I was just thinking that. Wow this is actually unreal. The practical effects blended with the minimal CGI. This is a real real high tech blockbuster film. A real lost art ! In its own league !
it would cost a hell of a lot more to do this today than it did in 1991 also after a test screening producers/directors would want to change everything during post-production and replace it with CGI for unknown reasons resulting in more budget blow outs. so, you would still end up with "greenscreen avengers".
No. It still look great, like first Jurrasic Park, because it is perfect BLEND of classic SFX and CGI and shot by people who actually knew thing or two about shots, framing, lighting, perspective... Sullenbergs of the trade, not bootcamp pilots.
Saw this in the theater in 1991, and it was one of the most incredible film experiences I've ever seen. The effects at that point in time were far beyond anything ever seen on film. It was right there with the likes of Star Wars and Jurassic Park in how groundbreaking it was.
I got an opposite reaction in theater. Even though it was interesting, entertaining and even suspenseful I remember at 10 years old I was still kind of disappointed through the whole movie. I was really looking forward to seeing the scary robot from the first movie. I think Arnold played a much better role as a bad guy. T2 and T3 were equally good, but I prefer T1.
I second that, man. I saw it in a theater too, I remember how real it all looked, so much so that me and my teen friends came out of the theater discussing that maybe some of that shit could be real, that maybe the military was involved, that maybe they really had cyborg soldiers and they were testing peoples reaction to it. It just seemed too real compared to anything else we had ever seen. It's a timeless masterpiece and it will still look good in another 30 years!
I remember wanting to see T2 at the movie theatre with my mom but it was rated 'R' and I was only 14 years old so they wouldn't let me in. I was so upset. I had to wait for it to come out on VHS. It's still one of my favourite movies!
directors are just too trigger happy with cgi these days. cgi is and never was bad, it's just badly used. just like there are overused and abused special effects props and prosthetics. as long as the mendium is respectfully used and is made to enhance the story and not try to overtake it, then its always a good thing.
It was the beginning of CGI that made some of the best movies because the practical effects were in it's prime and CGI had to be carefully used. Unfortunately today CGI evolved so much that Hollywood just decided to make green-screens out of everything so they can shoot a movie at one location and just rely on CGI doing the rest. I actually stopped watching movies for this very reason, I haven't seen a movie for years now. The last time I really was interesting in a movie was maybe somewhere around 2005.
Every time I think I knew everything about T2's effects, I learn something new. I never knew they reshot the police station scene, wow. The flower effect when the T1000 gets shot is ingenious, as well as the molten steel magic. And many other effects. It's like taking a look behind the scenes of a magician.
you could always tell they reshot that cuz the picture the detectives show sarah at the mental hospital is very clearly arnold with his T2 haircut that they are trying to make look like the same one he had in T1
@@colinjones2251 Jurassic park, definitely. I saw that at the theatre when it was released. Same with Forrest Gump. Yup, 90s was a cool decade to be a teen. Great movies and more freedom that kids nowadays.
Funny on camera it was Edward Furlong as John trying to get the Terminator to loosen up while off camera it was Arnold getting Edward Furlong to loosen up lol
This movie was a breakthrough for the use of CGI in movies. I think what really makes it still hold up is the restrained use of it and the combo of CGI with practical effects not 100 percent CGI like most movies today.
This movie will last till judgment day, every single actor played their role to absolute perfection, James Cameron , Arnold, Linda, Robert and the kid legends
@@GeorgeTropicana You and your username are cringe. You clearly have absolutely no understanding of the concept of foreshadowing in movies and TV shows, it’s been going on for years and years decades actually, things are going on all around you on a daily basis regarding this subject, what with all of the automation and advances in artificial intelligence not to mention how satanic this World has become. So carry on mate with your head buried in the sand and one day you’ll have the shock of your life when the penny finally drops.
That is really called “directing a movie”. Cameron not just directed T1 and T2, he wrote them; that story belongs to him. It is from him. He is my favourite movie director ever. He is truly a filmmaker.
Well, he co-wrote them both, and ripped off some of the main ideas from Harlan Ellison's writing, eventually getting sued and having to credit him at the end of Terminator. But yeah, he's still a visionary filmmaker.
@@reezlaw It mostly is a rushed and underpaid art today that is the reason people say stuff like this, It is obviously great and without it we wouldn´t have come far!
@@tommax1626 even worse, VFX artists are indeed underpaid and often pushed beyond their limits to meet some insane deadline. They shouldn't be disrespected like this.
Even the "making of" is better than many movies today. I wish these times of people truly pouring their souls into a movie could come back. PS: Sarah Connor, excellent transformation and one of the most female believable characters.
Sometimes I'm amazed how fast times gone. This is now 29 years old! I remember like yesterday, being 12 and watching this with my dad on a rented VHS in '92. Just think, only 9 years 'til 2029.
I am actually 40 days behind Edward Furlong of being born and I remember watching this movie in theaters when it came out, this was my first R rated movie and I was like 14 or so with my older sister and mom who liked the terminator movies, my father, older brother and oldest sister went to watch Robin Hood Prince Of Thieves.
I won't argue that. The pacing and story are so well done. It starts with that glorious battle, then moves to that awesome bar scene, and keeps moving from great sequence to great sequence - Mall fight, canal chase, escape from the mental hospital, etc. There are so many favorite bits that I can't think of another movie that matches it.
One of the greatest for sure, certainly action. Overall, for me right up there with HEAT, Shawshank, Interstellar. One of those movies you can watch over and over. F it, gonna watch it again today! :P
Wow! So much of the stuff I thought was CGI was real. Talk about special effects! Cameron's attention to detail was magnificent. You can tell this movie was a labor of love for him.
I was 10 years old when I saw this movie, fresh out of seeing the first Terminator, when I was probably seven or eight, and I fell in love with this movie. I still love it to this day. I even remember my mom took me early from school to the movie theaters just to watch it together. And then we skipped and went to another theater and watched it again. Such an amazing movie. Because of the practical effects, everything felt so real. It felt like you could reach in to that world and feel the decay and darkness and destruction.
Great to see this. It shows how the old school methods still worked. Hardly any CG. It took more work but it was worth it. SO many involved. Cameron is a perfectionist.
Nor will one end up ruining his image as bad as he did at old age with bullshut liberal politics. Ever since I saw Arnold promoting liberal agenda bullshit and taking so many pictures with greta thunberg I realized he no longer has the right to think freely nor express his sincere opinions. He is a puppet and he's probable black mailed with a lot of things. You dont get to be the biggest macho man action star for 20 years in a row abd also become governor of California without selling your soul to thr devil. He is a huge disappointment and I can not rewarch his good movies without being remanded of how much he disappoints humanity in the present.
In my opinion, one of the most precise moments in entire T2 is this, when terminator rips skin from his hand. Look at the face of Myles. TRUE SCIENTIST.
This looks so much more exiting than hopping in from of a green screen. Practical effect hold totally up, and even CGI is still watchable. All-time action top movie.
So much hard work and so many people are needed to make a movie great. The credits at the end of the movie always take me by surprise on just how many different people are needed to make a movie possible.
This film had the balance, in all the right areas. Not top much cgi, the directing top notch, picking the correct cast was superb, special effects amazing. It's the only film I can watch and again and still get goosebumps.
I actually work on the furnace deck in a foundry. I put the cut up steel beams and pig iron into the furnace and melt it down. The replica of the furnace and iron pouring out is as close as you can get to the real thing without cgi and even with that unless its state of the art I could tell it's fake. These ppl were truly craftsmen of set design.
The way the Terminator skeleton "moved" was really an extra level of creepiness, like human in movement but very "jerky" and robotic as well. Fast little twitchy movement. Seriously used to weird me out when I was a kid. Still does! The stop motion of course is the reason, but it's a case where the artform helps the performance.
The puppet of Sarah melting by the heat before the blast wave hits, looks real even in these behind the scenes, looks like a real person, stomach turning.
Justice League...WTF was that..all cgi backgrounds and the villain was wat?? SteppenWolf...what the!.... The real DC comics Justice League of America that most know is from the late 60's to early 80's. The Filmation & Hanna Barbera cartoons of the Superfriends were very good but for the kids. The DC Universe has fallen off the rails big time. The only bright spot is Batman and that was done with super hard work just like T1&2 and it paid off big time.
So proud I was obsessed with this movie as a little child and still am and it’s one of the most well produced movies ever. No movies are made like this anymore.
Everyone thought the helicopter flying under the bridge was an effect (including me), but lo and behold it was real! Kuddos to the pilot and recording team. I have not seen the vast majority of these clips, which is amazing because I'm a big fan of this movie. Still holds up extremely well and is one of the few sci-fi sequels that is better than the original in virtually every way.
Man, the flowers of metal popping out the T1000 looked very good and believable - practical effect always amaze me with what creativity they are solved. Like the pool of liquid metal. Mesmerize 😱
Robert Patrick wearing a shirt to promote his brother's band at the time Nine Inch Nails. His brother was the live guitarist for the Downward Spiral" tour. He would later leave NIN anf go on to form his own band Filter, best known for their hit song "Hey Man Nice Shot."
I've seen this movie countless times over the years and I've watch so many making of videos but yet I had no idea that they reshot the little bit of the police station scene from T1 to get those pics. I just always assumed they took some still shots from T1. Very cool.
Old school movie making. Love it. While the CG looks a bit aged now the movie still holds up. It has this epic feeling to it that is sorta missing from todays movies.
Can you imagine if Cameron made a 3rd installment focusing solely on the future war? My life would be so complete if that ever happened...We can only imagine...
MAN, I miss the old school way of doing things as realistic as possible!! Action movies nowadays don't look or feel real anymore, they feel too digital, like watching a cartoon or a video game.
I was blown away at the time and ever since few films have looked so real. More than that though it shows the importance of a strong story and great storytelling, it really is a masterpiece.
This film was made by a talented director, just at the right time where CGI was emerging and he did not overuse it, in favor of relying on practical effects.
Im old now, over 40, so I know how it sounds but film-making was much better when they had to actually do it. The "do it in post" attitude ruins much. Look at John Wick, its not the most amazing thing ever, but because the audience knows its "real" it stands out so much it becomes god tier next to the rest. It took a 70 year old man to show modern action how to do it right with fury road; so basically the more work is done on set the better chances it has; the audience senses it.
Thats why all Jackie Chan movies are worth watching also. We know he's breaking his ass making them so we know every scene its real and we need to see it to believe it. I think the only movie that passes with all cgi shit until this day is The Matrix(part 1) and thats because it was its own thing in a shell and of course new to the public eye. From there cgi went crazier and crazier and crazier...non stop until the pile of shit we have today.
I don't think John Wick is well praised, because is not even near what T2 is, but as you said, it's real. It's the best we can get in terms of action movie these days.
@AV BulletCatcher yeah exactly, dont got me wrong ..im referring to the fact of watching real elements moving around on the screen and not a bunch of computer animations that take away the real factor. Star Wars is fake in the sense that is using a lot of SFX but the main factor which are the real elements on screen are not vanished or replaced. The spacecrafts are real , the people doing the action are real , When the SFX stops been a supporting element and become the core of what we watching on screen distracting us from the real ppl thats when for me the movie turns trash. Star Wars its a movie (Trilogy obviously) that knew how to deal and balance those two elements very well to the point that when you watching the movie you dont get distracted by the fake background or stuff like that.
They partially RESHOT the police station scene for just a single image used for like 30 seconds? Holy crap. Thats such a small detail and yet they went all the way.
Amazing to witness the work, effort, 'Blood sweat & tears', & dedication from the 'team', that was put into this iconic Movie Thanks for uploading this - You're a STAR!
OMG, Since I was a teen-ager in middle school this has always been my favorite movie EVER. I even convinced our video tech teacher to do a spoof in class... I though I had seen all of the making of or behind the scenes... Dang near 40% of this was new to me, AWESOME!
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Holy cow. This film is around 30 years old and it still looks better than any greenscreen avenger film.
I was just thinking that. Wow this is actually unreal. The practical effects blended with the minimal CGI. This is a real real high tech blockbuster film. A real lost art ! In its own league !
They just don't compare IN ANY WAY SHAPE OR FORM....
This is when they MADE movies.
Difference between craft and mass production
it would cost a hell of a lot more to do this today than it did in 1991 also after a test screening producers/directors would want to change everything during post-production and replace it with CGI for unknown reasons resulting in more budget blow outs. so, you would still end up with "greenscreen avengers".
This is why it still looks so good because its minimal cgi and mostly practical effects.
Exactly, my rule is do everything with practical affects and only do CGI when there is no other way to do the effect.
@@finaltheorygames1781 Amen to that.
No. It still look great, like first Jurrasic Park, because it is perfect BLEND of classic SFX and CGI and shot by people who actually knew thing or two about shots, framing, lighting, perspective... Sullenbergs of the trade, not bootcamp pilots.
I totally agree to this. Movies nowadays use it like it's nothing.
waaaahhh waaaah CGI is baaad! waaaaah! look, CGI is only bad when low budget constrains it and the director doesnt know how it works.
Saw this in the theater in 1991, and it was one of the most incredible film experiences I've ever seen. The effects at that point in time were far beyond anything ever seen on film. It was right there with the likes of Star Wars and Jurassic Park in how groundbreaking it was.
Same was there on opening night at the theater, walking out feeling holly shhh what I watched was awesome, best night every.
I got an opposite reaction in theater. Even though it was interesting, entertaining and even suspenseful I remember at 10 years old I was still kind of disappointed through the whole movie. I was really looking forward to seeing the scary robot from the first movie. I think Arnold played a much better role as a bad guy. T2 and T3 were equally good, but I prefer T1.
I second that, man. I saw it in a theater too, I remember how real it all looked, so much so that me and my teen friends came out of the theater discussing that maybe some of that shit could be real, that maybe the military was involved, that maybe they really had cyborg soldiers and they were testing peoples reaction to it. It just seemed too real compared to anything else we had ever seen. It's a timeless masterpiece and it will still look good in another 30 years!
I remember wanting to see T2 at the movie theatre with my mom but it was rated 'R' and I was only 14 years old so they wouldn't let me in. I was so upset. I had to wait for it to come out on VHS. It's still one of my favourite movies!
Hollywood spent the entire 80's make shit flick horror films
Such a revelation to see why this film stands up to the CGI rubbish we are served today. This film is organic, hand made and beautiful.
directors are just too trigger happy with cgi these days. cgi is and never was bad, it's just badly used. just like there are overused and abused special effects props and prosthetics. as long as the mendium is respectfully used and is made to enhance the story and not try to overtake it, then its always a good thing.
@@BlipBloop33 yeah love you too
This film INVENTED CGI!
It was the beginning of CGI that made some of the best movies because the practical effects were in it's prime and CGI had to be carefully used. Unfortunately today CGI evolved so much that Hollywood just decided to make green-screens out of everything so they can shoot a movie at one location and just rely on CGI doing the rest. I actually stopped watching movies for this very reason, I haven't seen a movie for years now. The last time I really was interesting in a movie was maybe somewhere around 2005.
I also stopped watching movies because of the CGI @@karlkarlsson9126 I only watch the old ones :)
That bit with Arnold explaining how he and Eddie got along, that’s something i have never seen before and warmed my heart
Makes whathey did to John in the opening of Dark Fate hurt that much more. Dont go see it.
Don't be.. I heard he's not a nice guy.
huh?
arni has a ton of charisma. met the guy once riding his bike in munich in the middle of the day alone a couple years ago
Managers should take that lesson
One of the greatest movies ever made
Truly awesome work. I could watch Terminator 1 and Terminator 2 again and again. They are timeless classics.
The second one is much better but the first one is still pretty Good. 1 is a 8/10 2 is a 10/10
Fantastic movies.
*The Terminator
The first one kicks so much ass! They are 2 completely different kinds of movies...
@@19predator87 T1 is as good as T2.
Every time I think I knew everything about T2's effects, I learn something new. I never knew they reshot the police station scene, wow.
The flower effect when the T1000 gets shot is ingenious, as well as the molten steel magic. And many other effects. It's like taking a look behind the scenes of a magician.
you could always tell they reshot that cuz the picture the detectives show sarah at the mental hospital is very clearly arnold with his T2 haircut that they are trying to make look like the same one he had in T1
t2 is the greatest movie of my generation 90s was great been a young kid and teenage years
Jurassic Park?
But you missed the 80’s!
I was born in 77 and grew up in both the 80’s and 90’s. It was amazing
Too right! I was born in '80. Saw the 1st terminator on TV in '88, then my dad rented T2 on New release VHS in '92 and I was blown away by the SFX.
@@colinjones2251
Jurassic park, definitely. I saw that at the theatre when it was released. Same with Forrest Gump. Yup, 90s was a cool decade to be a teen. Great movies and more freedom that kids nowadays.
@@ChrisG3253032 In ‘88 how did you feel watching T1?
Funny on camera it was Edward Furlong as John trying to get the Terminator to loosen up while off camera it was Arnold getting Edward Furlong to loosen up lol
Yess 🤣🤣❤️❤️
Edward is very loose now.
I heard there was a lot of people in Hollywood that tried to loosen up Edward Furlong.
Terminator 2 had the best effects all time because they actually made those things real instead of cgi.......Love it!!!
Watched this today and that helicopter chase followed by the truck and the liquid nitrogen is the best action sequence in cinema history
But what about all the stuff they did CG
This movie was a breakthrough for the use of CGI in movies. I think what really makes it still hold up is the restrained use of it and the combo of CGI with practical effects not 100 percent CGI like most movies today.
jack steel The CGI actually looks good and realistic. It’s better than most of these movies nowadays.
True
This movie will last till judgment day, every single actor played their role to absolute perfection, James Cameron , Arnold, Linda, Robert and the kid legends
And the way shit is going it won’t be long.
@@mrflynn1205 cringe
@@GeorgeTropicana You and your username are cringe.
You clearly have absolutely no understanding of the concept of foreshadowing in movies and TV shows, it’s been going on for years and years decades actually, things are going on all around you on a daily basis regarding this subject, what with all of the automation and advances in artificial intelligence not to mention how satanic this World has become. So carry on mate with your head buried in the sand and one day you’ll have the shock of your life when the penny finally drops.
@@mrflynn1205There have been horrible events all throughout history. Judgement day is always going to be said to be here soon, but will never arrive.
@@ariesarethebest271Really ?? Why ??
That is really called “directing a movie”. Cameron not just directed T1 and T2, he wrote them; that story belongs to him. It is from him. He is my favourite movie director ever. He is truly a filmmaker.
Well, he co-wrote them both, and ripped off some of the main ideas from Harlan Ellison's writing, eventually getting sued and having to credit him at the end of Terminator. But yeah, he's still a visionary filmmaker.
Too bad all of his work go to hell with dark fate😧
Everything that I ever loved comes from him. Alien, Abyss, Terminator
hemmojito don’t forget “True lies” 🙂
Oh and Titanic!
@@hemmojito Alien is from Ridley Scott, Cameron made Aliens because Scott was filming Black rain at the time..
Heart & soul poured into this movie. Everyone with a job and a talent to contribute.
Not some guy behind a desk playing with graphics
Just like some NASA naasholes.
VFX is an art, dismissing it as you do is silly and cringe
@@reezlaw It mostly is a rushed and underpaid art today that is the reason people say stuff like this, It is obviously great and without it we wouldn´t have come far!
@@tommax1626 even worse, VFX artists are indeed underpaid and often pushed beyond their limits to meet some insane deadline. They shouldn't be disrespected like this.
Arnold really is a professional when he describes his method for bringing out a better performances from little Eddie Furlong.
Even the "making of" is better than many movies today. I wish these times of people truly pouring their souls into a movie could come back.
PS: Sarah Connor, excellent transformation and one of the most female believable characters.
So true
Ahead of it's time
Film making becomes more and more expensive today.... It is no wonder that you find cgi everywhere.
I love that Cameron gets down and dirty making this movie. Still one of the greatest movies of all time.
Sometimes I'm amazed how fast times gone. This is now 29 years old! I remember like yesterday, being 12 and watching this with my dad on a rented VHS in '92. Just think, only 9 years 'til 2029.
I love hearing memories like that! That's awesome.
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same here. I was about 11. Scared so much but loved it then.
Only 7 years now till 2029… judgment day
I am actually 40 days behind Edward Furlong of being born and I remember watching this movie in theaters when it came out, this was my first R rated movie and I was like 14 or so with my older sister and mom who liked the terminator movies, my father, older brother and oldest sister went to watch Robin Hood Prince Of Thieves.
My brother and I watched it on on VHS in '92 and our minds were blown - more than anything we'd seen before + anything we ever will do now...
i can't get enough of this behind the scenes stuff
Then you might enjoy this:
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This is when movies used to look real...cuz all the action was made in real life.
@Mike Graham Yeah, cuz remember the first movie was in the 80's, So its dragging its own 80's vibe.
Yeah making film back then was REAL stuff and not to mention why it was an expensive.
Other than all the stuff in the movie that was done with CG
Ok boomer
@@AudioReplica2023 It was released in 1991, ffs. It's not like as soon as a new decade hits suddenly there's a drastic change in one year.
Best. Action. Movie. of. All. Time.
Affirmative! 🔥👍🏼🔥
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Arnold is one hell of a actor and most importantly a great human being
I’m going to say this with full confidence; the Greatest movie of ALL TIME
The greatest _action_ movie, certainly. Greatest _movie_ is bit of a leap.
I won't argue that. The pacing and story are so well done. It starts with that glorious battle, then moves to that awesome bar scene, and keeps moving from great sequence to great sequence - Mall fight, canal chase, escape from the mental hospital, etc. There are so many favorite bits that I can't think of another movie that matches it.
One of the greatest for sure, certainly action. Overall, for me right up there with HEAT, Shawshank, Interstellar. One of those movies you can watch over and over. F it, gonna watch it again today! :P
Correct
+100 . I watched this movie more than 20 times. A pure perfection ! From my childhood to now.
"GIVE ME A REPORT..IS THE STUNTMAN ALL RIGHT?" God how i miss those days of genuine hardwork in filmaking!
Wow! So much of the stuff I thought was CGI was real. Talk about special effects! Cameron's attention to detail was magnificent. You can tell this movie was a labor of love for him.
I was 10 years old when I saw this movie, fresh out of seeing the first Terminator, when I was probably seven or eight, and I fell in love with this movie. I still love it to this day. I even remember my mom took me early from school to the movie theaters just to watch it together. And then we skipped and went to another theater and watched it again. Such an amazing movie. Because of the practical effects, everything felt so real. It felt like you could reach in to that world and feel the decay and darkness and destruction.
Same here :D
I can relate
Good times huh....... :(
Great to see this. It shows how the old school methods still worked. Hardly any CG. It took more work but it was worth it. SO many involved. Cameron is a perfectionist.
18:56 - "...and it's all done with a BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR"
Yeah what was that all about. It's like can't you even put a part 2 up or something?... :D
DiamondDead lol! Now that’s how you end a terminator video!
@@LikeAGentlemanPlease With a fart sound? 😂
I'm always in complete awe of this film, no matter how many times I've seen it.
Makes you appreciate the movie even more after watching this.
The creativity those people had were off the charts. Bringing your imagination out of your brain and onto film was a huge endeavor back in the day.
There will never be an action star as cool as Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Nor will one end up ruining his image as bad as he did at old age with bullshut liberal politics.
Ever since I saw Arnold promoting liberal agenda bullshit and taking so many pictures with greta thunberg I realized he no longer has the right to think freely nor express his sincere opinions. He is a puppet and he's probable black mailed with a lot of things. You dont get to be the biggest macho man action star for 20 years in a row abd also become governor of California without selling your soul to thr devil.
He is a huge disappointment and I can not rewarch his good movies without being remanded of how much he disappoints humanity in the present.
At 7:20 you can see Arnie never broke character and continued to be there for Eddie even off screen.
I will never get tired of watching T2. Simple.
*_Paul, Liverpool UK_*
In my opinion, one of the most precise moments in entire T2 is this, when terminator rips skin from his hand. Look at the face of Myles. TRUE SCIENTIST.
awe, horror, admiration
@@cubertmiso yes, and curiosity
James Cameron is one of my favorite directors
I love this guy, It's a Genius
This looks so much more exiting than hopping in from of a green screen. Practical effect hold totally up, and even CGI is still watchable. All-time action top movie.
To this day this move is still a work of art an Hollywood an actor's put pride in to there work cant say the same now a days
It's amazing how much creativity was needed to make all those shots so real. I've never seen those T2 behind the scenes reels before. Thank you!
This movie was a childhood favourite. One of the first movies I remember seeing as a kid on TV in the 90s
So much hard work and so many people are needed to make a movie great. The credits at the end of the movie always take me by surprise on just how many different people are needed to make a movie possible.
This film had the balance, in all the right areas. Not top much cgi, the directing top notch, picking the correct cast was superb, special effects amazing.
It's the only film I can watch and again and still get goosebumps.
I actually work on the furnace deck in a foundry. I put the cut up steel beams and pig iron into the furnace and melt it down. The replica of the furnace and iron pouring out is as close as you can get to the real thing without cgi and even with that unless its state of the art I could tell it's fake. These ppl were truly craftsmen of set design.
R.I.P. Stan Winston. His work was *beyond* legendary.
1:38 i can't be the only one who thought arnold was actually naked in this scene
You not
i can never watch this again without those shorts in my mind.
This is really good, lots of behind the scenes footage I've never seen before, thanks for posting this up.
How fitting Robert Patrick is wearing a Nine Inch Nails T-shirt.
Reineke Fuchs what year did his brother form Filter?
@@robertwhitcomb6105 Well, I looked it up and was 2 years later in 93. Good stuff!
Hands down Incredible Production.
What an astonishing vision!
The way the Terminator skeleton "moved" was really an extra level of creepiness, like human in movement but very "jerky" and robotic as well. Fast little twitchy movement. Seriously used to weird me out when I was a kid. Still does!
The stop motion of course is the reason, but it's a case where the artform helps the performance.
Geniuses at work here
Please, bring these day back to us. Bring these movies back. Never forget when problems had to be solved practically & not w/ a computer.
This is far superior to CGI any time.
This was back in the 90s. Every summer a blockbuster would come out. Guaranteed. Now it’s at random.
The apocalypse scene still gives me chills T2 is definitely one of the greatest movies of all time
Oh my gosh! This video was fun to watch. I've seen this movie HUNDREDS of times! Definitely one of my favorites!
Salute to these people for working so hard to entertain us. You have to have passion and a little positive madness to do this. Kudos James Cameron!
Also don't forget about the background music.
This movie is one huge miracle...such a visionary people worked on it.
Definitely masterpiece, that nobody and never can repeat.
The puppet of Sarah melting by the heat before the blast wave hits, looks real even in these behind the scenes, looks like a real person, stomach turning.
Awesome! I wish to God they'd make more movies like this nowadays! With real hard work, labor and talent, not all greenscreen and CGI.
Agreed. Not a person on the set looking at a mobile phone, all buisness.
Justice League...WTF was that..all cgi backgrounds and the villain was wat?? SteppenWolf...what the!....
The real DC comics Justice League of America that most know is from the late 60's to early 80's. The Filmation & Hanna Barbera cartoons of the Superfriends were very good but for the kids.
The DC Universe has fallen off the rails big time. The only bright spot is Batman and that was done with super hard work just like T1&2 and it paid off big time.
So proud I was obsessed with this movie as a little child and still am and it’s one of the most well produced movies ever. No movies are made like this anymore.
the attention to detail in every aspect and every scene of this film really shows....thank you for the best cinema experience of my life!
T2 really was ahead of its time. I saw it in theater with a girlfriend & we were both blown away.
Everyone thought the helicopter flying under the bridge was an effect (including me), but lo and behold it was real! Kuddos to the pilot and recording team. I have not seen the vast majority of these clips, which is amazing because I'm a big fan of this movie. Still holds up extremely well and is one of the few sci-fi sequels that is better than the original in virtually every way.
Absolute nothing can reach this Action Masterpiece....thank good for giving us James Cameron
Over 30 years old, and the effects can still hold their own against today's blockbusters.
Amazing, just amazing... The making of One of the best action movies of all time. ❤
THIS IS MAGICAL, THIS IS LIKE HEAVEN...SERIOUSLY
Now thats movie ART ... not the useless cgis we have nowadays... Bravo T2 .. forever the best!
Man, the flowers of metal popping out the T1000 looked very good and believable - practical effect always amaze me with what creativity they are solved. Like the pool of liquid metal. Mesmerize 😱
My favorite Action movie of all time and I still watch it every year. I just got my 8 year old Nephew to watch it and he loves it.
Robert Patrick wearing a shirt to promote his brother's band at the time Nine Inch Nails. His brother was the live guitarist for the Downward Spiral" tour. He would later leave NIN anf go on to form his own band Filter, best known for their hit song "Hey Man Nice Shot."
This movies is the best movie scienfiction i ever watched during my childhood and still it is
I've seen this movie countless times over the years and I've watch so many making of videos but yet I had no idea that they reshot the little bit of the police station scene from T1 to get those pics. I just always assumed they took some still shots from T1. Very cool.
Ein sehr goßer Aufwand was sich auch gelohnt hat. Alles sehr gut umgesetzt. Perfekt 👍
Old school movie making. Love it. While the CG looks a bit aged now the movie still holds up. It has this epic feeling to it that is sorta missing from todays movies.
@snakedriver To be fair, superhero movies = *extremely* low bar.
This is exceptionally humbling to watch as a filmmaker. Just incredible and a master class on practical effects
Can you imagine if Cameron made a 3rd installment focusing solely on the future war? My life would be so complete if that ever happened...We can only imagine...
This is exactly why this film is still my favorite of all time....
MAN, I miss the old school way of doing things as realistic as possible!! Action movies nowadays don't look or feel real anymore, they feel too digital, like watching a cartoon or a video game.
thank you james cameron for this.This is till today still my favorite film i have watched over and over and over and i want the song on my funeral
This movie is a proof that nothing can replace practical effects
That is rapidly changing. But to replace them you need to know the physics very well.
@@la7dfa Avatar: The Way of Water is a nice example of that.
How cool of a job would it have been to be working as part of this team 🤩
I was blown away at the time and ever since few films have looked so real. More than that though it shows the importance of a strong story and great storytelling, it really is a masterpiece.
This film is really a masterpiece ! 🙏🏻🤩
That's why terminator 2 is the best of all Terminators (a lot of practical effects)
This is amazing, really makes you appreciate the movie much more! Go got to love that Mini Gun!👍
This film was made by a talented director, just at the right time where CGI was emerging and he did not overuse it, in favor of relying on practical effects.
Now this was real film making. Now we just cgi everything
Such creativity imagination n dedication was put by the crew to make T2 a loved film till this day
Im old now, over 40, so I know how it sounds but film-making was much better when they had to actually do it. The "do it in post" attitude ruins much. Look at John Wick, its not the most amazing thing ever, but because the audience knows its "real" it stands out so much it becomes god tier next to the rest. It took a 70 year old man to show modern action how to do it right with fury road; so basically the more work is done on set the better chances it has; the audience senses it.
Thats why all Jackie Chan movies are worth watching also. We know he's breaking his ass making them so we know every scene its real and we need to see it to believe it. I think the only movie that passes with all cgi shit until this day is The Matrix(part 1) and thats because it was its own thing in a shell and of course new to the public eye. From there cgi went crazier and crazier and crazier...non stop until the pile of shit we have today.
@@AudioReplica2023 totally agree
I don't think John Wick is well praised, because is not even near what T2 is, but as you said, it's real. It's the best we can get in terms of action movie these days.
@AV BulletCatcher yeah exactly, dont got me wrong ..im referring to the fact of watching real elements moving around on the screen and not a bunch of computer animations that take away the real factor. Star Wars is fake in the sense that is using a lot of SFX but the main factor which are the real elements on screen are not vanished or replaced. The spacecrafts are real , the people doing the action are real , When the SFX stops been a supporting element and become the core of what we watching on screen distracting us from the real ppl thats when for me the movie turns trash. Star Wars its a movie (Trilogy obviously) that knew how to deal and balance those two elements very well to the point that when you watching the movie you dont get distracted by the fake background or stuff like that.
AV BulletCatcher holy shit
Film making at it's absolute peak.
15:23 i was believing that it was actual molten iron !! but it was just light
They partially RESHOT the police station scene for just a single image used for like 30 seconds? Holy crap. Thats such a small detail and yet they went all the way.
So this is how they made a perfect, 10/10 film in those days.
Fantastic film and the effects still look great !
This movie had a profound impact on me.
Amazing to witness the work, effort, 'Blood sweat & tears', & dedication from the 'team', that was put into this iconic Movie
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Rule No.1: Never mess with a muscled dude in a pair of Hawaiian Beach Shorts when he asks for your clothes, your boots and your motorcycle.
OMG, Since I was a teen-ager in middle school this has always been my favorite movie EVER. I even convinced our video tech teacher to do a spoof in class... I though I had seen all of the making of or behind the scenes... Dang near 40% of this was new to me, AWESOME!