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Two: Terminator 2
by Michael Flanagan
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Terminator 2:
Judgment Day, or what has been
abbreviated by our all-too-hurried society
as T2, is so much better than its
original that you have to wonder which
movie writer/director James Cameron wrote
first.
The first had one
evil terminator and a lover hero.
The sequel has two terminators, one
good, one bad.
It has the desperado hero and the
hero child prodigy warrior of the future.
The first one was a chase movie.
Its sequel is an all out exploding
one on one action movie of literal epic
proportions.
Perhaps Cameron did
write the sequel first, but budget
restraints kept him back, so he cut it
until he was left with 1984’s The
Terminator.
The mega-budget of the sequel
allows for Robert Patrick to morph into
liquid metal and back again, chopping and
stabbing anyone who gets in his way. We also get a great chase scene under the roads of L.A.
And we get to see Arnold beating
people up, shooting things and people (in
the knees, of course), and blowing
everything up that may be remotely
flammable.
That’s not to say
that The Terminator was a bad
movie.
Just that Cameron was smart enough
not to remake the first, but to pay
appropriate homage to what made the first
one a great cult classic.
He then pumped it full of so much
adrenaline (and money) that it took on an
essence all its own.
It’s a bigger, badder, better
Terminator movie.
Unlike most sequels, it knows why
it was made a hit.
Yes, that’s right.
It’s self aware.
DVD
Update
The T2: Ultimate
Edition DVD is yet another example of
what a 2-disc DVD set “edition”
labeled movie should be.
This DVD has anything you could
want as a fan of T2, and some
things that you wouldn’t expect.
It’s got the “Special
Edition,” which has additional scenes
that pretty much serve to develop the
characters more.
This edition is very enjoyable, but
if you don’t like the additions, you can
still watch the theatrical version.
It also has another edition, hidden
on the disc, with even more deleted scenes
added back in that add even less to the
movie itself.
The commentary track is
surprisingly great.
Surprising because it’s a
collection of interviews from everyone
involved, as opposed to people sitting in
a room discussing it.
Usually, this irks me, but here, it
provides some really great insight to what
went into this great work.
On disc 2, it’s got
documentaries, interviews, trailers, and
compilations of T2 materials that
will take more time than it took to watch
the movie itself.
DVD Rating: HUGE.
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