WTF Happened To Terminator 2: Judgment Day?

[@Large23collectibles]

Saw T2 in the theatre when it came out. The theatre was so packed that people were sitting on the floor to see the movie.

[@chasehedges6775]

That's awesome.

[@chasehedges6775]

Watched it a few ago and it blew me away. “Get down.”

[@MikeG82]

never heard of a theater doing that

[@kanade_alter]

@@MikeG82 i’m still a kid in 90s but my parents said that back then, at least in my country, buying ticket doesn’t make you reserve a seat. so the theatre could just sell as many tickets as possible even if they over capacitate.

[@marksman4004]

I seen it 3 time when it came out. With my dad, then with my grandpa, then with my friends. I thought it was the best movie ever then.

[@Waterbug1591]

This movie managed to be all 4 genres combined - Sci-fi, Horror, Action, Thriller

[@grantpowell4135]

One of the greatest sequels ever Hands down

[@chasehedges6775]

💯💯. Easily a 10/10 sequel.

[@grantpowell4135]

​@@chasehedges6775hasta la Vista baby Come on !!!!

[@chasehedges6775]

💯

[@vikinghammer87]

The greatest. It’s not even up for debate

[@chasehedges6775]

@@vikinghammer87 One of the greatest but yeah.

[@LukeLovesRose]

T2 has only improved with age. Terminator 2 is still a more highly regarded action film than anything that's come out since... even The Matrix. To me, T2 is the greatest action film ever made

[@thecunninlynguist]

The GOAT. I will never get tired of this classic. Effects hold up. And T1000 was scary as hell...none of the future terminators hold a candle to Robert Patrick

[@Terrible0x0Trivium]

Wish more studios would use technology from back then to make films today everything now just looks the same. Crappy cgi and horrible fake backgrounds.

[@thecunninlynguist]

@Terrible0x0Trivium dull, soulless bland colors

[@robertjenkins6132]

The post T2 films look bad. The CGI looks cartoonish/fake/blah. Also the writing is not great - or at least I think it must not have been because I can't remember hardly anything of them. Comparing to Aliens (Alien 2): When I was a young kid I watched the 3rd one and I liked it, but when I watched it when I was an older teen I didn't like it; but when I later watched the "Assembly Cut" (basically unofficial director's cut), I decided that I like it and it's a good movie. When I was kid I didn't like #4, but now when I am older I quite like it 👍 Alien v Predator = a crime against cinema Prometheus and its follow ups are so-so: definitely better than AVP but in retrospect I don't remember them that well and I don't feel like I necessarily want to watch them again (whereas, for me, Aliens and T2 are infinitely watchable). I really enjoyed the most recent Alien movie. I watched it in 4K on a big screen and it was great. I'm not saying it was perfect, but for me it's the best since the 4th Alien move, and I wish we could get a Terminator sequel that is the same level of quality. As I said: for the Terminator franchise, every move after T2 is pretty much just blah (in my opinion).

[@Terrible0x0Trivium]

@robertjenkins6132 Romulus was great. IMO T2 looks better than Avatar. Probably the fact that they used to do practical effects enhanced by CGI rather than just digitally painting every single frame.

[@tobznoobs]

watching this as a kid i still have nightmares of the t1000 and even wince on the kill scenes on rewatch, i put T2 atop Avatar on cameron's movie list.

[@avicusdusang1477]

Got to meet Patrick once. Super chill guy, really friendly.

[@davidedgar7338]

i was scared of his character one day existing. he made it real. strong acting.

[@ianmoone4331]

The first thing my teenage son noticed in this movie, that he thought was so unrealistic, was that a 14 year old kid would just take off on a dirt bike and ride into town. I've never felt so old, because that was fairly typical of the time. I guess I should be grateful that times have changed, and most kids can't even imagine such things.

[@incomingincoming1133]

My loving parents used to allow us to ride sitting on the edge of the pickup bed, and stand in the pickup bed holding on to the roll bars screaming into the wind. Seemed like nothing.

[@Finfection]

It is wild to think. You don't even see younger people riding regular bikes to places around town anymore.

[@ginewbenton]

The reason the VFX are unmatched is because the storytelling. There’s always a reason for the VFX. Not just to have them for the sake of having them.

[@robertjenkins6132]

Also they filmed some Real Stuff (like stuff that was actually in front of a camera), rather than just have everything be fake (computer imagery).

[@ginewbenton]

@ the term your looking for is practical effects. Yes practical is always better if you can

[@TheMikadoOfLondon]

My first ever American blockbuster, my dad took me to see it in the cinema shortly before his death, I was 9 at the time. He also got me the novelisation after that. THE film of my childhood, I cannot describe my love for it.

[@monsterman7721]

If a terminator can learn the value of human life maybe we can to. Greatest movie ever made.

[@sheldoncooper8199]

@monsterman7721 Some Leaders of the world Still have not learned the value of human life. Isnt that Sad ?

[@chrisaustin4261]

You know what the dark secret is about that? Chaos is more profitable than peace. That is why there will never be peace. The rich and powerful don't want it.

[@sheldoncooper8199]

@ In the Last Like 43 Years or So there s never been 2 Years in a row without War that is really Sad. And Yes there is A LOT of money in war with the Extra cost of human Lifes.

[@sgges9145]

Free Palestine

[@zonesproductions]

Additionally, it was such a perfect film that no sequels were ever made.

[@chasehedges6775]

A 10/10.

[@chasehedges6775]

Terminator 3 is decent, IMO, but I will gladly skip the others.

[@painkilleradict]

I want to live in your timeline.

[@15blackshirt]

T2: Battle Across Time and the prequel game Terminator Resistance

[@robertjenkins6132]

@@painkilleradict We need to construct a time machine to stop the subsequent films from being made. That's what's really important. Preventing nuclear war is a distant second priority.

[@TheNameisPlissken1981]

I can remember my friends and I saw T2 on opening night, July 1991. It was the first time a movie had an early showing the day before it actually opened. Of course, now they do that all the time, but T2 did it first. 1991 was a decent year for movies and we saw them all. T2 was among the very best, though. We were blown away by it. 17 years old, going into our senior year of high school. That summer started with Backdraft, Robin Hood, The Rocketeer, then T2 and Point Break! Wow. Best summer ever for being a teenager and hanging out with your friends. I will never forget it.

[@lindalily69]

My favourite part about T2 is when the hospital security guard sees himself but in real life it was just his twin brother.

[@nailsarelife]

Having to up the speed on the dirt bike so Robert Patrick couldn't just catch up to it is nuts. He really wanted to do his job right.

[@coyotetu]

Still wasn't enough, they had to have Patrick slow down a bit too 😆

[@nailsarelife]

@@coyotetu He really went for it when he got cast. Peak Robert Patrick is no joke. 😂

[@knudtson00000]

Don't forget the Guitars and Cadillacs song by Dwight Yokum playing in the bar the T-800 walks into to get his clothes, boots, and motorcycle LOL

[@poindextertunes]

are you talking about “Bad to the bone” by George Thorogood?

[@knudtson00000]

@ No sir. The song playing when Arnie wanders into the bar nekkid, looking for some clothing, boots, and a motorcycle. The song playing is not Bad to the Bone. That song starts once he gets his gear, and puts on his shades outside the same bar.

[@vikinghammer87]

Also don’t forget Dwight is standing right in front of the jukebox when Arnold walks in the bar.

[@Hicks-g1m]

Terminator 2 is one of the greatest sequels ever made story technology score it is a masterpiece of a movie

[@chasehedges6775]

Definitely. An 11/10.

[@mastermindmartialarts]

30 plus years later, this is still my favorite film. This video perfectly covers why it is so good and why it has held up remarkably well.

[@NostromoSulaco1]

Cameron made 2 of the greatest sequels, this and aliens.

[@shawnmckee8809]

Saw it in the theater as a kid (12, maybe). Remember the experience vividly. It was the most epic film I’d seen at the time. Just blew me away.

[@PaulLoh]

I absolutely love your writing, presentation, research, thoroughness, and style. Every video of yours brings me back to the time when I first watched whatever the movie was. You're obviously a fan first, then a KZbinr and I appreciate reliving these memories with you.

[@coreyoz]

"Hell bent emotionally damaged woman full of scary." GREAT description for the off screen/between films arc for this character

[@docsamson198]

Not to sound like a name dropper, but I worked with T2’s cinematographer, Adam Greenberg, on a Bud Light commercial I wrote. Adam was a very nice man and he had all kinds of stories about T2.

[@fantabulospleef]

because of age, I saw t2 before I saw Terminator. One of the best movies ever.

[@chasehedges6775]

Still one of the best films and one of the best sequels ever made.

[@grantpowell4135]

100% agreed

[@chasehedges6775]

👍💯🙌

[@calvinfoo]

The intro with the Terminator leg steps into the big screen shocked me jumped in the cinema

[@cuginoeddie8677]

Wasn’t alive for godfather 2 but this was the best sequel since. This movie was so hyped up that many people thought it would never live up to it. From all the promotions, talk show appearances and of course the Guns N Roses video. It more than delivered

[@MartyMcFly88]

So Patrick didn’t wanna play any “robotic roles” after this and refused to do a commercial as the T100, but still made a cameo in Wayne’s World and Last Action Hero as the T1000… 🤦‍♂️

[@peterlenham3180]

Wayne's World and Last Action Hero were spoofs. Big difference.

[@vikinghammer87]

Try again bozo

[@peterlenham3180]

@@vikinghammer87 I'm right, so you're answer is irrelevant.

[@adb1950]

lol just posted this. Great cameos though

[@charlespancamo9771]

​@@peterlenham3180did he @ you? No? Then he wasn't talking to you.

[@muccmaster]

Best movie ever made in my opinion. It has everything that makes movies great. It takes you for a ride with tons of action, a fantastic plot, and so much heart. If you saw this as a little boy you no doubt cried your eyes out at the end.

[@shahfacekillah]

Perfect Summary. I saw this on opening weekend. I was 14. I think this is my most rewatched movie ever. And it blows me away every single watch.

[@Zed-fq3lj]

The greatest sci-fi action of all times - all bow! 🙌

[@panzerfaust187]

Best movie ever! Great actors, great time period, great music and a great combination of anamatronics and special effects.

[@MM-cu9kd]

One of the greatest movie ever made nuff said 👍👍

[@poindextertunes]

Theres so many elements that expound on the themes of the first movie. Idk how anyone could hate this movie. Its paced perfectly as well

[@Fernysm]

Bravo man. Felt that coming from the heart

[@Balthorium]

I am an American, but I saw this movie in the theater in Munich 1991. The Germans were so psyched and when it said Arnold Schwarzenegger on the screen, everyone screamed and went crazy. I think it was the most fun I’ve ever had in a movie.

[@OmegaWolf747]

It wans't a movie, it was an experience and a cultural phenomenon.

[@Kthomasritchie]

If only Cameron would return to making movies like that today.

[@Manu-Official]

Tatavar 3: Return of the Pocahonsmurfs

[@StufussMcGonagall]

I was born in ‘88 so didn’t see either at the theatres. When I was about 10 I sneakily watched it on video tape when I got the chance and even with the gore and scariness I have never been gripped by and loved a movie as much as this one. 💀 ❤

[@jasonkoepenick2533]

My kid and I met Robert Patrick he sat and ate his lunch with us. It was pretty epic my kid said she loved him in The X-Files and he asked if she was a fan to which she said yes. He, "said have you watched Fire in the Sky?", and he was shocked she told him yes. This was in 2022 and my kid was only 15. He told us to ensure we watched Peacemaker as the White Dragon was his favorite role.

[@MikeG82]

you're a good looking boy do you mind if i keep this picture?

[@lfroncek]

I just watched it and was blown away by how amazing the stunt work is in this movie.

[@WilliamMajors-z8h]

Great video! I love the Terminator series. T2 is a landmark movie & I try to watch it whenever it's on.

[@MFBURNS7909]

I saw T2 in the theater in Iowa

[@jaymal82]

T2 hands down one of my favorite action films, I can watch the beginning chase scene over and over

[@celeboria]

Oh the days, when Hard R movies full of explosions, violence and impalings had their own kids toys, yet Batman Returns got into trouble for promoting Happy Meals.

[@adb1950]

I watched this with my cousin we were both 10 and it was on video maybe 1993. Blown away. Watched it a million times and even got to see it for the 30 year anniversary at the theatre.

[@katieandkevinsears7724]

We aren't quite in the best T2 timeline. We could have had Denzel Washington playing Miles Dyson.

[@peterlenham3180]

Joe Morton's the better actor, so we are in the best one.

[@15blackshirt]

T2: Battle Across Time properly concludes the story established in the first two films. The story of Terminator 1&2 is properly set up in the first person shooter Terminator Resistance

[@JoBloHorrorOriginals]

Yes!!! Nobody talks about it but it's the true 3d entry

[@15blackshirt]

@JoBloHorrorOriginals I had the pleasure of seeing it twice at Universal Studios Hollywood

[@jasontodd1896]

I saw it twice when I was younger . I miss those days

[@davealaya]

GREATEST FILM OF ALL TIME PERIOD

[@chasehedges6775]

💯Indeed!

[@Umski]

Gotta admit I was behind the game with this being 11 at the time so hadn’t seen the original yet but I distinctly remember the billboard poster for T2 on the bus home - a few years later when it made it on to free TV the plot twist with the T800 and T1000 blew me away 😮😊

[@Nunyabuisness80]

I will never forget my father coming home with a pirate copy of T2 before it was released in Britain. My mother had gone to visit family and me and my little brother got a big bag each of munchies. Chips and Candy for people in tje states. We were mesmerised by just how amazing the movie truly is. We were always watching movies and I have some of my favourite childhood memories of those times.

[@maxwellmiller1141]

I love the t-1000

[@wstine79]

Judgement Day was altered thanks to Bobby Budnick.

[@chasehedges6775]

Interesting.

[@poindextertunes]

Solute Your Shorts. Dude was a menace and at the same time NOT a snitch. Love it haha

[@Sm00k]

T2 was first movie I've seen in post-Soviet Poland, on then one of the biggest screens in the world - 400 square meters of Terminator glory. This movie, right then and there, shaped my tastes in cinema.

[@shadowwarrior7218]

To this day, the greatest sequel of all time.

[@vadimstolnik7114]

Fantastic Video!!!

[@JoBloHorrorOriginals]

Thank you!

[@bbertgilo1574]

I was 9 when it came out and my bro invited me to watch it and I will always consider it my GOAT action movie. I would always compare future action movies to it...

[@marksman4004]

The 80s and the 90s was a great time for movies ever. The don't make em like they use to.

[@trinaq]

It's been described as a chick flick for men, the ending is surprisingly emotional for an action film.

[@chasehedges6775]

“I now know why you cry. But it is something I can never do.”

[@Filterdeez]

No fate but what we make

[@robertfink4768]

For a movie about time traveling killer robots, it's surprisingly emotional. Every scene has a reason. My favorite movie of all time

[@chasehedges6775]

@@Filterdeez 💯

[@chasehedges6775]

@@robertfink4768 Indeed. It’s so well done.

[@winterblommetjie]

We queued in lines for hours to watch this movie. There would be a sign that would pop up if it was fully booked for the day. One day we were almost at the ticket kiosk and it said SOLD OUT! We were devastated and the manager of the cinema felt bad for us and he let about 40 of us in. We didn't have seats we didn't care we sat on the stairs. The atmosphere was like being at the damn world cup final. It's a memory I'll never forget

[@calvinfoo]

The only movie that I can rewatch again and again. No movie I watched more than twice even I love it.

[@fyrman757]

Nothing happened to T2!!!! This is one of the all time greatest action movies EVER!!!!!🤘🤘🤘🤘 NOTHING BUT A KICK ASS MOVIE!!!!!

[@dan_evilrobot]

I would love to see this on the big screen, but at that time, I wasn't born yet😅. But I got to watch It on VHS. When I was 2 years old and it was amazing. Over the years, it's one of my favorite films of all time.

[@andyanderson516]

Still my favourite movie of all time 😊 watched it every night on video as a kid for about a year solid.

[@Saltpork305]

Robert Patrick learned how to fire the blank guns without flinching and got so good at his robotic sprint he caught up with the dirt bike in several takes. T2 is *the* story driven action movie all others are judged against. It is the GOAT.

[@Darrell9000]

T2 was one of the best movies ever. You can watch it in 2025 and it still holds up. Most of the special effects look good even today. It is also the gold standard for sequels.

[@mightyquasar4870]

The movie is remembered till now and my jaw dropped when i saw the Cameo to Judgment Day in Doom 2016 Videogame when i failed to the make the jump and Doomguy fell in the molten steel

[@geeshep4836]

Terminator 2: Judgment Day Was Solid This Film And The First Terminator Are My All-Time Favorites.

[@johnelder-hh3ix]

great episode!

[@D.IronsWorld]

One of first movies I've watched as a kid on VHS. I was 5 or 6 and it blow my kids mind. To this day T2 is in my top10 movies of all time. Back then I thought all future movies gonna be this epic. I was wrong, to this day no other sequel comes close... Masterpiece.

[@Samsonfs]

Good video (I'm from the future)

[@chasehedges6775]

Same here.

[@dadamdesigns]

The employees at the lava factory want to extend our appreciation for the hobo pants spotlight. 🔥

[@TheAtariCreep]

Absolutely one of the best ever. BUT THE OG IS BETTER!

[@itslouiemoo8018]

And the next best thing to come out of the terminator franchise since T2 is Terminator Zero on Netflix

[@judsongaiden9878]

Notice how Miled Dyson wears a green jack with a brown collar similar to the one Arnie wore in Total Recall. 4:50 / 10:40 Robert Patrick must really like Nine Inch Nails. 5:30 It's "buck-naked," not "butt-naked." 5:34 But he did it with such confidence! Most men would give anything to be "carved out of wood" like he was back then! Lean and mean like Michael Biehn. 7:53 That actor hated having to do that.

[@e_gamer94]

Even to this day, no movie has made me feel the same way I felt after watching T2 in theatres.

[@robs9237]

Greatest action movie ever

[@chasehedges6775]

💯

[@chrisdee1583]

Hard Boiled?

[@robs9237]

@chrisdee1583 no thanks I prefer sunnyside

[@chrisdee1583]

Nice 😂👍​@@robs9237

[@chrisdee1583]

​@@robs9237Amazing that my reply of "Nice 😂👍" was deleted 👀 KZbin sucks.

[@timathysills26]

Even in 2025 this movie still looks better than some of the movies coming out. The story in the first two work so well together.

[@sharpgaming6237]

Saw T2 for the first time in 2002 when I was just a child living in Africa, moved to USA few years later, watched watch it several time, bought it on blu ray on 2016 and I laterally watch it once a year.

[@nicklander3301]

"WTF Happend to Terminator 2 Judgement Day?!" and it's stuff we already know. I expected some crazy shenanigans on set that we never heard of here

[@JJDrumsChannel]

I consider it a privilege that I got to see T2 in the theatre upon release. 1991 was quite the year for 10 year old me…. Haha.

[@rodtaylor5476]

It is one of the best sequels, sci-fi movies, action movies, and simply one of the best movies of all time.

[@binxboi7156]

11:20 he wanted to give his brother the rub and I respect that.

[@danlove12k]

It’s one of those films you can watch again and again. The best action film of the 90s

[@caughtashot]

My favorite childhood memory was seeing it in the theater when I was 6.

[@HighFlyingEYE]

T2 is probably the greatest sequel of all time, well this and Aliens and Empire, me and my friends watched this on release in the uk in '91 we dropped acid and it was a f**kin wild ride

[@unixbadger]

Also Max Max 2 (The Road Warrior)

[@matthewdoyle]

We can't forget Godfather II

[@JellyBean_8844]

I can't choose between The Terminator 2, Die Hard, or Mad Max 2, as the Greatest action movie of all time....🤨

[@leiverikson1517]

Its T2 and you know it's TRUE, in you're heart of hearts 😊

[@JellyBean_8844]

@leiverikson1517 To be honest, l think I'd probably go with Mad Max 2 if pushed, but each to his own.

[@bobcharlotte8724]

I'm soooo happy I got to live though this and being about Eddie Furlongs age at the time. Poor kids these days. They don't have these kind of monumental cinematic events that take over the zeitgeist anymore.

[@dimebagdave77]

Big thanks JoBlo!🤘✌️✌️. Edit: dont forget Dwight Yoakam with Guitars and Cadillacs, soon to bring Doyle to infamy🤘

[@James-Foster]

This is the greatest sequel of all time. Not many films come close to truly having an excellent sequel better than the first movie. I can only think of one sequel that is almost on the level of Terminator 2 Maniac Cop 2.

[@andrewgardner8972]

The first two movies were great because of how Jim Cameron wrote and directed them, Arnold was perfect for both the bad terminator in the first and the good terminator in the second. Robert Patrick was a perfect T1000. And Linda Hamilton was a great Sarah Connor. Everything about those two movies was great.

[@MotörSkill]

Robert Patrick's brother Richard, was lead guitar for NiN at the time. He then went on to create Filter... Hey man nice shot👍

[@thedarknightmedic6187]

So many great movies that summer. I miss the 90's.

[@Khameleon269]

My favorite movie of all time, never gets old to rewatch greatness!

[@billhobbs7077]

You may say this is Joe Morton's signature role, but l always get back to him as the alien in "Brother From Another Planet "

[@jeffkingston67]

Never noticed Arnie nearly hits little Eddie Furlong in the eye at 3:28

[@bigbusiness87business2]

lets be honest . it’s one of the greatest movies of all time without a question . its an absolute masterpiece

[@tcdahn7]

Hearing the 90s being referred to as not modern times makes me feel old.

[@thumpyloudfoot864]

3:59 "Groovy" - Ash Williams

[@adb1950]

This is my favourite movie of all time. It’s absolute perfection

[@sheldoncooper8199]

Id do Everything to Travel Time and Watch this in a Cinema in 1992.