Wednesday, January 29, 2020

Hmmm...Does TERMINATOR: DARK FATE (2019) **spoof** a scene from BATTLESTAR GALACTICA (1978)?

...a fun bit from Terminator: Dark Fate (2019) reminds me of a (dreadful) scene from the 1978 Battlestar Galactica ("Lost Planet of the Gods").

The Terminator (now a domesticated husband named "Carl") gives Sarah Connor decorating tips!






This - very funny - scene reminded me of a similar "decorating tips" scene from the 1978 Battlestar Galactica ("Lost Planet of the Gods") where Apollo and Starbuck "fem it up" and swap decorating tips!  This **dreadfully unfunny** scene is reproduced below:







I suspect that these similar scenes - filmed some 40 years apart - are totally coincidental rather than an homage.  Still - both The Terminator and Battlestar Galactica feature killer robots so maybe...!

Terminator: Dark Fate (photos and quoted dialogue) is copyright (c) Paramount Pictures.
Battlestar Galactica (photos and quoted dialogue) is copyright (c) NBC / Universal.