Throughout the years, killer robots have dominated the silver screen And other mediums such as comics, video games, novels, and even album covers. From Mechagodzilla and Gundam to more niche names like Cyrax and Fulgore, and pleasant androids like C-3Po and the Urkel Bot! Robots have entertained us, frightened us, and given us some of the best friggin’ action us human counterparts could ask for. But there is no doubt that the two most prolific robots that hardwired our imaginations are the unstoppable T-800 from the Terminator franchise portrayed by the greatest action hero of all, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and the cybernetically-enhanced police officer Robocop played by the fantastic Peter Weller.

In 1984, director James Cameron became a household name with The Terminator, launching Schwarzenegger’s film career into the stratosphere. James Cameron claims the idea came to him from a dream of a metal skeleton emerging from fire while he was sick with a fever.