“Machines need love too!” – Ginger Venturaġ3. You’ve been targeted for termination.” – Kyle Reeseġ2. Your son, Sarah… your unborn son.” – Kyle Reeseġ0. But there was one man who taught us to fight, to storm the wire of the camps, to smash those metal motherfuckers into junk. Some of us were kept alive… to work… loading bodies. The Terminator: “Your clothes… give them to me, now.” Punk Leader: “Hey, I think this guy’s a couple cans short of a six-pack.” Punk: “Wash day tomorrow? Nothing clean, right?” Punk leader: “Nice night for a walk, eh?” You got a dead cat in there, or what?” The Terminator: “Fuck you, asshole!”ħ. It doesn’t feel pity, or remorse, or fear, and it absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are dead!” – Kyle ReeseĦ.
“Listen, and understand! That Terminator is out there! It can’t be bargained with. “You’re terminated, fucker!” – Sara Connorĥ. “Come with me if you want to live.” – Kyle ReeseĤ.
Their war to exterminate mankind had raged for decades, but the final battle would not be fought in the future. “The machines rose from the ashes of the nuclear fire. From Arnie’s iconic “I’ll be back” to “We are humanity’s last hope,” we’ve collected the best one-liners, monologues, and dialogue exchanges from the five movies as proof The Terminator is a part of the modern pop culture zeitgeist.ġ. The Terminator franchise is known for its big action setpieces and mind-bending plot lines, but it’s also gifted us some of the greatest movie quotes of all time. What’s even more surprising is they still hold up today, with T2 arguably the best movie in the franchise.įour more films followed– Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Terminator Salvation (the only one not to feature Schwarzenegger), Terminator Genisys, and Terminator: Dark Fate–as well as a short-lived TV series, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, focusing on Sarah after the events of T2. The movie was an even bigger success than the first, making between $519–520.9 million and containing some of the most advanced special effects of that time. The movie also introduced a new type of Terminator, the T-1000 (Robert Patrick), made from liquid metal with the ability to shapeshift into anyone it kills. Affectionately known as T2, the movie flipped the script and cast Schwarzenegger as a good Terminator, this time sent back in time to protect Sarah’s son John. The success of The Terminator meant a sequel was inevitable, and in 1991 audiences were blown away by the release of Terminator 2: Judgement Day.
Helping her out is Kyle Reese (Michael Biehn), a soldier sent back in time to protect Sarah.Ī surprise hit, the dystopian sci-fi racked in a massive $78.3 million off a budget of just $6.4 million and turned both Cameron and Schwarzenegger into major Hollywood players. Released in 1984, the original is about a T-800 cyborg assassin (Schwarzenegger) sent from the future to the present to kill Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton), the future mother of Resistance leader John Conner. Chock full of action, suspense, thrilling performances, and iconic Terminator quotes, the movie kicked off a long-running franchise, with the latest installment, an animated series, set for release soon. The Terminator is one of the great science fiction movies that changed the careers of director James Cameron and actor Arnold Schwarzenegger.