John Connor is a character in the hit movie Terminator. He appears in the second part - “Doomsday” - a little boy who has his own terminator robot at his disposal, and in the first part he appears as the inspirer and commander of rebels against deadly machines.
About the movie "Terminator"
The film first appeared on our television screens in the late eighties. At that time, it seemed like a real miracle - a film about a robot, and even such a real one, like a man, chases and shootings, a tense atmosphere from the first to the last minute - all this gave the film a wild popularity.
John Connor (the character of “The Terminator”) appears in the first film only at the beginning, where he, the wise commander of the rebels, sends his father to the past and knows that he will not return.
Due to the popularity of the film, after almost a decade, the second part was released. John Connor there is a ten-year-old boy with leadership styles and a strong character. The boy, controlling a robot that he himself sent from the future to the past, frees his mother from a psychiatric hospital, escapes from a robot that knows how to change its structure and, which most of all captivated the audience, teaches the Terminator to feel and understand people.
John Connor - the character of "Terminator"
In different parts of the film, the image of John is changing. In the first, he is a leader and inspirer, in the second - a touching little boy who wants ordinary childhood and games, in the third - a young guy with a strong character, but all the same features of a child.
In the popularity of the film, John Connor (character) played no less important role than the concept of the robot itself performed by Arnold Schwarzenegger, or the strong Sarah, fighting to save her child and all of humanity.
According to viewers, the second part of “Doomsday” still breaks all records. Special effects and battle scenes in subsequent versions of this movie could not defeat the boy John, on whose small shoulders a huge, almost overwhelming responsibility fell. Nevertheless, even the robot himself envies the humanity and strength of the boy; he unexpectedly becomes a friend to the audience.
John Connor: actor ("The Terminator")
The actors playing the role of John changed in every part. This is not surprising, given that the film takes us back and forth, and the hero is a boy, then a teenager, or even a forty-year-old man.
In the second part of Terminator, a thirteen-year-old boy Edward Furlong suddenly won the casting for the main role . He surprisingly lively and sincerely played John and immediately received the title "Discovery of the Year" and the "Saturn" Award.
Unfortunately, the success did not go to the young fragile mind of the guy to the advantage. Due to problems with alcohol and drugs, his life and career went downhill. According to some reports, he could have played John in the third part, but his reputation played a cruel joke, and the producers invited another actor to this role.
John Connor ("Terminator 3") is embodied on the screen by Nick Stall. This young actor did a good job with the role, but problems with addiction overtook him as well as his predecessor Furlong. They say that the actor, trying to get rid of her, suddenly disappeared from the field of view of his loved ones, and then “found” himself in a narcological clinic, where he turned in the hope of recovery.
In an attempt to prolong the euphoria of viewers from robots with a human appearance, the fourth part was shot. There, the role of John was played by Christian Bale. The film did not repeat the success of the previous parts.
Finally
The film "Terminator" and the image of John Connor in it became a real discovery in the eighties and nineties. Despite the dozens of new films that appear on television every year, the popularity of “Terminator” does not fall. Many fans of action-packed films have disks with a film. The picture is worth seeing at your leisure, if you are suddenly the lucky one who still has not seen him. Modern cinema pleases with special effects and new scenes, but the old ones also do not lose their sharpness. Happy viewing!