Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar addressed the nation with updates on the government's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic on Friday. He quoted a line from one of James Cameron's famous Terminator movies, while announcing the national lockdown in Ireland in a way netizens could not have missed.
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— RTÉ News (@rtenews) March 27, 2020
Did Leo Varadkar just quote Terminator? Bad ass! #CoronaLockdown pic.twitter.com/1yjbwJzUZp
— Chris (@Himselfconstant) March 27, 2020
@LeoVaradkar quoting Sarah Connor from Terminator 😂😂😂😂#Coronavirusireland #coronavirus #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/zUzbIoq1FQ
— Provisional FAI Interim Deputy CEO (@colonelwest) March 27, 2020
Anyone else notice @LeoVaradkar making use of a well known #Terminator quote in tonight's address to the nation? Fair play to him ...he's a machine! #CoronaLockdown #coronavirus #COVID19ireland #lockdown #COVID19 #Ireland #IrelandLockdown pic.twitter.com/n2Ewfb4BUz pic.twitter.com/BTuUUPQtWi
— Niall Crowley (@Crowleyniall) March 27, 2020
Some users made further parallels with the famous movie franchise, comparing the pandemic with the soulless artificial intelligence network from Terminator, Skynet.
@Schwarzenegger #Terminator @theprojecttv
— Mitch Thomson (@Mitchinadhellai) March 27, 2020
@vanOnselenP
@pjhelliar
Since people aren't taking #CoronaLockdown seriously, let's stop calling it #coronavirus and #COVID19 and start calling it #Skynet and watch a real #ToiletPaperPanic
Some compared the PM with Linda Hamilton, the actress who portrayed Sara Connor in the movie.
Leo going all Linda Hamilton #Terminator #CoronaLockdown pic.twitter.com/NmCmHGT6HT
— Shaun Meehan (@Pictomeehan) March 27, 2020
There are currently at least 2121 infections and 22 fatalities in Ireland due to the deadly disease, according to the most recent data.
