TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY (1991) MOVIE REACTION! FIRST TIME WATCHING!

TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY (1991) MOVIE REACTION! FIRST TIME WATCHING! Polls, early access and full reactions on Patreon / reelreviewswithjen Watch me watch this 90's throwback action movie, Terminator 2: Judgment Day in this first time watching reaction video! Terminator 2: Judgment Day tells the story of a cyborg, identical to the one who failed to kill Sarah Connor, must now protect her ten-year-old son John from a more advanced and powerful cyborg.
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The film was directed and written by James Cameron. Terminator 2: Judgment Day stars Linda Hamilton as Sarah Connor, Arnold Schwarzenegger as The Terminator, Robert Patrick as T-1000, Edward Furlong as John Connor, Joe Morton as Miles Dyson, Earl Boen as Dr. Silberman, Castulo Guerra as Enrique Salceda, S. Epatha Merkerson as Tarissa Dyson, Danny Cooksey as Tim and Xander Berkeley as Todd Voight.
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[@AlexSeverinski]

"I feel like there's still more movies." No. There are no more movies. The Terminator franchise is a duology. No more movies. Ever.

[@TwilightLink77]

Would that count the Sarah Connor Chronicles, and the T2:3D attraction?

[@adamromero]

@@TwilightLink77 Those are the only other Terminator projects I've liked since T2.

[@rahbeat9785]

imo the 3rd film is still enjoyable enough to watch. but not 4+ ofc

[@TwilightLink77]

@@rahbeat9785 I think Salvation is more of a prequel then a sequel.

[@rahbeat9785]

@@TwilightLink77 i wouldn't know cuz i only watched like 20 minutes of this trash xD

[@ryanclark6402]

When they blew up the building? Yeah… they blew up the building. And drove a truck off a bridge, jumped a motorcycle off a ledge, flew a helicopter under an overpass… All practical effects. The CG was reserved for the T-1000 effects, and most everything else really happened. Edit- Also, the hospital cop and Linda Hamilton really had identical twins, so even the face-to-face doubles are practical and not CGI.

[@w1975b]

I remember seeing a making of and all the crew/cast were watching it blow up.

[@CruelestChris]

Well, they didn't quite blow up the building, what you're seeing is a bunch of oil drums filled with gasoline and debris with explosive charges at the bottom being fired out of all the windows on that floor.

[@ryanclark6402]

@@CruelestChris OK, so “blew up the building” is a tad hyperbolic. I’m aware of how movie pyrotechnics work and that vaporized, ignited gasoline is neither a low nor high explosive but merely an incendiary substance. My original point was that this footage was achieved practically, in full scale, live to film, versus CGI or some kind of model miniature/matte process. Yeah, technically it’s not an “explosion,” but don’t tell me every crew member didn’t use that word when describing their day to their significant others…

[@ShuffleUpandDeal32]

He actually did run that fast, he even trained so he could do stuff like that without getting gassed because a robot wouldn't.

[@CoffeeMatt10]

Apparently they had to do multiple takes because he kept catching the bike, to the point Edward Furlong wasn’t acting in the scene that made the cut, he really was desperate to get the bike started to get ahead so he didn’t get caught.

[@ShuffleUpandDeal32]

@@CoffeeMatt10 lol

[@VitunVatiVille]

@@CoffeeMatt10 Facts.

[@scottrabie]

Robert Patrick practiced running without an expression on his face, only breathing though his nose and got so good at it that he kept catching up to the dirt bike that John Connors rode. He had to keep backing off in subsequent takes to get it just right.

[@Pinkielover]

He's showing proper spriting skills ......I run the same way..Light on your Toes

[@rodentnolastname6612]

also, he doesn't blink through the whole film

[@w1975b]

He took track in school, from what I heard.

[@crankfastle8138]

Yup. He's a legend in this.

[@Tray45489]

Hell is REAL. Repent of your sins and turn to God. He loves you. Believe in his Son Jesus and you'll be saved. KZbin: 30 Days Touring HELL

[@44excalibur]

Fun Fact: James Cameron used actual twin siblings to show the T-1000 imitating people. Twin brother actors Don and Dan Stanton portray Louis, the security guard at the hospital, and the T-1000 imitating him, and Linda Hamilton's twin sister, Leslie Hamilton Gearren, appears as the T-1000 impersonating Sarah during the climax.

[@amyjordan195]

The security twins were also in gremlins 2.

[@MDBowron]

@@amyjordan195 and Good Morning Vietnam

[@radwolf76]

17:55 The water tentacle from The Abyss was very much Cameron's practice for the CGI sequences for the T-1000, yes.

[@FanFanBessie2]

Was that a Megatron "yes"? ...cuz I read it out in my head that way...😀

[@radwolf76]

@@FanFanBessie2 not intentional but I won't be one to get in the way of someone's hopes and dreams, so sure.

[@markcarpenter6020]

Yes they used some CG for the T-1000, but most of the effects with it were actually practical. They only used CG to clean up the practical effects and to create scenes that were physically impossible to make with practical effects. This and Jurassic Park are why I believe CG should be used to complement practical effects not replace them.

[@peterlenham3180]

They didn't use CGI to clean up practical effects. Everything you see is either 100% digital, or 100% practical.

[@3DJapan]

As a professional CG artist I agree, practical FX with CG to add the frosting on that cake.

[@sebastianwittmeier1274]

Add the LOTR trilogy to it, lots of practical effects to great effect

[@markcarpenter6020]

@@peterlenham3180 except for removing wires, hiding bulges in costumes, etc etc etc. That is all done digitally and what I meant when I said they used CG to "clean up" the practical effects.

[@peterlenham3180]

@@markcarpenter6020 Well yes, removing things in the computer is technically digital. I meant a full CGI image. When you remove something, you can't see it so it's not a CGI effect that can be seen, but is a digital removal using digital technology. So really, removing wires etc, is not what I'd call a computer generated image.

[@StarShipGray]

I love the scene of Sarah crying in John’s arms. In her attempt to kill Dyson we see Sarah become the very thing she’s trying to stop - a Terminator. But when John talks her down and brings her back to reality Sarah becomes the first human the savior of humanity saves from the machines. Incredible symbolism.

[@Crunchyfrog28]

in the extras there were some dream sequences where she has more tears with Reese (John's dad)

[@christopherkaylor2940]

The actress playing John's foster mom played Vasqez in Aliens, and when the T-100 walks into the bar, Arnold wore nothing but outlandish shorts to get the reactions you see

[@dabe1971]

She also has a small part in Titanic, she's one of Camerons' go-to' actors. She also has a chain of US underwear stores for the bigger busted lady !

[@w1975b]

Someone else may have already commented, but the actor who played the bad terminator was a track athlete in school, he could really run that fast. I think some changes had to be made so John could get away lol.

[@crankfastle8138]

Yeah he caught the bike a few times while running whilst not breathing heavily to look more like a terminator

[@CoffeeMatt10]

@@crankfastle8138 the scene that makes the cut, Edward Furlong is no longer acting, he was genuinely desperate to get the bike started and get away.

[@DMichaelAtLarge]

This was Edward Furlong's first role. Cameron found him (in a game arcade I think?) and loved his look for the character. I think Furlong did a fantastic job performing for his very first time.

[@AlanCanon2222]

I was rewatching his first lines in the ATM hacking scene, and his tone is just like his "mom's". Even though he thinks his mother is crazy, he's still very much her son. In

[@3DJapan]

Found in an arcade, where everybody was found back then. lol

[@44excalibur]

You might remember the actor playing Miles Dyson, Jen. He's Joe Morton, who also played Keanu Reeves' boss, Lieutenant Herb 'Mac' McMahon, in Speed.

[@dezzydee3013]

Also Cyborg's dad in the Justice League movie

[@McPh1741]

Fun fact: When Arnold is thrown through the window at the mall, the guy taking the pictures of him is the cop that the original terminator carjacked in the first movie, 1L19 after the nightclub shootout. It’s the same actor as well. That’s the reason he started taking pictures and looked dumbfounded. He recognized Arnold as the cop who stole his car.

[@peterlenham3180]

He's also the co writer. He's called William Wisher.

[@chrisbullard5901]

Jen, I’ve told this story a few times, but my father worked next door to the Cyberdyne building in Fremont, CA (the commercial park was a common place for microprocessor manufacturers and supporting vendors, and still is). We found out about the shooting schedule, and were there in our family minivan when Arnold was firing off the mini-gun. We still have the aftermath photos in the family photo album somewhere.

[@neilaslayer]

I lived in Fremont at the time as well. I remember a story in the paper about the local company that got the million dollar contract for the glass replacement after shooting.

[@patticriss2238]

My favorite part of this movie, besides the epic elevator scene, is when the Doctor got to see it all with his own eyes. Love some good comeuppance. And I dont think John was crying just because he wanted to see his mom. He knew for the first time that she wasn’t a crazy person. That everything she told him was true. He had never been sure and now he really had his mom back.

[@dneill8493]

The one thing I'd like to add to that is when Doctor Silberman sees the Arnie and the T1000 not only is he realising that what Sarah said was true, he would have been realising EVERYTHING she said was true. The coming nuclear war and billions dead.

[@44excalibur]

Great to see you getting to Terminator 2, Jen! 😄The plot for Terminator 2 was actually what James Cameron had originally wanted to do in the first Terminator movie, but lacked the technology to realize it on screen. Also, yes, composer Brad Fiedel returned to do the music for Terminator 2 after having worked on the first Terminator movie. He described his "metallic-sounding" score as being the "beating heart" of the Terminator. Feidel also composed the music for Fright Night, The Serpent and the Rainbow, and another James Cameron action film, True Lies, with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis, which I hope you check out.

[@dabe1971]

8:48 Yes - it is. Robert Patrick had to ease off as he kept catching up to the bike when filming.

[@jessharvell1022]

fun reaction as always. despite being over 30 years old and obviously dated to some extent, the t-1000 effects still hold up pretty well, but mostly because nearly everything else around them is practical, so the movie still feels "real" in a way that even a later (but still early) all-digital movie like phantom menace really doesn't anymore. and yeah let me tell you as a 13 year old in the theater, that big rig jumping the overpass was about the coolest thing i'd ever seen.

[@elroysez8333]

I believe the "gun" with the massive "bullets" that "Uncle Bob" used was actually a Vietnam era M79 grenade launcher nicknamed by troops as the "thumper" or"blooper."

[@KabukiKid]

BLOOP!

[@dr.burtgummerfan439]

In Sarah's playground dream, the young waitress Sarah was played by Linda Hamilton's identical twin sister. Sadly she passed away from covid a year or so ago.

[@fynnthefox9078]

You gotta remember there's not just one Terminator, there's thousands just like that one.

[@OrangePony75]

Noup, they’re not. This is the end of the road. No more Terminator to see. No.

[@44excalibur]

"Tell me how they filmed that helicopter scene where it bashes into the back of the vehicle." The final highway chase was filmed along the Terminal Island Freeway near Long Beach, of which a 2.5-mile stretch was shut nightly for two weeks. The idea of flying the Bell Jet Ranger under the overpass was all James Cameron’s idea because of course it was. Cameron has made a career out of being an “all or nothing” kind of director, and his approach to this helicopter stunt was no different. In fact, storyboards indicate that originally, believe it or not, the entire chase scene was going to take place in a tunnel with the use of miniatures. When this proved unfeasible, the location was moved to the Long Beach freeway, and Cameron’s big dream of a tunnel chase was relegated to the overpass stunt. The stunt was performed by Charles A. “Chuck” Tamburro, a veteran stunt pilot as well as an actual Vietnam veteran.

[@KabukiKid]

That helicopter flying under the overpass is maybe the most insane stunt flying I have ever seen in a movie. That pilot was a madman!

[@CruelestChris]

@@KabukiKid Cameron is actually behind the camera filming that because the actual cameraman refused, saying he wasn't going to film a man dying.

[@KabukiKid]

@@CruelestChris Yeah... some crazy stuff went down with those stunts! It sure made an amazing piece of fiction come to life, though.

[@Dylan_Platt]

The Terminator's gun was indeed a grenade launcher, the M-79. John's foster mother Janelle is played by the same actress (Jeanette Goldstein) who played Vasquez in Aliens. Very hard to tell unless you already know, she looks extremely different and is incredibly talented so the performances couldn't be more distinct.

[@44excalibur]

Fun Fact: The scenes with Sarah Connor in the psychiatric hospital were inspired by James Cameron's original script treatment for Rambo: First Blood Part II, where Colonel Trautman was to have visited John Rambo in a similar institution in the opening scene following the events of First Blood. Sylvester Stallone changed the scene to a rock quarry in his rewrite of Cameron's script.

[@andyastrand]

They must have made a tough car out of that steel

[@daveweston5158]

Hi Jen! Some thoughts/recommendations; - Ignore all the 'Terminator' films beyond this one, with the possible exception of 'Dark Fate' (Mr. Camron had nothing to do with the franchise beyond this film, and 'Dark Fate' acts at a (sort of) sequel to 'Judgement Day). - You may want to consider the short-lived television series 'Terminator - The Sarah Conner Chronicles', as it continues the story (again, sort of). You might also consider Mr. Camron's first foray into television, 'Dark Angel'. - You've seen 'The Abyss'. You really (REALLY) need to see the documentary 'Under Pressure - Making "The Abyss" ', if not for the channel, for your own information/enjoyment. - Oh, and while I have your attention, please consider 'The Wizard of Speed and Time' (1979 (3 minutes), and 1988 (90 minutes)).

[@scalefree]

Strongly seconding both Chronicles & Dark Fate. 3-5 are just crap.

[@Crunchyfrog28]

Yea, 3 was ok, the rest were just awful

[@Lancun]

Dark Fate, absolutely not. While it's true that Cameron had some involvement with that one, the only post-T2 content even remotely good is Chronicles.

[@scalefree]

@@Lancun it would take a list of reasons you're wrong to argue my point, most of them very spoilery so I'll just agree to disagree with you.

[@scalefree]

If you don't see Dark Fate then you can't watch Terminator: End of War when it comes out next year. Dark Fate is a prequel to it.

[@ThorosThor]

The Playground scene Is one of the most graphic scenes In a movie even to date....

[@stalefurset9444]

The music video for “You could be mine” by Guns’n Roses tied into the marketing of this movie. It was running all the time on MTV before and dunring the release in theaters.

[@Crunchyfrog28]

I remember the scene with Arnold and the gun, hidden in the roses...very fitting

[@44excalibur]

"Comment below how they did that, that giant fireball in the sky!" It's called explosives, Jen. lol 😜The stuff they used before CGI. The Cyberdyne building destroyed in the film was an abandoned office in San Jose scheduled for demolition.

[@blanewilliams5960]

🤣

[@danielallen3454]

That weapon *does* exist. It is an M79 Grenade Launcher. It fires 40mm grenades and was developed during Vietnam.

[@Johnadams20760]

after he was totally frozen, and got himself back together, that did actaully effect him somewhat. like seeing as his foot got stuck to the floor for a second and how the colors didn't fade whne he touched thr rail. he was till in shape to do almost everything but there was small tiny glitches after that, so the cold defintely effected him

[@McPh1741]

Also, in the director’s cut when he imitates Sarah to bring John out of hiding, the real Sarah comes up behind him with the shotgun and then the camera pans down and you can see the T1000s feet stuck to the floor again. That’s how he knew it wasn’t his mom.

[@mrhedgebull1658]

28:33 Does this gun actually exist? Yes it does, it's an M-79 40mm grenade launcher, quite old actually, Vietnam era weapon.

[@ReelReviewsWithJen]

😬😬 terrifying

[@jean-paulaudette9246]

I love those. So distinctive, and the ammunition comes in an amazing variety, for all sorts of different applications.

[@44excalibur]

Fun Fact: There's another deleted scene in the extended version where John and Sarah actually remove the T-800's chip from his own head to set the neural net processor from "read only" to "write" and then reinsert it so that the Terminator can start learning human behavior.

[@blanewilliams5960]

Yes, I like the extended edition.

[@3DJapan]

Oh, I think I've only seen that version. I thought that was always in it.

[@KabukiKid]

Yeah, I wish they left that particular scene in the movie... great scene, and it better explains how the terminator suddenly starts learning better and starts having more of a personality.

[@michaeljacyna1973]

I like this scene for two reasons: 1, I like the argument between John and Sarah, it shows a stepping stone for Sarah trusting John's decisions. 2, I am impressed with how they pulled off the mirror scene... using Linda and a dummy Arnie on one side, and Leslie and Arnie on the other, perfectly mimicking each others movements.

[@kimghanson]

14:16 Full marks to the two actors in that scene. I couldn't do it without flinching.

[@jamielandis4308]

Along with “Aliens,” certainly one of the best sequels ever. I may be the only person in existence to say this, but you should also watch Terminator 3. While it isn’t as epic and groundbreaking as the first two, it makes a good conclusion to the trilogy. It’s also the last Terminator flick where Arnold isn’t just there for fan service. In case nobody mentions it, John’s foster mom is play by the same actress who played Vasquez in “Aliens.”

[@shainewhite2781]

Fun fact: rock star Billy Idol was almost cast as the villainous T-1000 but ended up getting into a motorcycle accident injuring his leg. Robert Patrick was cast instead. There are early storyboards for the T-1000 that bears a striking resemblance to Idol.

[@AlanCanon2222]

Dude in the diner who provides Arnie with his clothes, his boots, and his motorcycle, is Arnie's stunt double in the rest of the film.

[@williamwilson7631]

So glad you finally saw this one. T2 is perhaps one of the greatest sequels of all-time in how it completely subverts the audience expectations from the first film. And pulling off the villain-to-hero turn for Arnold was no easy feat and they did it perfectly, never sacrificing the Terminator's destructive ways. Avoid all the sequels after this and just pretend it ended here.

[@CezaryAkakios]

The field of computer graphics was reaching a point in the late 80s / early 90s where it was able to go beyond crude wireframe models (such as the schematic of the Death Star shown on the screens in Star Wars) or low poly cartoonish angular shapes (e.g. Dire Straits' Money for Nothing music video) but it was still not able to create photorealistic textures of everyday materials, such as cloth or skin. That is why lots of CGI from this era uses chrome-like reflective surfaces (e.g. this, the Abyss, Flight of the Navigator.) From a CGI standpoint, a mirrored surface is actually quite straightforward to render, because as long as you have images of all the surroundings, it can just distort and transform those as reflections. Modeling something like clothing or skin requires a lot more effort (simulating shadows, fine surface details and imperfections, etc.) to look like a real world object. Skin and hair are notoriously difficult, which is why it would be many years until lifelike CGI of actual people became possible, and some would say it's still not quite there. That's why you have stuff like 1995's Toy Story which was a generation ahead and pushing the state of the art and was still only attempting to model materials like smooth plastic. So that's how computer technology led to the design of the T-1000, because Cameron was very aware of these realities when designing the film. But there were still some practical effects. The scene where the T1000 reassembles itself as it reheats was all practical, literally just a dude with a hairdryer blowing little blobs of mercury metal along a flat surface. The rest of the Terminator sequels are a blight on the world. T2 ended with such a great resolution (the nuclear war is averted, Skynet does not come to pass) that you can imagine it is very difficult to tell a compelling story in this universe that doesn't somehow undo the sacrifices made by the characters in T1 and T2. There's also the problem of actor availability, like what do you do if you want to tell a story in this world but you don't have a key character? Also, there's the issue of one-ups-manship. There is this constant need in the mind of a hack screenwriter to take what has been done and repeat it but bigger and better. Except it's never better, it's always just dumber. It's what ruins most sequels. Cameron had the rare ability to make the "bigger and better" choices of T2 make sense in terms of the story, world, and characters, without going to excess. Needless to say, I think you'll be happier holding on to T2's fantastic ending as the way the series ended. But I understand if curiosity compels you, just don't expect anything nearly as great as T2.

[@SRG1966]

Whoever flew that chopper under the overpass had balls of steel. There are only a few sequels that are better than the original film, but this is one of them.

[@crankfastle8138]

Better helicopter stunt than Tom Cruises in mission impossible. And Tom's were pretty damn great too.

[@bottlecaps2741]

I'm always struck by the bravery of Miles' son when he tries to shield his father against Sarah Connor.

[@hcm9999]

There is a major plot-hole in Terminator 2. The terminator needs to be covered in human skin to be able to travel through time. But the T-1000 is made completely of liquid metal, with no human skin. So the T-1000 shouldn't be able to travel through time.

[@trblack7776]

27:33 That is an M79 grenade launcher.

[@johnw8578]

Sarah Connor in this movie is how to depict a strong female character! The character growth for her was amazing!

[@shanepye7078]

Should look up the deleted scene “Resetting the chip”, and also how it was done. The gun you asked about, is the M-79 handheld grenade launcher.

[@douglascampbell9809]

Fires a 40×46mm grenade. Its distinctive sound when fired got it the nicknames of Thumper, Thump-Gun, Bloop Tube, among American soldiers as well as "Can Cannon" in reference to the grenade size. Australian units referred to it as the "Wombat Gun".

[@furnitureconsortium]

It’s probably already been mentioned in the comments…. Robert Patrick (T-1000) is the older brother of Richard Patrick, musician who played guitar in the early incarnations of Nine Inch Nails and is better known as the frontman for Filter (“Hey Man, Nice Shot!”, “Jurrassitol”, etc.)

[@henrikharbin5521]

The second Terminator is played by actor Robert Patrick. His brother is Richard Patrick, singer for the band Filter. They might be twins because they look a lot alike.

[@theoneandonlyoni]

I’m really glad it took you as long as it did to realize Arnold was the good guy this time around, cause I remember the trailers and marketing for the movie spoiled him being good, and the audience went into the theater expecting it... So I’m always a little tickled when I see a T2 reaction where that twist from the first movie isn’t spoiled for the viewer.

[@graymouser6599]

Yes, this spoiler pissed me off more than a little bit back in the day .

[@crankfastle8138]

@@graymouser6599 people didn't care about spoilers back then. It was all part of their marketing plan to sell toys

[@theoneandonlyoni]

I’ve seen another reactor think the T1000 was the good guy up until he walks out of the flames and reform into the street cop persona. I think the thing some forget is the Terminator doesn’t really do fiendish plans. And it sorta seemed like Jen thought Arny was trying to take John somewhere and then terminate him, and not that if he were there to unalive the kid he would’ve just done it.. The thing I would’ve probably questioned though, is why is the Cop not yelling at John to stop, or saying something like, “I’m here to save you!!” But I honestly think Jen’s reaction is the reaction you’re supposed to have, up until the T101/800 exposits that it was sent to protect John by John’s future self..

[@theoneandonlyoni]

You’re right, probably not as much, but I’m sure people cared about spoiling movies back then. I remember it being marked as a n more family friendly Treminator movies. I mean, I was 5 and remember seeing it in the theater, and getting the trading cards... But the story plays out with the same beats as the first, so without the trailer and marketing I think the intention was to subvert the audience expectations...

[@44excalibur]

Fun Fact: In a deleted scene from the first Terminator movie, the computer factory where Sarah and Kyle destroyed the first Terminator during the climax was going to have been revealed as Cyberdyne Systems, which is how Cyberdyne got a hold of the first Terminator's arm and computer chip.

[@CoffeeMatt10]

There’s also a deleted scene where she talks to Kyle about blowing up Cyberdyne, she even looks through a phone book to find out where it’s located.

[@44excalibur]

@@CoffeeMatt10 Yep, I remember that scene.

[@44excalibur]

Fun Fact: While it's never actually mentioned in the movie, Arnold Schwarzenegger's Terminator is actually designated as a T-800 series, a predecessor of the T-1000. Arnold's individual model number, CSM-101, refers to his model's exterior physical appearance, according to James Cameron.

[@crankfastle8138]

If it's never mentioned, is it even true?

[@44excalibur]

@@crankfastle8138 According to James Cameron's script and canon, it is. In the first movie, Kyle Reese mentions the T-600 series, which had rubber skin. The T-800 is also mentioned in several Terminator sequels (with the exception of T-3: Rise of the Machines), as well as the Sarah Connor Chronicles series.

[@simonoleary9264]

There was a TV show, set 4 or 5 years later, that continues the Terminator story. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. This show was more the spiritual sequel to T2 than either Terminator 3 or Terminator 4.

[@sebastianwittmeier1274]

I liked that Sarah let John interact with the terminator by himself instead of telling John all the time to order it to do this or that.

[@CoffeeMatt10]

That’s where the deleted scene where they set the T800’s chip to ‘read and write’ comes into play - Sarah wants to destroy the chip, John tells her no and that she needs to follow his lead for once, because how can he be a great leader in the future if his own mother won’t listen to him.

[@3DJapan]

Shirley Manson played a very similar liquid Terminator in the TV series The Sarah Connor Chronicles.

[@ClayLoomis1958]

Everyone seems to forget the arm Arnie left in that big gear.

[@Pinkielover]

Rest in peace to Leslie Hamilton shes Linda Hamilton's identical twin sister she played a part in the movie... she died in 2020 from COVID-19 back in New Jersey.. Had dreams like Sarah had almost weekly during the 80s and 90s still do on occasion

[@w1975b]

I think she was mother to younger John in the dream.

[@jean-paulaudette9246]

I always liked the idea that the Skynet technology just kind of 'boot-strapped' itself into existence. It would never have been created, if it had not created more, and sent it back.

[@AlanCanon2222]

The prospect of runaway AI is so scary that it almost doesn't matter how it happens: one could lose control very quickly. So even the implausibility of the ontological paradox doesn't stop the series from being a Frankenstein style cautionary tale.

[@FanFanBessie2]

If you play games, any fan of the first 2 movies should DEFINITELY check out Terminator Resistance. It's a surprisingly decent love letter to the fans with all kinds of callbacks sprinkled in. It's set in the future only and has a great ending. First person perspective and is definitely worth your time. 😀👍 Oh, and if you like that - check Generation Zero. Horrible name and horrible cover art aside, it's a weirdly great game with killer robots roaming the Swedish forests. You explore ruined towns and smaller areas getting clues of the robots and how to survive.

[@44excalibur]

Fun Fact: James Cameron was married to Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow(Point Break, The Hurt Locker) when he began developing Terminator 2: Judgement Day in 1989, having just divorced his previous wife, Aliens and Terminator co-producer Gale Anne Hurd. But he divorced Bigelow after becoming romantically involved with Linda Hamilton during the filming of Terminator 2: Judgment Day, and later married Hamilton. Cameron was married to Hamilton for six years until he divorced her after becoming romantically involved with actress Suzy Amis on the set of Titanic in 1996. Busy guy. 😆

[@graymouser6599]

"Well, you shouldn't drink milk out of the carton." Oh yeah ...

[@frozen1762]

There are no other movies after this one, trust me. Terminator franchise ends with T2

[@RobotGuy76]

But there was a pretty good TV series.

[@khaleelurrahman248]

@@RobotGuy76 ikr.i reccomended it to so many people after they watched judgement day but noone has so far reacted

[@MrLorenzovanmatterho]

Fun fact, that's actually Linda Hamilton's identical twin sister you're seeing in the playground scene in addition to the Stanton twins at the asylum. Honestly though I'd say stop there in terms of the movies, if you need more watch the excellent Terminator; The Sarah Connor Chronicles TV series.

[@ShuffleUpandDeal32]

Arnie was actually wearing some ridiculous boxers, hence the reactions he got, lol

[@christopheryochum3602]

Wasn't it great the way Cameron fooled you? You went longer than most, just going along with the Arnold-bad scenario. One of the best things about this movie is how Cameron didn't reveal Arnold was GOOD until he protected John from the bullets. And I thought you might say, "Hmmm???," but you stayed true to the Arnold-bad idea. So much fun to see reactors experience this. Wasn't it great when the condescending, yawning psychologist watched the liquid-metal terminator walk right through the bars, dropping the syringe cap out of his mouth? Believe Sarah now, jerk? I mean, his disbelief is understandable, but he approached the whole thing with a dismissive attitude; so that was one of my favorite scenes.

[@crankfastle8138]

He revealed Arnie was good before the movie started in the trailer. It was never a surprise unfortunately

[@christopheryochum3602]

@@crankfastle8138 Really? I didn't know that. Well, it was fun watching Jen keep thinking the terminators' roles were reversed!

[@TheKrensada]

It's a good thing this was the last Terminator movie they made.

[@willwilliamson9580]

everyone always gets it wrong. the war doesnt start in 2029. it starts in 1997.

[@44excalibur]

Fun Fact: John Conner's foster mother is played by Jenette Goldstein, who played Private Vasquez of the Colonial Marines in James Cameron's Aliens, the sequel to Alien.

[@crankfastle8138]

She was also in titanic

[@44excalibur]

@@crankfastle8138 Yes, in a very small role.

[@StarkRG]

Regardless of whether you watch the remaining films, I think a better continuation to the series was the Sarah Connor Chronicles TV series that came out after the third movie but retcons its events (presumably because it hadn't been well-received). It's got a pretty decent cast for a TV series of the era, with Lena Heady as Sarah Connor and Summer Glau as almost a carbon copy of her character from Firefly.

[@Otokichi786]

"Terminator 2": Where Sarah Connor nearly becomes a Terminator, herself. John Connor comes into his own, the original Terminator comes across as the Perfect Father, and the T-1000 is truly terrifying. This movie features twins (When the T--1000 shows up in disguise). Note: Linda Hamilton worked out with Arnold to "get in shape" as the "new Sarah Connor.";) There are more "Terminator" movies, but nowhere near as good as the original and "Judgment Day." Stop here and preserve the "possible future." If you continue, you will meet "young Kyle Reeese," but it's just studio money grabs.:(

[@elodie2404]

Hi Jen ! Actually Terminator 2 : Judgement Day is actually not a sequel of The Terminator film At first, James Cameron (who created the Terminator concept, the screenplay, who produced the film and directed it) didn't have the budget to do what he had in mind, so he had to modify the scenario to reduce the cost ... And with the success of the 1st Terminator, he earned a lot of money and he decided to do a second one (direction, scenario, production) as a kind of corrected version of the 1st, truer to what he had in mind for the 1st at the very beginning. There was not supposed to be a Terminator 3, 4, 5 or 6, James Cameron did not want it and he officially and strongly criticized the 3rd Terminator in the press, he did not produce it or written, nor produced. So the REAL story of TERMINATOR, the most faithful to what James Cameron had in mind from the start, is Terminator 2, but Terminator 2 could never have existed without the first Terminator film He wanted two Terminators in the 1st film : one mechanical and and one in liquid metal (but the CGI effects were too expensive at the time ... In 1984, effects made by computer were extremely rare and very expensive ... That's why special effects in the 80's movies were not using CGI) and even the war zone in the future (in the 1st Terminator) was not exactly like James Cameron wanted it to be. The 2nd Terminator film is a remake and that's why we find so many similarities from the 1st film in the second one (the Terminator saw naked by people, and is laughed about his nakedness, the fact which one is the good one which one is the bad guy, the fact the fight opposes it to a thiner adversary, the Terminator thrown though a window, the car chase in the highway, the fact Sarah Connors has been injured on the leg, the factory where it all ends, the conclusion on a lonely road), the but with some adjustments to give it a commercial reason to be, this is why some elements in the second film were the next steps of the 1st one... But the Terrminator 2 film is the first one improved ... James Cameron didn't want to start a franchise ... That was not the aim

[@PurushaDesa]

The moral of the story : don’t drink out of the carton.

[@suproliver]

Sarah almost became the cold blooded Terminator herself when she shot Dyson. But her humanity won out. -OG

[@DawgGnarly]

Saw this in the theatre when I was twelve, such a great movie.

[@scalefree]

FYI: Waitress/dream Sarah is played by Linda Hamilton's real life sister Leslie.

[@kokumcarrie1343]

Edward Furlong is in Brainscan :) not sure if you’ve seen but if not plz add to your list . Also Neighbours with Dan Akroyd and Belushi . ;) maybe Cyclone with Heather Thomas ?

[@jean-paulaudette9246]

Oh, "Neighbors" is brilliant! That's a long-time favorite. A rare, straight-laced role for Belushi.

[@Johnadams20760]

this is the most accurate representation of a nuclear explosion in history of movies (fiction)

[@TheHulk2008]

Only a theory but it's possible John Connor possibly made a friendship mode for this Terminator because yes he does act like more of friend and a protector. That John knew about his father and he knew at this young of an age he would need a friend as well.

[@AlanCanon2222]

The Terminator (1984) was kind of a niche movie when it was released (in a year PACKED with science fiction releases like 2010: The Year We Make Contact, Star Trek III, Ghostbusters, Buckaroo Banzai, the 1984 version of Orwell's 1984, the list goes on and on). Though well regarded on release, it was a sleeper hit inasmuch as it really found its audience on cable TV and video rentals. So by the time the sequel, T2, was released, seven years later, it was this mega gigantic event that everyone dropped everything to go see in its first weekend, a true phenomenon. And of course it made a TON of money, look at Titanic's budget, which I'm sure it helped justify, or maybe even directly finance. Have to add another shout-out to Gale Anne Hurd, who co produced Aliens, Abyss, and this Movie. Sarah Connor and Ripley owe so much to that woman's mind. Gale Anne Hurd went on to do many more worthy science fiction movies with other collaborators than James Cameron. Hurd's contributions are far too often overlooked in discussions like these, which is an injustice.

[@ozzmarkk]

32:42 "So rude!"... Lmao

[@roddmatsui3554]

Groundbreaking use of cg mixed with practical puppets, and unusually subtle use of digital compositing. The script for T2 is also a surprisingly good sequel, a smart extrapolation of the ideas from the first film.

[@44excalibur]

Fun Fact: Terminator 2: Judgment Day, almost didn't get made. James Cameron had wanted to continue the story even as they were making the first film, but his work on Aliens and The Abyss delayed work on a sequel. Also, Cameron and Schwarzenegger did not want to work with Hemdale Film Corporation again, the studio that made the first film, after its co-founder attempted to alter the end of the first Terminator without Cameron's permission(which nearly led them to blows). When Hemdale Film Corporation began struggling financially, Schwarzenegger went to Carolco Pictures(having worked with them on Total Recall) and convinced them to buy the rights to The Terminator. Carolco's founders, Mario Kassar and Andrew Vajna(who produced the Rambo films) agreed, and bought the rights, paying $10 million to Hemdale and $5 million to Cameron's ex-wife, Gale Anne Hurd, who also partially owned the rights to The Terminator and stayed on as executive producer for the sequel.

[@ThatGuyX2]

Its like watching with my grandma "oh my gahd. Cheese and rice. Bonked him" XD

[@buckbeak72]

Fun fact: Linda Hamilton has a twin sister who they used in the factory scene, when one was the t-1000.

[@ReelReviewsWithJen]

Cool! Thanks for watching!

[@mhagain]

We deny the other movies. They don't exist. This is the second and last.

[@Justin_WithThreeDots]

The thing I know Robert Patrick (the new Terminator) most from apart from this movie was the X-Files, though sadly by the time he showed up the show was in its dying days. I chuckled at the mullet comments... which, ok, sure, they're very much a thing of the time, but also I grew up watching Danny Cooksey in the awesome show Salute Your Shorts, so in my mind that's just how he's supposed to look 🙂

[@w1975b]

Robert Patrick was also in the tv show Scorpion more recently.

[@suproliver]

Robert Patrick played the liquid metal T-1000 Terminator. -OG

[@w1975b]

There's no pleasing everyone. If Jen decides to watch/react to the other movies, no one is being forced to watch the videos.

[@crankfastle8138]

True but these reactors depend on views, and likes to help them financially and with the algorithm. It's not worth doing it publicly if the public isn't interested

[@vonkroenen]

There are other Terminator movies but you will do yourself a big favor by skipping them, like the Terminator says: trust me. They aren’t worth the time to watch.

[@matthalaboo6694]

T-1000 actor Robert Patrick was also in Fire in the Sky which was recommended a lot in your Communion reaction.

[@bruinbro23]

Edward Furlong is good as a HS teen in Detroit Rock City, 1999 movie about 4 teen friends try to go to their favorite band, KISS concert in 1978. It was a year after American History X. He was born in 1977, so he was 13/14 in this movie. 22 in AHX, 23 in DRC, but like many actors, can act younger and be believed! These 2 movies ended James Cameron and Linda Hamilton until 2019 one Terminator Dark Fate. Cameron said it was the 3rd one. Did you know Linda married him, and by divorced, got money for her life on.... And like the song, All I Wanna Do is Make Love To You❤😍❤

[@andrewforbes1433]

It's always good to watch T2 with someone who keeps a tally of bonks.

[@bghammock]

"Thank you for reaching the end of the Terminator Saga. We hope you have enjoyed your stay. If you must, the Sarah Connor TV series is worth a view although it did not receive a proper ending. End of Line." Glad you stuck with the theatrical ending. It's perfect in my opinion. As for the rest of the Terminator movies, really, they aren't my thing, but give them a watch and judge for yourself. It can't hurt!

[@67Daidalos]

Hi Jen ! The third movie is... kinda different (can't tell how, I consider it a spoiler). And it's probably what bugged (and still is bugging) many fans of the first two. I actually liked it quite well. I can only recommand you to give it a chance. Maybe you'll like it too. Though, whether or not you decide to make reaction to it is up to you. But I believe that your followers will watch whether they liked or hated it, just to see what you'll be thinking of it.

[@blanewilliams5960]

I like it for what it is. It's not James Cameron but it's not a bad movie.

[@ShuffleUpandDeal32]

Linda's twin doubled her in some scenes, sadly she died a few years ago.

[@nixxol]

cheese and rice !!

[@charlesleerae9023]

"well you shouldn't drink milk out of the carton" lmfao thanks for that and thanks for content

[@ReelReviewsWithJen]

Haha! Thanks for watching! 🥛

[@44excalibur]

"Oh, I definitely recognize this actor." That's actor Robert Patrick as the T-1000, Jen. 😁You've probably seen him as Special Agent John Doggett in The X-Files, and he's appeared in movies like Die Hard 2, Spy Kids, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, Walk The Line, Fire In The Sky, Flags of Our Fathers, and TV shows like The Sopranos, Sons of Anarchy, Burn Notice, The Unit, and Scorpion.

[@jean-paulaudette9246]

And his landmark role in "Wayne's World"!

[@44excalibur]

@@jean-paulaudette9246 Well, he was still playing T-1000 in that. lol 😆

[@stalefurset9444]

And the father of Peacemaker in the recent tv series.

[@jean-paulaudette9246]

And still no one has mentioned "Fire in The Sky."

[@44excalibur]

@@jean-paulaudette9246 Sorry. I didn't think anyone would remember Fire In The Sky.

[@jeffwerth2707]

Our first look at the T-100 with John...what is Arnold carrying? Guns and Roses - aka the music playing in the motorcycle vs. truck face-off

[@w1975b]

I was a big Arnold fan at the time and got to see this on my 16th bday in theater.

[@csrhymer]

Another franchise with a superior sequel is Predator with 'Predator 2' - and like this franchise, there are no other movies after that one ... ;-)

[@michaellutcher214]

That is that puberty setting in