Re: Hot Toys: MMS The Terminator 1/6th T-800. Specs & Pictures Coming Soon (teaser)
Ah, I get nostalgic listening to others' stories about their first Terminator experience. Mine is similar to others in this thread - my uncle had a VHS copy of I think EVERY movie and I was about ten when I first saw Cameron's masterpiece. I was already a big sci-fi geek being brought up on Star Wars so I was intrigued by the futuristic setting, time travel and of course, cyborgs.
Even then, though, like others have said here, I was fascinated by the grim and gritty vision of the future. There were no cures for cancer or warp drives or blue milk, just war - spawned by human ambition and technology, no doubt influenced by the country's prevailng paranoia with nuclear holocaust. This gritty future was explored further albeit tempered in Cameron's Aliens a few years later but at first glance, The Terminator was groundbreaking.
So here we are, over a quarter century and cult empire later, and the Terminator franchise seems to be as gritty and vibrant as ever. And I can't help but think this may have more to do with Hot Toys treatment of this pop-culture icon than the sub-par movie sequels. These incredible figures keep everything that's cool about the films firmly implanted in your mind by allowing to physically hold, pose and mod them as you like. So yeah, I'm picking this one up as well.
Ah, I get nostalgic listening to others' stories about their first Terminator experience. Mine is similar to others in this thread - my uncle had a VHS copy of I think EVERY movie and I was about ten when I first saw Cameron's masterpiece. I was already a big sci-fi geek being brought up on Star Wars so I was intrigued by the futuristic setting, time travel and of course, cyborgs.
Even then, though, like others have said here, I was fascinated by the grim and gritty vision of the future. There were no cures for cancer or warp drives or blue milk, just war - spawned by human ambition and technology, no doubt influenced by the country's prevailng paranoia with nuclear holocaust. This gritty future was explored further albeit tempered in Cameron's Aliens a few years later but at first glance, The Terminator was groundbreaking.
So here we are, over a quarter century and cult empire later, and the Terminator franchise seems to be as gritty and vibrant as ever. And I can't help but think this may have more to do with Hot Toys treatment of this pop-culture icon than the sub-par movie sequels. These incredible figures keep everything that's cool about the films firmly implanted in your mind by allowing to physically hold, pose and mod them as you like. So yeah, I'm picking this one up as well.
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