is *TERMINATOR 2* the best action movie i've seen yet??? | First Time Watching REACTION

[@yawdaorb]

It's so refreshing to see someone who doesn't know the twist of Arnold being a good guy in this movie and being genuinely surprised.

[@obscillesk]

I think that's the biggest bonus that modern day audiences seeing it for the first time get out of it, cause it was just so embedded in the original marketing

[@adamwarlock1]

Yeah people talk about how they wished they lived in the 80s or 90s for the pop culture, but they're sometimes having a better experience of it now than we did then.

[@paulwalsh2344]

@@adamwarlock1 Nah... it was still awesome back then...

[@Keleigh3000]

If you decide to rewatch this, pay close attention to Robert Patrick's performance. He never blinks unless he's trying to pass himself off as human in casual conversation, including when he's shooting guns. And he trained himself to sprint without breathing through his mouth. He was so fast, they had to reshoot the scene in the mall parking garage because he kept catching up to John on the dirtbike.

[@Ryan-rh1vc]

I believe every shot he takes is always aimed at John as well

[@mapesdhs597]

A cool moment people often miss: when the T1000 is flying the helicopter, he has a 3rd hand controlling the joystick, because he can. And as a young teen back then, who didn't try to copy his running syle? :D One of my favourite moments is when Arnie fires the grenade launcher at the nearest police car from the building: just before the car explodes, one can see the sde window get punched out by the grenade. Such a nice touch. It's worth reading the book, lots of interesting extra details, how the T1000 works and so on.

[@mapesdhs597]

Oh, another subtle element: when Sarah is marching towards Miles' house, the theme tune for the Terminator as playing, because that's what she's now become.

[@DanJackson1977]

The advertising for the film absolutley ruined the surprise of Arnold being the hero.. they literally just say it into the trailer. it's nice to see that people can be surprised by it again.

[@michaelwinkle4480]

Not to mention the toys and action figures. "TERMINATOR -- Programmed to PROTECT!"

[@_nauticaldisaster_]

Trailers are the worst. I avoid them at all costs. Luckily when T2 came out the internet was in its infancy so it wasn't everywhere and everytime a trailer came on TV I'd stick my fingers in my ears and go "lalalalala" so I knew nothing going in.

[@shadowcatreacts]

Aww that's such a bummer! It was such a nice surprise

[@86leewis]

Was the first one I seen as a kid, so watching the first one was a surprise for me.

[@lewstone5430]

I was living in South America for the summer when this came out so I missed all the trailers and was surprised by the twist.

[@captbunnykiller1.0]

I love how Miles even holds the weight up for another moment when he can't even catch his breath anymore, just to give everyone another second to get away. A truly good man with a focused mind.

[@kennethjoseph6362]

10:51 the reason for the flowers is because of the band that did the soundtrack for the film, "Gun's Roses". it was a symbolic gesture for the band. another great reaction to a action classic! 👍

[@2ndNerddotcom]

"She looks feral, kinda..." Best description ever.

[@Muck006]

It is a good thing the hairstyle fashion changed from the first movie to this one ... because she wouldnt look nearly as badass with that "fluffed up hair".

[@DRiveraNat20]

The character of Sarah Connor (and Ellen Ripley for that matter) is an example of a well-written "Strong female character." It stuns me when I hear modern actors/directors/writers/etc. say that we didn't have strong female characters before . I grew up with amazingly written strong female characters who didn't need to denigrate others to make themselves awesome.

[@rayjaymor8754]

100% agree. Sarah Connor is a fkn badass.

[@Randomizer939]

T2 physical effects are so epic that looks so great still after over 30 years against modern shitty CGI. Ofc they had some CGI, but main asset was physical effects. Ageless. Fun fact: Only problem Arnold had with the script is that he doesn't kill any people 🤣

[@radwolf76]

The scene where Sarah comes this close to Terminating Dyson is a spectacular showcase of Hamilton's acting skill. They gave her a spectacular character development beat to work with and she nailed it.

[@ChrissonatorOFL]

Yep, in fact, you can hear the Terminator music playing during that whole sequence until she regains her humanity. Because in that moment, she had become the Terminator.

[@Muck006]

29:30 The entire Dyson family is acting really well and in a believeable fashion. Perfect casting/directing ...

[@Grizzlox]

That dream sequence is one of the most violent and horrifying scenes in cinema. If I had a dream that vivid and terrifying, I might be motivated to try and change the future too.

[@B355Y]

I think you mentioned in your terminator 1 reaction that you heard Sarah was held up as a bad ass, but you couldn't see it. I think you see it now 😂

[@Joshu_Y]

It really is one of the best action movies ever, as well as being probably the best sequel ever. Great reaction, you have a good eye for the details, both visually and story-wise.

[@39Hundred]

The metal endoskeleton is called a T-800. There are thousands of different skin coverings designated by different numbers. Any skin covering that looks like Arnold is a CSM-101(Cyberdyne Systems Model-101). All 101s look like Arnold. A 102 or a 103 will look like different people.

[@hoodoowilliams5187]

A lot of people forget a T800 breaks into the future resistance base Kyle Reese was having a war flashback/forward to in the first movie and it broke in through it's human infiltration and didn't look anything like Arnold, looked like the body builder Frank Columbo.

[@terrylandess6072]

@@hoodoowilliams5187 Thanks for adding this so I didn't have to. :)

[@natethegr8230]

The hype around its release was intense. It was one of the most anticipated movies of the year and it did not disappoint.

[@peterlenham3180]

Most definitely the best action film ever made. A legendary classic.

[@thaistomp]

fax

[@dr.juerdotitsgo5119]

Not even close to Predator.

[@grant1739]

​@@dr.juerdotitsgo5119how the hell is Predator a better action movie than Terminator 2?? lol

[@dr.juerdotitsgo5119]

@@grant1739 Simple: T2, although great, is basically T1 all over again - future good guy has to protect the hope of humanity from future bad guy. Plus it has that corny summer blockbuster tearjerker at the end.

[@JSSTyger]

T1 has more action.

[@DanJackson1977]

They did have different Terminator models... in the flashback where the Terminators invade a human camp in part 1, there are other non Arnold terminators, one plagued by Arnold's bodybuilding friend Franco Columbu who also starred with him in the mid 70s bodybuilding doc Pumping Iron (Arnold's breakout film)

[@Thane36425]

The nuclear blast scene is still considered one of the most accurate depocted on film, meaning recreations and not actual footage. When I saw this movie in the theater when it was first released, someone near me in the theater said "no way, that's not real". A man in uniform in the next row up looked around and said it was very close, and he worked with nukes. We were near a major Army base at that time so he probably was from there.

[@Keleigh3000]

I grew up during the Cold War. Watching my hometown get nuked still shocks me to this day.

[@Thane36425]

@@Keleigh3000 I grew up near a big Army basemand had family that worked in weapons development during the 60s and 70s. When I was a kid when I mentioned fallout shelters, folks who knew just laughed and said not to bother. If there was a nuclear war the best thing would be to die early and get it over with. Still wanted a shelter for storms though.

[@shadowcatreacts]

​@@Keleigh3000 Wow, that's so awful. I'm very sorry that happened

[@Keleigh3000]

@@shadowcatreacts Thanks. But, it was meant to be shocking, as a warning we still haven't taken to heart even today. It just hit me harder because I'm from L.A.

[@wolf9walker]

a movie called "the Day after" 1983 was considered the closest to what really could happen if a nuke went off. I remember back then, it hit hard and really had a lot of people scared. of course the special effects in 1983 weren't as good as t2 1991

[@juliusperseus8612]

I don't know why some people think it's the same T-800 but it isn't. just Another model with the same Cloned Skin envelop.

[@KevinArdala01]

This movie should be held up as an example of how to combine CGI and practical effects to create a believable experience... Another good example of using CGI to the max (only when a narrative requires it) is The Matrix... When I saw this as a kid I thought we'd get awsome movies in the future, I didn't realise they'd already peaked!

[@Grizzlox]

And Jurassic Park

[@raveoreynolds6049]

I disagree. I was a kid when this came out, and even then all of the CG stuff stuck out like sore thumb to me. I think the first movie holds up a lot better, just doing pretty much everything practical.

[@_nauticaldisaster_]

Actually the real reason Arnold was carrying flowers, or rather roses, was because Guns n' Roses single "You Could Be Mine" was released with and featured in the film. It was sort of a tip of the hat to the band to have the gun hidden in the roses.

[@comedicpsychnerd]

They actually reference the song in Terminator Salvation where John uses a boombox and plays the same song to help capture a moto-terminator

[@PedroCastillo_1980]

One of the greatest sequels ever made Terminator 2: Judgment Day directed by James Cameron starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Robert Patrick and Edward Furlong. The music video of the film is the song "You Could Be Mine" single by Guns N' Roses. Thank you shadowcat great reaction Hasta la vista Baby😎😎

[@SolidMike84]

"Why did that thumbs up make me emotional?" Did the same to me in 1992 when I first saw it on vhs, before I had seen the first T movie. And alot of other people.

[@brucebieberly4166]

Me too. Still does.

[@Thunder_1977]

Easily one of the best sci-fi-action movies ever! 23:10 In the director's cut is THE essential scene that explains why T-800 is starting to smile, seems to have real feelings for John and finally understands why humans cry. And it's a master's work when it comes to SFX, too! In my opnions, it's a crime they cut it out in the theater version. So, please watch this version for yourself, it's totally worth it! 28:30 Dyson isn't a bad person at all, in fact he wants to make the future safer for humans with his work and got no idea what his invention is turned in. There is another deleted scene where he explains to his wife what his intentions are, which makes his death even more tragic. And yes, Linda Hamilton's Sarah Connor is just bad ass!

[@amyjordan195]

No no no. The extended cut. Not the director's cut. Director's cut has a totally impossible ending.

[@radwolf76]

I agree about the extended cut version of the garage scene after Sarah's breakout. That scene in question not only sets up the Terminator learning so much better than a forgettable line of dialog but also marks an important point in John's development into the leader he's going to be some day. And it makes the bit about "There's a second chip" at the end a callback instead of an out of the blue reveal. Plus, there's the fact that the effects were all done IN CAMERA. It's the kind of thing you can only get away with when your lead Actress happens to have an identical twin. You get to see a little of Linda's sister in the dream sequences in the Theatrical release, but she was used so much better in the cut scene.

[@markcarpenter6020]

You were talking about Arnold being good in this but it's actually really rare for him to play a bad guy. In fact he was originally cast as Reese in the first Terminator only for Cameron to change his role before filming.

[@GNo03]

And thank God he was cast as the Terminator. Cause the first movie wouldn’t have been as good, I feel like it would be less easy to take it serious with Arnold as the hero with all his one liners. He absolutely kills it as the Terminator especially in the villain role

[@self-awaregunship6869]

Apparently both him and Cameron afterwards decided that Reese wouldn't work for him.

[@barowt]

Don't forget how much of a good guy he was in Kindergarten Cop!! You HAVE to watch that...!

[@lewisner]

He was a bad guy in T1 partly because he was relatively unknown. By the next year , 1985, his career had taken off to the point where he was always the good guy.

[@gthewolf7948]

​@@lewisner conan 1982

[@Tchiko.]

That’s an unspoiled reaction ^^

[@Shmurph]

Fun little bit of trivia: Linda Hamilton's twin sister Leslie was playing the T-1000 when it was impersonating Sarah. They did the same thing earlier with the security guard in the mental facility, having his twin brother play the T-1000.

[@thatpatrickguy3446]

Great reaction to an awesome movie! The man taking pictures while looked stunned in the mall is the same character (and actor) who was the police officer that Arnold took the police car from in his pursuit of Kyle and Sarah in the first movie. That's why he looks stunned: he knows who this guy is and he knows the damage and killing he was responsible for the last time he saw him. He's also the source of the current day photos the officers show Sarah in Pescadero. It's not mentioned or referred to in any editions, but it is an Easter Egg that a friend of mine showed me. Robert Patrick trained so hard for this role as the T-1000. Learning to run full speed only breathing through his nose, and he was fast enough a sprinter that he actually caught the dirt bike in the mall parking garage. He was so amazingly intimidating in this movie, as much as or even more so than Arnold, and that's saying something! When the orderly licks Sarah in the hospital, that was apparently one of the catatonia tests done by unethical or sadistic orderlies according to an old friend of mine who had worked in a few psych hospitals, mainly in California, back in the late 70s and early 80s. It wasn't unusual for patients to try to get an advantage by pretending to be catatonic, hoping that the staff would think that they were out of it and not pay much attention so they could try to escape, create havoc, or whatever. Licking someone's face was a mild way of testing, according to my friend. The more standard way of testing among the more brutal orderlies was what was called a cup check, basically hitting the person in the crotch as hard as they could with a broomstick or something like that (the tonfa, shown in the movie, or a billyclub, wasn't standard when he was working in the field, so the evil jerks had to use other items like broomsticks). If they didn't react then they were catatonic. And, sometimes, the catatonic patients needed to be taken to the hospital due to the damage inflicted by whatever the orderly did causing ruptures or internal damage. Apparently one patient lost his testicles as it was several days before it was realized how badly he had been hurt. And, of course, no one ever knew how it happened. “He musta fallen, or done it to himself to try to get out of here.” My friend never missed that job. He told me that some people did things worse than that, but those stories don't need repeating. There are two sets of twins in this movie. One set are the brothers who played the security guard at Pescadero and the T-1000 imitating him. The other set are Linda Hamilton and her twin sister Lesley who played the other Sarah in the sequences like the nightmare where there are two of her are in the same scene. Lesley, a nurse in real life, passed away a few years ago. The was a scene of the T-101 learning to smile which was cut from the theater edition, cos it doesn't add anything of value to the story, but it does lead to a point that amused me once I saw it. After the Terminator's failure copying the young man's smile, the Terminator begins copying John's mannerisms and his one sided half smirk smile. This is best seen in the exchange after he hefts the minigun in Sarah's arms bunker or in the “Trust me.” moment at Cyberdyne. I remember learning that Cameron got a letter from a group of scientists congratulating him for the most realistic depiction of a nuclear detonation in a city in Sarah's nightmare. This horrified him since he was just trying to create the most over the top terrifying image he could, only to discover that it was accurate. Luckily, Sarah stepped back from Terminator mode before killing Dyson, which is good. Killing Dyson wouldn't have changed much of anything anyway. Cyberdyne still would have had the parts, all his notes, and everything they needed to complete the project. Judgment Day would have come, just on a different day other than Michael Jackson's (and my little sister's) birthday. The excellent Joe Morton, who played Dyson, had an accident that punctured one of his lungs when he was younger, so he knew firsthand how Dyson should be breathing/gasping at the end. The extended edition had two advantages over the standard edition. Though it wasn't obvious in its performance, the continuous damage the T-1000 was taking from every shot that hit it and every impact was affecting it. It is most obvious at the scene in the smelting plant after being shattered when, as shown in the theater release, its feet tended to take on the aspect of the flooring as it walked and, in the extended edition, when it grabbed a railing its hand mimicked the paint job on the railing. Also, in the extended edition, at the final scene when Sarah is calling out for John, he looks down and sees that the fake Sarah's feet look like the ironwork that the T-1000 is standing on and he knows for sure which to trust. The extended edition variant ending is also superior (to me) for one more reason: it ends with older Sarah sitting on a playground bench and watching her adult son playing with her granddaughter, meaning that this Terminator movie is absolutely the end of the franchise, and all the movies that steal the name of the series after this are just lame cash grabs and can and should be avoided like the plague, in my opinion.

[@86leewis]

I think you covered it all there. We appreciate it.

[@GeorgeTropicana]

Oh god so dumb

[@Dylan_Platt]

Fantastic reaction. Your comments about how easily Sarah adapts to working with the Terminator leads me to believe that you'd really enjoy watching the extended cut of this movie. There are quite a few additional scenes, including one very good, very technically impressive scene that deals with that very topic explicitly, in a way that deepens Sarah and John as characters. Of everything they cut for the theatrical release, it's the scene i most wish hadn't been -- it's a long scene, but SUPER important to the overall character stories being told.

[@Grizzlox]

I love it when someone actually gets to the twist with no spoilers

[@andyjohnson4907]

I've been looking forward to this for so long, I didn't skip ANY of the ads. Just for you and the algorithm. I'm so glad you enjoyed it! Sidenote: My wife came in for a few minutes whilst I was watching this, and got distracted by T2. She said about you, "Oh, she seems really nice.". High praise, indeed!

[@shadowcatreacts]

Awww thanks Andy and Andy's wife!! 🤗

[@1MahaDas]

Thank you for the extra 15 minutes of content. Most reaction hosts feature no more than 35 minutes of film with commentary included. Terminator 3 has three great chase scenes, a new Terminator, and a reverse conclusion as compared to the 1st and 2nd installments in the T-suite productions! You should like T-3 equally!

[@DoctorWhoBookClub]

Fantastic reaction! The only other Terminator thing worth watching is the TV show “The Sarah Connor Chronicles.” It aired over two seasons back in 2008-2009. None of the other Terminator films (3, 4, 5, or 6) can compare. Do yourself a favor and stop at T2 - and maybe watch the TV series instead, it’s exceptional. There are 31 episodes total.

[@zincorium1]

Salvation was pretty good, and I genuinely prefer 3 to Genesys/Dark Fate even if it wasn't in the same league as 1 or 2. Genesys actually had a really dope soundtrack- even if you hate the movie, try listening to that sometime.

[@TheRetroManRandySavage]

She should watch them all and then make her own mind up to whether she likes them or not. I agree about Sarah Connor chronicles though. It's one of the best tv shows of the 21st century.

[@RadicalTrivia]

John Connor's guardian mom is Vasquez from Aliens. 😲

[@AshLee92490]

And the Irish mother from Titanic...

[@shadowcatreacts]

Oh wow! I'm terrible, I never notice these things 😅 JC seems to always reuse actors and it's so nice to see!

[@AshLee92490]

@shadowcat If you want another great Arnold & James Cameron film, check out True Lies. Jamie Lee Curtis is also great in it, and it's just an all-around great time. One of my faves from all three of them, in fact...

[@RadicalTrivia]

@@shadowcatreacts I think you deserve more credit than that. I can definitely say I didn't catch some of the things you did on some of these reactions when I first watched the same movies.

[@Sillydogification]

So, that's what happens when you drink out of the carton... "I know now why you cry, but its something I could never do" - get me every time. Terminator 2 is not just one of the best sequels ever made, but its also one of the best science fiction action movies ever made. Unfortunately when the movie was first out, the trailers spoiled the Terminators mission switch. So this concludes the Terminator movie franchise. The quality of the remaining movies drop quite dramatically. If you need more Terminator in your life I would suggest the Sarah Connor Chronicles, TV series, (2 season 31 episodes) - one of the episodes catches up with the Doctor (remember he witnessed the terminator battle in the hospital hallway) He became a true believer and moved off grid deep into the mountains. ... (The actor who played the Doctor recently passed away) Thank you, great reaction.

[@pokeng]

Fun Fact: During the run time of Terminator 2, the only time the two terminators talked to each other was when John called home to his foster parents; But, even then, the terminators were impersonating someone else.

[@Kestrel1971]

According to James Cameron (I think it was on the DVD commentary), "T-800" refers to the metal endoskeleton, whereas "Model 101" refers to the skin (i.e. the terminator that looks like Arnold is a T-800 endoskeleton with a model 101 skin covering).

[@mikegoodwin2386]

10:50 "I wonder why he has flowers." Guns N' Roses song in the soundtrack. So Arnold has a gun in a box of roses.

[@MissouriJohnson]

Hence why Arnold stars in a movie called, "Last Action Hero" circa 1993, Shadowcat.

[@Dad3xyplusx2]

Terminator/Aliens tie-ins: In the first Terminator, the blue-haired punk was played by Bill Paxton (Hudson in Aliens) and Reese was played by Micheal Biehn who played Hicks. Lance Hendrickson (Bishop) was on of the detectives. In Terminator 2, Jeanette, John's foster mom was played by Jenette Goldstein who played Vasquez.

[@brettharlow7010]

It's a lot of fun watching these great films with you,...thank you my friend.

[@shadowcatreacts]

Thanks Brett! I'm glad you enjoyed it

[@secrets.295]

One of my favourite T2 reactions. Your reaction was golden 😅

[@shadowcatreacts]

Haha thank you!! I'm glad you enjoyed it 😊

[@The_Kiosk]

I must say that this film above all others is the definition of how to grow a second film from the original. In the dictionary definition for "sequel", Terminator 2: Judgement Day is the example given.

[@omgbygollywow]

There is an alternate ending version of this movie. In the other version, we see Sarah Connor and John and his child in the future. Sarah says that Judgement Day didn't happen and John became a Senator.

[@LukeLovesRose]

T2 is arguably the best sequel and the best action movie of all time. Linda Hamilton was totally robbed of a Best Actress nomination that year.

[@worldofgreenhell]

4:58 yes, Arnold was totally supercool for us back then (still is), and you're right, they pitched up his cool in this one. It is also worth mentioning he wasn't just lucky simply being a huge dude to play the role of the terminator, he prepaired for it, because he understood how to approach a character that isn't human by watching Westworld and studying Yul Brynner's performance as an android. The sequel is a goldmine for this character, as they switch the terminator to write mode and let it learn and adopt, and Arnold did a fantastic job to put it on the screen

[@billallen1307]

This one has more style and humor and better effects and I love it but the first one has mire heart. Still seeing a terminator as a father figure that never lets you down is interesting .

[@shadowcatreacts]

You know what, I don't actually think I like this movie more than the first one either. I think it's a better action movie, for sure, but there was a lot I really loved about T1!

[@mapesdhs597]

@@shadowcatreacts I hope since the initial reaction you've been able to see the full version of T2 (known as the T1000 edition), as the extra scenes help numerous things make a lot more sense, especially Sarah's initial mistrust of the T101 and hence why it's such a potent transition for her attitude to change (the full version was releasedon VHS and Laserdisc, I have both, but I'm not sure about modern bluray). Likewise, additional scenes help convey how the T1000 actually works, showing that the more it is severely damaged and has to reform its structure, the harder it is to mimic its surroundings, the freeze-shattering being especially disruptive; after that, the touch-mimic ability begins to malfunction, it can't control it properly, changing colour & form in error when touching things, getting stuck to the floor and other surfaces, etc. It has to do "system checks" which are shown as rippling bands moving up its body. T2 is one of the few movies where I really wish the cinematic release was just the full version right from the start. I'm so glad I was able to see it in the cinema at the time, the effect on the big screen was jaw dropping, it left the audience stunned. I didn't see that kind of reaction again until Jurassic Park. The book btw explains that each viable particle of the liquid metal has a roughly 10 mile recall range, so simply breaking it up and dispersing over a wide area isn't going to work. It also describes the T1000 as operating more like a wolf than a mere machine, ie. highly instinctive, but in a manner driven by efficient logic. Efficient, precise, clinical. It's entire body is a computation engine, every part contributing to the whole, a highly parallel device. I remember this especially when in the building it decides that the best option is to launch out the window on the bike to leap at the helicopter. Btw, while flying the heli, notice that the T1000 has a 3rd hand holding the joystick, because it can. Easy to miss if one is only focusing on its face. Also, one of my favourite moments is when Arnie fires the grenade launcher at the nearest police car from the building: just before the car explodes, one can see the side window get punched out by the grenade. Such a nice touch. And another subtle element: when Sarah is marching towards Miles' house, the theme tune for the Terminator as playing, because that's what she's now become. Lastly, something sadly not referenced in later films: at the end, although Arnie has sacrificed himself in the molten metal, his arm that was torn off earlier is still stuck in the machinery elsewhere in the factory, waiting to be discovered and thus begin the whole cycle all over again.

[@secondghost]

I love that as the movie progresses more and more of the machine becomes visible and yet it becomes more and more human.

[@HH-hd7nd]

2:40 It was already shown in the first movie that the Terminators have different appearances in the flashback when Reese thinks about the picture and a Terminator infiltrates the hideout - that Terminator looks different.

[@shanedoe3462]

Different model numbers perhaps. But the Model 101 always looks like Arnie.

[@HH-hd7nd]

@@shanedoe3462 Possible.

[@usctrojans001]

Hands-Down Best Action Film of All Time! In Addition to that it is One of the Best Films of All Time and Especially Greatest Sequel Ever. I Love watching Peoples Reaction to The Terminator Plot Twist as the Good Guy.

[@sachaallari592]

You are allowed to say it's the best or at least one of the best action films ever made because it is!

[@michaelrandolph6373]

You were right about Arnold being a specific model. Basically Arnold is a t-800 model 101 with the model 101 referring to the Arnold skin. If they wanted to bring in a different actor to play a t-800 they’d have to call him a different model like model 87 or something. In the terminator there was a different model t-800 infiltrator that showed up in Kyle Reese’s flashback that was played by Arnold’s real life friend Franco Columbu.

[@carmenmonroe7]

A lot of older movies had great entertainment and timeless messages. Our movies illicit a deep emotional response from the audience. The movies still move people that way today.

[@paulwalsh2344]

@ 11:55 "WHAT IS HAPPENING ? " ... absolute coolness is what's happening LOL Such a good movie ! It's really tied for me, "The Terminator" and "Terminator 2: Judgement Day"... The PERFECT sequel...

[@el_huffstergames7842]

My friend works at that cyberdyne building. It’s in Fremont ca and it still looks the same. My English teacher from high school was at a bar in Fremont one night and said some of the cast and crew came in for drinks including Arnold. He said he looked bigger in person

[@georger.3489]

I have to admit, as a teenager T2 was my all time favorite. But the older I get the more I prefer T1 where Arnold is a real nightmare killing machine.😎

[@stoicoutrider2788]

I just finished a 17 hour work day. Thanks for being my background noise while I scrolled through pages and pages of spreadsheets. I'm dead now lol.

[@StreetHierarchy]

37:13 I love the insert shot of the thumb up. Highly appropriate!

[@RezaREX]

The thumbs up will make anyone emotional...Someone that sacrifices themselves and in their final moments are thinking only of those they care for.

[@ChristopherMurphy1969]

These two Terminator movies are pure, unadulterated, cinematic joy. It's a fitting beginning and end for this movie series. I'm thrilled Cameron and Co. stopped with T2 and never, ever tried to make any more Terminator movies. Never. Ever.

[@matt_canon]

2:19 The first movie had a different model T-800 in a future war flashback played by Franco Columbu. It's the part where an underground bunker is attacked while Reese is looking at Sarah's photo.

[@dan_hitchman007]

In the official Cameron approved Extended Cut of T2, it is implied that the two orderlies looking after Sarah in the state mental hospital had abused their power more than once with her. That's why her beating the crap out of one of them was so much more "enjoyable" in that version.

[@captbunnykiller1.0]

I wish there was a version with the extra scenes but with the theatrical ending.

[@dan_hitchman007]

@@captbunnykiller1.0 There is. That's the official Director's Extended Cut. Some streaming sites have the Extended Cut with the unapproved Future Coda epilogue tacked on the end, plus a couple other extended scenes that Cameron did not want. The 2015 Lionsgate Blu-ray disc of T2 has the correct Extended Cut included.

[@captbunnykiller1.0]

@@dan_hitchman007 Thank you. I was not aware. Will look for it. 👍

[@SimoExMachina2]

I am from Finland, but when I was a kid our family lived the US (California) from 1992-1993. At that time T2 themed toys were popular and I got myself a (Arnold) Terminator toy with an arm you can switch, another Arnold Terminator toy, T-1000 toy which you could "break to pieces" by pressing a button and a Terminator motorcycle for Arnold toys that could "shoot" a missile. Cool toys, though I did enjoy even more my TMNT toys.

[@albertmassingo4249]

I love that there's guns and roses playing. And he has a gun in roses

[@paulwalsh2344]

The stunts for this movie were absolutely INCREDIBLE !... I want to say INSANE... but that would have to be for the MAD MAX films... This was back in the day when CGI just didn't cut it for special effects stunt shots and they had to do so much on camera and IN camera still. And the results are right there up on screen. Movie making magic !...

[@mikedignum1868]

The Sarah Conners Chronicles is the tv series that melds into this very well. There is a different ending where we see Sarah as a grandmother looking over to John and his child in the playground.

[@steveburkitt1255]

The shot that was at the playground was Linda Hamiltons identical twin sister

[@slowrolltom1253]

john's friend saved the human race by not being a snitch :)

[@shadowcatreacts]

Lol you love to see it!! And here I was thinking that this was the one instance you should sell out your friend 🤣

[@victore6242]

in the extended version we see one of Arnold's best acting jobs as the pre-reset Terminator attempts a smile.

[@gojiberry7201]

It's an interesting thought to have John come from the future to come back and protect little kid John. 😊😊 That would make a cool story

[@22Tesla]

Interesting how this film loves to have similar beats from the first movie. Obviously, with the lines, and actions, plus being a sequel they had to bring back all the favorite parts from the first film. One I didn't notice and I'm surprised it took me this long to realize the parallel in that in Terminator 1, Arnold gets his left hand blown off with the pipe bomb, in the second movie it's isn't blown up but crushed instead.

[@TheSmokingSkull]

You should give Terminator Salvation a chance, it's the only movie that takes place 100% in the future war timeline!

[@GeekMasterGames]

The nuclear blast dream is still considered by many to be the most accurate depiction of a nuclear detonation put to film. The horror.

[@shadowcatreacts]

Wow. Looks absolutely horrifying 😣

[@HuntingViolets]

"Who is the protector this time around?" You'll be surprised. John coming back to protect John would be interesting. I think the problem would be that the rebellion can't spare him. But if he could come back at the same point he left. But what if he got killed protecting his child self? I guess he could come back when the whole thing was won?

[@brian554xx]

There was a point at which the liquid metal terminator actor was unknowingly standing on arnolds fingers, and arnold didn't tell him until after the take was over.

[@suproliver]

In this movie, the theme is that there is no fate but what we make for ourselves. So they avoid judgment day. Most Terminator fans agree that the first 2 films fully complete the Terminator saga. They did enough with the story to wrap it with a beautiful ending. Or as close to a beautiful ending as possible. As you may know, there are several more sequels. The third movie installment is The Rise of the Machines. We learn that judgment day can not be averted. Only postponed. Because Skynet was in cyber space. There is no mainframe to destroy. The war with the machines is inevitable. It's a scary thought. No happy endings. -OG

[@DrD0000M]

3:31 I just realized, his feet must be burning, standing on that red-hot asphalt.

[@IggyStardust1967]

17:45 - While I'm not excusing what that guy did, I believe he was doing that to "make sure" that Sarah was well medicated, enough so that she wouldn't even respond to such an action. But it's also REALLY satisfying when she knocks the crap out of him a few minutes later. 27:05 - If you want to see a wild depiction of a nuclear war, I recommend the movie "The Day After" from 1983. It was made for TV, and actually helped bring about change to both the US and USSR in relation to nuclear weapons. While they haven't been done away with, the numbers were reduced.

[@FlangoKhan3968]

Hi hon, me again! Very soon after my comment on your Jaes reaction and I loved this reaction too, as I've liked all your reactions I've seen like I said on my jaws one! This is very strange! 🤣😂 I feel I have to say, please don't watch any more terminator movies! The rest are essentially the company just trying to cash in on the success of the first two rather than making a good film and James Cameron has nothing to do with the next ones so please, please, please just don't bother as they're not a patch on the first and second! Fabulous reaction yet again! You just keep knocking it out of the park! I'm thoroughly impressed and grateful your as great and genuine as you are! Incredible! 😁😁👍👍

[@Roller-Ball]

If you didn't know. John was asking for a quarter was he could make a phone call. On a PAYPHONE. In a phone booth. (they no longer make them) Also if you add your edit notes, on screen. You might want to leave them on screen longer than 3 seconds for us to read them. in the beginning.

[@l.piloto7964]

Cameron and Arnold went to a dinner before shooting began and when Linda Hamilton arrived Arnold looked at James Camerom and said" This M F is more cut than I am". Linda is quoted as saying this was one of the proudest moments of her life that she was hoping to impress Mr. Universe with her physique that she worked really hard to achieve.

[@williamjones6031]

1. Linda Hamilton must have been getting some "Ah-nold time" to get ripped like that 😍🥰 2. I'm guessing that the oven is hot.😱 3. Arnold did many of his own stunts in this movie, including riding the motor cycle. At one point he was injured, and they had to stop production for a couple of weeks so he could recover. 4. Arnold isn't left handed, but what he does with that shotgun is impressive. 😎 5. "I need a vacation." was ad lib and kept in the movie. 6. This is the action movie G O A T.

[@ripleyclarke4118]

In the first movie a T-800 was played by Franco Columbo. So they do have variation in their human skin appearance in the original story. The third movie tells you that theres the possibility of multiple that look the same

[@nickmitsialis]

If I understood the 'canon/lore' correctly the Cyborgs have a model designation for the 'chassis' (the robotic part underneath the skin) and a designation for the 'skin'; In the first movie, and this one the skin model is '101'==the terminator from the 'future flashback' in Kyle's story is another skin model (played by Franco Columbu, another champion body builder and one of Arnie's 'buddies'). As I understand it Skynet created hundreds of skin models, and each 'model' has probably thousands of copies. I think (between the reading materials and the TV series) there are hundreds of chassis already bonded with the skin kept in cold storage waiting for activation.

[@ArianaH3ART]

"Is Arnold on our side this time, I can't tell." Seriously, the first part in the mall when he protected John from the T1000 and the fact he also didnt kill John himself, what do you mean you can't tell? lol

[@peterwilkins7013]

They definitely had upped the budget. The opening 90 sec sequence alone cost more to make than the entire first Terminator film. At the time it was most expensive movie ever made. And is one of the most important in the history of cinema for special effects and graphics - much of what you see had never been done before and really established the use of CGI in film.

[@victore6242]

two sets of twins re in this movie Linda Hamilton and her identical twin sister, Leslie Hamilton Freas (1956-2020). and Identical twins Don Stanton and Dan Stanton played the hospital security guard.

[@Thepitz2000]

I want to clue you in another favorite of mine, which is " True Romance" True Romance is a 1993 American romantic crime film directed by Tony Scott and written by Quentin Tarantino. It features an ensemble cast led by Christian Slater and Patricia Arquette, with Dennis Hopper, Val Kilmer, Gary Oldman, Brad Pitt, and Christopher Walken in supporting roles.

[@dromeus21]

20:45 "Noo, you've changed your haircut!"

[@crazyratlady3026]

Arnold acting with children, is a fix you didn't know that you needed 😂😂 You should see Kindergarten Cop, you will love him

[@stephenbowen4039]

I am sooooooooo happy none of your fans spoiled it for you. Terminator 3 isn't as good as this masterpiece (what can be?), but it's a decent watch and continues the story. Anything after 3 gets weird.

[@brianedelen7694]

The "I need a vacation" line was improvised by Arnold not scripted

[@jamesxiong6420]

Why “The thumbs ups” was emotional? The terminator was telling John good luck in Dark Fate.

[@Michael75579]

Skynet obviously believes that the future can be changed, otherwise there would be no point in it sending terminators back to try and reverse its defeat. In the original movie, time travel creates a loop in which every event on the loop is caused by other events on the loop so it's self-sustaining. In T2 you need multiple timelines to explain what's going on. The timeline in the opening is one in which Judgement Day happened, the machines took over, and were defeated by the humans led by John Connor. Skynet sends the terminators back to try and shift the world onto a timeline where John Connor didn't exist and the machines won. The protectors are sent back by the humans to, at worst, keep events on the current timeline, and, at best, shift events so the world goes down a timeline on which Judgement Day doesn't happen. The terminators don't vanish because they were created on an alternate timeline, not the one in which they are never created that exists (probably) at the end of the movie. I like to think of the various possible future timelines as a set of parallel train tracks, with the events in the movies switching points so that the train (our present) goes down different tracks.

[@domingocurbelomorales8635]

I love your faces shadow hahah.... great my dear!!

[@shadowcatreacts]

Hahaha thanks Domingo!!

[@The_Kiosk]

I didn't get the full trailer spoiler but saw the sequel before the original. I did get surprised the first time. Totally worth it. I haven't seen the others after this one because they came well into the "rehash all the remakes" which repeats in waves. I avoid all remakes if I've seen the original. This one broke the mold for real surprises even if they spoiled it in the trailer. New viewers get the full experience as the director intended. It's also about the last time a sequel was truly better than the original.

[@auntvesuvi3872]

Thanks, Shadowcat! 🦾 #Shadowcat #JamesCameron #Terminator2 #Terminator2JudgmentDay

[@shadowcatreacts]

No, no, thank you Aunt Vesuvi 🤗

[@auntvesuvi3872]

It's my sincere pleasure. 🌷

[@justinlynch3]

I heard a funny joke once "Women cry when Jack dies in Titanic. Men cry when Arnold dies in T2" lol

[@bluesfoxgrey6883]

There was different model in the first movie. The one infiltrating the resistance bunker was a different unit. Some say his model number is 102, some - 92. Arnie is model 101. There are 100 different skins before him.

[@a.k7627]

Bloody hell well spotted for the eye shot bravo Shadowcat!