The Terminator (1984)

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Wikidata Q162255, film, IMDb tt0088247, TMDB 218: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by year 1984 in mention (Starman with Katey Rich); 3 more episodes agree.

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Who talked about it

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Led to

What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.

No line says another film or person drew on it.

Connected to

Blue Steel: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): Blue Steel → The Terminator. By the end Ron Silver is an unstoppable Terminator.
    “And he's like, the terminator at this point.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Blue Steel with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 1:20:21 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Michael Biehn: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): Michael Biehn → The Terminator. Biehn was the lead of a big sci-fi movie of the 80s.
    “He was the lead of the biggest science fiction movie of the of the entire 80s”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:24:53 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)

Starman: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (tonal mismatch): Starman → The Terminator. Like Terminator's sex scene, Starman's love scene feels like it is from a different movie.
    “That's a movie where it's like, when the sex scene kicks off, you're like, am I watching the same movie?”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 1:26:26 · Griffin Newman (0.45 sure it was them)

The Guest: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): The Guest → The Terminator. The Guest plays more like the first Terminator than expected.
    “it was a little bit more like Terminator one”
    The Big Picture · The 10 Best Horror Movies of the Decade | The Big Picture · 0:19:20 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Total Recall: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): Total Recall → The Terminator. The pick makes a case that Total Recall is Schwarzenegger's best movie, neck and neck with the Terminator films.
    “strong case for it being Arnold Schwarzenegger's best movie, kind of neck and neck, I think, with the Terminator films”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:35:45 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career): Michael Biehn → The Terminator. Biehn was the lead of a big sci-fi movie of the 80s.
    “He was the lead of the biggest science fiction movie of the of the entire 80s”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:24:53 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)

contrast (1)

  1. contrast (contrast): Total Recall → The Terminator. The pick makes a case that Total Recall is Schwarzenegger's best movie, neck and neck with the Terminator films.
    “strong case for it being Arnold Schwarzenegger's best movie, kind of neck and neck, I think, with the Terminator films”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:35:45 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)

lineage (1)

  1. lineage (lineage): The Guest → The Terminator. The Guest plays more like the first Terminator than expected.
    “it was a little bit more like Terminator one”
    The Big Picture · The 10 Best Horror Movies of the Decade | The Big Picture · 0:19:20 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

theme (1)

  1. theme (theme): Blue Steel → The Terminator. By the end Ron Silver is an unstoppable Terminator.
    “And he's like, the terminator at this point.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Blue Steel with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 1:20:21 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

unmapped (1)

  1. unmapped (tonal mismatch): Starman → The Terminator. Like Terminator's sex scene, Starman's love scene feels like it is from a different movie.
    “That's a movie where it's like, when the sex scene kicks off, you're like, am I watching the same movie?”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 1:26:26 · Griffin Newman (0.45 sure it was them)

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Who the speakers said made it

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