Image credit: Dark Horse Comics
Since I’ve been reviewing comics a little out of order so far, I thought it was time to return to Dark Horse’s original Terminator series, which started the expanded universe of Terminator stories beyond the movies.
What’s interesting is that these comics were written and published before and during the production of Terminator 2. As such, it provides an interesting glimpse into what the creators were imagining beyond the first Terminator, before the sequel expands on the possibilities in a big way.
For example, the darker, more violent, horror-like tone of the first film is very different from the more action-oriented style of the second film, but it is one that can be seen in these earlier film adaptations, and that This definitely applies to The Tempest. .
The story of Tempest follows a group of soldiers who use Skynet’s time displacement chamber to travel back to 1984 on a mission to eliminate key figures from the Cyberdyne Corporation. Despite leaving the soldiers behind to disrupt the facility where the time displacement chamber is housed, a group of Terminators awaken from the incubation chamber and follow them back into the past, hiding plasma pistols inside the bodies of the human soldiers. Ta. It survives the time travel process. Armed with this futuristic technology, the Terminator embarks on a mission to kill Resistance soldiers before thwarting Cyberdyne’s plans to revive Skynet.
Despite having a reasonably reasonable premise and some inventive brutal action (the in-vivo weapons being a great example), The Tempest fails to do anything particularly interesting with its story. . It’s all by-the-numbers, ending in a tail-sting that would be repeated over and over again in subsequent series, but rarely, if ever, is interrupted or resolved by a narrative climax.
Of course, the screenwriters not only knew a sequel was in the works, but were also hobbled by a lack of material, so they had little choice but to play it safe. However, I can say that reading more of the Terminator work, beyond the single films in existence at the time this was published, was very exciting and had a huge impact on me as a child.
The art is actually pretty good, if dated in terms of its coloring style, but the content tries a little too hard to be edgy at times. It’s almost funny now, but at the time I felt like this was really a cartoon aimed at adults.
Still, it’s decent enough and Dark Horse Comics has proven to be a safe partner for many of the more mature licensed comics. They had great success publishing often excellent Alien and Predator comics, but even the latter got off to a very shaky start before shaking off the shackles of the original and going somewhere more interesting. I did. The same goes for The Terminator and The Tempest themselves.
Like what you read? Would you like to support my blog? No pressure, of course, but I don’t earn any money from writing here, so it takes a lot of effort to keep this site running. Money helps too (although I may earn a small commission from affiliate links posted on my page).
However, I truly appreciate the support you provide. You can easily support us through Ko-Fi.com/geekmid or the PayPal link.
Thank you very much for your donation. I would also like to thank you for taking the time to read my article. thank you very much!
Please support me here!
All donations are gratefully received and will not only help me keep the lights on here, but will also help keep my writing dreams alive. However, please understand that there is no pressure. I hope you enjoy reading my article.
£1.00
