Terminator 2: Judgement Day Review - Off The Shelf Reviews 

Robert Patrick as the T-1000 is one of the best cinema villains ever.

"If a terminator, a machine, can learn the value of human life... maybe we can too." This last line always makes me tear up just a little

What's arguably more eerie and nightmarish than the nuclear explosion is how the camera makes it appear as though both Sarahs momentarily lock eyes within the nightmare. Bothered me as an eight year old kid, bothers me as a grown-ass man.

48:25 oh shit, I never noticed that. The T-1000 has four arms while he is flying the helicopter. I must have watched this amazing movie about twenty times and I have never noticed that before.

The Terminator franchise ended after this film. Everything that followed is just piss poor fan fiction.

They filmed the mirror sequence using Linda Hamiltons twin sister and a prosthetic Arnold. That's an incredible amount of effort for a deleted scene.

I love the part where Sarah Connor is trying to escape and she is just a badass throughout this whole escaping scene and she is not putting up s*** but there's something about that one part that I really love where the shows that she is a badass but once she sees the terminator, all that fear and memories just come back and she just hightails it out of there.

This is the one we have waited for. Best Film Ever.

I love when the T-1000 mocks Sarah and John at the end by waving his finger side to side, this clearly shows it has been toying with them in the plant and this leads to it's mission failure. This gives the T-1000 a unique personality, it's a machine but it's arrogance is it's biggest failure. Perhaps arrogance and the underestimating towards the human race and the resistance is Skynet's biggest failure.

I love miles dysons death scene! He managed to add second to second suspense to a death scene! Your wondering with every breathe

One of the GREATEST movies EVER made!!! :D

I watched The Terminator for the first time last night and have just finished T2. God that’s a Titanic for men level ending. “I know now why you cry, but it’s something I can never do.” 😭💔

The opening music for this film gives me chills, this is one of the best films ever made and one of the best sequels ever.

I was just about to turn 11 when my dad took us to go see it at the old Baldwin Hills Cinema (in LA, and it's no longer there and coincidentally I just drove by there yesterday). I love this film mostly because of fond memories I have of my dad having taken me. It's already an amazing film and the childhood memory really elevates it in my mind and heart.

I'll say something controversial - The CGI used in T2 still looks better than most CGI used today.

I really enjoy your double commentary. Thank you for such in-depth reviews. So honest, blunt and entertaining as well.

Right, the effect in the mirror when they're opening Arnie's head (you guys should message me telling me what films you are reviewing next because you miss so much trivia): The head that they open is a prosthetic head. Arnie is not in a mirror, that is really Arnie facing the camera. Opening Arnie's head, in the supposed mirror, is Linda Hamilton's twin sister. No shit.

GREATEST ACTION MOVIE EVER CREATED

Ed Furlongs career got ruined by sexual abuse which lead to self medication and subsequent drug addiction :(

With the whole T-1000 telling Sarah to call to John, I always figured that it had become so damaged over the last few sequences that it couldn't replicate things effectively. I mean you pointed out yourselves that it can't really control it's assimilation with the steel catwalk and it's flickering to make sure it's still in the same form it intends to be in. :)

Oh wow, that is hilarious that your mother asked how you felt after Judgement Day passed without incident. My family and I were on vacation on August 29, 1997 and I recall my mother and father noting the date and being extra sweet with my brother and I. It was a very special night, where we all were extra nice to each other. Glad I was not the only family that noted the date.

Robert Patrick is so good in The Sopranos ( season 2)

My second favourite movie after Aliens. Cameron certainly knows how to do sequel's.

32:00 - The first thing the T-800 says to Sarah after saving her is the first thing Kyle said to her in the first movie!

The SWAT commander was Hank from Breaking Bad. He was also in Total Recall.

Can you guys do a Commando (1985) review and a True Lies (1994) review? Would also love a Point Break (1991) review. My favorite movie of all time :D

Terminator 2 had one of the last Real car chases. nowadays most car chases are cgi. Fast and furious.

But Arnie's death isn't really a death scene, because he isn't human. That final thumbs-up is priceless.

35:52 For the record, it is a dummy head, and what you see in the mirror is the real Arnie. There is no mirror, the reflection of Sarah is Linda's identical twin. She also had a part when the T-1000 was imitating Sarah.

One of the best action movies and sequels of all time! Great job with the review guys!

Finally, a Terminator 2 review! thank you

If somebody did not miss this one...After the 1000 smashes into the chopper, he smashes the frontscreen window, the next scene, it's all fixed up!!

Terminator 2 gets 10/10 it's iconic then T1

Great review as always but you guys forgot to mention they destroy a T-800 arm and chip only to leave the arm that he lost in the cogs not incinerated. Someone will still base new tech on that remnant.

The only reason I feel the T1000 didn't kill them right away, besides script padding, is he's not functioning at 100%. As you mention, his feet and parts of him are sticking to the floor and taking up the pattern of it. Maybe being dipped in the liquid nitrogen and then melted scrambled up his system more than first thought, like he has no control over his limps not turning into the object he's touching. He has to pry his hand off the handrail to get it free because the whole limb is malfunctioning. Might be also why he stops beating up Arnie is cause he feels he has to eliminate John Conner right away since if they could actually do damage to him, an advanced terminator like him, they could do worse and kill him so he felt he'd need to hurry off to finish his objective

A great action Sci-Fi film. One of the best. 9.5/10

Gary, watch when the T-1000 drives the truck off the bridge when he's chasing John on the bike. When the truck hits the ground, the windshield smashes out. In the very next shot, the windshield is back.

Ah, yes. Terminator 2 the only film to make me cry

Just discovered you guys and I'm binge watching all your reviews great job guys!

Great review. One thing to potentially explain the oddities of the T-1000's tactics is both the fact that he is an infiltration/assassination unit as well as a prototype. Killing literally everything in its path would probably be counter-intuitive and a waste of time. Even in the steel mill, leaving the T-800 and sarah alive wise likely a decision based on the priority of kill John (not necessarily a correct one either). Also, because the T-1000 is a prototype it could be argued that it lacks some of the imagination and experience a human might have. Initially he is just using a hand gun he acquired, later forming a knife after witnessing its effectiveness and the four-arm helicopter operation is a good sign of it "learning". It may be that the T-1000's lack of experience might account for many of these odd choices. Just a theory though.

I think the T-1000's failure to effectively terminate the T-800 can be chalked up to the fact that no two Terminators had ever thrown down before and the T-1000 was only programmed to terminate humans. I don't think Skynet had anticipated John being able to reprogram its machines, which is why by the time we get to T3 we have the T-X which is stated to have been designed to combat rogue Terminators. A similar thing happened in the Sarah Connor Chronicles in which, at a certain point, Skynet built a failsafe into its newer models so that their chips would self destruct if anyone tried to access the CPU.

One other nitpick you guys missed. It's explained the T-1000 can imitate anything it touches. However, when he imitates the guard in the asylum, he only actually touches the guard's shoes as it's imitating several square feet of the floor when the guard walks over it. If touch is necessary, the only thing it would have been able to imitate would have been the soles of the guard's shoes.

The tune 'Bad To The Bone' got a great laugh out of the American audience because it was the theme tune that had been advertising another sequel that (unwisely) was released the same weekend: Problem Child 2. I got the idea that that tune was added last minute as a joke by Cameron, but still worked brilliantly nonetheless.

The Terminator is possibly the greatest "B-movie" ever made. By that i mean, it is the greatest low-budget sci-fi ever produced. The Terminator is a great inspiration for future filmmakers. Cameron showed us what can be possible on a small budget and its freaking amazing. T2 on the other hand is the greatest action movie ever made. Cameron showed us whats possible once youve established yourself in the industry. And its freaking phenomenal.

i love edward furlong in brainscan and Detroit Rock City

Terminator 2 is the best movie ever made, it's my all time favourite masterpiece. I've watched it 100 times. Nothing is gonna beat it. T2 and Scarface (1983) - my best movies in the world

I'm guessing after Sarah gave birth to John she went through a series of bad relationships plus to add to it she kept talking about judgment day to them & they freaked out & thought Sarah was crazy. Then finally her last boyfriend must've called the cops on her who committed her to a psychiatric hospital thus taking John from her.

When this came out everyone was like "the scene with the tiled floor and the T1000 was unbelievable!" It really brought us into action special effects like film had never seen.

I'm gonna agree, the sequence where the T-1000 is being dragged behind the patrol car is the one short instant where the special effects kind of collapse. Obviously. For me, even on first watch. And it's odd, because there were so many much more challenging effects and action sequences that were mind-blowing, and that still really do stand up so well after decades. In that moment, it's like, "And here's a mannequin tied to a bumper!"

Watched this in the theater. It was amazing. One of the best films of all time.

I love the sound of the metal fragments hitting the floor after the terminator shoots the frozen t1000

I want the true sequel. Jon Cannah getting saved by the T1000 acted out by professional finger puppeteers. This is the sequel that the true fans have been waiting for.

Just for the record: You guys are HANDS DOWN thé best film-reviewers on youtube! Absolutely love it! Keep it up!

Please stop talking about the sequels... The franchise ended with T2. Thank You. Great review.

You guys are the absolute best! I remember seeing this as a boy and holy shit this movie blew my mind...I've probably seen it over 1000 times it never EVER looses it appeal.

"She's not my mother! ......Todd "

I think he asked Sarah to call to John because he knows John is clever and probably knows when he's being tricked, as he has known previously in the film. Therefore, the T-1000 understands it needs to be the real Sarah calling to him. This actually makes the original climax better than the extended cut, in which John sees Sarah's feet turning into metal. In the original, John understands he's being tricked without a clear visual clue, which confirms the T-1000's suspicions that John would know his real mother from an imitation.

T2 best action movie ever.

Just to add- Its been explained & if you watch carefully in the film the T1000 doesn't kill Sarah Connor because he is moving away from his programming. The T1000 is beginning to find delight in the torture of his targets not just killing them. The T1000 is learning how to become more human & with that comes all of our bad baggage as well.

Terminator 2 impresses on every level...story, acting, special effects, cast, soundtrack. 😀👍

My top three movie's, 1# Aliens, 2# Terminator 2, 3# Jaws

John is good with tech/computers in Salvation. He hacks a few computers, reprograms the motorcycle and communicates with Marcus through a screen on his arm. He also goes out and field tests the signal jammer for the terminators.

great fun hanging out with you guys and these movies while I work! if im ewver feeling low on creative energy these kind of vids give me a top up

Arnold's Terminator was most definitely aware of Patrick's Terminator. That was explained in Terminator: Dark Years

The one glaring hole in this story is the T-1000 itself. We’re explained throughout the entire series that you can only send organic matter through time, yet somehow a being made entirely of liquid metal is able to travel through time. But it’s such a great villain I forgive it, just wish they had come up with a way to make it work with the established rules

Great review. Keep up the incredible work guys!

I can't wait for the 3D re-release in August. And Linda was TOTALLY SNUBBED for a Best Actress nomination. I mean, her Sarah Connor is more famous now than any of the women nominated that year... even more than Thelma & Louise

everytime I hear BAD to the BONE I picture in my mind the TERMINATOR vs CHRISTINE

A great discussion for a great film. I must've seen this movie a couple of dozen times but this was actually the first time I noticed the multiple arms on the T1000 in the helicopter. Thanks guys :) Long Live Arnie!

I'm 31 years old and this movie is in my top 10 best movies all time.

I think the t1000 didnt kill Sarah because he was injured from the frozen thing. Why he was "refreshing himself". At least thats what i think.

Now my father has started saying the whole "Synopsis" Oh my brothers! This is one of the best films of all time and I was lucky enough to see it early. And just the sound alone in this movie is beyond more than explosive. The whole thing is just brilliant and this is one of the films I've seen as much as The Big Lebowski! A good 700 plus times 😆. 👊 Thankyou both you both smashed this out the fucking park!

@1:00:49 Shit, I'm a 30 year old woman and I still cry. I teared a bit just seeing it in the review.

Answer to why the T-1000 wanted Sarah to call to John. He knows he's taking damage and his imitation is growing more imperfect and might not be able to otherwise fool John. The inconsistency I'd like to see addressed is that the T-1000 is WALKING everywhere in the steel mill. Show the battle-damage effects with him attempting, and being unable, to run and you suddenly don't need so much plot armor.

The problem with the special edition adding the shots of the T-1000 malfunctioning is what it does to the pace. It is jarring to anyone who watched the film over a hundred times before the special edition and it also slows the pace of that scene. The reason for those shots, to begin with, was to set up how John works out that it is not his mum but the T-1000 at the end. Setting that up though, as far as I'm concerned, was entirely unnecessary since John would know it wasn't his mum since she is asking for help (when has Sarah Conner ever asked him for help?).

Don't know if anybody mentioned this but at 51:40 T1000 says 'call to John' well it's simple: Up to that point He hasn't heard Sarah Conner speak. There's also an alternative theory that with his software glitching at this point, He is not sure he CAN replicate Sarah's voice unless he re-hears it.

everytime I hear BAD TO THE BONE I picture in my head the TERMINATOR vs CHRISTINE

god that them song is so fucking good

The reason the t-1000 asks sarah to call to john, is so that he can mimic her voice, because until that point it hadnt heard her speak yet.

Just noticed you guys hit 8k subs. Last i saw it was like 4k! You should consider doing a special one for us when you hit 10k! :D

I'm not sure why everyone seem to assume that the two terminators from 1 and 2 were sent from different points in the future. They could just as well been sent at the same time, the second in case the first fails. Makes SkyNet seem a little smarter at least. One has to think three dimensionally when dealing with time. BTW, I consider the first two films to be their own nicely woven story and everything after that not at all related or connected.

I remember me and Paul O’Connor managing to get into the cinema in 1991 when we were 12 and this was a 15 at the time. Luckiest day was Paul’s brother worked at the cinema. We saw this film and my word it’s one of my favourites of all time and when it came out on vhs (back in the day) we probably wore it out before 1992 ended. On another note cheers John because August 29th 1997 passed and I got to write this comment

Terminator 2 is great. I lost count of how many times I watched it. Until Terminator 3, it’s okay, because they realize there’s no way to avoid the doomsday and that’s the end. The sequels are awful. The last one, they even put a girl, having nothing to do with him, saying Come with me if you wanna live. Sounds funny.

I always though the real "sequal" for the terminator ending is gona be John & Kyle infront of the time machine and they see T1000 and T800 gets teleported, Kyle and John rePrograms one T800 that's left and sends him (Arnie) to 90s and John sends Kyle (cuz no more terminator in the room to reprogram) to the 80s. Then the story repeats infinity, this shit with Genesis? It was fan fiction all over..

The videogame Terminator Resistance answers all those questions

I'm glad I am not the only who tears up when the T-800 is being lowered into the molten steel :_(

The dark ominous tone everytime we see the T1000 clearly lets us know hes the bad guy 😉 even as a kid i picked up on this 👊

T1000 is merely trying to debilitate T800 long enough to kill John..... He'll realise to outright finish a T800 is a far tougher and lengthier proposition than slaying random members of the public and doesn't want to risk John & Sarah escaping whilst getting overtly embroiled in an all-out battle with Arnie.

Did anyone see once upon a time where they copy frame to frame of Terminator 2 from where you first see Linda Hamilton? That was done so good yet not one person did pick on on it from comments of that ep,

FUCK YES! Been looking forward to this for so fucking long! :)

FINALLY T2 REVIEW...my fave film...just a note too guys in newer versions of T2 the stunt double in the strorm drains has been fixed and they have CGI'd Arnies face onto him 👌

Fun fact: Blackie Lawless, leader of Heavy Metal band W.A.S.P. originally should have play the T-1000 instead of Robert Patrick.

The Benchmark which all other movies are measured

Your subs are growing fast but not fast enough IMO when you look at a lot of the shite with 1MIL+ subs. Great vid once again

I always thought the T-1000 was trying to get Sara to call to John so he could mimic her voice after having heard it.

I saw it its first week open , twice for free , i knew the Projectionist. (:

Excellent review, guys! :)

I TOTALLY forgot the T-1000 was in the movie. First time I watched it and he says”That’s a nice Bike” and steals it, and he shows up later at Miles Dyson’s house seeing the paper being burned I was like “fuuuuuuccck”

That's one of the greatest moves of all time , and still holds up today, its a very well done flim

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