A1 TITLESEQUENCE - SLITSCANEFFECT A1
1 EXT. SCHOOLYARD - NIGHT 1
The Terminator Genesis
Silence. Gradually the sound of distanttraffic becomes
audible. A LOWANGLEbounded on one side by a chain-link
The Terminator is a 1984 American science fiction film directed by James Cameron.It stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as the Terminator, a cyborg assassin sent back in time from 2029 to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton), whose son will one day become a savior against machines in a post-apocalyptic future.
fence and on the other by the one-story publicschool build-
ings. Spray-can hieroglyphics and distantstreetlight sha-
dows. This is a Los Angelespublicschool in a blue collar
neighborhood.
- The Terminator is a 1984 science fiction film that has spawned a franchise of movies, comic books, video games, theme park attractions and a television series. The stories involve a future from which robots are sent back in time to avert (or start) a world war.
- In what can either be seen as calculated nostalgia or a desperate attempt at relevancy, old Arnold Schwarzenegger is all set to duke it out with young Arnold Schwarzenegger this weekend in Terminator: Genisys. Both time-travel and robot duplicates allow science fiction to rip itself off occasionally, but was The Terminator’s inception a rip-off, too?Depends.
ANGLE BETWEENSCHOOL BUILDINGS, where a trashdumpster looms
in a LOW ANGLE, part of the clutterbehind the gymnasium.
A CATenters FRAME. CAMERADOLLIES FORWARD, prowling with
him through the landscape of trashreceptacles and shadows.
CLOSE ON CAT, which freezes, alert, sensingsomething just
beyond human perception.
A sourceless wind rises, and with it a keening WHINE.
Papers blow across the pavement.
The cat YOWLS and hidesunder the dumpster.
Windows rattle in their frames.
The WHINE intensifies, accompanied now by a wash of frigid
PURPLE LIGHT. A CONCUSSION like a thunderclapright over-
head blows in all the windowsfacing the yard.
C.U. - CAT, its eyes are wide as the glare dies.
1A/FX ANGLE - DUMPSTER 1A/FX
ELECTRICAL DISCHARGES arc from the dumpster to a water
faucet and climb a drain pipe like a Jacob's Ladder.
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2 EXT. SCHOOLYARD - NIGHT 2
SLOW PAN as the sound of strayelectricalCRACKLING subsides.
FRAME comes to rest on the figure of a NAKEDMAN kneeling,
faced away, in the previouslyempty yard.
He stands, slowly.
The man is in his late thirties, tall and powerfully built,
moving with graceful precision.
C.U. - MAN, his facialfeaturesreiterate the power of his
body and are dominated by the eyes, which are intense, blue
and depthless. His hair is military short.
This man is the TERMINATOR.
He glances down, taking calm inventory of himself, and
notices that a fine white ash covers his skin. He brushes
at it unconcernedly as he walkstoward the fence, scanning
his surroundings.
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2A/FX CRANESHOT - SCHOOLYARD/CITY - NIGHT 2A/FX
CAMERA MOVESUP as Terminatorapproaches the schoolyard fence
beyond which is an embankmentrolling down in darkness to the
cityscape below. The school is perched at the edge of a pro-
montory offering a respectable view of the urbansprawl teem-
ing and glisteningunder a sullen sky. The nightclouds are
shot through with occasionalflashes of LIGHTNING, presaging
a thunderstorm.
Terminator stands, hands on hips in prefect symmetry, gazing
down at the city as the CAMERAREACHESFULL HEIGHT.
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3 EXT. PLAYGROUND - NIGHT 3
A beer bottleSMASHES on the ground. PULLBACK to include
its ex-owner and his two compatriots, YOUTHGANG MEMBERS,
lounging on the jungle gym of a deserted playground. They
sport nondescriptPUNK REGALIA...torn T-shirts, fatigue
pants, combatboots or high-top sneakers, leather jackets.
The leadernoticessomething and sits up.
LEADER:
(pointing)
Hey, hey...what's wrong with
this picture?
ANGLE - REVERSE, seen past the lounging toughs, Terminator
walks naked into a pool of streetlight, striding purpose-
fully toward them.
ANGLE - OVER TERMINATOR'S SHOULDER, as he approaches them.
They slide from theirperches and drop easily to the ground
liquid shadows.
LEADER:
Nice night for a walk, eh?
Terminator stopsright in front of them.
TERMINATOR:
(without inflection)
Nice night for a walk.
They surround him, all swagger and malign good humor.
SECOND PUNK:
Washday tomorrow, huh? Nothing
clean, right?
Rams star Aaron Donald has never missed an NFL game due to injury, and he doesn’t plan for that to change this week. Despite suffering torn rib cartilage on Saturday against the Seahawks, Donald is fully expected to play in the divisional round this weekend.
Sean McVay was asked Tuesday for an update on Donald and he left no doubt about whether the six-time All-Pro will be on the field against the Packers. He said very simply, “The Terminator will be ready” as long as there are no setbacks.
Donald was listed as a non-participant on Tuesday to start the week, but McVay said to “take that with a grain of salt. The Rams only held a walk-through, so each player’s status was merely an estimation if they were to have had a normal practice.
Donald is as tough as they come and even if he’s in some pain on Saturday, he’ll be on the field against the Packers and Aaron Rodgers.