Best Science Fiction Film Tournament Finals: Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1) vs Alien (2) vs The Terminator (3)

[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.



VS

Alien
Release Date: May 25, 1979 (United States), September 6, 1979 (United Kingdom)
Director: Ridley Scott
Cast: Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton
Plot: After a space merchant vessel receives an unknown transmission as a distress call, one of the crew is attacked by a mysterious life form and they soon realize that its life cycle has merely begun.



VS

The Terminator
Release Date: October 26, 1984
Director: James Cameron
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Biehn, Linda Hamilton, Paul Winfield
Plot: A human soldier is sent from 2029 to 1984 to stop an almost indestructible cyborg killing machine, sent from the same year, which has been programmed to execute a young woman whose unborn son is the key to humanity's future salvation.
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[Ricky Smarks]

T1 and T2 in the finals is exactly how it should be.

 

[Chris]

T1 and T2 in the finals is exactly how it should be.

Hope they don't split the vote

I went T2 tho

 

[Samoa Looch]

This is pretty much the ideal outcome... I think T2 and Alien should tie and the first Terminator get third with at most 2 votes less... but all in all there will be a worthy winner.

 

[Marty McFourth]

Well T2 is miles ahead of T1, but it's really close between Alien and T2 because it very much depends on my mood. The latter is such an influential movie though, so I just think it clinches this one

 

[Lethal]

T1 was phenomenal, Alien was amazing, but T2 still stands the test of time. Amazing plot, superb performances, the CGI that puts current-gen to shame, it's just got to have my vote.

 

[Alexa]

T2 is going to win, and that makes me happy

 

[Keith]

This is a great final. I still find T2 a bit overrated. Its a great sequel, but I don't think the script's as tight as the original film. I'm sticking with Alien. It has a legit claim as the best sci-fi ever, and one of the greatest films full stop.

 

[Ricky Smarks]

This is a great final. I still find T2 a bit overrated. Its a great sequel, but I don't think the script's as tight as the original film. I'm sticking with Alien. It has a legit claim as the best sci-fi ever, and one of the greatest films full stop.

I'd be with you if you picked T1.

 

[Marty McFourth]

I feel like I need to rewatch the first Terminator. Maybe I'll appreciate it more now I'm older

 

[Barry Poppins]

Alien.

 

[Ricky Smarks]

I feel like I need to rewatch the first Terminator. Maybe I'll appreciate it more now I'm older

It's probably my favorite film of all time.

 

[Marty McFourth]

It's probably my favorite film of all time.

T2 was my always my preference growing up because it was bigger on the action sequences and I kinda liked the role reversal from the first of Arnie being the good guy, rather than the antagonist. The first one has a darker and more serious tone, outside of some scenes, so I do think it will suit me more as an adult. I've watched clips of it, but never the full thing in a while

 

[Lady Redfield]

Terminator 2

yaaaaa

 

[Keith]

I do love the first Terminator, no knock on that. I like all three films, but Alien still edges it for me.