Trivia

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What and how was The Terminator filmed? What happened to the cast and crew during shooting? Are there any interesting annecdotes about how the film was shot? If there are tidbits to be mentioned that are of interest, they are all collected in this little trivia page.

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There was a minimum of actual interference from the movie's paymasters at Orion, partly because there was relatively little money at stake. There are only two recorded creative suggestions from the financiers. The first was the addition of a canine cyborg to accompany Reese, which Cameron turned down. The second was a strengthening of the love interest between Reese and Sarah, which Cameron willingly accepted. This resulted in the film's one period of repose, in the scenes in which the couple shelter first under the bridge and then in the motel, reminiscing, bandaging, making love and manufacturing explosives.

Cameron already wanted a shape-shifting Terminator, but due to the special effects of that time, it was impossible. The shape-shifting Terminator can be seen in T2 Judgment Day (the T-1000) and T3 Rise of the Machines (the TX).

In the treatment the Terminator uses the line "I'll come back" instead of "I'll be back."

In the versions of the script the model of the Terminator is called 'Cyber Dynamics Model 101'. Later it was changed to 'Cyberdyne Systems Model-101'.

In the treatment Kyle tells the cops in the police station that he is "Reese, Kyle A., Control Sergeant, DN8675309".

In the treatment Reese tells Sarah that Cyber Dynamics would create "the 4800 Series 'Skynet' System, which would in turn incinerate humanity". In the movie, Skynet is never mentioned as a Series System.

Arnold Schwarzenegger spoke only somewhere around 134 words (for example It's vs. It is, counted as one word) during the entire movie, being;