Terminator Salvation: The Final Battle #8
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The good
Loose ends are tied up, and events unfold in an entertaining way. Insight into John Connor
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The bad
Parnell as a mastermind with the ability to dominate Skynet so effortlessly is unconvincing. Ties up loose ends but doesn't cover new ground
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The ugly
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Terminator Salvation: The Final Battle #8 continues with John Connor preparing to go through the time door to put an end to Thomas Parnell’s life before Skynet can use him for its plans. It opens with Connor reflecting on his life and how from the moment he was born he was being groomed to be leader of the resistance because it was his destiny. And he also knew from reports from the future that he helped win the war but didn’t survive the fateful battle. And he’s reflecting on all of this and telling Marcus Wright because he believes he actually has the opportunity to define his own destiny for the first time, and that maybe traveling back to the past is what made everyone in the future believe he died. Time is of the essence since the terminators controlled by Thomas Parnell are advancing on the time door, and there’s nothing Skynet can do about it. Parnell has figured out that Skynet has an agreement with the resistance and laughs off Skynet’s reason that it’s because he wants to destroy everything, humans and terminators alike. Parnell states it’s just a matter of time before he has full control and he will be Skynet until he remembers his past and how Simon was attempting to kill him. He says he always believed it was someone from that time period wanting to kill him out of revenge and the terminators were just protecting him but now he sees that it was actually someone sent from the future and he was the one who sent the terminators back to protect himself. Yet Simon has finally located Parnell in the past and is intent on killing him and effectively changing the future. But was Simon’s mission over before it even started or can the future be rewritten for all?
SUMMARY
Terminator Salvation: The Final Battle #8 ties up at least some of the loose ends from the start of the series, and even though some things unfold in an entertaining manner, Parnell as the mastermind behind these significant events is unconvincing. To get a brief understanding of Connor’s mentality about his destiny was intriguing, and I’m hoping there is still some meaning behind that conversation that will become clearer later. It has taken awhile to get to this point but with the loose ends tied up the series should now be able to cover new ground but I have to see it to believe it first after 8 issues.
Release Date: 8/13/14
Writer: J. Michael Straczynski
Artist: Pete Woods
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