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The Terminator: Because Arnold always said that he would be back...
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José Mourinho
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T1 and T2 are great flicks. I know they are old but the janky ass Terminator coming out of the flames at the end of T1 is so gross.
ZedIndyLil
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The first Terminator is one of the greatest B-movies of all time--and I mean that in the best possible sense. It's hard to overstate what a kick in the ass the whole police station sequence was at the time, with Arnold casually murdering dozens of cops (including major characters). If it wasn't for Linda Hamilton's unfortunate hairstyle, I'd call it a perfect film.
The second Terminator has a ton of absolutely amazing stuff. But every time I watch it, it feels overlong. Nowadays every single summer popcorn movie is overlong--and also of course not nearly as good as T2--so it's not a terribly huge sin. But it just doesn't have the razor-sharp focus of the first one.
Good thing they never tried to make another one without Cameron, though.
The second Terminator has a ton of absolutely amazing stuff. But every time I watch it, it feels overlong. Nowadays every single summer popcorn movie is overlong--and also of course not nearly as good as T2--so it's not a terribly huge sin. But it just doesn't have the razor-sharp focus of the first one.
Good thing they never tried to make another one without Cameron, though.
kame-sennin
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Zombie James said:
"I know now why you cry, but it is something I can never do."
Cringe worthy.
The Terminator > T2
Giant Robot
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Angry Grimace said:
Of course I do, but there is only one Kyle Reese (Michael Biehn)
PhoncipleBone
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Was already in the OP. Post fail.lethial said:
But it is okay to bring it back up, since it is so awesome.
Giant Robot
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PhoncipleBone said:
maybe because it went back in time :O
PhoncipleBone
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Eh, it was there since the beginning. The only edits I did were when I forgot to close off the stuff.Giant Robot said:
Or perhaps the song was sent back to kill us all.
Or this techno remix of the theme will kill us all.
PhoncipleBone
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Behind the scenes pic posted today on AICN.
LegendofJoe
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I would very much like to see a Terminator 1 remake one day, but I'm torn on whether or not there is anyone out there who could do it justice. I doubt Cameron would want to do it and I'm afraid it would just end up being a disaster like 3 and Salvation. Regardless, for it to even be attempted the producers would have to find someone that could stand toe-to-toe with Schwarzenegger in the physical presence category, and unfortunately that is no small task.
pel1300
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Penguin said:
Are your friends unaware of the Bill Paxton rule?
TOM f'N CRUISE
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me tooDrewsky said:Fuck off. I cried in that scene.
SCULLIBUNDO
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LegendofJoe said:
I'll cut you.
LegendofJoe said:
What would the point of a remake be? T1 was very 80s in everything it did, and that's part of the charm of the movie. Likewise another part of it's charm is how B-movie everything is. The film was not meant to be a blockbuster franchise and you can tell that everyone is just having fun with it. This would all be lost in a remake.
HyperZone<3
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I'd say T2 is the superior 'entertainment', what with much greater spectacule and much more overt comedy.
T1 is easily the better film though. Its almost a hard science fiction story, and it so well utilizes its low budget to the ends of being perhaps the best damn gritty sci-fi thriller of all time.
T1 is easily the better film though. Its almost a hard science fiction story, and it so well utilizes its low budget to the ends of being perhaps the best damn gritty sci-fi thriller of all time.
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