3) The Alternate Timeline Splinter
“The time you’re going back to Kyle, she’ll be scared and weak,” says Connor in reference to his mother, Sarah. “Take care of her for me.” Reese wakes in the same alleyway, before dodging into the same department store he enters in the first movie. A nosy cop spots him and patrols the aisles.
Suddenly, a massive truck shatters the storefront windows. Kyle slinks down as the driver mercilessly smacks into the cop. It’s not a Terminator – it’s Sarah Connor.
This is actually a pretty big reveal to drop in the trailer. We know the story will splinter off from a key moment in the original, but it’s a bold move letting us see it so early on. Barking at John to go with her (more on that later), she unloads a clip into the cop – who’s actually a T-1000 (more on him later as well).
Here comes a spot of exposition. While Sarah drives she informs Kyle that she knows about the Terminator that the machines sent back (the Arnie T-800 from the first film) and “they” already have it covered.
Who is they? Read on…