OK, why did the Terminator shoot the gun shop owner?
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karimamin2 — 9 years ago(May 01, 2016 05:01 PM)
So he could say "Wrong" after baiting the guy into asking him that special question.
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travischar — 9 years ago(May 13, 2016 04:51 PM)
Why wouldn't he shoot the gun shop owner?
From the Terminators perspective there is no utility in keeping the guy alive.
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degree7 — 9 years ago(May 23, 2016 10:15 AM)
It would have made more sense for the Terminator to, as you said, reach over and break the clerk's neck or crush his head like a grape. Gun shops don't keep ammunition on the counter within easy reach of their customers.
But it's a cool scene, and reaffirms the lethality and lack of concern the machine has about collateral damage.
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jacc1515 — 9 years ago(December 01, 2016 02:36 AM)
The T-800 could have easily just walked out with the guns (even if the clerk decided to take a shot at him) but if the clerk were left alive, he could had called the cops and reported that some guy just took stole a sh*tload of guns and ammo.
Since the T-800 is an infiltration unit, it would have made for a big headache to have a bunch of cops chasing after him & endangering his mission before his mission even got started
Why he didn't just quietly crush the cashiers skull, I'm sure I don't know.
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