Terminator 2: Judgment Day
This time there are two…
Right, so we’ve ignored the plot flaws with T1, as it became known once this sequel came out, and lovely Mr. C came along and gave us Terminator 2: Judgment Day (“But did we save the world in the last one?” – Yes but we’re ignoring that remember!)
In many ways T2 is remarkably better than T1, better effects and a better insight to the characters.
Arnie is still his usual robotic (useful in this role) wooden self but introducing Edward Furlong as a rebellious teenage John Connor gives the film a certain appeal. Of course sticking Sarah Connor in psychiatric hospital helped with that as well. It’s nice to know she’s stuck to her guns and is continuing to tell the story of the end of the world (“But did we save the world in the last one?” – Yes but we’re ignoring that remember!).
Essentially it’s just a remake of the original. The world is going to end, there’s an enemy who is hard to kill but in the end he’s killed and the world is saved!... again!
Sadly Hamilton doesn’t get the interaction in this one with any of the actors and is mainly a sideline just for filler but the introduction of the T-1000 (Robert Patrick) brings the storyline nicely into line with the future continuing to exist in its own separate timeline and the current timeline obviously still having and effect on it… which kind of states the obvious but in this film just when you think about the obvious you get hit with the answer which turns out not to be so obvious.
It’s not a patch on T1 but watch it because it’s the sequel and sequels are there to be watched!
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2007-11-16 @ 18:23