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 The Terminator (DVD)
 The Terminator (DVD) ... Actors: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Biehn ... / DVD released 19 March, 2001 at MGM Entertainment / Features of the DVD: Anamorphic, Box set, PAL, Special Edition, Widescreen / The Terminator was the film that cemented Arnold Schwarzenegger's place in the action-brawn firmament, and both his and the movie's subsequent iconic status are well deserved. He's chilling as the futuristic cyborg that kills without fear, without love, without mercy. James Cameron's story and direction are pared to the bone and are all the more chillingly effective for it. But don't overlook the contribution of Linda Hamilton, who more than holds her own as the Terminator's would-be victim, Sarah Connor, thus creating--along with Sigourney Weaver in Alien--a new generation of rugged, clear-thinking female action stars. The film's minimalist, malevolent violence is actually scarier than that of its far more expensive, more effects-laden sequel. --Anne Hurley, Amazon.com On the DVD: Rejoice, The Terminator is back, better looking and louder than ever. After years of inferior VHS versions, the cleaned-up print of this DVD is a revelation, as is the digitally remastered Dolby 5.1 soundtrack: from the opening MGM lion's roar to the crunch of Arnie's boots and the pounding of Brad Fiedel's techno-industrial score, both picture and sound are of a quality that belie the movie's age. The first disc has the movie plus a DVD-ROM feature containing three different versions of the screenplay, which can be read scene-by-scene along with the film. On the second disc there are seven deleted scenes, including a fascinating foreshadowing of Sarah Connor's mission in T2, as well as trailers and TV spots. There are also two "making of" featurettes, one being an 18-minute piece from 1992 based around a friendly at-home chat with Cameron and Schwarzenegger ("We did the first Terminator for the cost of your motor home on the second film", jokes director to actor). The hour-long "Other Voices" featurette is an in-depth montage of cast and crew reminiscences covering all aspects of the production from its initial genesis as a fevered nightmare to the "guerrilla" filmmaking of getting the final shots. Script collaborator Bill Wisher neatly sums up the movie as "It's a Wonderful Life, with guns". The second disc also contains a stills archive of production photographs, James Cameron's amazing original conceptual artwork, plus his first story treatment. If you own a player, how can you resist? After all, the Terminator movies are what DVD was invented for. --Mark WalkerNewest Review: ... she can give birth to John Connor, a man who will go on to lead the human resistance against the machines after the nukes ... more ... have fallen.
Meanwhile, Connor sends back his most trusted lieutenant, Kyle Reese (played brillantly by Michael Biehn) to protect his mother Sarah (Linda Hamilton) from the merciless cyborg as it works it way through the local phone directory, slaughtering anyone unfortunate to share her full name.
There are lots of great action scenes throughout, such as one in which Arnie opens fire on Sarah and Reese in a nightclub, blowing away innocent bystanders left right and center, and a tense chase in which Arnie blazes awa...more |
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The Terminator - Definitive Edition [DVD][1984]
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The Terminator (DVD): Back again to the eighties (286 words)
by - written on 13/01/08 (Very useful, 47 readings)
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I find it hard to believe that this film was released in 1984, it sure does make me feel old. The film is set partly in the future and partly in the present, in the future the world is controlled by a computer system called Skynet which is intent on destroying mankind. The rebels who are fighting the machines discover that the machines plan to send a killer back in time to assassinate the mother of their leader John Connor. They manage to send one of theiur own back in time as well to protect the woman Sarah Connor from the machine sent to kill her. This film starred Arnold Schwartzenigger as the robot assasin and he is brilliant in the role as it ... Read the complete review
The terminator (499 words)
by - written on 24/03/08 (Useful, 36 readings)
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Director: James Cameron. Producers: John Daly, Gale Anne Hurd and Derek Gibson Writers: James Cameron and Gale Anne Hurd Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Biehn and Linda Hamilton. Released in 1984 this first film begins a series of fantastic movies where future meets present with action pact consequences. **BRIEF PLOT** When a machine wrapped in human skin cells is sent back from 2029, (where the machines rule the world), to 1984, the machine, or 'Terminator' (played by Arnold Schwarzenegger) is hell bent on destroying all the Sarah Conners in the phone book. Fortunately, for Sarah Conner, (played by ... Read the complete review
The Terminator (DVD): Sci-Fi Action That'll Blow You Away.... (285 words)
by - written on 02/01/08 (Useful, 32 readings)
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Film Review In the year 2029, advanced military computer Skynet and the killer machines it controls have all but taken over the earth and killed all of it's inhabitants. Only a handful of humans remain and form the Resistance, lead by John Connor. When the Resistance stand to overcome the machines, Skynet decides to remedy the situation by sending a machine back through time to 1984, it's mission to kill Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton - In Your Dreams, Terminator 2) before her son John, the future leader of the Resistance, is born. The machine in question is The TERMINATOR (Played by Arnold Schwarzenegger - Predator, Total Recall, End of Days), a cybernetic ... Read the complete review
"Nice night for a walk, eh?" (1103 words)
by - written on 28/01/09 (Very useful, 278 readings)
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'The machines rose from the ashes of the nuclear fire. Their war to exterminate mankind had raged for decades, but the final battle would not be fought in the future. It would be fought here, in our present. Tonight...' In the near future (2029) human beings and artificial intelligence, in the form of computers and machines, have begun a war for dominance in the aftermath of nuclear war. The 'machines' are winning this war but a thorn in their side emerges in the form of a charismatic resistance leader who rallies the humans. Unable to locate this figure the machines come up with a plan. They will send a human looking cyborg killing machine (Terminator) back ... Read the complete review
The Terminator (DVD): Come with me if you want to be a big Hollywood name (955 words)
by - written on 10/09/08 (Very useful, 91 readings)
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Terminator is pure science fiction gold. A low budget film that captured the imagination to such an extent that it spawned 2 (soon to be 3 sequels), a spin-off TV series, books and other merchandise. It also created a hugely unlikely star of Arnold Schwarzenegger, establishing him as an action film God. So, does it deserve the attention it received or has it faded badly over the past 20 years? The answer, to those questions is, perhaps somewhat surprisingly yes and no. Although not in the same league as its bigger budget sequel, Terminator remains an excellent film. Much of the credit for this must go to writer and director James Cameron. Love him ... Read the complete review
The Terminator (DVD) : "Nice night for a walk, eh?"from Jake Speed
28/01/2009
The Terminator (DVD) : Come with me if you want to be a big Hollywood namefrom SWSt
10/09/2008
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