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The similarities are not just the utililization of the "soldier from the future" trope.

They pretty much read the same way your told that this movie is functioning differently. Specifically that Kyle Reese did not travel through time by getting struck by a laser blast on the battle field).
November 3, 2025 at 10:40 AM
The Terminator 1984 Opening Scene HD Clip 1-23
YouTube video by TERMINATOR UNIVERSE
youtu.be
November 3, 2025 at 10:34 AM
See for yourself:

Soldier:

youtu.be/2i2jt0m5-0c?...
Soldier (The Outer Limits) - Intro
YouTube video by JoseMiguel1900
youtu.be
November 3, 2025 at 10:34 AM
To my eye, putting aside what I know of the rest of the movie, these two introductions to the movie and the show are startlingly similar.

Until the exposition dumps in Terminator explain what is happenning, there's plenty reason to think that Solider directly informed the openning of Terminator.
November 3, 2025 at 10:32 AM
In Soldier, two combatants are sent back through time when a laser hits them both.

In Terminator, you don't see Reese again until he appears in the past.
November 3, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Both the film and the show start off with lasers shooting through the sky.

The curious point comes with a quick cut in Terminator where the soldier, identified as Reese in barely discernible audio, is fired upon. The cut happens between Reese running and a laser blast fired from the HK tank.
November 3, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Imagine that you are an avid sci-fi fan back in 1984, seeing Terminator for the first time. You know very little of the plot of the movie. You also have a passing familiarity with Soldier ans you can recall the first few minutes vividly.
November 3, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Oh Sonic CD! I nearly forgot!

All of these played as a singular, linear game, has brought on a child like sense of wonder and enthusiasm I haven't had since I was kid.

I'm over the moon. This is just fantastic.
October 24, 2025 at 11:51 AM
I wanted to post the cast of Community but did not for this very reason. And that show was more Friends than Friends.
October 24, 2025 at 7:10 AM
First played in 2022 while I was a manager at a game shop.

The game made me feel like I was playing Metroid for the very first time. My imagination went into overdrive.

I'd take walks through my small town. As the sidewalk conditions and landscaping changed, my brain was passing through new zones.
October 8, 2025 at 10:49 PM