Episode 188

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11th Aug 2025

Episode 188 - The Terminator

We travel back to 1984 to break down James Cameron’s sci-fi masterpiece The Terminator. From on-set chaos to behind-the-scenes genius, from the film’s tiny budget to its massive cultural impact, we’ve crammed in facts, stories, and surprises about the film.

Expect:

🦾 Arnold’s 14 lines of dialogue.

🎥 Guerrilla filmmaking in the streets of LA.


💻 The pixelated “future war” of early gaming.


💥 Explosions you could feel through your Walkman.

No sequels. No reboots. Just the original killer robot movie that changed cinema forever.


💡 If you love movie trivia, ’80s sci-fi, or just want to know how one film rewrote the rules of action cinema, you’re in the right place.

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100 Things we learned from film
Two friends take a light hearted deep dive in to film in an attempt to learn 100 things from a different movie each week. Expect trivia to impress your friends and nonsense from the start.

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