Of course I've seen it many times before, but there were still a few things I noticed this time around that I never thought of before. That's how good this movie is. One of my favorites of all time.
The great thing about the re-release is watching it on the big screen with a huge sound system. The 3D was a little noticeable, but after a while you get used to it and it wasn't distracting at all. I was a kid when this film first came out so I never got to experience the movie this way before. And the best part is that there was no George Lucas-esque "changes/additions" to the film, because it's perfect the way it is. They didn't even add any of the extra/deleted scenes that are found on the "ultimate edition" DVD/Blu-ray.
Here's a few things I noticed this time that I thought were cool/interesting:
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When we're shown Miles Dyson and his office, at first it looks cold, almost sinister. But then you notice little details, like the dinosaur balloon hanging from the ceiling, the origami cranes on top of monitors, and the general dorkiness of the people who work there. These aren't sinister people or villains; they're software engineers and scientists. Even Miles Dyson wears a denim shirt, which if you follow the iconography of The Beatles, this symbolizes that he's a working man. We also see a large 3-d model of the "neural-net processor chip" they're working on, and I'll get to the significance of that model later on.
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This sequel was also literally Terminator 2, as in there were two Terminators in the film. One was the T-1000, and the other was... Sarah Connor. That's right, because she has foreknowledge of the future, she becomes a Terminator when she tries to assassinate Miles Dyson. The scene of her walking towards Dyson's house after she uses up all the ammo in her sniper rifle is framed exactly how it was framed whenever the T-1000 was walking towards someone. Of course, Sarah realizes that she's "become the monster" right before she kills an innocent man in front of his family (in one of the best/most underrated scenes of the movie) and breaks down crying ("I know now why you cry... But it's something I can never do.") How did she not win an Oscar for this film? When's the last time anyone's watched Misery with Kathy Bates?? Or The Grifters? Or Postcards from the Edge? Or Mr. and Mrs Bridge?? Linda Hamilton, if you read this, your performance was fucking amazing!!
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When Miles was dying at the end, he was holding something over the trigger for the exploisives. I never knew what that was until I watched it this time. It's a piece of that 3-D model of the neural-net processor chip that I mentioned in the first bullet point! It likely got destroyed during some of the fire-fight, so he's using a piece of Skynet to end Skynet! This movie is fucking awesome!
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In the future scene in the beginning of the film, John Connor scans the battlefield and right next to him we see a mini-gun. I guess he saw the tactical advantage of having one close by after The T-800 used one quite successfully against the cops at the Cyberdyne shootout.
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In the underground "gun cache," the first guns we see are some M60 machine guns, made famous by the movie First Blood staring Sylvester Stallone. Around this time, Arnold and Sylvester would frequently make references to the others films in their own films.
If you haven't seen this movie yet I HIGHLY recommend going to see it while it's in the theaters. If not, just go watch it however you can.
Submitted September 03, 2017 at 08:38PM by theorymeltfool http://ift.tt/2wAkaqq
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