I don't see it. I can picture him as John Connor, tho; he has the crazy...Pio2013 said:Nicholas Cage for Terminator, if he can do all the body build transformation the main character requires.
I don't see it. I can picture him as John Connor, tho; he has the crazy...Pio2013 said:Nicholas Cage for Terminator, if he can do all the body build transformation the main character requires.
Nicholas Cage for Terminator, if he can do all the body build transformation the main character requires.
Emote Control said:Actually, there are two Grandfather Paradoxes in Terminator.
Fair enough. The trouble is, if you're making a monster movie, it's different than making "genuine" SF. "Alien" was a monster movie, too--but it didn't just throw out the SF conventions. Even Bishop was, arguably, a nod to Isaac's 3 Laws.Emote Control said:people miss the point of Terminator. It's not so much a science fiction film as a creature feature.
Then we disagree on what good SF is, & isn't.Emote Control said:So what if there's a grandfather paradox?
Wasn't Sarah Connor actually meant to be several years younger than Hamilton's real age though?
If the casting & performance are good, IMO it won't matter if she's older. (Younger, you can get some social commentary out of it.)TimPhillips said:My memory of the novelization of the movie is that Sarah was nineteen. Hamilton was 28 in 1984 when Terminator was released.
If the casting & performance are good, IMO it won't matter if she's older. (Younger, you can get some social commentary out of it.)
On that, I agree. I meant, it doesn't affect the quality of the film. That subtle a difference is a bit hard to gauge. If she comes out being very capable, as Sarah Connor does, how big is the difference? (This is a bit like asking, does it matter if Buffy is 16 or 19?)RossN said:I don't agree. Assuming both actresses were the same in acting ability I think a younger (or at least younger looking) actress would provide a subtly different emotional reaction - questions of vunerability and so on.
Maybe. IMO he's got the "stiff" down.M79 said:Another alternate Terminator - or Kyle Reese - could be Christopher Reeve.
Maybe, for Reese, given Connor is played by somebody younger, like Jodie or Tatum.M79 said:Matthew Broderick
M79 said:Paul Reubens
That could work, too.M79 said:What about Christopher Walken as a Terminator?
I'd be more inclined to use Grace as the T800.M79 said:How about Grace Jones ...for Sarah Connor?
Maryam d'Abo, you meant? I might see them in a "worse" version; never particularly impressed with any of them. TBH, if I was going "worse", I'd probably prefer Betsy Russell & go for skin.M79 said:Farrah Fawcet, Maryan d'Abo, or Tanya Roberts for Sarah Connor?
I'd like him for it, if it didn't risk conflict with "Bladerunner". I wouldn't want him not to do that.dissentcontinues said:Rutger Hauer, given his proven track record of good performances as homicidal androids, might be as good a T-800 as he was a Nexus 6.
With that casting, there's a really good chance there's no sequel.omnimercurial said:Kurt Russell as Kyle Reese.
Dolph Lundgren as T800.
Kim Catrall as Sarah Connor
With that casting, there's a really good chance there's no sequel.![]()
Then we disagree on what good SF is, & isn't.
I would agree, but argue there may be both: if the T800 succeeds, sending it is moot, & there's a paradox; sending it creates the future in question, which also creates a paradox. Either one, let alone both in one film,The Professor said:Nitpicking here but they are not Grandfather Paradoxes - those have effects negating causes - but Predestination Paradoxes where effects create the cause.
I'd agree with that. I seems likely, too, it would mean no sequels. At the least, it would mean no "franchise": maybe "T2", but nothing after.The Professor said:That aside, Lance Henriksen is obvious choice for a stalking assassin (basically what a Terminator was supposed to be!)
Wouldn't have been a blockbuster but could have gained cult status and spawned some low budget technohorrors or remake or earlier series.
I don't say it's a bad movie solely because of that, only it's implausible from the get-go, which means I don't like it. (I also dislike "King Kong" for the giant gorilla. Hamlet I dislike for being by Shakespeare,Emote Control said:It's suspension of disbelief. Saying Terminator is a bad movie because you don't like how they handle time travel is like saying King Kong is a bad movie because of the giant gorilla, or like saying Hamlet is a bad play because you don't believe in ghosts.