Best Science Fiction Film Elite Eight-ish: Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1) vs Escape from New York (25)

[Chris]

Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Release Date: July 1, 1991 (Los Angeles), July 3, 1991 (United States)
Director: James Cameron
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Robert Patrick, Edward Furlong
Plot: A cyborg, identical to the one who failed to kill Sarah Connor, must now protect her ten year old son, John Connor, from a more advanced and powerful cyborg.


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Escape from New York
Release Date: July 10, 1981 (United States)
Director: John Carpenter
Cast: Kurt Russel, Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine, Donald Pleasence
Plot: In 1997, when the U.S. president crashes into Manhattan, now a giant maximum security prison, a convicted bank robber is sent in to rescue him.
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[Grimoire Lenin]

This is for Wrath of Khan.

 

[Chris]

T2 for me

 

[Comrade Khan]

Yeah this gonna be a stomp lol snake is a bitch compared to Sarah Connor

 

[Jimmy King]

I just rewatched Escape yesterday and while I l love it, Snake is a bad ass and the score is one of Carpenter’s best, I have to go with T2.

 

[Kiffy Lube]

I'm with Escape From New York here but doesn't look like it matters.

 

[CakeWalker]

Escape From New York everyday of the week.

 

[Marty McFourth]

This is one movie that beats out Escape from NY for me, sorry pals.

 

[Lady Redfield]

Terminator 2

 

[Keith]

T2 quite easy for me, but I do enjoy Escape.

 

[Lethal]

Hasta la vista, EFNY. Arnie baby!!!