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Why is Arnold showing cleavage on the poster?


Why is he not wearing a shirt under his leather jacket on the poster? I'm pretty sure he was wearing a shirt under his leather jacket in the movie. I'm a 100% heterosexual man, but it's definitely a bit homoerotic....is it just me or does anyone else feel the same way about Arnold showing cleavage on the poster?

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He probably also wants to hook up with some women during his mission to kill Sarah, so why not show off some muscle

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It's not a 'he', it's an 'it'.

Also, robots don't 'hook up with some women' unless you mean with a literal hook, or unless they're programmed to do so. A terminator has no soul, therefore, it has no 'human needs'. It doesn't have hormones, and even the schlong is just basically dead, rotting piece of biological matter. It has no need, urge, desire or ability to 'mate' or even kiss, and it would get nothing out of a 'hug'.

As Kyle explains, it doesn't feel pity, remorse or fear - this would extend to not feeling love, desire, romance, lust, or anything else that people generally feel.

Why or how the heck would it EVER 'hook up with some women', especially DURING a mission? Even if it DID plan on something like this, wouldn't it make more sense to do it AFTER the mission?

After all, people don't just go on some strategic mission that the whole world's future depends on, and plan to just have coitus all over the place DURING it, thus endangering the mission severely!

Something is wrong with either your thinking or your programming, you should be brought back to the factory for a full diagnostics and repairs.

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It's just a promotional image. I never noticed the "cleavage" myself. If it strikes you as homoerotic, that's on you.

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It was the '80s.

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Men don't have cleavage.

In any case, Arnold is an Austrian bodybuilder and a career-builder that built his career by taking lots of hormones and bloating his muscles to the max.

He, of course, would've wanted to show off those muscles, and since chest muscles are the easiest way to show off 'imposing strength' visually, that is what's done to depict a 'strong villain character' - not only here, but look at Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. Same thing, no shirt, just 'impressive chest muscles' to create a visually imposing imagery.

Covers of movies are basically 'art', they do not have to conform to the story or any other aspect of the movie, their purpose is to make people want to watch the movie by almost any visual means necessary. This is pretty tame by comparison to what some other movies have done, and how much they have exaggerated things on the cover.

Why complain about something like this? Why would you think men have 'cleavage'?

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'Cause he's a sexy bitch.

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