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Summary: T2 is A-1!
Review: (Instead of reviewing a film you probably already know, I stick to DVD special features)Those Extras: Commentary: WHOA! Holier-than-thou Cameron actually recorded a scene by scene talkfest with co-writer William Wisher. We are told how much we should appreciate it due to the fact that Cameron dragged his lazy behind downstairs to record it in his private screening room. That aside, it's a good listen that provides nice insight, to T1 as well which had this feature sorely missing. Deleted Scenes: Cameron is even watching his original near three hour cut, with some interesting moments that had to be sheared. Behind the Scenes: Much like the "Superman" DVD, this is one of the rare care packages that features three different explorations of the making of the film. You will not go away wanting more. Misc: Silly features for diehards to play with on their computers, like morphing personal photos or building your own T...erminator. For once even the box is worth a mention, a cool 3-D, shining silver cover and case. Overall: I'll get hammered for only giving four stars, but I love my outtakes and screen tests, and none are here. But what is will dazzle.
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Summary: "Judgement Day" has come at last!
Review: The first "Terminator" movie from 1984 became, from my point of view, one of the most unlikely sci-fi/ action hybrid classics of all-time. With such a low budget that was allotted into making that movie, the result was a surprisingly incredible experience thanks to James Cameron putting that limited amount of money into excellent use. Parts of that movie though, especially the futuristic scenes have dated rather badly over the years but it still remains a highly innovative movie. 1991's follow-up "Terminator 2: Judgement Day" takes what was great about the first one and builds upon it to create an even better sequel. This is no sequel slump by any stretch of the imagination. James Cameron with the benefits of a much higher budget and with the task of creating one of the most highly anticipated sequels ever in the history of movie-making, he pushes the envelopes of sci-fi action thriller making and revolutionized special effects by creating some of the most awesome special effects ever made in action movies even by todays standards. "Judgement Day" surpasses the first one by a good amount in many ways, even though the first one was awesome in it's own right. It showed a much improved technological breakthrough in movie-making with far more special effects and innovation that results in a movie that still looks fresh and as up to date and even ahead of it's time, much more so than many sci-fi movies that have come ever since then. It all begins many years after the terrifying events of the year 1984 where Sarah Connor survived her ordeal with the emotionless human cyborg. She is now in a mental hospital after being arrested for attempting to blow up a computer factory. John Connor is a very rebellious teenager who's in the care of foster parents. However, John Connor, even if he 'survived' the ordeals of the original Terminator machine, his life is about to take a drastic change when two Terminator machines arrive out of the unknown realm, in the year 1992 in Los Angeles for opposite purposes. One is to kill John Connor, the other to protect him from the vicious machine. Skynet from the year 2029 send an extremely dangerous human cyborg called the T-1000 who can take the shape of any human being by means of liquid mercury metal, to kill John Connor to prevent him from being able to lead the human resistance against the machines. Just as the machines sent back a T-1000 back in time, the humans also send back another cyborg ironically called "The Terminator", with almost exactly the same design as the original version that was sent back to kill Sarah Connor many years back. While it may have improved upon the greatness of the 1984 original Terminator movie, "Judgement Day" carries all of the depth and darkness of that one and takes the storyline to even darker realms. For a relatively long movie of over 2 and a half hours, the darkness and the incredible suspense will keep you holding tight to your seats for the entire time. Few movies in my opinion have such ability to do this but Terminator 2 does just that. In some ways, I would also view this second outing as the opposite or counterpart to the original Terminator movie. The first one had Arnold Schwarzenegger playing the bad guy while this one has him playing the good guy. I kind have to say that Arnold did a better job at playing the evil Terminator machine from the first one but he still does such an excellent job playing the 'good' guy while Robert Patrick delivers a truly chilling role as the menacing liquid metal machine T-1000. While Arnold Scwarzenegger did some good movies since then, his roles went downhill in my opinion, and fell to rock bottom with the awful "Batman & Robin" movie and hit speed bump after speed bump before getting back on top with the awesome "Terminator 3: Rise of The Machines". To me, it's the Terminator movies that have forever made me a fan of many of his movies. Edward Furlong does such an excellent job playing the rebellious John Connor, must I saw even better than Nick Stahl did in the Terminator 3 movie, no offense to Stahl, he did good but Furlong did better. Linda Hamilton improves her character Sarah Connor, by turning her in a mean woman fighter, with massive attitude. In some ways, Sarah Connor rivals Ripley from "Aliens" as the best woman fighter character in any movie I've ever seen. With the help of the extraordinary directing of James Cameron, dark and powerful script, and from the excellent cast, "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" was one of the few movies that got all of the justice that it deserves. This is one of the best movies of 1991 and even now, it still has all of the punch it had when it was released. No other action movie, except for "T3" has toyed with darkness, fun, action, and depth the way that "Judgement Day" did. I don't know how they did it but they created what I would consider one of the best movie sequels ever in the history of movies. A good number of sequels fall flat on their faces against their original counterparts but not "T2: Judgement Day". This one surpasses the first one. Go and get this movie. I don't really feel like commenting on the presumably numerous editions released these past couple of years. I just would like to say that you should get this movie. I just wanted to comment on the movie itself. I went through the sad event of having to toss out the VHS edition because it got damaged from being worn out. This is definitely one of the best movies ever made and I must even go the distance to say that this movie trilogy is up there with Star Wars, Lord Of The Rings, and Indiana Jones as my favorite movie trilogy. I cannot explain enough of how much I love these three Terminator movies with this review. Just go and buy the dam movie.
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Summary: Pretty fun but the original is a classic
Review: Terminator 2 was a fun movie that revolutionized effects but the original is far better. A bigger budget and new technology made Terminator 2 a much bigger movie but bigger does not always mean better. Still I don't understand why it had to throw logic out the door like that. Problem with the T-1000 1. Where is his central processer how can skynet give the T-1000 a mission without any central programing. We see him broken there was no central processer chip anywhere in him. 2. How does liquid metal replicate hair, clothing, and skin. 3. How does he see with no camera system 4. How does he talk with no voicebox 5. How does the T-1000 heat up to liquid form and cool down to solid form so fast to produce those blades 6. If the T-1000 can replicate clothing same as skin why is it naked at the begining 7. The first movie said that only living tissue can go through time. The T-1000 is not living tissue. He is liquid metal which the last time I heard is not orginic or alive. You can't say the time equitment was upgraded because Arnold still goes through naked and unarmed. 8. Why can't the T-1000 bring weapons through time inside its liquid metal body as the T-X of Terminator 3 did. 9. When the T-1000 is blown apart what mechanism brings the peices back together. 10. Both the T-1000 and the T-X appear to make idiodic mistakes when attacking John. For example the T-1000 could have killed John by simply sticking the gun inbetween the bars and pulling the trigger but instead he goes though the bars revealing himself to John and Sarah. When Arnold was the villian he never made such blunders. 11. If Skynet sent the T-1000 through time at the same time as the T-800 as Pycho Dayv says then why not sent two T-1000s since the T-1000 is oviously more advanced. The T-1000 must have been sent after the first Terminator was sent back in 2029. Since Skynet lost when the first Terminator was sent back (the whole reason they are after John Connor) I don't see how that would make sense. Other flaws 1. John Connor is such a whiny brat. He is not the kind of kid I want to trust the future too. 2. As much as I like the Arnold he should not have been in this movie. In the first movie Kyle did not recognize the Terminator till after he made a move on Sarah. That suggests the Terminators look different. How can you send another one that looks the same. 3. Not a plot hole or mistake but I really liked Arnold much more as the villian then some emotional cyborg who wants to know why people cry.
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Summary: Not the best version, the previous one is better.
Review: People need to stop acting like this DVD is all new. It isn't that new. You want the best Terminator 2 dvd? Buy the one with thes stainless steel cover. That one has the terminator 2 special edition. This comes with 3 versions(sound familiar?). One of the reviews on here said something like, "You get 3 really awesome new versions!" You don't. You get the theatrical which is not the best but I like it sometimes. You get the special edition with the basically 15 new minutes of extended footage. They worked in the footage perfectly, so it looks just like new. It isn't like xmen where the footage is just added in. The footage here is actually worked in. The third version is alright, but the special edition is the best. The only weird thing is, the other special edition that I told you about has all 3 of these versions plus DTS worked in for all of them. Anyways, I would just buy the original special edition. There is the basic t2 dvd, which is cheap but not that great. There is the special edition, which is exactly like this one, but ill tell you the difference in a minute. Then there is this one, like the other special eddition but missing something. I mean the footage is the same but... NO DTS. I don't really care about the extras, i bought this for the movie. The other special edition has DTS and PLENTY of extras. I would not buy this dvd. You can get a cheaper one with DTS. Think about it. Cheap DVD + DTS = AWESOME. Then there is Expensive DVD + NO DTS = NOT GREAT. Thats the only difference I can see. The extras? They are fine. But, the dvd. DTS, must have dts. Picture is fine in both versions, but no DTS. If you do not have a DTS decoder would I reccomend this? No. You may buy a DTS decoder some day, then you will want to rebuy the movie, so just buy the original special edition, not the EXTREME edition.
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Summary: A Sweeping Sci-Fi Epic that Surpasses its Predessor
Review: After a stream of hits that peppered the '80s, Writer/Director James Cameron and Arnold Schwarzenegger reunited after almost seven years to work on the long-awaited sequel to the ground-breaking "Terminator." They did that and far more. "Terminator 2: Judgement Day" succeeds not only in terms of white-knuckle action sequences, but it also deeped the mythology of the Terminator Saga to greater depths than almost anyone thought possible. Arnold returns to his best role by far as the Terminator, a cyborg in this film sent to protect John Connor (Edward Furlong) as a teen from a superior liquid-metal morphing machine (Robert Patrick) sent by Skynet in the future to kill Connor. Also added to the rag-tag team of Connor and the Terminator is his Connors' mother Sarah (a terrific Linda Hamilton) buffed-up and ready for the impending holocaust. The film kicks off with the one of the most breath-taking opening sequences ever. Set in the future, the machine armies and the human armies advance on one another in lazer-filled combat. Even though the scene is far grander than the low profile hit and run missions of the original, it still maintains the intimacy that made those secrets all the more engaging. From there, the film transplants itself to 1992 Los Angeles, where Sarah Connor is locked up in a mental hospital and John Connor is held up with foster parents. Out of nowhere, two terminators from the future show up, both with different intentions about what to do John. After giving the seemingly unstoppable T-1000 the slip, the T-101 and John go after his mother and later mount a daring, and damn near sucidal attempt to alter the nighmarish events of the future by trying to derail the progress of the computer company Cyberdyne. What also makes "Judgement Day" such a great movie is the well-formed relationships between John Connor, his mother and the T-101. John rocky relationship with her mother is played out as is the growing attachment they both feel towards the particular machine that is protecting them. The relationships germinate throughout the film, growing and blossoming as the plot thickens and boils over in a tense and spectacular in the Cyberdyne building and a metal refinery. So much credit is due to writers William Wisher and of course James Cameron. Cameron also provides quick, fluid and often intense pacing over the films' near 150 minute running time without letting down on the story or mythos, which is what makes the Terminator Saga so enduring to begin with.
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Summary: Deffinitely the Ultimate Version is the best!!!
Review: The only reason i bought the Extreme Version was for the option of spanish subtitles, even so the all new audio commentary of James Cameron is fantastic, the video and audio quality is slitty better that previous releases, the interactive mode gives you inside to a lot of info in text displayed with the movie, along with video segments and audio clips with still pictures every time the cyberdyne logo appears on screen, and you do have the option of selecting with ease viewing the special edition or theatrical version of the film...but that's all!!! Disc 2 of this EXTREME version, to put in one simple word...is Junk!!! Only 2 documentaries, no trailers, no photo galleries, no storyboards, etc....what do you get instead? dvd-rom features which aren't appealing to the average viewer and the theatrical version of the film for windows media player...come on!!! who was the idiot who thought about this stupit idea, really what a waste of disc space!!! The average dvd consumer wants to view their movies on their tv with a home theater system, not on a pc, and to enjoy of documentaries, trailers, video segments, deleted scenes, etc...that's worth buying for!!! The ULTIMATE version of Terminator 2 is the best dvd release, and if only Artisan had considered putting spanish subtitles in the first place, without a doubt i would have bought that one instead of this EXTREME bad version.
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Summary: One of the best movies ever made!
Review: James Cameron made this terific follow-up to The Terminator.T2 stars Arnold returning to his most popular role,this time as the good guy.His mission is to protect John Connor(Edward Furlong)from The T-1000(Robert Patrick),The most advanced terminator built.Linda Hamilton also returns as Sarah Connor,but is more tougher than she was in the last one.The acting(except Furlong)is great,as are the visual effects.Great movie!Followed by a even better sequal:Terminator 3:Rise of the Machines!
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Summary: Terminator 2 - Judgment Day
Review: Terminator 2 - Judgment Day, this second Terminator movie by hard-working and imaginative director James Cameron has all five stars. This movie was a true hit in the early 90's but is still a great classic in the 21st century, with many movies that cant live up to those special EFX and action scenes this is an unforgettable action/SCI fiction movie. Arnold's character the "Cyberdynes System model 101" loses the ever so cool spotlight in T2 when a much more advanced shape-changing LIQUID METAL Terminator the "T1000" (Played brilliantly by Robert Patrick) is sent back to destroy or what should I say TERMINATE John Connor the future resistance against the machines. Great special EFX and Action scenes with a spectacuar finish no-doubt thought up by the mastermind of the terminator James Cameron. The Ultimate Edition DVD provides loads of special features and a directors cut version with never before seen deleted scenes.
Not to mention the DVD enhances the entire viewing of the movie with more spectacular looking Special EFX. A truly captivating movie an ABSOLUTLY MUST OWN ON DVD FILM!
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Summary: T2: One of the 10 best ever!
Review: This DVD is one of the ten best ever! The original T2 was great but this one was awesome! The added special features add more! The deleted scenes were great. Especially the one where Reese comes back from the dead and tells Sarah that John is the target. If there is any DVD that is an awesome buy, this is definitely it!
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Summary: Too Long!
Review: This is almost like the part one except now there's another robot who tries to kill the boy. The terminator has been newly programmed and it's on the boy's side. There's a great moments in the end. Terminator destroys himself. At first he throws "Saxon's hand" into fire, and them he goes to lava. There's the same actors in the main roles. This is as good as the number one. This is only an hour too long!
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