Much like Ripley, and Sarah Connor, she was just a normal person who found the will to survive in the most dire situations, beating the odds, and fighting a powerful enemy, and she was stronger for that. Armed with a machete which she held like a life line, and medication which she produced herself being a chemist before the infection spread, Selena was a character who evolved from a cold, emotionless warrior, to a kind mother figure, to a love interest, and back down to a survivor not willing to give up the fight to survive. Naomie Harris gives one of the best performances of the movie as the bitter, and gritty Selena, a character whose origin is never explained, but by her appearance we know something bad happened to her, a character who really did come out in the end fighting all the way.

Arnold Schwarzenneger also proves he's a better actor when he's not talking much, and as the unstoppable killing machine who pursues Sarah Connor he's surprisingly creepy, and very entertaining. Whether it's his demolishing a police station with a truck, or rising from the fire in his full exo-skeleton form, "The Terminator" set a precedent for future rip-offs, and he's the original article. Though, I wasn't a fan of the last two installments, the original still holds to be the best for me, and James Cameron's excellent and timeless design for the T-800 still continues to be the trademark insignia for the Terminator franchise beyond the T-1000 and the T-X.

A program that took on a life of its own, created his own world where he ruled, and took on Neo once and for all. All by himself. Hugo Weaving had an incomparable menace and charm about him that made him the villain you love to hate. And the surprise twist on who he really was made him a wonderful antithesis to the boring Neo. Yeah, I said it. Boring. Smith was about the only really good  character in the last two Matrix films, like a "Reservoir Dog 2.0". Isn't it ironic a villain in a suit creates his own world that looks like a digital Wall Street? He instead ended up being the bad program to Neo's good program, which inevitably made him a better alternative, and was intent on ruling over the matrix. I think. Those Wachowski Brothers confuse me to no end.

In "Attack of the Clones" he was a Jedi rushed in to knight hood and forced to take on the responsibility of keeping a reckless padawan in line with no success, and in "Revenge of the Sith" he was a Jedi master who was watching his best friend descend in to the dark side, and his princess experience the trauma of watching helplessly, and then was forced to fight and kill the chosen one. McGregor added valiance, and exuberance to Obi-Wan, while the great Alec Guiness added distinction, and wisdom to his original Obi-Wan character, and when combined they create the best character in the "Star Wars" films. And the last battle between he and Anakin is still one of the best one-on-one I've ever seen fights in a "Star Wars" film.

With utter charisma, arrogance, and human confliction, Mal ended up becoming much more layered than Han Solo in terms of characterization which could be attributed to Joss Whedon's writing, but really what would good writing be without good acting? Fillion who basically was spotted in "Two Guys and a Girl" as the forgettable love interest, and in a very small role in "Dracula 2000" was enlisted by Whedon and really shows that he has talent, and he can make it as one of the biggest stars in Hollywood, if he plays his cards right. Mal is strong, tough as nails, and always willing to make a sacrifice for his crew. The true example of such heroism can be seen in his self-sacrifice in "War Stories" where he takes one for the team and let's his pilot Wash walk off with his wife while he takes the torture endlessly, wailing. Because Mal can take it better, and he even loses a few body parts in the process. He sacrifices himself like a leader should do, and he shows that he's not just some petty criminal. Mal is the best.