bob_arctor
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I used to like T2 more.
I think T1 has aged incredibly well; T2 is a product of it's time, still great, but not the same.
This man gets it.
I used to like T2 more.
I think T1 has aged incredibly well; T2 is a product of it's time, still great, but not the same.
Those action scenes can't be beat
Fuck yeah, thank you for the reverse gif. Too lazy to do it myself.
(yes, I realize that in my insolent attempt to "nuh-uh" your declaration, I might have made the move look more interesting. But still..)
T2 Theatrical Cut
Terminator 2>The Terminator
Aliens>Alien
Also Alien is much better than Aliens. It needs to be said T2 and Aliens are both overrated mediocrity.
Terminator 2. Not even a question for me.
They've been beat.
George Miller himself beat 'em twice. 30 years apart.
Part that bugs me is after the bike jump, could they not have figured out a way to not make it look like they just speed up the film when he slides by the truck.
It still annoys me when that worker walks between the bullets in the mall, like duh!
T1000 split before it was actually hit, bother me now that I know it
Let's break this shit down on why T1 is better than T2.
T1's script is tight, no filler, and completes it's run perfectly. There is no we can change the future or prevent judgement day. These were events that were simply meant to happen to allow the future to happen. It's a damn tragedy that has to happen, even if the characters are unaware of it themselves.
T2 on the other hand changes it up. The future has changed, we can stop it now. It wants to break away from the bleak ending of the original and make it more easy to digest. It wants to make it more family friend as others stated. The inclusion of the kid and other bits burn this in.
Nor was it as lean and tight as the original. The original is a cat and mouse game. It picks up and drops you in. There is very little exposition and everything is sold through Biehn's performance. T2 has to include the entire beginning twist where Arnold is actually here as the hero this time(You know it was coming), while protecting the kid. It never really had the same tension or speed as the original. It's a slower burner with bigger setpieces, but less ferocity and more fluff.
This brings up the performances. The heart of the franchise has always been Reese(Specifically Biehn's performance).
We had 5 minutes total of future time in the original through Kyle remembering and the rest is sold through him. He is terrified, he is off the edge, and it shows. You have a man who has no idea what the future holds, but was manipulated by John to go back to the future, save/sex Sarah, and die. His creepy obsession with her was the only thing keeping him moving and it was created intentionally by John to secure his future. He is the tragic character of the series. T1 isn't about choice, but events that are meant to play out and his character is one with the notion of free will, yet everything he does was already determined by others.
He was replaced by Linda in the 2nd one, who simply is not even half as good of an actor as Biehn was. Sarah talking to herself was not the same as Biehn being unhinged. While the new Sarah was John this time, who wasn't half the actor that Linda was. We went from someone who is rightfully terrified of the machine chasing them and hunting them down, to "Say Hasta La Vista" dude.The tone of the film is off now between the two characters creating a lax in tension. It was like, John has a father now... the father who killed his real father! Who less than 10 minutes ago in the film, I was freaking out about and having nightmares about, got locked up for, etc. It's inconsistent between the characters. Specifically, having Arnold as the hero this time.
Second, Arnold. Arnold was more imposing as the Villain than the Hero. There is no fucking scene in 2 that matches the Police shootout. Between I'll Be Back, to rolling in their double gunning. It's terrifying, it's menacing, and it shows exactly how ineffective we are as humans against the machine. T2 loses this because it's machine vs machine now. Bullets don't mean shit anymore. They can't hurt either of them. Since it's no longer a qasui-horror movie either, there was never once that same dread Arnold or Patrick brought that match T1. Basically, it lost it's spark in terms of bigger action pieces. Great ones at that, but everything in the original was so quick and effective. They didn't need to up the scale of the set pieces to hide it.
On the plus side, I'm thankful that no one said the steaming pile known as genisys!
Ladies and gentlemen: the wrong opinion.Also Alien is much better than Aliens. It needs to be said T2 and Aliens are both overrated mediocrity.
While Genysis doesn't come close to the first two films (not many films do)
Genysis did not suck ¯\_(ツ_/¯
One way to objectively measure this is to count the number of other films/shows/games influenced by these movies.
When I watch Aliens today I am still wowed by how many scenes and or styles have been directly lifted from this movie. Alien no so much, that movie (still really good) exists as a one off.
Similarlly T1 really changed the landscape and was groundbreaking for film making. T2 is more of an artifact of its time. Mostly because the CG heavy style is very 90s. While T1 was all practical effects