3/21/2024 0 Comments Terminator opening quoteThere’s also a delightful piece of irony in the moments leading up to the guard’s death. They could have had the T1000 simply crouch behind something or show him merely killing the guard from behind but they pushed the envelope and created something truly special. Also the imagination and innovative spirit that the filmmakers had to have in order to envision that scene astounds me. Sure there are movies with bigger budgets and better technology that have created effects that are technically superior but none of them have been able to recreate the life-like feel of the effects in that scene. I remember the first time I watched this movie and thinking, as I was seeing this scene unfold in front of me, that I had never seen better special effects in my life. He then shape-shifts into the security guard and kills him by transforming his finger into a metal spike and pushing it into the guard’s eye. We then see him rising up from the black and white checkerboard tiled floor in his liquid metal form, behind the back of an unaware security guard. We know the T1000 is hiding but we don’t know where or how. This is the beginning of what I love about this scene. The camera shifts to the approaching officers and then back to the place where the T1000 had been standing but he’s gone. The T1000 is speaking to the nurse at reception as a group of police officers approach the two, fresh from interrogating Sarah Connor. In the scenes leading up to this, we’ve seen not only the shape-shifting capabilities of the T1000 but also its extreme intelligence and resourcefulness and this scene combines all three of those factors beautifully. The T1000, in an attempt to apprehend John Connor, infiltrates the mental institution where John’s mother – Sarah – is being kept. ![]() Now T2 is studded with amazing special effects and visionary pieces of action but this scene is the best of the lot. It is of course, The Floor Melting scene in T2. I thought I’d share my favourite scene from The Terminator franchise, in fact, this scene ranks as one of my favourite from any film I’ve seen. Whether you favour The Terminator or T2, there’s no arguing that both are extraordinary pieces of film with some iconic scenes. With the release of Terminator: Genisys (and it’s subsequent disappointment of most fans) it feels like everyone is remembering better days of when Terminator movies were undeniable classics.
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