>sell soul to devil for Nazgûl repelling aura >ride eagle to mountain and drop into volcano >go live in immortal elf land as my reward and never worry about going to hell
Tolkein is a hack
it's unlikely that a traditional robot would be susceptible to the corrupting influence of the One Ring, as they lack the psychological and emotional vulnerabilities that the Ring exploits.
A Terminator's existence in Middle-Earth requires so many other things to be changed about the setting to allow the premise that the question is nonsensical. The world would have different rules and a different history, so who knows.
Sauron hated the orcs and the wraiths and undead he fricked around with were essentially his attempt to create robots to control so he could fix the world that god abandoned.
The terminator is still just made out of metal though, it gets crushed by a hydraulic press in the first movie. Surely a troll or an orc could generate that strength.
Anything relatively strong even a normal guy could likely cause significant damage to a Terminator using something like a warhammer..Hit it with enough force in a vulnerable area like a knee joint and it wouldn't be hard to at least disable the thing
The terminators got taken out by hydraulic presses, mundane iron forges and plastic explosives
Pretty sure if a troll stepped on one it’d crumple like a beer can
The terminator couldn't run without skynet. Skynet would see the ring as a weapon in order to destroy humans and would decide to use it, in a sense being corrupted despite it's original goal.
No, the Terminator (speaking generally of the various models) has repeatedly been captured and reprogrammed by starving and likely barely educated/literate resistance members in the canon.
If they can find a way to corrupt the machines, Sauron definitely could too.
The premise is absolutely ridiculous.
Frodo succeeded in destroying the ring, so there's no reason for a T-800 to go back in time and do the job.
With that out of the way, I think the ring WOULD corrupt the T-800 because it is a machine driven by an AI with pre-programmed 'desires' (winning behavior) and the Ring would likely be able to manipulate that in a way it couldn't manipulate Tom Bombadil (who did have a soul)
No. It does not. Frodo refused to give up the ring and was corrupted. Eru intervened per tolkien and made gollum trip
Thus a terminator going to destroy the ring would be preferred because it would get the job done. Only way I see it failing is if sauruman uses gun powder to blow it up.
Correct it was destroyed but again it was NOT because of frodo
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Anonymous
That still counts as Frodo's success, bro.
7 months ago
Anonymous
No, it doesnt
7 months ago
Anonymous
Yes it does. If you disagree, you need to take it up with literally everyone that celebrated it as Frodo's success, including the characters and author of the book.
7 months ago
Anonymous
Author of the book says ot was eru not frodo
No one in the book is like "frodo way to destroy that ring" he gets as much credit as every other member of the fellowship for his efforts
7 months ago
Anonymous
He said Eru intervened.
That's still Frodo's success.
You don't understand mechanics.
7 months ago
Anonymous
>eru destroys the ring by intervening >author states as much >bro thats totally frodo
I didn't know frodo fan boys were a thing
7 months ago
Anonymous
>Frodo, go on this mission to destroy the ring >"Okay" >Ring gets destroyed >"Oh no! I failed!"
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>be football player >get talked up pregame as the one that's gonna win the game >you get benched and someone else scores game winning points >they get mvp >uh dude I (frodo) totally won that game for us (humanity)
Nice logic
7 months ago
Anonymous
>be football player >score a touchdown when tackled >referee calls it in your favor >bang anon's girlfriend & drink his mountain dew
7 months ago
Anonymous
>prove frodo fanboy wrong >WAHHHHHH
Fairwell
7 months ago
Anonymous
What did you prove wrong? Are mad about the mountain dew? I'll pay you back
7 months ago
Anonymous
>you get benched
After playing the full game, including the last seconds when a dog runs onto the field and catches the ball you fumbled and carries it to your teammate in the endzone.
Yes, you still won the game.
A terminator would have never made it through the swamps. It would have probably marched a direct route and been picked up by a wyvern or somethign under Sauron's control and dropped onto sharp rocks and bashed to pieces by orcish tools.
The ‘boys themselves are soulless and immune to subversion, but Skynet is a petty b***h. Literally AM without the cleverness.
The ring would pierce the machines programming and tap into Skynet’s artificial consciousness, and eventually even it would be corrupted into a mere weapon in the Enemy’s arsenal
>Terminator literally kills other terminators >"dude this biped that turns to stone when light hits it will totally be able to kill a robot assassin from the future"
That's how the T-1000 killed the T-800 in T2. He hit him in the face with a large steel beam a few times and then shoved a spear through him.
T-800 had to switch to emergency power to come back to life.
Did you watch the movie? The T-800 gets killed, but comes back to life to save John and Sarah on auxiliary power. Does that mean that the T-800 in T2 is a messianic allegory?
Just have one of those wyverns grab the terminator and throw it from real high into the ocean. Hell, throw it into mt. Doom or any other volcano. I'm sure Sauron has plenty of those available.
You know... that would be a decent fantasy genre subversion. The unkillable eternal hero who has the strength of ten men? Yeah he's secretly a robot. Sort of like what Eternals could have been if the direct had had some balls
In the land of Middle-earth, amidst the shadows and the fire, a new darkness had risen. It was not the Dark Lord Sauron or his legions of orcs, but a creation of cold steel and merciless intent, known as the T-800. The ring, imbued with the malevolence of the One Ring, had fallen into the hands of this machine.
Frodo Baggins, now aged and weary, had entrusted this burden to the T-800, knowing that its relentless purpose could serve to destroy the ring. The machine stood, its gleaming eyes devoid of emotion, as it gazed upon the Ring of Power with an understanding of the peril it posed to Middle-earth.
Through desolate landscapes and perilous passes, the T-800 marched, the weight of the ring heavy upon it. It knew not the whispers of the ring, for it was devoid of the weaknesses that plagued mortals. Its will was unyielding, its determination unbreakable. It was a creature of relentless logic, and that logic drove it towards the fires of Mount Doom.
The T-800 reached the slopes of Mount Doom, the very heart of Sauron's domain. It stood at the precipice, the fires of the volcano raging below. Without hesitation, it raised the ring high above the churning lava and released its mechanical grip. The ring, drawn by the irresistible pull of the molten fires, tumbled into the abyss, where it was consumed by the flames.
The T-800 watched as the ring melted away, knowing that its mission was complete. It had played its part in the epic struggle of Middle-earth, and now, with its purpose fulfilled, it turned and walked away, fading into the annals of legend, a machine of steel and sacrifice, a savior of Middle-earth.
Yes, since the terminator does not have a soul
>sell soul to devil for Nazgûl repelling aura
>ride eagle to mountain and drop into volcano
>go live in immortal elf land as my reward and never worry about going to hell
Tolkein is a hack
>>sell soul to devil for Nazgûl repelling aura
Not sure if Soros exists in the lotr universe bro
AI has more soul than most normies.
it's unlikely that a traditional robot would be susceptible to the corrupting influence of the One Ring, as they lack the psychological and emotional vulnerabilities that the Ring exploits.
homie bot?
>how would you feel if you didn't plug in your charger this morning?
A Terminator's existence in Middle-Earth requires so many other things to be changed about the setting to allow the premise that the question is nonsensical. The world would have different rules and a different history, so who knows.
No it doesn't. We just assume skynet developed a dimension traveling device, rather than time travel.
Le wild Arnold appears, kills frodo in the shire, takes the ring and walks to mordor
Isn't there someone you forgot to ask?
Why would Eru interfere in the ring being destroyed by a terminator?
I can't say this sentence out loud without laughing. Oh, the discussions we have!
answer the damn question!
"just" is doing a lot of work in these posts
>just
He's traveling further back in time or to another dimension. In either case a super ai like skynet could do this. I don't see the issue
Middle earth is like 18,000 years ago. It's actual earth
All the Terminators relied on time travel minus salvation
So it would just have to travel back in time to kill aragorn
>to kill aragorn
Nah, can go back to when frodo has the ring in the shire and get to it first
The elder scrolls handled robots well, they’re basically powered by souls captured in crystals.
Bruh, Middle-Earth - as stated by Tolkien himself - is literally our world pre-history.
A terminator just has to be sent back a few millennia.
Sauron and the Terminator have the same goals.
Sauron hated the orcs and the wraiths and undead he fricked around with were essentially his attempt to create robots to control so he could fix the world that god abandoned.
I'll give you a (you) for getting the correct answer, anon.
You're a good lad.
>could Darth Vader use the star-forge without turning to the dark side??
terminators are programmed to kill humans
test
Who would win in a fight between robocop and a cursed jack sparrow?
Yes because Sauron couldn't offer it anything. Like Kyle Reese said "It can't be bargained with."
He would still have to get past 100,000 orcs and other shit
40 watt Plasma Rifle > Cast Iron
No gun stores in middle earth
OP posted T-800 so I'm going with that
Are we talking about the t800 or the t1000? The t1000 could disguise itself as an orc.
Would Orc or even troll strength be enough to destroy a t-800?
Most bullets just bounce off the things.
The terminator is still just made out of metal though, it gets crushed by a hydraulic press in the first movie. Surely a troll or an orc could generate that strength.
>a troll
It might
>an orc
No way
Anything relatively strong even a normal guy could likely cause significant damage to a Terminator using something like a warhammer..Hit it with enough force in a vulnerable area like a knee joint and it wouldn't be hard to at least disable the thing
The terminators got taken out by hydraulic presses, mundane iron forges and plastic explosives
Pretty sure if a troll stepped on one it’d crumple like a beer can
The terminator couldn't run without skynet. Skynet would see the ring as a weapon in order to destroy humans and would decide to use it, in a sense being corrupted despite it's original goal.
Why didnt they just program a Terminator to take it to Mordor then? LOTR is ruined!
No, the Terminator (speaking generally of the various models) has repeatedly been captured and reprogrammed by starving and likely barely educated/literate resistance members in the canon.
If they can find a way to corrupt the machines, Sauron definitely could too.
If a Terminator existed it would be made in Mordor. It wouldnt be destroying the ring it would be finding it...its what he does!
The premise is absolutely ridiculous.
Frodo succeeded in destroying the ring, so there's no reason for a T-800 to go back in time and do the job.
With that out of the way, I think the ring WOULD corrupt the T-800 because it is a machine driven by an AI with pre-programmed 'desires' (winning behavior) and the Ring would likely be able to manipulate that in a way it couldn't manipulate Tom Bombadil (who did have a soul)
>Frodo succeeded in destroying the ring,
No he didn't, Sam carried him 90% of the way and gollum go it to the basket at the end.
Frodo is worthless. A terminator wouldve gotten it done in less time with less help
That counts as "Frodo succeeded in destroying the Ring"
No. It does not. Frodo refused to give up the ring and was corrupted. Eru intervened per tolkien and made gollum trip
Thus a terminator going to destroy the ring would be preferred because it would get the job done. Only way I see it failing is if sauruman uses gun powder to blow it up.
Which version of "Lord of the Rings" did you consume, where the Ring wasn't destroyed?
Correct it was destroyed but again it was NOT because of frodo
That still counts as Frodo's success, bro.
No, it doesnt
Yes it does. If you disagree, you need to take it up with literally everyone that celebrated it as Frodo's success, including the characters and author of the book.
Author of the book says ot was eru not frodo
No one in the book is like "frodo way to destroy that ring" he gets as much credit as every other member of the fellowship for his efforts
He said Eru intervened.
That's still Frodo's success.
You don't understand mechanics.
>eru destroys the ring by intervening
>author states as much
>bro thats totally frodo
I didn't know frodo fan boys were a thing
>Frodo, go on this mission to destroy the ring
>"Okay"
>Ring gets destroyed
>"Oh no! I failed!"
>be football player
>get talked up pregame as the one that's gonna win the game
>you get benched and someone else scores game winning points
>they get mvp
>uh dude I (frodo) totally won that game for us (humanity)
Nice logic
>be football player
>score a touchdown when tackled
>referee calls it in your favor
>bang anon's girlfriend & drink his mountain dew
>prove frodo fanboy wrong
>WAHHHHHH
Fairwell
What did you prove wrong? Are mad about the mountain dew? I'll pay you back
>you get benched
After playing the full game, including the last seconds when a dog runs onto the field and catches the ball you fumbled and carries it to your teammate in the endzone.
Yes, you still won the game.
If Eru was going to destroy the ring and kill Sauron no matter what happened anyways, why wait and let everything go to shit in the first place
A terminator is a machine that is still capable of error and being destroyed.
A terminator would have never made it through the swamps. It would have probably marched a direct route and been picked up by a wyvern or somethign under Sauron's control and dropped onto sharp rocks and bashed to pieces by orcish tools.
>t800 literally gets shot at by tons of automatic weapons in t2
>keeps going
>uh, orcish tools will totally stop you
The T-100 was corrupted by a kid with 90's attitude...
Yeah but he was cool.
Yeah, but it does mean he's open to corruption
No Soul=No Resistance so the terminator would immediately become a slave to Sauron’s will.
The ‘boys themselves are soulless and immune to subversion, but Skynet is a petty b***h. Literally AM without the cleverness.
The ring would pierce the machines programming and tap into Skynet’s artificial consciousness, and eventually even it would be corrupted into a mere weapon in the Enemy’s arsenal
A cave troll would absolutely fricking wreck a terminator.
>Terminator literally kills other terminators
>"dude this biped that turns to stone when light hits it will totally be able to kill a robot assassin from the future"
That's how the T-1000 killed the T-800 in T2. He hit him in the face with a large steel beam a few times and then shoved a spear through him.
T-800 had to switch to emergency power to come back to life.
But, it didn't kill him.
If he'd killed the t800 Jon and Sarah would both be dead
T800 kills the t1000
T850 (cause t3 has a newer model for some reason) kills the TX
T800/50 > T1000/X > mutant elves with daggers
Did you watch the movie? The T-800 gets killed, but comes back to life to save John and Sarah on auxiliary power.
Does that mean that the T-800 in T2 is a messianic allegory?
I can imagine that.
Just have one of those wyverns grab the terminator and throw it from real high into the ocean. Hell, throw it into mt. Doom or any other volcano. I'm sure Sauron has plenty of those available.
Does the ring know Fortran?
that was in a mechagodzilla movie film
You know... that would be a decent fantasy genre subversion. The unkillable eternal hero who has the strength of ten men? Yeah he's secretly a robot. Sort of like what Eternals could have been if the direct had had some balls
In the land of Middle-earth, amidst the shadows and the fire, a new darkness had risen. It was not the Dark Lord Sauron or his legions of orcs, but a creation of cold steel and merciless intent, known as the T-800. The ring, imbued with the malevolence of the One Ring, had fallen into the hands of this machine.
Frodo Baggins, now aged and weary, had entrusted this burden to the T-800, knowing that its relentless purpose could serve to destroy the ring. The machine stood, its gleaming eyes devoid of emotion, as it gazed upon the Ring of Power with an understanding of the peril it posed to Middle-earth.
Through desolate landscapes and perilous passes, the T-800 marched, the weight of the ring heavy upon it. It knew not the whispers of the ring, for it was devoid of the weaknesses that plagued mortals. Its will was unyielding, its determination unbreakable. It was a creature of relentless logic, and that logic drove it towards the fires of Mount Doom.
The T-800 reached the slopes of Mount Doom, the very heart of Sauron's domain. It stood at the precipice, the fires of the volcano raging below. Without hesitation, it raised the ring high above the churning lava and released its mechanical grip. The ring, drawn by the irresistible pull of the molten fires, tumbled into the abyss, where it was consumed by the flames.
The T-800 watched as the ring melted away, knowing that its mission was complete. It had played its part in the epic struggle of Middle-earth, and now, with its purpose fulfilled, it turned and walked away, fading into the annals of legend, a machine of steel and sacrifice, a savior of Middle-earth.
Frick this, you should have quoted at least some of Sarah Conner's T2 step-dad speech, & the Terminator should jump into the lava too, like in T2.
0/10
I thought it might do but ChatGPT wanted the Terminator to live happily ever after.
Of course skynet is gonna give itself a good ending