The Terminator (Discussion for all films in the series)

**turtlex** · 06-12-2009 02:38 AM

FYI : Kristanna Loken is a scheduled guest next weekend at Wizard World Philadelphia.

Wizard World Philadelphia is - June 19th through 21st.

http://www.wizardworld.com/home-pa.html

It's usually one of the bigger cons around.

In general comic and sci-fi related guests - the list is actually pretty impressive : Garth Ennis, Ray Park, Yancy Butler, Emma Caulfield, Ted Raimi, Marina Sirtis, and Kristanna Loken.

**candy** · 08-07-2010 12:51 AM

i am having a terminator weekend (managed to get all 4 films for £6!!!)
last night i watched the original Terminator, in one way i wished i hadn't, i remember watching this at least 10 years ago and it felt really fresh and i thought the FX where amazing. Now sadly in looks really dated and when the

Spoiler:

However, after saying all that - the story itself was still just as phenominal as ever and i loved it. the theme music (do do do do odo,bong, do do do do

) gave me goos bumps and i fell in love with Kyle Reece all over again

And what cool lines that man had, possibley when you put them all together the coolest lines in a movie EVER!!!!

That ols chestnut 'Come with me if you want to live' -
'i came across time for you sarah'
' terminator is out there. It can't be bargained with. It can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not sto...p, ever, until you are dead.'

loved it.

tonight is T2 and T3, followed by salvation tomorrow (and a little more christian bale

)

**DoctorDodge** · 08-07-2010 06:07 AM

The only Terminator film I've yet to watch is Salvation. I loved the first two movies, and I even loved 3 the first time I saw it on the big screen with a BOOMING surround sound system. On 2nd viewing, though? Really not that great, especially when compared to the awesomeness of 1 and 2. Awesome theme you've currently got, btw!

**candy** · 08-08-2010 01:28 AM

I watched the 2nd one last night. I never really rated it as much as much the others, but could never put my finger on it.

Well i did last night, - the car chases. The faffing about with stuff that didn't need to be in. One car chase alone took up 15 minutes of film time!!! come on.

I was supposed to watch T3 last night too, but with all the fannying about with the car chases etc the film was on for nearly 3 hours (extend that for loo times and snack times

)

But. after sayin that, once you take the elongated chases out its a pretty good film. Adding to the mythology of the Terminator, with John gaining survival skills, and learnin more and more about the terminators. Also what happened to Sarah after the first film, many films end with the hero/heroine defeating the bad guy, but you never find out what happened to them afterwards and what the long term effects where. Thats one of the things i liked about this was that they did show the long term effects of having your life smashed to pieces by a machine from the future

One of the things that struck me was
Low men and T2 spoiler

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I am now lookin forward to watching T3 tonight, as i enjoyed this one first time around and want to know if its just as enjoyable tonight.

'i'll be back'

(god, i am witty

)

**DoctorDodge** · 08-08-2010 04:57 AM

My thoughts on Terminator 2 can be summed up by Simon Pegg in Spaced (and ending spoilers for T2, for those that haven't seen it):

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I can never resist quoting Spaced! Seriously though, I think that T2 is one of those rare kind of action films that made a huge impact on the genre, even more so than the first one. With the effects involved in making the T-1000, although perhaps basic when considered today, Cameron really showed that CGI could be used as a great way of telling a great, mature story, even in an action film. Perhaps, with all the blockbusters these days that focus on nothing but CGI he was perhaps a little too successful in that regard.

Still, with a great story, great action, and some awesome acting from the cast (including Edward Furlong, who probably played one of the few 12 year olds in science fiction history who wasn't annoying!), this is, for me, one of those rare few sequels to classic films where it's actually better than the original!

**mae** · 09-20-2017 01:48 PM

**Still Servant** · 09-20-2017 03:17 PM

I'm surprised we didn't dig this thread up for the huge pile of shit that is Terminator Genesis. I refuse to spell it the way they spelled it for the film.

**webstar1000** · 09-20-2017 04:32 PM

James and Linda back on board? Finally we may be onto something here....

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**ur2ndbiggestfan** · 09-20-2017 05:04 PM

I loved TERMINATOR GENISYS, and all the other TERMINATOR films. Just sayin'.

**Still Servant** · 09-21-2017 03:39 PM

Originally Posted by ur2ndbiggestfan

I loved TERMINATOR GENISYS, and all the other TERMINATOR films. Just sayin'.

You like turning John Connor, the literal face of the resistance, into some villainous abomination?

**webstar1000** · 09-21-2017 04:08 PM

It was a cool premise that was poorly executed. Could have been so much better. John should never have been a bad guy or played by that shitty actor.

**Brian861** · 09-21-2017 05:40 PM

Originally Posted by Still Servant

Originally Posted by ur2ndbiggestfan

I loved TERMINATOR GENISYS, and all the other TERMINATOR films. Just sayin'.

You like turning John Connor, the literal face of the resistance, into some villainous abomination?

I have yet to see it but I hear it's pretty bad. T2 is by far the best in the series. It'll be interesting to see where T6 takes us.

**Still Servant** · 09-22-2017 05:10 PM

Originally Posted by webstar1000

It was a cool premise that was poorly executed. Could have been so much better. John should never have been a bad guy or played by that shitty actor.

Agreed. At least about the bad guy part, not the part about Jason Clarke being a shitty actor. I've seen him turn in good work in films like Zero Dark Thirty, Everest, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and even Lawless. Sometimes you have to blame the material.

**Brian861** · 09-22-2017 10:58 PM

Originally Posted by Still Servant

Originally Posted by webstar1000

It was a cool premise that was poorly executed. Could have been so much better. John should never have been a bad guy or played by that shitty actor.

Agreed. At least about the bad guy part, not the part about Jason Clarke being a shitty actor. I've seen him turn in good work in films like Zero Dark Thirty, Everest, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and even Lawless. Sometimes you have to blame the material.

Haven't seen his role in T5 of course, but I agree, he isn't a bad actor.

**webstar1000** · 09-23-2017 04:14 PM

Shouldn't have said bad actor... just not what I wanted John Connor to be like/look like.

**Brian861** · 09-23-2017 04:29 PM

Originally Posted by webstar1000

Shouldn't have said bad actor... just not what I wanted John Connor to be like/look like.

How did you feel about Nick Stahl as John, Kris in T3? I always liked him as an actor but I guess he's pretty much fallen off the face of the earth these days.

**webstar1000** · 09-23-2017 04:31 PM

You know the issue? I always have the pic of the guy in my head they show briefly in the 2nd one (I think). But I didn't mind Nick... Furlong was the best

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**Brian861** · 09-23-2017 04:35 PM

Originally Posted by webstar1000

You know the issue? I always have the pic of the guy in my head they show briefly in the 2nd one (I think). But I didn't mind Nick... Furlong was the best

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Furlong as teenage John no doubt! Yea, I can't remember if we got a shot of John in T1 or not. And I just watched it again the other day! lol.

**webstar1000** · 09-23-2017 04:36 PM

Originally Posted by Brian861

Originally Posted by webstar1000

You know the issue? I always have the pic of the guy in my head they show briefly in the 2nd one (I think). But I didn't mind Nick... Furlong was the best

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Furlong as teenage John no doubt! Yea, I can't remember if we got a shot of John in T1 or not. And I just watched it again the other day! lol.

I can't remember either. I thought it was a shot in the start of the second one.

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**Brian861** · 09-24-2017 03:20 AM

Originally Posted by webstar1000

Originally Posted by Brian861

Originally Posted by webstar1000

You know the issue? I always have the pic of the guy in my head they show briefly in the 2nd one (I think). But I didn't mind Nick... Furlong was the best

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Furlong as teenage John no doubt! Yea, I can't remember if we got a shot of John in T1 or not. And I just watched it again the other day! lol.

I can't remember either. I thought it was a shot in the start of the second one.

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There probably was. Been awhile since I've seen that one too. I thought we got a glimpse of John while Reese was telling Sarah about the future. I guess Christian Bale did ok in T4. For what it was....