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March 28, 2002
Terminator
Regardless of whether it was the mindless loner in James Cameron's original or the cyborg who learned catch phrases in the sequel, The Terminator had a job to do and nothing was about to get in its way.
In The Terminator, it hunted down Sarah Connor, a seemingly-unimportant waitress and fashion victim of the 80s. It killed extras at will and took out an entire police station filled with That Guys like Lance Henriksen and Paul Winfield. In Terminator 2: Judgment Day, it was sent back to protect Sarah's son, John, from a newer model terminator.
In the first movie, we see how deadly this machine can be. Ruthless and determined, it came within a pneumatic press of completing its mission. In the following movie, we got to see that it could learn and adapt to become more human and blend in better. In either case, The Terminator will never quit. In this case, being programmed is quite like being insane: either way, right or wrong, there's no way you can go against the inner workings of your brain... or CPU.
INTELLIGENCE - 6: It has "detailed files" on the subjects, but not much about how to act in public or blend in.
POWER - 9: Super-human strength. Very efficient killer, thanks to its study of the human anatomy.
VILENESS - 8: Will do anything to complete its mission, including offing anyone in its way: bar patrons, cops, punks, anyone.
SWAY - 3: Not charismatic at all. Later models should learn not to start their missions completely naked.
PURITY - 10: Programmed to complete a mission without question. There's NO way whatsoever to talk it out of doing its job.
PHYSICAL - 8: Bad-ass look. Very intimidating. However, once he starts to get hacked up, he can't pass well for a human.
TOTAL: 44
Posted by Destro at March 28, 2002 03:30 PM