This scene from Terminator has been bugging me..

[9th_Stew]

This scene from Terminator has been bugging me for years, its towards the end of the movie when the tanker explodes.

The scene is this: The tanker explodes and Sarah turns around to see the Terminator stagger out and collapse on the floor to burn into a charcoal mess.

Now heres the the bugging bit... You see the machine moving whilst on fire "on its back" until u see a blacked out skull. When Sarah and Kyle hug the Terminator lifts itself up (from belly side down) in all its glory still inside the tanker...

So my question is this: wtf???

anyone to shed light on this would be greatly appreciated.

[Lonely Universe]

It just appeared to be a blacked out skull due to the light? Also, it was the 80's.

[Terx2]

That reminded my of a phonix rising from the flames and thats what it kinda was a robot rising from the burnt ruble and metal to complete it's goal of killing Sarah. And showing how determined the cyborg was.

Also, it was the 80's.

Yeah lets just leave it at that .

[Valaquen]

The skull was just all the flesh crisping away, but I think some licience was used to trick the viewer [though it was unnecessary by then]. The rubble you can assume collapsed on the machine as the fire burned and Sarah came out of her hiding place. It's  a quibble, really. Kinda like Ash attacking Parker in ALIEN and having no legs whilst he does so