on our own future. For this "discussion" on the future, i will look @ 2 monumental film series in our history, the Terminator franchise + the Planet of the Apes...
Let's wet our appetites with "Planet of the Apes", one of the greatest sci-fi films of all time. It isn't however the fantastic + groundbreaking original we will be sinking our teeth in to. Instead however, let's have a look @ the films many sequels. The grand revelation @ the end of the 1st film is that Charlton Heston was on Earth the entire time, only many years in the future, after the fall of man as the dominate species of the planet. In "Escape from Planet of the Apes" we learn that 3 apes from the future manage to land themselves back in time, thus laying the seeds for the Ape "revolution". So, if i have this correct, + i'm fairly positive i do, Apes from the future escape to the past which in turn lead to the rise of Apes + eventual decline of man... Does that really make sense...?
To answer the above question for you - no, it doesn't really make sense. I'm sure many fans (is that right word?) of the "Ape" series will argue that it's perfectly sound logic. I can assure you however that it's not. Now the final "Ape" film leaves off with both species coexisting peacefully although we all no that can't + won't last. If it actually is to last... well, then we seem to have found ourselves a whole new set of questions to ponder haven’t we.
Now lets get on to the main course - the Terminator franchise... Arnold Schwarzenegger is sent back in time to kill Sarah Connor, thus preventing the birth of John Conner, eventual leader of the human resistance. John Connor, in the future mind you, sends back his friend + ally, Kyle Reese, to protect Sarah Connor. You can tell already how seamless this soundly structured plot is. Here's the catch however... while Kyle Reese is protecting Sarah Connor they inevitably fall in love with each other + share a night of passionate love. The result of this... John Connor!! So what have we learned from this? If the Terminator was never sent back in time to kill Sarah Conner, Kyle Reese would have never been sent to protect her + thus, there would be no John Conner. Yet somehow John Conner already existed in the future... sense anyone? I think not.
Now i hope u quickly wrapped your mind around that b/c, that's right, there's more!! In T2, subtitled Judgment Day, we learn that the Terminator hand + computer processing chip recovered from the 1st Arnold Schwarzenegger led to the numerous advancements that would result in "Judgment Day". So if the Terminator was never sent back in time, there would be no Terminators? No Judgment Day? With that in mind i think the Machines made the right call - Sending a Terminator back in time was essential to them being able to send a Terminator back in time. Perhaps they could have avoided hunting down Sarah Connor… it probably would be helpful not to have a human resistance bugging you @ every turn.
Beyond all that non-sense is, well, more non-sense. “No Fate But What We Make For Ourselves” – this being the common message hammered into our heads while watching the Terminator films (especially that long dull part of T2). We learn from John Conner that his mother made him memorize the message so he could tell his father. His father in tern would tell it to her. The origin of this message - unkown!! This is the case with many aspects of the Terminator franchise. According to wikipedia this + just about every other example of ill-logical fallacies from the Terminator films I have mentioned are examples of an ontological paradox. I would explain what that is except my guess is it’s somewhat complicated (+ probably lacking in sense). If you’re that interested in it, look it up.
Of course, it's plain to see how little sense any of this absurd plot makes. This plot + these events however do take me back to what i'm pretty sure was my original point. That being... the future, + the future events that will impact that future. Future events depicted here are very clearly affecting the future. The Machines decision to send a Terminator back in time resulted in a future dominated + controlled by Machines. As a result they had the ability to send a Terminator back in time. The Machines ill-advised insistence in eliminating Sarah Connor to prevent the rise of her son as a military leader resulted in the birth of John Connor, eventual leader of the human resistance (i still question the Machines on that one) . In Planet of the Apes, the Apes that escaped from Earth in the future, only to find themselves in the past, went + laid the way for the future they would eventually be escaping from. It's all very clear - events that are happening in the future, are in fact having an affect on our future.
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