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Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs  With The Terminator being set in 1984 the year it was made it's not exactly a dystopian future though, nor post apocalypse. |
It is set in 1984 which is the past, because the present is 2029, when humans are fighting the machines (following Judgement Day) and, because the humans are winning, the machines send a terminator back in time to kill the resistance leader before he is born.
2029 is the dystopian/post-apocalyptic future!