The Terminator BD Review thread

[Dr Kain]

Never really liked Terminator. The third movie on the other hand was awesome.

[tron3]

Originally Posted by Dr Kain

Never really liked Terminator. The third movie on the other hand was awesome.

Odd, T2 is one of my most favorite movies. As much as I wanted T3 to become my new fav, it didn't.

I been putting off buying 1 and 3. I want all three at once. I didn't see it on the link, is T3 the one coming out?

[haste]

I was very impressed by the PQ in this movie considering how old it is.
Definitely a must buy for Terminator fans!

Running on a PS3 on a 1080p Philips 42" LCD.

[HeavyHitter]

Terminator looks good for its age. I haven't watched them in a while, but I believe it shows more detail than T2. I do think Lionsgate might have dropped the ball on T2.

[caliminius]

Originally Posted by tron3

Odd, T2 is one of my most favorite movies. As much as I wanted T3 to become my new fav, it didn't.

I been putting off buying 1 and 3. I want all three at once. I didn't see it on the link, is T3 the one coming out?

T3 seemed like a waste to me although I did sort of like the bleak ending it painted as it was actually something of a surprise.

The version of T2 on Blu-Ray is only the theatrical cut, correct?

T2 is one of my favorite movies, but only the extended version. I thought the added scenes really helped the story and I have no desire to ever see the theatrical cut again. In all honesty, I want all 3 versions like the DVD version I own, with the option to see the extended cut with even more scenes and the "Future Coda" ending that would have ruled out a sequel.

Likewise, I'll never buy the theatrical cut of The Abyss since the director's cut actually makes the movie make sense.

[WickyWoo]

T2 is theatrical only

T3's ending was fantastic. All it says to me is "T4: Future War-yes we're finally doing the payoff you all wanted for 25 years"

[groovyone]

This thread confused the hell out of me. I thought there must be a reissue coming or something, and here I had just bought it!

I also loved the end of T3.

[ClaytonMG]

I loved the ending on T3. Beltrami's score was perfect for the ending.

[tron3]

Originally Posted by WickyWoo

T2 is theatrical only

T3's ending was fantastic. All it says to me is "T4: Future War"-yes we're finally doing the payoff you all wanted for 25 years"

I have been waiting for a "Future War" version of Terminator since forever! C'mon, that dirty gritty war with T-800's. No mercy. Most fun sci-fi war flick ever!

Technically, you could probably get 2 movies like that. The last one is where John Conner sends the T-800 back to 1984. Total of 5 movies. What do we call that, a septilogy?

[WriteSimply]

Originally Posted by tron3

Total of 5 movies. What do we call that, a septilogy?

Definitely not that. It all depends if you want to go Latin or Greek.

If you go Latin:
Five is a quintalogy. Six is sexalogy. Septalogy is seven, obviously. Octalogy is well eight. Nonology is nine. Decology is 10.

If you go Greek:
Five is a pentalogy. Six is hexalogy. Heptalogy is seven. Octalogy is eight. Enneology is nine. Decology is 10.


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[UlicBelouve]

I'm looking to pick up Terminator 1 and 2 today.

As for the "Future War" movie, I think they will cover a good deal of it in "The Sarah Conner Chronicles", slated for Jan 2008. There is indeed a leaked pilot out there, that I have seen. Looks good, and is FOX, so if it hits DVD, there may be a Blu-ray version of it as well.

But if the show doesn't get into the Future War stuff, it will certainly set a stage for it. And you get nifty T-800 goodness in the TV show also.

[halon]

Seriously, the first Terminator is not that good.

[tron3]

Originally Posted by den4blu

Seriously, the first Terminator is not that good.

In one of the Extra's on T2 (?) Arnold talks about how cheaply the first movie was done. He jokes that on the budget of that film they spent just on his set trailer for T2.

The effects didn't have to be spectacular. They did the job. The story and action did the rest. James Cameron made it happen. He needs to come back.

[Canada]

Originally Posted by Dr Kain

Never really liked Terminator. The third movie on the other hand was awesome.

I think the Terminator is one of the best action movies ever.