I've been a fan of the movies and the series for a while now....Is marcus from salvation only? His name has been brought up around here like he has been around for a long time...did I miss something from one of the movies?
ok - who is marcus on the terminator???
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As far as I know he's just Salvation. He is a human that gets turned into a cyborg from what I can tell in the preview. He doesn't even know it at first.
sscalltheway
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That's what i get out of it also.
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You say you're a "fan" and you arent sure if Marcus had been mentioned already in the previous 3 movies?!
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Apparently Marcus was a human whose last memory was being on death row. When we see him in Salvation he doesnt know if he has come from the future or the past. In the trailer we see that he is in fact a cyborg - either he was made completely by Skynet or was once human no one knows yet. He may be a "sleeper" agent or "mole" sent in by Skynet to infiltrate the resistance and is awaiting activation or he might be "good programmed" terminator like Arnold in T2. Either way he's meant to be really important in the war and perhaps the only chance the resistance has.
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Marcus was that red headed kid in T2.
Voorhees27
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Don't be embarrased if you don't know who "marcus" is, I don't no nor care either. Don't let some question your "knowledge" of "Terminator" either cuz anything after T2 is pure ^^^^ and NOT related to them. Yes i'm saying this even before seeing Salvation.
Kids, young kids will associate T3 and Salvation to "Terminator" they're wrong.
So? Who cares who some dork named Marcus is.
Kids, young kids will associate T3 and Salvation to "Terminator" they're wrong.
So? Who cares who some dork named Marcus is.
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That was Tim. Good guess though.
Ironman1188
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That was Tim. Good guess though.
WOW!!! Danny Cooksey as Marcus? That would have been the death knoll for Salvation.
Why is it that nobody can let John Connor be the hero he is supposed to be? This entire thing started because John was the one to stop Skynet, and Skynet had to send a Terminator to kill his mother before he was born just to have a chance at stopping him. But now it's like John is just some symbol, but not really the end all be all hero. Every John we've seen so far is a whiney little girl. Finally we get Batman to play John, but some guy named Marcus is now the important one. WTF?
thenammagazine
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So when did you see Salvation?
From what I saw of the trailer, Connor's still a badass, still the main man, still the leader of the resistance, despite surviving two movies of beeing nothing short of the poster child for Emo Sissyboy Magazine. Marcus might play a key role, like the Terminators in the previous flicks, but Connor's still the man.
I'm basing that on early reports I heard that John Connor would get killed, and be replaced by a cyborg version of himself. I don't think that is true, at least not anymore, but it seems some element of that still exists with this character. But you're right, no way to know what's what until the movie comes out.
You say you're a "fan" and you arent sure if Marcus had been mentioned already in the previous 3 movies?!
Possible spoilers:
Apparently Marcus was a human whose last memory was being on death row. When we see him in Salvation he doesnt know if he has come from the future or the past. In the trailer we see that he is in fact a cyborg - either he was made completely by Skynet or was once human no one knows yet. He may be a "sleeper" agent or "mole" sent in by Skynet to infiltrate the resistance and is awaiting activation or he might be "good programmed" terminator like Arnold in T2. Either way he's meant to be really important in the war and perhaps the only chance the resistance has.
I am getting older and the memory isn't what it used to be....I lined up for all three movies on opening night...if that tells you anything. lol I just heard mention that people wanted a figure of him - so I figured may I'm supposed to know who he is....
My take is that marcus was first human, then skynet or some one turned him into a terminator, and he's the first terminator to have a human body over the endoskeleton. The first of his kind, before arnie. That's what I get from the trailer, anyhow.
thenammagazine
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Okay, here's what I got from the latest Fangoria:
Apparently Skynet is ahead of schedule with the T-800 (aka Marcus) which was supposed to be secret at first but it seems the trailers are now exploiting this when John asks Marcus "Do you think you're human?" then pulls Marcus' head down to look at his cyborg internals.
JGouse0498
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That seems to jive with the previously-mysterious T-RIP, which according to the new Playmates figures is:
a Terminator "Resistance Infiltrator Prototype". Basically, it's the T-800, and Marcus seems to be the first model. But I wonder if Marcus' memories are a blatant lie, a fabricated cover installed by Skynet to create a sleeper agent(think Christian Slater in "mY Own Worst Enemy"), or a true human/cyborg hybrid that revolts against Skynet and forces them to simply cover a standard Terminator with living tissue.
thenammagazine
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Well, we don't know how much of Marcus is a cyborg, so he might very well be the first and near complete but with his human brain in place of a CPU.
Speaking of the toys, I hit up K-Mart today looking for some of the rarer Disney Cars for my daughter and happened upon the figures. Bought up a bunch.
JGouse0498
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Well, we don't know how much of Marcus is a cyborg, so he might very well be the first and near complete but with his human brain in place of a CPU.
Speaking of the toys, I hit up K-Mart today looking for some of the rarer Disney Cars for my daughter and happened upon the figures. Bought up a bunch.
Exactly my point. He may be an ambitious hybrid version of the T-800 / T-RIP, but his human side will likely prevail and revolt against Skynet. Afterward, they abandon the concept of true hybrids.
Of course, that's all speculation at this point.
The figure, IMO, aren't too great looking, but I'm definitely grabbing that Hunter Killer vehicle! I'll likely grab the T-1 Tank (Deluxe Figure) when I see it.
thenammagazine
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Most likely. Fusing robotics with flesh worked with Marcus so likely it's just a matter of replacing the brain with a CPU that controls the body and is 100% compliant. Though how they explain the flesh replication has me intrigued. I'm guessing cloning, hence why Arnold's likeness has an appearance in it and his character is hinted at being a scientist prior.
As for the toys, yeah, they're "eh" and I did pick up the HK (which I think is too small but they included a T-700 too!
), but hell, they're Terminator toys and in 3 3/4" no less, so I'm not complaining. Not sure how many of you have kept up with TSCC or if T: Salvation is taking any cues from it butt there were some intriguing occurrences in the show which could expain what Marcus is...
But I think it is plausible that were looking at an experimental T-800.
It was revealed that Cameron, the female terminator sent back to protect Connor actually memories of an interred resistance member in her CPU - she was also given her likeness ad well. During the recent season finale , John Henry, the renovated terminator-turned apparent skynet progenitor-later revealed to be the anti-skynet with definite questions about who or what he was, took Cameron's CPU and jumped into the future. There has been scuttlebut on the AICN forums that he became Marcus Wright. Complete speculation of course and unlikely that McG and company have even seen the show but intriguing nonethe less.
But I think it is plausible that were looking at an experimental T-800.
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