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**Welcome to the Val Verde Cinematic Universe**

#### What is the Val Verde Cinematic Universe?

It is an unofficial cinematic universe comprised of films (and their franchises) that have referenced or taken place within the fictional Latin American country of Val Verde.  The country was created by screenwriter Steven E. de Souza for 1985’s Arnold Schwarzenegger actioner, *Commando*.   In the film, a former South American dictator named Arius (Dan Hedaya) wants the man who deposed him from power, Delta Force commando John Matrix (Arnold Schwarzenegger), to assassinate the nation’s current leader.  That nation is the fictional country of the Republic of Val Verde.

### How Does the Val Verde Cinematic Universe Work?

The Val Verde Cinematic Universe connects its films by characters, items, or locations that co-exist in other movies. This is certainly a study in apologetics. The prime example is that Arnold Schwarzenegger plays the same character in Predator and Commando: John "Dutch" Matrix. If you follow these movies' official extended universes, you will quickly see that they are two different characters who look identical; however, if you just watch the films, you could come to the conclusion that these are the same character as "Dutch" is John Matrix's code name in Delta Force. So the first rule of the Val Verde Cinematic Universe is in its name; this is a "Cinematic" universe, so no TV movies, TV shows, comic book appearances, novels, and the like are allowed. What this does is create a new way to watch these movies that can give them greater or different meanings. The second rule is that if an actor plays multiple roles in two of these films, then an apologetic needs to exist to explain this occurrence. For example, Mac in Predator and Cooke in Commando are both played by Bill Duke. The apologetic would be that Mac Cooke and Bill Cooke were brothers and Bill Cooke was after vengeance for his brother's death in Predator. Another example could be that a character exists in different timelines.

### Movies in the VVCU Timelines

Research presently dictates that there are Four Timelines in the Val Verde Cinematic Universe. The first is the PRIME (P) Timeline which follows the technological advancements of the Predators and Alien Franchises. The second is the A Timeline which was started when Biff Tanner from Back to the Future 2 went back in time and gave himself the Sports Almanac in 1955 henceforth changing the past and stunting the technologically advanced future. The third timeline is the B Timeline in which the Time Keeper goes back in time to meet his father, which creates a parallel universe in which we end up with the Desperado timeline.

### Levels of Connection between movies

1. Definitive (D) - There is definite connection between movies as dictated by obvious connections between films or relationships intended by the director or writer
2. Strong (S) - There is a strong connection between films - for example an actor in two different films could easily be considered the same character due to their actions, dress, timeline, etc.
3. Weak (W) - There is a weak connection between the films - for example two items in both films are similar but connections are less obvious and could lean on speculation
4. Conjecture (C) - The connection between films is purely conjecture, and is not based on any film evidence

##### Complete Timeline

* Prometheus (before life on earth P)
* Alien vs Predator (early man P)
* Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (212BCP)
* Prey (1719P)
* Django Unchained (1858P)
* The Pony Express Rider (1961P)
* The Gatling Gun (1866P)
* Bandolero! (1867P)
* A Million Ways to Die in the West (1882P)
* Back to the Future Part III (1885P)
* Alien vs Predator (1904P)
* Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1912P)
* Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1935P)
* Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1936P)
* Spy Kids: All the Time in the World (1937P)
* Spy Kids: All the Time in the World (1937B)
* Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1938P)
* Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (1944P)
* Back to the Future (1955P)
* Back to the Future (1955A)
* Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (1957P)
* Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (1969P)
* The Duel (1971P)
* Shaft (1971B)
* Shaft's Big Score (1972B)
* Shaft in Africa (1973B)
* Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977P)
* The Warriors (1979P)
* 48 Hours (1982P)
* Trading Places (1983A)
* Back to the Future (1985P)
* Back to the Future Part II (1985A)
* Predator (1987P)
* Commando (1988P)
* Die Hard (1988A)
* Coming to America (1988A)
* Another 48 Hours (1990P)
* Die Hard 2: Die Harder (1990A)
* Ricochet (1991A)
* El Mariachi (1993A)
* Speed (1994A)
* Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995A)
* Desperado (1995B)
* Predator 2 (1997P)
* Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997A)
* Shaft (2000B)
* Spy Kids (2001P)
* Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams (2003P)
* Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003B)
* Alien vs Predator (2004P)
* Aliens vs Predator: Requiem (2004P)
* Live Free or Die Hard (2007A)
* Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2008P)
* The Predator (2010P)
* Machete (2010A)
* Spy Kids 4-D: All the Time in the World (2011P)
* A Good Day to Die Hard (2013A)
* Machete Kills (2013A)
* Predators (2013P)
* Back to the Future Part II (2015P)
* Shaft (2019B)
* Blade Runner (2019P)
* Coming to America 2 (2021A)
* Soldier (2036P)
* 2036: Nexus Dawn (2036P)
* 2048: Nowhere to Run (2048P)
* Blade Runner 2049 (2049P)
* Prometheus (2091P)
* Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Last Supper (2091P)
* Alien: Covenant - Prologue: The Crossing (2104P)
* Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Advent (2104P)
* Alien: Covenant (2104P)
* Alien (2122P)
* Aliens (2179P)
* Alien 3 (2179P)
* Alien: Resurrection (2379P)

##### Prime Timeline

* Prometheus (before life on earth P)
* Alien vs Predator (early man P)
* Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (212BCP)
* Prey (1719P)
* Django Unchained (1858P)
* The Pony Express Rider (1961P)
* The Gatling Gun (1866P)
* Bandolero! (1867P)
* A Million Ways to Die in the West (1882P)
* Back to the Future Part III (1885P)
* Alien vs Predator (1904P)
* Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1912P)
* Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1935P)
* Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1936P)
* Spy Kids: All the Time in the World (1937P)
* Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1938P)
* Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (1944P)
* Back to the Future (1955P)
* Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (1957P)
* Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (1969P)
* The Duel (1971P)
* Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977P)
* The Warriors (1979P)
* 48 Hours (1982P)
* Back to the Future (1985P)
* Predator (1987P)
* Commando (1988P)
* Another 48 Hours (1990P)
* Predator 2 (1997P)
* Spy Kids (2001P)
* Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams (2003P)
* Alien vs Predator (2004P)
* Aliens vs Predator: Requiem (2004P)
* Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2008P)
* The Predator (2010P)
* Spy Kids 4-D: All the Time in the World (2011P)
* Predators (2013P)
* Back to the Future Part II (2015P)
* Blade Runner (2019P)
* Soldier (2036P)
* 2036: Nexus Dawn (2036P)
* 2048: Nowhere to Run (2048P)
* Blade Runner 2049 (2049P)
* Prometheus (2091P)
* Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Last Supper (2091P)
* Alien: Covenant - Prologue: The Crossing (2104P)
* Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Advent (2104P)
* Alien: Covenant (2104P)
* Alien (2122P)
* Aliens (2179P)
* Alien 3 (2179P)
* Alien: Resurrection (2379P)

##### The A Timeline

* Shaft (1971B)
* Shaft's Big Score (1972B)
* Shaft in Africa (1973B)
* Back to the Future (1955A)
* Trading Places (1983A)
* Back to the Future Part II (1985A)
* Die Hard (1988A)
* Coming to America (1988A)
* Die Hard 2: Die Harder (1990A)
* Ricochet (1991A)
* El Mariachi (1993A)
* Speed (1994A)
* Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995A)
* Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997A)
* Shaft (2000B)
* Live Free or Die Hard (2007A)
* Machete (2010A)
* A Good Day to Die Hard (2013A)
* Machete Kills (2013A)
* Shaft (2019B)
* Coming to America 2 (2021A)

##### The B Timeline

* Spy Kids 4-D: All the Time in the World (1937B)
* Desperado (1995B)
* Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003B)

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