Rating: 
Summary: A Superior sequel....that's a first
Review: Arnold Schwarzenegger is Back!! and this time he was sent to protect John Connor (Edward Furlong) from the deadly shape shifting liquid metal T-1000 (Robert Patrick). Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton) joins up with her son and the Terminator after escaping from a nuthouse. She's terrified when she first sees the Terminator as he looks exactly like the one that tried to kill her years before. She comes to respect his loyalty to protecting her son by the end though. The 3 of them try to stop Judgement Day from happening while being hunted down by the T-1000. T-2: Judgement Day is superior to the first one and the new 3rd one as well "which I don't think was bad either". It has a menacing villain "very well played by Robert Patrick", awesome special effects, great action and the best script of any of them. Also I think Linda Hamilton should have been nominated as she does her best work ever. She's tough while you can tell she's very scared of the future. It's a great performance, I really missed her in the 3rd one.
Rating: 
Summary: An extravagantly titled but ultimately deficient DVD
Review: Scanning the various DVD sets available it's apparent the number of colourful but meaningless prefixes utilised for your products. 'Ultimate Collection', 'Special Edition', 'Collector's Edition', not to mention the so-called 'Limited Edition'.
The dictionary definition of 'Ultimate' is Final, last, definitive, yet Artisan release the Extreme edition, surely this breaches the Trades Description Act 1968: Which prohibits false or misleading descriptions of goods or services. An improved way to make sure consumers are not tricked into buying inferior DVD editions is to have a clear warning and table on the back of the packaging stating: "This DVD has been altered from what the director intended, various scenes have been cut or deleted" followed by a list of the scenes and their specific time slots. This way the consumer can make an informed choice, knowing exactly what they are buying. Production studios must realise fans such as myself are becoming very exhausted and bored with such commercial antics, hence why a majority of us purchase from other countries. if this continues we will loose great faith in companies such as Artisan and end up just waiting this the film is released in a final ultimate box set, even though when you believe it is the final version, an improved set is released... Will Artisan be willing to send a copy of the Extreme edition to all fans that purchased the Ultimate edition free of charge if the consumer has proof of purchase? Only then they may convince me to own the Extreme Edition DVD set. Although Terminator 2 is an all time classic, the attitude to the consumer from produciton studios is dubious and wearing thin, hence 1 star.
Rating:
Summary: Extremely Great
Review: That's what I call a Digital Versatile Disc(DVD). A new era in the technology of DVD. Disc one contains the Special Edition version of the film and a great feature. Yes, you can select the Interactive Mode and watch the film while reading the details of each scene. You can also watch the behind the scene of the specific scenes while you are watching the movie by pressing Enter when a Cyberdone logo appears. Disc two contains some features just for your fun and two new documantaries and the theatrical version of film in high definition which I wasn't able to play it, Because it requires a powerful PC. Note that one of the requirements is a 3GHZ processor. And it has an amazing metal case which distinguishes this DVD from all the DVDs you have ever bought. Don't ever think that you don't need it if you have the Ultimate Edition. You should have both of these DVDs. And I don't know how much longer we should wait to see a new release of T2!!!!!
Rating: 
Summary: Good, But Not Up To The Brilliance Of The First Film
Review: I liked T2, but T1 was better. It had better action scenes, story, future scenes, etc. While the acting in both films is fantastic, I preferred Arnold as the bad guy.
Rating:
Summary: EXTREMELY good DVD
Review: Well, people have nearly said it all about this new DVD edition.
But I just wanted to add a few things:
The version in this Extreme DVD, is the "Special Extended edition". Despite what it says on the menu, it is not the plain special edition. It actually includes all the possible deleted escenes they ever took out.
And some people are saying that the only way to see the theatrical version is by playing the disc on your computer's DVD-ROM, on windows media 9 series. Well, that is not truth. You can watch the theatrical version on your normal DVD player. Just highlight (red) "sensory control", then on your remote control press the "right" button 5 times. To the right, the phrase "The future is not set" will appear. Then press "enter" on your remote control, and the "play special edition" will morph into "theareical version". There you have it.
Rating:
Summary: Excellent, well put together DVD package
Review: This is one of the better put together packages for a DVD. It includes two cuts of the film (the theatrical version and the special director's cut) which are nice inclusions. The extended cut is nice because it allows you to see how the deleted scenes fit into the movie, and unlike many movies, the deleted scenes were given full production, i.e., they are finished celluloid, not just spot copies or some such. There are plenty of extras to keep even the most intrepid fan busy, including theatrical trailers and commercials from around the globe, and that is nice as well. Very well done DVD!
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Summary: ULTIMATE ACTION! ULTIMATE DVD!!
Review: After the moderate success of The Terminator, James Cameron decided to outdo himself with the old "bigger is better" modus operandi, and together with the greatest special effects maestros in Hollywood, created one of the most amazing sci fi action thrillers ever! This time around, Schwarzenegger was to be the good guy and fans were less than happy with the idea. The Austrian oak who immortilised himself as the unstoppable killing machine who spoke the famous line: "I'll be back!" But movie geeks had little reason to worry, for Cameron had something better up his sleeve, with the T1000, an even more invincible killing machine who could take on Arnie's T100. The tantilising premise and top-notch talent behind the collosal project ensured boffo box office. And once again, Arnie (with shades for added coolness) proved that when it comes to blowing up things with really big guns, there is no substitute.
The action set-pieces are some of the most incredible ever put together, and with Stan Winston's lethal creation and ILM's morphing liguid metal guy (a menacing Patrick Stewart) battling it out for the future of mankind, the stakes are high, and the action ante even higher. A seriously buffed-up Linda Hamilton is a much stronger character than in the first film, and her hard-edged persona is well-played and fits the film's "come and get it!" tone. While the original's tense structure and nerve-shredding pace makes it superior in terms of cracking action, but in terms of spectacle and jaw-dropping SFX, T2 wins hands down. Wether this of the seminal original is the best is debatable, but what is for sure is that it is truly one awesome thrill ride packed with out-of-this world effects that still amaze 11 years later. Will the upcoming Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines be better? Only time will tell, but rest assured, T2 takes it deserved place in the collection of all-time greats and is a must-have on DVD.
Rating: 
Summary: Only for the "gotta-have-its".
Review: "T2: Extreme DVD". Man, Artisan must need some fast cash after their last few flicks, because there is really no reason for the average collector to buy another version of this movie after one of the most complete DVD releases ever. Sure, it does include the first-ever feature commentary by Jim Cameron and a few cool DVD-ROM features, but beyond that, nothing much of interest. What is perhaps the biggest plus on this edition is a state-of-the-art high definition telecine transfer, which, admittedly, is an improvement over the transfer found on the "Ultimate Edition". However, this isn't enough for me to warrant shelling out another wad of dough, I can live with the old transfer. And don't buy this DVD thinking that there will be such incidentals as trailers or bios....there are none. The makers of this DVD say that this is intended to be more of a companion piece to "UE", so in essence you're paying all this cash for 1 movie.
This is more for serious collectors and film buffs than casual (and cheap) action junkies like myself. In a nutshell, unless you are an obsessive-compulsive film collector, or a big time "Terminator" mythos nut, hold on to "T2: UE", which by the way is slowly going out of print.
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Summary: T2: The Far-Too-EXTREMEly-Re-Released Edition DVD
Review: Now I know what the terminator REALLY meant when he said, "I'll be back": he was actually referring to the seemingly endless re-releases of T2 on digital disc! And lemme tell ya, it's really startin' to honk me off! First, Artisan puts just the theatrical rendition of the movie out on disc with a couple trailers. Then a couple years later they break out the so-called "Ultimate" Edition 2-DVD set, which features the regular and extended versions of the flick as well as trailers, behind-the-scenes docs, images of various merchandise & promotional items, storyboards, a couple scenes that were left out of the extended version, and a virtual library of info that breaks down every phase of the movie's production and promotion. Jam-packed with bonus material that would take even the most ardent videophile weeks to thoroughly look through, Artisan's second DVD release of T2 did indeed appear to live up to its billing as the ultimate edition. But, the movie companies and video distributors being who they are-- in this case, putting out a so-called "new-and-improved" DVD set so they can make even more money offa' the poor slobs who bought the previous platter, a maneuver I call the Dreaded DVD Double-Dip Ploy-- I probably should've seen this one coming. What with T3 hittin' the cineplexes in about three weeks as of this writing, it's the perfect time to take advantage of peoples' anticipation for the new flick by enticing them to re-experience the previous one with even better picture quality (a bit sharper, and significantly brighter than the Ultimate Edition) and sound (several different channels, including one for headphone-wearers!) than ever before. Throw in a new feature-length commentary track with Director/producer/co-writer James Cameron and co-screenwriter William Wisher, and it's certain to grab a couple peoples' curiosity. Speakin' of the commentary track: Cameron pretty much dominates it, and interrupts Wisher on several occasions, usually when the movie cuts to a new scene. Part of it has to do with Wisher's relative difficulty in articulating what he wants to say about whatever part of the movie he's looking at. There are more than a few occasions where he'll spend several seconds trying to get his thoughts together, and by the time he gets on a roll, it's on to the next scene with Cameron diving right in on how the scene was produced. Cameron also tries to sound more avant-garde as the movie goes on, throwing in a couple "deus ex machina"s, and talking about how the production of T2 was a "catharsis" for him, in an effort to make it all seem more profound than it really is (he decided not to break out "zeitgeist" and "joie de vivre", much to my relief). Whatever the reason is for his motivations, I found myself taking him not as seriously as I used to. I also got a pretty good laugh from his statement about how he found movies with children shooting guns and pointing them at each other-- using "Stand By Me" as a case in point-- to be morally reprehensible. Yeah, that's just what I need: a lesson in morality from a guy who was dating his present wife while he was still married to T2 co-star Linda Hamilton. But other than that little blip, he and Wisher do share more than a few amusing anecdotes about the making of this landmark flick. Then there's Disc 2, which features two documentaries that weren't on the Ultimate Edition platter, as well as DVD-ROM programs where you can build your own terminators, and even turn your downloaded self into a terminator! Unfortunately, I'm unable to access the DVD-ROM material at present, as my OS isn't advanced enough to process it. Also included is the theatrical release playable on Windows Media, which, being someone who prefers to watch a DVD movie on a TV set, I consider a waste of space. Sadly, disc 2 of the Extreme Edition lacks the many other docs, deleted scenes, trailers, etc. etc. that the Ultimate Edition had in spades. Which means that if you want to have the best picture and sound as well as every little extra feature that's ever been put out for T2, you'll need to own both the Ultimate AND the Extreme renditions. This sad fact leads me to believe that there's gonna be yet another digital disc re-release of this flick in the near future that will combine all the features of the Ultimate and Extreme editions together into one big set, kinda like what they did with that super-feature-packed four disc "Lord of the Rings" set (speakin' of LOTR, director Peter Jackson discusses how T2's computer effects influenced the Hollywood movie industry in the "No Feat But What We Make" documentary on disc 2)! Yep, I can just see it now: "Terminator 2: the Ultimate-Extreme Edition DVD". Or maybe "The Extreme-Ultimate Edition DV"? Or, my personal fave, the "Ha-Ha-We-Got-Your-Money-AGAIN,-Suckers!" Edition-- a little truth in advertising, as it were. In any case, I'll probably be one of the tidal-wave of pitiful consumer lemmings to snap it up when it hits the streets. And it WILL, just you wait... 'Late
Rating:
Summary: I don't like this movie
Review: Alright. When you say the end of the world, did you mean a large portion of it? Because believe it or not, there is still more people fighting the machines. Let's get real here. And didn't that terminator dude "I'll be back." Alright, that's nice. It's all good. We'll just send another arnold back to the past to save the little defenseless dude again. WHEN WILL IT END!? Honestly now! Die you terminator. Wait, wait wait. I'll get my wish. In the next one he will die. Just like the last one and the last one before that. It's just a simple repeat, like MIB2. Alright, If you want a good action movie, watch THE ONE! OH YEAH!
I know good movies. And I know bad movies. I rest my case.
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