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The Terminator


The Terminator
Directed By: James Cameron





Plot - A cyborg assassin called "The Terminator" is sent back through time to 1984 to kill the seemingly innocent Sarah Connor-a woman whose unborn son will lead the human race to victory in a bitter future war with a race of machines. If the Terminator succeeds, mankind is doomed. Sarah's only hope is a soldier from that post-apocalyptic war, who has chased the Terminator back through time. The future of the human race depends on which one finds her first.

Triva:
O.J. Simpson was considered for the Terminator, but the producers feared he was "too nice" to be taken seriously as a cold-blooded killer. In 1990 (before Simpson's first trial) Dark Horse Comics printed issues using his likeness.
The Terminator is where this movie franchise all kicked of, we have had tv shows, computer games, movie merchandise, and sequels all come along over the years - but The Terminator is where it all begin. For me this movie is by far the strongest in the series, I know alot of people prefer T2 but Ime a big fan of the original and nothing comes close. Ime not saying T2 is a bad movie, I think it's a fantastic movie but there are just things I like alot better about the original film.

. I like the darker tone

. This movie stars Michael Biehn

. I prefer Arnold as the villain

. Linda Hamilton looks do-able in this movie, in T2 she lookes like a beefed up steroid user who would put me in a choke hold.

. This movie doesn't star Edward Furlong.

. Edward Furlong isn't on my screen screaming his annoying ass off in every scene.

Terminator is a movie icon, it's a movie that will no doubt get a re-boot sometime soon, and it will doubt kill the franchise of even more. Some movies are better of left alone, T2 worked as a sequel but everything after that just dragged The series down, none more so than terminator 3 (terrible). Termination Salvation tryed to take the movie in a different direction, it changed the format and although it wasn't terrible it still wasn't good either.

This movie will always have a place in my favourite movies collection, it's a movie I enjoy watching and although it's a little dated now its still a fantastic movie. Great cast, great story and one of the best movie soundtracks out there make this a movie for everyone ( my mum even like this movie)..