14 DAY TRIAL // James Cameron, the creator of “Terminator” and director of hit movies like “Titanic” and “Avatar,” definitely likes to keep track of the prophecies made in his movies. On April 19, 2011, Skynet was supposed to take over – but cell phones have already done that.
Fans of the “Terminator” franchise may remember that Skynet is an artificially intelligent system that rebels against mankind and starts a war to take over the world.
Or, to put it simply, Skynet is the root of all trouble in the films. The last date given for the big event to happen was that of April 19, 2011 – and Cameron took to his Twitter to remind us of it.
“Skynet was supposed to go operational tonight. Instead of machines taking over, we have the very real threat of global warming,” the director wrote on his Twitter page.
Aside from global warming, mankind has other problems as well, more similar to Skynet than we’re probably aware, as Cameron points out in a separate statement to TMZ.
For instance, we have cell phones that have taken over our life to the point that we simply can’t live without them. It’s not an act of direct aggression, but it’s control nevertheless.
“Kyle Reese said in the first film that it was only ‘one possible future.’ Clearly, not the one we’re in,” Cameron tells TMZ about the prophecy made in the films.
“Maybe Kyle, Sarah, John and the T-800 changed things enough to steer us away from that possible future,” the director ventures to say.
However, that’s not to say we’re safe from grave danger, even if machines are still working for us and not fighting against us – or so apparently.
“Now instead of nuclear war and the machines taking over, we need to worry about global climate change. And the machines taking over,” the director says.
“With everybody going through their lives bent over their Blackberries all day long, you could even argue the machines have already won,” Cameron concludes.