Welcome to the Terminator Dark Fate Analysis Mexico Edition, where I’m going to dissect, comment and give my constructive criticism at every reference, landscapes, locations and well, everything that goes Mexican in this movie of ours.







First things first: I just realized the version delivered to the mexican theaters is DIFFERENT to the rest of the world, why? Because the characters who originally speak Spanish are DUBBED AGAIN, like double dubbed. So ironically, in Mexico we couldn’t get to hear precious things like “no mames”, WE WERE DAMN ROBBED.



OK HERE WE GO:

That bridge is sending me, it really looks like a bridge from here or vial distributor like they call it in a more elegant way.







No, forget it. That kind of bridge doesn’t exist here but nice try, I appreciate that.



Here’s where something really funny starts because what they say doesn’t match with the subtitles at all hahaha





The girl says “no mames” and it’s subtitled to “Oh my God” AND it was dubbed as “No inventes” hahaha this can’t be…







And here, the guy says “yo siento lo mismo”, it’s subtitled as “I feel it too” which is accurate but when they dubbed it they went with “¿y esos ojos?” lmao



Can’t forget to mention this ICONIC scene, of course.





The moment when the cops arrive reminds me of the meme where there’s some thiefs robbing something and the cops are asleep but there’s someone naked or doing something else and a fucking troop arrives, here is one example of the meme I’m talking about:

kidnappers - cops asleep, thiefs - cops asleep,narcos - cops asleep,an old lady selling flowers - the fucking troops.





“¿Qué le pasó a tu amiga, wey?” the cop saying this hahahsha lmao like I said WE WERE FUCKING ROBBED.

The girl saying “qué pedo wey” when they’re arresting her hahah, I actually predicted at least one “que pedo” would be said in this movie and finally I can see my prediction turned out to be true #SamPatchVidente

The casa de papel guy aka the cop is going to be beaten the shit out for wanting to take Grace to the ministerio publico.







Cops getting beaten the shit out of them: oil on canvas





And here’s the first mistake: the patrols have signs saying “policia municipal” and “cdmx” (Mexico City). In real life that’s impossible as “policia municipal” (municipal police) is one thing and “cdmx” is a totally different city, patrols can’t have both things but hey, the design is spot on.







“Eso estuvo padrísimo wey” hahsha lmao this time I prefer the dubbing where they go with “eso estuvo padrísimo, güera”, cause I like when they call Grace güera.







Never in my life I imagined I’d be alive to see this piece of art: Mackenzie with “Sí señor” playing in the background. The first time I saw this I was losing my shit even more cause Mackenzie was somewhere in the same room, probably watching the scene too. This is so powerful, wow.







This is sending me hashaha, in the dubbed versión the guy shouts at her “pinche gringa ratera” (fucking gringa thief or something) and it’s translated to “Go to hell lady” come on hahahaha so I prefer that over the original version, damn it I wish I could have a hybrid version of this cause is gold.







The heroic CDMX, fuck yessss! I would have loved to see the Popocatepetl. I’d like to think the suavicrema is in the background, so maybe is Chapultepec?. So what is a suavicrema? Could be like a brand of ice cream wafer and that tall building in the background looks like one, lol. Omg, ok I’ll stop.







Next: we can see doña pelos in here cooking her food. Doña pelos or doña lupe is how we call every lady who sells food in the street, so for practical effects this lady is doña pelos.







Here’s the proof we call them like that:

It translates: “So doña pelos is taking marketing courses” cause she’s using an Adobe logo to promote her food of the day, which is “adobo de cerdo” hahaha







Let’s move on.



No, it’s not “do you want your tamal”, it’s “tortita de tamal” aka the famous guajolota, that’s what she’s asking. A guajolota is “a sandwich composed of a tamal placed inside a bolillo or telera, which is a rounder version of a bolillo.” Yes, I got it from Wikipedia, don’t judge.

Also, a lady selling garnachas (like quesadillas, etc.) AND tamales? That’s new.



She also sells mangos? Wowowowow that’s versatility.

And “le robo un manguito” “can I steal a mango?” Dani, you have to pay for that, you can go to jail for like 30 years, I’m serious, remember the meme of the cops?









Someone said she may be a prostitute and I can’t even…so you can’t dress with whatever you want? But also I’m a little suspicious and she actually may be one depending on what zone is Dani supposed to live.





A pink cab! I thought it was a Nissan Tsuru because they always are but this time it’s not. Missed opportunity, production design team.





“Let’s put Frida Kahlo to emphasize this is Mexico, what a good idea , why not?”





Multifamiliar o vecindad? we’re about to find out.







Why does she have a bike hanging on the wall? Is that a thing?





The fruit on the table, the vase, and the squared table cloth, that evoked things in me.



About the music: I mean, it’s okay they put latin music but I am fucking sick to death of this Bomba Estereo song, I fucking hate it. There, I said it.







147 likes, that’s how excited the guys who think they’re Dj’s or something are when they upload things to soundcloud.

One thing I don’t understand is: if they live in Mexico City, why are they talking in english now? Did I miss something?





Never seen anyone in my life name a dog “Taco”, only “Chilaquil” but that’s another story.







Arturitooo from la casa de papel! or how I like to call him: el cñor <3 (it means señor but with a c because it sounds the same).

Interestingly, now there are two actors from la casa de papel appearing here hahaha





LMFAO that’s a flagrant fucking typo: “tomalito” hahshaha that’s an unforgivable mistake. It’s “tamalito” obviously.





Now, what’s up with the serape blanket on the wall? Hahaha we call them sarapes but come on, we’re not like that…well yeah but no… It would have been funny if the serape had a drawing of the last dinner hahaha that would have triggered childhood memories.





The cñor from la casa de papel is going to the imss for his medical check up. Imss is a horrible public health institution but that’s what we have so…







Ok, this is GOLD: the serape blanket, a picture of la Virgen de Guadalupe, the couch covered with sheets and ANOTHER serape blanket, the sewing machine hahaha they missed the calendar from the fruit store or the butch shop, damn haha



Did taco survive? I guess not :(

Also when Diego sings: Y’all, you could have saved some good money by picking up another song, I mean, it’s a beautiful song by Juan Gabriel but I heard it was very expensive and now in retrospective you could have saved something in this little simple thing.







So it’s a vecindad I guess.

And how did they hang the clothes in the middle? :v Can these people fly? That would be a Mexican super power to take advantage of the maximum possible space.





Un viejo encueradooooo, tápese cochino.







A green bussssss!!! We call them microbuses and the location gives me historical downton vibes because of all the people in the street.

Oopppp another pink cab, I love it.

I am the only person on this planet who is excited to see those microbuses in this movie, yes I am.





I FINALLY KNOW WHAT THE ROUTE OF THE MICROBUS SAYS! It says “LAGO DE GUADALUPE, E. ZAPATA” WHICH IS INCORRECT HAHAHAHA. Also, the man with the hat hahaha it’s Mexico City not Monterrey.



Lago de Guadalupe is not in Mexico City and “E. Zapata” maybe is the subway station but they’re absolutely not close to each other, well let’s move on.

The casa de papel guy aka Dani’s dad is speaking with a heavy spanish accent tbh







And… Goodbye Mr. casa de papel :(









They make it look as if everybody works there, it’s not a little town, you know?





Why the fuck is an employee riding a bike inside the factory? I don’t get it.

When diego says “chale” hahaha same.





“Un robot, que chido eh” hahaha chido and it’s subtitled as “it’s cool” adjka god help me please.



El señor Sánchez represents me.I mean, there was a little bit of criticism because all the mexicans represented here are white but hey, try looking for someone who looks like a mexican in damn Europe, they did the best they could.



Aaaagain: if they are in Mexico City, why the hell are they talking in english? I’ll never understand.

Typical police guy distracted with the damn phone, yes we are in Mexico.

That policeman looks like Burt Reylonds (?)







Wish Grace would’ve arrived in that microbus hahahaha



That microbus is weird, nope I don’t know her.

That microbus has the same route as the previous one but it has something else under “E. Zapata”, like “Tecnologico” or something like that, ooofff maybe it’s Tecnologico de Monterrey hahaha that college is kinda near Lago de Guadalupe so haha ok, let’s keep going.





Another distracted cop, my Mexico.



I love how Grace beats cops everywhere, this is an irrelevant scene for this analysis but I just love it so much.







Back to the factory: “Qué hace aquí tu jefe?” jasjdd “que haces aquí, jefe”, the slang is on point here haha







“Olvidaste tu comida mijo” jasdjkhd







“Me quieren reemplazar por esa pinche máquina” apparently translates to a “they’re replacing me with that damn machine” jaksdj at least put a “fucking” or something.







Again that heavy spanish accent with that deep voice, hmmm



I’m going to ignore the Factory fight because there’s no Mexican stuff here.



Well, Diego and Dani keep saying “vámonos” and they don’t fucking leave haha







“GET IN” and Dani saying “ya güera ya güera” jakdhakjd I love her







Pink cab is saved from being destroyed by Grace.







Here comes the policía municipal to spoil everything.

Ok, my theory is they are in the limits of Mexico City and the metropolitan area aka the state which is also a kinda not very good looking place and omg hahaha I love that.



Here’s when Diego slips an almost inaudible “no mames”, I know I heard it.



And well, THANK YOU GOVERNOR OF MEXICO CITY BECAUSE THE PATROLS ARE NOT THE SAME COLOR AND THEY’RE NOT ACCURATE ANYMORE, THANK YOU FOR SPOILING EVERYTHING.

These are our patrols now:



Ugh.





Noooo the tacos :( this really hurt a lot.







This is where I think they enter a highway called “circuito exterior mexiquense” that effectively connects the metropolitan area of the state with Mexico City and I LOVE IT. I love everything, do I?



Also some say the Rev-9 is driving a snow plow truck, is it? The only time it has snowed in Mexico City was in 1967, a long time ago.

Everything is screaming “circuito exterior”, yes I’m getting those vibes and I’m here for it.







Another pink cab is seen. Fun fact: because of its pink and white colors, we call them “hello kittys” and before that they were like wine color and gold so we called them “iron man”.







“FASTER GO FASTER” Grace: “shut the fuck up, dummy” and giving looks that could kill.





Hahahaha those license plates are so damn old and they say “Chihuahua” and “Guanajuato” ahaha doesn’t make very much sense.







The car of my friend hahaha







The truck behaving like my friend’s car.







Here’s where as a mexican citizen who used to drive every day in that highway, I detected some continuity details in the pursuit scene:

ROAD SIGN 1: Nextlalpan/Jaltenco haha on the opposite side of the road.





ROAD SIGN 2: Querétaro/Toluca/Tultitlán on the right side they’re driving







ROAD SIGN 1 again: first mistake fellas, now the sign is in the lane where they’re driving.



ROAD SIGN 3: Ecatepec/Texcoco, how do I know? I just do.







ROAD SIGN 4: This is my fave because in this one there’s my shitty town hahaha SALIDA LECHERIA-TEXCOCO AV.JOSE LOPEZ PORTILLO Y COACALCO hahaha

It really looks like the circuit, I drive there a lot of times and Grace was there, destroying everything :’)







ROAD SIGN 4: My fave sign now is on the opposite side, mistake number two.







Each and every one of the times I went to the theaters to watch this movie, in this scene everyone was like “ohhhh what? omg nooo"





ROAD SIGN 4: Mistake number 3, the sign of Lecheria is shown again when the Grace truck had already passed there on the other side of the road.







ROAD SIGN 2: There’s again the sign of Queretaro/ Toluca/Tultitlan when Grace’s truck has already driven over there.







ROAD SIGN 5: Toluca/Lago de Guadalupe, remember? Lago de Guadalupe, just like the microbus route sign.







ROAD SIGN 5: Just because I love to see Mackenzie with those signs in the background hahaha



Anyway, the circuito exterior mexiquense is a fucking mess and of course I love it.





Dani, I wouldn’t go to the police either, they’re a bunch of useless idiots and I’m sure they would blame YOU for everything and get you into jail for 40 years.







Really bitch? RECETA MEDICA AJSDKASDK he’s asking her for a prescription lmao her face I can’t…

Also I always wondered how Grace understood the pharmacy guy but now I know that in the version brought up here, this guy was dubbed to spanish while in the original version he spoke english, those little differences and I’ll never understand why they did it.





Typical guy filming the mess hahaha





"Qué pasa güera” traduced to “what the hell”, nice (not actually)







That looks like a little town but God knows where is it, eww







Sure, we all have an uncle who is a coyote (no, not true). We call them polleros, not coyotes but whatever.







“Ojalá ustedes no fueran tan blancas” “I wish you two weren’t so white” hasjdaj Love it.

So they’re going to the famous BESTIA (beast), that’s the nickname of the train because it’s so huge.



I’m laughing hard because in some sites they called this scene “train station scene” hahaha this is everything but a train station haha ffs



Fun fact: I see that train everyday just without migrants, I think they ride the train in other certain places. This is a pic a took of the real bestia:











LOS HEROES TECAMAC JAJAJAJAJA lmao lmao I can’t fucking believe it jasjdkaja the little shitty town close to mine LOVE IT



Ciudad Valles jaskdja







Ciudad Victoria.





China??? wtf now that’s just random places.



EDIT: Someone replied to his post and told me it’s a place in Nuevo León and yes it is, CHINA, Nuevo León Mx. close to Ciudad Victoria AND LAREDO. And this means I don’t know my country enough. Gracias @vickysan24​











Is this supposed to be Guanajuato? when on earth they went to Guanajuato? I need to talk to Sonja Klaus asap





Mackenzie saying “hola” is one of the best things that could’ve ever happened to me.





ahhh the food jasjdja has a lemon in it, I don’t know, could be sincronizadas? hahahsha I think it’s eggs and beans with pico de gallo.





Mastering the skill of grabbing the tortilla like a spoon, nice. She has my seal of approval.











cartel de Sinaloa… really?! I really don’t know what to think about this one…come the fuck on.







So that’s how they cross huh, they keep putting walls but people always will find a way.







La migra got them:(

I’m going to do a big skip here. The border patrol and the detention center are next and key in the story but I don’t really know how can I bring something new in this analysis, maybe I’ll try later.

Next: When they find Carl.

For a looong time I really thought those beers were Corona and now it turns out they weren’t, sad day but oh well there are much better beers out there, so… *nail polish emoji*







Is that… MOLE DE LA COSTEÑA???? JAJAJSJAJD Did you think I wasn’t going to see that?! That’s a great product placement.



And another picture of la Virgen de Guadalupe.







I’m far from being an expert but i’m not sure if we drink beer like that, with the lemon in the bottle.



Another beer? Yes, thank you.





Even Grace is not sure if beer is drank in that way.







But beer with lemon and salt is everything, I admit it.







Ok, fast forward, no mexican things until the very end;



“Mataste todo lo que quería cabron” jsadkhdjha what a delight! and it’s been translated to “you took everything I had, bastard” lmao yeah, right. Sounds better in spanish, obviously.



Yes people, only a mexican can throw herself to a Terminator and fight with it with her own bare hands.







And to finish this deep analysis, I want to point the great originality (sarcasm on) they had with some character names: Diego Boneta is Diego, Alicia Borrachero aka Carl’s “wife” is called Alicia and at some point the Rev-9 is called Gabriel, like hmm ok, I remember Diego Boneta’s character was rumored to be named Miguel but yeah it was just a rumor. Ohhh and the lady selling tamales her real life name is yes, you guessed it: Mona.



If you’re reading this, I want to thank you for getting this far, for taking your time and I hope this “little analysis” helped you to understand some things better about the movie that maybe you’ve missed in your viewings or to discover new things about Mexico. Did I miss something? Let me know what you think.

