Terminator 2 (Special Edition Alternative End)

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Special Ending of Terminator 2 with old Sarah.

[@maestroloquendo98]

After seeing Dark Fate, this is the real ending for me.

[@shawklan27]

Same bro same shame what they did in the beginning

[@sandman4115]

James Cameron was drunk. Shame his name is on dark fate

[@Blackan]

@@sandman4115 I'm more on Miller being the main problem since Directors and producers have different roles not that cameron isn't entirely off the hook but Miller left alot of red flags before

[@sandman4115]

Blackan I just don’t understand why we can’t get a true classic third movie after T2. I feel like the time has definitely passed, especially if Dark Fate missed the ball

[@randr2141]

El Yoyas that bad is it ? Not sure how nobody can recapture that magic.

[@rachelcody3355]

The real ending to Terminator. Everything else is a bad dream.

[@ardillarojo]

I remember seeing a doc back in the 90's- it was cut because test audiences hated this ending, finding it rather corny and cheesy. Thus the final ending in the film.

[@dragonvessel6510]

Rather it would be that everything that happened was a spin off of what happened in the future when the machines started the attack

[@RishiKumar97110]

Everything else is a Parody.

[@scoop1215]

Am i the only one who overtime came to like t3 and salvation?

[@silverblade357]

I don't mind that future family idea, but would love to know how Sarah can sit in a park or how John became a senator. Don't they both have pretty extensive criminal records? Even if John was a minor, he still helped blow up a building!

[@davidrollins410]

Linda Hamilton can do this scene without the make up now.

[@JessicaGarcia-xf9wr]

David Rollins lmaoo that was the first thing I noticed was her special effects on her face!

[@YarugumaSou]

Too bad they didn't let her.

[@juanchocorleone]

Facts

[@jason127x99]

David Rollins yep! That's for sure!!!

[@la323323]

They should she knew herself it ended at T2 but maybe shes broke or bored people get old and bored

[@JapDaZomby]

This is canon. Not Dark Fate.

[@neganmessias6940]

Dark Fart stinks

[@LapisAndroid17ParkRanger]

@@FallenJedi66 Nice.

[@ardillarojo]

I remember seeing a doc back in the 90's- it was cut because test audiences hated this ending, finding it rather corny and cheesy. Thus the final ending in the film.

[@pollo20x6]

@@ardillarojo Corny? Yes. It might as well have ended with "and they lived happily ever after". But its so much better than the theatrical ending. It just...ends. All vague and open-ended, as if Hollywood wanted to have an ending that could set up sequels. For me, this extended ending is the canon ending and T3 - Dark Fate are non-canonical "what ifs". Bad what-ifs, given how T2 really should be the ending due to the fact that all evidence and traces have been wiped, but what ifs nonetheless.

[@LucLightWolf121]

Damn right!

[@benkenobi6582]

This is the official ending..... series should have ended here.

[@ardillarojo]

I remember seeing a doc back in the 90's- it was cut because test audiences hated this ending, finding it rather corny and cheesy. Thus the final ending in the film.

[@benkenobi6582]

Radio Ardilla yeah. I agree. But after the last 4 movies I wish this had been kept in the movie

[@abrahamedelstein4806]

@@ardillarojo Oh boy, once again, the eternal boomer fucks everyone's future because it wasn't good enough in the moment and now we have John Connor getting shotgunned on the beach.

[@davidmccaffrey3477]

They hadn't seen the horrible mess of sequels we have today.

[@taylorc2542]

@@ardillarojo It is corny. Cannon is the theatrical ending, cause when she say "instead, I got drunk" I expect a SNL sketch.

[@vincent207]

No matter how many sequels are made, the series ended here for me.

[@Miyakolover]

Not just for you...It objectively ended there...the sequels that came after it has no logical story reason to exist.

[@GodzillaKyru]

@@Miyakolover Other timelines technically so...exploring other timeline's is a logical story reason to exist in my opinion though I wills say that the first timeline ended with this ending imo. Then the second is 1-4, third is just Genisys and so on. Some Timelines have a happy ending, others...well, fate did not want Judgement Day to die so to speak. John dies? Fate's gonna rectify that by ushering a new leader because it gotta happen. Fate can be a dick at times.

[@Miyakolover]

@@GodzillaKyru Sorry, but the "Fate" argument doesn't make a good argument to defend Dark Fate or any of the movies after T2 for one simple reason: Terminator 2's message establishes that there is no fate but what you make for yourself...so the idea of Judgement Day being "Inevitable" contradicts that message without any logical reason behind it; on top of making everything in the first two movies unnecessary by simply existing. Dark Fate is possibly the worst offender because Sarah and John couldn't take their fates into their own hands as T2 made you believe...making all of their struggles and sacrifices in T2 a waste of time...that no matter what they do, humanity is doomed to destruction by the hands of the machines...they didn't save the future; all their efforts were in vain...that is why Dark Fate is the worst; it existence nulls the events of the first two movies.

[@GodzillaKyru]

@@Miyakolover How doesn't that make a good argument when there's plenty of timelines to put the "fate is a dick" in? As I said, some timelines have good endings, some of em...not so much. Hell, I've been waiting for a timeline where John is actually killed off and want to see what would happen in that Timeline.

[@laynestaley6512]

Me too

[@SenseiDenax]

"Listen to me very carefully... this is the last good Terminator movie."

[@jaekamacho1416]

Fkn James Cameron time traveling to his past self to warn him about the sequels, "James, listen to me now James, its the sequels......!" 😂

[@manuel1234452]

Terminator ended with the second one period

[@rmac5584]

They would've still remade these because Hollywood likes to remake classics even when they shouldn't.

[@sebastiansantos1471]

Nope T3 and 4 were ok T5 and 6 well... what can I say...

[@SenseiDenax]

@Fuck You Yeah actually i liked Salvation but i thought it was a good joke.

[@monkeyharris8688]

Love the cheesy 90s take on “the future”

[@_GOD_HAND_]

She's recording her monologue into her smartphone. They got that part right.

[@TheRoleplayer40k]

I always liked that John became a Senator (and maybe president) in this ending. Showing he was destined to be a great leader, no matter what happens.

[@paradigm_sh1ft532]

But it could never end this way. In reality John and Sarah would disappear into hiding. They're still wanted by authorities in relation to many things; *The massacre at Tech Noir *The massacre at LAPD *The shootout at the Galleria with a uniformed officer *The prison breakout and assault of orderlies at Pescadaro and the resulting gunfight. *The attempted murder of Miles Dyson. *Destruction of LAPD law enforcement vehicles. *Grievous bodily harm of LAPD SWAT deployment. *Destruction of private property (Cyberdyne systems) *Grand theft auto. Of course, as the audience, we know the truth. But living a normal life after these events? No way you'd get into politics, Law enforcement agencies around the world would be hunting you down after that rap sheet

[@nilsyuan5778]

Sarah might have went into hiding, but John might have been relatively unknown and him being a minor, it may have not affected him. For all you know they might have changed their names and eventually when the time was right Sarah came out of hiding.

[@gregs7519]

Paradigm _sh1ft Most politicians have corrupt dirty backgrounds. So yeah, he would totally be ready for politics with that rap sheet LOL!

[@corneliusbransonflogger5446]

He should have joined the army he is a bad ass that fights machines and pple want to follow. And fight for him. In order for that: to happen he can't be this little skinny pussy

[@alexmansfield3268]

except there are no machines to fight

[@garywho1988]

The only ending of Terminator franchise. There is no such a thing like Dark Fate.

[@dancooper455]

Amen

[@ln7929]

Dark what?

[@1888swordsman]

only Dark Fart

[@metalfuhrer3115]

Shut up bitch

[@Chubaquin]

This ending is nonesense. How could he become a senator if they were wanted criminals across US. Thank god for Dark Fate. The T3 we deserved

[@SPAZraptor]

I was today years old when I found out this ending even existed

[@alienklein]

SPAZraptor same

[@raymond5488]

Welcome to a new parallel universe. You have entered a new timeline. Did you know there was a Terminator 2 3-D version? I recently found that one too in this new parallel universe I entered.

[@jeshanth]

I'm glad you found it

[@AB-zd1iy]

2019 and this is the first I even knew of this ending. It's a better ending than the others since then.

[@klinewolf4254]

@Seth Hultkrantz Same. As far as I'm concerned, this is canon. What a wonderful ending that fits in place.

[@gavinliddle3046]

But in this reality this was the ending... this was the reality where it was all stopped for good! Salvation timeline came about in a different reality, Genisys too, and Dark Fate came about in a reality where John was killed while still young. The theories of the films states that each movement in time creates a new alternative reality

[@gavinliddle3046]

The best thing about the Terminator series you can pick and choose the reality you prefer.

[@SCharlesDennicon]

Well... at least, it was an ENDING.

[@mclal]

I just discovered this as well about 2 mins ago :)

[@VJ-ss7il]

For me this is the real ending

[@YunoGasai414]

I like the idea that judgement day can't be prevented.

[@VJ-ss7il]

Yuno Gasai yea but the other movies are way too shit, if only James Cameron had made a true T3...

[@Starman.2957]

V J yes exactly

[@geoboy700]

V J ikrrrrrrrr

[@geoboy700]

Yuno Gasai exactly!!!!

[@knightwind5967]

"Because if a machine, a Terminator, can learn the value of human life maybe we can too." 🤘😭

[@SS-cv6lq]

Sounds nice, but this is the human race you're talking about. I'm not going to hold my breath for that one.

[@rbbecker73]

That line is the only part of this deleted scene that was also in the theatrical release.

[@joske103]

No we cant! many people actually value animal life over human life..so we are doomed

[@silverblade357]

@@joske103 Sad, but true. I often wish for an asteroid catastrophe or major upheaval that forced us to help one another. Sadly, once we recovered, we'd be right back to killing one another over superficial garbage.

[@Dinoslay]

@joske103 That's because, as much as they may lack empathy, animals are nowhere near as capable of manipulation as human beings are. Less guesswork. Some of us find that more admirable than ambivalent strangers amidst their own species.

[@letrobertoexplain]

Literally the perfect ending...they could've ended the franchise right here! No Terminator 3 No Salvation No Genisys No Dark Fate... It's amazing what us humans will do for the all mighty dollar..

[@silverblade357]

That's the difference between two passion projects and four by-the-numbers cashgrabs.

[@VulpineWarrior]

Dark Fate didn't even make any all mighty dollars.

[@J4sse]

No Rise of the Machines*

[@johnc1280]

Cash grab flicks is what Hollywood churns out these days. Seldom a good film comes out. Last good film I saw was Uncut Gems and then Joker

[@therearenoshortcuts9868]

I call this the Good Fate ending

[@johnrampage5878]

The true ending of The Terminator franchise not that bullshit that Tim Miller made... just end it there and move on

[@WooogaTooga]

I prefer this ending for a number of reasons: 1) it compliments the prologue; effectively bookending the film with alternate 2029s. 2) Sarah's narration is given basis; tying in with the ending of T1. 3) the Terminator's sacrifice is shown to have a lasting effect on the future. 4) it prevents the existence of the sequels. IMO, if this ending along with Sarah's dream of Reese in the hospital and the CPU surgery scene were reinserted into the theatrical cut, the movie would be PERFECT.

[@cyrax987]

+Grant Bennett Except it's an even bigger plot hole than any other plot hole. The whole point is that all the events are already sent in motion and even the time traveling in integral to the future. If no war happened then there would be no robots and if there was no robots then no Kyle Reese going back in time and none of what happened in both movies would happen.

[@WooogaTooga]

That's a fair argument, but the idea that any attempt to alter the past only brings in motion the seemingly established future - an ontological paradox in other words - seems to run counter to the core message of T1 and 2, i.e. "the future is not set" and "there is no fate but what we make for ourselves." Why would Cameron reinforce those statements if there was no possible hope for our heroes to change the future? The way I see it, the time-travelers are, as Reese said, the products of "one possible future" and their presence in the past only helps to make that future more probable to occur; a sort of tug-of-war between realities. When Sarah prevents Judgment Day from happening, the interventions in '84 and '95 can be seen as being anomalies of an alternate timeline.

[@maidenslayer]

Belvgor Yeah and no John Connor.

[@Zappina]

Grant Bennett Actually the resistance knew nothing about time travel. Skynet does. If changing the past have little consequences to the future where skynet failed to achieve its goal and defeated then why it is sent back a terminator(uhh 2 terminators) to the past to kill Sarah and John Connor? It is still defeated in that timeline.

[@kevinphoenix2007]

Multiverse theory

[@LostOneOmega]

"And then: there never were any other Terminator movies. The series was over and it was remembered fondly, ever since." Yeah, that's right. Nothing came after this.

[@NerdBoy-vg4pg]

Such a better ending then what James Cameron made of dark fate.

[@juanchocorleone]

Actual footage of Sarah Connor and her family in 2019. Dark Fate is horrible Fan fiction.

[@rotgutthebloated4730]

Its a nightmare!

[@silverblade357]

Don't insult fan fiction as a whole! I guarantee there are crazed fans posting up better T2 sequel ideas right now!

[@user-dv6nh3mu3y]

At least terminator rise of machine it still good

[@juanchocorleone]

@@silverblade357 Fair point.

[@sexpanther60ofthetimeitwor93]

I’m goin to film school gonna learn the trade and try get funding for a better fan made version that or ill donan animated one

[@anthonyr587]

This ending is the Director saying " this is the ending for all the real fans of the first two movies and people who appreciate the story line". He knew he was going to be forced to make a bunch of shitty ones in the years to come so he gave us this closure. Brilliant in itself.

[@SkyTheLimit106]

Tony Rae THE DIRECTORS NAME IS JAMES CAMERON

[@BlacKnightRising]

well he sure as hell wasn't 'forced to take the money' for those shitty films, took it willingly

[@LordMalice6d9]

@@BlacKnightRising Well, you gotta get paid. Even rich Hollywood directors gotta get paid.

[@BlacKnightRising]

@@LordMalice6d9well what's that got to do with anything? directors have a choice to go thru with a project or not, let the film critics tear the flicks apart why would you admit to being 'part of making shitty' films? that would me YOU WERE RESPONSIBLE for them just as much as the writers were

[@ulyssesonthethames]

James Cameron (director and writer of 1 & 2) did not direct, write or produce any of the others. He washed his hands of the nonsense they were going to bring. He's back for T6 - be interesting to see what he does.

[@HalstenSnowborn]

This is the canon ending of the Terminator series to me. John having a kid (and presumably a wife), getting a well-paying job, a secure life, and Sarah being able to watch her son succeed and be happy instead of growing up in a post-apocalyptic hell like the one Kyle lived in, being able to live a happy life which they're both immensely grateful for. And no Sarah dying off-screen in 1997 because of leukemia, none of that BS. This is the ending that gives the most satisfying conclusion to the series - it made all of what the characters went through in T1 and T2 worth it. They won. What they did mattered. T3 kind of made what happened in T2 totally irrelevant. "Judgement Day is inevitable" made what John, Sarah and the T-800 do in destroying Cyberdyne Systems completely pointless.

[@07foxmulder]

Terminator 3 was one of the biggest slaps in the face to a movie franchise. The whole “Judgement Day is inevitable” line was one of the laziest things I’ve ever heard. It’s like the filmmakers of T3 were too dumb to come up with an original idea so they said, “Fuck it! Let’s just say that Judgement Day is going to happen no matter what.”

[@paradigm_sh1ft532]

It also makes zero sense. Even though they succeeded in preventing judgment day, they destroyed all evidence of Skynet by destroying Cyberdyne and the remaining T800 parts. This still makes them fugitives from the law that still have multiple charges to answer to; *The LAPD massacre *The Galleria shootout & chase *The Pescadero escape *The leveling of Cyberdyne *The assault on LAPD & SWAT officers. *The gunfight/chase to the steelworks. They'd never escape these charges and would be incarcerated for life. A more plausible ending would be John & Sarah living in hiding, like in Mexico or outside of America.

[@ditaismi5798]

Well, for me this ending doesn't make sense. I mean, if judgment day never happen, Kyle would never sent back to 1984 and John would never exist. No one would try to stop the judgment day, not even Sarah because she wouldn't meet Kyle and knowing about what happen in the future. It's a paradox. Judgment day were always meant to happen, no matter what.

[@ianhunter4952]

That's how a sequel should have played out. Have the movie open during the war, and have it end when Reese is sent back, continuing the cycle. That way, the movies could be watched in any order and still make sense. I hope James Cameron is planning something like that for the upcoming sequel.

[@ebenezeroofinf1282]

Fatally Addicted To DOOM predator 2 was good

[@Timepiece80]

After Terminator Dark Fate, I see this as the real ending of the franchise.

[@TimeBomb014X]

It is, this is the epilogue, this is the post credits scene to me

[@teriosshadow17]

I couldn't agree more there. And people called this ending as "corny" and "cheesy. This is the true ending for Terminator franchise. Dark Fate and Genisys do not exist.

[@BigUllie]

welp, this ending gets a ton more appreciation from me, and is my canon ending after the plot leaks for Dark Fate.

[@greatestever184]

@come to order! C.G.:the Cartoon Judge! plot leaks have pretty much been confirmed. The studio actually was stupid enough to put scenes in the trailer that were told in the plot leak. It's gonna be bad. They put very specific scenes in the trailer that were described in plot leaks.

[@LeonLindProductions]

These characters deserve a happy ending I wish they kept it like this in the theatrical release so they wouldn't have been able to make a sequel

[@JangoFett220]

Leon Lind They still could have made Genisys as a film happening if the events of T2 didn't happen

[@ianmaluk1]

Leon Lind That's the reason they took it out, to make more sequels.

[@Mark_TDD]

Leon Lind I've heard in Australia, the original print of the movie had this ending plus a ton of deleted scenes in there. But on the DVD/Blu-Ray of T2 in Australia, it's not in the film but it's on the special features.

[@endlessfreedomful]

the theatrical version ending is more powerful and fit the vibe of its dark tone, but yeah, I prefer this one too. For one it's an official closure for the franchise, no more shitty sequels needed, and like you said, they deserve a happy ending through all the fights and sacrifice.

[@doorguner01]

唐智余 Wrong they didnt destroy all the parts like the T800 Arm that was caught in the gear and was torn off!

[@padmac8176]

A very nice "and they all lived happily ever after" ending!

[@jkees6751]

"August 29th, 1997 came and went. Nothing much happened. Michael Jackson turned 40. Epstein didn't kill himself. There was no judgement day."

[@Zangetzu33]

Skynet : "Send back T-800 to terminate all alternate endings"

[@geekguitars]

Send him back to terminate all Terminator movies after T2!!

[@Replica_Films2000]

@@geekguitars Yes

[@silverblade357]

@@geekguitars Deadpool appears with jokes, a repair kit, a second time travel watch and a list of douchebag Hollywood types. T2 T-800 cracks that side grin.

[@danielanderson8322]

@@geekguitars I actually don't mind 3 and 4, didn't like 5, and 6 was the best one since 2, but I feel your comment regardless!

[@twitchsopamanxx]

I really would have preferred this ending. That way, no T3, T salvation and T sega genesys

[@MasterLinkuei]

+tiosopaman Terminator sega Genesys LMAO

[@Foxtrop13]

+kreszallat because it was terminator2 again but with stupid jokes and worst characters, and the actors were bad, and the lightiing in the entire move looks fake, cgi was abused, so basically the direction sucks, and they didnt have any better story to tell than T2 so they use the same story, also every one was tired of the present day terminator movie, people wanted the future war seen in T1 and T2, no the shitty T3 nor TSavaltion wich totally fucked up the future

[@mandagrogu929]

u all say this bollocks and ye the franchise finished at 2 u can figure that out in ur own head but u can't deny sequels we all love to see fresh versions even if they arnt as good it keeps the vibe of the master piece alive sick of people moaning about reboots or sequels ud soon moan if they wasn't made

[@paolobbbbb]

This is the TRUE ENDING....the saga end here!!!!

[@stoneryoda9377]

ECERD I feel you man people are the same about Alien³ I love Alien³ its the best ending for the franchise I dont like Alien resurrection but If I see it on TV I'll always watch it haha

[@Megadriver]

Always thought this was the real ending... Whenever I saw T2 on TV, this was the ending.

[@YunoGasai414]

But the protagonist would all be in prison because they destroyed all evidence that they didn't murder countless people. It doesn't make sense and I like the idea that judgement day can't be prevented.

[@Mr.Bottles]

😑 ✋ *Paying money see to see Terminator Dark Fate.* 😉 👉 *Going on youtube to watch this for free.*

[@cryogeneric]

I remember watching this for the first time on the special edition DVD. While it's definitely awesome to see the different ideas Cameron experimented with while figuring out how to end this film, I think we can all agree that the theatrical version was, hands down, 1,000 times more powerful.

[@Afroman29]

I prefer this ending. The terminator movies after this one was total shit.

[@mansharker8]

David Sebelius this is what James Cameron intended to be the end of the series, but Hollywood loves $$ more so it was left open for sequels..

[@Afroman29]

+mansharker8 That's true. And the sequels had low ratings and were not given good reviews. It's too bad that $$ is more important than great movies.

[@paolobbbbb]

i dont know why Cameron not choose this ending...with this the saga really END!!!!

[@LazyPirate8]

David Sebelius what about the universal show?

[@sideburn260]

agreed!

[@michaellehman8583]

I wish they would have stopped with this movie and this ending. The story became way too complicated and confusing with all the other movies. This adult John Conner was the best even though he never spoke.

[@davidhatcher7016]

True

[@sliat1981]

The guy who played him sexually lusted after an underage Lisa Marie Presley while dating her mother

[@davidhatcher7016]

@@sliat1981 who?

[@davidhatcher7016]

@Adam Boyd ?

[@Fridaey13txhOktober]

Wokeness doesn't care.

[@DarthMatusHolocron]

Alternative Ending. You mean the real ending, which is why we never needed any more sequels?

[@juanlaise1059]

After Dark Fate leak, this is the real ending for me. Salvation was a cool sequel though.

[@blackyoshi1230]

I admit Salvation has its moments, but as far as other fans I've talked to in person, they all agreed the best post-T2 option was The Sarah Connor Chronicles.

[@juanlaise1059]

@@blackyoshi1230 Sure. That was an awesome series. However, movie wise post T2, Salvation was the only one that tried to make something original and it didn't shit on previous characters. Marcus was a cool character and the Salvation comics ended the saga in a great way in my opinion.

[@sexpanther60ofthetimeitwor93]

Agreed

[@h.rcartel613]

They should of kept this ending. That way the future terminator movies wouldn't exist.

[@YunoGasai414]

I like the idea that judgement day can't be prevented.

[@DaScorpionSting]

Yuno Gasai Even though it wasn’t great at least salvation focused on the future war. Would have been nice to see a TV series of it.

[@thomasirizarry4401]

At best...stopped them fro happening, At worst...forced the filmmakers to get creative

[@kirra9152]

@@DaScorpionSting I think I saw the tv series of terminator. You might need to find it as it was fairly old.

[@DaScorpionSting]

kir ra That’s the Sarah Connor chronicles I saw where it last ended.

[@wkeil1981]

Wow cool ending

[@bruhmomento6691]

Terminator movies ranked for me😃 2. The Terminator 1. Terminator 2: Judgement Day

[@battlememesbyomari1979]

OOFER GANG .. FAC

[@mrsarcasm5900]

3. T2:3d battle across time

[@MrEvo1988]

Wow I have never seen this way better ending then the whole dark fate movie long live John Conner the real leader of the human resistance against skynet nobody can replace him ever

[@yagami87]

That theme song always gives me goosebumps. One of the best movies ever made in my opinion and I still cry when Uncle Bob is lowered into the molten steel......

[@77rxpharmacy]

There's something charming about the 80's and 90's visions about the future. Less reliance on special effects, more on substance. I suppose, to give proper credit to the past minds, I would in fact have to go back further. Are we really dumber as a human race than we used to be? :/

[@DAVMCPRJT]

Yes and also more lazy the more we progress the more we get lazier & Dumber

[@lee.as.in.l.e.e.7394]

Imagine Sarah Connor saw an alternate Kyle Reese in the alternate 2029 T. T

[@knightwind5967]

Hyeon Draws 😮😮😮

[@silverblade357]

John: "Mom, don't freak out... but they assigned Dad to my security detail."

[@ricardospaniard9050]

Yeah but unless he's got a grandma fetish.... Just sayin'

[@betterthanemril988]

Hyeon Draws the space time continuum is definitely fucked up considering that Kyle needs to go back in time to help conceive John in the first place lol

[@slitherydee6583]

When you realise Arnold left his arm behind in the steelworks. Great scene none the less. EDIT: Made this comment a year ago, arm wouldn't do much beyond looking weird.

[@ek1246]

loool how many ppl here after Dark Fate wishing this was the ending to T2? 🤣

[@randomfools808]

Oh it can be. Just watch the remastered directors cut which was released in 2017. Ends with this. Good closure after Dark Fate.

[@wolfmantheimpaler]

This is the canon ending in my book, better than saying "oh, the future changed, blah, blah, blah"

[@thedefinitive6296]

This is the true ending to the franchise. Everything after this is just big budget fanfic

[@ChristopherSmith-Art]

You're not lying

[@danielclark241]

Looking back, this ending would probably have been the better way to go after all.

[@scottmcphee2076]

This ending is far more satisfying. Why, was it changed in the final cut of the film? Was it due to test screenings, or Hollywood execs, who decided that there was more money to be made, from milking the Terminator brand as much as possible? Every Terminator film since has been disappointing. Why did they bother?

[@BrandonPerez-vf2wf]

Scott McPhee Prefer the other ending, where it's basically saying that the future is only made of what we choose it to be. And leaving the so called “fate" of humanity in the audience's hands. Since the machines aren't the only dangerous thing in this world. But us too, as humans.

[@Mauropus]

Since it was the highest grossing film of 1991, I'm pretty sure it was the suits trying to squeeze as much money from the brand as they could.

[@farid1406]

Because Jim Cameron wanted it the other way, simple as that.

[@mrwet7559]

Scott McPhee because the movie industry sucks

[@hectormnaval]

Sorry for the late reply, but this ending makes no sense: how is John Connor alive? He couldn't have been concieved if there wasn't a judgement day, a war and then his father traveling back in time to save Sarah, in this timeline John wouldn't exist

[@Squicx]

seeing this john is hard to picture with young john connor being a rebel

[@Akairen]

Why have I not known about this? I'll take this as the true conclusion of the Terminator story and ignore every film that came after. What a satisfying end. I'm glad John didn't get the shaft.

[@thefanwithoutaface8105]

So...after four pretty bad sequels suddenly this ending doesn't seem so bad now does it?

[@nimaazadg2022]

It's pretty amazing and touching.

[@rolanddawson3657]

I would have loved this ending regardless.

[@wickedhouston5538]

dark fate is the best

[@Evoldog]

This ending never seem bad-it was perfect.

[@punchline43]

The Fan Without a Face I'm sure we all hope you mean after *3* bad sequels...

[@RX7821979]

James Cameron will go back in time in 2019 to fix the franchise

[@MelquanKatz]

Hello, I'm contacting you from the future. It is 2019. No new Terminator yet

[@lonelyscarygirl]

@@MelquanKatz Yeah well I come from further in the future, the movie's called Terminator: Dark Fate.

[@AzazelZaphorOmega]

@@lonelyscarygirl I came from a few days later...I hope the movie is good Lol

[@azryazwan8708]

I came from few months before terminator dark fate. It should be good.lol

[@lonelyscarygirl]

@@AzazelZaphorOmega I didn't say I watched it.

[@straube819]

You know, even if this ending was actually in the movie, they still would have made the shitty sequels anyway...

[@Gexon1000]

Like that MK11 Terminator ending?

[@Zucca101]

Canon ending. Nuts to Dark Fate.

[@cinemike8207]

I wish that Dark Fate was the alternate ending in the deleted scenes section lol

[@orlybabe]

I wish this was the ending then all those crappy sequels especially Terminator Genisys could not happen

[@develynseether4426]

Your basing your prejudice for Genisys on as you said....all those crappy sequels. I think if Genisys had come straight after T2 it might have had a more positive reaction.

[@windcatcher331]

The theatrical cut was the best ending. It was the idea that the future was unknown, like a dark highway, that punctuated the theme "there is no fate but what we make..." and that is possible only when the future is unknown, waiting for us to write. In that lies hope.

[@jamesmcgeachie7289]

Bang on. It's such a powerful message too, taken with that earlier scene of the kids fighting each other with guns. It is literally only up to us to avoid our own destruction. More true than ever in 2019.

[@starwarsroo2448]

It was far more hard hitting and poignant, simpler and it looked better

[@AzazelZaphorOmega]

@@jamesmcgeachie7289 This

[@Syklonus]

I agree. The Theatrical cut is the best overall, becasue a lot of the deleted scenes in the director's cut are really bad and bloat the runtime. This alternate ending was interesting but it was incredibly cheesy.

[@BrianSmith-lj6ug]

Ah love this scene.Dark Fate was just a bad dream never to be watched again!

[@scarlethyacinth2985]

These 2 minutes are better than 20 years of sequels. Although I'll give Rise of the Machines some credit because I liked that one.

[@PredatorChin]

The true ending to Terminator, Dark fate was disastrous

[@carlosignacio6711]

It's 2018 and Washington DC doesn't have any of that buildings lmao

[@DAVMCPRJT]

This is why we should advanced technology rather than using our own money to basically go on the war on terror and War on Drugs

[@develynseether4426]

Well she is in 2027 so who knows.

[@aliensoup2420]

Movie future projections are always way off. 2001 didn't come close. Blade Runner way off.

[@unr8ted77]

T2: Young Linda, old Sarah DF: Old Linda, young Sarah

[@MrJchristopher7]

real ending. not making this the official ending is a decision James Cameron and the rest of us regret to this day.

[@82dorrin]

As far as I'm concerned, this is the REAL ending to the Terminator franchise.

[@BrandonAngelDragon]

Every terminator movie after 2 was pure garbage.

[@Cheburashka207]

Indeed.

[@mikemoore9092]

+Cheburashka207 the only reason i like salvation was because it took place during the war

[@Cheburashka207]

Mike Moore Still sucks tho

[@Jaydatrucke]

No just genisys that movie was stupid

[@petrus4]

I liked Salvation. It was stupid in a lot of ways, yes; but it was also enjoyable. T3 also wasn't completely worthless for me, either. It's definitely the weakest of the series, but I liked the initial Skynet activation scene.

[@DrJonez]

30 years have passed but she's recording this on a cassette tape 😂

[@mikeenocksson3406]

DrJonez maybe she is rertro? 🤪

[@Sharkie626]

The movie was all recorded in 1990. Who was to know how technology would be 30 years later?

[@punchline43]

@@Sharkie626 The creators perhaps? The same ones who had to imagine what terminators would be like in the future, come on.

[@tyrone05]

It was a joke people

[@mobious01]

Sharkie626 well back to the future made a good guess for the most part

[@Christopher-jp5zo]

They should release a version of T2 where this ending is part of the main film. I want that!

[@smithwesson1896]

Director's Cut

[@Gfresh1620]

The franchise should've ended right here. Perfect ending.

[@MissMedeiros]

The perfect end

[@MM-ep2zq]

I have seen this movie more times than I care to remember and it begs the question why am I only seeing this now

[@crobinson2624]

If only she knew of the Dark Fate that lies ahead.

[@mantis1s1k]

She aged way better than predicted in this clip though.

[@nobody-xu8ju]

ShrekMAN Castle fuck Allah all gods and religions is fake every last one of them

[@georgefromjungle5211]

It is illegal what they've done to a franchise ! They should be injailed for that ! All series starting from terminator 3 should be terminated and erased from human history.

[@theceng]

how is it illegal?

[@Kains_Gaming_Channel]

I kinda like this ending more. We all say the series ended at T2. It shows the future and judgement day never happened. The humans won. That's the way to end everything.

[@deoxyribomorph99]

I still prefer the original ending. I love the symbolism of that road: even with skynet gone, will humanity take the road that leads us to peace, or find yet another road that leads us to destruction?

[@SFCFilms]

I actually like this alternate ending. More optimistic.

[@manictiger]

You know things are f777ed when the timeline for a fictional dystopia ends up with a better future than yours.

[@earthdate3495]

Best Terminator footage I've seen in decades!

[@Zombiesnyder13]

Why didn't James Cameron stick to this version?

[@stevengregory6932]

Kyle Campbell because it was fuck awful?

[@bonedaddysoriginalprofile8509]

It’s pretty cheesy, and without Kyle being sent back, John wouldn’t exist. The actual ending to T2 was good, even though it left an “open road” for the shit sequels. But don’t worry, James Cameron’s working on the real T3 along with Deadpool director Tim Miller.

[@JELopezCastillo]

Because this ending sucks.

[@Syklonus]

Because it was really cheesy and didn't match the rest of the film. The sentiment was there, but it was executed in an awful way. It looks like something out of Start Trek The Next Generation.

[@JELopezCastillo]

T3 wasn't as good as T1 and T2, but T3 nailed the ending well. It was unexpected and made sense. Without the future war happening, there won't be T1 and T2.

[@aarongreenfield9038]

This is what Linda Hamilton really looks like now.

[@motor4X4kombat]

maybe they hire the same make up artist who NAIL how dick van dyke would look like if he was an old man in mary poppins (i mean sure that old guy is not bert but go and rewatch the film and compare him to how he look now specially in his cameo in mary poppins returns)

[@alexhetherington8028]

Yeah I'm surprised with how close the makeup was to how she actually looks now.Us two are from the future.

[@stan4097]

For a minute, I thought this was a spoof ending with the Michael Jackson reference and with Sarah Connor being 'drunk'. Glad it was shelved.

[@silverblade357]

Yeah. I don't mind the optimism, but Sarah lounging in a park and John being a senator? Don't they both still have extensive criminal records? Ten or not, John helped blow up a building!

[@mrblobby7864]

In my opinion, this is the true ending to the whole series. It's a little cheesy but it means no T3, Salvation or Genisys.

[@ricardooquendo3843]

why wasn't this the official ending ? I could've lived with this.

[@professionalcommentstealer5271]

I think it is, it's called the real world

[@kellobello7822]

I like the Michael Jackson reference.

[@theceng]

though they got his age wrong. He was born in 1958 so he would be 39 in 1997

[@bappo3622]

but he passed but he will always be a THRILLER in our hearts

[@corneliusbransonflogger5446]

Kello Bello the only problem with this ending is if when the terminator went in the molten steel prevented the war. Then John should have dissapreaed. No war means Kyle REESE Never came back in time. Which means no John. The only explication would be if the time machine is in fact not a time machine but rather a machine that goes to parrelel universes. And when it went back it went to one that was still in 1995.which means the world where Kyle came from still did have the war. So he still had to come back

[@TCFan30]

He could have turned black again.

[@francishlr]

@@TCFan30 i hope you know he has vitiligo kzbin.info/www/bejne/gaixpXywZtWra7s Here a good factual vid about it And saying " he could have turned black again" Would have change nothing he still would had vitiligo and later in the years it still would have destroy his pigmigtatition color

[@fvilla8783]

literally just saw this and watching dark fate tonight; great ending on T2!

[@CoachSambo]

This is the real ending for me. Dark fate was just a joke.

[@daisuke5971]

worse, its a WOKE

[@johngoodman5976]

Poor Sarah, broken woman but still a great grandma... Oh! And by the way, this makes her the true hero and savior of the human race. Update: Omg her final words the feels! *Terminator theme plays*

[@51585Pmcc]

I never knew this ending existed. This movie should’ve had this as an ending instead of the one in the theaters.

[@cristianlescano4427]

I love the fact that Sarah is sending what it seems to me like a voice message! On a cell phone look alike device! Spot on! 😄😄

[@ACTIONMAN231]

We can count this as the real ending, forget about Rise of the Machines and Genisys (last one doesn’t make any fkn sense) and see T: Salvation as alternate future not as a sequel

[@sdlock83]

The little girl never got to be know Grandpa Kyle.

[@johngoodman5976]

Or all the horrors of poverty, starvation and war

[@TERMlNAT0R]

They could have filmed Dark Fate back then! Linda actually looks like this now.

[@Monsterpudel]

This end is better than all what comes after T2...

[@robertmeyer5438]

T2 should have been the last movie. This alternate ending should have been the real ending, no more sequels.

[@wasagiftedjohnkphil7324]

In fact T2 was really ending T3 salvation and T5 are awful I suggest

[@theceng]

i liked t3 and 5

[@rmi7834]

in alternative timeline this was the real ending while other movies never existed

[@nocturnalrecluse1216]

That was the same John Connor from the first film.

[@fantasitretas]

Not from the first film, but from the beginning of this one (the future war scenes).

[@ecurb_pool]

Nocturnal Recluse John Connor was never in the first film. You’re thinking about the opening scene to *this* film.

[@nocturnalrecluse1216]

@@ecurb_poolMy bad. It's been a while since I've watched any of these films.

[@milanradojevic8266]

Wooow finally KZbin to recommend something great. Crazy after sooo many years I see this ending in 2019....

[@asch7906]

She looks like freaking Vigo the Carpathian here.

[@joshfreedman9695]

You mean Vigo the Butch

[@mikesgtrs1]

The scuege of Muldavia

[@jaysnow4074]

First time seeing this ending and I must say it does fit rather well. The sequels don't make any sense anyway due to never being able to completely stop judgment day but only delay it.

[@readsomebooks666]

I actually like the original ending more but this one closes the door to any sequels, so that's a massive plus.

[@Babaki]

Make up was awkward, 2019 Linda is so stunning than this aged makeup

[@SuperHns]

she said 30 years ago, so this is 2027