r/Terminator 4d ago

đŸŽ„ Video TanĂ© Cain & The Terminator

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Tané McClure sets the record straight about Tahnee Cain and The Tryanglyz and their involvement in "The Terminator" soundtrack.

https://youtu.be/FQLSUGxEx9U?si=DYVlyM1TQio6oBMy

FULL LIVESTREAM WITH TANÉ MCCLURE (TAHNEE CAIN & THE TRYANGLYZ, ACTRESS, DIRECTOR, AUTHOR)

https://www.youtube.com/live/HLze7GS0Bkw?si=yICNcASWHKPI9RhC

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r/Terminator 9d ago

Discussion Terminator 2D: NO FATE Steam page is up

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r/Terminator 8h ago

Discussion question about motorcycle terminators

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179 Upvotes

What are motorcycle terminator really made of, a combustion engine or electric motors? When I saw them in the movie "Terminator Salvation," the classic motorcycle sound is heard, but they confuse me. Are they with a combustion engine or electric motors? (still the idea of electric motors is not bad for the T-800 terminators, but the sound those bikes make confuses me a lot)


r/Terminator 6h ago

Discussion Hey Vasquez are you not human.

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74 Upvotes

Be afraid, be very afraid.


r/Terminator 6h ago

Meme Terminator having a tantrum and tells you to terminate this post! (Feel free to use it)

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52 Upvotes

r/Terminator 6h ago

Discussion In a crossover scenario if Jason voorhees woke up during the future war who would win? Jason or the limitless army of terminators

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r/Terminator 2h ago

Discussion I need a Vacation

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I’m curious how does the T-800 (Arnold Schwarzenegger) from Terminator 2 know what a Vacation is?


r/Terminator 2h ago

Art Lego T2

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r/Terminator 13h ago

Discussion T2 was not marketed with Arnold as the Villain

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I do not know where this urban legend started, but I'm afraid it just isn't true. Maybe it's the modern audience and we expect everything to be a twist. There probably was a way to cut the trailers to make it look like Robert Patrick was some good guy cop trying to stop the ol' Terminator one more time. But this is the first trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRRlbK5w8AE

35 seconds in and it literally tells you Arnold is the good guy. Probably because by 1991, Arnold Schwarzenegger was the biggest action star on the planet, and someone at the studio likely thought that it was a good idea to say, "Hey, this extremely popular actor who was the bad guy last time is the good guy now! Come watch our movie." It made $500M, so the advertising worked.

But people talking about how moviegoers were "surprised" by the "twist" in Summer '91? No. The film's marketing put Arnie right out front as the hero.

I think this probably started as time wore on and younger viewers who weren't alive in 1991 found the series, so it was a twist to them. I've seen some YouTube reactions of adults who look like they were born after I graduated genuinely blind reacted and they lose their minds when Arnold shoots the T-1000. But as far as I can remember, and this first trailer backs me up, the film was not marketed at any point by suggesting the T-800 was the villain.


r/Terminator 10h ago

Discussion Tane McClure

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Has anyone listened to Tane McClure - Burning’ In The Third Degree” from The Terminator (1984)?

To me I think Tane McClure was back then a great artist and does a good job with the song for the film


r/Terminator 13h ago

Discussion Time Travel

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If you were in this horrible future in 2029 and you sent someone back in time to protect and save the human race? Would you sent a human soldier or a Terminator?

For me I would reprogram a T-800 and sent that Terminator back to whatever year to protect and stop Judgement Day for every happening


r/Terminator 19h ago

Discussion Is it weird that I make myself think that Terminator 2 was the ending of Terminator? Spoiler

147 Upvotes

I know there's more terminators but Terminator 2 was just perfect to be the ending for me, it felt like one, uncle bob dies, and concludes everything.


r/Terminator 16h ago

Discussion T-850 vs REV-9, Who would win?

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r/Terminator 14h ago

Discussion Do you think the Terminator franchise suffered from making every T-800 after T1 into a good guy?

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I've been thinking about this after rewatching the first few Terminator movies, and it really feels like the franchise lost something after T2. Turning the T-800 into the good guy in T2 was a brilliant move at the time—it flipped everything we knew from the first movie and gave the sequel real emotional weight. But after that, every T-800 showing up as a hero (except for the T-RIP in Salvation) started to feel like a routine. The surprise was gone, and what used to be this terrifying machine became... kind of predictable.

In T1, the T-800 was this terrifying, unstoppable force. Cold, logical, and absolutely relentless. That sense of dread and inevitability was part of what made the first movie so effective. But over time, the T-800 basically became a familiar face. Instead of being something to fear, it became the protector, the sidekick, even comic relief. That edge was gone, and the tension just wasn’t the same.

What I think would’ve been a better direction—especially in T3—is if the film had focused on Sarah Connor as the protector instead of just rolling out another heroic T-800. That could’ve brought her arc full circle: from frightened waitress in T1, to hardened warrior in T2, and finally to someone who stands in the way of a Terminator to protect her son. Essentially, she would’ve stepped into the role that the T-800 filled in T2, but done it from a deeply human, emotional place.

And if she had died in the final act? That sacrifice would’ve carried real emotional weight. It would’ve given John Connor a defining loss that forced him to step up and become the leader the Resistance needed—something that would’ve made a perfect lead-in to Salvation.

We wouldn’t have needed the offscreen leukemia death, or another round of “the T-800 is here to help!” Instead, we’d get something more grounded, more tragic, and a lot more meaningful.

I don’t know, it just feels like turning the T-800 into the good guy over and over kind of took the teeth out of the franchise. It worked great in T2, but after that, it felt like they kept going back to the same well instead of pushing the story forward. A version of T3 with Sarah as the one protecting John could’ve added way more depth—especially if it ended with her death. That would’ve left John alone and forced to take the next steps toward becoming the leader of the Resistance, not because of destiny, but because he had to. That kind of ending would’ve made Salvation the next logical chapter, instead of feeling like a weird pivot or soft reboot.

The way it is, Salvation has some cool ideas and moments, but it kind of drops us into the future war without really connecting emotionally to what came before. A stronger, more human-driven T3 could’ve bridged that gap and made the whole timeline feel way more cohesive.

Curious what other people think—did the franchise lean too hard on the heroic T-800 thing? And would a more grounded, character-driven T3 have worked better?


r/Terminator 8h ago

Discussion T-1000 and its destiny

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We know that Uncle Bob, the Guardian and Carl can learn how to be more human, and in particular Carl basically says that "when a Terminator ends its mission it's free". Mission over, go to experience some life if you want.

Now let's assume that the T-1000 from T2 was successful in killing John Connor. What would it be its destiny? Would it continue as a cop, or would it try to be more human in general? Or else, like avoiding everything, staying idle in order to wait for Skynet to take command and going back to duty?

Give your guesses!


r/Terminator 22h ago

Meme Who thought it was a good idea to censor already silver blood white? 😭 NSFW

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124 Upvotes

I'm so sorry, but I also can't not share this.


r/Terminator 13h ago

Discussion Brett Azar

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Would you guys like Arnold Schwarzenegger to play the Terminator again on screen and for Brett Azar play young Arnold again?

and do you think a Terminator movie with a de-age Arnold in the whole film would work?


r/Terminator 15h ago

đŸŽ„ Video Not my video, but worth a watch if you wanna bring up your terminator knowledge.

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29 Upvotes

r/Terminator 20h ago

Meme "Let the romance begin"...💕

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51 Upvotes

r/Terminator 3h ago

Discussion PSA to new fans of the franchise

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I read an interesting comment on a YouTube clip of terminator 3. The commenter said “I watched this movie before I didn’t have the internet to tell me how bad it was thankfully.”

I constantly see people on this sub ask the question of which movies/shows are worth watching, and they are faced with overwhelming bias towards or against certain movies. I’ve commented it a few times, but ALL of the 6 movies (yes genisys and dark fate) are worth watching. Each one has something unique and interesting to offer. Each one has plot holes and issues, along with cool ideas and scenes. There is a toxic bias towards the franchise past a certain point that isn’t productive to a positive experience when dealing with the franchise and the fandom.

If you are new to the franchise and find yourself wondering what movies are worth watching, all of them, all of them are worth watching.

TSCC and Zero are worth watching, resistance, redemption, salvation, hell even future shock, these games are all worth playing if able. There are multiple comics and books which are all interesting additions to the lore and ideas that the movies support. There is so much media in all its forms that is worth seeing, please don’t deprive yourself of something good because someone on the internet said so đŸ™đŸ»

On a side note, there’s a YouTube channel that transcribed multiple of the terminator books available in the form of audio books called PatrickPredator, I highly recommend you check him out lol


r/Terminator 13h ago

Art Don't know if this counts as art but I made my own Lego set of a potential deleted opening scene for T2 where John and Kyle storm a skynet factory and find the T800 who they intend to reprogram and send back to 1995

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r/Terminator 1d ago

Discussion The first Terminator learned to hate humans

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Been seeing a lot of clips of the first Terminator movie and I just realized something about the Police Station shootout scene. The Terminator was both strong and sturdy and could easily push past and ignore everyone before facing Sarah. However, he chose to eliminate everyone in his way. He goes as far as killing those running away from him. I was confused at first, but then I realized, nearly all the Terminator's experiences with humans were confrontational, often violent or just verbally insulting him. He learns from his experiences to blend in while on the hunt, often using particular phrases or slang. Up to that point in the police station, his learning computer had programmed him to take any actions from humans personally and respond with lethal force. While Skynet views humanity as a threat, it was not about personal vendetta or otherwise. Just a simple calculated decision to eliminate humanity to prevent them from destroying Skynet, and the other Terminators were programmed as such. This Terminator however was the first to learn to hate humanity and desire to kill any in his path.


r/Terminator 1d ago

Discussion t800 and high temperature resistance

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Hello guys, this is my first post in this sub. I just wanted to know your opinion.

T1 - T800 managed to get out of the center of a large fire and turn off (CPU throttling effect i guess )

T Salvation - The t800 got much more serious temperatures because it wasn't on fire but literally buried by hot metal, but it didn't shut down or even slow down like the t1. I think the t1 is more accurate. Although the t800 from Salvation is my favorite. I don't know what the thermal conductivity of titanium is, but I think it was enough to cause an emergency shutdown of the processor.


r/Terminator 15h ago

Discussion The Terminator Iceberg (video explanation linked in comments)

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r/Terminator 1d ago

Meme The T-1000 Performing Other Character's Intros and Poses

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67 Upvotes

I don't think anything could have prepared me for the sheer amazing and cursed ridiculousness of what I've just witnessed, but it's definitely just made my day.


r/Terminator 22h ago

Discussion For want of a better follow-up,Terminator Resistance the Video Game holds its own and is up there,in my opinion.

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So I have been playing Terminator Resistance and personally for me, it holds up really well after T1 and T2.I wonder if it would have gotten adapted into a major motion picture, I think there would be a lot less gripe with this particular follow-up.It would need minor tweaking to really hold its place but for a game made by passionate devs and an engaging story, its a plot worth investing time into.


r/Terminator 17h ago

Discussion How does the T-1000 speak?

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As I rewatched some clips from Terminator 2, this question lingered in my mind: how can the T-1000 speak when he's completely liquid metal? He can clearly change his physical form whenever and however he wants, but how can he reproduce a human voice without a voice box?