My experience with The Terminator

Rating: Null/10 (29 October 2007)

This all started back in 1984 when I was 6 years of age. This was my first R rated film, and viewed at home with one or both parents present. It was all very exciting, but oddly did not give me any nightmares (at least not for a few years). I recall that I was fond of seeing Michael Biehn, and somewhat feared Arnold Schwarzenegger. Since my father had introduced me to the music of Jean-Michel Jarre, I found that the score music from Brad Fiedel helped create the mood of the film, alongside the vocal tracks from: Linn Van Hek; Tahnee Cain & Tryanglz; Jay Ferguson & 16mm.
At the time, my father was employed by Intel as a chip designer, so the film in some ways seemed to be connected to my life. I was becoming very interested in computers, electronic music & robots. I remember the buzz from the time, and how the film fit in with the culture, but could not comprehend for some time the mental aspect of the story behind it. I have tried to listen and watch any stories that speak of the film, and gained more insight from them. -Thursday, 2 November, 2006-