Angelica Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 I think they're both on equal footing, but I'll give the original the edge due to it's entire lack of Edward Furlong and 'I know now why you cry'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Nova Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 T2Because of the advancements in technology, the special effects in T2 just blow the ones from T1 away...literally..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
izzygirl Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 Terminator 1 by far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bacardimayne Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 (edited) I can't help but view people who vote T1 as intellectually superior. Edited August 21, 2013 by bacardimayne 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Nova Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 I can't help but view people who vote T1 as intellectually superior. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downzy Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 I'm not even going to bother reading this thread, but come on, seriously? T1 does not hold up at all. Perhaps you like the story better, but the special effects are just terrible. The only thing T1 has going for it is Arnie's line, "I'll be back." There were at least six or seven "holy shit" moments in T2; can't say I ever experience one of them in T1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincent Vega Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 (edited) I'm not even going to bother reading this thread, but come on, seriously? T1 does not hold up at all. Perhaps you like the story better, but the special effects are just terrible. The only thing T1 has going for it is Arnie's line, "I'll be back." There were at least six or seven "holy shit" moments in T2; can't say I ever experience one of them in T1.T1 = No cheesy one liners. "HASTA LA VIESTA, BABY". No live action Bart Simpson. No goody two shoes Terminator who is all "kinder and gentler".T1 is one man and woman facing off a literal, relentless killing machine. In T2, it's machine vs. machine. There's no sense of urgency. Special effects don't make a movie. The tone, pacing, setting, story and characters do, and T1 is much more urgent, has a more intense feel, isn't just another big goofy Arnold summer action movie. And it's more original. T2 is basically a high budget remake of T1 with some tweaks. Edited August 21, 2013 by Vincent Vega Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Len B'stard Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 T1 all the way, T2 is just a cynical marketing thing, a re-imagining of the original when someone realised that, hang on, this storyline had a Transformers type appeal for a more little boys type audience, if only we'd thought of this before! T1 is fuckin' grim, just like it should be, the Terminator is relentless and unforgiving and as i said previously Michael Biehn plays a blinder, just absolutely brilliant, his fuckin' lack of patience and gruff exterior, that quality he lent the character of looking like he's really fuckin' been through the mill with it.But most importantly i think is when you watch T1 and they do the scenes in the now, in the 80s, it actually like...makes the reality of the world actually look pretty fuckin' grim and harsh. Also the fact that they are human and they are being a chased by a Terminator it kinda like...you can identify with that cuz we're human, as opposed to the second one there's almost a certain comfort there that Arnies there and with them...but when it's just Sarah and Kyle you're like "AHHHHHHHHH!!! RUN!!!!! RUN YOU FUCKERS!!!!" You just feel yourself pulling for them even more. Also...when you watch the first one the first time, you kinda don't know that they're gonna make it, it's not clear that good is gonna triumph over evil, gives it that edge of your seat quality, by the end you can almost feel their fatigue with them, it just really puts you in there with them...whereas you kinda know they are gonna survive in T2, it's just kinda Disney...cuz no films gonna end with the death of a 13 yr old and his Mum.T1 is filmed cinematically...T2 is like a music video. T1 just nails that Tech Noir thing...so much of it takes place at night too, there's a horrible loneliness to it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincent Vega Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 T1 all the way, T2 is just a cynical marketing thing, a re-imagining of the original when someone realised that, hang on, this storyline had a Transformers type appeal for a more little boys type audience, if only we'd thought of this before! T1 is fuckin' grim, just like it should be, the Terminator is relentless and unforgiving and as i said previously Michael Biehn plays a blinder, just absolutely brilliant, his fuckin' lack of patience and gruff exterior, that quality he lent the character of looking like he's really fuckin' been through the mill with it.But most importantly i think is when you watch T1 and they do the scenes in the now, in the 80s, it actually like...makes the reality of the world actually look pretty fuckin' grim and harsh. Also the fact that they are human and they are being a chased by a Terminator it kinda like...you can identify with that cuz we're human, as opposed to the second one there's almost a certain comfort there that Arnies there and with them...but when it's just Sarah and Kyle you're like "AHHHHHHHHH!!! RUN!!!!! RUN YOU FUCKERS!!!!" You just feel yourself pulling for them even more. Also...when you watch the first one the first time, you kinda don't know that they're gonna make it, it's not clear that good is gonna triumph over evil, gives it that edge of your seat quality, by the end you can almost feel their fatigue with them, it just really puts you in there with them...whereas you kinda know they are gonna survive in T2, it's just kinda Disney...cuz no films gonna end with the death of a 13 yr old and his Mum.T1 is filmed cinematically...T2 is like a music video. T1 just nails that Tech Noir thing...so much of it takes place at night too, there's a horrible loneliness to it.Yes!!! In T1 it's just Kyle and Sarah against a machine of death, alone. No one, not even a whole station of cops, can protect them. In T2, there's Arnie, there's Sarah who is now an action babe, and Bart Simpson and it is like a music video. It's so fucking commercial. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Dog Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 Terminator. I like bad guy Arnold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
appetite4illusions Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/3875722"From the writer of 'Drive Angry' and the director of a whole bunch of television shows comes...TERMINATOR 5!"So fucking depressing. Almost makes me miss McG when we can't even get an A-list director to touch such a great franchise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dead Flower Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 T1 is probably better, but fuck it I'll still vote T2 cause it was one of the first movies I saw at a cinema, it blew my mind, and had a kick ass Guns N Roses song in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Sabbath Posted September 7, 2013 Author Share Posted September 7, 2013 21 people are still wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amir Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 T1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowOfTheWave Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 T2 had the special effects, but the movie had no balls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val22 Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 Yeah, T 2. Love Arnold as the good terminator.Robert Patrick is going to be at the 2014 Frightmare convention in Dallas. I can't wait to meet him. Linda Hamilton and Michael Beihn too celebrating the 30th anniversary of Terminator.Robert Patrick played an awesome terminator. He was just recently in True Blood playing Alcide's dad another werewolf.Besides, T2 had GNR's song, You could be mine. Great song! I loved their video for it too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bacardimayne Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 Can someone tell me what the difference is between all the different editions of T2? There's the theatrical cut, the director's cut, the special edition and the "Skynet Edition". I'm trying to pick which one to download. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luciusfunk Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 I think all the versions besides the theatrical are the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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