Doesn't matter if he isn't as famous as Arnie, Robert Patrick's depiction of that unforgettable menacing cop of steel who not only scared the crap out of us as kids, also helped pave the way for many developments in CGI today. That's a HUGE accomplishment in itself!
Robert Patrick IS T-1000 and should absolutely have been in Terminator Genisys as the T-1000. De-aging him would do the trick. But maybe he dodged a bullet not joining that movie since the casting in it sucked. Jai 'charisma void' Courtney and Emilia 'not at all scary' clarke was miscast. I like Emilia Clarke, and she seems like a great person but she is no Sarah Connor type. Sarah Connor was a bad ass in T2 after a few years of training. Emilia Clarke doesn't look bad ass even though she supposedly been training half her life.
He *NAILED* the T-1000. Where, even now, as an adult, if I met him as an old man and showed me a photo, then said "Do you know this person?' I'd shit myself.
The t1000 is one of the greatest cgi characters I’ve seen in a movie I mean it’s insane how ILM we’re able to achieve this kind of quality with cg still being new at time
@@southlondon86 CGI was use sparingly cause thats the only way they knew how to use it. You think building human size replica models (which they did build) and practical effects is cheaper than cgi? Well its NOT at all but thats what they knew how to work with efficiently. Actually those are alot more expensive than cgi. Thats why ALL movies are made with cgi nowadays. Cause its cheaper than practical effects. It saves time and money. They werent experience enough with CGI to make it more convenient than practical effects.
15:58 I love that look the T-1000 gives his victim as the life is leaving his body. It's more of a curious look like it's fascinated by death rather than emotionless to it like Arnold or enjoys it like Tommy from Goodfellas for example. It's the kind of look a dog gives you when it hears a new sound.
Patrick was good as a killer. Not as a human. He always seemed really off when interacting with people to me. I have no idea if it was Intentional or just me
@@vadamsvengeance3219 The TX was at least different because we never saw a female Terminator and it was a combination of liquid metal and an endoskeleton. After that, they pretty much did everything and couldn't offer anything new in terms of replicating the T2 formula of protector and antagonist.
I'm glad y'all took the time to shout out the incredible physical performance Robert Patrick did. For all the groundbreaking CGI and practical effects, none of it would've worked without him actually bringing the character to life.
Not so much dialogue and plenty of action - hard for actor to make good character. If I remember right he studied predatory birds to get its disturbing body language.
One of my favourite bits is when he gets out of his car outside the Voight's house. It looks as though he is scanning the area for threats kind of like a cat.
When younger generations watch a movie such as this one, they oftenly think that we were always fooled by some special fx that "was not up to today standards", we could tell when it was a puppet, animatronic or CG on screen even back then, but it was not all about the fx themselves but also about the craftmentship of it all, the caring in any scene, and merging these components propperly. You can see here they planned this movie so well, compare that to some Transformers crap of a movie with a bigger budget and crew than T2, that started filming not even having a script finished, cause you can always "fix it on post" or at least throw tons of CG on screen to deflect the attention from the story or meaning of the movie. You can always see passion on screen somehow and this movie is a very good example of it. Great video Mr Cordz
@@southlondon86 Yes, it makes a huge difference for the actors and cameras to have something physical to interact with and the audience will also notice when something is really there versus something added in digitally. Also, cgi is constantly improving, even the best looking cgi movies nowadays are going to look dated in 5 years.
Your reference to Jurassic park's treatment of the dinos as animals instead of monsters gave me sweet flashbacks of Optimus Prime and Bumblebee. I fucking love your videos, man :D Watching that again now.
The original idea of the movie was to have another T-800 come back, one being Arnold, and one being stripped down to the endoskeleton. But the idea was dropped, and Cameron instead decided to have the villain be a more advanced model, the T-1000. Quoted by Cameron: “I wanted to find someone who would be a good contrast to Arnold. If the 800 series is a kind of human Panzer tank, then the 1000 series had to be a Porsche.” And with the ongoing trend and development of computer generated imagery, the idea of making the new advanced T-1000, a morphing, liquid-metal machine, came to life! One of my favorite villains, period!
@@perditusthornatus2718 If it was a Porsche tank, it'd be overweight and prone to catching on fire. But it'd be great at picking you off from a distance in the 10 minutes it's not on fire.
Robert Patrick is the name I memorized forever right after seeing the film for the first time. I dont think any one other villain / actor left the same deep impression with me, because both the character and the actor bringing it to "life", made for a unique experience then and now. BTW, he is also great in Gangster Squad.
There was a behind the scenes of clip of Arnold helping the actor playing the Terminator in Dark Fate train. He's lifting weights with him etc. Robert didn't need that. His Terminator didn't need to be buff. Robert sold it on his performance.
Even 30 years after (damn I'm old), I get chills just THINKING the T2 intro theme. That's just how well the ambiance and filmography of this movie has imprinted on me.
The T-1000 is one of the best villains ever. I know, Captain Obvious to the rescue, but I whole-heartedly think he is. Everything about him makes up for a fine example of a villain which could have easily veered into comedic and incompetent but doesn't due to a combination of writing, visual uniqueness and of course, Patrick's acting, down to the way the man moved because for the most part, that was all him.
T2 is still making headlines in 2021 with Collaborations with fortnite and fall guys. It’s testament to a Masterclass film. It will continue to make an impact on future generations to come
Hey Cordery i jusy finished watching the Lord of the Rings movies for the first time since i was a child and my GOD THESE MOVIES ARE BEUTIFUL! I love how well adapted the world of middle earth is! The visual effects, the practical effects, the costumes, the sets, the colouring, the world building, the lore, the dialouge, the attention to detail! Imm dying for you to make a video similar to your jaws video desconstructing the world of middle earth and how it was achomplished seeing as your doing an amazing job with these master class videos and they are making me inspired as a filmmaker during this time. :)
Another deep dive into a classic film, your perspective was good! This is wat I watch your channel always bring something to the table for us the viewer to be hooked.
I remember the moment coming out of the movie theater after this film... Arnold as the T800 terminator was scary as a deadly machine and at the same time celebrated as the protagonist in the audience. Patrick as the T1000 on the other hand was 100% ice cold death and brought shivers upon everyone's spine in the movie theater. The tumultous joy when he was frozen and shattered into pieces and the pure utter shock of desperation when he warmed up again and reformed back to the T1000 was felt in the whole theater. James Cameron really knows how to control the audience to his will!
Great video, guys. I have a bit of info from someone who worked on set. I worked with a set designer/props worker who worked on T2. He said the T1000 re-constituting itself at the steel mill after it shatters was done at least in part by creating a false pavement on a gimbal with a camera mounted to it and rotated to make the fake liquid metal appear to move while the camera was stationary. He didn't mention the hairdryer trick, which may very well have been used as well for all I know, especially during the wide shots.
I feel like you missed 1 thing: Robert and Arnold (and their stunt doubles probably) did an absolutely amazing job making it look like much smaller Patrick could toss the monstrous Schwarzenegger around like a tinker toy.
Man I miss the old way Hollywood would run adverts, having Robert Patrick come in to reprise his role for the VHS commercial is simply awesome. How lit would it to be to see Chris Evans become Captain America for an Avengers commercial.
Out of the movies you used to show early CGI, I think Tron was the greatest. I saw it when it was released and the Light Cycle scene just made head spin.
This movie is just so freakin' good. I never knew about that practical all silver T1000 suit! Gotta watch it again and look out for it. Thanks for this video, it was awesome!
Robert Patrick knocked it out of the park. Perfect actor and part. A legend. The movie was so great. old guy so I saw it when it first came out. A classic. Damn....im old.
I think I saw T2 for the first time when I was 10 years old. The T-1000 had such an impact on my young, developing mind that for many years I would have terrifying nightmares of T-1000 chasing me around. Robert Patrick was just that "good" in this movie.
An amazing fact about Robert Patrick is that he spent extra time at the firing range preparing for the role of the T-1000 in order to be able to not blink while firing his weapon. He wanted to make sure the character truly was a cold-blooded robot, and not any sort of human. If you pay attention closely, not even ONCE does he blink during any of his scenes that involve chasing or attacking humans and the T-800! The only time he blinks is when he’s acting like a normal human.
i remember watching T-3 in the cinema i was so hyped for it' boy was i so disappointed expecting it to be as good as T-2 i knew it was going to be all downhill from there and it was.
T2 was so good that it killed the franchise from that point on. The enemy was perfected, the story wrapped up. There was no need for another movie besides money. T4 was interesting and maybe it could have started something new and different, but just wasn't quite good enough. IMO that's the only way Terminator will ever carry on; do something completely different and break away from previous films' established conventions.
Yes and no... of course it’s difficult to imagine a better action movie than T2, but if T3 had been that movie, then the franchise would have been fine, at least up to then.
Masterful Analysis. Nice mention to the sound design and editing. Without it, this movie just wouldn't be the same. Every aspect of it has quality written all over. Even back then when I saw this for the first time at an age I shouldn't (Thanks Dad!) and blew my fuckin' brains out, dunno why, but I knew for a fact I'll never be so impacted by an action movie ever again. So it was. Watch it every year since.
Your videos on the terminator franchise are quality wise your absolute best. You have great insight on the franchise knowing what makes the first 2 movies work and what makes the sequels fail. Still personal favorite video is the video on the nun since it introduced me to this wonderful channel.
that's my favorite terminator right there , if skynet had a T1000 factory instead of a T800 factory in terminator salvation , machines would have won for sure.
the first movie having cgi fx was yul brynners view in "Westworld" (1973) . also "Futureworld" (1976) contains cgi, for example the first cgi face in a movie.
The first two films are eternal, but can you imagine how great the mystique of the franchise would be if they never made any of the garbage cashgrab sequels?
Yeah, but if no one made those garbage sequels, then the mystique is still there...and it grows and grows over time...until eventually it grows so big that it will attract every bottom-feeding scum filmmaker who wants to slice off a piece of that mystique for themselves to advance their own careers, or line their own bank accounts. So in other words, it's inevitable that great movies will be reduced to sh!t by garbage sequels and trash remakes.
I would love to see digitally enhanced and modern CGI updated versions of The Terminator and Terminator 2: Judgement Day (we got a taste of this a few years ago) but to also have the option to see the original theatrical release so the genuine movies are not lost in the fog of change, improvement and time!!
Fun fact: According to expanded material, the T-1000 is so badass and has enough of a personality Skynet never mass produced them because it was afraid it would lose control of them
The first computer generated effect in a movie is the Thermal Robot Vision effect in Westworld (1973). The first 3D CG effect in a movie is the hand model in Futureworld (1976). All of the exterior visual effects in The Last Starfighter are CG. The morphing scene in WIllow is almost all practical other than the transition between. Some of the animals were actually animation and could mechanically "morph" as a base for the computer effects.
Great channel, great movie. Was my favorite growing up. However, I always noticed an editing error they missed. @ 05:26 ...The head split prop is clearly visible prior to being blasted by Arnie's shotgun. When I got T2 on VHS in the 90s I was able to pause on that frame. Still a dope movie.
Ok, so about the Austrian accent: Skynet doesnt care if it speaks with an accent, it just needs the local language for the area. Probably preloaded with a number of language packs upon deployment. The T1 T800 could possibly have been a T800 that was active around the Austrian region on post-judgment day future earth. The reprogrammed T800 in T2 would have been from the accelerated JD due to Cyberdyne researching the bits left over from T1. Thus the Austrian accent was part of its speech core. Also, (personal theory) a vulnerability existed in the Austrian voice pack that the human resistance would have exploited in order to reprogram the T800 to protect John in T2. Which explains the accent in T3. Capture a T800 (or, [rolls eyes] T850), force the Austrian voice pack to load, exploit the vulnerability to inject code. BAM, T800 protector. Why do all evil T800s use the Austrian accent? Because Skynet doesnt care, and other than the prime timeline, which is never addressed in the movies as even T1 is a time loop(John grooms Kyle to love Sarah and want to boink her), all T800s are based on the reverse engineering of the T1 T800. Now can we all stop talking about the robots damn accent already? Bonus fact: apparently Robert Patrick trained so hard and perfected the efficient robot-human run that in the first take of the mall dirt bike escape scene he actually CAUGHT UP TO JOHN ON THE DIRT BIKE!!! Robert Patrick, man. Fucking bad ass.
Robert Patrick was really good as John Doghet in seasons 8 and 9 in X-Files. Such a great and underrated actor. A stand-out is S9E7: "John Doe" he gives such a heartbreaking performance.
When the correction in the beginning was being given, I was hoping that you were also going to mention the mistake about TRON (1982) using reflective material in the costumes. The costumes were leotards with black sharpie. Each frame was individually rotoscoped and backlit to make the glow effect.
16:17 Woa... was not expecting that. I'd say the reason why he hasn't been brought back for any sequels has less to do with the fact that he's not as big of a star and more to do with it not making any sense seeing an aged T-1000
What about the guy who played the T-888 from the sarah conner chronicles? TBH I think he played it really well. I still remember the scene where he scans the snow globe, shakes it around and doesnt know what it is.
A few problems I have with how the T 1000 works in this film. It keeps reverting back to it's default form. If everytime it came back, it was a different person, then that would have been a LOT more tactical. Also if it could act out as other people, like disguising as a SWAT member in the Cyberdyne part of the film, or as a civilian attempting to run away to safety. It never uses a wall or floor again to disguise itself. It never slides underneath a door, or through a keyhole. Every time it comes across John or Sarah, it goes RIGHT into attack mode. It doesn't disguise as a civilian and attempt to slowly make it's way near them, or simply stay away in the background a bit and study where they are going or what they are saying. Etc ...
They could only do so many effects with the time and budget. Having it revert back to look like Robert Patrick gives the audience a clear villain to fear. Also once it's in pursuit mode, there's no need to disguise itself because it's going in for the kill, and therefore would be a waste of it's time. We have seen a fair amount of it's power and what it can do. Seeing it again would create repetition, and like I said, be more costly for the budget which was already the most expensive film ever at the time.
What's your view of the special effects in Altered Carbon? How many were practical, how much was just green screen and CGI, etc. I would absolutely watch a video on that!
T2 T-1000 is the ultimate boss......and what make it work is keeping him SIMPLE, he does amazing things but not as much and exaggerated as his RIP OFFS in the other Terminators movies does, because of that simplicity Robert Patrick, James Cameron, Stan Winston and the team of Industrial light and magic, created something that stand the test of time, while YOU NEVER SEE people talking this much about the...TX or the Red Eye.....red eye? whats the name of the Dark Fate terminator?.....let me google.....ah REV9, yeah seriously I HAVE TO GOOGLE IT because I didnt remember his name while writting this comment.....that's how forgettable that character is, all these rip offs did nothing despite having the benefits of modern CGI and computer effects, still they looks more fake that the T-1000.
