Tag: Death (in fiction works)

Glowing human heart in hands, Generative AI illustration

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post

Gary Varner
Date
February 15, 2025

Categorized
Science Fiction

Tagged
Breaking Bad (2008‒2013), Death (in fiction works), Inciting Incident, John Connor (Terminator Salvation 2009), Kate Connor (Terminator Salvation), Marcus in Terminator Salvation (2009)}

Terminator Salvation Review, Part 5: A Clever Plot Rescue

_{Having Marcus unexpectedly sacrifice his life for John got around the problem created when the audience "knows" that the hero is doomed} _{Gary Varner
February 15, 2025

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Science fiction is closer to comedy than tragedy so a device like this — technically, a retcon — is handy and the writers were smart to use it.