Six years after their last encounter with the T-Infinity, the
Resistance faces the ultimate Terminator once again.
The header of the mini-series reads, "Continuing the T2
saga..." even though it takes place after the events of
T3: Rise of the Machines.
Artist Lui Antonio is fond of drawing his female characters
with large breasts, in very tight t-shirts and g-string
panties that have the thin waistband riding above the
waistband of their jeans. Even Sarah Connor is depicted this
way, which doesn't really seem would be her style based on her
personality-type!
Didja Notice?
As this issue opens in 2015, we learn that, since the events of
"Infinity" Part 5, John
Connor has married Tara Holden.
On page 1, Tara appears to have the USMC tattoo on her left
arm which she sported in
Infinity, but it is missing in every other
appearance throughout the mini-series.
A number of Humvees are seen as part of the Resistance's vehicle
pool.
On page 3, panel 2, a couple scraps of note paper have what
seem to be a list of Tagalog phrases on it: kita kits,
na lang, ito ang. Tagalog is an
Austronesian language spoken by about a quarter of the
population of the Philippines (artist Lui Antonio is from
the island nation). The three phrases listed roughly
translate as "see you later", "just", and "it is the".
What
appears to be a business card for the Druids Keep with the
name Felix Cua, is also seen. Druids Keep was the name of a
comic book store (now known as DK Collectibles) in Bonifacio
Global City,
Metropolitan Manila, Philippines; Felix Cua is the
operator of the business. (There may be another two
references to Druids Keep in the background of page 12,
panel 3 and a Druids Keep store is seen in New Orleans in
"Revolution" Part 2!)
Page 4 indicates the post-Judgment Day scenes of this issue takes place on July 14, 2015.
On page 4, the T-Infinity appears to have chronoported to an
old military base. The name and location are not stated.
Page 5 indicates the Resistance has a tactical command
center in Trenton, New Jersey.
Trenton is the capital of that state.
The Resistance's operation to take down Skynet's regional
servers simultaneously is called Sidearm.
On page 5, panel 3, a Resistance member is seen to be
wearing a t-shirt with the words Killswitch Engage on it.
This is the name of an American metalcore band.
On page 6, panel 3, a Resistance member is wearing a red cap
that says Spazz. This may be a reference to the American
hardcore punk band by that name that existed from 1992-2000.
This issue reveals that John and Tara have adopted Kyle
Reese as their son...so John is raising his own father!
John refers to himself, Tara, and Kyle as the "perfect
post-nuclear family". In the days before Judgment Day, the
term "nuclear family" meant a family
unit of two adults and their children.
Leaving Trenton on page 8, Gillian tells Edmond they'll camp
in Cherry Ridge that night and be at Liberty by 1100 hours
the next day. Cherry Ridge probably refers to the township in
Pennsylvania.
"Revolution" Part 5 reveals that Liberty is the town
in New York by that name, about 45 miles from there.
Throughout his appearances in this issue, Buzz is seen to be
wearing a bandanna covering his head with a U.S. flag design
on it.
On page 12, panel 3, a box with a stylized SM on it is seen.
This is the logo of
SM
Supermalls, a chain of shopping malls in the
Philippines.
On page 13, Buzz receives a Morse code message from Edmond
about the T-Infinity attack against him and Gillian, stating
it occurred on Route One. Morse code is a method of
communicating via a series of on-off signals such as
flashes, tones, or clicks, invented by Samuel Morse
(1791-1872). U.S. Route 1 is a major highway
that runs the length of the U.S. east coast states, from Key
West, Florida to Fort Kent, Maine at the Canadian border. It
passes through Trenton.
On page 15, panel 4, a Resistance member is wearing a cap
with the word ROADRUNNER on it. There are a number of
companies/brands using the "roadrunner" appellation. The
most likely reference here is to
Roadrunner
Records, a subsidiary of Warner Music that focuses
primarily on heavy metal bands.
On page 18, John uses a Compton-recoil mechanism to fire an
electromagnetic burst at the T-Infinity. This is a reference
to Compton scattering, an effect found in the physics of
electrons striking photons.
When the story jumps back to 1996, Sarah Connor seems to be
drawn more like actress Lena Headey (as Sarah Connor in
The Sarah Connor Chronicles) than the original Linda
Hamilton look of the films.
1996:
Page 20 has Sarah and young John living in Harahan,
Louisiana in 1996. Harahan is a suburb of New Orleans.
1996:
On page 21, John asks his mother why they are still on the
run even though they averted Judgment Day. This is
presumably a reference to the events of
Terminator 2: Judgment Day,
but that film explained that Judgment Day occurs on August
29, 1997, so John and Sarah cannot know they've averted it
until that date passes!
1996:
At the end of the issue, we see just eight Terminators that
have been sent back to take out John and his mother. But in
"Revolution" Part 3, we see 9 of them facing off against
Sarah...and that's after a couple of them have seemingly been
taken down already!
1996:
Oddly, all of the Terminators that are in 1996 to kill John
and Sarah wear the same Killswitch Engage t-shirt worn by
the Resistance member in 2015 on page 5! The Resistance
member even looks similar to this Terminator model, but with
a somewhat shaggier beard. One might think that a Terminator
had infiltrated the Resistance group, but it's never brought up
again!
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