#Cyborg the Barbarian

[ironbloodaika]

Always enjoy seeing voice actors singing the praises of one of their fellows.

[bugpysforge]

Attack lives up to her name in the Deoxys Party. She pursues opponents with drive, yet she finds that most opponents are easily defeated.

Race: Cyborg Class: Barbarian Subclass: Path of the Deathseeker Location: Deoxys Party Alignment: Lawful Evil

View the pokedex of all dungeon pokemon by following the link in the menu.

[spiderkiss]

Started a new d&d game today.

The whole party woke up and Chose Violence

First time playing a barbarian, choose path of the zealot and he hits like a mac truck

[chronicparagon]

Dear heavens! He resisted the plasma! They didn’t blind his sensors, nor melt his face. His own mechanics acted swiftly, and throwing cold water on her hopes her attack would spare her life. She screams when his fist slices through the air and towards her! Panic grips her and acts on instinct. She doesn’t want to die but if this fail, then she didn’t die begging for her life.

Both arms rise and forearms cover over her face. Chin tucks into her chest and her eyes shut tight. Her body attempts to roll to the side, hoping she can save herself from a bloody demise. She may not be as fast as Smasher, but she has her own strengths. In fact, Harmony’s cybernetics gives her superhuman strength. She wasn’t rebuilt for speed, but for strength and defense. But though she is meant for strength, is she fast enough to miss the punch? Does she have the resistance to prevent him from smashing her face like a pumpkin?  

She gives Smasher three words. Those three, little words directly from her heart, for they could be her parting words.

“Fuck off, dick!”

Violence is powerful, hatred is wonderful, and such madness drives those consumed by these feelings to commit the impossible. Our tyrant stood like an immovable fortress as Harmony’s desperate assault surged toward him. The plasma rays, luminescent and searing, enveloped his face with a flash, their intensity enough to sear through flesh—but he was no ordinary human, he had no ordinary flesh and the beam was lacking. The blinding light reflected off his reinforced optics, his vision briefly whited out, but his resolve remained unshaken.

He didn’t flinch. He didn’t even blink.

As the last of the plasma beams became but a distant dream, Smasher stood there, unshaken by her petty resolve. The mechanical hiss of his systems reacted in response to cooling off the overall temperature as a counteract. His voice, a cold, mechanical rasp, sliced through the tension.

❝ That the best you got? ❞ Without hesitation, his massive arm moved with lightning speed, faster than any machine his size should be capable of. The full force of his cybernetic might was behind the punch, aimed directly at Harmony’s face.

❝ Get out of my sight you worthless cunt. ❞ Only a miracle could the incoming impact…

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List of dimensional variants/counterparts of Enid and Wednesday introduced in my fanfiction Kooky Spooky in order of appearance.

This means that other characters that are counterparts such as Taylor Galpin, the Yoko and Weems from Agent A's dimension and the rest of the Adamos (High Fantasy Addams Family) are not on this list. Only Enids and Weds.

(Artwork from Kris6758 on Twitter)

First, those with some weight in the plot:

Eamon Sinclair (Chapter 1): Initially named in Chapter 1, with no formal appearance until Chapter 43. Eamon is a male counterpart of Enid and husband of Friday (the Wednesday from the 1973 cartoon). Basically, he is "our" Enid if she had been born male. Standard lycanthrope, though exceptionally strong.

Thursday (Chapter 9): Wednesday Thursday Addams. As Eamon, a male counterpart to Wednesday and Friday's cell neighbor. He looks identical to a teenage Gomez but with no mustache and with Fester's pallor.

Enid Saint-Clair (Chapter 19): The Enid of Woe's dimension (the Wednesday of the '90s movies). Brunette, of Greek descent and werecat rather than werewolf. Affable and nice, though with psychopathic tendencies and a love for exacerbated violence. Loves to fight people who can keep up with her. To call her "kitten" is to invite death. Better just call her “Nid”.

Agent A (Chapter 22): Wednesday Tuesday Addams. The Wednesday from a dimension gone to hell (literally). She's a grown woman in her forties, dresses like she's a MIB and is a practitioner of magic. She's also one of the few Wednesdays who doesn't make use of her pigtails or pull her hair back in any way, leaving her hair loose. If you want to put a face on her, I imagine her as Hailee Steinfeld about 16 years from now.

Wodnesdæg (Chapter 35): Lord Wodnesdæg of the House of Adamo, Prince of the Kingdom of Nova Gersia. Wod to his closest family and friends. Trans male version of Wednesday. He collects his hair in two short but thick pigtails. Likes to wear black armor that makes him look like the stereotypical Dark Lord from a fantasy novel, but first impressions aside his personality is closer to that of a Gomez Addams.

Eneit Synklar (Chapter 35): Enid's variant from Wodnesdæg's dimension and his betrothed. A barbarian and werewolf princess Enid, extremely tall and muscular, usually dressed in furs or light leather armor. Very outgoing, affable and friendly, though she lacks a bit of tact and has no qualms about breaking in half anyone who messes with her loved ones.

[UPDATE] The Bright One: SPOILERS! Read the fic 😁

Now, the ones that are more cameos:

Chapter 43:

A golden tyrannosaurus Enid and her ape-like sidekick Wednesday, inspired by the original comic book versions of Devil Dinosaur and Moon Boy.

A middle-aged futuristic soldier Enid.

A Wednesday who looks like a living marble statue with golden cracks adorning her skin and luminous white hair.

A Wednesday and Enid who look like stereotypical pirates.

Gargoyle Enid. A purple-skinned Enid with horns, tail and wings, inspired by the characters from the Disney series Gargoyles.

Chapter 45:

Cyborg-lycanthrope Enid.

Vampire Wednesday, armed with a spear.

Reverse Enid and Wednesday: A violent lycanthropic but black-furred Enid accompanied by a disturbingly extroverted blonde Wednesday.

The younglings: A group of five or six young Wednesdays, the oldest no older than seven.

Saiyan Enid: A brunette-haired martial artist Enid with ki abilities, orange robes, staff and monkey tail. Inspired by Dragon Ball, although it can be interpreted as a reference to Journey to the West as well.

Gunslinger Enid and Wednesday, as if out of a classic Hollywood Western.

Sasquatch Enid.

The witches: Two Enids, one of them in school uniform and wand-wielding, clearly inspired by the Potterverse novels/films or other similar works. The second Enid, with green skin and black clothes, pointy hat and broom is more inspired by The Wizard of Oz and Wicked.

Punk-looking Enid with cybernetic implants like blades in her arms. Inspired by Cyberpunk 2077.

Angelic Enid, alternates between a humanoid form with wings and a fire-wheel form with multiple eyes.

Hellboy Wednesday (Hellgirl?).

[UPDATE] Chapter 50:

A witch-like Enid with a talking cat familiar.

[timetravellingshinigami]

For anyone who likes a good alien romance with plot and smut👌👌 I

happily give some recommendations .

There's one which give me Miles Quaritch x reader/oc vibes 😏

Obviously if you love big blue aliens (Na'vi)

You gotta check out Ice Planet Barbarians by Ruby Dixon

You can also go on the tag #iceplanetbarbarians and you'll find memes and art. It's a big fandom for this series.

There's a spinofff series of this called CORSAIR Brothers

And the first book ADIRON

Has a hilarious hero who's goofy and a himbo. Personal favourite 👌

Next if you want aliens who are very Na'vi like in culture but also don't hesitate to use technology then this one is for you

The Ash Planet Warriors

It's a spin off of the series Garrison Earth.

There are three races here the Vetusian, Jal'zar i.e The Ash Planet Warriors and Humans. The humans and Jal'zar are invaded by the Vetusians.

My favourite book in the spin off is this

Enemies to loves, political marriage. Here's a summary

I won’t touch her. But I will torment her soul. While the other warlords mate with the daughters of our enemy, I want nothing to do with these political marriages. Fate calls me north, searching for what the shamans say will complete my soul.

Now in the Garrison Earth series the last book is very interesting.

It's the Miles Quaritch x reader/oc fanfics but in a book 👇👀👀

Claimed

I conquered her planet and pillaged her body. Now I’m back for her heart.

A decade ago, I brought war to Solgad, home of the Jal’zar. I sacked the planet and slaughtered the people, all to save my race from extinction. Until one of their female warriors hissed defiance, promising me death at her hands no matter how her body longed for mine.

Each night, she came to end me, only to succumb to the raw urges of her mating heat.Each night, I gave her hungry womb what it needed, the way we coupled neither safe nor sane.

I was the enemy she couldn’t kill.She was the female I couldn’t have.

Together, we unleashed chaos.

Many solar cycles after the occupation, I return to Solgad, searching the ashen plains for her: my soulmate. This time, I will claim the Jal’zar female as mine, and nobody will get in the way.

Not even myself.

If you can, do read the entire series first if you want to know a little back story of the male character.

Now on to a villian from a different series

Zorus from Redeeming Zorus by Laurann Dohner.

Here's an enthusiastic comment about the character

Zorus, You Evil Bigot, M*ther F@cking, Sadistic Bastard!!! I have HATED You for SOOO LONG. Now I have to read your Love Story!!! Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Anyway here's what's he's all about: Zorus is a member of the Ruling Council that governs cyborgs. His orders are law and must be obeyed. But Zorus is a sick bastard. He hates humans with a passion, and has been an evil terror to all cyborg males that have attempted to take a human female as a mate. He has gone as far as ordering them to be killed under the pretense that they were Earth Government spies searching for cyborgs.

But in a way his intense hate is justified. It's like if a Na'vi wanted to kill all the humans and Avatars (even the good ones), and all the hybrid children, because of what the RDA has done in Pandora.

Obviously this book is part of a series.

I'm sorry this spiralled into Alien villains but here's the last one

The Fractured Mate

Comments on the book:

Halian was so damned evil in previous books, I couldn't possibly imagine how he could be redeemable. But DAMN if our author didn't come up with the absolute most genius, creative, plot twist of an explanation!

Again part of a series of many interesting alien characters. Best to read those so you get an idea of how bad Halian is.

Now three other good alien books (not a villain main character)

Heart's Prisoner by Olivia Riley

He's not like anything Lana has ever encountered.

Asset X: Massive, deadly, a little terrifying to say the least. A devilish warrior. And a killer. Captured on a hellish world after attacking a military campsite and now imprisoned in a state-of-the-art cell inside one of the military’s top bases--Lazris.

And Lana has been assigned to "study" him. To learn his secrets and gain his trust, if he is ever allowed to set foot out of his cell. As a top behaviorist, it is the biggest hurdle of her career.

Very alien looking hero and mostly from the FMC point of view so there's a whole lot of mystery around him and what he's thinking. When we talking alien this dude is very alien. Also, it's a slow burn. Definitely no attraction at first sight. Actually we're all terrified 😂

Next is Classified Planet: Turongal of The Darvel Exploratory Systems

Cottonwood by R.Lee. Smith

Have you seen District 9? If you haven't please do..one of the best Sci fi alien movies out there. Anyway this book has the same kind of aliens. And a sort of similar plot. It feels like a fanfiction if that movie but it's different from the book too. All the characters are well written and brilliant plot. If 'Hearts Prisoner ' hero is a 7 on the "how alien does he look?" scale, the aliens in this book are a 9.

Argurma Salvager #1 Broken Earth

☝️ Hero's features inspired by the Predator in Alien vs Predator movies.

Saving Askara #1 Saving Askara

This has :

First contact

Slow burn (almost all the books i mentioned are slow burn)

Learning the cultures (Ash Planet also is about learning a different culture.)

Anyway these are some of my favorites and the best sci-fi alien romance i love till date ❤️ obviously there'are many more that I've probably forgotten 😅

[sortyourlifeoutmate]

And like I don't mind Games Workshop making models for things that may not have existed as models previously (and I'm being very broad in my timescales here, as is my custom) but it does tend to lock down what people think and assume those things look like. Not a fan of that.

Like, how in the before-times Skitarii were mentioned but did not exist as models. Now they do, that's what Skitarii look like. They look like that, always always always.

No! Boring! Wrong! Bring on Dan Abnett's drugged-up cyborg barbarians! Way more fun!

You know?

[angelwiththeblue-box]

leveragetober day 10- au

dnd au!!! parker is a tiefling rogue, eliot is a barbarian minotaur, and hardison is a human cyborg artificer!!

taglist: @blueskiesandstarrynights @thedragonemperess @wheelsupin-azarathmetrionzinthos @depressedtransguy @disdoorted-crows @joshkiszkashusband @starstruckodysseys @starchaserbaby @genuine-possum

[lions-and-men-musical]

Hector’s helmet in Lions & Men (sci-fi trojan war musical that I’m writing):

In The Iliad, one of Hector’s main epithets is “of the Shining Helm” (or flashing helmet depending on translator), which is one of my personal favorites because of a specific scene I’ll talk abt later

(I don’t have my iPad rn so excuse my finger drawings lol)

most of the time in Battle, Hector has the first helmet, until he uses sort of like a power-up type thing (think Barbarian Rage in DnD), where the Mohawk comes out, which both looks more like Ancient Greek helmets and makes Hector look more like Ares

the helmet can just kind of vanish/disintegrate via cyborg magic that approximately nobody wants to hear abt, so it’s easy to just kind of click on & off

in Episode 5, when Hector goes to his wife & their baby after a battle, he leaves the Helmet on, causing the baby Astyanax to not recognize his father and start crying. This is a retelling of the scene from the Iliad I mentioned. It’s one of my favorites in the Iliad, so I knew I had to include it.

I love how it shows that what Hector is most known for (the helmet, representing war) is what scares his child the most; it makes him unrecognizable to his loved ones yet it is what he’s loved for; and a big theme in Lions and Men is what war does to people and how it changes them (this theme is VERY prominent in the Achilles storyline)

everyday I tell myself I need to get normaler abt Hector and everyday I fail

also some art of him w/o the helmet for those who haven’t seen it:

[teentitansaudioclips]

"And for what purpose is this crime-fighting device?

Eek!"

-- Starfire, Cyborg the Barbarian, Teen Titans (2003 cartoon)

[vaxyl]

Sometimes a family is…

a half human/half elf aasimar ranger who dabbles in rogue and druid (Vex'ahlia) and her adopted grizzly bear (Trinket)

a half human/half elf vampire aasimar rogue who dabbles in ranger and druid (Vax'ildan) and his adopted raven (Simon)

a half human/half elf aasimar druid princess (Keyleth)

a demon-touched human fighter with a reluctant warlock pact (Percy) and his smoke demon warlock patron (Orthax)

a sickly middle-aged human wizard (Gale)

a half human/half elf vampire rogue (Astarion)

a baby githyanki fighter (Lae'zel)

an amnesiac half human/half elf cleric of Shar (Shadowheart)

a demon-touched human paladin of Bahamut with a reluctant warlock pact (Wyll) and his cambion warlock patron (Mizora)

and a cyborg tiefling barbarian paladin of Ilmater (Karlach)

Bonus - A look at my takes on Vax, Vex, Keyleth & Percy from the dnd show Critical Role:

Vex'ahlia (26, she/her) -

Vax'ildan (26, he/him) -

Keyleth (24, she/her) -

Percy (23, he/him) -

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Tag List

Every Beast Boy/Raven Moment in screenshots

If I skipped over an episode, there wasn’t enough interaction to justify a post.

If you're on desktop: Chronological order of (most) everything.

(Protip: On desktop, you can add /chrono after any link to make that tag display in order.)

Onto the list! Beneath the cut:

By Episode/Season

Go!

Season 1 (chronological)

Divide and Conquer

Sisters

Final Exam

Forces of Nature

The Sum of His Parts

Nevermore

Switched

Deep Six

Masks

Mad Mod

Car Trouble

Apprentice (Part 1)

Apprentice (Part 2)

Season 2 (chronological)

How Long Is Forever?

Every Dog Has His Day

Terra

Only Human

Fear Itself

Date With Destiny

Transformation

Titan Rising

Winner Take All

Betrayal

Fractured

Aftershock (Part 1)

Aftershock (Part 2)

Season 3 (chronological)

Deception

X

Betrothed

Crash

Haunted

Spellbound

Revolution

Wavelength

The Beast Within

Can I Keep Him?

Bunny Raven… or… How to Make A Titananimal Disappear

Titans East (Part 1 & 2)

Season 4 (chronological)

Don’t Touch That Dial / Episode 257-494

The Quest

Birthmark

Cyborg the Barbarian

Employee of the Month

Troq

The Prophecy

Stranded

Overdrive

Mother Mae-Eye

The End (Parts 1+2+3)

Season 5 (chronological)

Homecoming (Parts 1+2)

Trust

For Real

Snowblind

Kole

Hide and Seek

Lightspeed

Revved Up

Go!

Calling All Titans

Titans Together

Things Change

By Character

Cyborg

Starfire

Robin

Terra

The Team

Beast Boy and Raven are going to be in basically all of them so let’s not be silly.

etc!

The Mod (answering questions, doing housekeeping)

Bonus Posts! (not shippy but I liked it)

Gold Star Moments (The ‘iconic’ ones)

Sincere Moments (No joking or teasing)

Same Team (Working together)

Personal Space (touching)

Raven smiling

Raven vs Jokes

Beast Boy vs ‘Creepy’

Beast Boy vs Raven’s room

vs Food

The penny

Beast Boy protecting Raven

Raven protecting Beast Boy

Enjoy! 💜💚

[docgold13]

Profiles in Villainy

Gemini 

In the post-apocalyptic realm inhabited by Thunder the Barbarian, Gemini was an evil cyborg sorcerer who ruled other the isle of Manhat with an iron fist.  As a strange result of his cybernetics, Gemini possessed something of a split-personality with each persona controlling one of the two faces on either side of his head.  There is a more aggressive and ill-tempered side as well as one that is more calm and diplomatic, yet no less evil. To switch from one persona to another, Gemini’s helmet closed over the current face, while his neck rotated around so to reveal the other face.

Gemini was defeated and seemingly killed in his first altercation with Thunder and his allies.  Yet the sorcerer survived and went into hiding as the wandering wizard known as Janis.  He would later hatch a scheme to gain dominion over the realm by raising an army of rock warriors.  Once more he battled Thundarr and this time it appeared as though the villain was vanquished once and for all as he was thrown into a magical pool that turned him to stone.

Actor Henry Corden provided the voice of Gemini.  The villain first appeared in the first episode of Thundarr the Barbarian, airing on October 11th, 1980. 

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"Build Your Character Like A Ninja Turtle" Random Tables

So, Friend of the blog Trent Troop, AKA @therobotmonster came up with a great concept called "Build Your Character Like A Ninja Turtle," with the idea of building a character via a combination of "Species/Type + Job/Skill + Schtick"

So, naturally I had to make some random D20 tables for doing that process, trying to go a bit broad and open-ended with it for maximum fun! Along with an optional bonus one to fit with Trent;'s toyetic aesthetics.

Roll once on each table to do the basic process or, for added fun, roll twice and try to combine the two results on each you roll up in an interesting way! (Re-rolling if you get doubles obvz)

Species/Type

Post-Human

Goblin

Fish

Arthropod

Furry Mammal

Alien

Body Part (Eye/Brain/Organ/Extremity/ect)

Robot/Cyborg

Demon/Devil

Dinosaur/Dragon

Mollusc

Mineral

Plant

Armored

Amphibian

Garbage

Undead

Avian

Elemental

Abomination

Job/Skill

Soldier

Sports-Person

Secret Agent

Wizard/Magician/Witch

Cowboy

Barbarian

Ninja

Martial Artist

Mad Scientist

Bounty Hunter

Doctor/Nurse

Greaser/Biker

First Responder/Rescuer

Animal/Creature Handling

Pilot/Driver

Musician

Clown

Construction/Maintainance/Demolition

Body Horror

Superhero

Schtick

True Hero

The Starscream

Pretentious Artiste

Angsty Loner

Lacksidaisical Jokester/Party Dude

Courageous Coward

Hippie

Goth

Autistic-Coded Nerd

Escaped Experiment/I Am Not A Gun

Boisterous Bruiser/Himbo (Gender Neutral)

Lovable Rogue

Stoic and Scary

Wise Mentor

Tsundere/Yandere (Gender Neutral)

Don Quixote-Type Delusional

Cynic With A Heart Of Gold

Fussy And Respectable Neat Freak

They Everything Hide A Basic Insecurity

Supreme Villain

Optional: Toyetic Gimmick

Miniaturized

Scented

Sparking

Color Changing

Translucent Plastic

Water Squirting

Glow In the Dark

Modular/Interchangable Parts

Missile-Firing

Transforming

Slime Dripping

Lights & Sound

Battle Armor

Spring Loaded Action Feature

Vac-Metalized Plastic

Covered In Fur

Magnets

Pumping Fluids

Self Destruct

Extremely Big

So... Have fun!

Also, since this was inspired by the man's work, if you like this, please donate to Trent's Gofundme and/or Paypal if you can afford it.

He's fallen on some hard times, and he deserves so much better from this world...

[yestolerancepro]

Tolerance Project extra I’ll be back and he certainly was The Tolerance Project and The Terminator Franchise

Part One Terminator the first 3 films in the Series Terminator Terminator 2Judgement Day and Terminator 3 Rise Against The Machines

Introduction

Hello there and Welcome to a revised edition of a blog that looks at the Terminator film Franchise including the making of the original Terminator film from 1984 and the 2 sequels that followed it Terminator 2 Judgement Day and Terminator 3 Rise of the Machines for ease of reading the blog has been split in two chapters the second chapter deals with the other 3 films in the series Terminator Salvation Terminator Genysis and Terminator Dark fate as well as what links the film to the Toleramce Project

Today the 26th October marks the Terminator 40th Birthday of its original release at the cinema

Overview

The Terminator is a 1984 American science fiction action film directed by James It stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as the Terminator, a cyborg assassin sent back in time from 2029 to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton), whose unborn son will one day save mankind from extinction by Skynet, a hostile artificial intelligence in a post-apocalyptic future. Kyle Reese (Michael Biehn) is a soldier sent back in time to protect Sarah. The screenplay is credited to Cameron and producer Gale Anne Hurd.

Defying low pre-release expectations, The Terminator topped the United States box office for two weeks, eventually grossing $78.3 million against a modest $6.4 million budget. It is credited with launching Cameron's film career and solidifying Schwarzenegger's status as a leading man. The film's success led to a franchise consisting of several sequels, a television series, comic books, novels and video games. In 2008, The Terminator was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.  

Casting The Terminator

It's hard to believe, but it's been roughly forty years since James Cameron changed movies forever with the release of The Terminator in 1984. At just 30 years old, this was Cameron's breakthrough, with his only other feature film being the low-budget Piranha II: The Spawning in 1981. His story about a cyborg sent from the future to kill the mother of a future resistance leader against robots who have taken over the Earth set Cameron on a path to becoming one of the most influential filmmakers ever. Before any of that could happen, however, Cameron needed to find the perfect face for his robotic monster. As we all know, the role went to Arnold Schwarzenegger, sending his career into the stratosphere, but before it did, there was talk of another famous name playing the part. Then one conversation with James Cameron changed everything, shaping history into the form we now know it.

Arnold Schwarzenegger Says O.J. Simpson Was the First Choice

In 1984, James Cameron might not have been famous yet, but Arnold Schwarzenegger was. He was the larger-than-life Austrian bodybuilder who had won seven Mr. Olympias and four Mr. Universe bodybuilding titles before transitioning to acting with roles in films such as Conan the Barbarian in 1982. Two years later, the same year a Conan the Barbarian sequel, Conan the Destroyer, was released, Arnold met with the unproven Cameron about his next project, a film with a much bigger scope than killer fish.

Cameron Says Simpson Was Never Considered To For ‘The Terminator’

In a 2023 interview with the eponymous host of Max’s talk show Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace, James Cameron set the record straight about a persistent rumor over the decades about fallen NFL star running back O.J. Simpson being considered to play the Terminator.

During the interview with Cameron, Wallace asked the writer-director to explain how the supposed consideration of Simpson for the role began.

“Very early on, a highly placed person at one of the two studios that funded that film had a brilliant idea and called me up and said, ‘Are you sitting down?’ I said, ‘Well, no, I’m not.’ He said, ‘Are you sitting? O.J. Simpson for the Terminator!’ I said, ‘I actually think that’s a bad idea.’ It didn’t go anywhere,” Cameron told Wallace (via Variety).

In a 2022 interview with Graham Bensinger, Schwarzenegger went into great detail about what those early interactions with James Cameron were like. Arnold said that when he got involved with the film, O.J. Simpson, then a beloved retired NFL running back who had transitioned to acting, was supposed to be the Terminator, with Schwarzenegger playing Kyle Reese, the good guy role who protects Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton) and fights against the Terminator. The role would eventually go to Michael Biehn. Arnold was told that he'd be meeting Cameron for lunch, because Cameron had to sign off on him playing Reese.

Arnold Schwarzenegger Convinced James Cameron To Give Him the Terminator Role Instead

At the lunch, Schwarzenegger told Cameron his thoughts about the film and focused on the Terminator, who he wasn't cast to play. He brought up Yul Brenner's killer robotic performance from Westworld, saying "Everything was kind of off because he was not like a human being, there was something wrong here, but you couldn't identify exactly what it was." Arnold was fascinated by Brenner's mechanical movements and told Cameron that whoever played Terminator had to be trained to act like a machine. "He cannot go and look down and have the magazine be put into the gun... This has to be done like a machine, therefore he has to be trained blindfolded."

Schwarzenegger said Cameron was impressed by his opinion and completely agreed. So, right then and there, he told Arnold, "There's no one who will understand the Terminator better than you, so therefore, I think we're all in agreement that you should play the Terminator." To this, Arnold said no. He saw playing the Terminator, who barely had any lines, as a regression in his acting career. He wanted to be Reese, who had all the lines and was more of a challenge. Cameron would not be dissuaded so easily. He told Arnold, "Trust me, I will shoot the character so that you're not only the number one villain they've ever seen, but the number one hero." Cameron told Schwarzenegger to go home and think about it for a few days. He did just that, going back and forth between visualizing himself as the hero and the villain. "Eventually one day I woke up and said to myself, you know, he's right. It would be the most memorable character if it's played right

The Terminator director James Cameron says Arnold Schwarzenegger wasn’t exactly who he had in mind to play the now iconic movie character.

The sci-fi movie classic will celebrate the 40th anniversary of its domestic release on October 26. In the film, Schwarzenegger stars as the title character—aka the T-800—a cyborg from the future who travels back in time to assassinate Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton), the mother of a future leader of a war against AI machines who have become self-aware.

In a recent interview with Empire Magazine, Cameron admitted that while Schwarzenegger isn’t the person he envisioned for the now-legendary role, he’s the reason for the longevity of the Terminator franchise.

.Further Watching

To watch a video called WTF Happened to The Terminator from from the JO Blos orignal you tube page Click here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1QwVogN-yA&t=46s

To watch a a retrospective review of the original Terminator film from the Oliver Harper You Tube page click here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRYFDGDBdG8&list=PL17vqAEJv6CV1syq4_fFKgBwSqGdJzH9z&index=301&t=16s

Ten things you didn't know about the Terminator Video Series from Minty Comedic arts

The Original Terminator film click here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-tprB2tQ4Q&t=117s 

Further Listening

This excellent Radio 4 Documentary where presenter explores the creation and enduring vision of the Terminator enduring A.I prophecy https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001xm5f 

Further Reading

This article by the slash film website gives a good history of the original film but also explains why Orion Pictures backed the film in the first place with only one condition to read it click here https://www.slashfilm.com/1515271/orion-pictures-agreed-finance-the-terminator-one-condition/

Me and The Terminator Franchise

There have been 6 films in The Terminator franchise I must admit I have not seen them all so I won’t comment on those but I think the first 2 films in the series are the best ones in the franchise as a whole.

 I would have stopped the series after Terminator 3 Rise of the Machines after all it would have made a nice little trilogy. I actually saw the 2nd Terminator film Judgement day first.

 

I only saw that because I was intriged by a spoof pop single in the British charts by Arnie and the Terminators which you can listen to by clicking here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JewSFEb4D6Y 

Quite a lot of people seem to agree with me that perharps the Terminator Franchise should have stopped after Terminator 2 Judgement day in 1991 the film even had a different ending shot for it that would have stopped the franchise after 2 films as detailed here

The epic saga of the "Terminator" films nearly had a far more conclusive ending in its second installment. James Cameron initially planned for a future-set epilogue in which an older Sarah Connor watches her son John, now a senator, playing with his daughter in a peaceful, Skynet-free world.

This would have sealed the fate of our beloved characters, leaving no room for a sequel, let alone the multiple that followed. As apocalyptic as the "Terminator" franchise tends to be, it's amusing to imagine it wrapping up with a peaceful picnic scene.

Screenrant again published an article on their website called 10 Movies that should have ended the Franchise and Terminator 2 Judgement Day was on their list at number at number 7 this is what they had to say.

There are several reasons why Terminator 2: Judgment Day still holds up today. Apart from the impressive effects and performance that brought the T-1000 to life, Terminator 2 compellingly raised the stakes and further explored the plot's ethical implications. It also pulled off the impossible by turning the first movie's villain, the T-800, into a hero and father figure to John Connor. With Skynet's defeat, Sarah and John finally had a reason to be optimistic in the ending, which brings the story to a full circle. The disappointing events of Terminator 3 and the succeeding reboot sequels only strengthen Judgment Day's place among movies that should have ended the franchise. 

Reading those comments myself its very hard to disagree with them also this article from the CBR.com website explains why the Terminator film series should have perharps stopped at Terminator 2 Judgement Day https://www.cbr.com/t2-perfect-end-terminator-series/

Also the yard Barker website included it in a list of films in article called Sequels that could have worked as standalone films this is what they had to say:

James Cameron’s original Terminator is a hallmark of sci-fi and action cinema, and, if anything, its sequel is even better. In this case, the story focuses on Sarah Connor, her son John, and their unlikely ally, the T-800. The entire cast is at the top of their game, though, of course, Arnold Schwarzenegger is a highlight as the Terminator. Throughout the film, Cameron showcases his skills as a director, and it’s a film that only grows in importance and relevance as AI becomes a more pronounced and undeniable part of everyone’s daily life, for better and for worse.

James Cameron himself explained why he felt Terminator 2 Judgement day was the best of the Terminator films he directored

During a recent interview with Empire Magazine (via Screen Rant), James Cameron, the visionary director behind the iconic Terminator franchise, offered insights into the evolution of the series and his personal growth as a filmmaker.

Cameron explains, "I look at each of those films as a slice of the cultural media zeitgeist of its time. The Terminator wasn't the first action film of the '80s. It was one of a group of action films, most of which came later. Army of one, giant body count, it was part of a zeitgeist. Terminator 2, there was a shifting consciousness. It was also just a better-made film. Physically better made, better realized. I look at them as moments in a career for me as a storyteller, that have specific meaning to me as well. Could I, with where I am now as a person, after all these school shootings, write The Terminator right now and get excited about it and want to go make it? No. I'm a different person, and that's fine too. That's the way it should be. We should evolve as artists. We should evolve as a society."

Further Watching 

To watch a retrospective review of Terminator 2 Judgement Day from the Oliver Harper Youtube page click here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VB6Ydsahf08&list=PL17vqAEJv6CV1syq4_fFKgBwSqGdJzH9z&index=298&t=25s

Ten things you didn't know about the Terminator Video Series from Minty Comedic arts

Terminator 2 Judgement Day Click Here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNaEUzo5DFw&t=88s

Terminator 3 Rise of The Machines click here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_klwA4A0O0&t=44s

To watch a retrospective review of Terminator 3 Rise of the Machines click here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8DLnrkBDZE&list=PL17vqAEJv6CV1syq4_fFKgBwSqGdJzH9z&index=297&t=2s

Futher Reading

This article from the CBR website also lists 10 reasons why Terminator 2 Judgement Day is the best film of the Franchise https://www.cbr.com/terminator-2-best-movie-franchise/

Notes

Thank you to Minty Comedic arts youtube channel for his 10 things you didn’t know about Terminator for the first 3 films in the Terminator series. Also Thank you Oliver Harper youtube Channel for his retrospective review series again on the first 3 Terminator films and also his review Dark Fate. and lastly thank you to Jo blo orignals for his wtf happened to the Terminator and other Terminator related videos T Thank you as well for Wikipedia for the background in the original Terminator film from 1984 and google images for all the pictures thanks to the following websites for the articles on the Terminator series Collider Screenrant CBR and Yard Barker

Pictures

Posters for the first 3 Terminator films and O. J Simpson

Next Week

This second part of this blog looking at the Terminator Franchise will be back in 3 weeks time see what I did there Ha Ha Part 2 of this will be looking at the other 3 films in the series and what links to the Tolerance project Next week we will be publishing the first part of a 2 part blog looking at the Halloween series of films

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🤡 and 🧠 for the ask game!

PS I stumbled upon your time loop fic a few days ago and loved it, so you can imagine how stoked I was to see your new fic today! It was oh so painfully good 💕

Ahhh thank you!!! I'm glad people are largely being very sweet about how neglected that poor fic is because I do think about it a lot and feel very guilty! (For the fic ask game!)

🤡 What's a line, scene, or exchange you've written that made you laugh?

A lot of my writing makes me laugh because I am a barbarian who laughs at their own jokes (I do this in conversation too, to mixed reception) but I've just been re-reading my demon fic for Halloween so, from the very beginning:

Cody seems to sense the slight tension in the room and thumps Obi-Wan on the back. “Now all we need is to set you up with someone. There’s a guy at work—” Quinlan wrinkles his nose. “What’s he going to say at the end of the date? ‘Hey baby, want to come back to my place? Eleven people met their grisly ends in my house, and if you play your cards right, you and I can be numbers twelve and thirteen’?”

I really like the whole first chapter of that fic! I think it's funny but also a bit spooky. Halloween vibes!

🧠 Pick a character, and I'll tell you my favorite headcanon for them.

I just pick someone? Okay! I think it's a super common headcanon but I do believe that Anakin runs cold. To me it explains his giant dark coloured robes, his mitten sleeves and his need for constant attention and cuddles or else he'll immediately die. I think it makes sense given where he's from and because the dark side is cold, right? Anyway maybe Obi-Wan was hoping that setting Anakin on fire at the end of Mustafar would result in a Cremation of Sam McGee situation but instead he got a murder cyborg who torments the galaxy for twenty years. If only someone had thought to buy Anakin an electric blanket when he was a Padawan instead!