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Summary: One of the best
Review: This is one of the best Sci-Fi movies ever made. The special edition DVD has been done quite nicely, and is well worth it. Tons of extras!!!
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Summary: see it
Review: this is a sci fi gem. it is a master peice amoung movies. it is smart and it has good action. if ur looking for a good action flick check it out if ur looking for a good sci fi flick check it out. watch it and then watch it again
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Summary: This awesome DVD needs a full screen version!
Review: The only thing that bothers me about this DVD is that it does not have a full screen version. That is why I gave it 4 stars instead of 5. Other than that, this special edition DVD is very good. Terminator 3 has a full screen version, and I believe that Terminator 2 now has one. I'm hoping that a full screen DVD is in the works for the original, since not everybody likes widescreen and the two sequels seem to have this feature.
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Summary: No Fate In What We Make Begins Here!
Review: The first time I watch "The Terminator", it had open doors to me what science fiction really means. The first time I remember those words... "I'll be back.". The first time I hear about a doom future. The first time I see a Terminator without the flesh. At the end of it, it was one of the coolest movies I had ever watched... and I didn't get to own it.Years till now, I finally own it on DVD (I missed the hologram cover version) and to my surprise, there is more to enjoy! The movie is entirely remastered, with an added DTS sound (wish I had a DTS amp). But that's not all. Turn the disc to the other side, and the special extras will keep you drooling. New documentaries that will shock you, deleted scenes that will astound you (and "No Fate Of What We Made" was spoken here first, not T-2), trailers you enjoy plus many still galleries. Is it enough for this Special Edition? I would say yes. Its the definitive version you must own if you love the first movie. Be it as part of your collection... because it had become part of my own collection.
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Summary: Awesome movie and Awesome DVD
Review: Ok, almost everybody knows that this movie rocks! If you don't think so, you didn't get the meaning of the movie. I will not talk about the movie itself because I am sure many of you out there seen it for milliion times. But if you must really know what the movie is all about, read the reviews of others.
But I would like to talk about the DVD itself. First of all, the new surround sound system is AWESOME. It gives you better experience watching this old movie. The sound people for this new dvd release did a hack of good job. Two thumbs way up. And also the quality of the picutres are awesome. The picture is so clean, you think this movie is just released in theater. It is totally quatum leap from VHS version.
The extra feature of this movie is also awesome. It goes into detail about the movie and how they got around the corner to save much money as possible making this movie. It's also funny. You will learn lots of new trivia details of this movie too. I am glad I waited this long to get the special edition of this movie.
Oh, and the disc of this dvd is double sided. so becareful not to scratch it :)
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Summary: HELP ME
Review: can someone plese help me find the hidden features on the dvd ive looked everywhere and cant find them. plese help me
overall the dvd is great the 5.1 track is amazing and I like the choice to watch it with the mono track.
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Summary: The Weakest Terminator Movie But Good Anyway
Review: T1 Is Pretty Good But The Effects Need A Little Work But Overall The Movie Is A B+
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Summary: it'll be back in my movie collection.
Review: The Terminator is considered one of the greatest action movies of all time...and not just by me...well, by me too but...... anyway it's a really greast movie and should be watched again and again.
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Summary: "Sarah Connor?" "Yes?" (gunshot)
Review: In one of the greatest sci-fi action movies of all time, this amazing film was a breakthrough in cinematic history. Brilliant small-time director James Cameron became a hot property with his highly original screenplay and masterful directing in "The Terminator." It also brought a somewhat known, former bodybuilder champion Arnold Schwarzenegger into the ultimate action hero and brought him A-list status. This film is pure genius! In the year 2029, the world is rural wasteland. The machines, ruled by super-computer Skynet, has taken over. The human resistance, led by the brave John Connor, rallies the rest of civilization to go up against the machines. They win after a hard fought war. To change the past, Skynet sends an "indestructible" cyborg, the Terminator(Schwarzenegger) back through time to Los Angeles 1984 to assassinate Sarah Connor(Linda Hamilton), John's mother, to prevent her unborn son from saving mankind. The resistance intercepts by sending one of their own, soldier Kyle Reese, back through time to protect Sarah from the unstoppable Terminator, who feels no pity, remorse, or fear. I love Arnold. His "I'll be back" line is the greatest, or one of, movie line in history. His best role ever doesn't have that many lines, but his demeanor, fiercing look and powerful screen presence makes him the perfect choice for the Terminator. Michael Biehn(Kyle) and Hamilton also give great performances whose characters onscreen can't help but love each other and fear the cybernatic organism after them. Director Cameron, who would go on on to make "Titanic" and "T2", balances great innovative special effects(a bit primitive nowadays) and fine action sequences. The DVD ain't too shabby either. It has a good picture and new digital sound transfer, documentaries, deleted scenes, trailers and storyboards!
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Summary: Derivative, if Fun, Action Movie
Review: Writer/Director James Cameron's big breakthrough came in 1984 with this hard-hitting, if derivative, action thriller. More shoot-em-up than sci-fi, the movie manages to combine "Star Trek," "Westworld," "The Forbin Project," "The Naked Prey," and any number of John Carpenter's early efforts into a low-budget, high-octane chase that pits then unknowns Linda Hamilton and Michael Biehn against the ultimate killing machine (Arnold Schwarzenegger, in the role he was probably destined to play). Nevermind the time-travel underpinnings, "The Terminator" is meant to poke at the visceral parts rather than the thinking ones, and in this regard, it succeeds. The story is simple: machines have taken over the post-apocalyptic future, bent on stamping out the last of humanity. Unable to crush a resistance movement by a few tenacious humans (none of them ethnic minorities . . . apparently, we don't make it into the future), the machines send a cyborg assassin back to 1984 to kill the woman that will mother the leader of the resistance. A human follows the cyborg back in time to save her, with mayhem ensuing. Like so many 1980s movies, the film lightly brushes the story's human relationships, spending the majority of its time focused on the colder technologies and sadistic violence, and there are some fun, if violent, sequences. Hamilton and Biehn make adequate bait for Reagan-era posterboy Schwarzegger, but Paul Winfield and Lance Henrikson deserve more screen time as sympathetic cops. Ultimately, the film may serve best as a pop culture time capsule, reflecting the jingoistic/steroid/WASPy/mall culture that was the Decade of Greed's America. Still, despite its low budget, this is the best of the three Terminator films to date--at least, the one with the least pretensions about itself.
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