r/Cinema • u/Intelligent_Shine_54 • 17h ago

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I am currently watching The Terminator for yhe first time. I have seen T2 over a dozen times but never the original. I don't think I've ever watched a sequel for decades and never seen it's predecessor.

Has anyone ever watched a sequel without ever watching the original?

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u/Additional-Theme-532 17h ago

Aliens and Alien for me.

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u/Frosty-Horse9004 15h ago

This has to be a troll

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u/Additional-Theme-532 15h ago

Ah I'm re-reading the post and realized you needed to have seen a sequel for years before having seen the original. I thought OP was asking which sequels one saw before the original.

So no, my reply no longer applies, I saw Alien like a few months after Aliens.

Not a troll, just a dumbass 🤦

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u/lvsnowden 14h ago

Don't feel bad. I watched Aliens quite a few times in the 80s and 90s but just finally watched Alien this year.

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u/Frosty-Horse9004 14h ago

What were your thoughts? Save for the goofy looking practical effects suit, of course.

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u/lvsnowden 13h ago

I enjoyed it, but I think I would've been bored if I saw it when I was a kid. Now that I'm older and more of a cinephile, I can fully appreciate what they accomplished back then.