terminator 3: mother ocean

A very unofficial sequel

The future is not set. But somebody needs a vacation.

Years after the events of Terminator 2, Sarah Connor has finally had enough.

She's spent years preparing for the apocalypse, protecting John, worrying about machines, fighting authority and trying to convince people that the future is not something to take for granted.

She's tired.

So she does something completely unexpected.

She goes to Mexico.

She finds a little place near the Pacific Ocean, hangs up her weapons, gets out her paints and starts making pictures of whales.

But the machines haven't given up.

A new artificial intelligence has emerged. This time, it doesn't just want to control computers. It wants to control information, art, memories and everything people share online.

It has been quietly collecting human creativity and feeding it into its own system.

Meanwhile, John Connor has grown up. He's resourceful, independent and knows his way around technology.

And when the new threat appears, Sarah discovers that her kid has inherited something rather important: the ability to think independently.

There's also a young computer expert who knows UNIX, understands the systems and can get into places nobody else can.

Together, they discover that the greatest danger isn't necessarily a machine with a gun.

It's a world where people stop questioning, stop creating and let somebody else do their thinking.

Sarah has one final message for the next generation:

Don't surrender your imagination. Don't give away your humanity. And never let a machine decide what your future should be.

The final scene?

Sarah is swimming in the Pacific.

John is working on a computer somewhere nearby.

The young hacker is fixing the Wi-Fi.

And Sarah calls out:

"Are we done saving the world yet?"

John replies:

"Almost, Mom."

Sarah rolls her eyes.

"Well, hurry up. The tide's coming in, and I've got whales to paint."