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Which was the best Terminator movie?
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Ozzy Onya A2Z
Member
OG The Terminator. Dark and gritty, very up close.
belmarduk
Member
A thousand times. Who knows what the rest of the series would have followed the original in tone. Instead we got stuck with mostly comedies with a few action scenes.
Sosokrates
Report me if I continue to console war
T2 had quite a bit more to it, but T1 had better horror aspects.
Id say they are joint 1st place.
Id say they are joint 1st place.
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
Kinda like Alien and Aliens they are very different but both extremely good.
At some point Hollywood forgot how to do good sequels.
At some point Hollywood forgot how to do good sequels.
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Deleted member 1159
Unconfirmed Member
This. Alien and The Terminator are like a nice sipping scotch, while their sequels are more like a night of Wild Turkey 101. Both have their places, but I prefer the originals.
Happosai
Hold onto your panties
I was given the privilege to interview Brad Fiedel back in 2014 about his soundtrack work on the original Terminator and Eyes of Fire. By the by, first movie wasn't the best...it IS the best.
Nobody_Important
“Aww, it’s so...average,” she said to him in a cold brick of passion
Terminator 2 all day.
*Nightwing
Banned
OG but I pitty vote for Genesys cause I liked it back then and thought it was underrated, but refuse to watch it again now that I have my mental and other medical conditions treated and I now have a fully functioning brain cause nostalgia is a hell ov'a drug.
mclaren777
Member
I'm 40 years old and Dark Fate is easily my favorite.
It bums me out that so many people slept on that film.
It bums me out that so many people slept on that film.
VenomousCoffee
Member
It's 1. 2 is great but the atmosphere, music, and just knowing they did something so special on a budget all carry 1 out ahead.
Dark Fate and Salvation are both worth rewatching and are both underrated by most.
Genysyssys and 3 are trash.
Dark Fate and Salvation are both worth rewatching and are both underrated by most.
Genysyssys and 3 are trash.
QuantumZebra
Member
Hipsters will say T1.
Real ones know its T2.
(Same with Alien->Aliens)
Real ones know its T2.
(Same with Alien->Aliens)
EverythingsOverrated
Member
T2. Easy. The greatest sequel of all time.
T1 still kicks ass too.
After that they mostly suck, especially Genisys. What the fuck happened with that one?
T1 still kicks ass too.
After that they mostly suck, especially Genisys. What the fuck happened with that one?
DetectiveBananas
Member
T1 was amazing for what they created on that budget. Linda Hamilton really shines in T2 and her arc felt complete. I know the studios would never let it end there but they really should’ve.
Doom85
Member
Terminator 2, I prefer its action scenes and felt engaged with all the characters, whereas the first one I only really felt Kyle was interesting.
Same with Aliens over Alien, in Aliens I love the entire cast in unique ways, they all stood out, whereas in Alien I only cared about Ripley and a few others.
Both franchises have solid first films, it’s just that their second films are more up my alley.
Same with Aliens over Alien, in Aliens I love the entire cast in unique ways, they all stood out, whereas in Alien I only cared about Ripley and a few others.
Both franchises have solid first films, it’s just that their second films are more up my alley.
The Pleasure
Member
To those who didn't choose judgment day
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
Never saw Genesys except for the opening clip which was funny. I thought Salvation was decent, but most people seem to hate it.
Dark Fate was laughably bad. Bad guy was not memorable, woke movie, Linda Hamilton was terrible.
And T-800 somehow becomes a family man living with a human woman and her kid and has a day job as a carpenter or handyman. How does that make any sense?
T2 >>>>> T1=Salvation > T3 >>>>> Dark Fate.
Dark Fate was laughably bad. Bad guy was not memorable, woke movie, Linda Hamilton was terrible.
And T-800 somehow becomes a family man living with a human woman and her kid and has a day job as a carpenter or handyman. How does that make any sense?
T2 >>>>> T1=Salvation > T3 >>>>> Dark Fate.
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StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
Dont watch Dark Fate. Even if it hits NF (not sure if it's there), dont waste 2 hours on it.
In modern day films, I can see the focus on woke and CGI effects, but what stood out was how bad Linda Hamilton's acting was. Ya, she's old and wrinkled now, but it doesn't matter. It was so bad, it was like she was purposely being bad to get it over with.
ParaSeoul
Member
Wasn't planning on it
Vagswarm
Member
I enjoyed it. Watched it in the theater and bought the dvd. It's not as good as the first two though.
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
I dont even remember the movie much anymore, but the main draw for me is that it's set in the future. I also liked that scene with that battered Terminator with the gatling gun who gets squashed in the trap.
Vagswarm
Member
Same here. There was a lot of build up about the future in Terminator 2. And it was a decent film.
wondermega
Member
Voted for Judgement Day for all the usual reasons (I mean, it is just the better film), but at this point I'd rather rewatch the first for sure. Only other ones I have seen are 3 (better than I expected, but still... meh) and the one with Bale (it was watchable at the time, but absolutely forgettable).
Halo is Back
Member
The first movie is still obviously great, but T-2 has everything you could want from a great action movie. Sometimes, I'm in awe of how perfect that move is, and I even think women can get into it pretty easily. Sarah Connor is about as badass as a loving mother could be, and it has an emotional ending to finish off the movie.
belmarduk
Member
He definitely ruins Dark Fate.
DragoonKain
Neighbours from Hell
I prefer 1 because it’s more of a horror thriller, which is more my jam, but 2 was great as well. It’s very close.
Soodanim
Gold Member
Wasn’t there a TV series? Or did I make that up?
For me 2 is the best movie, but I haven’t seen 1 from start to finish too many times and I remember less about it. I’ve seen 3 and Salvation, but once a long time ago. I need to watch Salvation again, I didn’t even know the actors when I first saw it. It didn’t grip me, but there was CGI Arnie which was fun
For me 2 is the best movie, but I haven’t seen 1 from start to finish too many times and I remember less about it. I’ve seen 3 and Salvation, but once a long time ago. I need to watch Salvation again, I didn’t even know the actors when I first saw it. It didn’t grip me, but there was CGI Arnie which was fun
belmarduk
Member
The Sarah Connor chronicles, which I haven't seen but most people think was very good.
pramod
Banned
For me it's T1 because it's perfect. It was the most effective because it had the simplest plot and executed it perfectly. And Arnold was in his prime here and I always prefer to see Arnold as an evil Terminator than a good one.
T2 might be the greatest action movie ever made, but it already had a lot of issues that bothered me, and it started a lot of "trends" that got worse in subsequent movies. For example all the wacky humor with the Terminator trying to act "human", which always felt awkward to me.
There was only one "funny" scene in T1 and that was the "fuck you, asshole" scene which was both hilarious and made sense at the same time.
I mean the first one was just a masterpiece example of how to squeeze the max out of a movie budget. I thought what little of the "future war" you saw in T1 is still better than any of the similar scenes in the later movies.
T2 might be the greatest action movie ever made, but it already had a lot of issues that bothered me, and it started a lot of "trends" that got worse in subsequent movies. For example all the wacky humor with the Terminator trying to act "human", which always felt awkward to me.
There was only one "funny" scene in T1 and that was the "fuck you, asshole" scene which was both hilarious and made sense at the same time.
I mean the first one was just a masterpiece example of how to squeeze the max out of a movie budget. I thought what little of the "future war" you saw in T1 is still better than any of the similar scenes in the later movies.
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Clear
CliffyB's Cock Holster
OG Terminator because its only real flaw is its low-budget. Otherwise its near perfect.
T2 fixes all the technical issues, looks amazing for its day, and has some killer set-pieces. But the script's nowhere near as sharp, being obvious and preachy and just as prone to speechifying pithy as Stallone's 80's output -only less sincere sounding! Then we have the charisma vacuum that is Edward Furlong, Linda Hamilton is kinda wasted with the way Sarah Connor is written... honestly, that Arnold was the only cast member who's career got a boost from the movie should say it all.
Its a star vehicle for Schwarzenegger and the FX team.
The rest of the franchise isn't really in the same league, even though I do have a small soft-spot for T3 for at least trying to unfuck the continuity of the trilogy.
T2 fixes all the technical issues, looks amazing for its day, and has some killer set-pieces. But the script's nowhere near as sharp, being obvious and preachy and just as prone to speechifying pithy as Stallone's 80's output -only less sincere sounding! Then we have the charisma vacuum that is Edward Furlong, Linda Hamilton is kinda wasted with the way Sarah Connor is written... honestly, that Arnold was the only cast member who's career got a boost from the movie should say it all.
Its a star vehicle for Schwarzenegger and the FX team.
The rest of the franchise isn't really in the same league, even though I do have a small soft-spot for T3 for at least trying to unfuck the continuity of the trilogy.
Revolutionary
Gold Member
0 votes for Salvation
I'm proud of you, GAF
Edit: To whoever voted for Salvation
I'm proud of you, GAF
Edit: To whoever voted for Salvation
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Great Hair
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Dr.Morris79
Gold Member
C'mon, it's always the 1st. "I'm at Tech Noir"
Still one of the best scenes in cinema.
Still one of the best scenes in cinema.
Ulysses 31
Member
1st one.
I prefer the darker more serious tone.
The sequel, while it improves on certain things, also introduces something questionable, that Skynet can keep sending terminators back in time(and how they lose wars when they have things like the T1000 on their side).
I prefer the darker more serious tone.
The sequel, while it improves on certain things, also introduces something questionable, that Skynet can keep sending terminators back in time(and how they lose wars when they have things like the T1000 on their side).
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The Cockatrice
I'm retarded?
Imagine saying anything but the second or first.
Ulysses 31
Member
I'm willing to give them a pass if for some reason they haven't seen the first 2 yet...
Cockles & Whelks
Banned
First one by a whisker, probably because it does the Future War scenes so well.
Everything reeks of desperation and no hope. The brief scenes really sell you the dire circumstance mankind is in.
By the time of the sequel, the Future War is a bit too....glossy and Hollywood.
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