# Why are Terminators built to be anatomically correct? (Silly answers preferred but not required.) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 6, 2015, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-terminators-built-to-be-anatomically-correct-silly-answers-preferred-but-not-required/709159 "2015-01-06T20:38:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2015, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-terminators-built-to-be-anatomically-correct-silly-answers-preferred-but-not-required/709159/81 "2015-01-10T18:45:27Z")
The obvious answer and the one lightly touched on by another poster was that the actors may be much more willing to show their junk than have it whacked off … I mean, removed. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2015, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-terminators-built-to-be-anatomically-correct-silly-answers-preferred-but-not-required/709159/82 "2015-01-10T19:35:55Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > You are taking this way too seriously. I suspect you don’ have enough banana splits in your diet. > Studies show that insufficient banana split consumption leads to degeneration of the facetiousness lobe of the minor paramecium. Please, for your own sake, get to the nearest Dairy Queen as fast as you can. > > I’ll be praying for you. Doesn’t Athena have a soft spot for the hyperserious? She never seemed like the joking type to me. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2015, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-terminators-built-to-be-anatomically-correct-silly-answers-preferred-but-not-required/709159/83 "2015-01-10T21:02:33Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Doesn’t Athena have a soft spot for the hyperserious? She never seemed like the joking type to me. Athena INVENTED humor. But she also invented the right cross, so don’t test Her. ---
**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:** [January 12, 2015, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-terminators-built-to-be-anatomically-correct-silly-answers-preferred-but-not-required/709159/84 "2015-01-12T00:44:49Z")
Personally, I thought the second one was seriously flawed, and that the third one was the movie the second one should have been… but I’ve been informed that this is a seriously minority position. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-terminators-built-to-be-anatomically-correct-silly-answers-preferred-but-not-required/709159/85 "2015-01-12T01:06:42Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Personally, I thought the second one was seriously flawed, and that the third one was the movie the second one should have been… but I’ve been informed that this is a seriously minority position. Oh, it’s entirely possible that my higher opinion of T2 than T1 stems from my watching the former first and having never seen the original on the big screen; to me, T2 is the standard, not the variation. I’ll freely admit that you guys may have a more informed opinion than I. Ah well. Can’t change history. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-terminators-built-to-be-anatomically-correct-silly-answers-preferred-but-not-required/709159/86 "2015-01-12T12:48:28Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > Athena INVENTED humor. But she also invented the right cross, so don’t test Her. Which one, though ? I mean, Athena Leitis is a’ight by me, Athena Polias is a class dame and you should listen to what Athena Ambulia has to say ; but Athena Areia is a right cunt and you can tell her I said so. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-terminators-built-to-be-anatomically-correct-silly-answers-preferred-but-not-required/709159/87 "2015-01-12T14:40:11Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > Oh, it’s entirely possible that my higher opinion of T2 than T1 stems from my watching the former first and having never seen the original on the big screen; to me, T2 is the standard, not the variation. I’ll freely admit that you guys may have a more informed opinion than I. Nah, the fandom is pretty squarely split down the middle. Some prefer T1, some prefer T2. There’s no wrong answer to that question. ---
**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:** [January 12, 2015, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-terminators-built-to-be-anatomically-correct-silly-answers-preferred-but-not-required/709159/88 "2015-01-12T16:41:07Z")
Yeah, what makes my opinion a minority one is not that I prefer T1 to T2 (plenty of folks do), but that I also prefer T3 to T2 (I haven’t found anyone who agrees). ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-terminators-built-to-be-anatomically-correct-silly-answers-preferred-but-not-required/709159/89 "2015-01-12T17:35:54Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Yeah, what makes my opinion a minority one is not that I prefer T1 to T2 (plenty of folks do), but that I also prefer T3 to T2 (I haven’t found anyone who agrees). T3 does have a greater number of hot chicks. ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-terminators-built-to-be-anatomically-correct-silly-answers-preferred-but-not-required/709159/90 "2015-01-12T18:18:04Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Yeah, what makes my opinion a minority one is not that I prefer T1 to T2 (plenty of folks do), but that I also prefer T3 to T2 (I haven’t found anyone who agrees). I’ll admit it makes more sense, how on earth can judgement day be prevented if John’s father has to be sent back to FATHER him? I guess it all depends on how you feel about time travel. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-terminators-built-to-be-anatomically-correct-silly-answers-preferred-but-not-required/709159/91 "2015-01-12T19:22:02Z")
> [@grude](#): > > I’ll admit it makes more sense, how on earth can judgement day be prevented if John’s father has to be sent back to FATHER him? The future becomes the past. Which is what it looks like Genisys (T5) is doing. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2015, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-terminators-built-to-be-anatomically-correct-silly-answers-preferred-but-not-required/709159/92 "2015-01-13T03:49:32Z")
> [@grude](#): > > I’ll admit it makes more sense, how on earth can judgement day be prevented if John’s father has to be sent back to FATHER him? > > I guess it all depends on how you feel about time travel. Timey wimey wibbly wobbly. In an earlier cut of T2, judgement day was totally prevented, not just delayed until the sequel. You see really old Sarah Conner playing with her granddaughter. But Cameron rethought things and didn’t like how it made the future “set” and undid the whole “no fate” theme he’d given the movie. I doubt the studio forced him to change it, either, as the directors cut doesn’t have that scene in it, you have to watch the special extended edition for that. So at least from Cameron’s perspective as he made the movie, time travel can change the future. ---
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-terminators-built-to-be-anatomically-correct-silly-answers-preferred-but-not-required/709159/93 "2015-01-14T04:40:57Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > Timey wimey wibbly wobbly. > > In an earlier cut of T2, judgement day was totally prevented, not just delayed until the sequel. You see really old Sarah Conner playing with her granddaughter. But Cameron rethought things and didn’t like how it made the future “set” and undid the whole “no fate” theme he’d given the movie. I doubt the studio forced him to change it, either, as the directors cut doesn’t have that scene in it, you have to watch the special extended edition for that. > > So at least from Cameron’s perspective as he made the movie, time travel can change the future. It was a combination of both. Initial test audiences unanimously loved T2 but also unanimously hated the sappy, tacked-on, happy ending (Linda Hamilton’s terrible age makeup didn’t help). Cameron really wanted to wrap things up neatly with the second film and so he wanted that ending, but the studio refused (both cause it was bad and to leave things open for another sequel). Cameron relented, but the ambiguous ending dovetailing with the whole ‘no fate’ theme was simply him making lemonade with the studio’s lemons. He really, really, _ **really** _ likes to get his own way! ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2015, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-terminators-built-to-be-anatomically-correct-silly-answers-preferred-but-not-required/709159/94 "2015-01-18T14:19:44Z")
Ran across this on another board while this topic is “raging” here. What are the odds? (Semi-NSFW but only if your boss is a real tool.) [http://robotjohnson.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/09promo2.jpg](http://robotjohnson.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/09promo2.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Rodgers01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2015, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-terminators-built-to-be-anatomically-correct-silly-answers-preferred-but-not-required/709159/95 "2015-01-18T18:12:32Z")
> [@Hail\_Ants](#): > > As an average homophobic hetero guy I’ll just say that: Being that he’s completely flaccid in those shots and still fairly ‘ample’, I’d say that my original opinion is incorrect. \*\*\*He has an enormous schvensticker! 😃 > > * * * Here’s a more puzzling question: unless mine eyes deceive me, Arnold is circumcised. Wouldn’t that be extremely unusual for an Austrian man born into a Christian family two years after WWII ended? His father was a Nazi, for god’s sake! I’ve seen at least two WWII movies where the discovery that a man was circumcised was a dead giveaway that he was Jewish. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2015, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-terminators-built-to-be-anatomically-correct-silly-answers-preferred-but-not-required/709159/96 "2015-01-19T00:22:02Z")
Well, for all we know he might have needed a circ to correct a medical problem later on, rather than getting it as a routine infant procedure. It happens. ---
**Author:** ![stui\_magpie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stui_magpie/32/11010_2.png) [@stui\_magpie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stui_magpie)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2015, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-terminators-built-to-be-anatomically-correct-silly-answers-preferred-but-not-required/709159/97 "2015-01-19T02:29:41Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > Oh, it’s entirely possible that my higher opinion of T2 than T1 stems from my watching the former first and having never seen the original on the big screen; to me, T2 is the standard, not the variation. I’ll freely admit that you guys may have a more informed opinion than I. > > **Ah well. Can’t change history.** Can’t? What happened to your time machine? 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-terminators-built-to-be-anatomically-correct-silly-answers-preferred-but-not-required/709159.md?page=4)