Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
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Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER*LINDA HAMILTON*EDWARD FURLONG in
JUDGMENT DAY Directed by JAMES CAMERON
Picture a world in flames. Picture a world covered in ash, covered by the skulls of the dead.
Picture all this, as well as a horde of metallic Terminators, scouring the land.
Picture the ultimate war. Not a bad way to start a film, eh?
ROBERT PATRICK as the T-1000. _______ JOE MORTON as Miles Dyson.
Director James Cameron pulled out all stops on this one. The film takes place about 10 years after the first one ended. The first thing that's great about this sequel is that the characters actually changed and evolved with time, as in real life. This is especially evident with the Sarah Connor character, played by Linda Hamilton. She's really lived those past 10 years and lived them hard, it's shown here. She's not only 10 years older, she's 10 years harder, tougher and angrier. She's kept locked up in a state sanitarium at the beginning here, tended to and tormented by the same psychiatrist (Earl Boen) whom she first encountered in the previous film (OK, this guy hasn't changed much).
Of course, the real stunning aspect to all this were the new revolutionary computer FX at that time. Back then, they really were new; this was before even the first Jurassic Park film. Back in '91, they were just amazing to behold. The T-1000 villain, morphing into various shapes and people, set the new standard. Here was a truly unstoppable foe. Arnold, the ultimate brutal cyborg of 7 years earlier, began to look more & more outmoded as the film wore on. I actually began to feel some pity for the poor outclassed robo-man played by Arnold as the film neared its conclusion. This was a turnaround rare to see in sequels. What's sobering to realize, however, is that now, almost 20 years later, the use of computer FX in this film is still about the best use of such technology in film-making.
A special extended edition of this film was released in late 1993 on Laserdisc, later on special DVD editions; it has an extra 15 minutes and is regarded as the definitive version now. Arnold would not return to the role until Terminator 3:Rise of the Machines in 2003. But there was a theme-ride called Terminator 3-D in the mid-nineties, in which Arnold played some scenes. Terminator 2 was the highest-grossing film of 1991. BoG's Score: 9.5 out of 10
"I'll be back" the Terminator always promises.
What if T2 was in the Late 1970s
Poster imagines the film in the late seventies; the first film (see Terminator thread) would have been released around 1973;
since McQueen died in 1980, this sequel version was then released in about 1979;
McQueen, as Reese, would have a small role in this one:
Just one discrepancy with that, however: based on the participation of kid actor Bonaduce, the
film was more likely to have been released in 1975 or 1976, and the first one in 1970/1971...
since McQueen died in 1980, this sequel version was then released in about 1979;
McQueen, as Reese, would have a small role in this one:
Just one discrepancy with that, however: based on the participation of kid actor Bonaduce, the
film was more likely to have been released in 1975 or 1976, and the first one in 1970/1971...
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