Bob jumps straight into the topic this episode with SPOILERS from the very start. This episode we assume that you have at least a familiarity with the basic plot of the Terminator films even if, like Mark, you've never seen them. We discuss the first three films and ignore the latter three (which neither Bob nor Mark has seen). Enjoy!

00:10 Intro

00:45 Mark had not seen The Terminator; cultural significance and Schwarzenegger

05:37 Evolution from conclusive to open-ended

08:42 The Terminator

12:30 Does James Cameron care more about technical filmmaking than the story elements?

20:04 Masking the antagonist in Terminator 2

23:10 Linda Hamilton/Sarah Connor

25:41 Which is best and supporting cast

27:43 Terminator 3 is a real step down

31:12 Schwarzenegger is inextricably linked with the Terminator

34:05 Rough story moments in the second filmmaking

35:21 Edward Furlong - American History X

36:25 Robert Patrick

37:10 Kristanna Loken

40:25 Time travel and its problems

44:07 Special effects

48:35 Mild spoilers(?) for Reacher season 2

49:27 Prosthetic effects in The Terminator

52:08 Actor miscellany

56:35 Winding down

Intro and Outro music excerpted without alteration other than length and volume from AcidJazz by Kevin McLeod under a Creative Commons (CC BY 3.0) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode