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bradland's review
3.0
A Terminator interpretation that had great potential but ultimately falls short. The artwork is excellent and many of the story points you can see would work quite well in the context of the Terminator universe. However, instead of going its own way it tries to be cute and fit inside the films (The Terminator and T2) proper which leads to plotholes and contradictions. For one thing its pretty well established in the 2nd film that Skynet only sent two terminators between 1984 and 1995 and that Kyle Reese only spent one night with Sarah Connor, for another the dialogue Reese has in the 1984 police station doesn't fit what actually happens in the comic backstory based in 2029. It would have been forgiven somewhat if it branched off from the movies and created its own timeline but then still tries to fit within the Terminator 2 film by the characters blowing up the first terminator then later showing the only suriving parts of the first terminator hand and CPU. That's not even going into the new character Ben and his insertion into the terminator universe. That all said, it is still one of the better comics based one the Terminator films and its good to see that Dark Horse have finally stopped that stupid Terminator talk they used to do years ago ('Target sighted'. 'Terminate'. Etc). Worth a look.
mahart13's review
adventurous
emotional
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
I loved this! It was so nice to have Kyle and Sarah have time together!
mjfmjfmjf's review
4.0
Yet another extension to the Terminator universe. Art and writing was pretty good. The Terminator universe is a multiple-worlds universe - so every time someone time-travels, the timeline splits - so it can be a bit confusing. This one extends the original Terminator universe with Kyle Reese not exactly dying.
hoatzin's review
4.0
Reading the reviews, a lot of people seem offended that this doesn't fit into canon of t2 and beyond. I don't mind, frankly. The original movie has always been my favorite, with t2 kind of taking the shine off the hopeful-ish ending. I like how this one is also open-ended. The story is Sarah's story, after all. John conner's story should be left to the imagination. Not to mention, the imagination can create horrors and war better than any comic or movie. The apocalyptic future is far more horrifying if we only know it as a nightmare. The extra uncertainty that this comic added makes it even scarier, but also more hopeful. The unchangable-causality-loop theory takes that away and makes everything far too static and hopeless for my mind. This a good addition to the canon of the first movie.
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