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Terminator 2: Judgment Day
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Table of Contents
(*) indicates that the answer has been modified since the last revision of
this FAQ (v. 3.00)
(+) indicates a new question
0.0 Introduction
* 0.1 Internet resources
0.2 Questions that need answering
1.0 What are the different movie versions?
1.1 _The Terminator_
* 1.2 _Terminator 2: Judgment Day_
1.2.1 Why were there scenes cut out of T2?
1.2.2 What scenes were added to the T2 Special Edition?
1.2.3 What is the missing ending?
1.2.4 Other cut scenes
1.3 _Terminator 2: 3-D_ (aka T2 3-D: Battle Across Time)
2.0 What original motion picture soundtracks are available?
2.1 The Terminator
2.2 T2
2.2.1 What songs in the movie are not on the T2 soundtrack?
3.0 What are the filmographies of some of the people involved with T2?
* 3.1 James Cameron
* 3.2 Arnold Schwarzenegger
3.3 Linda Hamilton
* 3.4 Robert Patrick
4.0 Plot questions
* 4.1 What year does T2 take place?
4.2 Why does it take the T-1000 so long to show up at John's house in
Reseda?
4.3 Why doesn't the security guard at Pescadero State Hospital notice
the T-1000 on the floor?
4.4 Does the T-1000 have to touch the object it takes the form of?
4.5 Why does the T-1000 change back to the policeman at Pescadero State
Hospital?
4.6 Why does the orderly in Pescadero State Hospital lick Sarah's face?
4.7 If dogs are used to identify Terminators, why doesn't the dog at the
desert hideout bark at the Terminator?
4.8 Why does Sarah carve the words "NO FATE"?
4.9 Why doesn't Sarah kill Dyson?
4.10 What parts of the police officer does the T-1000 duplicate?
4.11 Why doesn't the T-1000 try to imitate Dyson and develop Skynet
itself?
4.12 Does the T-1000 have a third arm when it is flying the helicopter?
4.13 What is that "ripple" that goes through the T-1000?
4.14 Why does the T-1000 take the shape of Sarah instead of the
Terminator?
4.15 Why does the T-1000 try to get Sarah to call to John?
4.16 If the T-1000 is destroyed when it falls into the molten steel, why
wasn't it destroyed when the semi tow-truck blew up?
4.17 Why doesn't the Terminator "disappear" when John throws the CPU into
the molten steel?
4.18 Isn't the Terminator's arm being left behind in the huge gear going
to lead to the creation of Skynet anyway?
4.19 When the T-1000 is on top of the elevator in Pescadero State
Hospital, why doesn't it just cut the cables?
4.20 What is the make and model of the Terminator?
4.21 What about [insert continuity glitch here]?
5.0 Trivia
5.1 Who was originally cast as the Terminator?
5.2 How many lines did Arnold have in T1?
5.3 What is Harlan Ellison's connection to the Terminator movies?
5.4 What is the "crushing foot" motif?
5.5 Is "judgment" spelled correctly?
5.6 How did Linda Hamilton prepare for T2?
5.7 Does Linda Hamilton have a twin sister who appeared in T2?
5.8 What hardware/software was used to produce some of the FX in T2?
5.9 What machine code is displayed on the Terminator's visual display?
5.10 What is the literal translation of "Schwarzenegger"?
* 5.11 What does "Hasta la vista" mean?
5.12 Did the movies win any Academy Awards?
5.13 How much money did T2 make?
5.14 Is there a real Cyberdyne Systems and Skynet?
5.15 What is "Benthic Petroleum"?
5.16 What sunglasses did the Terminator and Sarah wear?
5.17 Where can I get a video parody of T2?
* 5.18 What are some of the weapons used in T2?
5.18.1 When the Terminator was firing the big machine gun in the
Cyberdyne lab, is the bullet belt moving or not?
5.19 What kind of motorcycle was used in T2?
5.20 Miscellaneous trivia
6.0 Time travel questions
6.1 How did the (liquid *metal*) T-1000 travel to the past? Didn't they
destroy the time machine?
6.2 How can Skynet exist if the chip and arm were destroyed?
6.3 If John gave a speech to Reese in 2029, who gave it to Sarah and
conceived John in 1984, and then Sarah told it to John, then who
*wrote* the bloody speech?
6.4 What are some good related SF time-travel stories?
7.0 What Terminator books and comics are there?
7.1 Terminator books
7.2 Now Comics
7.2.1 _The Terminator_
7.2.2 _The Terminator: The Burning Earth_
7.2.3 _The Terminator: All My Futures Past_
7.3 Dark Horse Comics
7.3.1 _The Terminator: Tempest_
7.3.2 _The Terminator: One Shot_
7.3.3 _The Terminator: Secondary Objectives_
7.3.4 _The Terminator: The Enemy Within_
7.3.5 _The Terminator: Hunters & Killers_
7.3.6 _The Terminator: Endgame_
7.3.7 _RoboCop Versus The Terminator_
7.4 Marvel Comics
7.5 Malibu Comics
7.5.1 _T2: Cybernetic Dawn_ (aka "Present War")
7.5.2 _T2: Nuclear Twilight_ (aka "Future War")
8.0 What Terminator computer/video games are there?
8.1 Arcade Games
8.1.1 T2: The Arcade Game
8.1.2 T2 Pinball
8.2 Computer Games
8.2.1 The Terminator
8.2.2 T2
8.2.3 T2: The Arcade Game
8.2.4 T2: Judgment Day Chess Wars
8.2.5 The Terminator 2029
8.2.6 The Terminator 2029: Operation Scour
8.2.7 The Terminator: Rampage
* 8.2.8 The Terminator: Future Shock
* 8.2.9 The Terminator: Skynet
8.3 Console Games
8.3.1 The Terminator
8.3.2 T2: The Arcade Game
8.3.3 Robocop vs. the Terminator
8.4 Miscellaneous Games
8.4.1 T2 Handheld
* 8.5 Miscellaneous Software
* 9.0 Will there be a _Terminator 3_ movie?
* 9.1 What is the _Terminator 3: Armageddon_ script?
* 10.0 Credits
* 10.1 Bibliography
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Abbreviations:
JC == James Cameron
LBX == letterbox
LD == laserdisc
SE == Special Edition (T2 boxed set)
T1 == _The Terminator_ film
T2 == _Terminator 2: Judgment Day_ film
T2: 3-D == Terminator 2: 3-D attraction at Universal Studios Florida
T-1000 == the "liquid metal" Terminator in T2
T-800 or Terminator == Arnold's character (look for the context to define
the movie/Terminator to which this refers); see section 4.20 for more.
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0.0 Introduction
================
This Frequently Asked Questions list is based largely on the T2 FAQ compiled
by Doug Fierro, last dated 11/10/91. (Doug's email address is dead--Doug, are
you out there?) That's why I numbered the initial release of this FAQ version
2.0. Due to constant demand for information on the Terminator films, the FAQ
has been resurrected. Contributions/discussion are welcome! The preferred
forum for discussion is news:rec.arts.sf.movies
In the section on time travel, there are probably no absolute right or wrong
answers--except as far as real-world physics can be applied to the virtual
world of the Terminator films. I'm *not* looking for alternate ideas about
time travel, thank you very much. I'm just trying to explain the logic
underlying what happens in the Terminator films. *Everyone* has an opinion
(read: theory) about time travel. Try reading news:alt.sci.time-travel and
you'll see...!
If you want to contribute something and start out by writing, "I know someone
who knows this guy who met JC's gardener once, and *she* says that JC says
that..." Well, I probably won't read much further than that. If you cite a
reference to info that you provide, your credibility will be that much
higher.
(I'm not anally retentive. It's just that this is supposed to be an
information file, not a *mis*information file. ;-)
If you want to make sure I get your input, send email to my address at the
top
of this FAQList. Sorry, but I can't answer *everyone*'s questions.
This FAQList has recently undergone a massive overhaul, for a number of
reasons. Among the wealth of new information is a ton of stuff about the new
_T2: 3-D_ experience at Universal Studios Florida. (Yes, I've been there--and
yes, it's a lot of fun!)
* * *
I humbly note that this FAQList has been awarded a Magellan "3-Star" rating
by
the McKinley Group, who produce the Magellan Internet Guide, an index of over
2 million sites and more than 40,000 reviews. See them at:
http://www.mckinley.com/
* * *
Also, the Terminator website and this FAQList have been named a "HotSpot" by
GameSpot. Check out GameSpot at:
http://www.gamespot.com/
Plug: I am also the FAQ-keeper for the game Star Wars: Dark Forces! See:
http://www.connect.ab.ca/~kloepel/df.htm
-KAL
0.1 Internet resources
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This FAQList is also available in HTML format on the World-Wide Web (WWW).
Note that the URL has recently been changed to:
http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/6601/index.html
I am co-maintainer of this Terminator website along with Jesse Harris Nice
, who is currently serving in the USNavy. If you're a
Terminator fan, this site is highly recommended (if I do say so myself)! It
has sounds, pictures, movies, scripts, and links to Terminator info. Ross
Chandler originated this Terminator website, and gave
the FAQList a home in the beginning (thanks, Ross!).
Here are some other Terminator-related sites you may wish to visit:
http://www.ifi.uio.no/~haakonhj/Terminator/
http://www.yahoo.com/Entertainment/Movies_and_Films/Titles/
Science_Fiction_and_Fantasy/Terminator_Terminator_2/
ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/pictures/tv.film/Terminator_II/
http://www.moviesounds.com/t2.html
http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/1158/termnatr.html
0.2 Questions that need answering
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** Does anyone have the novelization of _The Terminator_ for sale?
** Do you have any info on T2 3-D: Battle Across Time? (I am especially
looking for pictures, sounds, and magazine articles that are not in the
references (section 10.1).)
** Does anyone have a complete list of all the Terminator action figures?
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1.0 What are the different movie versions?
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1.1 _The Terminator_
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Producer: Gale Anne Hurd
Cinematography: Adam Greenberg
Production design: James Cameron
Art director: George Costello
Editing: Mark Goldblatt
Written by: Gale Anne Hurd and James Cameron
Director: James Cameron
Released in North America: 26 October, 1984.
For more information, see the Internet Movie Database at:
http://us.imdb.com/M/title-exact?Terminator%2C+The+%281984%29
As far as I know, there is only one cut of T1, available in a few different
formats. It is available on VHS videocassette in regular or letterbox format,
and on LD (all approximately 108 minutes, rated R).
The following post appeared on Usenet, regarding scenes cut out of _The
Terminator_:
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.movies
Subject: Re: T2 SE was (ALIENS: Special Edition)
From: john connor
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 1996 10:17:44 +0200
Only two scenes were cut :
The dying black officer giving his car keys and guns to Reese
during the police precinct massacre, (I have a pic of that)
and a pan up to the factory facade when Sarah is being put
in the ambulance, revealing it to be CYBERDYNE.
This person obviously did not sign it with their real name, so YMMV.
For information on ordering a video on the making of _The Terminator_, see:
http://www.cummingsvideo.com/home/term1.htm
1.2 _Terminator 2: Judgment Day_
--------------------------------
Producer: James Cameron
Cinematography: Adam Greenberg
Production design: Joseph Nemec III
Editing: Conrad Buff IV, Mark Goldblatt, and Richard A. Harris
Written by: James Cameron and William Wisher
Director: James Cameron
Released in North America: 3 July, 1991.
For more information, see the Internet Movie Database at:
http://us.imdb.com/M/title-exact?Terminator+2%3A+Judgment+Day+%281991%29
There are a whole raft of different versions of T2 available now. You got
your
pan-'n'scan LD, your LBX (letterboxed) LD, your pan-'n'-scan VHS, your LBX
VHS, your SE LBX,...
The Terminator Collection SE LD boxed set (with a hologram on the front)
contains:
1) The Terminator: letterboxed with no additional footage. 108 minutes.
2) Terminator 2: Judgment Day: Letterboxed with no additional footage; it
is as it appears in theaters. 139 minutes.
3) A tape with two documentaries: _The Making of The Terminator_ and
_The Making of Terminator 2: Judgment Day_. (Were these shown on the
US pay channel Showtime?) This also has all of the trailers for both
movies (one for T1 and three for T2). 57 minutes.
4) A limited-edition 24-page book containing information/trivia about the
making of the Terminator films as well as storyboards, drawings and
other photographs.
The Special Edition from Carolco Home Video, put together jointly by Carolco,
Live Home Video, Showtime, Lightstorm Entertainment, and Pioneer. This set
comes in a 1'x1'x1" black box with "SCHWARZENEGGER" and "TERMINATOR 2:
JUDGMENT DAY" in big red foil letters, and "SPECIAL EDITION" in blue
lettering. The box contains two cassettes:
1) The SE LBX version of T2 with all but two scenes added (see below).
Running time is approximately 152 minutes. The film is not rated.
2) The second cassette is the _Special Edition Supplement_. It contains a
discussion of the deleted scenes with all the actors and JC. Following
this 20-minute film are the omitted scenes (the alternate ending and
the
T-1000 searching young John Connor's bedroom), three trailers from the
movie, and the trailer for the release of the special edition of the LD.
Running time for this cassette is approximately 40 minutes. Not rated.
There is a VHS "boxed set" of both films in pan-'n'-scan format. It comes
in a
silver box, containing:
1) _The Terminator_, approximately 108 minutes, rated R.
2) _Terminator 2: Judgment Day_, approximately 139 minutes; not rated.
There is a VHS "boxed set" of both films in letterbox format. It comes
comes in a gold box, containing:
1) _The Terminator_, approximately 108 minutes; rated R.
2) _Terminator 2: Judgment Day_, approximately 139 minutes; not rated.
Lastly, T2 is also available in Video CD format on 2 normal CD-ROMs with
the video compressed in MPEG-1 format at a resolution of 352x240.
1.2.1 Why were there scenes cut out of T2?
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Certain scenes were edited out of the theatrical release of T2. According to
the _Annotated Screenplay_, some scenes slowed the pace of the film; others
repeated previously shown information; others were changed for dramatic
effect. Theses scenes include Sarah opening up the Terminator's head and
adjusting the CPU, Sarah's dream sequence with Kyle Reese, and the legendary
extended ending (see section 1.2.3 for more).
In the video accompanying the SE, Cameron explains that the scene with the
T-1000 searching the room was a "classic example of underestimating the
audience." He thought it wasn't necessary to have yet *another* scene
explaining that the T-1000 "molecularly samples" everything it touches.
An interview with JC was shown on the TV special _Secrets Revealed_ (hosted
by
William Devane!):
"Well, 'final cut' really doesn't change anything. You still have to do
what's best for the film--and a lot of people have opinions about what's
best for the film. And, as a responsible filmmaker, you have to listen to
them.
"In the opening of the film, we see a playground after a nuclear war, where
all the playground equipment has been burned and blackened. And then the
ending was to show the 'alternate future' that came about as a result of
the efforts of Sarah and John. And then when we put the movie together,
and sat and watched it, it just felt a little too...'sweet.' It's
essentially the movie of the script. But no movie is ever the movie of the
script--the script is what you start with when you start the voyage, and
when you end the voyage, you may be somewhere else.
"So we took the ending off and we went to the dark road, kind of going into
darkness--the uncertain future...and that seemed to work better.
"We did screen it once, with the happier ending--because we had already
raised the question to ourselves: 'Is this *really* the right thing?' And
the audience seemed to concur. So we all looked at each other and went,
'Aha! See? Eh?' So we very quickly whipped together the alternate, which
I'd already had in mind.
"Sometimes, in that pressure-cooker of finishing the picture, the most
instinctive responses are the best. And that's really what happened there;
it was just instinct."
1.2.2 What scenes were added to the T2 Special Edition?
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Although some scenes were cut from the theatrical release of T2, many were
restored in the Special Edition. These are described below. Two long scenes
were not included in the SE, but were appended to the supplemental tape. One
is the alternate ending "Future Coda" (scene 215; see section 1.2.3), the
other is scenes 56/56A.
For scene numbers, I've followed the convention in the _Annotated
Screenplay_;
the placement of added scenes may not necessarily match that of the SE.
[I've reduced this section from sections of full-blown script to mere
descriptions for a few reasons: it took too much space; the SE is widely
available; and the _Annotated Screenplay_ contains full scripts.]
**** CAUTION: Major spoilers for the Special Edition ahead ****
Scene 23: Pescadero
-------------------
In the hallway of the Pescadero Mental Institution. Dr. Silberman has just
finished showing Sarah Connor to some other doctors. He asks Douglas and
another unnamed attendant to make sure Sarah takes her Thorazine.
Theatrical release:
Cut to T-1000 patrol car pulling up at John's foster parents' home.
Special Edition:
Cut to Silberman walking away. Douglas and partner enter Connor's room.
Dougie and his partner administer Sarah her medication in their own
(violent) way.
--Total time: 1:00
Scene 29: Dream sequence
------------------------
John Connor relates to his friend Tim how his mom is a loser. They ride off
to
spend the money. Cut to Terminator pulling up on his bike.
Theatrical Release:
Cut to Dr. Silberman and Sarah watching an old videotape of Sarah
describing a
recurring dream of nuclear Judgment Day.
Special Edition:
Cut to Sarah sitting on her bed in her cell.
Sarah has a fever dream of meeting Kyle, who gives her further inspiration.
She follows him down the hall and finds herself looking into a playground,
the
Terminator by her side. Suddenly, a nuclear explosion hits, obliterating
everything, and turning the Terminator into a smoking endoskeleton. Sarah
then
wakes up in her cell.
--Total time: 3:21
Scene 54: Max
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At the house of John's foster parents, Janelle changes into the T-1000.
Theatrical Release:
Cut to officers showing Sarah pictures taken of Terminator at mall.
Special Edition:
Cut to T-1000 leaving John's foster parents' home. Kills the dog and reads
"MAX" on its collar.
--Total time: 0:30
Scenes 56 and 56A: Room scan
----------------------------
T-1000 passes the bathroom where Janelle is lying dead in the shower. It
searches John's room, touching everything gently with his fingertips. It
touches a Public Enemy poster, rips it off the wall and finds a box with
"Letters from Mom" written on it. It goes through a bunch of photos in the
box.
--Total time: 1:25
Scenes 87 to 89C: Chip flip
---------------------------
At the abandoned garage. John asks the Terminator whether he can be more
human.
Theatrical Release:
The Terminator tells John that his CPU is a neural net processor.
Special Edition:
Sarah and John "operate" on the Terminator, removing his CPU. Sarah wants to
destroy it, but John asserts himself and stops her. They switch the CPU to
"read-and-write" mode.
--Time of deleted scene: 0:10
--Time of added scenes: 3:32
Scenes 96A to 97: Learning to smile
-----------------------------------
Sarah, John, and "Uncle Bob" pull the station wagon into a gas station; steam
is coming out of radiator.
Theatrical Release:
Cut to Sarah chewing on a burger, Terminator pouring water into the radiator.
Special Edition:
John tries to teach Terminator how to smile, with mixed results. Cut to Sarah
chewing on a burger.
--Total time of added scenes: 1:17
Scene 99: Dyson at home
-----------------------
Terminator is telling Sarah about Dyson, who developed the Skynet technology.
Theatrical Release:
Cut to station wagon pulling up at Enrique's ranch.
Special Edition:
Miles tells Tarissa about his new processor; she convinces him to spend some
time with their two kids to Raging Waters.
--Total time of added scene: 2:20
Scenes A105 to A106: Salceda's Ranch
------------------------------------
Enrique shows Sarah the truck that needs a new starter.
Theatrical Release:
Cut to Arnold pulling dust cover off chain gun.
Special Edition:
Sarah tells Enrique to leave his ranch after they leave.
As the Terminator selects weapons, John tells him about his life growing up.
--Total time of deleted scenes: 0:14
--Total time of added scenes: 1:44
Scene A123: John
----------------
John and Terminator are trying to prevent Sarah from killing Dyson.
Theatrical Release:
Cut to toy truck in Dyson's home.
Special Edition:
John tells the Terminator the importance of human feelings.
--Total time: 0:48
Scenes 148A to 148C: Sledgehammer
---------------------------------
T-1000 is at Dyson's home, hears that Sarah Conner is at Cyberdyne.
Theatrical Release:
Cut to police cars pulling up at Cyberdyne.
Special Edition:
Miles helps destroy everything in his lab, including smashing the neural net
prototype with an axe.
--Total time: 0:30
Scenes 203A to 203C and 209A: T-1000 bugs
-----------------------------------------
After the T-1000 is shattered by the Terminator, we see that it's beginning
to lose control of its morphing. Its hand takes on black and yellow stripes
when it grabs a black and yellow striped railing, and its feet squish and
morph into the steel floor pattern on each step.
When it morphs into Sarah Connor, John looks down and sees that the
T-1000/Connor's feet have melded into the steel floor right before the real
Connor begins blasting away at it.
1.2.3 What is the missing ending?
---------------------------------
The alternate ending (known as the "Future Coda") is available with the SE
version of T2. It is *not* edited into the film, but is shown in a separate
segment.
JC explains why the Future Coda never made it:
"But there was a sense that, why tie it up with a bow? If the future
*is* changeable, then the battle is something that has to be fought
continuously. And you can't do it with a single stroke. That it's the
dualism, the dynamic between good and evil that's eternal."
Here is my transcript of the alternate ending, scene 215:
[After the Terminator sinks into the molten steel, Sarah holds John and looks
into the camera. NOTE: This shot is common to both versions. What follows was
cut from the theatrical release.]
Fade to shot of the sun. Begin voiceover as the camera pans down. It
is Washington, DC; the capitol is in the background, as are several
futuristic buildings. Pan down to long shot of a park with a fountain
and a playground.
SARAH (V.O.)
August 29th, 1997 came and went. Nothing
much happened. Michael Jackson turned
*forty*. There was *no* "judgment day."
Cut to medium shot of a recreational area around the fountain. Pan
down and across children in the playground to a well-dressed older
woman speaking the narration into a small recording device.
SARAH
People went to work as they always do.
Laughed. Complained. Watched TV. Made
love. I wanted to run through the
street yelling, to grab them all and say,
"Every day from this day on is a *gift*.
Use it well." Instead, I got drunk.
That was thirty years ago. But the dark
future which never came still exists for
me. And it always will--like the traces
of a dream.
Cut to a shot of an adult John Connor, pushing a little girl on a
swing in the playground.
SARAH (V.O.)
John fights the war differently than it was
foretold. Here, on the battlefield of the
Senate, his weapons are common sense--
Cut to a closeup of Sarah, watching John and the little girl.
SARAH
--and hope.
Cut to a shot of the little girl running.
GIRL
Tie me, gramma! Tie me!
Cut to a medium shot of the girl climbing up onto the bench beside
Sarah, who ties her granddaughters' shoe. Cut to a closeup of the
little girl as she looks up at Sarah and giggles. Cut to a medium
shot of the two.
SARAH
How's that?
Cut to a shot of the girl.
GIRL
Thank you, gramma.
Cut to a shot of the two; Sarah leans down and gives the girl a kiss.
The girl runs back to the playground. Cut to a shot of the girl
running into John's arms. The two embrace, then John helps her onto a
slide.
SARAH (V.O.)
The luxury of hope was given to me by the
Terminator. Because if a machine can learn
the value of human life--
Cut to a shot of Sarah, smiling, watching the children.
SARAH (V.O.)
--maybe we can, too.
Fade to black.
1.2.4 Other cut scenes
----------------------
The _Annotated Screenplay_ also contains six omitted sequences that were not
filmed, for various reasons noted below:
Extended Future War Sequence
----------------------------
These scenes show more of the fight against Skynet in the future. This
sequence was deleted due to its prohibitive cost, and because it was deemed
tangential to the story. Most significant are the scenes showing an adult
John
Connor sending Kyle Reese to the past.
Sarah's E.C.T. Sequence
-----------------------
This sequence was intended to illustrate the direness of Sarah's situation,
which was adequately established with other scenes. I'm glad these scenes
were
cut: electroconvulsive shock therapy is only used as a treatment in *extreme*
cases of depression--which Sarah clearly did not exhibit.
Missile Dream Sequence
----------------------
In an early draft, Sarah experiences two nuclear nightmares; this is the
second. After falling asleep at Salceda's ranch, Sarah's dream of children
playing in a park turns into a nightmare as underground silos open, and the
missiles inside are launched. These scenes were cut because JC thought that a
single nuclear nightmare was more powerful than two.
Salceda's Death Sequence
------------------------
Although the scenes in which the T-1000 goes to Salceda's ranch looking for
John were scheduled for the first week of principal photography, they were
not
filmed because they were deemed redundant and costly. This sequence is
notable
for the scene in which the T-1000's head is blown off, the mouth gulps
"like a
gaffed fish," and the head is reabsorbed into the T-1000's body.
Gant Ranch Sequence
-------------------
Travis Gant is the "crazy ex-Green Beret" John refers to in the film. This
sequence was rewritten and later comprised the Salceda ranch sequences.
(Salceda's first incarnation was as one of Gant's men. The kewlest scene has
Sarah proving to Gant that Terminator really exist, by taking a .45 automatic
and shooting the Terminator in the head--twice! Terminator, unperturbed,
responds to this rather rude treatment by saying, "No problemo."
Dyson's Vision Sequence
-----------------------
Miles Dyson's death was initially intended to be a bit more poetic. He has a
vision of his family and knows that for them to have a chance at survival, he
must destroy his life's work--and himself.
1.3 _Terminator 2: 3-D_ (aka _T2 3-D: Battle Across Time_)
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T2: 3-D is a sequel (of sorts) to T2 with Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda
Hamilton, Robert Patrick, and Edward Furlong, titled _Terminator 2 3-D:
Battle
Across Time_. This attraction is at Universal Studios Florida only. See the
website at:
http://www.usf.com/
Producers: Chuck Comisky, Andrew Millstein
Cinematography: Peter Anderson (II) [3-D],
Russell Carpenter [live-action], Russ Lyster [effects]
Production Design: John Muto
Film Editing: David Bartholomew, Shannon Leigh-Olds
Music: Brad Fiedel
Written by: James Cameron, Gary Goddard, & Adam Bezark
Directors: John Bruno, James Cameron, & Stan Winston
Cast (in credits order)
Arnold Schwarzenegger: Terminator
Linda Hamilton: Sarah Connor
Robert Patrick: T-1000
Edward Furlong: John Connor
From _Gamefan_ magazine:
THE ATTRACTION
* The 3-D film utilized in the attraction is approximately 10 minutes long
and was directed by _Terminator_ creator and director James Cameron.
* The 10-minute film features all-new footage shot exclusively for the
_Terminator 2 - 3-D_ attraction. Production took place in a deserted
steel mill in Fontana, California, taking over two weeks of all-night
shooting.
* Computer graphics house Digital Domain, whose special effects work can be
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