I'd heard a lot about this movie. Some said the story was excellent (I agree), others said it followed T2 scene-for-scene (again, I agree; more on this in a moment) and they never should've bothered to make it, still others said it was great on its own.
All this served to prepare me for what turned out to be a very bizarre experience. I love T2, and I don't think I could've enjoyed this movie if I didn't know that it would follow T2 so closely; it would've upset and annoyed me. As it was, I just sat in wonder as it followed the formula for Terminator success.
Observe the following similarities (off the top of my head):
- Both have a naked bar scene;
- Both have a huge truck chasing a pick-up truck;
- Both have a
Nice bike
scene; - Both have an well-meaning
Creator of Evil
who attempts to absolve himself before dying; - Both have a scene where a roof is ripped off a vehicle;
- Both have a scene where the Terminator shuts down, only to boot up later;
- Both have a scene where the Terminator is
tricked
into changing its plan (You have to do what I tell you
); - Both have a
Police casualty: 0
scene.
Bad Terminator crashes their vehicle and begins the final stalkscene; you know, the factory scene in T2? It's a bunker scene in this one. What's even more uncanny is the timing of these similarities. I swear that the initial chase sequence occurs within 15 minutes of the
Dirt bike versus tow truckscene in T2. It's the same all the way through, and then this one tacks on a 10-minute conclusion.
Having said all that, I really liked this movie. I know, it sounds strange, but once I knew to expect it I thought,
Oh, I loved this scene in T2.It was like watching an alternate movie; and let's face it, these time-travel movies lend themselves quite well to that sort of thing.
