T2 is definitely one of the all-time most amazing sci-fi movies! What other movies belong to this category? Patreon (full length & polls): www.patreon.com/posts/hot-fuzz-2001-85679166 Subscribe to the channel: ru-vid.com Follow me on Twitter for stuff and selfies: twitter.com/verowak
I was a little kid when my parents took me and my younger sister to see this in theaters summer of 91 and, my child mind was blown. Not only is there the right amount of fake prosthetic Arnie heads, an obsession kicked off in the original Terminator movie, but we also got a fair amount of Robert Patrick prosthetic fake heads, and some Linda Hamilton fake head action, too. Oh and the CG for the T-1000 was, ok, I guess, Lol. Not as cool as prosthetic fake heads though
T2 is the perfect sequel imo. It's all downhill from here. Terminator salvation had some good ideas but they made the resistance too organized. And Terminator gensys had a good idea for the first half of the movie. Alternative 1984 was a cool idea. But a poor second half and poor casting doomed the movie
I saw this movie in cinema in 1992 and it was mindblowing. It was THE movie of the year and showed SFX and FX we never saw before on screen. Best action movie (sequel) of all times and on the same high quality level as "Empire strikes back".
I first saw it in 92 on a VHS pirate copy I borrowed from a kid in school (I was too young to see it in the cinema) which I never gave back to the kid I borrowed it from (sorry Colin). I watched it every night for about a year. And I agree entirely with your Empire Strikes Back analogy.
You cried exactly the correct amount for this film. One single, manly tear. I remember me and all my mates aged 16 leaving the cinema after this, denying that we cried 😆 This was a truly mind bending experience!
@@Mr.Ekshin and yet you still took the time out of your life to sit through the reaction of someone you claim has seen this before and then commented about it afterwards. Maybe, just maybe, some people are more perceptive than others.
Hard to think that originally singer Billy Idol was intended to be the T-1000. Unfortunately for him (but fortunately for Robert Patrick) he had a motorcycling accident that nearly cost him one of his legs, so he had to withdraw from the role as he could not even walk, never mind run after a motorcycle.
Yep, Terminator 2 is perfect. ^^ Fun fact: Robert Patrick was so fast, he actually caught up with John's motorcyxcle in the garage. So they had to reshoot the scene and tell him not to run that fast. 😄
Also, the scene with the liquid Terminator going through the grate wasn't planned: the grate was open, and Robert Patrick was supposed to just push it away. But he improvised and seeped through it like a liquid. Cameron liked this take and kept it in the movie.
Your unbridled joy during this reaction was a gift. Thank you! Sometimes I question why I'm addicted to watching reaction videos and then along comes a reaction like this and I'm hooked all over again. I'm so glad the twist wasn't spoiled and we got a pure reaction to the hallway scene. T3 is a guilty pleasure of mine. It doesn't hold up to the quality set by this one but it has some moments. As for the rest of them...well I know you won't be dissuaded from watching them so I'll just say I look forward to your reaction to other movies. ;-) The TV show is worth it though--I was angry when it was cancelled before it could tell a complete story. Just like the show Firefly, which you should definitely add to your list.
I'm really glad to hear you enjoyed it! I had so much fun with this movie, it was just fantastic!!! It's sad to hear that the TV show was cancelled before it could tell a story, I wish they could go back and finish it now, though I feel like it might not be the same. Those are two shows on my list to watch!!
The Protectinator. As a kid in the early 90's this movie was absolutely amazing to us and still is. We were just like John Connor. "Easy Money" This was during the birth of CGI and it was mind blowing, just like Jurassic Park. They didn't depend on it, they utilized it in its infancy. There are actually two sets of twins in this, the cop's and Sarah's. I honestly cried at the end the first time. I can't lie. "It's when there's nothing wrong but, you cry any way."
Using CGI sparingly is ideal for movies imo. Now a lot of movies are filmed on green sets and it's really not as immersive for the actors, and us. Just like Jurassic Park, Terminator 1 & 2 still hold up after all these years, which is amazing
@VerowakReacts I really hope that you see this comment because it's important that you do. There's one other thing of the Terminator that you have to see and watch on RU-vid because you couldn't see this in any ordinary movie theater at all. At Universal Studios Florida and the other Universal theme parks, there was a Terminator attraction called Terminator 2:3-D Battle Across Time. This particular attraction came out in 1996 at Universal Studios Florida. James Cameron came back to direct the actual movie portion that's played in the attraction, as well as James Cameron was able to get Around Schwarzenegger, Edward Furlong, Linda Hamilton, and Robert Patrick to reprise their roles as the Terminator, John Connor, Sarah Connor, abd the T-1000. The storyline takes place in the present time. Somehow, someway, Cyberdyne Systems is back and better than ever. There was a pre-show before the actual show portion. A character named Kimberly Duncan, who's Cyberdyne's Director of Community Relations and Media Control, is the host of the pre-show. She's put together a media presentation about Cyberdyne Systems and Skynet, and all of the different inventions and technologies that they've created so far. Halfway through the pre-show, both Sarah Connor and John Connor interrupt the show, and they warn the guests about how Cyberdyne is a menace and that they're planning on stopping Skynet. They tell everybody that they have 5-minutes to get out before they break in. Kimberly Duncan then gets everything under control again and gets the signal back to her media presentation again. Eventually in the show portion itself has live action stunt work on stage, pyrotechnics, and many other things. Sarah Connor and John Connor disrupt the Kimberly's presentation of Cyberdyne's newest Terminators called the T-70s. The T-1000 shows up to kill both Sarah and John. But the Terminator shows up to save them from the T-1000. Then the Terminator and John Connor ride into Los Angeles in the year 2029 to destroy Skynet. Along the way, you encounter Mini-Hunters, an Endo Skeleton, and a stronger enemy called the T-1,000,000. James Cameron said that since he couldn't make a 3rd Terminator movie for movie theaters, that this attraction is the conclusion to his Terminator series, and that this attraction is a direct sequel to Terminator 2: Judgment Day. So whenever you have the time or the chance, you'll have to watch some videos of this attraction. 😀
@@VerowakReacts You hit the nail on the head. The practical effects, filming on real locations and stunts is what makes movies like this stand up. CGI was just a tool. Fun fact, the helicopter under the bridge, really happened. No way would a movie production company would allow that to happen today because of insurance and liability. I highly recommend watching the behind the scenes to see how this movie was created.
I saw this in the theater when it came out. The moment he tells John to get down and blasts the other terminator, everyone in the audience gasped, then cheered. This and Aliens are perhaps the best sequels ever made, and they still hold up as action movies.
Not sure why people would be surprised at that because all the trailers for the movie gave away that he was the good guy. Maybe they hadn't seen the trailer.
R.I.P to Leslie Hamilton she played parts in this movie along with the guard's twin. Linda Hamilton was on a interview last year and told people about her twin sister's passing.
@@VerowakReacts I agree, I'm not a twin but my father is a twin but and my brother and sister are twins 2 years older than me and I have twin sister's who are 8 years older than me.
The security guard at the state hospital, when the T-1000 was the floor, and it takes his form, they are actually twin brothers and actors. Also, when the T-1000 takes the form of Sarah Conner, that is Linda Hamilton’s twin sister. The line, “Get to duh choppa” is an Arnold Schwarzenegger quote, but it’s from the movie ‘Predator’.
They also brought in her twin sister (Leslie) for the scene where they're taking out the T-101's chip. The model of Arnie's head is in the "mirror" (other room) along with Leslie standing next to it :)
IMO 'True Lies' is the most fun action movie that reunites Cameron as director and Arnie as star. Shows Cameron perfected action with dramatic & comedic film making.
Dyson's actor deserves credit, he was involved in a car crash and suffered a collapsed lung, which is how we got the distinctive scene where Dyson holds onto the dead man's switch. He literally acted his own trauma.
11:27 "This dude looks like a proper terminator. He's so focused on him." You're right. Robert Patrick is my favorite terminator, though I'll always have a soft place in my heart for Summer Glau. He did such a great job of maximizing his emotionless intensity, walk, run, every movement. So mechanical. What a great performance.
Patrick is phenomenal in his role, but because of the horror element of the first Terminator, my favorite Terminator will always be Terminator 1 T-101, evil Arnie. And the Terminatress in the TV show is cool, but not very scary.
@@SCharlesDennicon Gotta love Summer Glau. She was made to play robots. Pretty girl, no facial expression (even when she isn't playing a robot). Made for the role... (no, robots don't have to be pretty, but Hollywood girl-robots do; it seems to be an unwritten rule somewhere since they always are.)
Not only did Robert Patrick do the super-run (catching the bike on the first take on accident), he also trained to become ambidextrous with all his shooting - because a robot would shoot with whichever hand is most efficient at the time. He also never blinks while shooting (okay, except for one or two takes that I guess they didn't want to re-do)
Thanks for the wonderful reaction to this classic. I truly never get tired of watching people share their first time with us. One of my favorite fun facts: The trenchcoat Sarah wears to the Cyberdyne building was the same one Kyle wore in the first film.
This is one of the best reactions I've seen. ALL the emotions. Particularly love your immediate and continued disdain for Dr Silberman lol, and the absolute joy during that first corridor confrontation and iconic truck/bike chase. And yeah John's ginger friend absolutely said ACAB and respect to that kid haha
My favorite part is that you were fully, immediately, and firmly behind shooting Dyson in the noggin to save humanity. Useful trait in a zombie apocalypse and such...
@VerowakReacts if ever I'm overly tired and need to go out, I'll make sure to get a few coffees in me beforehand in case I run into you. Heaven forbid if you were to think I was a zombie 🤭
This was so huge when it came out! Nothing prepared us for what was coming, this was next level (especially back then) The only bad thing about this movie is when we first went to see it, none of us were able to sit together. It was still a sight to see.
i think one of the reasons i liked this so much was because it was filmed almost like a horror movie. there was a bunch of action but everytime the t-1000 was there it felt scary. and the villain was someone that seemed advanced enough where you really questioned how he could be killed.
It's always so interesting to see reactors go into this blind. The final trailer that came out just before the premiere spoiled the fact that Arnold was the good guy, so it ruined the surprise. I was lucky enough to watch this in the theaters when I was a kid. I wish I could fully articulate just how insane those stunts and special effects were back then. It truly heralded the beginning of the 90's action movie genre. The director's commentary and behind the scenes production footage are definitely worth watching; there are so many cool little details that went into this. Linda Hamilton trained extensively for the movie; that one-armed reload scene at the end was added specifically because she'd become strong enough to do it. She also smacked that mental hospital orderly with the broom handle for real, because the actor kept on holding back and ruining the previous takes. She also learned how to pick locks just for the escape scene. Arnold nearly broke his fingers when he tried doing that shotgun twirling trick and picked up the wrong prop. When they filmed the helicopter sequence, they really did fly it under the overpass; almost everyone was too afraid to try it because of how insanely dangerous it is, but the stunt pilot stepped up and did it _twice._ There are several more stories like this, so look them up sometime if you want.
They did the last part with Twins. Linda Hamilton had an identical twin sister who was sadly passed away, but she was the one that played the another Sarah when they were together on the set.
Sarah Connor is how you write a badass female character! The movies after this are ok, but T2 was the pinnacle. As far as I'm concerned, the story ends here haha
Yep, Sarah Connor and Ellen Ripley are pretty much the most famous and best badass female characters... There were a few before (I saw someone bring up a few names, but I don't remember them...), but they're nowhere near as well-known.
It's crazy that Linda Hamilton wasn't even nominated for Best Supporting Actress. She should have won hands down that year and was far and above any of the other nominees.
Definitely looking forward to this one. 😊 This movie is one of my top 3 all-time favorite movie sequels. Right up there with "The Empire Strikes Back" and "Top Gun Maverick". And this is also the best,in my opinion, the "Terminator" series. Fun Fact: Linda Hamilton's(Sarah Conner) twin sister played Sarah Connor in a couple of different scenes. 1) Foundry scene (as the T-1000/Sarah Connor). Whenever both Sarah and the T-1000 (disguised as Sarah) are both visible in a shot she's playing whichever is less in-focus. 2) And I think she also played Sarah during the nightmare scene when she sees herself playing with a toddler John. Looking forward to your next reaction. 😊
Nobody seems to put two fun facts together: that Linda Hamilton worked out a lot to look how she does, and that her twin sister doubled for her in some scenes. This means her sister had to workout just as much.
i found this quite moving as a middle aged man that grew up with this movie. It was very cool to watch someones first experience of the movie especially with that rare benefit of not knowing arnie is the hero this time.
Loved your reaction. I love seeing newbies reacting to oldies like these. Seeing your enjoyment of it just reinforces the idea that these movies are true works of genius.
The helicopter pilot that jumps off after the "Get out!" is Charles Tamburro, a real-life helicopter pilot. He was the one that flew the chopper underneath the bridge. He also flew helicopters for Die Hard, Predator, Lethal Weapon, True Lies and and and.
When the chopper crashes and then the truck crashes at the same time, reminds me of one of those old super-dramatic pro wrestling matches where both wrestlers are lying unconscious in the ring at the same time in the middle of the match.
Interesting fact. In the scene where the liquid Terminator disguises himself as Sarah Connor and two of them appear, there was no great special effect or CGI. They used the late Leslie Hamilton Freas (1956-2020), twin sister of actress Linda Hamilton to play the second Sarah.
Nobody seems to put two interesting facts together: that Linda worked out so much to look like she does, and that her twin sister doubled for her. This means Leslie had to work out just as much!
When I watched for the first time in 1993 in the cinema, especially the ending of the film where Sarah releases the T-800 into hot metal, I cried all the way home. 32 years later, I am watching this film again with my son and daughter, and I still cry at the end of the film.
My brother Raymund met Linda Hamilton on the streets of Vancouver on his way to work at Canada Post. He awkwardly asked for an autograph, expecting her to say no. She said yes and waited patiently as my brother sat on a bench and fumbled through his bag for a pen. Linda rubbed his shoulder to calm him down! Raymund got her autograph and still remembers how nice and friendly Linda Hamilton was. Raymund also helped the film crew for Arnie’s film ‘The 6th Day’ by renting equipment, space and the 5th floor Helipad of Canada Post. He didn’t get to meet Arnie, but still has one of the signs (‘Replacement Technologies’) used in the film as a ‘thank you’ from the film crew.
Arguably the best science fiction action movie of all time. Special affects still stand up pretty well even today. It's crazy to think this movie is 30+ years old.
T2 is a benchmark in movie history, many of the special effects still look better than modern movie CGI. Remembering household surround sound was just getting a thing, and T2 was the movie all used to sell it. It went many years before I saw the extended version, glad I saw the original first, but do think the extended version is a must-see too! The extra stuff is cool scenes that give so much more to the story. Loved your reaction to this, hope you will enjoy T2 extended
One thing I liked about the extended version is that it made it much clearer as to how John knew which of the Sarahs was the real one and which was the T-1000 in disguise, because of John looking down at the floor and the T-1000's Sarah had noticeable glitching that caused the outer edges of his shoes to seemingly melt into the floor slightly, so he would have known which Sarah to obey after that. Because that foot-glitching is cut from the theatrical version I never knew how John could possibly have known which was the fake Sarah. Another bit I liked which I also thought was a shame was cut from the theatrical print was when the T-1000 had killed Todd and Janelle and eventually Max, the dog (who the T-1000 at the time thought was called Wolfie because of the T-800's ruse) before the T-1000 picks up the dog's collar and sees the name "Max" on it, showing that he now knew that his own ruse had been rumbled.
@@Texy88 exactly, some more glitches are nice to see after he has resembled, and the scene with the chip and how he learns to smile, many small details, that are worth seeing
When this movie came out, Guns 'n Roses was a mega band and did some of the songs in the movie. Thus Arnold walking into the mall with a box of roses hiding a gun... edit: the director cut has a lot of great little extras too, showing the T1000 being damaged and starting to 'meld' into things it touched.
Brilliant reaction, I watched this with my Dad when I was 12 and it is the hardest I have ever had to try not to cry; I could not understand more how you felt at the end there. Your understanding of the films you watch is great. You make it like discovering the film all over again. Love how you spotted the bit where Sarah basically becomes a terminator, a lot of people miss that. You are really good at this and fast becoming my favourite reactor.
You cry at the end. This is so sweet. I too cry on this final scene ; hahahahaha I love the last Terminator screen: all in 0.00 ; this is when all functions are blocked. And the inscription: inevitable shutdown. This time it can no longer be turned on. The lesson is that this machine now has a soul because of the child, after a machine learned the value of a human life. So John didn't just lose his bodyguard, he lost a friend. This last hand was about Sarah and John never giving up. I really love the ending.
I've always been sympathetic with John in the scene where Sarah yells at him for risking himself to break her out. I can't believe it's taken me thirty years to realize he could have just sent the terminator in. He didn't really add a lot to the process other than make the stakes higher.
Though he would probably be in way more danger alone outside. They didn't know where the T-1000 actually was, he should remain close to the T-800 at all times.
That scene in which Sarah scolds John for risking his life helping here is the only time you hear Edward Furlong's voice as it sounded on the day of shooting the scene. All other scenes Edward redubbed John's lines of dialogue later because his voice broke during filming, but in the case of that scene, because of his character being in such an emotional state it was questionable whether Edward could have replicated that in the dubbing studio all that time later, given that he had never acted before at the time.
While there are several reasons for John to go, I'm pretty sure Sarah wouldn't have gone with the terminator if John hadn't been there to convince her. She would have assumed it was a trick to get to John.
@@marauderdz Exactly. Does nobody remember Sarah *running* from the Arnold terminator when he got off the elevator? At the very least, the kid should have got off the elevator first. As it was, he had to snap her out of it.
@@TheInvisibleMan229 I think it made sense for the terminator to step out first. They knew the elevator opened to a hallway, so it was likely their first encounter would be a guard, or the T-1000 itself. Arnold had to make sure the coast was clear first. There was no way they could have expected to see Sarah there, of all places.
11:20 The actor Robert Patrick practiced sprinting before this movie. He got so fast that he kept catching up to the motorcycle during filming. Anyway thanks for a great reaction to an all time classic.
You are really in-sync with this sequel, Vero. 👍 You're anticipating the characters' lines before they say them. 😊 Well done! I hope you don't listen to the naysayers who will try to convince you to not watch the other sequels. I personally think the whole franchise is great, and that you would enjoy all of them! Thanks for your excellent reaction. It was fun watching it with you. 👍😊❤ Hopefully, I'll get to see your T3 reaction soon. 🤞😊
I'm also a big fan of Terminator: Salvation. I think it's a great cap to John Conner's story. Beyond that, the series just becomes a bunch of soft reboots.
I bought this movie when it came out on VHS. 3-day weekend watching nothing but this back-to-back-to-back-to-back. I knew I kept missing something had to keep watching.
Terminator 2 was one of the films that ushered in the era of larger than life summer Hollywood blockbusters. This and the original Jurassic Park were very close together.
Love this movie. An all-time classic. The extended edition is pretty good too. I like all the extra stuff but I prefer the vague, unsure ending with the road going by at night. Fits the "no fate but what we make" theme.
This and ALIENS are the best Sci-fi Action Adventure films ever made! Did you know? James Cameron said in an interview that he was actually high on cocaine or ecstasy, I'm assuming the latter, while he was writing the script. I kid you not, I looked it up on Screenrant while he was promoting AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER.
Terminator, Aliens, The Abyss, T2, and True Lies are James Cameron in top form. Titanic was really good, too. I didn't really like Avatar's story at all - it was too simplistic. "Reprogram a Terminator!" "The dog isn't barking so that's a good sign." You are so astute!
Yeah, "Avatar" is basically a simplified "Dances with Wolves"... The latter is absolutely worth watching, the former only if you want to hand in your brain at the entrance and munch popcorn.
Wow, I'm still always blown away by watching the movie so many times over the year, and to watch you experience it for the first time was really enjoyable. So many moments in this are so awesome, and really pulls people in, as we see firsthand, here with your experience viewing it.
Sarah Connor is awesome I loved her growing up honestly they knew how to write strong female characters in the 80s and 90s they weren’t the insufferable emotionless robots they write today
Fun fact #2: A couple scenes were shot by James Cameron himself; The truck through the overpasses barrier and the helicopter under the overpass. He did this because his film crew didn't want to be the ones to film deaths if something went wrong.
The TV show "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" is the best part of the franchise after the first two movies. (IMO) Please don't skip it even if you do skip some of the remaining movies.
There are two seasons of the Sarah Conner Chronicles and they are great! It ends on a cliffhanger that would have completely changed the plotline, but those two seasons fit in very well with the whole franchise.@@VerowakReacts
If you have only seen season 1 of the Sarah Connor Chronicles, then I have some great news for you. There were two seasons, so you have a whole lot of new Terminator TV shows to watch. 👍😊 @@3DJapan
Strong agree. While the first season was a bit awkward and slow, the second really ramped things up. I feel like too many Terminator fans just assumed a TV show would suck worse than the post-T2 movies and didn't give it a chance.
For all the focus on the awesome action I think the movie also has some pretty poignant observations about human nature, especially with Sarah reflecting on how a machine is technically the perfect father and that machines can learn the value of human life better than humans can.
Some other trivia, in the guard scene where T-1000 transformed to him, it is guard twin brother that did a short cameo. It was the same thing with the scene where it is two Sarah Connor at the same time on screen, Linda Hamilton's twin sister did a short cameo there also.
I used to wonder about the arm but remembered the one from the first movie was the right arm, this one lost his left arm. So it wouldn’t have really worked to replace it
Re: living 126yrs - There’s a TV show later. A terminator is sent back like 80yrs too far, and ends up killing the person who builds the building where he’s supposed to kill someone (government official, so that the bad guy will exist), so he starts his own all-Union construction company, so he can underbid the competition, and build that building anyway. Then he builds himself into the wall of the room where he will eventually kill the person. So 80yrs later, he busts out of the wall and kills the guy. It’s an interesting comment on humanity that the “most efficient” way to accomplish any of these long-term plans is to treat your workers well. In the show, they send Summer Glau As a reprogrammed female terminator, plus Kyle Reese’s brother back to help a slightly older John.
I'm watching this way late, but when you said "maybe they sent a terminator to kill a terminator" my first thought was "She's going to freak out in about 45 minutes! Such a great call!
Hi Verowak, I've loved your reactions to the first 2 Terminator movies 😊 they're amazing! Please continue with the franchise asap. Arnie plays the cyborg so well. He is one of the GOAT Hollywood icons and his back catalogue of movies is awesome! More of his films I highly recommend you react to are: Predator (1987) - the line "Get to the chopper!" is in that 😉, Total Recall (1990), Commando* (1985) & Last Action Hero (1993) Production on the first Terminator movie got put back several months, so during this time; James Cameron wrote Aliens! I like your reactions and I'm subscribed to the channel. *Arnie is like the Terminator in it, without actually being a Terminator 😜
Thanks for reacting to this and for saying that you will continue with the movie series. The first two are best, but I enjoyed them all except for "Dark Fate." "The Sarah Connor Chronicles" TV series(2 seasons) is also very good.
You have an advantage that us first time viewers never had when the movie first came out. On the movie posters, it told us this time he was here to protect. As long as the people of today don't cheat and Google it. Great reaction, by the way. I loved it!! ❤
Oh that's a terrible way to promote a movie imo. They just revealed a big twist! I've seen from comments that the trailer for T2 also spoiled that fact
'Looking forward to seeing that. Serious. There's another... not AI, not cyborg, but exquisite. I don't want to say much more, but one of the best sci-fi films, ever: UNDER THE SKIN (2014) Scarlett Johansson I really hope you'll react -
When the terminator was shooting all those cops in the knees, it would be funny if someone edits in Arnold’s voice saying “You get a pension” with each shot.
Without exaggeration, one of the best action movies of all time. Fun Fact: The scene where the helicopter flies under the over pass... that's real. Not miniatures or CGI. Not so fun fact: the actor who played Myles Dyson actually had a punctured/collapsed lung so he used that experience to give his death scene more authenticity.
