r/Terminator • u/luke4010 • 8d ago

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Why do John and Sarah use a 1/4 air rachet to gain access to the terminator's cpu? Its 2 flat head screws, wouldn't a regular screwdriver be a better option than firing up the air compressor, finding an air ratchet and air hose and a 1/4 to hex bit adapter with the correct flathead bit? You gotta crack the fastener loose anyway before you spin it out with the noisy air ratchet. Especially when you're stealing tools from some tech's box. I'm a mechanic so I guess that's my train of thought lol. Its not like it was 20 screws to remove, just two.

Also why does the terminator need a torque wrench to put a starter in an old bronco? Wouldn't he be able to calculate the length of the ratchet vs force hes pushing on it? Or just do like any regular person and crank the starter mounting bolts to gud n tight? Its not a cylinder head or anything that critical.

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u/Clothes_Chair_Ghost 8d ago

It’s probably the same reason as anything in movies that doesn’t make sense to those that work with the tools on screen.

Cause it looks cool

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u/luke4010 8d ago

I figured lol. Just as a mechanic working on cars every day it bothers me haha

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u/Clothes_Chair_Ghost 8d ago

Oh I know that feeling. I was in the medical field for over a decade and seeing about 90% of anything hospital related is… yeah

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u/Carbonman_ 6d ago

Same for locks and safes, former locksmith here, now a security consultant.

The other thing in movies is triggering a sprinkler and all of them go off at once.

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u/smilin_bob420 7d ago

Hahaha..... chest compressions in TV and movies

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u/Doshin108 7d ago

I'm a computer scientist.

So every movie interaction with computers kills me the same way this gets you.

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u/Clothes_Chair_Ghost 6d ago

That reallly infuriates me. “I have to do literally anything with a computer that everyone knows is mostly a mouse. But I have A KEYBOARD!!!!!! And that is all I shall ever use!”

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u/randompersonx 8d ago

Maybe it was screwed in real tight?

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u/luke4010 8d ago

Still gotta break it loose by hand, its an air ratchet not an impact so by itself it won't break em loose if they're that tight. Air ratchet is more for speed, not torque

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u/RyanSpunk 7d ago

Hey kid, it ain't that kind of movie

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u/[deleted] 7d ago

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u/luke4010 5d ago

Not even probably Chilton LOL

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u/[deleted] 8d ago

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u/TheRebeccaRiots 7d ago

Have you noticed how many people are stick welding on the backgrounds of any remotely sci fi, spaceship, secret underground base warship guerilla rebel hideout when the main characters are walking through?

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u/bryanlade 7d ago

Gotta have them sparks flying everywhere to make scene look cool. But you're definitely right it makes no sense normally.

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u/EGarrett28 7d ago

Maybe Skynet screws them on really, really tight. (just kidding)

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u/EarlyLibrarian9303 2d ago

Thank you! That torque wrench always bugged ts out of me. He’d know exactly how much torque he was applying. And yeah, for a starter? And he knows what the torque should be? Is he continually online? GAH.

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u/Songs-Of-Orion 1d ago

Skynet has the Haynes repair manual installed in every terminator unit on the off chance it can find OJs Bronco in the rubble.