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Awix (3310 KP) rated The Terminator (1984) in Movies

Feb 18, 2018 (Updated Feb 18, 2018)  
The Terminator (1984)
The Terminator (1984)
1984 | Action, Sci-Fi
9
8.5 (58 Ratings)
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Undoubted leader of the pack when it comes to post-punk low-budget SF movies is, let's be honest, highly derivative, but makes up for this with sheer inventiveness and economical storytelling; unusually grim tone helps, too.

Future warriors from post-apocalyptic future arrive in 1984 Los Angeles; one is intent on killing hapless young waitress, the other seeks to protect her. Time travel plot is cleverly retooled as the basis of gritty action thriller; performances are much better than you might expect, too - you can't imagine anyone being more perfectly suited to their role than Arnold Schwarzenegger is here (and I don't say that very often). Every other film and TV series in this particular franchise ultimately does nothing but diffuse the impact of this brilliant movie.
  
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The Marinated Meeple (1853 KP) rated Vikings in Tabletop Games

Sep 2, 2019  
Vikings
Vikings
2007 | Economic, Medieval, Nautical, Territory Building
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Tabletop Game Rating
Auction Wheel (1 more)
deeper strategy than anticipated
Theme doesn't really fit.... maybe it should be the English? (0 more)
Better than it should be considering you don't plunder pillage anything.
I really enjoyed my play of this one, we took it home and played it about 3 more times that night. It really is a fast economic based game. but the puzzle of the market bidding is fun. and trying to anticipate others moves is also fun. So far we have only played the basic rules, and not made our way to the advanced ones yet. But I'm glad I've added this to our collection.

All that said: don't expect to do viking things, there is no killing and pillaging, and raiding... your warriors defend, and don't attack... seems like a miss as far as theme goes.