Now Playing Podcast Presents: The Terminator Retrospective Series

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Skynet becomes self-aware… and so does Now Playing Podcast. From James Cameron’s lean 1984 tech-noir thriller to the blockbuster bombast of T2, and through every sequel, reboot, and timeline reset that followed, we’re reviewing the entire Terminator saga. Killer cyborgs, time travel paradoxes, and leather jackets that somehow survive nuclear war. Which films truly feel inevitable, and which should have been terminated in development? Join Arnie, Stuart, and the Now Playing Podcast crew as they track every Sarah Connor, every reprogrammed T-800, and every attempt to stop Judgment Day to decide which entries are built to last and which are obsolete.

Episodes

  1. 11/05/2019

    Terminator: Dark Fate

    Decades after Sarah Connor prevented Judgment Day, a lethal new Terminator is sent to eliminate the future leader of the resistance. In a fight to save mankind, battle-hardened Sarah Connor teams up with an unexpected ally and an enhanced super...

  2. 07/07/2015

    Terminator Genisys

    The year is 2029. John Connor, leader of the resistance continues the war against the machines. At the Los Angeles offensive, John's fears of the unknown future begin to emerge when TECOM spies reveal a new plot by SkyNet that...

  3. 05/24/2009

    Terminator Salvation

    All grown up in post-apocalyptic 2018, John Connor must lead the resistance of humans against the increasingly dominating militaristic robots. But when Marcus Wright appears, his existence confuses the mission as Connor tries to determine whether Wright has come from...

  4. 05/21/2009

    Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

    It's been 10 years since John Connor saved Earth from Judgment Day, and he's now living under the radar, steering clear of using anything Skynet can trace. That is, until he encounters T-X, a robotic assassin ordered to finish what...

  5. 05/18/2009

    Terminator 2: Judgment Day

    Nearly 10 years have passed since Sarah Connor was targeted for termination by a cyborg from the future. Now her son, John, the future leader of the resistance, is the target for a newer, more deadly terminator. Once again, the...

  6. 05/14/2009

    The Terminator

    In the post-apocalyptic future, reigning tyrannical supercomputers teleport a cyborg assassin known as the "Terminator" back to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor, whose unborn son is destined to lead insurgents against 21st century mechanical hegemony. Meanwhile, the human-resistance movement dispatches...

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Skynet becomes self-aware… and so does Now Playing Podcast. From James Cameron’s lean 1984 tech-noir thriller to the blockbuster bombast of T2, and through every sequel, reboot, and timeline reset that followed, we’re reviewing the entire Terminator saga. Killer cyborgs, time travel paradoxes, and leather jackets that somehow survive nuclear war. Which films truly feel inevitable, and which should have been terminated in development? Join Arnie, Stuart, and the Now Playing Podcast crew as they track every Sarah Connor, every reprogrammed T-800, and every attempt to stop Judgment Day to decide which entries are built to last and which are obsolete.

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