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S3: The bad guy looks like Arnold Schwarzenegger on purpose?

posted 6 years ago by agaete2305 (387)
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There's some bad guy that looks just like Arnold in Terminator (the first one)
is that a coincidence? Or it was on purpose considering that The Terminator was an 80's movie

[–] JaqenHgar (731) 6 years ago

Done on purpose as an homage

[–] MovieManCin2 (26342) 5 years ago

I agree.

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[–] chrisjdel (2714) 6 years ago

The Russian terminator thing was definitely intentional. The first movie was out in 1984. So if Hopper made a joke about that guy being a robot it would've made perfect sense - even though he didn't.

[–] Boricanator (1458) 6 years ago

Fully intentional. Even the way he moves and his facial expressions (or lack there of).

[–] necramonium (225) 6 years ago

The mayor when Hopper questions him who the guy is, he even says ironically, "Arnold Schwarzenegger!"

[–] winslow (1318) 6 years ago

That fool damn near lost his finger too.

[–] AmeriGirl26 (14791) 5 years ago

I called him "Evil Arnold," while my dad and brother called him "Blockhead," for the way his head was sculpted.

[–] thalia (313) 5 years ago

This had to do with this guy being a homosexual.

[–] tab1969 (92) 5 years ago

I kept waiting for him to say, I'll be back!

[–] DracTarashV2 (4496) 5 years ago

Yeh, a lot of people noticed this.

If the Duffer brothers for some reason said that this was merely a coincidence, no one/not many would buy that. I saw it as a very obvious Terminator homage.