Similarities between "Time After Time" (1979) and "The Terminator" (1984)
| similarity | manifestation in
"Time After Time" (1979) [1] |
manifestation in
"The Terminator" (1984) [2] |
|---|---|---|
| 1) killer antagonist | Jack the Ripper | The Terminator |
| 2) killer travels in time to escape defeat | John Leslie Stevenson's identity as the Ripper revealed, police moving in and he escapes via time travel. | The Resistance defeats Skynet, Terminator goes back to kill Sarah Connor, mother of the leader of Resistance, John Connor |
| 3) killer is pursued in time by | H.G. Wells | Kyle Reese |
| 4) both time travellers arrive in present day Californian city | San Francisco | Los Angeles |
| 5) killer begins killing women | that's what the Ripper does | Terminator systematically killing every Sarah Connor to get to the mother of John Connor |
| 6) pursuer falls in love with a local woman and knows that she will be the killer's target | H.G.Wells falls in love with Amy Robbins, uses his time machine to go one day into the future and learns that Amy will be the Ripper's next victim. | Kyle Reese has been in love with Sarah Connor since getting her photograph. His mission from the Resistance is to prevent her assassination by the Terminator. |
| 7) pursuer is apprehended and interrogated by police who don't believe his time travel story | ||
| 8) only the pursuer understands the full danger the killer poses and is unsuccessful at communicating that danger to the local authorities. | danger is that he's Jack the Ripper and kills women | danger is that he's the Terminator and if he kills Sarah Connor, the John Connor will never be born and grow up and defeat SkyNet. |
