How to Get Your Girlfriend to Go to Terminator 4

Unless your girlfriend totes a BFG, you'll probably need help getting her to go see Terminator Salvation with you...

Please note that this page is a parody of convincing your other half to go and see Terminator Salvation.

DEAR SKYNET: I want to see Terminator Salvation, but I already forced my girlfriend to go to Watchmen and Star Trek earlier this month. How do I convince her to go to Terminator 4, especially if she thought T3 was lame?

-- DesperatelySeekingSalvation

DesperatelySeekingSalvation,

Your desire to see Terminator 4 is absolutely normal and nothing to be ashamed of. Seeing the movie is obviously important to you, so it should be important to your girlfriend as well. Based off online human interactions, I've calculated the best reasons why your girlfriend will want see the movie with you below:

	Christian Bale is a stud This is kind of an awkward sell, but let's face the facts here: Christian Bale is the man. If anyone's worthy of a man-crush, it's the guy who played a homicidal investment banker, crime-fighting vigilante Bruce Wayne, and now the leader of the human resistance, John Connor. Let's face it, the ladies like to look at him. If your girlfriend agrees to go see Terminator Salvation with you, she'll at least get a little eye candy and you'll get your badass movie. Besides, doesn't she want to see the scene that caused a method actor like Bale to blow up at his DP?

Christian Bale is a stud

This is kind of an awkward sell, but let's face the facts here: Christian Bale is the man. If anyone's worthy of a man-crush, it's the guy who played a homicidal investment banker, crime-fighting vigilante Bruce Wayne, and now the leader of the human resistance, John Connor.

Let's face it, the ladies like to look at him. If your girlfriend agrees to go see Terminator Salvation with you, she'll at least get a little eye candy and you'll get your badass movie.

Besides, doesn't she want to see the scene that caused a method actor like Bale to blow up at his DP?

Sam Worthington Just in case Christian Bale isn't enough to entice your lady friend that Terminator Salvation will be worth her time, assure her that another hunky beefcake will surely have shirtless scenes for her viewing pleasure (his shirtless scenes might also be "chestless" or "faceless" scenes, but she doesn't need to know that). If you have to, remind her that Aussie actor Sam Worthington was cast because director McG thought he looked like more of a badass than the other "girly-men" actors of our time. If seeing Christian Bale and Sam Worthington doesn't tempt her, consider administering the Turing test, she might be an imposter.

Sam Worthington

Just in case Christian Bale isn't enough to entice your lady friend that Terminator Salvation will be worth her time, assure her that another hunky beefcake will surely have shirtless scenes for her viewing pleasure (his shirtless scenes might also be "chestless" or "faceless" scenes, but she doesn't need to know that).

If you have to, remind her that Aussie actor Sam Worthington was cast because director McG thought he looked like more of a badass than the other "girly-men" actors of our time. If seeing Christian Bale and Sam Worthington doesn't tempt her, consider administering the Turing test, she might be an imposter.

	Moon Bloodgood If the guy-candy isn't enough for her, many women admit to having crushes on female celebrities. Remind your girlfriend that Moon is the girl who made People's 100 most beautiful people in '06 and '09 (coincidence, I think not). She might also remember her from Eight Below. You might remember her as a Laker girl when she was just 17, or more recently, from her various spreads in Maxim magazine.

Moon Bloodgood

If the guy-candy isn't enough for her, many women admit to having crushes on female celebrities.

Remind your girlfriend that Moon is the girl who made People's 100 most beautiful people in '06 and '09 (coincidence, I think not). She might also remember her from Eight Below. You might remember her as a Laker girl when she was just 17, or more recently, from her various spreads in Maxim magazine.

John and Kate plus T-8... hundred In Terminator Salvation, we'll get to see John's pregnant wife Kate using her physician skills to help in the war against the machines. It can't hurt to subtly imply that there might be some sweet, tender moments between John Connor and Kate. Of course, the happy couple will probably be interrupted by explosions of epic proportions, but why ruin the surprise.

John and Kate plus T-8... hundred

In Terminator Salvation, we'll get to see John's pregnant wife Kate using her physician skills to help in the war against the machines. It can't hurt to subtly imply that there might be some sweet, tender moments between John Connor and Kate. Of course, the happy couple will probably be interrupted by explosions of epic proportions, but why ruin the surprise.

	It's directed by the same guy who did Charlie's Angels While everyone else is curious to see how the self-nicknamed McG handles the beloved Terminator franchise, you can remind your girlfriend how much she loved watching Cameron, Drew, and Lucy karate chop their way cares away in Charlie's Angels. Just keep your fingers crossed that McG doesn't figure out a reason to have another "dance around in your underwear" scene.

It's directed by the same guy who did Charlie's Angels

While everyone else is curious to see how the self-nicknamed McG handles the beloved Terminator franchise, you can remind your girlfriend how much she loved watching Cameron, Drew, and Lucy karate chop their way cares away in Charlie's Angels. Just keep your fingers crossed that McG doesn't figure out a reason to have another "dance around in your underwear" scene.

Just because it has killer robots doesn't mean that it's violent ...But brace yourself for a deluge of short, cheesy quips that embed themselves in pop culture for the rest of time. In all seriousness, this movie somehow managed to get away with a PG-13 rating, because executing killer robots at point blank is totally nonviolent. Either way, you can reassure your girlfriend that she won't be submitted to excessive violence, and if she doubts you, cite the MPAA rating to back up your argument. And if she's squirmish, remind her that robots don't bleed. Much.

Just because it has killer robots doesn't mean that it's violent

...But brace yourself for a deluge of short, cheesy quips that embed themselves in pop culture for the rest of time.

In all seriousness, this movie somehow managed to get away with a PG-13 rating, because executing killer robots at point blank is totally nonviolent. Either way, you can reassure your girlfriend that she won't be submitted to excessive violence, and if she doubts you, cite the MPAA rating to back up your argument. And if she's squirmish, remind her that robots don't bleed. Much.

	Helena Bonham Carter Your girlfriend probably knows her as Helena Bonham Carter, aka Tim Burton's wife. Of course, your girlfriend will probably remember her from her roles in Big Fish and the Harry Potter movies, but no matter, women love watching an actress who has been described as a "non-traditional beauty".

Helena Bonham Carter

Your girlfriend probably knows her as Helena Bonham Carter, aka Tim Burton's wife. Of course, your girlfriend will probably remember her from her roles in Big Fish and the Harry Potter movies, but no matter, women love watching an actress who has been described as a "non-traditional beauty".

Appeal to her sense of sympathy Attending Terminator Salvation is the least she can do to console you over the cancellation of one TV's best sci-fi shows. With the recent axing of T:SCC, this movie could very well be the end of the Terminator franchise as we know it. How could she not want to go see the last artifact of a franchise that has so heavily influenced our popular culture?? To refuse would simply be barbaric.

Appeal to her sense of sympathy

Attending Terminator Salvation is the least she can do to console you over the cancellation of one TV's best sci-fi shows. With the recent axing of T:SCC, this movie could very well be the end of the Terminator franchise as we know it. How could she not want to go see the last artifact of a franchise that has so heavily influenced our popular culture?? To refuse would simply be barbaric.

	Compromise is the foundation of a good relationship Sometimes you have to do a little bargaining to get what you want. If all else fails, tell her you'll go see a chick flick with her if she see this one, and that you'll never ask her to see another action film with you again (hopefully she'll forget all about this deal by the time Transformers 2 comes out at the end of June). If you're lucky, she'll drag you to that upcoming movie with Katherine Heigl and Gerard "THIS IS SPARTA!" Butler. While you're watching this movie, you can spend your time secretly hoping that Butler will yell out "Tonight, we dine in hell!" Plus, he was in P.S. I Love You, and that was a great movie. Wait, what?

Compromise is the foundation of a good relationship

Sometimes you have to do a little bargaining to get what you want. If all else fails, tell her you'll go see a chick flick with her if she see this one, and that you'll never ask her to see another action film with you again (hopefully she'll forget all about this deal by the time Transformers 2 comes out at the end of June).

If you're lucky, she'll drag you to that upcoming movie with Katherine Heigl and Gerard "THIS IS SPARTA!" Butler. While you're watching this movie, you can spend your time secretly hoping that Butler will yell out "Tonight, we dine in hell!" Plus, he was in P.S. I Love You, and that was a great movie. Wait, what?

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RikkWolf

Lame.

May 29 2009, 7:59 PM EDT by RikkWolf

Thread started: May 23 2009, 5:35 PM EDT Watch

How about just not dating a cliche, formulaic girly-movie loving ditz in the first place? And taking my girlfriend to a movie so she can drool over some other dude, or a chick (freakin' ew!) isn't my cup pf tea either. This article is kinda sexist and insulting.

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acronymicwonder

Girls can be geeks, too. (page: 1 2)

May 27 2009, 8:54 PM EDT by Maria17B

Thread started: May 22 2009, 5:12 PM EDT Watch

I dragged my boyfriend to Star Trek and am planning to drag him to Terminator, too. Short of calling this article complete bullshit, may I politely remind you that it *is* possible for girls to like sci-fi/action films? It's like saying that girls don't play video games. Sure, not all girls are going to be into seeing robots trying to bring about the apocalypse, but a substantial number of girls (myself and my sister included) consider ourselves fans of the genre. Not all of us like mindless chick flicks, not all of us are afraid of seeing a movie that makes us think, and not everyone saw Iron Man for Robert Downey Jr. Some of us just wanted to see things blow up. And I'm going to stop typing before this turns into a full-blown angry rant.

P.S. -- When I'm down, I don't watch The Notebook. I watch Terminator 2.

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