A1 TITLESEQUENCE - SLITSCANEFFECT A1
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. 1 day ago The Terminator, of course, is Rams all-world defensive tackle Aaron Donald, who was a unanimous pick for The Associated Press 2020 All-Pro team — the sixth time he’s been selected. The two-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year, who last month was also chosen to his seventh straight Pro Bowl, finished the regular season with 13.5 sacks (his. I just received this endorsement from Arnold Schwarzenegger. It’s the Terminator saying I’m a good guy. Amazing and, awww, thanks Arnie. Thing is, it’s fake. It’s not Arnold Schwarzenegger at all. It’s a deep fake. What amazes me is how real it looks – and yes, I will use.
1 EXT. SCHOOLYARD - NIGHT 1
Silence. Gradually the sound of distanttraffic becomes
audible. A LOWANGLEbounded on one side by a chain-link
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.
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.
Arnold Schwarzenegger The Terminator
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:
The Terminator 1984
Washday tomorrow, huh? Nothing
The Terminator 2
clean, right?