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Post by andrew8798 on Feb 9, 2013 22:55:30 GMT -5
Thanks to how great the sequel was you don't really hear a lot of people talk about the first one. You could make a case it's underrated these days. If I had to rate the series it would be
2 1 3 4
Also I do think there is a lot of good stuff with the third one
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Post by Push R Truth on Feb 9, 2013 22:58:05 GMT -5
The first one felt more hopeless and was more like a horror movie.
I love them both for their different qualities.
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Post by BorneAgain on Feb 9, 2013 22:58:34 GMT -5
I'd actually rate the first above the second as it works so brilliantly as a sci-fi horror film, that it just barely edges out the second working as a sci-fi action movie. I typically go
1 2 4 3
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Post by TK The Friendly Robot on Feb 9, 2013 23:06:59 GMT -5
I don't really count the fourth one because of the whole no Arnie and more than too much Christian Bale. I would rank them;
2 1 3
However I feel like the gap between 2 and 1 is just millimeters as they are both amazing films in their own rights. The third one really isn't THAT distant but it's still aways away from 2 and 1.
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Post by Yami Daimao on Feb 9, 2013 23:08:34 GMT -5
I'd actually rate the first above the second as it works so brilliantly as a sci-fi horror film, that it just barely edges out the second working as a sci-fi action movie. Exactly this. The second one is amazing on its own and is an absolute classic, but there was something very dark and grim about the first one that edges out the second one by a margin. Plus, it was made in the '80s, and I have this strange love for '80s films.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2013 23:12:04 GMT -5
I prefer it to two. I love how they portray Reese early on, where Sarah Conner thinks he's the one after her for a brief period of time. I find the idea that Reese has to convince her about events that are going to happen in her life more interesting than the actual conflict with the T-800.
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Post by agent817 on Feb 9, 2013 23:30:05 GMT -5
I liked the original Terminator movie for what it was and it wasn't too common to see Arnie playing a villain during that era, but that's mostly because he was known for playing Conan and then Commando after The Terminator. The original film worked mostly as a sci-fi horror flick and was mostly a thriller because Reese and Sarah were fleeing from the terminator but they had to fight back.
I still have not seen Terminator 3. Is it any good? As for Salvation, I like how they set it during the era when Skynet took over and the resistance group was fighting back and trying to save mankind from Skynet, but I will be honest, I don't remember a lot of the movie except for the Arnold lookalike.
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Post by Friday Night SmackOwn on Feb 10, 2013 0:08:33 GMT -5
The first one had a really interesting character arc where we see Sarah grow from a distressed damsel trying to avoid getting killed by a cybernetic killing machine to this pseudo-badass character by the end of the film.
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Post by Bishblast on Feb 10, 2013 0:23:10 GMT -5
I liked the first one more than the second one, but the second one is great, too... it's almost the exact way that I look at Alien and Aliens.
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Post by The OP on Feb 10, 2013 0:56:30 GMT -5
I like the first one, but there's something uniquely special about T2. I don't know what it is, but even my mom loved it and wanted to watch it twice and she hates movies like that, you know? It was just that good. I think the fact that they had the first one to build on helped a lot too though, so either way you gotta see the first one.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2013 1:09:47 GMT -5
I think T2 was probably more entertaining overall, but T1 was the better film.
Cameron got REALLY sloppy with the dialogue and stuff in the second one.
"I know now why you cry," said the Terminator. blech.
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Feb 10, 2013 6:32:21 GMT -5
2 1 3 4
I do wonder if Paul McCartney has gotten around to watching the first one yet.
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Post by Renslayer on Feb 10, 2013 20:26:12 GMT -5
I liked the original Terminator movie for what it was and it wasn't too common to see Arnie playing a villain during that era, but that's mostly because he was known for playing Conan and then Commando after The Terminator. The original film worked mostly as a sci-fi horror flick and was mostly a thriller because Reese and Sarah were fleeing from the terminator but they had to fight back. I still have not seen Terminator 3. Is it any good? As for Salvation, I like how they set it during the era when Skynet took over and the resistance group was fighting back and trying to save mankind from Skynet, but I will be honest, I don't remember a lot of the movie except for the Arnold lookalike. I don't think 3 was bad at all. Sure it sucked that John Connor was a bit of a loser, but it was solid imo. The ending was amazing though
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Post by Celgress on Feb 10, 2013 20:34:10 GMT -5
The first one felt more hopeless and was more like a horror movie. I love them both for their different qualities. agreed, on both counts
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Post by Celgress on Feb 10, 2013 20:35:13 GMT -5
I rank the series (in the same order as the Alien films):
2 1 3 4
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Post by Sephiroth on Feb 10, 2013 21:00:47 GMT -5
Some favorite facts: Cameron was inspired to create The Terminator by a nightmare he had when he was sick. The morning after he sketched a picture of a robot skeleton-torso crawling across the ground with a pair of knives. Arnold didn't want to play the Terminator itself originally-he wanted to be the hero, Reese, because the hero had more lines and camera time. During Reese's nightmare where he remembers being attacked by a terminator in his own time, the terminator was played by Arnold's longtime bodybuilding chum Franco Columbo. The sound the T 1000 makes when it moves through the bars was made by a can of dog food.
And on a personal note, that scene from the second one of Linda Hamilton doing pull ups-DAY-YUM, dose arms!
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Post by Evilution E5150 on Feb 10, 2013 21:02:16 GMT -5
2 1 3 4 I do wonder if Paul McCartney has gotten around to watching the first one yet. that was awesome
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Post by Mac on Feb 10, 2013 21:20:44 GMT -5
2 was a better movie IMO. It was a great action flick and one of the first films in my life I identify with as a "must see blockbuster". And it didn't diasppoint. The first one was darker, and a horror movie with a villain that seemed indestructble. It was great I just think T2 is a better movie.
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Post by JIMBOB on Feb 10, 2013 22:18:08 GMT -5
Bought this on Bluray recently. This thread helped me decide to watch it again. Thanks.
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Post by Evilution E5150 on Feb 10, 2013 22:24:24 GMT -5
i still stand by that 4 was much much much better than 3
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