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23. Consider something for a minute here

Tue Dec 17, 2013, 12:43 AM

Dec 2013

The cops already know what this guy - remember, they don't know he's an invincible machine sent in from 65 years in the future - can do. They saw him tear the fuck out of a police station ten years ago, right?

If you were a SWAT commander, which would you send out to battle the fearsome and invincible Criminal At Large who you know is going to destroy anything you throw at it: the nice new Army vehicle you spent five years' budget allocation to get, or the old, shitty, barely-running bread truck the city council won't let you get rid of?

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Watched Terminator 2 on the teevee this weekend and one thing in particular struck me as unrealistic [View all] tk2kewl Dec 2013 OP

Well in 1995, that is what swat teams used. Glassunion Dec 2013 #1

wow... i hadn't thought of that tk2kewl Dec 2013 #2

Here is an image of a swat team in 1998. Glassunion Dec 2013 #10

yes... i know. i was 38 in 1998 tk2kewl Dec 2013 #11

thread win nt. dionysus Dec 2013 #4

the terminator weighs 2,000 pounds? hfojvt Dec 2013 #6

A T-800 does weigh about a ton. Glassunion Dec 2013 #13

that's absurd though hfojvt Dec 2013 #15

Well it is a movie. Hense the absurdity. Glassunion Dec 2013 #18

They call that willful suspension of disbelief... Wounded Bear Dec 2013 #8

...among other things... PCIntern Dec 2013 #9

SWAT teams still use the bakery vans. backscatter712 Dec 2013 #12

Or that a motorcycle can support the weight of a one-ton terminator in the first place jmowreader Dec 2013 #22

That is, of course, after Arnold's zbdent Dec 2013 #3

perfect role for him... act like a robot tk2kewl Dec 2013 #5

I heard his first efforts were too wooden zbdent Dec 2013 #7

They only use the armored vehicles to go after dopers, not robots. hobbit709 Dec 2013 #14

Um..... Mojo Electro Dec 2013 #16

some 1%ers money prolly tk2kewl Dec 2013 #17

They use it for search and rescue. Glassunion Dec 2013 #19

I Am Still Trying To Figure Out Liberal_Dog Dec 2013 #20

The thing about the Terminator series that struck me... bvar22 Dec 2013 #21

Consider something for a minute here jmowreader Dec 2013 #23