1997/08/29
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< 1997
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
- Judgment Day as described by both Sarah Connor and the T-800[1] occurs on August 29, 1997 Skynet[2] becomes self-aware at 02:14 am Eastern Time and launches nuclear missiles at Russia to incite a counterattack against the humans who, in a panic, tried to disconnect it.
- Since Sarah[3] and the Terminator both share the same information[4], this date has not changed as a result of Cyberdyne managing to reconstruct and create the terminators from the remaining parts of the T-800 from The Terminator. At this stage, quality may have improved, but the timing has not yet changed.
Trivia
On the Terminator 2 "Ultimate" edition DVD, an Easter egg bonus feature makes use of this date to unlock the extended ending of the film. After feeding the code into the menu of the extended version of the film, the viewer can now see an alternate ending where, in the year 2027, Sarah Connor is elderly and is watching John play with her granddaughter on the same playground that appeared in Sarah's earlier dream of Judgment Day. She also mentions that John is now a U.S. senator.
References
- ↑ Terminator 2: Judgment Day
- ↑ Activated on August 4, 1997
- ↑ Informed by Kyle Reese
- ↑ Which it would in any case if both it and Kyle were sent back at the same time to different destinations, as in T2: The Future War
