Terminator 2

[Bjornebye]

What a film

 

 

Classic?

[KMD7]

What a film

 

 

Classic?

Yeah definitely. Never tire of watching it. Robert Patrick is ace as the T-1000. Scary fucker. Still think the first film was probably a little bit better though imo.

[Mook]

The first one is better.

 

John Conner bugs me in the second one.

[RoboRiise]

The first one is better.

 

John Conner bugs me in the second one.

 

Indeed, he's a proper little twat.  I've watched 3 and Salvation in the last two weeks; 3 is a total bag of dicks but at least you get to perv over Kristanna Loken in that red leather suit.  I still can't decide whether I like Salvation or not and I've seen it four or five times now.  2 is good, saw it at the cinema when it came out and the effects were truly groundbreaking at the time, also the car chase is boss. The first is still the best for me though.

[Stickman]

Great film and even now 20 odd years later the effects still haven't dated.

[Guest Numero Veinticinco]

Not seen any of them. I've got them all, but still haven't watched them.

[RJ Fan club]

1 is great, 2 good, the others I've never been arsed with.

[Hand Shandy]

RJ knows.

[The Golden Eel]

Not seen any of them. I've got them all, but still haven't watched them.

Wow. What age are you?

 

The first two are immense, I wouldn't want to split them. The third one is absolute pish and I didn't bother with the fourth.

[Guest Numero Veinticinco]

13

[littletedwest]

prefer the first one. Second one is still awesome. Although the terminator isn't as scary since I saw him cry after Tony soprano cracked him.

[Bjornebye]

I prefer the second one. Just. Must have watched it hundreds of times as a kid. Watching it last night and it was still excellent. John Connors a bad twat in it but the rest is class.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

It shouldn't be too much to ask, but the fact that this is a sequel which actually follows on from the first film in a way that makes sense really impresses me.  After what she went through in the first film, it makes sense that Sarah Connor should become a bit mad, toughen up and fall in with survivalists (rather than returning to suburban mediocrity) and her sheer terror when she first sees Arnie is also spot on.

 

I actually prefer it to the first, although you can't have one without the other.

 

("Interesting" fact - I once watched it dubbed in Spanish.  Apparently, the Spanish for "Hasta la vista, Baby" is "Sayonara, Baby".)

[Trumo]

T2 is to The Terminator what Aliens is to Alien. Directed by James Cameron, far more action-centric, less focussed on the fear of the unknown aspect, yet never losing sight of why that fear of the unknown aspect was so interesting in the original film in the first place.

[KMD7]

Anyone fancy Sarah Connor just a little bit in the second film? Imagine the deranged sex there!

[Croque Monsieur]

I'm not the biggest fan of this. The Edward Furlong character is thoroughly irritating (I was almost willing the T1000 to gut the little twat) and the notion of Arnie as a 'non-killy/father figure' Terminator is horrible.

 

The less said about the 'Thumbs-up' ending the better. Fucking hell.

 

As others have pointed out though, there are some brilliant action sequences and it has aged very well; it's hard to believe it's the best part of 25 years old.

 

The first film is one of the greatest sci-fi films ever - an undisputed classic.

[Section_31]

Best action film of all time and my third favourite, never tire of watching it and the t-1000 must be in the top five villains, effortlessly sinister.

[Lee909]

[Grinch]

The 4th is under rated.  

 

This one is a classic from my childhood. I had the 1st and this on one video and god knows how many times I watched them back to back.

[Croque Monsieur]

Ha, ha! Utterly cringeworthy.

[Section_31]

Ha, ha! Utterly cringeworthy.

Eh???

[Trumo]

The thumbs-up at the end might look a bit cringe worthy but Sarah's closing monologue explains it perfectly. It's also a message to John Connor from his future self.

[Section_31]

Along with the death of Micky Goldmill and the loss of Wilson in Castaway the thumbs up is the only time it's acceptable for a man to cry.

[Croque Monsieur]

Eh???

Sentimental tosh.

 

Though I suppose this was Cameron's take on the nature of fatherhood, as Aliens was his take on motherhood (apparently Aliens incorporated elements of a story Cameron had developed called 'Mother').

[Anubis]

Sentimental tosh.

 

Though I suppose this was Cameron's take on the nature of fatherhood, as Aliens was his take on motherhood (apparently Aliens incorporated elements of a story Cameron had developed called 'Mother').

 

Barristers. Stick to Gosford Park.....