Boden and Fleck cited Terminator 2: Judgment Day as the model for the 1990s action-film homages in Captain Marvel.
FilmSeries· 1984· Science Fiction
Terminator
Terminator: 1 recorded work traces back to it, and it draws on 4 recorded sources.
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Cameron's influences included The Outer Limits, and Harlan Ellison argued the film drew on his episode "Soldier" and the story "Soldier from Tomorrow"; Orion settled in 1986 and added an acknowledgment of Ellison's work to later prints.
James Cameron named The Road Warrior among the contemporary films he had in mind while writing The Terminator: relentless, stripped-down pursuit action and a near-indestructible menace on the road.
James Cameron named The Driver, with Mad Max 2, among the contemporary films that influenced The Terminator.
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- Artificial Intelligence
Skynet, the defence network that becomes self-aware and launches a nuclear war, sends a cyborg back in time to kill Sarah Connor.