It’s hard to explain why James Cameron’s “The Terminator” has found such a tender spot in pop culture history.
Let’s be honest: a sci-fi flick about a time-traveling robot killing machine isn’t exactly a sure-fire recipe for widespread commercial success.
Yet somehow, the metallic assassin found his niche: “The Terminator” was a box office smash back in 1984, earning over 78 million worldwide and numerous fans in the process (via The Numbers).Beyond introducing us to a terrifyingly determined killer robot, “The Terminator” is also the film that launched Arnold Schwarzenegger into the Hollywood spotlight.
While Schwarzenegger had been in movies before,…The post Arnold Schwarzenegger Didn’t Think The Terminator Had A Whole Lot Of Potential appeared first on /Film.
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