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Version 4.20
Last updated: January 13, 2008
compiled and maintained by
Karsten A. Loepelmann
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[0.0] Introduction
[0.1] Internet resources
[0.2] Abbreviations
[0.3] Questions that need answering
[1.0] What are the different movie and TV versions?
[1.1] The Terminator
[1.1.1] What scenes were cut from the T1 theatrical release?
[1.1.2] What is the T1 Special Edition?
[1.1.3] What are some other alternate versions?
[1.2] Terminator 2: Judgment Day
[1.2.1] Why were scenes cut out of T2?
[1.2.2] What scenes were cut from the T2 theatrical release?
[1.2.2.1] What is the alternate ending?
[1.2.3] Other cut scenes
[1.2.4] What is the T2 Special Edition?
[1.2.5] What is the T2 Ultimate Edition?
[1.2.6] What is the T2 Extreme DVD?
[1.2.7] What are some other alternate versions?
[1.3] Terminator 2: 3-D (a.k.a. T2 3-D: Battle Across Time)
[1.3.1] How is the Hollywood version of T2: 3-D different from the Florida version?
[1.4] Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
[1.4.1] What scenes were cut from the T3 theatrical release?
[1.5] Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
[2.0] What original motion picture soundtracks are available?
[2.1] The Terminator
[2.2] Terminator 2: Judgment Day
[2.2.1] What songs in the movie are not on the T2 soundtrack?
[2.3] Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
[2.3.1] What songs in the movie are not on the T3 soundtrack?
[3.0] What are the filmographies of some of the people involved with Terminator?
[3.1] James Cameron
[3.2] Arnold Schwarzenegger
[3.3] Linda Hamilton
[3.4] Robert Patrick
[3.5] Kristanna Loken
[3.6] Edward Furlong
[3.7] Lena Headey
[4.0] Plot questions
[4.1] In what year are the films set?
[4.2] Why does it take the T-1000 so long to show up at John's house in Reseda?
[4.3] Why doesn't the security guard at Pescadero State Hospital notice the T-1000 on the floor?
[4.4] Does the T-1000 have to touch the object it takes the form of?
[4.5] Why does the T-1000 change back to the policeman at Pescadero State Hospital?
[4.6] Why does the orderly in Pescadero State Hospital lick Sarah's face?
[4.7] If dogs are used to identify Terminators, why doesn't the dog at the desert hideout bark at the Terminator?
[4.8] Why does Sarah carve the words "NO FATE"?
[4.9] Why doesn't Sarah kill Dyson?
[4.10] What parts of the police officer does the T-1000 duplicate?
[4.11] Why doesn't the T-1000 try to imitate Dyson and develop Skynet itself?
[4.12] Does the T-1000 have a third arm when it is flying the helicopter?
[4.13] What is that "ripple" that goes through the T-1000?
[4.14] Why does the T-1000 take the shape of Sarah instead of the Terminator?
[4.15] Why does the T-1000 try to get Sarah to call to John?
[4.16] If the T-1000 is destroyed when it falls into the molten steel, why wasn't it destroyed when the semi tow-truck blew up?
[4.17] Why doesn't the Terminator "disappear" when John throws the CPU into the molten steel?
[4.18] Isn't the Terminator's arm being left behind in the huge gear going to lead to the creation of Skynet anyway?
[4.19] When the T-1000 is on top of the elevator in Pescadero State Hospital, why doesn't it just cut the cables?
[4.20] What is the make and model of the Terminator?
[4.21] What about [insert continuity glitch here]?
[5.0] Trivia
[5.1] What actors were originally cast as the Terminator(s)?
[5.2] How many lines did Arnold have in T1?
[5.3] What is Harlan Ellison's connection to the Terminator movies?
[5.4] What is the "crushing foot" motif?
[5.5] Is "judgment" spelled correctly?
[5.6] How did Linda Hamilton prepare for T2?
[5.7] Does Linda Hamilton have a twin sister who appeared in T2?
[5.8] What hardware/software was used to produce some of the FX in T2?
[5.9] What machine code is displayed on the Terminator's visual display?
[5.10] What is the literal translation of "Schwarzenegger"?
[5.11] What does "Hasta la vista" mean?
[5.12] Did the movies win any Academy Awards?
[5.13] How much money did T2 make?
[5.14] Is there a real Cyberdyne Systems and Skynet?
[5.15] What is "Benthic Petroleum"?
[5.16] What sunglasses did the Terminator and Sarah wear?
[5.17] Where can I get Terminator parodies?
[5.18] What are some of the weapons used in T1 and T2?
[5.18.1] When the Terminator was firing the big machine gun in the Cyberdyne lab, was the bullet belt moving or not?
[5.19] What kind of motorcycle was used in T2?
[5.20] What is some trivia about the crane chase in T3?
[5.21] Why didn't Edward Furlong play the adult John Connor in T3?
[5.22] Miscellaneous trivia
[6.0] Time travel questions
[6.1] How did the (liquid metal) T-1000 travel to the past? Didn't they destroy the time machine?
[6.2] How can Skynet exist if the chip and arm were destroyed?
[6.3] If John gave a speech to Reese in 2029, who gave it to Sarah and conceived John in 1984, and then Sarah told it to John, then who wrote the bloody speech?
[6.4] What are some good SF time-travel stories?
[7.0] What Terminator books and comics are there?
[7.1] The Terminator books
[7.1.1] The Terminator (US novelization)
[7.1.2] The Terminator (UK novelization)
[7.1.3] The Terminator (BFI Modern Classics)
[7.2] Terminator 2: Judgment Day books
[7.2.1] Terminator 2: Judgment Day (novelization)
[7.2.2] Terminator 2: Judgment Day: The Book of the Film: An Illustrated Screenplay
[7.2.3] Terminator 2: Judgment Day (Mighty Chronicles)
[7.2.4] T2: Infiltrator
[7.2.5] T2: Rising Storm
[7.2.6] T2: The Future War
[7.2.7] Terminator 2: The New John Connor Chronicles, Book 1: Dark Futures
[7.2.8] Terminator 2: The New John Connor Chronicles, Book 2: An Evil Hour
[7.2.9] Terminator 2: The New John Connor Chronicles, Book 3: Times of Trouble
[7.2.10] Terminator 2: Hour of the Wolf
[7.3] Terminator 3 books
[7.3.1] Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
[7.3.2] Terminator 3: Terminator Dreams
[7.3.3] Terminator Hunt
[7.4] Now Comics
[7.4.1] The Terminator
[7.4.2] The Terminator: The Burning Earth
[7.4.3] The Terminator: All My Futures Past
[7.5] Dark Horse Comics
[7.5.1] The Terminator: Tempest
[7.5.2] The Terminator: One Shot
[7.5.3] The Terminator: Secondary Objectives
[7.5.4] The Terminator: The Enemy Within
[7.5.5] The Terminator: Hunters & Killers
[7.5.6] The Terminator: Endgame
[7.5.7] RoboCop Versus The Terminator
[7.5.8] The Terminator: Death Valley
[7.5.9] The Terminator: Suicide Run
[7.5.10] The Terminator: The Dark Years
[7.5.11] Superman vs. The Terminator: Death to the Future
[7.5.12] Aliens vs. Predator vs. The Terminator
[7.6] Marvel Comics
[7.7] Malibu Comics
[7.7.1] T2: Cybernetic Dawn (aka "Present War")
[7.7.2] T2: Nuclear Twilight (aka "Future War")
[7.8] Beckett Comics
[7.8.1] Terminator 3
[7.9] Dynamite Entertainment
[7.9.1] Terminator 2: Infinity
[8.0] What Terminator games are there?
[8.1] Arcade/Casino Games
[8.1.1] T2: The Arcade Game
[8.1.2] T2 Pinball
[8.1.3] T3 Pinball
[8.1.4] The Terminator Pachisuro Slot Machine
[8.2] Computer Games
[8.2.1] The Terminator
[8.2.2] Terminator 2: Judgment Day
[8.2.3] T2: The Arcade Game
[8.2.4] T2: Judgment Day Chess Wars
[8.2.5] The Terminator 2029
[8.2.5.1] The Terminator 2029: Operation Scour
[8.2.5.2] The Terminator 2029 Deluxe CD Edition
[8.2.6] The Terminator: Rampage
[8.2.7] The Terminator: Future Shock
[8.2.8] The Terminator: SkyNET
[8.2.9] Terminator 3: War of the Machines
[8.3] Console Games
[8.3.1] The Terminator
[8.3.2] T2: The Arcade Game
[8.3.3] Terminator 2: Judgment Day
[8.3.4] Robocop versus The Terminator
[8.3.5] The Terminator: Dawn of Fate
[8.3.6] Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
[8.3.7] Terminator 3: The Redemption
[8.4] Portable Games
[8.4.1] T2 LCD
[8.4.2] Game Gear
[8.4.3] Game Boy
[8.4.4] Game Boy Advance
[8.4.5] Mobil/Cell Phones
[9.0] Will there be more Terminator movies?
[10.0] Credits
[10.1] Bibliography
