While the action and effects of this movie were above the original (thanks to a much bigger budget, after the first was a hit), the story, acting and characters are not. The original had imagination, and characters that felt like real people you could root for. It was a tight, imaginative and stylish thriller.
"T2", as it was marketed, has Sarah Connor turn into a completely unlikable mental case, with a whiny, emo, 90s "grunge hipster" son. Worst of all, for purely commercial purposes, it creates a nonsensical excuse for bringing back Arnold's Terminator -- as a good guy.
Yeah. The Terminator of the original becomes a good guy, and stays that way for the rest of the series. And it had to happen solely because Arnold became a big star. Lame all around. It makes you wonder what would have happened if they had put the story first, Arnold or not. We'll never know.
"T2", as it was marketed, has Sarah Connor turn into a completely unlikable mental case, with a whiny, emo, 90s "grunge hipster" son. Worst of all, for purely commercial purposes, it creates a nonsensical excuse for bringing back Arnold's Terminator -- as a good guy.
Yeah. The Terminator of the original becomes a good guy, and stays that way for the rest of the series. And it had to happen solely because Arnold became a big star. Lame all around. It makes you wonder what would have happened if they had put the story first, Arnold or not. We'll never know.