"Also I love Terminator 2 and as far as I am concerned anybody who doesn't like it is a hipster."
I'm the furthest thing from a "hipster", and Terminator 2 sucks. It's a kid's movie about a boy and his pet robot. The non-actor dipshit kid with his pubescent cracking voice and lesbian haircut was one of the most annoying characters in movie history, and the poor man's Rambo, Sarah Connor, was a completely different character than in the first movie, and almost as annoying as the shithead kid. Them turning the Terminator into a fluffy, non-killing pet robot who takes orders from a jackass kid was asinine. "As far as I'm concerned", anyone who likes Terminator 2 is a Millennial, or might as well be one, i.e., someone who is younger than Edward Furlong and thought he was a "cool older kid" when they first saw the movie, and was part of the target audience for a kid's movie.
On the other hand, The Terminator (1984) is among my all-time favorite movies (and I like the other Arnold Terminator movies better than T2 as well, though none of them are among my favorite movies), and Linda Hamilton actually played a believable character in that one. I like Robocop (1987) too, but I like The Terminator better.
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wearsalan (5554)
6 years ago
I'm the furthest thing from a "hipster", and Terminator 2 sucks. It's a kid's movie about a boy and his pet robot. The non-actor dipshit kid with his pubescent cracking voice and lesbian haircut was one of the most annoying characters in movie history, and the poor man's Rambo, Sarah Connor, was a completely different character than in the first movie, and almost as annoying as the shithead kid. Them turning the Terminator into a fluffy, non-killing pet robot who takes orders from a jackass kid was asinine. "As far as I'm concerned", anyone who likes Terminator 2 is a Millennial, or might as well be one, i.e., someone who is younger than Edward Furlong and thought he was a "cool older kid" when they first saw the movie, and was part of the target audience for a kid's movie.
On the other hand, The Terminator (1984) is among my all-time favorite movies (and I like the other Arnold Terminator movies better than T2 as well, though none of them are among my favorite movies), and Linda Hamilton actually played a believable character in that one. I like Robocop (1987) too, but I like The Terminator better.
Yes!
Absolutely spot on. I've been saying this for years, but every time I did there was an outcry of 'Blasphemy'! on the old IMDB boards
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6 years ago
And I agree too! I did love T2 when I was younger, but I've come to the conclusion that in fact is a mediocre movie at best and way too overrated. For me T1 is the only Terminator movie.
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wearsalan (5554)
6 years ago
There is so much wrong with T2 it makes you wonder if Cameron actually forgot about the original and didn't bother even giving it a re-watch before diving in.
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6 years ago
I don't know, because I never bothered to do any research.
I believe that he just wanted to subvert expectations by going in a very different route with the characters. Which up to a point worked. Was it any good though? No, I don't feel that way.
To be honest it's a fun movie as long as you shut down your brain and just look at the pictures.
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wearsalan (5554)
6 years ago
Tbh, it is a fun movie. Great (groundbreaking) special effects too. But as a sequel to the Terminator it loses so much of what made the original great. A few plot holes too. Although i'm sure those die hard fans will argue otherwise.
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6 years ago
Of course, fans by definiton don't think in a critical way. IMO fandoms are the worst thing that can happen to anything.
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wearsalan (5554)
6 years ago
True.
I dare say as well, those people who defend it so much possibly seen T2 before seeing the original and were wowed by the SFX
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6 years ago
I was awed by the effects back then, but I'm also honest with myself and most CGI shots didn't age that well.
I understand nostalgia and good memories, but it's not my cup of tea. I prefer to see reality as it is and not through tinted glasses.
Plus, I like to change my mind about movies. It means that I pay attention!
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