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| Marty McFly, (not the main hero this time) |
I have made
progress! I’ve completed two outlines for this story. This summer, I will spend
some time fleshing out more details on those outlines, when I’m not writing on
other things. In September I’ll finalize an outline. Why two outlines? Well,
the video that inspired this project is copyrighted and I have not heard back
from HISHE on whether or not I can use their quotes. I’m really hoping they don’t
mind. At worst, they’ll get free advertising because I can link their website from
my story. This will be offered free as well, so I won’t be making any money off
this project at all.
The second
outline is in case they never respond to me, or tell me I can’t use their
property. The stories are similar but the quotes and scenes that are in the
video by HISHE are altered or removed. This whole project is purely for fun. It’s
just something to improve my writing and storytelling. So it won’t matter if
HISHE approves, fan-fic is not illegal and I will write a "Terminator" and "Back to the Future" mash-up. Don’t you worry.
Now I want
to introduce the cast so far. Both scripts are basically the same storyline,
and so the characters are currently the same.
Peabody
Family (Their barn gets trashed)
Sam Baines
(Lorraine’s Dad)
I sorted the
names by most involvement in the series. You’ll notice a lot of characters
missing, but that’s because I am only planning a 200 page book at this point. I
had to speed up some of the story and I figured cutting out the dinner table
scenes that introduced the entire family that frequented “Back to the Future”
was easy enough. I also sped through the scenes with Marty’s parents getting
together. We’ve all seen “Back to the Future” and I don’t want to rewrite the
same movie, so I altered that whole situation. Marty’s future is still in
jeopardy, but the reason is done differently. I don’t want to give away too
much at this time.
Yes Doc is
the most used character, because he’s the one the T-1000 is after. I noticed a
common response to the film by HISHE on YouTube was that the T-850 was sent by
SkyNet to protect the Doc from John Conner’s T-1000. This didn’t make sense to
me. How was it traveling with Marty McFly then? Why would it even find Marty or
care to help him at all. I found a way to make the T-850 an actual ally to both
Marty and Doc.
Terminators
have a unique ability in their program that is usually kept in check through
programming by SkyNet. When a Terminator is sent out on a mission, like the one
in the first movie, its AI is limited to its commands. The computer inside the
Terminator is so complex and adaptable that it is capable of becoming human in
every appearance if left uncontrolled. No emotion, but a self-thinking computer
that is supposed to try and understand the human condition. That is the reason
for SkyNet’s strict directives in the first movie.
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| T-850 Model 101 |
Future John
Conner begins converting them to his cause by deactivating those directives
from SkyNet and basically rebooting the computer. That’s how he was able to
send a couple back in time to protect his younger self. This is why SkyNet is desperate
to kill John Conner in the past, he figured out how to turn the machines on
themselves. Now it’s too late to kill him in the future.
It doesn’t
really require much reprogramming because the system itself is very curious and
its main function is to adapt and blend in with humans. This allows it to also
become sentimental to the humans war against the machines and join with them. Adapting
was its main function, and it does it so well that SkyNet does not allow them
to run freely. If caught by the Resistance it only needs to be unplugged,
rebooted, and told its part of the resistance and it will go along. This was
revealed in Terminator 3.
Hopefully
HISHE is on board and I hear from them sometime this summer. There is a lot of
great material in the video. I linked it this time instead of posting it. Go
check it out if you haven’t seen it. It’s hilarious.
Next week, I’m
back to blogging weapons and warrior cultures. I’ll start with the Sikhs of
India and then I’ll be working on the European Knights. Eventually I’ll get
back to the North American Natives, which will be a lot of fun.
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