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Good evening #SvenPals! Such a fun movie tonight on #Svengoolie! Using one of my Knotts Scary Farms tikis I got for Valentines day and a nice salad and bacon cheddar burgers (got a great clearance deal on them) for dinner!

Happy Birthday Pebbles! Born this day February 22, 1963!

Thanks for hanging with us y’all! Thank you to @batquinn5801.bsky.social for hosting and the pick! Join us again NEXT FRIDAY for another wild ride on #FFBMovienight!

Earlier in the film, The Terminator drives over a semi-truck and ends up getting hit by one. What goes around comes around, knowhutimean? #FFBMovieNight

While he was taking a break from filming, Arnold Schwarzenegger went into a restaurant in downtown L.A. to get lunch. He didn’t realize that he was in full Terminator makeup. Imagine seeing that while chowing down on a burger and fries. #FFBMovieNight

The first draft of The Terminator was sold to @galeannehurd.bsky.social, who was Roger Corman’s former assistant. James Cameron sold the rights to Hurd for $1. In 1985, the two got married and she later produced Aliens and The Abyss. #FFBMovieNight

The German Shepherd outside of the Tiki Motel is Wolfie, James Cameron’s pet at the time. In Terminator 2: Judgment Day, the Terminator calls John’s dog Wolfie to trick the T-1000 when it’s disguised as Janelle Voight. #FFBMovieNight

Arnold Schwarzenegger wanted to change the line "I'll be back" to “I will be back” because he couldn’t pronounce I’ll, but James Cameron refused to change it. Arnold would say the line in his later films, such as Commando and The Running Man. #FFBMovieNight

If you look at the wall, there’s a missing poster for Kevin Collins. Kevin was a ten-year-old boy who went missing before The Terminator was made. This same poster was also in A Nightmare on Elm Street. His case remains unsolved to this day. #FFBMovieNight

Originally, there were going to be two Terminators in the film, with one being made of liquid metal. Due to special effects limitations at the time and budget constraints, the idea was dropped. The concept would be revived in Terminator 2: Judgment Day. #FFBMovieNight

Nick Delaney, the police officer who gets knocked out by The Terminator, is played by William Wisher, a long-time friend of James Cameron. He wrote additional dialogue in Cameron’s script. He also contributed to one of the two novelizations based on the film. #FFBMovieNight

During post production of Piranha II: The Spawning, James Cameron fell ill and had a dream about a metallic torso holding kitchen knives dragging itself from an explosion. This was how he came up with the idea for The Terminator and the rest is history. #FFBMovieNight

James Cameron wanted Dick Smith, the Godfather of Makeup, to provide the film’s special effects. Smith turned down the offer and recommended Stan Winston. He and his team of artists spent six months creating the iconic look of The Terminator. #FFBMovieNight

Those who grew up during the NES days might remember a little game called Metal Gear. Some people don’t know that the illustration of Solid Snake on the cover was traced over a promotional photo of Michael Biehn as Kyle Reese. #FFBMovieNight

#NowWatching The Terminator Tonight, I will be taking the #FFBMovieNight folks back to a time before AI and the machines took over our lives. My last viewing of The Terminator was back in 2021, so I’m super excited to rewatch this classic.

The score for The Terminator was composed by Brad Fiedel, who also did the music for the first two Fright Night movies, The Serpent and the Rainbow, and True Lies. Fiedel said the music was about a mechanical man and his heartbeat. #FFBMovieNight

The Terminator, the android sent to kill Sarah Connor, is played by former bodybuilder @schwarzenegger.bsky.social. Despite only having fourteen lines, the movie was responsible for solidifying his status as an action star and the character became his most iconic role. #FFBMovieNight

Johnny, the blue-haired punk, was played by Bill Paxton, one of James Cameron’s closest friends. He appeared in several of Cameron’s movies, including Aliens, True Lies, and Titanic, as well as hosting the documentary Ghosts of the Abyss. #FFBMovieNight

Rick, the blonde-haired punk, is played by Brian Thompson. He is best known for playing the Night Slasher in Cobra, Kabal in Doctor Mordrid, and Shao Kahn in Mortal Kombat: Annihilation. #FFBMovieNight

Kyle Reese, the solider who is sent back in time to protect Sarah Connor, is played by Michael Biehn. He would star in three other James Cameron movies: Aliens, The Abyss, and Terminator 2: Judgment Day, though most of his scenes were cut from the theatrical release. #FFBMovieNight

Sarah Connor, a diner waitress who is the future mother of John Connor and becomes the target of the Terminator, is played by Linda Hamilton. She would reprise the role in Terminator 2: Judgment Day, T2-3D: Battle Across Time, and Terminator: Dark Fate. #FFBMovieNight

Before Arnold Schwarzenegger was cast as The Terminator, Orion Pictures suggested casting O.J. Simpson, but James Cameron felt that he wouldn’t be believable as a killer. That aged like milk, didn't it? #FFBMovieNight

Rob Garrett, the owner of the Alamo Sport Shop, was played by legendary character actor Dick Miller. Before he died in 2019, he appeared in more than one hundred and eighty films, including A Bucket of Blood, the Gremlins films, Night of the Creeps, and many more. #FFBMovieNight

Sarah Anne Connor’s house number is 14239. As you may recall in the previous scene with The Terminator, those same numbers were above the Alamo Sport Shopʼs entrance, but that building’s number was 14329. #FFBMovieNight

The future war scenes in 2029 were developed by Fantasy II, a special effects company headed by Gene Warren Jr. These sequences utilize both miniatures and stop-motion animation. #FFBMovieNight

Lt. Ed Traxler, the police lieutenant who tries to protect Sarah Connor, was played by Paul Winfield. Before he died in 2004, he was best known for playing Captain Clark Terrell in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and Lucien Celine in The Serpent and the Rainbow. #FFBMovieNight