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List Price: $14.98 | | Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Salesrank: 1322
Released: June 5, 2007 |
| Our Price: $8.70 |
| Used Price: $8.72 |
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MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
In the year 2029, the ruling super-computer, Skynet, sends an indestructible cyborg (Arnold Schwarzenegger) back in time to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton) before she can fulfill her destiny and save mankind.
Description of The Terminator:
This is the film that cemented Schwarzenegger's spot in the action-brawn firmament, and it was well deserved. He's chilling as the futuristic cyborg who kills without fear, without love, without mercy. James Cameron's story and direction are pared to the bone and all the more creepy. But don't overlook the contributions of Linda Hamilton, who more than holds her own as the Terminator's would-be victim, Sarah Connor--thus creating, along with Sigourney Weaver in Alien, a new generation of rugged, clear-thinking female action stars. It's surprising how well this film holds up, and how its minimalist, malevolent violence is actually way scarier than that of its far more expensive, more effects-laden sequel. --Anne Hurley
The Terminator Reviews:
This is not a BD quality 
2009-12-12 - I purchased this movie in blue ray hoping to experience this movie in high quality but I was desapointed, the quality is at best DVD or VCD.
Just Buy The Standard DVD 
2009-12-10 - Having just purchased a Blu-Ray I was mortified when I popped this movie in. What the heck, where is that superb, almost life like imagery? Come to find out, they only upscaled the standard video. A real disappointment and a really misleading product. At least I didn't pay alot of money for it.
Let's hope this doesn't become a trend.
This is NOT the SPECIAL EDITION!!!!!!!!!!
2009-11-26 - I just received this DVD today and I went to view the special features and I found out the hard way that this DVD was not the Special Edition as Amazon.com said it was! I bought the Special Edition several years ago and it's all scratched up now so I wanted to buy a new replacement one. I am very disappointed with Amazon.com about this issue!!!!!
The version I got from Amazon has:
1) The feature movie
2) Trailer
3) DVD rom features
Now the Actual Special Edition Version has:
1) The Feature Movie
2) Trailers
3) T.V. Spots
4) Documentaries: "THE TERMINATOR: A RETROSPECTIVE" & "OTHER VOICES"
5) TERMINATED Scenes with commentary
6) Still Galleries
7) Original Treatment
8) DVD ROM Features
So I want to let everyone know that this version is NOT the Special Edition version!!!!! It is just a single release version that you get from Wal-Mart or anywhere for $7.50 or less than what Amazon or the manufacturers are charging!!!!! So don't waste your money!! Just go to Wal-Mart! I hope that I have helped at least one person to make an informed decesion by writing this review. 5 stars for it being The Terminator. 1 star for false advertisement!
Not as bad as expected, but... 
2009-11-19 - one reviewer already nailed it, but i'll repeat it: the first 10 or so minutes of "The Terminator" blu-ray disc look awful; PQ identical to, if not lower than, what one would expect from an upcoverting standard-def DVD player. That said, the PQ does improve as the movie goes on, but generally any scene shot in darkness looks horrid.
Awesome film, lousy blu-ray
2009-11-13 - I should have known that when a blu-ray disc was selling for under $10 that something was wrong. Sure enough, the picture quality is pretty much the same as a regular DVD. The fact that it's selling for such a low price probably means that somebody is wising up and will soon issue a better quality blu-ray version. My advice is to pass up on this offer and instead wait for the definitive treatment.
