New Terminator Series’ Time Travel Was Inspired by Quantum Leap

SkyNet is not finished yet. The monstrous AI will terrorize the timeline again in a new time. The destructive This time, the genocidal robots have a surprising source of inspiration. During an interview with Dynamite EntertainmentWriter Declan Shalvey talks about the inspiration behind his new comic, The position or the prohibition.Across space and time, The story revolves around a desperate SkyNet sending several Terminators to kill the ancestors of the resistance. In this context, Shalvey compared the story to: Quantum leapthe 90s series starring Scott Bakula:

I was once asked if there was a license I would do, what would it be? And my answer was Quantum Leap, because I love that show. And I realized the other day that I'm actually doing that with Terminator, except it's the Quantum Leap of hell. And that's interesting, the only thing I would do is turn it into something else.

in Quantum leapPakula plays Sam Beckett, A man who habitually falls through time and inhabits the bodies of different people throughout history.The series was recently rebooted, also titled Quantum leapwhich starred Raymond Lee as Ben Sung, a character in a similar position to Beckett. While The destructive The franchise has always involved time travel, and it's easy to see where Shalvey falls. Quantum leap Inspiration comes in: The comics will include different versions of one-shots that take place across the timeline..

Time Travel Rules in Terminator

the The destructive The franchise is no stranger to time travel. Except The End of SalvationThe entire franchise is built on this concept. The setup is simple: after finally being defeated by humanity, the leader of the machines, Skynet, takes over. Sends robotic assassins through time to attack Connor's family. – A family that will eventually lead to his defeat. Meanwhile, the Resistance sends its agents into the past to stop Skynet.

Throughout its history, The destructive He had different ways of traveling through time.. the first The destructive The film takes place in a simple time loop: Sarah Connor is protected by Kyle Reese, a man from the future, who makes her pregnant by John Connor, the man who succeeds in defeating Skynet. Terminator 2: Judgment Day But there is something more optimistic, which is his declaration that “there is no destiny except what we make ourselves.” Which implies that the machine war of the future can be avoided.

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines He decided to go in a different direction. The ending of this film showed that time is predetermined, and nothing can be done to avoid the future. The various sequels and spin-offs that came after this film continued to change the rules of time travel in The destructive Universe – Some have chosen to use parallel timelines instead, while Others simply ignored what had happened before and chose to tell their own story..