Talk:Cameron (Terminator)

Eating

Seems like she (or it) might be able to eat? Ctrl build (talk) 01:47, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

The original script for The Terminator (available on the special edition DVD) describes the Series 800 Model 101 eating a candy bar in two bites, without bothering to remove the wrapper.—MJBurrage^(T•C) 18:57, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Model Number

Anyone have any information on that yet? Ctrl build (talk) 01:47, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

In the first half of the pilot, she specifies her generation (~23?), but not her model #. 162.84.130.143 (talk) 02:39, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Actually she says that she if from 2027, and that she has been looking for the Connors for 73 days. Later john asks "What model are you? Are you new? You seem… different", to which Cameron replies "I am".
A fan who got to visit the set, and meet Summer Glau, has reported that Cameron is a Series 888. However GetTerminated.com suggests that Cromartie is the Series 888. I would guess that the latter site is what various fan sites have based this detail on. Pretty thin evidence either way to me.—MJBurrage^(T•C) 18:57, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Cromartie is probably an 8xx series, like Arnold's terminator, though obviously not a model 101 (which all look like Arnold out of the factory). As to Cameron's series and model number, it has not been revealed yet, officially. Glau's comment that she is a series 888 may be true, but we don't know how the different models look, nor what abilities she has in full. She's also from 2 years earlier than the original terminators are supposed to be from, but given the advances in technology between 1984 (when The Terminator was set), and now, it is possible that both the resistance and Skynet have been able to move forward at a greater pace in the time line, since Judgment Day is supposed to happen in 2011 instead of 1997 like originally intended. UncleThursday (talk) 07:36, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

I don't know if anybody else caught this, but in the second episode, one of the Terminators in 2007 identifies her as an "Unknown Cyborg" rather than a machine in his HUD. Given all the other plot inconsistencies so far, it might be nothing, but I have a bad feeling that it will turn out to be some lame attempt at a plot twist later on. - Krymore (talk • contribs) 03:15, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

All of the Terminators are, cyborgs, and Reese referred to the Series 800 as such. Even the Series 1000, had to be "living" to time travel. —MJBurrage^(T•C) 18:57, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Even in Terminator 2, Arnold's terminator refers to itself as a cybernetic organism, so, yes, all terminators that have flesh (IE not the rubber skinned ones) are considered cyborgs. Also, Kyle Reese calls the terminator from the original movie a cybernetic organism. UncleThursday (talk) 08:26, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

Flesh

While we may have to wait and see, it appears that Cameron's flesh covering over her endoskeleton is capable of regeneration/healing in a particularly short amount of time. She is shown in the pilot to sustain damage around her temples and near her collar bone, but by the end of the episode these injuries seem to be gone (most noticeable when they arrive in 2007). I don't know if this is just a continuity mess up, which is likely, or if it is hinting at some sort of sped up self-regeneration ability of the flesh covering her endoskeleton (technically, the flesh around the basic model terminators is organic, so it should be capable of regeneration, given enough time, but the regeneration seen is far faster than any human could heal those types of wounds). UncleThursday (talk) 12:29, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

I'd expect any of the Terminators with living skin to be able to heal faster than a human-or at least that some of them have this capability. I'm assuming "Cameron" does. Wolfpup7 (talk) 06:16, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

Social Skills

While this is purely speculation on my part, it seems her programming allowed her to appear far more human until a threat to John Connor's life was discovered. It is possible that the social interaction part of her programming has either gone into dormancy or is now considered by her programming to be of secondary or even lower priority over ensuring the completion of her mission (to protect John Connor). UncleThursday (talk) 22:23, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

My guess is that it's a combination of several things.

1: She spent 73 days 'undercover' before meeting John the first time. She seems to have learned the various phrases from people, as some of them appear to be slightly out of place and stilted when rewatching those scenes. Now she's in an urban environment as opposed to the 'hick town' and maybe she thinks it's time to 'relearn'. She's also wearing makeup and dresses that makes her look like more of a tramp than in NM. Or is that just me?

2: Maybe that high-voltage reboot and the time travel messed with her, and she needs time to readjust?

Either way I think they'll explain it - I bet they couldn't resist putting in all the awkward situations that the 'confused Terminator' can create. --Joffeloff (talk) 23:52, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Not getting too technical here, i hope, but it seems the most likely explanation is that she had a special program written specifically for her first few interactions with John, to gain his confidence. Once she had executed the code from that program, she reverted back to her usual social skills, which are, at baseline, not very good. The overly flirtatious behavior she demonstrated early on was all pre-programed. That's my suspicion, anyway. Whether the writers thought it through is another issue entirely. GG The Fly (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 03:56, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

She probably has no need to the social skills she showed in the pilot now that shes found john and gained his trust.75.68.165.212 (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 03:27, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

I guess I'm the only one who doesn't think her social skills really were that much better in the pilot. In the pilot, she only had to convince John, and she already knew him from the future. Later on, she has to convince strangers in more complicated situations. Obviously, she will perform poorly in those cases. 84.238.68.252 (talk) 00:47, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

Maybe because it was the pilot episode and they decided to leave the humanity out of the machine afterwards. Duhman0009 (talk) 05:16, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

HUD

I changed "visual frame" to Head-up display only for better word choice, and edited the sentence slightly.Tsurettejr (talk) 12:46, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Contradiction with Cameron's origin?

When the Terminator that killed 3 of the 4 guys of the resistance scanned Cameron, the scan said "Unknown Cyborg" or something. But if Cameron was captured and reprogrammed by the resistance (stated in the latest episode), why would she be an Unknown Cyborg? Duhman0009 (talk) 05:24, 19 February 2008 (UTC)