Numerous times in the movie Apex, Sheperd is forced to say the main characters last name "Shinclair" as shepherd says it would indicate that both the actor and character share this trait.
Yes. Terminator is obviously inferior.
Robots from the future suffer a form of time dilation called "Future Lag". When they come back through time they are tired and must walk and kill more slowly than normal.
They escaped back into the future after decimating the year 2000 with the release of Apex.
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