• JetpackJackson@feddit.org
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          0
          ·
          4 days ago

          I guess just whether the film is worth watching? I still haven’t watched the first one, are the films good like Total Recall? I liked that one

          • TachyonTele@piefed.social
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            0
            ·
            4 days ago

            The first movie is basically a slasher flick.
            T2 is a film. They teach about it in film class.

            They tie together, but you can absolutely enjoy T2 without seeing the first one. Most people never saw the first movie anyways even when T2 released. It’s better than total recall, which is another classic.

        • SlurpingPus@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          0
          ·
          5 days ago

          Apparently the scene was reused in ‘Terminator Genisys’, padded at the start with some new shots regarding the rockets. Saw that on Reddit yesterday without clarification, had to check if I somehow mandelaed as to what the original scene looked like.

        • MTZ@lemmy.worldOP
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          0
          ·
          6 days ago

          It’s shocking how good T2 actually is. It’s almost perfect, really. I wonder how it holds up today. I bet it still holds up very well today, even without the dozens of frightening parallels to the real world.

          • caseyweederman@lemmy.ca
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            0
            ·
            5 days ago

            I just showed it to my kids this past weekend (you know, to celebrate Easter) and I kept pausing it to gush about the techniques and special effects.
            Luckily, autism is hereditary.

          • SlurpingPus@lemmy.world
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            0
            ·
            5 days ago

            It’s just astoundingly well-made if one ponders the details. The semi truck looks unmistakably menacing straight from its appearance from the overpass. T1000 famously runs like a robot rather than a human.

            • MTZ@lemmy.worldOP
              link
              fedilink
              arrow-up
              0
              ·
              5 days ago

              Yeah, definitely. And this particular scene where Sarah is dreaming of the nuclear blast is forever seared into my memory. It starts off normal(ish) but it quickly becomes apparent that something is very, very wrong. Then, in an instant, just complete destruction… everywhere.

              As a kid who grew up on the East Coast, on a major military base during the tail end of the Cold War, this scene really messed with me.

              • SlurpingPus@lemmy.world
                link
                fedilink
                arrow-up
                0
                ·
                5 days ago

                That’s T800. The T1000 might actually blink in the film — perhaps to better blend with humans when not running.
                乁( ᐛ )厂

                • ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world
                  link
                  fedilink
                  English
                  arrow-up
                  0
                  ·
                  5 days ago

                  Well, the T-800 (Schwarzenegger) was never seen blinking because he (almost) always had shades on. The T-1000 never blinked because the actor Robert Patrick spent weeks practicing shooting without blinking.