Random Action Movie Fan Theories That Change Everything (15 items)

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  (#6) 'Predator' And 'Terminator' Share A Universe

  David Israel Nunez Alvear offers a very long explanation linking the Predator and Terminator franchises, but it actually all comes down to one clue in a video game. Schwarzenegger's character from Predator (Dutch) never shows up again in the films, but he does show up in the game Aliens Vs. Predator, which takes place after the events of Predator, and identifies Dutch as a cyborg, codename CDS-170A3. The theory states that Dutch was used as the template for the first Terminator (model 101) made by Cyberdyne Systems, or CDS for short.
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  (#12) The President Staged The Hijacking In 'Air Force One'

  The visionary Redditor /u/aerostotle has a pretty fascinating theory about Air Force One, namely that President James Marshall (Harrison Ford) staged the hijacking for political gain. The (long) theory is broken down into seven points, abbreviated here:

  1. Both the president's National Security Advisor and Chief of Staff died early in the movie, and they both had disagreed with him on his "no negotiating with terrorists" policy. This is not an accident.
  2. Marshall actually did negotiate in the end, but the government covered that up.
  3. Marshall's heroics all but guarantee him a victory in the next election.
  4. The power hungry Secretary of Defense reacted poorly to the situation, allowing Marshall to fire him, eliminating a potential political threat.
  5. Marshall didn't like the Air Force One staff because his pilot laughed at his desire to go to Barbados and a flight attendant prematurely told him a football score, so he didn't mind endangering them.
  6. Gibbs (Xander Berkeley) proves his lack of character when he turns on Marshall in the end, but it was this weakness of character that convinced Marshall to include Gibbs in the scheme from the beginning, which he did.
  7. The terrorists were Russian because Marshall spoke Russian, which allowed him to communicate with them without others understanding.
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  (#15) 'Die Hard' And Pixar Movies Exist In The Same Universe

  The "Pixar Theory" (that all Pixar movies exist in the same universe) has essentially been confirmed to be true by Disney, so Max Knoblauch's notion that all the Pixar movies also share a universe with Die Hard at least starts from a somewhat sound base. Then it gets a little less reasonable. Here's the breakdown:

  • John McClane references pizza in the first Die Hard movie, a supposed allusion to the Pizza Planet truck first shown in Toy Story, which subsequently showed up in all other Pixar movies. (Also, the Pizza Planet truck could be in any traffic sequence in the Die Hard franchise, just obscured by other vehicles on the road.)
  • Toy Story 3 features a train with a number 95 on it, the same year (1995) that the third Die Hard movie was released which also had a train sequence.
  • Up and A Good Day to Die Hard have similar plots if you explain them very superficially.
  • The ubiquitous chase scenes throughout the Die Hard franchise explain the future world of Cars, because cars.
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  (#9) Harry And Helen From 'True Lies' Had A Shotgun Wedding

  Redditor /u/indyK1ng thinks there's something fishy about the marriage of Harry (Arnold Schwarzenegger) and Helen Tasker (Jamie Lee Curtis) in True Lies. Harry is a spy, which he doesn't reveal to his wife until he's given truth serum; he tells her he's been lying to her for 17 years. The villain, Juno (Tia Carrere) corroborates this, though she pegs Harry's deceit at 15 years.

  indyK1ng believes this discrepancy can be explained by Juno's knowledge of their marriage, which he presumes is 15 years old. They also have a 14-year-old daughter. Thus, concludes indyK1ng, Helen was most likely pregnant when they got married, given the tight timeline, and further speculates their marriage might not be as happy as it appears, or at least didn't start that way.

   
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  (#14) Nyah From 'Mission Impossible II' Was Actually Jane Carter From 'Mission Impossible - Ghost Protocol' In A Mask

  Paula Patton plays agent Jane Carter in Ghost Protocol, but Redditor /u/Airkay88 thinks we've seen the character before:

  "Nyah (Thandie Newton) is the MI2's villian's old girlfriend, and he's a rogue IMF agent. The theory is Nyah is actually an IMF agent sent to monitor the agent turned villain when he was still active, like the IMF team sent to monitor Ethan back in MI1. Why would IMF risk their mission on a civilian when they have the IMF mask technology.

  "And she later re-surfaces in Ghost Protocol, probably asked to be assigned to Ethan to make up for ditching him two movies ago. [Sort] of like Ethan keeping an eye on his ex, she's sought (sic) of doing the same."
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  (#4) James Bond Is A Codename

  There are actually quite a few variations of the theory that James Bond is just a codename, but as this former Redditor points out, that theory died down somewhat when we saw the gravestones of Mr. and Mrs. Bond in Skyfall. However, the theory lives on, and this particular one explains it by guessing 007 is brainwashed:

  "The suggestions of this reality are all there, with one standing above all the others: the relationship between Raoul Silva (Javier Bardem’s character), M (Judi Dench), and James Bond. Silva is a former MI6 agent who worked under M, before taking up the occupation of cyber-terrorist. Throughout the film, he repeatedly attempts to bond with 007, including referring to both himself and Bond as rats, held and tortured by M.

  "And this next part of my theory is a credit to Bardem’s acting, as it’s something I cannot capture through simple plot synopsis and analysis. There is an element to Bardem’s acting that not only ensnares you, but in which it appears that he has a secret he isn’t sharing. His grin, his eyes, his body language, and the way he lingers on certain words as he speaks."

  Basically, Silva's behavior is evidence of a formerly brainwashed spy who was driven insane by the manipulation, but has also evolved enough to recognize the tampering with his mind. Some Bonds have memories of their predecessors while others don't because some are more thoroughly brainwashed than others.

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