For context, this is from terminator 2 where the protagonist is saved by his best friend in the first 30 min of the film by lying to a terminator cyborg from the future posing as a cop.
For context, this is from terminator 2 where the protagonist is saved by his best friend in the first 30 min of the film by lying to a terminator cyborg from the future posing as a cop.
I’m genuinely curious If any of you didn’t immediately know the context from this screenshot.
there must be someone, but it’s such an iconic movie that I’m curious if there is anyone who recognize it immediately.
Of course some people didn’t? It’s over thirty years old.
Edit: to put it into perspective, the movie’s release is closer to the breakup of the Beatles than to the present day.
No thanks fam, I’m going to continue believing the 90s were 10-15 years ago max. I’m not old, I’m just tired all the time, no more questions please.
I saw it in the theatres and didn’t get the context because it has been literal decades since I last watched it.
Saw it on beta. Never saw it since then.
Exactly. I recognised the T-1000 but didn’t recall the context of the scene.
I mean it’s a movie from the 90s. My wife hasn’t seen die hard… yet. That’s gonna change this holiday.
Best Christmas movie ever.
Nah. Gremlins. When Kate tells the story of how she found out there’s no Santa Claus…
Your wife might prefer The Long Kiss Goodnight. Peak Geena Davis as an amnesiac assassin teamed up with ex-cop Sam Jackson.
I still quote Sam Jackson’s “assumption” line regularly
The process by which one thing becomes a beloved icon and another fades away is always baffling to me.
come on man, we’re all huge Lucas fans, I know Temple of Doom when I see it
Its also 30 years old. Over a decade older than many legal adults. So it’s definitely possible.
Some people are kids.
Plus some people don’t watch movies, much less blockbuster acfion movies.
Terminator 2 is not a fantastic action movie.
It is a fantastic movie.
It is fantastic. It is also an action movie. That makes it a fantastic action movie.
Being an action movie is not a negative.
That’s one of the biggest problems with the internet. People think that because they’ve seen something three of four times the entire world knows about it. Probably everyone on lemmy has seen that movie, but there are plenty of people who don’t like science fiction or Arnold or action movies.
If you go by lemmy, Linux is more popular than Adele.
I haven’t seen it, I’m younger than the movie and nobody really talked about it in any significant capacity
It’s one of those movies that has had a cultural impact for decades after release. If you did watch it today you’d probably be surprised how many scenes you’re familiar with from various media it’s influenced and been parodied in since release.
Or maybe not. Cultural landscape has changed so much there isn’t really a monoculture that can refer back to previous highlights/milestones within itself.
If you didn’t catch the end of that time it may all be lost to you. Which doesn’t matter, but the first two terminator movies are really good if you’re into that kind of rhing. James Cameron before Titanic and Avatar.
Someone talked about seeing ‘The Sting’ for the first time. They couldn’t believe that anyone in the audience didn’t know all those cons, then realized that when the movie was made, all those gags were fresh.
[off topic]
Here are a few old movies that, imho, are well worth a watch. No particular order
The Dirty Dozen
The Magnificent 7
Body Heat
The Three Musketeers [Oliver Reed]
Altered States
enjoy
Not who you’re replying to but haven’t watched any of these, so thank you
Remember, it’s dangerous to talk to random strangers on the interwebs
Haven’t been murdered yet!
Edit: …and is that a threat？
No, it’s sarcasm.
Prophetic scene from the movie.
(He actually said “people,” not “humans,” though.)
Also watch Rocky and Jurassic Park.
I didn’t recognize it immediately. I haven’t watched it in a long time. It felt familiar though, and it all clicked as soon as I read “terminator 2”.
As someone who doesn’t really watch movies, I didn’t.
thanks! first and only person unfamiliar with the scene out of a dozen responses.
cool
We’re old, friend.
I did, but then my family had this movie on VHS when I was younger and I’ve probably watched it like 100 times. It came on TV once when I was on the phone with my friend and I quoted all the lines just ahead of the TV. I bet that annoyed the shit out of her.
I was doing that the other day while my wife was watching Ace Ventura… Haven’t seen it in probably 20 years, doesn’t stop me… Your gun is digging into my hip…
That’s a good question and easy to answer, so I’ll try: Anyone who didn’t see the movie, does not remember this scene. Glad I could help.
I’ve seen the movie ages ago, didn’t remember this scene at all.
However, I recognized the T1000 actor immediately, so I knew it was from one of the terminator sequels, but not even immediately T2.
Looks like any of hundreds of movies from that time. It’s been literal decades since I saw it, I was probably the same age my daughter is now. Once I read the reference I realized that I do recognize T1000, but I definitely don’t remember that kid.
I couldn’t even tell that was a normal police badge, I’d assumed it was Battlestar, or some other old sci-fi I hadn’t seen. Definitely not a memorable enough scene from a sequel to an old action movie