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[stn]

It's a really tough pick between 1 or 2. I didn't appreciate T1 as much when I watched it as a kid, but many years later I think it is more of a "Terminator" movie than T2.

 

[asustitan]

Salvation had some good scenes and gave us a nice trailer.

 

[Denton]

T1 and T2 are both 10/10. Arguing which one is better is a dumb ass waste of time, they are both perfect.

T3 is ok as a fanfic action comedy. Fun, but not canon.

Rest is trash to be ignored.

 

[GloveSlap]

Skynet only had 1 T-1000, it was the most advanced thing it had and it sent it back because it thought that was the best use of the tool. Its other assets were things like giant tank robots and nuclear weapons, it had more and better tools to work on a large scale than a small scale. Its boots on the ground were robots with laser guns, which humans could hide from. As described in the first movie, infiltration of human communities was a weak point for it. T-1000 was impressive, but if Skynet only had the resources for 1, how much of a boon is that really? How long did it take to design morphing metal? How much metal suitable for that task could it even make?

Just because Skynet has theoretical technologies it could design doesn't mean that it could build or use them. It still exists on Earth (and maybe further out in the solar system, that's never been discussed to my knowledge,) it still has to deal with gathering materials, testing new ideas, figuring out which technologies it can use practically, and getting the resources it needs in place where it can use them. It still had to deal with logistics.

The T-1000 could also be weak to the laser/plasma weapons in the future given how it dies in T2.

 

[anthraticus]

1 easy. Much grittier movie and an evil Arnie.

Not a fan of turning him into a good guy at all and 2 overall just felt more like a 'family type movie' , while 1 felt like something more raw that you'd go out and watch with the boys.

If I have seen anything past 2 I don't remember it, so that's not saying much for it.

 

[EruditeHobo]

The Terminator. Movie does not fuck around at all; clean, intense, excellent.

T2 is a ton of fun, but a bit shaggier... it's more emotional and much more bombastically impressive, has better set pieces, but for me it's not exactly "better".

Both are all-time great action movies.

 

[Allforce]

T2 > T1 > T3 > Dark Fate > Salvation > Genisys

Lot of garbage in T3, Dark Fate, and Salvation but still enough memorable action to get a pass. Genisys is unwatchable.

T3 has some of the best action scenes in the series and the ending is super bleak which I loved. But Terminatrix was corny and took away from the entire movie.

Dark Fate actually did some clever things, Sarah is great in this, the action is brutal at times and they somehow got me to buy into the T800 Family Man enough to not hate it. This movie probably saved the franchise going forward strangely enough.

Salvation has a few good action scenes but mostly just remember Helena Bonham Carter's floating head as Skynet. I wanted this movie to be great but it's just a mess.

 

[Clear]

T1 and T2 are both 10/10. Arguing which one is better is a dumb ass waste of time, they are both perfect.

T3 is ok as a fanfic action comedy. Fun, but not canon.

Rest is trash to be ignored.

T2 isn't close to perfect though. Eddie Furlong was badly miscast for a start off.

 

[Denton]

T2 isn't close to perfect though. Eddie Furlong was badly miscast for a start off.

Utter nonsense, Furlong was perfectly cast.

 

[UnNamed]

Salvation is the worst of the bunch. But I still have to see Dark Fate.

I would say to anyone give Terminator 3 another chance. By today's awful action movies standards it's Citizen Kane.

After watching The Tomorrow War, I would say this is not an hyperbole.

 

[Come On Tars]

One and 2 are classics. And I have enjoyed all of them to an extent. But dark fate sucked ass.