FUN FACT: 1:43 was totally improv'd. The door was supposed to be open, but actor Robert Patrick surprised the crew by turning into liquid and melting through the bars.
I LOVE how despite years of prep and conditioning, the sight of the Terminator makes her revert back to her old 1984 self. Amazing performance by Linda!
That's exactly what a real person would do. Taking normal people apart means nothing to the killer robot whose only purpose is to assassinate her and her adolescent son. A more modern version of this movie would have her try to fight to promote some shallow idea of strength. Sarah Connor trying to run away isn't cowardice or weakness, but raw human panic versus an opponent she cannot hope to beat that will try to kill her son next. In that moment, her mind was likely racing "I have to get out! I have to survive! I have to find John!" right before the orderlies tackled her.
@Jaegar Ultima Yup, the scene also further establishes the strained dynamic between John and Sarah. John knows she was right, but too much time spent preparing has made Sarah distrustful, paranoid and dangerous. Hence her emotional breakdown several scenes later.
It’s beautiful. Even a badass like her is terrified of what a terminator is. Back before terminators were throwaway villains, they were unstoppable death machines with singular goals. Tearing through anything in their way. To see someone as badass as Sarah run away from one, says you should get the fuck out of dodge. Before your face is slammed into a steel grated window.
@Jaegar Ultima I feel the terminator repeating Kyle's words to her "come with me if you want to live" may have helped too. Like a mental switch. Perhaps future John playing his hand? "say this when you first meet her"
When Sarah hears her son's voice, she doesn't even hesitate or look back, not because of the fear she's feeling clouding her mind, but because she knows the Terminator can imitate voices. I just noticed that rewatching this scene.
Nah I think she was in complete blind panic. She doesn't even try and fight off the employees grabbing her like she so skillfully did a few minutes ago, instead just crawling and trying blindly to get away from that thing. She was in pure panic.
well he says come with me if you want to live ..the same line from the 1984 of the hero character ...the terminator was programmed to say it ..she recognizes it.
the fear of a trauma losing kyle reese impacted her thought the terminator might get her again its sad and true, that sarah’s perspective she feels overwhelmed and scared i love her character, its okay to fear i dont like nowadays strongfemale characters are emotionaless and using overused plot and characters except old guards movie is good
Sarah's reaction to the T-800 as it comes out of the elevator seems so genuine. This is the mechanical monster she's feared since 1984. Linda Hamilton did a fantastic job portraying Sarah in T2, she's my favorite part of the movie.
When I first saw this scene, I didn't even understand why she was even running from the terminator. But after seeing The Terminator, now I understand why she fled from it. She thinks that Skynet has sent the terminator back again to finish the job it failed to do back in 1984: kill her. What she doesn't know is that it is a reprogrammed terminator sent back in time by the future John Connor to protect her, himself, and to stop Judgement Day.
@@Rl082992 She doesn't even think. Notice how that tough, composed, well planning and badass person completely loses herself and goes into total panic mode. She doesn't have time to think. She just sees a monster that gave her the worst nightmare of her life. It's an instinct reaction at this, done at the very core of brain. Trauma releases absolute fear, the fear that is supposed to mobilise your body but its so big whole brain starts malfuctioning as the flow if impulses is too big and you lose yourself totally. That's why she falls, can't right straight and starts screaming. It's all of human 'defense systems' triggered without any sense or order. Screaming 'No!!!" won't help you, but that' what you're doing in panic and that's the most primal reaction. Little babies scream when they need help.
Just imagine, she absolutely kicked the asses of the hospital staff and was this close to escaping, only to meet the T800. Shows how scarred she was by the first movie.
It really brings the character to life. The first one killed her roommate looking for her, shot up a bar/club, demolished a police station, and then she had to literally climb over Kyle Reeses dead body to escape. It makes total sense that the T-800 would be the embodiment of her nightmares and the first sight of one turns her back into that waitress running for her life.
Exactly. That moment when she sees the T-800 come out of the elevator was perfectly done, both the slow-motion and lighting and the acting, captures just how horrified she is to see him. After going through all that she did in the first film, in which she just so narrowly manages to defeat the terminator, to her that thing is the embodiment of death. It's not just terror in that "NO!" scream, it's also disbelief - she went this far and now there's another one of them come to kill her! Or so she thinks.
Her reaction to the T-800 stepping out of the elevator will forever be one of my favorite movie moments! Just an incredible expression of sheer terror, as if she’s suddenly right back in 1984.
Robert Patrick is a legend. You'd think playing a cold and emotionless machine would be so easy you wouldn't even need to try, but Patrick gave it his all and the T-1000 ended up being one of the scariest "movie monsters" ever as a result.
Exactly! It really boils down to every single nuance an actor can bring to the role. Patrick's performance doesn't sway or flail at all. Think about Gabriel Luna's "angry" and "dramatic" action scene faces as Rev-9 and compare that performance to this. Patrick is on another planet with his T-1000 role.
In T3 it looks more like he is in denial. When talking to Kate Brewster He says people tend to imagine things in their head (referring to the Terminator) but then he looks away as if knowing what shes sayn is true but doesnt want to accept it
Actually, later in the movie, she finds out they knew all along she wasn't crazy at all! (when she meets Dyson and he explains that they had the chip and the forearm from the first terminator).
If you liked that, you should look up the deleted scene where she hallucinates a visit from John's father. It's pretty powerful, really adds to her tough character and I wish they didn't take it out.
Imagine for a second how horrifying and terrifying it must be to see the T-800 not only seemingly come back for you, but _completely restored as though nothing had even happened to it._
@@zakvondaniken9327 The T-1000 wielded a Beretta 92FS chambered in standard 9×19mm Parabellum cartridge, the only visible surface damage the T-800 would receive is the human flesh itself considering the endoskeleton is constructed with a triple-armored hyper-alloy combat chassis. You’re gonna need a bigger caliber to even try damaging the T-800 series like a .50 Cal BMG Barrett M82A1
@@Johnny_Serenitydon’t even think a .50 cal would do anything, just look at the weapons humans were using against the T-800’s when the world was at war with SkyNet
Run, Escape spectacularly. Don't talk too much, just say , "come with me if you want to live", "Get Down!" How come the latter day T- movie directors all failed to Get it?
Just remind me how old I'm already...The movie is also masterpiece with its plot. The sequels on the other hand are usurpers (Cameron is in the same opinion about that).
I don't think anyone was terrified of Thanos, a universe-destroying behemoth, like Sarah was the sight of a Terminator. This really sells how menacing a (former) villain is
Two things I love about this scene are (a) of course her reaction when he steps out of the elevator. This is the bogeyman himself, the monster behind her trauma and years of nightmares, reappearing in real life; Linda Hamilton sells the PTSD-driven reaction so well. Just turning and running the other direction irrespective of the staff coming to apprehend her; nothing matters in that moment but getting away. And then (b) the doctor's needle cap falling out of his mouth as the enormity of what he's seeing begins to process. As much of a prick as he was, I continued to wonder how mentally decimated he must've been thereafter, trying to make sense of the sudden shattering evidence he's encountered indicating that his "crazy" patient was spot-on the whole time.
The doctor would be unable to tell anyone what he just saw since he's the only mental asylum personnel to personally witness it. If he does, he'll likely end up just like Sarah Connor, they'll just make him a patient just like her.
In T3, the man was basically in denial when talking to Kate Brewster (John’s future wife). Played it off as if it was simply crazy episode she was having.
The Sarah Conner Chronicles had Silberman reappear, as well, in a noncanonical event. He basically became a cultist, obsessed with Judgment Day and Sarah.
1:18 You can see clearly from her facial expression and the way she quickly looks up and down at John that she's thinking "John? Why hasn't it killed you?"
The absolute FEAR in Sarah's eyes when the T-800 walked out of the elevator was something only someone who knew how deadly the terminator is can truly understand.
Plus the way she kept yelling "NO" as she ran away. Then way her son had to convince her that it's okay. That goes to show how well she played the part.
Probably one of the greatest slowmo shots in history. Plays out like a dream sequence. Shes tough as nails and been prepping all that time, most likely hoping to never run into one of those things again...and she does...Not just one, but two of em. I also like her confusion at 02:28.
I love how she immediately accepts that this one is a good T-800 right after being so horrified by it. That may sound sarcastic, but I mean it. That sort of pragmatism isn't common enough in movies, where she sees it's clearly not malicious, her son is with it, and it's clearly an emergency with no time to waste- she's a smart character. I can easily see a corny little exchange where she's like "Get away from that thing, it's bad!" And then they waste a minute or two with a little argument about it. That's just some nice neat non time-wasting writing going on here.
Neigh and Whinny McHorse I think after she saw her son. And the Terminator saying “Come with me if you want to live” gave her the reason to trust the T800. It makes me wonder if it was John who chose to program that specific sentence into the T800 as a message to her, because he knew that she would recognise that it was said by his father Kyle Reese to her in the past.
She knows how efficient and fixated Terminator is, if she wanted them dead, they'd be dead by then. But she still doesn't trust which is described in a deleted scene later as she tries to smash its CPU while offline.
This entire scene is perfectly constructed - the lighting, the soundtrack, the camera angles, the acting, the special effects, the sound... movie making at its peak!
I love how completely badass Sara Connor was and then becomes absolutely terrified after seeing the T-800 believing it’s the same one from 1984, showing that she is still traumatized after all this time. Love this movie, my dad let me watch this when I was 8 😂
Sarah Connor is great because she is real. The first movie never stepped her beyond what she was, a young woman caught in an extraordinary situation. Sarah needed a solid decade to become a top tier badass that can take on any other person, but strength is finite in real people. Too many movies today would have downplayed this raw terror to demonstrate some shallow idea of strength. Too many movies would have had her try to take on the killer robot because bad writers love suicidal determination. Sarah Connor knows what this mechanical monster can do. Sarah in that moment believes she is well and truly screwed. Sarah is a mother likely dreading what this means for her son. Sarah turns and tries to run because that is her best chance to survive. GOD! I LOVE THIS MOVIE!!
lol My dad took me and my little brother to see this back in 91. I was 7 and he was 5. I think this is where my love of action movies started. I remember just being blown away in my 7 year old brain. haha
I think the good little nod to detail here. If John hadn't told the T-800 earlier that he can't "go around killing people", I'm certain all those people trying to sedate Sarah would've been dead in seconds. Albiet, the Terminator definatly gave them injuries, but by John's request; he didn't kill them.
The theater I was in the audience didn't really do anything at all. They knew they were watching a groundbreaking special effects movie. They did, however, laugh when the Terminator pushed that lady down the hall after breaking his sunglasses.
depends on *which country* that you watched T2 Philippines audience = "OH MY GOD! THAT T1000 SO POWERFUL!" Taiwan and HK audience = "how the hell did they do this sort special effects? AWESOME!! shit! that fake cop terminator still LIVES! Really tough!!"
Terrifying. Remember seeing it when I was a 5 year old kid on the day it opened. So many scenes seared into my mind...from truck chase...to the atomic explosion scene...to the creepy face licking scene...I remember it all.
@@Nefus1988 Exactly, and the same is true for the first Jurassic Park film. The filmmakers had to work hard and do their homework, which is why the CGI in both films stands up to movies today.
@@kertsang2053 Jurassic park one they used alot of animatronics, with little CGI around the faces etc. Still look more realistic than any other JP/JW after that.
There is a huge sense of emotion here, as John and the T-800 clash into the psych ward to save Sarah, they simultaneously vindicate her in the presence of those that held her captive. It was very satisfying watching the terminator punish the people who were punishing Sarah, and it felt like poetic justice that it all happened in front of Silberman. Beautifully done by JC, actors, and everyone involved.
They weren't really "punishing sarah" at all, they were trying to put her down and calm her since from their POV, all that which she has been saying sounds crazy when she doesn't have proof to show for it towards them at all so it makes sense from what they're doing to stop her. But obviously she's in the right.
@@Gadget-Walkmen I do have a question, though: was this how hospitals were like back then in the 90's like around 0:42-0:43 or have times changed since then😟😟Because I would be shocked if they treated people with disabilities like that😨😨
@@lachlanormerod8759 Don’t know. This is an asylum, not an outright hospital so I can’t outright tell as I didn’t grow up in the 90s as I was born in the last 90s. The most likely answer is yes because this is a REAL practical place as James Cameron is all for using as many real sets as possible!
What's brilliant is how it's juxtaposed with how capable she's shown to be during the initial escape. Really intelligently structured and edited sequence all the way around.
It's such simple, yet amazing concept, just asking the question "what would happen to a woman who actually experienced the events of 'The Terminator'?" Movies today show extreme scifi and action, yet somehow fail to get anywhere nearly as interesting, with characters and sequels.
FUN FACT: Linda Hamilton (Sarah Connor) almost went deaf when shooting the elevator scene because she forgot her earplugs when Arnie was firing blanks from that shotgun in a tiny little box.
Terminator 2 is the kind of film that never gets old. Visually still stunning, the action is second to none, the characters and narrative all up there. The more you watch it the more the little details you find, realise and learn to appreciate. Timeless masterpiece from Cameron!
Robert Patrick as T-1000 does such a perfect job. One of the scariest performances ever. The guy doesn't even blink. The one time he does is when he's inquiring about John from his foster family because at that moment he's deliberately trying to act like a human. In fact, I recall he actually did this kinda slow blink at the end of that scene, as if he was reminding himself of "Oh right, humans blink". Love all the nuances and details in this movie!
Yes! Such a great nuance. He also practiced running with his head fixed, without the up and down motion we normally run with. He studied big cats and how they run with their head and eyes locked on to their target so they don’t lose sight of it. He also modelled the T-1000’s general movements on birds of prey. Just an incredible, terrifying performance. The scariest terminator by far, none since have come close.
Its not just Terminator. They've ruined Predator, Alien and Star Wars! All the classic movies that made pop culture pop and helped create the sci fi genre we all love! Then these morons come along and shove agendas and politics into it all and ruined it all! Should be a crime! So many good franchises reverted to donkey shit in the hopes of pandering to a bunch of cry babies that happen to scream really loud on Twitter.
Linda Hamilton's acting is on point here. All the trauma she has suffered up until this point after the events of T1. Then seeing the same machine after 7 years. She doesn't even notice her son who she has not seen for years because she's so frozen by fear. Superb performance.
Carlo Magno T3 is also an illusion in all our brains.. And also in Silbermans head.. Look at him in T3 he regrets big time he was in it today, Trust Me!!!!
Carlo Magno. He says it's an illusion but he's just in denial. He deep down knows and believes Sarah was right all along, but denying in comforts him and he's traumatized with what he saw.
1:25 “Come with me if you want to live” after that moment Sarah Connor realizes she will be saved because in the first terminator movie Kyle Reese say’s that same phrase 🤖
I didn't even think of that! That was probably fed to him by future John Connor, because he knew that would be the fastest phrase to get her to trust him.
When I first saw this, I didn't understand the sheer gravity of Sarah witnessing the Terminator...(I saw the sequel before the original). Later on, while watching the movies in order...omg it made SO. MUCH. SENSE. that I get CHILLS whenever I watch this scene!!!! Linda Hamilton's face says it all...she conveys each and every emotion that Sarah is feeling without any words at all. Brava!!!
*THIS SCENE* - One of the greatest sequences in film history ever. The gravity of running right into *another* Terminator, Linda Hamilton brings it home here. We the audience are fully aware of all the horror and the trauma inflicted on Sarah Connor by the first Terminator, to encounter this walking nightmare again after barely escaping with her life...it's just so well done.
When I was a kid this was my first entry into terminator because we couldn't find the laser disc or tape of Terminator 1 hell I thought this was the only film as a child til I heard of the 3rd one😂😂 So the context to why Sarah having a breakdown was lost to me til I finally found T1 and checked that out.
She was overcompensating. Not only is this a large man with a shotgun and she's a woman, but she uses an arm that is injured already visibly to strike him. What was she trying to prove?
When I rewatch this scene, I think of what is going through Sarah's head. She sees a light of hope was she dashes towards the elevator; only for some thing from her nightmares walk into reality. She probably thought that eventually they would try again. She went through this once before, but she had someone helping, protecting her. She is alone now. The absolute terror she must be feeling. Hamilton pulled it off perfectly.
Thank god for comments bringing us together. Reading the analysis of the scene really helps you enjoy and appreciate it a lot more. She was so terrified, Johns voice didnt even register in her mind when he called for her.
that melting through the bars scene my goodness i can only imagine how difficult that was to make . absolutely briliant respect to the hard work they did .
That “NOOOO!!!!” from Linda Hamilton still sends chills down my spine till this day. That absolute fear that she experienced when she saw T-800 is probably one of the best if not THE BEST acting jobs I’ve ever seen. This film was always way ahead of its time and is one of the best movies of all time!
2:16 Love Sarah's line after the T800 shoots the T1000 in the face with the shotgun: "What the fuck is it?" You can feel her hatred for Skynet in her delivery of that question. She's wondering, "What have the evil bastards come up with this time?"
Yup the only other actor l can see play the terminator because of his imposing look is the rock but the problem is that he will get cocky and try to take over the franchisr for himself
0:14 one of my favorite scenes in the movie. the slow motion. the music. The realization and the absolute fear and panic in her face even though she just took on an entire staff of a psych unit. Very well done
unless im mistaken isnt that the T1 terminator theme? its more "industrial" and seems to indicate her trauma from the movie, and invokes our own feelings from it.
This movie still looks amazing after almost 30 years. Usually the first film in a series is the best. But this is one of those rare sequels that surpass the original. Honestly, this movie is pure gold.
I love how she reacts in panic and after she sees her son next to her and recognizes that something's different about that T800 she immediately gets focused to run away and save her son. Sarah Connor is one of the most badass female action characters I've ever seen.
This scene! Sarah starts so confident, we all know she could take every orderly in the place and bust out but as soon as she sees that foot step out from behind that door then EVERYTHING crashes into her like a ocean wave, losing Kyle, the Club shootout, the police station, the false hope of blowing it up with the truck only for it to just KEEP coming and everything melts away, Badass tough Sarah Connor disolves into the frightened, confused, overwhelmed waitress she was in the first movie then John snaps her out of it and she knows she has something to protect, the T-1000 forces the badass to the surface again and she becomes the soldier the first movie forged her into, all within 3 minutes of screen time. Bravo!
@@brandonallen3289 another thing to note is that the past decade of training made her assess the situation. Despite years of prep,due to the mental hospital she was caught with her pants down and knew she had nothing on hand that could deal with him and very little chance of escape. Her only path was to panic as the past crashed down on her and vainly run for it. Even her sons voice didnt help. It could easily be the terminator and would have panicked her more since that most likely meant it had killed her son just like it had her mother.
The sheer terror on Sarah's face upon seeing the T-800 is always a great scene. Despite all her training and preparations, it doesn't fully prepare her for the sight of seeing one again. She sees the same killing machine that killed her mom, her friends, a station full of cops, her protector, Kyle Reese, and other innocent people and is instantly hit with PTSD. She fears this time there's no one to protect her from it and is now only thinking of trying to get away to find her son and protect him from what she believes is a Terminator sent to finish what the first one failed to do.
Yeah, just as what she thought that the Terminator was sent back to kill her again and freaked out, though she didn't know that her son from the future reprogrammed it to protect his younger self and stop Judgment Day from happening, she then realized that this Terminator was not the enemy, but when she saw the T-1000, she then understood that was the real enemy.
I still get goosebumps, when the elevator doors open, and Sarah is moving towards that elevator only to see a T-800 model 101 walking out of the elevator... LH's facial expression, was perfect. Horror, shock, surprise, doom, etc... I love T2!
1:43 One of the most greatest, memorable and iconic scene in the whole entire movie as of today it still gives me chills and goosebumps. It never gets old. 😍😎💯👍😏😰😱
@@adamromero I saw it when I was 4 lmao. This, Terminator 1, The Fugitive, Alien, Aliens, Commando, Predator, etc. My father let me watch some pretty violent stuff early on, but it helped shape my love for movies and fiction as a whole. I also feel very nostalgic of seeing them for the first time with him. They were all movies he had already seen and loved.
"Come with me if you want to live" . Immortal Dialogue of the good terminators send back from future . In fact Kyle Reese said the same in Terminator 1 , when he met Sarah for the first time after encounter with the Terminator 1 villain in the restaurant . That's why it surprised Sarah .
1) You're back here because you just watched Terminator: Dark Fate 2) You think the new terminator guy is like My Little Pony compared to Robert Patrick's terrifying T1000
Didn't watch it, and I don't give a Disney's Dream Big Princess fuck about watching any film that shoehorning Girl Scout Cookie nonsense for propaganda.
I was out the moment they killed John in the first minute of the movie. Sarah Connor was dead as a character in that moment as well. Skynet as well. Therefore the whole franchise. So really, terminatorito in that fanfic couldn't get to me anyway. And midget-puny-girl as leader of the resistance either.
Sarah is perfect balance between strength and humanity: She grilled herself into a hardcore survivalist warrior but the scars left by Kyle´s death and Skynet have not fully healed: She feels fear, anguish and uncertanty.
Espexially as her training would make her realize that in that situation with nothing on hand she was utterly fucked against a terminator, making her revert for a moment as blind panic was the only path left to her.
I love how that lady with a broken arm decided to hit the terminator after he just tossed two big men through the window like rag dolls, and smashed a third one out cold against the wall. Such a brave lady!
One of the ONLY things that can make Sarah genuinely scared and revert back to her 1984 self is the sight of Arnold's T-800, it's causesd her so much pain and anguish, it's as if she's absolutely hopeless when she sees him, thinking it's all over, T2 is a timeless masterpiece
These are programmed machines which have mission priorities. T-1000 tasked to kill John Connor and at that moment, it does not have enough firepower to overcome intervening T-800. Pistol has almost no effect on T-800 chassis, only damaging flesh on it.
Imagine your nemesis suddenly reappeared after 10 years, then you found your lost son, then you saw an alien man who just passed through a metal gate... Imagine all these were happened in 2 minutes, you might think you were actually crazy
I totally dig the little details in this film, like when the T-1000 passes through the bars and a quick shot of the pistol still behind the bars unable to morph through with him. How can anyone not like T2... PURE EPIC..
I loved that "What the fuck is going on!?" moment. Just imagine being Sarah: A terminator who wanted to kill her before now comes with her son and wants to help her and there's that other guy who's like being made out of water wanting to kill them.
0:56 This is for locking up Sarah. 0:59 This is for taking her son away. 1:02 This is for abusing and harassing her. 1:08 And this is for being a pain in the ass.
Sarah: “HE'LL KILL US ALL!!!!!" T800: Not using violent and bloody methods to put down an hospital staff, so non of them actually die Sarah: *Surprised Pikachu face*
I love that reaction out of Sarah seeing the T-800. She's been living in fear of that image ever since Kyle was killed by one. She knows how terrifying it is to be hunted by something that never stops until you're dead.
I really consider this one of, if not the greatest, scenes in movie history. It's such a testament to the absolute PERFECTION James Cameron had at storytelling without resulting to a ton of boring exposition. The whole movie up to this point was one of the most bad ass introductions for a character ever, we saw how Sarah had become this phenomenal ass kicker who wasn't afraid of anything and just dominated everyone on her way to an escape attempt. When she lays eyes upon the T800, all of that comes crashing down. Just the look on her face sells the utter terror and fear she's feeling, how completely traumatic the events of Terminator 1 were for her and how hard she's worked to get past that. It really makes you appreciate what she must have gone through after the events of that film, what it did to her internally. Then when she running away John is screaming at her and she doesn't even flinch because she knows Terminators can mimic voices, showing that even for all the terror she's currently feeling she HAS learned and all of her preparation wasn't for nothing. I get more out of this 30 second scene as far as characterisation, writing, directing, and acting than any 3 hour movie I've seen in years. James Cameron in this era was absolutely untouchable, in daresay no one could tell a better story with a camera then he could and no one ever has. Also, when Sarah takes the T800's hand (after he's now more vulnerable because we can see his eyes), I cry every single time. God this movie is perfection.
The editing, the acting, the music... Dam this scene gives me chills every dam time I love how Sarah goes from ultra badass to scared shitless when the Terminator arrives. Man if Hollywood could get back to making good blockbusters again 😪
