Beauty vs Beast: Mother Machine
Monday, June 29, 2015 at 2:14PM Jason from MNPP here wishing everyone a happy Monday, and a happy July-4th-weekend-to-be - speaking of, hitting theaters this big holiday weekend is the latest movie in the unstoppable Terminator franchise... is anybody excited? I imagine it's hard for most of us to stir up a ton of enthusiasm five movies in and coming off of two entirely lackluster sequels, but I really love the cast that's been assembled so I will probably get suckered in one more time. Jason Clarke wouldn't steer us wrong... right? That said for this week's "Beauty vs Beast" let us look back at the last time the franchise was good with the movie every sequel since has been riding the fumes from, James Cameron's 1991 action classic Terminator 2: Judgement Day.You have one week to choose!
PREVIOUSLY Billy Wilder's birthday carried us up into the dark weird manors of the Hollywood Hills with a face-off between Sunset Boulevard's Norma Desmond and her post-dead boy-toy Joe, and Norma's stardust was too much for us to resist. She carried just under 80% of the vote! Said tom:
"While Joe seems to inspire those around him, Norma consumes them. She probably swallows them whole. You have to vote for someone with an appetite like that."
Reader Comments (9)
As far as I'm concerned no contest -- Sarah Connor in a walk. Plus, when you list her pros you are neglecting her most important/awesome assets: The Arms
Now, if you were comparing her to the original Terminator, it would be a little closer (expect for the fact that she turns him into a pancake).
Linda Hamilton should've been Oscar-nominated for her performance in this film. Truly incredible, transformative, indelible, genre-transcending work.
I'm going to go with T-800 only because I think that this is also Schwarzenegger's career-best work for which he doesn't receive nearly enough credit.
Schwarzenegger's best performance is in Twins. So fun and relaxed, and he really does have a flair for comedy.
Gee, I wonder who's going to win this one...
I actually thought T-800 would put up a better fight. He's an icon! I clearly have no idea what you people are thinking. ;)
James Cameron is The Terminator Franchise. Everything after is fan fiction with studio backing.
How could you not vote for Sarah Connor?!?
@Mareko ditto
Mareko: I'd lean on Total Recall WAY MORE than Terminator or Twins.