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Why did James Cameron include the cheesy sex scene?


T1 would've been better without the cheesy sex scene. It's the one thing that prevented T1 from being a masterpiece. T2 is the only Terminator movie that is a true masterpiece.

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Right.
Because there is nothing cheesy about putting a ten year old kid in charge of a killing machine from the future and teaching him corny retorts like 'Hasta la Vista, baby'!

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Because Linda Hamilton was hot, that's why.

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NAILED IT.🙂

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Ummmm the sex scene was actually part of the plot, pay attention next time.

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Because of the central twist of the movie (its a timeloop - Kyle is John's father) and obviously Linda Hamilton was smokin' hot in 1984 (therefore the appeal for the male audience of seeing her naked having sex, as with many other R rated action/horror movies of the 80s/90s)

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Hmmm... gosh you are not really tolerant. Oo I never felt like it was really "necessary", I give you that (even though it is technically part of the plot). But it doesn't ruin anything and I still think the movie is a masterpiece. No movie is perfect afterall.

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Without that sex scene there wouldn*t have been a second movie! John Connor was created by Sarah and Kyle.

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T2 sucked because of that kid. Nothing like a whining little turd ruining a film.

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