Rewatchables Reference

• John Connor at the Galleria through the hallway shootout reveal, bike chase, and Arnold one-handed rifle reload (Chris Ryan, Van Lathan).
• Springing Sarah Connor from the asylum – T-1000 through metal bars, 'Come with me if you want to live'.
• Attacking Miles Dyson's house – 'the single most frightening home invasion scene of all time' (Bill Simmons).
• Arnold's death scene – 'I now know why you cry, but it's something I can never do'.

• The T-1000 concept – a Terminator 2.0 made of liquid metal.
• Robert Patrick – his running, his cold efficiency.
• How they hid the twist that Arnold was the good guy.
• Teaching John Connor American lingo – 'No problemo,' 'Hasta la vista, baby'.
• The nuclear nightmare sequence – even more disturbing now.
• Sarah Connor's narration – one of the only movies ever helped by narration.
• 'It's in your nature to destroy yourselves' – resonates even more now.
• The police as the bad guys – first movie Van ever saw where someone in uniform is the villain.

• Edward Furlong's scattered performance.
• The reveal that Arnold is the good guy has aged in reverse – younger audiences are surprised he was ever the villain.
• 'Why do you cry?' – corny, though it pays off later.

• Michael Biehn (Kyle Reese) was first choice for T-1000 – Cameron decided it would be too confusing.
• Billy Idol was seriously considered for T-1000 but had a bad motorcycle accident and couldn't run.
• Charlie Korsmo was supposed to be John Connor but was filming 'What About Bob?'
• Denzel Washington was offered Miles Dyson but turned it down.

Linda Hamilton's asylum freakout – 'You're dead already! Anyone not wearing 2 million sunblock is gonna have a bad day'.

• Sarah Connor's psychiatrist (from both films).
• The twin security guards (Don and Dan Stanton).

• Robert Patrick is the real answer but may be too big a role.
• Joe Morton – vulnerability at first, then tactical team member, incredible death scene.

• Leonardo DiCaprio as John Connor – if the movie were made 2 years later, Growing Pains-era Leo.
• River Phoenix as John Connor – if made 5-6 years earlier.
• Michael Biehn as T-1000 – would have given him the recognition he deserved (Van Lathan).

• Carolco bought the franchise rights for $5 million from Hemdale.
• Found the dormant Kaiser Steel Mill in Fontana, CA for the climax.
• Linda Hamilton's twin sister Leslie used for dual-Sarah shots.
• Hamilton permanently damaged her hearing in the elevator gun scene.
• Special Edition has 15 minutes of unseen footage including Michael Biehn dream sequence.
• $5 million for special effects, 35 people, 10 months, 25 man-years of work.

• Arnold Schwarzenegger – YES (the four-movie run: Twins, 'Total Recall', Kindergarten Cop, T2).
• Linda Hamilton – Yes.
• Robert Patrick – Yes.
• Edward Furlong – Yes.
• James Cameron – No, 'Titanic' is his apex.
• Arcades in movies – Yes, last great use (after Tron, Last Starfighter).
• Summer blockbusters as an event – T2 may have created the modern formula.

• John Connor is supposed to be 10 but feels like a 13-year-old.
• Why didn't they send 25 people back instead of just one Terminator?
• Zero cops killed at the Cyberdyne shootout despite 100 million things being shot.
• If Arnold can't self-terminate, how is allowing Sarah to lower him into molten steel different?

• What did Sarah Connor's life look like after? Did she date again?
• How does the T-1000 regenerate with clothes every time?
• Once Cyberdyne is destroyed, why don't the Terminators disappear (the Marty McFly question)?

• The Henry lever-action shotgun (Van Lathan).
• The Public Enemy T-shirt John Connor wears (Chris Ryan).
• The robot arm in the glass case from Cyberdyne (Bill Simmons).

Arnold Schwarzenegger (unanimous) – 'Of all the great teams he's played on, this is the jersey going up in the rafters'.