# I watched The Terminator last night **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 23, 2010, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-watched-the-terminator-last-night/540486 "2010-05-23T18:28:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-watched-the-terminator-last-night/540486/1 "2010-05-23T18:28:58Z")
I had high expectations for it. I had heard a lot of good things about it, and I love Arnold. So I expected a great action movie with time travel. But then I watched it and it was even better than I expected. I can not say enough about how much I like this movie. sehr cool, will definitely watch again. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-watched-the-terminator-last-night/540486/2 "2010-05-23T18:31:13Z")
So… You’ll be back (to watch it again)? ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-watched-the-terminator-last-night/540486/3 "2010-05-23T18:35:11Z")
har dee har har ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-watched-the-terminator-last-night/540486/4 "2010-05-23T18:51:43Z")
For a low budget early 80’s action movie, it holds up pretty well (even the cheesy soundtrack). ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-watched-the-terminator-last-night/540486/5 "2010-05-23T18:53:22Z")
Have you seen Terminator 2? It’s great as well. ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-watched-the-terminator-last-night/540486/6 "2010-05-23T18:54:49Z")
No but I am gonna see Terminator 2 soon ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-watched-the-terminator-last-night/540486/7 "2010-05-23T19:02:31Z")
And you should probably stop there. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-watched-the-terminator-last-night/540486/8 "2010-05-23T19:04:25Z")
The film was made on a tiny budget, even for 1984, and once you see Terminator 2, I think you’ll see what a bigger budget allows. Both of these films are excellent. And I’d also recommend Aliens as well, as it’s another excellent SF film by James Cameron. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-watched-the-terminator-last-night/540486/9 "2010-05-23T19:56:08Z")
Just skip over T2 and go straight to the third one. Terminator 3 is what Terminator 2 should have been. Although I seem to be in the minority with this opinion. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Barchetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-watched-the-terminator-last-night/540486/10 "2010-05-23T20:07:23Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Just skip over T2 and go straight to the third one. Terminator 3 is what Terminator 2 should have been. > > Although I seem to be in the minority with this opinion. /the only one with that opinion. 😛 (but seriously, don’t skip T2–it’s a bloody fantastic film). ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-watched-the-terminator-last-night/540486/11 "2010-05-23T20:08:44Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Although I seem to be in the minority with this opinion. I’ve had T3 on my shelf for years, but I’ve only watched it once. Since I haven’t seen it since I bought it, I don’t remember all that much about it. But I’m left with the impression that it didn’t suck. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-watched-the-terminator-last-night/540486/12 "2010-05-23T20:11:52Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Just skip over T2 and go straight to the third one. Terminator 3 is what Terminator 2 should have been. > > Although I seem to be in the minority with this opinion. I like both, actually. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-watched-the-terminator-last-night/540486/13 "2010-05-23T21:01:15Z")
Watch T2 and _then_ stop. T2 is what T1 should have been. ---
**Author:** ![Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/278dde/32.png) [@Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Runs_With_Scissors)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-watched-the-terminator-last-night/540486/14 "2010-05-23T21:08:59Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Have you seen Terminator 2? > > It’s great as well. I just saw this for the tenth time, but for the first time on Blu Ray. I LOVE this movie. I have no problem turning my suspension of disbelief up to 11 for this movie. Perfect role for Mr. Wooden Actor, too. If I had a bazillion dollars I’d pay James Cameron to make an alternate ending where Sarah Connor gets blown away at the end…I can’t stand her character 🙂 The Blu Ray disc skipped at my second-favorite line in the movie: “Come with me iff you vant to liff.” My favorite line is, “I need your clothes, your boots, and your motorcycle.” “Heh, heh, heh…you forgot to say please!” ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-watched-the-terminator-last-night/540486/15 "2010-05-23T21:23:05Z")
> [@Runs\_With\_Scissors](#): > > My favorite line is, “I need your clothes, your boots, and your motorcycle.” “Heh, heh, heh…you forgot to say please!” I remember a contemporary interview with Schwarzenegger, either on Leno or Letterman, and they showed that clip. Arnold: I really hate it when people put out cigars on my chest. It’s very rude. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-watched-the-terminator-last-night/540486/16 "2010-05-23T21:24:31Z")
> [@Runs\_With\_Scissors](#): > > I just saw this for the tenth time, but for the first time on Blu Ray. I LOVE this movie. I have no problem turning my suspension of disbelief up to 11 for this movie. Perfect role for Mr. Wooden Actor, too. > > If I had a bazillion dollars I’d pay James Cameron to make an alternate ending where Sarah Connor gets blown away at the end…I can’t stand her character 🙂 > > The Blu Ray disc skipped at my second-favorite line in the movie: “Come with me iff you vant to liff.” My favorite line is, “I need your clothes, your boots, and your motorcycle.” “Heh, heh, heh…you forgot to say please!” Are you kidding me? I love Sarah Conner in T2. A badass female character who doesn’t absolutely have to have a romance. I mean, when she’s all dressed up in commando gear and shit? She looks fucking awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-watched-the-terminator-last-night/540486/17 "2010-05-23T21:28:13Z")
Did they darken Arnold’s crotch for the DVD release? Not that I have any interest in penises, but ISTR the shot being more explicit on the big screen. ---
**Author:** ![koufax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7ea924/32.png) [@koufax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koufax)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-watched-the-terminator-last-night/540486/18 "2010-05-23T21:32:58Z")
> [@PSXer](#): > > I had high expectations for it. I had heard a lot of good things about it, and I love Arnold. So I expected a great action movie with time travel. But then I watched it and it was even better than I expected. I can not say enough about how much I like this movie. sehr cool, will definitely watch again. Correct me if I am wrong, but is this the one where they have the technology to send a human back from the future, but they couldn’t go thru public records beforehand (where I am sure their computers were far more advanced to what we even have today) and find the correct mother of the bad guy so Arnold looks in a phone book and goes to a house, rings the bell and shoots some poor innocent woman to death WHILE HER CHILD IS WATCHING because she might be the woman he is looking for? I have hated that egotistical untalented asshole Arnold ever since I saw that disgusting scene and now he has helped fuck up our state because he thought it would be fun to be governor. Is that the movie or am I mistaken? ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-watched-the-terminator-last-night/540486/19 "2010-05-23T21:35:39Z")
> [@koufax](#): > > Correct me if I am wrong, but is this the one where they have the technology to send a human back from the future, but they couldn’t go thru public records beforehand (where I am sure their computers were far more advanced to what we even have today) and find the correct mother of the bad guy so Arnold looks in a phone book and goes to a house, rings the bell and shoots some poor innocent woman to death WHILE HER CHILD IS WATCHING because she might be the woman he is looking for? > > I have hated that egotistical untalented asshole Arnold ever since I saw that disgusting scene Are you serious? I laughed reading this. Also: Don’t watch _Revenge of the Sith_. ---
**Author:** ![2ply](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/b2d939/32.png) [@2ply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2ply)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-watched-the-terminator-last-night/540486/20 "2010-05-23T21:35:48Z")
> [@koufax](#): > > Correct me if I am wrong, but is this the one where they have the technology to send a human back from the future, but they couldn’t go thru public records beforehand (where I am sure their computers were far more advanced to what we even have today) and find the correct mother of the bad guy so Arnold looks in a phone book and goes to a house, rings the bell and shoots some poor innocent woman to death WHILE HER CHILD IS WATCHING because she might be the woman he is looking for? That seen KICKED ASS! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-watched-the-terminator-last-night/540486.md?page=2)