Terminator 2 3D

[Nitefly]

Saw this last night with the missus. Fantastic stuff, it was her first time seeing it and she really liked it - which is saying something for this kind of movie.
I'm going soft in my old age though, Bratty McWhiney-Whinge didn't annoy as much as before.

It was the first time I noticed him being quite so 80s and .... bodacious

I've seen a couple of reviews suggest the film is quite dated but eh, don't think that's fair.

I've decided the 'set pieces' are easily my favourite and frankly just flat out the best in any film I've seen. The whole ending sequence is brilliant. You see them driving past the liquid nitrogen truck long before it comes into play and even when Arnie is getting hooned at the end it's very obvious there is the ramp he can crawl up on for the final blow to the T1000. It just.... flows, effortlessly? As if they weren't thinking it through... but they obviously were. No wonder it was the most expensive film ever made up until that point.

 

[Deleted member 651465]

Bit disappointed it wasn't the special edition.

Did anyone not notice this? He goes from bland terminator to "I need a vacation" as the scene where they un-inhibit the CPU isn't in the theatrical cut.

 

[VincentHanna]

Does the theatrical version mention his learning computer is inhibited though?

 

[Deleted member 651465]

Does the theatrical version mention his learning computer is inhibited though?

No but without that scene you go from dead pan > John Connor teaching him slang > arnie quips, smiling and more humane character. It was particularly jarring for me to the point I noticed it (and I hadn't seen T2 in a few years).

It also goes further in explaining the trust issue Sarah has. Instead she goes from traumatic life changing experience in T1 > meeting another terminator (who looks identical) > no problemo

 

[MM-Seat]

I really enjoyed watching it on the big screen! What an iconic film!

My missus however thought it was watchable and doesn't agree it is an iconic film. Unsure she knows the definition of iconic but, there you go!

 

[Nitefly]

Bit disappointed it wasn't the special edition.

Did anyone not notice this? He goes from bland terminator to "I need a vacation" as the scene where they un-inhibit the CPU isn't in the theatrical cut.

I actually think the special edition is cheesy - much prefer the theatrical version. Yeah the quip about needing a vacation is him being more jokey than before and perhaps a little out of character but meh he's supposed to be learning as he has evidently done up until that point.

 

[edGfaCTor]

I actually think the special edition is cheesy - much prefer the theatrical version. Yeah the quip about needing a vacation is him being more jokey than before and perhaps a little out of character but meh he's supposed to be learning as he has evidently done up until that point.

How is it cheesy?

Some of the scenes from special edition fill in details the only one I can remember i would drop is Kyle Reese talking to Sarah.

In few years they will release this again with speicial edition scenes it makes no sense to not include the option for them when this is released on disc

 

[Nitefly]

How is it cheesy?

Some of the scenes from special edition fill in details the only one I can remember i would drop is Kyle Reese talking to Sarah.

In few years they will release this again with speicial edition scenes it makes no sense to not include the option for them when this is released on disc

I just watched them again on youtube and I'm afraid I'm right! They are really out of place... and yes, epic cheese with "how will anyone else listen to me if my mother won't?" and "on your feet soldier!".... and that 'smile'

 

[Secret_Window]

How is it cheesy?

Some of the scenes from special edition fill in details the only one I can remember i would drop is Kyle Reese talking to Sarah.

In few years they will release this again with speicial edition scenes it makes no sense to not include the option for them when this is released on disc

I grew up with the theatrical version on vhs, but when the film came out on dvd (the ultimate edition I believe) that introduced for the first time the other versions, which I think by default was the special edition when you played the movie, and that has now become my preferred version. The first HD version I bought back when HD-DVD was out, only had the special edition and no other version of the film on the disc which further cemented that version in my head.

I must admit though after owning the blu-ray versions, they have offered very little new stuff to what I already had seen on dvd and hd-dvd. Picture quality wise on the skynet edition was quite poor as well, as they digitally scrubbed some of the grain out and it lost of its detail and sharpness. I am pleased to see in the new 3D/4K version they have found what looks like a nice balance.

 

[Deleted member 651465]

I just watched them again on youtube and I'm afraid I'm right! They are really out of place... and yes, epic cheese with "how will anyone else listen to me if my mother won't?" and "on your feet soldier!".... and that 'smile'

Cheesy, but needed imo. The smile is a classic part of T2, how dare you

If you want to play the "which line is worst" cringe game, I'll go with "dip ****, you're calling moir a dip ****?" *insert smug face here*

 

[easyrider]

3D annoying John Connor....

No thanks

 

[Uncle Petey]

Cheesy, but needed imo. The smile is a classic part of T2, how dare you

If you want to play the "which line is worst" cringe game, I'll go with "dip ****, you're calling moir a dip ****?" *insert smug face here*

I dunno, he is a 13 year old (or whatever) kid with 'attitude' who's just found that he has his own Terminator to boss around.
Cringe, yeah. Believable though.

 

[Lartyconshayo]

Just back from it. Really enjoyed it. Although we missed the 3D battle scenes at the start as the projectionist didn't have it focused properly. Thankfully it was sorted by title sequence - that head just keeps coming out at you !