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Dead Meat Kill Counts (293 movies items)
" 40 confirmed terminations 35 human male flesh bags who wonβt be back! 4 human female flesh bags who wonβt be back! And one Da Terminator! Running time: 107 minutes Number of terminated: 46 Terminations per minute: 2.68 mins Golden circuit: The T-800. He is exploded, burnt to a endoskeleton, and then finally TERMINATED! Rust buckets: Hal Vukovich and Ed Traxler. They get terminated off screen. Survivors: Only two are not terminated! Sarah Conner and Doctor Peter Silberman. They will "
Well THAT didn't happen... (28 movies items)
" Year: 1997 What it predicted: An AI named Skynet would become sentient and kill everything. What happened: Windows 95 OEM 4.03. Accuracy: Accurate-ish, as some people probably did kill themselves after they had to stare at the blue screen of death for several hours."
Hard Time In Movie Jail (633 movies items)
"The Terminator Crimes committed: Mass murder, Mass property damage, Corruption, Terrorism, War crimes, Stalking, etc. Note: He is a unstoppable killing machine, he canβt be stopped or reasoned with. If youβre lucky could possibly terminate him. But letβs not kid ourselves. He will terminate you instead. "
Favorite Movies of All Time (2024 Edition) (1004 movies items)
" 2023: 248 2022: 246 2021: 244 2020: 239 2019: 236 2018: 235 2017: 234 2016: 231 2015: 227 2014: 226 2013: 224 2012: 223 2011: 217 2010: 214 2009: 214 2008: 215 2007: 210 2006: 224 2005: 216 2004: 229 2003: 217 2002: 244 2001: 195 2000: 153 1999: 128 1998: 132 1997: 128 1996: 119 "
Favorite Movies of All Time (2023 Edition) (1003 movies items)
" 2022: 246 2021: 244 2020: 239 2019: 236 2018: 235 2017: 234 2016: 231 2015: 227 2014: 226 2013: 224 2012: 223 2011: 217 2010: 214 2009: 214 2008: 215 2007: 210 2006: 224 2005: 216 2004: 229 2003: 217 2002: 244 2001: 195 2000: 153 1999: 128 1998: 132 1997: 128 1996: 119 "
Favorite Movies of All Time (2022 Edition) (1002 movies items)
" 2021: 244 2020: 239 2019: 236 2018: 235 2017: 234 2016: 231 2015: 227 2014: 226 2013: 224 2012: 223 2011: 217 2010: 214 2009: 214 2008: 215 2007: 210 2006: 224 2005: 216 2004: 229 2003: 217 2002: 244 2001: 195 2000: 153 1999: 128 1998: 132 1997: 128 1996: 119 "
The Factors Which Determine A Great Movie... (12 movies items)
" The Terminator was made on a small budget in the 1980s. Some of the effects, therefore, look dated, including an obvious mechanical head during Arnie's impromptu surgery in a bathroom. And the stop-motion effects bringing the T-800 skeleton to life are very obvious. But Cameron did not rely solely on flawed visual effects to see his movie through. With a focus on pacing and building momentum & excitement, The Terminator easily overcomes its technical imperfections. The Terminator also applies "
Action Movie Heaven - Old School Style (92 movies items)
"Michael Biehn would like you to know that if you wish to continue to possess a pulse then you should put one foot in front of the other in the same direction he is going yet slightly behind. "
The future kind of sucks. (442 movies items)
"Reason for the future sucking: Killer robots have taken over the world, and only a man sent back in time to save it, however a killer cyborg with an Austrian accent, sent to the 80's to kill the mother, of the man who would lead the army, that defeats the killer robots. Year it takes place: 2029"
Pop Culture Phenomenon Films: 80βs (1542 movies items)
" In the Year of Darkness, 2029, the rulers of this planet devised the ultimate plan. They would reshape the Future by changing the Past. The plan required something that felt no pity. No pain. No fear. Something unstoppable. They created.... The Terminator! Sent back from a dystopian 2029--where the cold machines have conquered the entire world--to 1984 Los Angeles, the indestructible cyborg-assassin known as the "Terminator" commences his deadly mission to kill humankind's most important wo"
Pop Culture Phenomenon Films: 80βs (1542 movies items)
" In the Year of Darkness, 2029, the rulers of this planet devised the ultimate plan. They would reshape the Future by changing the Past. The plan required something that felt no pity. No pain. No fear. Something unstoppable. They created.... The Terminator! Sent back from a dystopian 2029--where the cold machines have conquered the entire world--to 1984 Los Angeles, the indestructible cyborg-assassin known as the "Terminator" commences his deadly mission to kill humankind's most important wo"
