Terminator 2: Judgment Day. Poster of the 1991 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Randall Frakes, 1991
movie vs book   [NOVELIZATION]
James Cameron, 1991

In 1995, John Connor is living in Los Angeles with his foster parents. After the trio escape from the T-1000 in a police car, the Terminator informs John and Sarah about Skynet’s history. Finding him at his home, she wounds him but finds herself unable to kill him in front of his family.


The Terminator. Poster of the 1984 movie and cover of the book novelization
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The Terminator
Randall Frakes, Bill Wisher, 1985
movie vs book   [NOVELIZATION]
James Cameron, 1984

In 1984 Los Angeles, a cyborg assassin known as a Terminator arrives from 2029 and steals guns and clothes. As they hide in a parking lot, Kyle explains to Sarah that an artificial intelligence defense network, Skynet, created by Cyberdyne Systems, will become self-aware in the near future and initiate a nuclear holocaust.


The Addams Family. Poster of the 1992 TV series and cover of the 1938 comic book
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The Addams Family
Charles Addams, 1938
TV series vs comic book
Robert Alvarez, Don Lusk, Ray Patterson, Carl Urbano, 1992-1993

Geared towards children, much of the family’s macabre nature was toned down. Plot lines were geared around the family living in the bright, cheerful town of Happydale Heights and facing some kind of threat from a series of recurring villains or individuals who either wanted to force the Addamses from their home or capture one of them for nefarious purposes.


Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines. Poster of the 2003 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
David Hagberg, 2003
movie vs book   [NOVELIZATION]
Jonathan Mostow, 2003

Ten years after the events of Terminator 2: Unable to locate John in the past, Skynet sends a new Terminator model, the T-X, back in time to John’s present time period to instead kill other top-ranking members of the future Human Resistance, thereby ensuring Skynet’s rise.