T1 or T2? (6)

Posted by nuthatch on Wed 20 Jan 10, 8:34 PM to nuthatch's blog.

Seriously I'm having an argument about which Terminator film is better? I'd be interested in your thoughts.

For me T1 because its the classic puruit film. Jaws raised the bar from Duel and Terminator puts the lorry from Duel on legs. I love the nightmarish relentlessness. When you watch T1 you wonder, as a human, how I can stop what's coming. It then cleverly disables both hunter and hunted gradually through a series of events which leave the disabled hunted pursued by the legless hunter.

My mate argues that T2 is a better story with better effects that raised the story to blockbuster- franchise status. I think he's wrong but I've heard many others support his view. In my opinion, T2 has an annoying child in it; has heroes that are helped by another robot thus dehumanising the whole scenario (in terms of peril); and has a baddie that is less scary than the previous one (ask yourself, which one would you rather be killed by?) Am I right?

Edited Wed 20 Jan 10, 8:36 PM by nuthatch

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20 Jan 10, 8:38 PM crystaltips UK(S), 5 yrs	I prefer T2
20 Jan 10, 8:45 PM McDelphian 2 yrs	Thats too hard a question, both great in their own right. eta: I thought this would be about Manchester airport duh Edited 20 Jan 10, 8:46 PM by McDelphian
20 Jan 10, 8:46 PM switch_honey UK(ME), 4 yrs	T2 for me.
20 Jan 10, 8:47 PM threadkiller 9 yrs	t2 defo moreso the scene in the storm drains!! He's like fire and ice and rage. He's like the night and the storm and the heart of the sun, He's ancient and forever. He burns at the centre of the time and he can see the turn of the universe…and he's wonderful.....
20 Jan 10, 9:54 PM Lj_switch UK, 3 yrs	going against the grain, T1 because it was the first, new, fresh, a bit like "Alien" T2 was technically better (loved the terminator oozing out o the chequerboard floor tiles)
21 Jan 10, 2:10 AM cheshire_girl1983 UK(SK), 5 yrs	Gawd I've been driving too much, by T1 and T2 I thought you were referring to the junctions on the M6 toll road....midlands expressway my arse!