Did the failure of Whatcmen influence T4 rating?

[Snaploud]

Re: weaponry in the movie

The prequel book has them going up against T-600s, T-1s, and HKs, not T-800s (the Arnold model). The current weaponry will take them out, but it's tough, and they often used large explosives or aircraft weaponry to take them out. These things weren't readily available to Kyle Reese in 1984, but they would have been available to the military.

Regarding the book: They did mention that most small-arms fire is virtually useless against Terminators (even the non-T-800s that they're up against). You need something with decent penetration.

 

[nx1701g]

^ Which is one of the reasons why TSCC introduced some firearms that can be effective against machines.

The PG-13 rating was first rumored when the script was being written. One of the initial writers said he was told to write a PG-13 story but when that was leaked McG swore that it wasn't true.

 

[Turd Ferguson]

You need something with decent penetration.

That's what she said