As we near this film's 25th anniversary one can't help look at this movie and the three following sequels and start analyzing why the latter installments fail to measure up. Sure the special effects still hold up and the action set pieces still pack a lot of excitement - but it's the base story that helps this movie shine bright. In addition to some great character development work, there are a bunch of additional scenes with the T-1000 that makes him an all the more intense and sinister villain.īecause this film has a heart is the reason that it holds up so well. The longer cut knows how to take its time and let the human notes resonate. While the theatrical cut was already very strong in these departments, I've long felt that the Director's Cut with an additional 16 minutes of content works much better. By working with real world themes and ideas as a base, the action and science fiction elements resonate all the cleaner and clearer. Where the first film was about two people in love fighting for survival 'Terminator 2 Judgment Day' is probably best described as a dysfunctional family drama where the family must come together if they ever hope to survive. By going big and painting the picture on a larger canvas, they opened up the world this franchise could exist upon. Writer/Director James Cameron and cowriter William Wisher simply could not repeat that story again. ' The Terminator' was a small budgeted science fiction thriller that told a simple story about two people in love fighting for their lives. While many people follow the idea that bigger doesn't always mean better - I for one feel the opposite when it comes to this sequel. It was a visual and auditorial feast and we've been dedicated followers on home video ever since. We simply could not get enough of this movie. Throughout the summer of 91 my family and I saw this beast of a sci-fi action adventure flick no less than four times. 1991's release of 'Terminator 2' stands the test of time as one of my absolute favorite theater going experiences. Even though my mother was going to hold me in her arms the entire time, the theater still made my parents pay for a ticket - we still have the stub! Long story short, I grew up going to the movies frequently. My first movie going experience was 'E.T. Laying out the story for 'Terminator 2' is probably best described as an exercise in redundancy, after all who in the world hasn't seen, heard of, or at the very least knows of the awesomeness that is 'Terminator 2 Judgment Day?' My family has a long history of frequently going to the movies. Not only do Sarah, John and the T-800 have every cop in California looking for them, but the T-1000 will be nipping at their heals every step of the way. With an underground arsenal at their disposal and the T-800's extensive files of historical events, the trio set out to prevent the well-meaning computer programer Miles Dyson (Joe Morton) from reworking the CPU from the first Terminator cyborg and causing the near extinction of all man kind. As John, Sarah and the T-800 learn to work together and survive, they set out on an even bigger and more important mission: stopping the robot holocaust before it even happens. Luckily the resistance captured and reprogrammed one of the T-800 cyborgs (Arnold Schwarzenegger) and zipped it back through time to serve as a protector for the young and rebellious John Connor.Īs the T-800 is programed to follow John's orders, it must do everything the young child demands, including not killing any humans and helping the boy free his mother who has been committed to a mental institution. Rather than sending back an obsolete model Terminator cyborg, Skynet ups the stakes by letting it's big dog of the chain the liquid metal morphing T-1000 (Robert Patrick). After failing to kill the mother of the human resistance, Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton), Skynet aims to kill John Connor (Edward Furlong) when he's just a small child. What is logical to most of us humans makes plenty of sense for a sentient computer program that has deemed humanity a threat to its survival and is dedicated to wiping us off the face of the earth. When a good plan doesn't quite work out, it's not a bad idea to tweak the variables and give it another try. Lionsgate has taken upon themselves to release yet another edition of 'Terminator 2 Judgment Day' with a new image remaster and a few changes to the disc. Another 'Terminator' film is currently trying to make a splash at the box office so that must mean fan and franchise favorite 'Terminator 2 Judgment Day' is getting yet another release on disc! After the decently solid " Skynet Edition" release of 2009, many folks had figured that would be the end all be all HD presentation - or at least until James Cameron was given the opportunity to personally oversee a remaster on his own.
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