Plot hole: When Kyle Reese first enters the picture, the police immediately start chasing him (which ultimately works to the Terminator's advantage, as he is able to use the radio chatter to track his target). But why are the police after Kyle in the first place? All he did was steal a homeless guy's pants. There's no way that would generate that big of a response from the LAPD.
Kyle G.
1st Dec 2024
The Terminator (1984)
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Suggested correction: Hardly a plot hole to have him be chased by the police. But they saw a half-naked guy in an alley at night; that's suspicious. He stole a man's pants and ran. Then he assaulted a police officer and took his gun. It escalated pretty quickly.
18th Nov 2024
The Terminator (1984)
Other mistake: At the gun store, the Terminator asks for "The .45 long slide, with laser sighting." He then acquires the gun and indeed uses the laser sighting more than once. The Terminator should have no need for the laser sighting, since it basically has built-in laser sighting.
18th Oct 2024
The Terminator (1984)
Vukovoch: Ed!
Lt. Traxler: What do you got?
Vukovich: Dead girl.
Lt. Traxler: [Looks at picture] I can see that.
Vukovich: Sarah Ann Connor, secretary, 35, shot six times at less than ten feet. Large caliber weapon.
Lt. Traxler: [holds up glasses] You know, these work.
27th Sep 2021
The Terminator (1984)
Question: In various online posts, I often see the Terminator (Arnold Schwarzenegger) referred to as a T-800. However, I never heard that model used in either of the first two films, unless I missed something. I do remember in part two the terminator refers to himself as a Cyberdyne Systems model 101. So where did the T-800 name come from?
Answer: In a Terminator 2 deleted scene the term is on the HUD of the terminator. The terminator itself is a series 800, an upgrade to the 600 series mentioned by Kyle Reese in Terminator 1, which only had rubber skin. The Arnold Schwarzenegger type of skin is the Model 101. In flashforwards in Terminator 1 you see a T-800 Model 102 infiltrate a rebel base, which looks different. Several types of terminator can wear the same skin Model. So there can also be a T-850 Model 101 (as seen in Terminator 3).
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