IGN: Top 25 Sci-Fi Movies

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rocketpig said:

sapphi_snake said:

rocketpig said:

sapphi_snake said:

rocketpig said:

The first movie wasn't a monstrous blockbuster like the second was and it flew under the radar somewhat... and, unfortunately, even "critics" can get wrapped up in visual whiz-bangery, which they did with T2 (I distinctly remember almost every article about the movie being nearly orgasmic over ILM's "liquid metal" effects).

The Romanian film 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days wasn't a monstrous blockbuster either, yet it recieved monstrous critical acclaim. The fact that The Terminator wasn't as big of a blockbuster as T2 doesn't exccuse the fact that critics liked it less.

So you're bringing up a foreign film made three years ago to prove a point about The Terminator? I don't know how old you are but in the days before the Interwebz, movie criticism was vastly different. Most people received their information from few sources, such as Siskel & Ebert or their local newspaper. Middling action films without a media blitz behind them (such as The Terminator) often received no consideration for anything at all while T2 was a monster largely due to its breakthrough special effects and budget, not the actual quality of the film.

Your opinion! Not a fact!

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What about the rest of the paragraph?

Doesn't really prove anything, as it's just an assumption on your part that the fact that T2 was more critically acclaimed than The Terminator is due to those facts you stated (and you can't really prove otherwise, so the reviews still stand).