you shut it. How would you like one to just morph out of the guy standing next to you in line at Zayre's?
you would't, thats how.
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Why does the T1000 acknowledge the mannequin?
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you shut it. How would you like one to just morph out of the guy standing next to you in line at Zayre's?
you would't, thats how.
it's also prevalent in videogames. fans whining and then we get mgs4.
NekoFever
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Inception's a great example. The original Total Recall as well, where Paul Verhoeven has refused to endorse a position on whether
it was all in Quaid's lobotomised mind
I was sad when Blade Runner's Final Cut seemed to make that movie's long-running question clear, because I liked it better when it was open to interpretation. Apparently Ridley got sick of that question too.
Yep.
An example that I like is the 'I Know You' missions in Red Dead Redemption. One of my favourite parts of one of my favourite games, really beautifully done, and it doesn't feel the need to sit down and tell you what it represents. And yet the Internet is full of people asking for someone to explain it to them, or applying their high school English lessons to come up with the explanation that so-and-so is God/Satan or some other half-baked analogy that cheapens it. It's ambiguous, metaphysical, and fun to think about. Leave it at that.
Dare I say it? Mass Effect 3 as well. I mean the ending was bad, don't get me wrong, but most of the problems addressed in the DLC weren't the issue.
Hero_of_the_Day
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Parallax Scroll
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Nerds ruin everything.
And this is why sequels to time travel stories are usually stupid.
ryutaro's mama
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Somehow I missed this.
If we are splitting hairs on what a self aware supercomputer would have done, why didn't Skynet send 5 or 6 T-800s back to 1984, just to make sure it succeeded?
There are somethings you have to just give to the flick.
Otherwise, it quickly goes nowhere.
Hey, if blowing yourself up is the only way to fix the problem then why the fuck not?
Unknown Soldier
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I know I'm not the only person who saw it as an amusing moment that briefly broke the fourth wall between audience and Robert Patrick. He should have raised an eyebrow when looking at it.
Beautiful post.
clockworkinyou
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Is it just me or does the T1000 in the picture look like EviLore's avatar photo?
We don't. For all we know it could be a Skynet sleeper agent.
BAW
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That's how he was supposed to look.
According to the movie's universe, the very first terminators (the prototypes you might say) were huge, much bigger than Arnie. Of course they couldn't infiltrate humans for shit and they could be easily recognized & taken out from a distance, before becoming a threat to anyone.
So Skynet put in place a development plan for terminators that allowed them to become progressively smaller, lighter & appear as non-threatening as possible to humans, while at the same time improving their technology (look at the progress from T800 -> T1000 -> TX etc.)
That.. that isn't a thing. You just do not wish to hear them talk about it. they didn't ruin the movie for any one, its their prerogative to look at it that way if they wish.
sleeping_dragon
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Because he is a gay robot?In the film Terminator 2: Judgement Day by James Cameron a liquid metal robot assassin - the most advanced of its kind - stops just momentarily to look at an inanimate mannequin in a mall:
Why does he do this? Even though you don't ever see his "view", one would assume he would have all the latest software for detection and threat assessment of targets and this was clearly neither a target or a threat so why pause? Why is he not furrowing his liquid metal brow at the standing mannequin behind him who - if he was a threat, has already got the jump on him? Or every inanimate object for that matter? Ridiculous.
As an aside - why do the liquid metal terminators in 2 and 3 come through naked? I remember some spiel about the time displacement only allowing live things to go through, so yeah Arnie and Kyle Reese go through naked as they have live flesh - but a T1000 is all liquid metal. Surely they could have approximated 20th century clothes in the future to send them through in a less overtly suspicious manner? Again, ridiculous.
MarkMclovin
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What I'd like to know is how they came up with the technology for the T1000, but go back to a robot form with the TX or whatever she is.
because the t1000 was vulnerable to extreme temperatures. a frozen TX would not become a solid unmovable block, a melting TX would not be reduced to a puddle of uselessness. the robotic skeleton could be used to get the terminator out of situations that would have crippled a T1000 unit.
A better question would be:
Why does the T-101 need a HUD display?
The HUD information is generated by the optics feeding into the terminator's brain, which then routes the information back on a HUD feeding into the brain... Wut?
And why doesn't the terminator just create a massive bomb and when he gets within 300 yards of his victim he blows it up?
My mind is blown... never knew he was the Double Dragon villain.
Because T3 is a shit movie :\ Plasma Weps that are easily broken. The best thing about it, was the international trailer.
They really should have filmed that little prequel scene.
the terminator is a massive bomb nowadays.
Perhaps he's powered by a Wii U
MarkMclovin
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Oh I get how it's probably better to go with a proper robot or cyborg, but how the fuck did they go from robot with flesh like skin, to a SHAPESHIFTING LIQUID METAL THING in maybe the same time frame with John Conner still alive? Unless there was a massive time frame between the T800 and T1000?
Eh, I'm probably thinking about it too much at this point.
lmao
T1000 was a prototype, the T800 was repurposed by John to protect himself right?
Trent Strong
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Why doesn't the Terminator just use stealth and a sniper rifle and shoot Sara from a distance?
angular graphics
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Not his style?
Unknown Soldier
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Why didn't Skynet send like 50 Terminators back in time instead of just 2?
sleeping_dragon
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Why didn't Skynet go back in time and get a better CPU from Intel instead of using AMD? I think this might be the reason for it downfall.
SpoonyBard
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They preferred MOS 6502 CPU.
LiquidMetal14
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He got tired of running.
thecosmicfly
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Why didn't Skynet stretch Vincent D'Onofrio's skin over a hydrogen bomb and send it back in time?
Escape Goat
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Terminator is smart. He needs to confirm the kill to fulfill his mission objective.
Johnny Cage In The Shower
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Ok something else I have to ask now:
Why does little boy Kal-l (Superman) uses his mom's laundry as a cape and runs around like a "Superhero" in his yard: When he never finds out about his true identity and costume until way later in his adult life? Is he mimicking a roman warrior or something with a red cape? A'la Leonidas? "Ridiculous I tell ya! Just Ridiculous!"
Why does little boy Kal-l (Superman) uses his mom's laundry as a cape and runs around like a "Superhero" in his yard: When he never finds out about his true identity and costume until way later in his adult life? Is he mimicking a roman warrior or something with a red cape? A'la Leonidas? "Ridiculous I tell ya! Just Ridiculous!"
KennyLinder
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It doesn't work that way, it can only form solid metal shapes, like and knives and stabbing weapons.
D.Lo
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So they can put it in a trailer and have Kevin Costner talk in old-timey fables of the greatness of the American spirit.
You'll also notice they go to length to explain his suit is a kryptonian armour and yet there are no capes or coloured logos on Krypton. So it can't even be a genetic Kryptonian thing.
Kai Dracon
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As for why not send back 50 terminators to kill Sarah Conner... wouldn't Skynet be smart enough to realize meddling with the past is dangerous? If an army of killer robots suddenly appears in America, the government notices, the pentagon analyzes the units, and maybe finds links to this prototype "Skynet" technology they're working on. Math is done, bricks are shat, and the plug is pulled on Skynet before it ever comes online.
Sending back one terminator disguised as a human could keep things undercover.
Sending back one terminator disguised as a human could keep things undercover.
Escape Goat
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You think the goverment would let a weapon like a Terminator just slip by? Skynet was an inevitability.
Kai Dracon
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Within the fiction itself, it just seems Skynet the super intelligent AI wouldn't take unnecessary risks.
Escape Goat
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Maybe, but I'm saying theres no way the US government wouldn't try to weaponize a Terminator to suit their own needs. They'd never pull the plug.
Sub_Level
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They literally address that extremely specifically in the movie lol
John Connor: Why doesnt it become a bomb or something to get me?
The Terminator: It cant form complex machines, guns and explosives have chemicals, moving parts, it doesn't work that way, but it can form solid metal shapes.
John Connor: Like what?
The Terminator: Knives and stabbing weapons.
Escape Goat
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Its not like he couldn't build a bomb. Hes a living computer. I bet he could do it.
Sub_Level
wants to fuck an Asian grill.
There was really very little time and opportunity. Terminator 2 took place over the course of 3 nights and 2 days. The only time a bomb plant might've been effective would've been if John took the bait and went to his foster parent's home. At the point, yeah, an ambush of some kind would have been par for the course. Otherwise, the T1000 doesn't get to the mental hospital until shortly before Arnold does. And of course he doesn't get to Cyberdyne until after Arnold does.
Hero_of_the_Day
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In one of the commentaries Cameron says as much. I think it's in the first movie when you see the Terminator trying to decide how to respond to the person knocking on his door. Don't remember what he says, but he does acknowledge that the idea of a HUD doesn't really make sense.
Luckily, again, he is a director who doesn't care about everything making logical sense and will do things simply because he thinks it'd be cool in a movie.
Too hard to find records of them. They know so little about Sarah Connor that the first Terminator simply decides to kill every one in the fucking phonebook.
Further back you go, the harder it would be.
Also, supposedly this is exactly the plot of the next Terminator movie...
They were under attack. Who knows how the time displacement shit works. If they could, you would assume they would have. Same with the resitance only sending back Kyle.
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