The Terminator Franchise Diagram

Pretty impressive? Right? Designer Michael Talley was asked by Slate.com to make this diagram with straws in order to try to make some sort of sense of all the different timelines from the five movies in the Terminator franchise. That seems like a pretty daunting task but clearly Talley was up to it.

Of course this sort of work is nothing new to Talley as he created a similar diagram for the film Looper (go watch it if you haven't yet, thank me later). That diagram is pictured below:

For a closer, in-depth look at the Terminator diagram along with further explanation, click here.

And here's your friendly reminder that Terminator Genisys is currently playing at a theater near you.