Friday, December 7, 2012

Terminator 2: Judgement Day

Terminator 2: Judgement Day
Plot
-10 years after Sarah Connor was marked as a target for death by a futuristic cyborg, she now sees her son John as a future leader of resistance against the machines. He is now the target of destruction by a newer, deadlier model of machine called the T-1000. Once again, the futuristic resistance has sent a warrior from the future to protect him so he can lead a revolt against the machines of Skynet







Cast
-Arnold Schwarzenegger: The Terminator
-Linda Hamilton: Sarah Connor
-Edward Furlong: John Connor
-Robert Patrick: T-1000
-Earl Boen: Dr. Silberman
-Joe Morton: Miles Dyson
-S. Epatha Merkerson: Tarissa Dyson
-Castulo Guerra: Enrique Salceda
-Danny Cooksey: Tim
-Jenette Goldstein: Janelle Voight

Did You Know?
-Because of the makeup he had to wear in the movie, Arnold Schwarzenegger was blinded in one eye
-In order to appear like he had nonstop energy. Robert Patrick trained in a high energy running program so he could run at high speeds with no sign of fatigue
-When The Terminator arrives at the mall looking for John, he is carrying a rifle inside a box of roses. The song that was chosen as the theme was "You Could Be Mine" by Guns N' Roses
-This was the highest paying movie of 1991
-Despite the fact that this movie had an R rating, several toys for kids were released based on the movie.
-The idea to destroy the head building of Skynet, known as Cyberdyne, to prevent the wars in the future, was originally supposed to be in the first movie
-To give the Terminator a slight synthetic look, the makeup artists mixed KY jelly into the makeup
-The Minigun that was used in the movie was so heavy that Arnold Schwarzenegger was the only one who could carry it because of his immense strength
-In the scenes with the steel mill, the set design wa sso convincing that former steel mill workers thought it was up and running again and they got to star in the movie as the workers
-In one of the scenes, a female passer-by wandered onto the biker bar set thinking it was a real bar. Then she saw Schwarzenegger dressed only in boxer shorts and he told her jokingly that it was male stripper night

1 comment:

  1. I love this one even more than the original Terminator! I just watched it again a few weeks ago and remembered how much I enjoy this movie. Also you answered correctly on my "Name That Soundtrack" post the yesterday. :)

    -James

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