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The Top 10 Terminator Terminations
What are the ultimate killing machine's best kills?

Four films in, and we've learned a few things. The terminators are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And they absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are dead. Also, they're so expert at killing that they make Rambo look like Mary Poppins. We've assembled the very best kills from the first three Terminator films to prove just how good at their job these things are.
WORDS CHRIS HEWITT

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The Top 10 Terminator Terminations
The Punks Gets Punk'd!

The Terminated Punk Leader, Punk, Punk (Brian Thompson, Bill Paxton, Brad Rearden)

The Terminator The T-800

The Termination "Nice night for a walk." "Wash day tomorrow - nothing clean, right?" "Your clothes, give them to me - now." James Cameron probably didn't need to craft a lot of dialogue for this simple scene which showcases the Terminator's sheer badass fighting skills - not to mention his bad ass. But the fact that he did, and quotable gems too, is a bonus and just one of the many little nuances that make The Terminator an enduring classic. The scene itself is simple: three punks, hanging out round a pay-as-you-go telescope (as you do), are amused by the sight of a naked Arnie ambling along towards them. Some ball-busting remarks are exchanged, before the punks - including a young Bill Paxton, with a shocking blue dye job - decide to unleash a chavalanche of pain. But they haven't reckoned on their naked quarry being a robotic killing machine from the future - and Arnie soon dispatches them with little fuss. Although he does rip out the heart of the leader (X-Files/Cobra nutjob, Brian Thompson), which seems a little harsh.

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1 Hata La Vista
Posted on Tuesday June 9, 2009, 09:00 by soldier 1
"This is, hands down, the most eye-catching and memorable death in the Terminator series." Just the terminator series? I think it's one of the best in movie history. Read More

2 T-1000s death
Posted on Tuesday June 9, 2009, 06:44 by two fathoms deep
Either way, when the T-1000 actually bites it, it's still the best termination. Blowing up from the inside, then turning into all those different people while swimming in the molten steel. That's flipping awesome. Read More

3 His name's not Scott Peterson!
Posted on Monday June 8, 2009, 10:28 by sowasred2012
I say this because I'm actually a little proud that a character with my name appears in the Terminator films, even if it's only T3, but the guys name is Scott Mason - forget what the credits or IMDB listing says, check out when the cops go to his door after he's been killed and copied by the T-X. I get terminated! :) Read More

4
Posted on Sunday June 7, 2009, 22:06 by funkymonkeyps
Another great moment is of course the 'Tech Noir' scene in The Terminator, which we can class as a termination as the T800 kills a load of innocents as he tries to get to his primary target. The whole scene is brilliant, the 80's music and people dancing in slow-mo, Kyle sitting and observing from a distance and Arnie slowly working his way through the crowd in search of his prey. A great scene and a great film! Read More

5
Posted on Saturday June 6, 2009, 13:31 by plum bob
its a great list, but i personally wud say it was the "Got Milk" death tht is the best. one of my top movie memories!! Read More

6 Technology aids Arnie
Posted on Saturday June 6, 2009, 02:39 by Rob2175
Ok! Sorry have already done one here is another one. It's probably been mentioned already. But in Terminator. Sarah's housemate wears a walkman, so she doesn't hear the rumble in the bedroom between Rick 'Slider' (Out of Top Gun) Rossivich (you knows it!) 'I'm gonna bust you up man!' But he gets a bit of a tolchokin to death. She gets shot. Then the answer machine kicks in telling Arnie where Sarah is. Read More

7 Terminated!!
Posted on Saturday June 6, 2009, 02:25 by Rob2175
I take it Empire has spotted the fact Total Film picked the same frackin' moment as no.1 bit in a Terminator film. I would say the end of T2 is the best termination, just as ya think Sarah is gonna do the liquid twat in!! No! she runs out of ammo. When I saw it, people where leaping out of seats and screaming "Nooooo!!" at the screen. But then just when ya think John & Sarah are fracked up comes Arnie. ShaBang! Goodnight VIENNA!! Read More

8 Guns lots of guns
Posted on Saturday June 6, 2009, 00:09 by jb
Brilliant for quotes namely..."ze uzi 9mm" Read More

9 It kinda is..
Posted on Friday June 5, 2009, 23:59 by vdjfrancis
No 1 can be counted as a termination as at the point of the T-1000's explosion both arnie and edward are in firm belief that they have stopped it. Read More

10 C'mon Empire!
Posted on Friday June 5, 2009, 21:32 by Funk
No1 while really really cool (really) is no death..... ok he reeboots but...... anyway not as final as the first 9 :) Read More

11 Not a termination
Posted on Friday June 5, 2009, 19:50 by sportyrich2000
The number one termination isn't a termination. Think about it carefully! Read More

12 RE:
Posted on Friday June 5, 2009, 18:56 by musewitch
I love the lline in the the weapons shop:  Phase plasma rilfe with fworty watt range?  Hey just what you see pal! Read More

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Posted on Friday June 5, 2009, 18:50 by cliff126
whoops sorry about that double posting :P Read More

14 You are Terminated!
Posted on Friday June 5, 2009, 18:49 by cliff126
This feature is so fun in a black comedy sense, I love all the nifty lines EMPIRE came up with. Theoretically speaking, 1 isn't a death scene but could probably be argued that he dies, then comes back to life (I'm not looking to start anything here though!) Read More

15 You are Terminated!
Posted on Friday June 5, 2009, 18:49 by cliff126
This feature is so fun in a black comedy sense, I love all the nifty lines EMPIRe came up with. Theoretically speaking, 1 isn't a death scene but could probably be argued that he dies, then comes back to life (I'm not looking to start anything here though!) Read More

16
Posted on Friday June 5, 2009, 16:00 by markfuhrmann
....except that its not actually a death scene! Read More

17 Great call.
Posted on Friday June 5, 2009, 14:22 by lisamoorish
Love the look on the T-100's face as the hand comes off! Read More


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