Nov 15, 2019
To coincide with the release of the latest Terminator
movie, we decided to go back to where it all began - James
Cameron's 1984 classic The Terminator.
Given how elaborate and grandiose this franchise became, it's easy
to forget just how lean and mean this original film is. It actually
has more in common with Halloween than it does with the
subsequent installments. Cameron was definitely borrowing some
moves from John Carpenter's playbook, but also putting a brand new
spin on a lot of familiar elements. The result is A+ execution of a
B-movie premise.
Topics include: Arnold Schwarzenegger originally being offered the
role of Reese, the studio's first choice for the role of The
Terminator, how incredibly this story unfolds and trying to imagine
seeing it for the first time with no pre-existing knowledge of any
Terminator movies, structural similarities to T2, what the
more recent sequels have gotten wrong about Sarah Connor, and much
more!
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