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Ranking the Terminator films (or: The Terminator or Judgment Day) — Page 2

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And I think the Blu has all three variants.

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So does anyone know how to get a good copy of T2 3D: Battle Across Time?

Not enough people read the EU.

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I only watched the first two when I was kid. I don’t remember that much but I think I liked the second one more.

真実

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T1- Arnold is more badass as a villain IMO
T2- Epic sequel with epic effects
T3- Felt a little short but ehh it was ok
TG- Havent seen it but Arnolds return, for better or worse, is enough for me rank it over TS
TS- Saw it once on TV and ehh didnt grab me much. The concept of having a main character who later discovers hes a machine but not Terminator for me was confusing. CGI Arnold was fake a hell

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The Aluminum Falcon said:

Terminator Genisys (2015)- 7/10- I still maintain that, while this movie is far from perfect, it is the only remotely worthy followup to the first two. Underneath the lackluster direction is a clear understanding, from a writing point of view, of the universe that James Cameron set up.

There are so many things wrong with that sentence I won’t even bother.

Not enough people read the EU.

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Of all the ranking threads, I must have missed this one. I guess I’ll add my rankings.

  1. The Terminator - Everyone already knows that this is the best film, and everyone knows why.

  2. Terminator 2: Judgement Day - Almost a perfect sequel.

Everything else should never have happened, because that was literally the plot of T2.

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Dek Rollins said:

Of all the ranking threads, I must have missed this one. I guess I’ll add my rankings.

  1. The Terminator - Everyone already knows that this is the best film

Oh ok.

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  1. Judgement Day - 5
  2. The Terminator - 5
  3. Genisys - 3
  4. Rise of the Machines - 3
  5. Salvation - No
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Dek Rollins said:

  1. The Terminator - Everyone already knows that this is the best film, and everyone knows why.

By “everyone” you must mean no more than half, because this forum is the first place I have seen so many people who like the first better than T2.

I have not seen a single Terminator film. I plan on seeing Terminator Exodys when it comes out in theatres, and then watching them in reverse order.

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moviefreakedmind said:

I have not seen a single Terminator film. I plan on seeing Terminator Exodys when it comes out in theatres, and then watching them in reverse order.

That would be like watching TPM first…or would it be like watching TFA first? Or ANH? Argh. Regardless, don’t do that. Watch the first one, then watch this one, then watch this one, then watch one of these, then do whatever you like from there.

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That’s interesting. Why do you recommend the fan edit of T2 instead of the original?

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It gets rid of some of Arnold’s silly moments like jive talk, “no problemo,” “hasta la vista,” and “I need a vacation.” No more thumbs up. And I love the removal of the Bad to the Bone song in favor of traditional Terminator music.

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No thumbs up? But…but…that is the best thing ever!

Not enough people read the EU.

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moviefreakedmind said:

Dek Rollins said:

  1. The Terminator - Everyone already knows that this is the best film, and everyone knows why.

By “everyone” you must mean no more than half, because this forum is the first place I have seen so many people who like the first better than T2.

It was a generalization made on the basis that most posts I’ve seen here say that it’s the best.

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THE WAYS OF HIS HEART ARE MUCH LIKE THE SUN. SONIC RUNS AND RESTS; THE SUN RISES AND SETS.
DON’T GIVE UP ON THE SUN. DON’T MAKE THE SUN LAUGH AT YOU.

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TV’s Frink said:

It gets rid of some of Arnold’s silly moments like jive talk, “no problemo,” “hasta la vista,” and “I need a vacation.” No more thumbs up. And I love the removal of the Bad to the Bone song in favor of traditional Terminator music.

Though I understand cutting “I need a vacation” and Bad to the Bone, the rest of the “silly” stuff that you don’t like is stuff that I have “no problemo” with 😉. In fact, I wouldn’t like it to be gone, because it allows John to be developed as a 10 year old punk kid. It’s 1990-1991 (1994-1995 in film), so that kind of stuff is cool with the kids, and he has this robot protector guy now, so he’s teaching his pet robot how to be hip. Nothing wrong with that. Cheesy can fit the picture as long as it’s done right, and I think it was in T2. And like I said, I’m not sure if Bad to the Bone should stay, but I’m curious what the scene is like with whatever the replacement track is. Anyway, I think that the Extended Addition is the way to go with T2, but some subtle edits added to that (like removing BttB) could be nice.

Army of Darkness: The Medieval Deadit | The Terminator - Color Regrade | The Wrong Trousers - Audio Preservation
SONIC RACES THROUGH THE GREEN FIELDS.
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THE WAYS OF HIS HEART ARE MUCH LIKE THE SUN. SONIC RUNS AND RESTS; THE SUN RISES AND SETS.
DON’T GIVE UP ON THE SUN. DON’T MAKE THE SUN LAUGH AT YOU.

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Dek Rollins said:

In fact, I wouldn’t like it to be gone, because it allows John to be developed as a 10 year old punk kid.

As I said in the Indy thread, annoyance on purpose is still annoying.

At any rate, it’s a fanedit, so YMMV.

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Dek Rollins said:

moviefreakedmind said:

Dek Rollins said:

  1. The Terminator - Everyone already knows that this is the best film, and everyone knows why.

By “everyone” you must mean no more than half, because this forum is the first place I have seen so many people who like the first better than T2.

It was a generalization made on the basis that most posts I’ve seen here say that it’s the best.

You probably should have said that then.

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When someone uses a statement that’s an obvious generalization, you should take it with a grain of salt.

Army of Darkness: The Medieval Deadit | The Terminator - Color Regrade | The Wrong Trousers - Audio Preservation
SONIC RACES THROUGH THE GREEN FIELDS.
THE SUN RACES THROUGH A BLUE SKY FILLED WITH WHITE CLOUDS.
THE WAYS OF HIS HEART ARE MUCH LIKE THE SUN. SONIC RUNS AND RESTS; THE SUN RISES AND SETS.
DON’T GIVE UP ON THE SUN. DON’T MAKE THE SUN LAUGH AT YOU.

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TV’s Frink said:

At any rate, it’s a fanedit, so YMMV.

It’s not the mileage, it’s the years… er… wait…

Army of Darkness: The Medieval Deadit | The Terminator - Color Regrade | The Wrong Trousers - Audio Preservation
SONIC RACES THROUGH THE GREEN FIELDS.
THE SUN RACES THROUGH A BLUE SKY FILLED WITH WHITE CLOUDS.
THE WAYS OF HIS HEART ARE MUCH LIKE THE SUN. SONIC RUNS AND RESTS; THE SUN RISES AND SETS.
DON’T GIVE UP ON THE SUN. DON’T MAKE THE SUN LAUGH AT YOU.

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Dek Rollins said:

When someone uses a statement that’s an obvious generalization, you should take it with a grain of salt.

When someone on the internet uses a sweeping generalization, especially someone whom I often disagree with, there’s no reason to assume it’s obviously salt-grain-worthy.