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The Terminator.
1984 - The Terminator.
1991 - The Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
way more Helter Skelter.

October 26, 1984 - 2024: 40 years of: The Terminator.

Step aside Darth Vader.

A new lethal killing-machine is taking over. Pop-culture please welcome, the painless and heartless cyborg, the perfect mechanism: the T-800 ...were muscles and pistons unite under the flag of fear.

Sent from the future to 1984 Los Angeles, Skynet's metal-warrior is on a mission to prevent their current dire events. With cool biker-looks, laser pin-point eyes and shotgun-firing skills, the hunt is on ...target: poor Sarah Connor. Rampant in the streets, another droïd arrives to counter-attack this evil unwanted guest. Can Reese save Sarah and stop the God-like threat ?

Sci-fi's sorry ass got a size 11.5 boot to the face. Pushing the muscle-man / robot-man hybrid into the limelight, this new genre of futuristic movie-action would fully bloom into the 80's modus-operandi.

"I'll be back." Schwarzenegger was already a force to reckon with, as he would now become a from beyond force to reckon with. Conan becomes the Terminator that would later become the Predator and the Running Man. But before becoming the last action hero, Arnold would fight against the T-1000 on 1991's super-sequel: Terminator 2: Judgment Day.

2029 is five years ahead ...do you think Skynet is a reality now ?

RIP Paul Winfield AKA Ed Traxler (1939-2004)
RIP Bill Paxton AKA punk (1955-2017)
RIP Dick Miller AKA gun store clerk (1928-2019)
RIP Franco Columbo AKA body double (1941-2019)

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The Terminator = movie-trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGrW-OR2uDk
The Terminator = the making of
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_NgftZv8E0

July 3, 1991 - 2026: 35 years of: Terminator 2: Judgment Day.

From bad to good.

Changing Hollywood's Stonehenge tricks with 1984's The Terminator, future science-fiction finally gets a facelift. Leaving a high body-count behind, Arnold is back ...nicer than ever.

Returning to current times, the T-800 goes from bad to good. Reprogrammed to protect the now 10 year old John Connor, will the 6' 2" android be able to save mankind ? Still hell bent on domination, Skynet now sends on the hunt it's newest killing machine. Morphing and deceiving, here's the final battle against the updated: T-1000.

"Come with me if you want to live." Terminator versus Terminator ...1991 was hammered with massive promotion, matched with new hot music from GUNS 'N ROSES. From motorbike stealin' to mini-gun volley firin', Los Angeles is ripped appart as the firepower was real and the excitement was infectious. Showered with critical acclaim, Judgment Day broke every category in the Academy, while making sure, it's legacy would be forever.

It would take more than a decade to rise from the ashes with 2003's Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines.

RIP Earl Boen AKA Dr. Silberman (1941-2023)

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Terminator 2: Judgment Day = movie-trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRRlbK5w8AE
GUNS 'N ROSES "You Could Be Mine" = video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXx9S2nDouY