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They didn't duplicate the same actor with Linda Hamilton. She's a twin as well. So they simply used her twin sister.

To this day, T2 is still the highest grossing Terminator movie *with or without* inflation.

they didn't duplicate sarah, that was actually Linda Hamilton's twin sister. And Arnold actually climbed on that tanker while traveling at high speed, no wires, just Arnold being a badass

Fun Fact I learned: When the recorded Arnold going into the bar to get clothes to get the genuine reaction of the actors they had Arnold wear gaudy looking shorts and didn’t tell any of the actors of it so when he came in everyone was genuinely reacting to the shorts and it made it seem like they were reacting to his junk when by how they recorded it.

Don't forget: this movie is not as cliché as other action movies. There is no love interest, let alone one that gets captured. The villain doesn't monologue. There's no conveniently lousy shooting.

The trailers completely ruined the surprise of this sequel, literally saying “Arnold Schwarzenegger is back, and this time, he’s the good guy”. It’s a shame because as you pointed out, until his “Get Down!” everything is played as tho Robert Patrick is the good guy and it’s so well done the film doesn’t get enough credit for it.

In the Director's Cut, it is far more shown that the T-1000 is glitching a lot after being frozen, so that helps explain some of his "issues" post that scene.

13:38 is Linda's twin Leslie Hamilton Freas, an amazing nurse, who passed away Aug 22, 2020. Rest in Piece. Thanks for helping so many people and for helping make a cinematic masterpiece.

I'm suprised you never mentioned that during the scene where Robert Patrick is running after the bike, they had to re-work the scene a bit because due to his training for the role, when they got to that scene, Robert kept catching up with the bike way too quickly. He actually was that fast.

I still love Robert Patrick’s performance throughout the movie. Him not blinking throughout the movie, his emotionless look, all of it.

Fact: the two cops that looked like twins were actual twins and Linda had a sister who almost looked exactly like her so that's why you see two

John Connor: "Say, how did you shoot around with that minigun at all the cop cars and not hit anyone?" T-800: "I studied all the episodes of the A-Team."

I've always felt sorry for Miles Dyson the most in this movie. Not only he got his dreams crushed by the reality that his creation would be the destroyer of human civilizations, but he even got killed and vilified as a bad guy due to breaking and entering his own workplace. Despite all that, he committed on doing the right thing, hard respect for that.

Uh, Doug. That wasn't Linda being duplicated. Linda had a twin sister, Leslie, who acted as the Sarah copy. Leslie passed away a while ago though.

It was written somewhere (I think the novelization) that the T-1000 didn't know about the backup-generator because Terminators in general didn't have much technical data about each other since they are not meant to fight.

*Sarah running away screaming in terror* "This is exactly how it happened when they asked her to do Dark Fate" I died XD

"Tell her to drink a bottle of raid and all will be right with the world." I spit coke halfway across the room.

Can we just appreciate that Walter got into character as Zack Snyder for literally three seconds

Two things you didn't mention that I REALLY wish you did: When the T-1000 goes through the metal bars in the mental hospital, his gun gets caught on the bars, and he has to turn it to fit it through. I LOVE that attention to detail. It's such a small, easily forgotten detail. The second was just before Sarah starts shooting the T-1000 with the shotgun. Badass a scene as it is, I love how she's just one shell short of finishing the T-1000 by herself, and they actually showed her fumbling the reload and dropping that one shell that would've killed it. I love both of those little details so much.

“Now say Red Sonja was your best movie!” “Don’t push it, you little shit.”

"only to duplicate the same actor" Sorry dude, Linda Hamilton has a twin too.

Fun fact: The movie's line, "Hasta la vista, baby," was voted as the #76 movie quote by the American Film Institute (out of 100).

What the alternate ending was missing was old Sarah throwing a piece of jewelry into the ocean.

The CG in this movie is straight up what inspired the CG in Jurassic Park that would revolutionize technology in film.

Fun fact: Linda Hamilton’s sister played younger Sarah Connor in the dream sequence.

"...and the CUTEST little skip!" FINALLY SOMEONE ELSE NOTICED!!!

"... while he forms a third arm to fly." Holy shit, I've seen this movie so many times and I never noticed!

Fun fact. There are deleted scenes that shows the deep freeze and thaw damaged the T-1000. He starts experiencing glitches, such as his body parts like his feet and hands mimicking surfaces he touches. That's how John knew which Sarah was fake. He looks down and sees that the fake's feet are mimicking the floor.

Ah yes, “Fall On Floor, Try Not To Cry, Cry A LOT” The Movie

Arnold really was reloading that shotgun with that flip action; he nearly broke his hand doing it but wanted to do it because it looks so damn cool.

Fun fact: Robert Patrick learned how to shoot a gun without blinking for this film. And my dog is named Wolfie.

In my opinion T2 is a perfect sequel. It continues the story from the first movie and raises the stakes with the presence of John Connor alongside his Sarah Connor. The T-1000 is a drastically bigger threat than The T-800 was in the first movie. Every time I watch it I love it more.

"Now say Red Sonja is your best movie." "Don't push it, you little shit!" 😆😆😆😆😆😆😆

T1000: "He's a good looking boy. You mind if I keep this picture"? That depends on what you're gonna do with that picture.

I'm kinda disappointed he didn't mention the music change where Arnold's T800 theme changes and becomes a heroic song instead of a villainous one right as the T800 grabs John and puts him on the motorcycle.

"What is wrong with your eyes?" I think he's asking that just in case some glass got in his eyes. He IS supposed to protect him, and that is a lot easier when he can see. That, or left untreated it could get infected.

That was Linda Hamilton’s twin sister Leslie in the foundry scene. That was not CGI. She is in other scenes also. Her twin is also Sarah Connor in the playground scene.

"It should be considered one of the Citizen Kane's of action." Critic, this is THE Citizen Kane of action movies.

First movie never specified the future can't be altered, it's just that there was never a point in trying to alter 'cause at the end of the day, the humans won the war at the end. Heck, Skynet was the one trying to change the future for that exact reason.

It actually does have some pretty deep ideas, especially in connecting the first film. Particularly the fact that Sarah was hunted by the Terminator 15 years prior, defeating it, to be locked up in a mental hospital eventually. Then she works a plan to escape from the hospital, only to run into what she thinks is the same Terminator, making her so afraid that she turns back towards the people who have kept her locked up. Then when she goes to kill Dyson, she herself becomes a Terminator. But realizes she can’t kill him because of her humanity, separating us from the machinesZ

My favorite line that speaks volumes: “I know now why you cry. But it’s something I can never do.” The Terminator recognizes he can’t give John what he wants: a father and a normal life. Self-termination is the only gift he can give him, Sarah and humanity.

Noteworthy is that both "duplication" scenes were shot using twins. Linda Hamilton's had a twin sister - Leslie Hamilton - who died in 2020.

Imagine if James Cameron had done Little Shop of Horrors. New York would have actually been ravaged by alien plants if he could find them.

The kid's acting, his voice cracks at just the right moments, his emoting... Him and Newt from Aliens are the gold standard for kid actors. Either Cameron was a genius with directing kids, or 80's made them like they don't anymore, but comparing this to Anakin or the kid from SW2...

I love the fact that both the cop and Sarah have twins, so they used them. There's also a deleted scene with Sarah stitching up Arnold in a mirror but there is no mirror. Linda's sister was literally mimicking her movements and working on a fake Arnold.

The 'Come with me if you want to live' is for sure the perfect example of referencing the 1st movie w/o being cheesy. Only someone who knew Reese or the Future John would know to say that to her since those were the 1st words Reese said to her; it's my number one favorite line in T2 and it's my favorite Terminator movie.

Feel like you overlooked the subtlety of the sunglasses reflecting the character of the T800 and Sarah at various points; the part where Arnie loses the shades in the rescue of Sarah marks the point in the film where he starts becoming humanised, conversely, Sarah dons the shades when she, in effect, becomes a terminator herself - aiming to terminate Miles Dyson in order to alter the future - then losing them again as she regains her humanity. In the Director's Cut, there is an initial shorter dream sequence of the blast, which cuts away like you said it should - the longer dream sequence is then shown later on in the film to give a fuller view of the stakes she's up against, in her view, which then gives the character justification for becoming what she's been fighting against. Also, Eddie Furlong's voice started breaking during the filming of T2, so they had to go back and re-record alot of his lines, however, they kept the original audio for the scene where he's talking with the T800 while repairing the truck to keep the softer voice and make him seem more vulnerable as they build towards the ending.

Hey Doug! It's funny because I just watched Terminator 2 (It's my favorite childhood movie) and I must say that this film is totally perfect from start to finish. When I was a kid in the 90s (John was older then me) I felt that he was the cool kid, he knew how to handle himself. It's mostly because the whole adult world was just overwhelming to me! Then when I was a teenager I could imagine being him and as it was still overwhelming for the most part I loved his interactions with T800 and the fight scenes but still didn't get the emotional value of him and his mother etc. When I'm watching it now i finally connected all pieces of the puzzle. First of all Robert Patrick is the greatest for his portrayal of T1000. He is one of the most menacing villains ever shown on screen (I think that only Gaunter O'Dimm from the Witcher 3 beats him). Also I understand every other character, lol at my age I could even be John's father. I have teary eyes during 90% of this movie because they captured all the emotions so well. After all this time I think that Linda Hamilton did the best job while playing Sarah Connor in this movie. She just breaks me every time she shows up and delivers a performance. The scene with her monologue over John teaching T800 the high five is just so real and sad. It also asks very important questions about imperfections of us - humans. Yes, the imperfections are another topic I would like to address. I didn't watch your latest reviews or videos (I watched every single video until your "Demo Reel" style reviews) because I really felt that they miss the mark with me. I came back randomly here, just to see what's up with this place after hearing some strange stuff over the past few years. To be honest it's not my problem, I'm 8000km away on the other side of the ocean and I've got bigger problems than this stuff. All I have to say is that this review (the T1 and T3 as well) made me feel nostalgic because they hit the mark once again. Thank you Doug, it was a cool Nostalgic trip with the Nostalgia Critic once again. Cheers from Stylo-Poland

Terminator 1: I’ll be back Terminator 2: Hasta la Vista, Baby Terminator 3: You are Terminated All of which are in the top 100 one liners in movie history

Fun fact: I was eight years old when I watched both this film and Titanic. Titanic didn't make me cry, but this one did.

Me: "You just can't go around making fun of the Prequels and Jake Lloyd in every review!" NC: _"Why?"_

26:05 "Ah Ah Ah! You didn't say the magic word!"

The Terminator saying “come with me if you want to live” is still on of my favorite parts. Sarah hearing the first words she ever heard from the man she loved to show her that she’ll be safe is genius writing.

They used a lever-action gun with an enlarged loop for the flipping. One time Arnold was handed a standard one and almost broke two fingers.

This film won 4 Oscars for Makeup, Sound, Sound Effects Editing, and Visual Effects. It was nominated for 2 others: Best Cinemaphotography and Best Film Editing.

I saw this movie in the theater twice - once with a friend, and again with my mom. I remember talking about the CGI with my mom. I asked her if this movie had come out in the '60s if it would have driven people insane. I remember thinking that none of it looked fake at all. It's funny how some of the CGI is obvious now, but back then it all looked completely real.

"A poem by someone who should not poem." -Me in every English class when we had to write poems

"They're led by captain kitchen sink" stupid yet it's hilarious and makes it better lol

The gun isn’t all cgi. Some might be for when he’s moving on a bike but there is behind the scenes footage of Arnold twirling it. Fun fact there were two guns, one with a normal level and one that had an enlarged handle so he could twirl it. Apparently Arnold accidentally picked up the one with the smaller handle and almost broke his hand trying to twirl it.

I like the fact that the bartender was okay with the terminator beating up a bunch of guys and stealing their clothes, but stealing their Harley was a step too far.

“It’s like if a gun and a punch had an orgasm” Well that’s my quote for today

"You had one line and you blew it. You used it to be a narc. Enjoy your stitches." And the stabbing sounds followed by the gushing of blood really added to my laughter.

Also, some love for the soundtrack. Particularly that haunting melody as the playground burns. It all sounds amazing, & fits the scenes perfectly ...all while still feeling very different from anything else.

So right about how CGI can be overdone. This movie and the first Jurassic Park prove that an even mixture of CGI and practical effects is the way to go.

Along with The Matrix this movie is the proof that high concept action movies can be classics to be respected in all the same ways your Oscar winning dramas are. It's simply unfathomable to think how Cameron pulled this movie off and made it so flawless in execution. Truly an action movie masterpiece.

The cut ending is the true ending, in my books. Fuck the sequels!

I've seen this movie for nearly 30 years and I've never noticed the T-1000 grows a third arm when piloting the helicopter

John Connor came across as a believable kid because Eddie Furlong was exactly that - a regular kid. The casting director spotted him at a boys club in Pasadena, he had done no acting prior to T2. (Also, he was the absolute love of my life in 1991)

"That gun trick" was, surprisingly, not cg. Arnie almost broke his hand pulling it off.

My cousin was a security guard on the set when they shot that incredible stand off at the building. Said he was standing so close, the shockwaves from the explosion nearly knocked him off his feet. And the heat was, naturally, intense.

25:32 In an extended version of this scene where the T-1000 passes the railing. His hand gets stuck on the railing showing some signs of malfunction from being frozen.

Is it weird even though I saw this film 60+ times, watching this now I can’t help but shed tears for how brilliant this film is and knowing that we won’t get something brilliant like this for a very long time.

Yes, I too always feel bad for the poor worker in the hallway that just gets shot up as collateral damage.

How dare you to skip the deleted scene where terminator "learning function" is activated and not mention that "everything is going to be fine" is an alternative ending

I actually did learn how to do the shotgun twirl. The firearm instructor was furious I did that with a loaded gun

13:45 Linda Hamilton has a twin sister who was her double for that scene and earlier when they open Terminator's skull. She was also her stunt double. As the for the security guard, he also has a twin brother. The audition specifically called for twins for that role.

Fun fact about Sarah's Asylum escape scene, the paperclip scene was banned in some countries due to it actually being a way to pick locks as Linda actually learned to do it

Doug should have said “I’m the Nostalgia Critic and I’ll be back”

12:34 I honestly thought we were going to go into an Iron Giant joke "Why? Guns kill. I am not a gun. I'm Superman."

Linda Hamilton's twin sister did play the evil Sarah, Doug.

That The Room joke was perfection.

Terminator 2: One of the best sequels ever made.

I always geek out over the helicopter stunt sequences in this movie... that stunt pilot was both amazing and out of his mind at the same time! He also is briefly in the movie as the pilot that is told to "get out" and jumps to certain heavy injury or possible death.

13:40 Yeah dawg Linda Hamilton has a twin sister. She was used in the extended deleted scene where they remove the chip from Arnie’s head. She was used to fake a mirror shot of Sarah removing the chip. They went through all that shit and cut it. Great stuff. I must have watched the extended cut a billion times and listen Cameron explain it in the commentary track. Dude is a genius.

I love this movie to death, but I saw it when I was too young. The police guy getting killed while getting coffee, Sarah’s dreams of judgement day, and the demise of the T-1000 all gave me nightmares!

Thank you for finally reviewing my favorite film. I look forward to the rest of Terminator Month.

Great show man. Not only a descent review, I cracked up at all the clever jokes during the clip. Very good writing. The Ice Ageee... 🤣

Well Doug, you got your wish. Terminator 2 has been added to the National Film Registry today!

That dream sequence freaked me out as a kid and still does to this day.

"Yeah I'm going out on a dick joke, what about it?" This right here? This is why I'm subscribed to you my dude.

in the 30 years since I first saw this, I never noticed the T-1000 forming a 3rd arm to fly the chopper at the end. 3 decades later and I'm still noticing new stuff in it.

I really, really like what they did with Sarah Connor. After learning about the robo-pocalypse and training for years and years to survive, yeah, you would go a bit crazy. Sarah not being 'smart enough' to fool the psychiatrists works because she probably IS a bit crazy at this point; she's been on drugs and basically gaslighted for years. Also, I simply love that she isn't just Mother Mary: "you gave birth to the savior, your work here is done." No, John Connor is able to be the leader of the human resistance BECAUSE Sarah Connor taught him how to lead, how to fight and how to survive. T2 perfectly avoids the trap so many other movies, action especially, fall into: your job as a woman is to make more men. And considering the last movie ends with a pregnant Sarah Connor, it had to take some thought to not just fall into that. As much as I love Ripley in Aliens, it basically comes down to "a mother will protect her child from anything." Sarah Connor is not a mother, she is a drill sergeant doing everything in her power to keep her soldiers alive. This also has a very sad irony because the Terminator sees John as a child, as a person when his mother just sees War Jesus.

Did someone already corected him about Linda Hamilton's twin sister in the ending climax scene?

This is a real classic. This is the perfect Terminator movie.

25:30 There are 2 deleted scenes revolving around the T-1000 bonding with metal when he touches it after reforming. Like he is glitching out. His hand bonds with the hand rail, and he looks at it funny as he has to forcefully pull it off. Then it happens again when it impersonates Sarah. It's feet bonded with the metal flooring while it was begging for John to come to it. That was how John realized which Sarah was which.

This is perhaps THE best, greatest action movie of all time. Die Hard may be a hairline close second. Just watching the scenes in this video was enjoyable! This movie is the best.

“Funny, you didn’t give that warning to the unarmed man upstairs” damn lol

*Sigh* He doesn't ask "what's wrong with your eyes?" because he doesn't know about crying, he asks because he KNOWS about crying and the biological reason why we tear up, our eyes are irritated by something being in them. He's asking what's wrong with his eyes because he things something is physically wrong with them. He doesn't know about the emotional reasons why we cry, which is the lesson he learns by the end of the movie.

I was born the year this movie came out and I first watched it when I was 12 and I fucking loved the twist in it. I'm so impressed by both the movie and my parents for not spoiling it for me despite many years passing since it came out.