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                   The Terminator/Terminator 2: Judgment Day
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Table of Contents
(*) indicates that the answer has been modified since the last revision 
of
    this FAQ (v. 2.31)
(+) indicates a new question
(**) indicates a minor revision since v. 2.40

   0.0 Introduction
 *  0.1 World-Wide Web access to this FAQ
     0.1.1 FTP resources
 *  0.2 Questions that need answering

   1.0 What are the different movie versions?
    1.1 _The Terminator_
 *  1.2 _Terminator 2: Judgment Day_
     1.2.1 Why were there scenes cut out of T2?
     1.2.2 What is the missing ending?
     1.2.3 What are the other scenes added to T2?
 *    1.2.3.1 Scene 1: Pescadero
 *    1.2.3.2 Scene 2: Dream Sequence
 *    1.2.3.3 Scene 3: Max
 *    1.2.3.4 Scene 4: Chip Flip
 *    1.2.3.5 Scene 5: Smile
 *    1.2.3.6 Scene 6: Dyson
 *    1.2.3.7 Scene 7: Enrique
 *    1.2.3.8 Scene 8: John
 *    1.2.3.9 Scene 9: Sledgehammer
 *    1.2.3.10 Scene 10: T-1000
 *    1.2.4 Other cut scenes

   2.0 Are the Original Motion Picture Soundtracks available?
*   2.1 The Terminator
    2.2 T2
     2.2.1 What songs in the movie are not on the soundtrack?

*  3.0 What 'Terminator' books and comics are there?
 +  3.1 Terminator books
 *  3.2 Now Comics
 *   3.2.1 _The Terminator_
 *   3.2.2 _The Terminator: The Burning Earth_
 *   3.2.3 _The Terminator: All My Futures Past_
 *  3.3 Dark Horse Comics
 *   3.3.1 _The Terminator: Tempest_
 *   3.3.2 _The Terminator: One Shot_
 *   3.3.3 _The Terminator: Secondary Objectives_
 *   3.3.4 _The Terminator: The Enemy Within_
 *   3.3.5 _The Terminator: Hunters & Killers_
 *   3.32.6 _The Terminator: Endgame_
 *   3.27 _RoboCop Versus The Terminator_
    3.4 Marvel Comics

   4.0 What 'Terminator' computer/video games are there?
 *  4.1 The Terminator (MS-DOS)
 *  4.2 T2 Pinball
 *  4.3 T2 Handheld
 *  4.4 T2: Judgment Day Chess Wars (PC CD-ROM)
 *  4.5 T2 (MS-DOS)
 *  4.6 T2: The Arcade Game (MS-DOS)
 *  4.7 The Terminator 2029 (MS-DOS)
 *   4.7.1 The Terminator 2029: Operation Scour (MS-DOS)
 *  4.8 Terminator: Rampage (MS-DOS)
 *  4.9 T2: The Arcade Game (Arcade)
 +  4.10 The Terminator (most console systems)
 *  4.11 T2: The Arcade Game (SNES/Genesis)
 *  4.12 Robocop vs. the Terminator (SNES/Genesis)

   5.0 What are the filmographies of the some of the people involved 
with T2?
    5.1 James Cameron
    5.2 Arnold Schwarzenegger
    5.3 Linda Hamilton
    5.4 Robert Patrick

   6.0 Miscellaneous questions
    6.1 What year does T2 take place?
     6.1.1 Are there mathematical errors in the script?
    6.2 Why did it take the T-1000 so long to show up at John's house in
        Reseda?
    6.3 Why didn't the security guard at Pescadero State Hospital not 
notice
        the T-1000 on the floor?
    6.4 Does the T-1000 have to touch the object it takes the form of?
    6.5 Why did the T-1000 change back to the policeman at Pescadero 
State
        Hospital?
    6.6 Why did the orderly in Pescadero State Hospital lick Sarah's 
face? 
 *  6.7 If dogs are used to identify Terminators, why doesn't the dog at 
the
        desert hideout bark at the Terminator?
    6.8 Why does Sarah carve the words "NO FATE"?
    6.9 What gun does Sarah use when she attempts to kill Dyson?
    6.10 Why doesn't Sarah kill Dyson?
    6.11 When the T-1000 goes to Dyson's home, what police radio is it
         listening to?
    6.12 Why didn't the T-1000 try to imitate Dyson and develop Skynet 
itself?
    6.13 When the Terminator was firing the big machine gun in the 
Cyberdyne
         lab, is the bullet belt moving or not?
    6.14 Does the T-1000 have a third arm when it is flying the 
helicopter
         and shooting its weapon at the same time?
    6.15 What was that "ripple" that went through the T-1000 after it 
fought
         the T-800 and left him behind?
    6.16 Why did the T-1000 take the shape of Sarah instead of the T-800 
after
         it drove the spike through his back?
    6.17 Why did the T-1000 try to get Sarah to call to John?
     6.17.1 Why didn't the T-1000 kill Sarah later?
    6.18 If the T-1000 was destroyed when it fell into the molten steel, 
why
         wasn't it destroyed when the semi tow-truck blew up?
    6.19 Why didn't the Terminator "disappear" when John threw the CPU 
into
         the molten steel?
    6.20 Isn't the Terminator's arm being left behind in the huge gear 
going
         to lead to the creation of Skynet anyway?
    6.21 When the T-1000 is on top of the elevator in Pescadero State
         Hospital, why doesn't it just cut the cables?
    6.22 What about <insert continuity glitch here>?
    6.23 What is the make and model of the Terminator?

*  7.0 Trivia
    7.1 Who was originally cast as the Terminator?
    7.2 How many lines did Arnold have in T1?
    7.3 What is Harlan Ellison's connection to the Terminator movies?
    7.4 What is the 'crushing foot' motif?
    7.5 Is "judgment" spelled correctly?
    7.6 How did Linda Hamilton prepare for T2?
    7.7 Does Linda Hamilton have a twin sister who appeared in T2?
    7.8 What hardware/software was used to produce some of the FX in T2?
    7.9 What machine code is displayed on the Terminator's visual 
display?
    7.10 What is the literal translation of "Schwarzenegger"?
    7.11 What does "Hasta la vista" mean?
    7.12 Did the movies win any Academy Awards?
    7.13 How much money did T2 make?
    7.14 Is there a real Skynet?
 +  7.15 What is "Bentham Petroleum"?
 +  7.16 What sunglasses did the Terminator wear?
    7.17 Miscellaneous trivia

   8.0 Time travel questions.
    8.1 How did the (liquid *metal*) T-1000 travel to the past?  Didn't 
they
        destroy the time machine?
    8.2 How can Skynet exist if the chip and arm were destroyed?
    8.3 If John gave a speech to Reese in 2029, who gave it to Sarah and
        conceived John in 1984, and then Sarah told it to John, then who
        *wrote* the bloody speech? 
**  8.4 What are some good related SF time-travel stories?

*  9.0 Will there be a _Terminator 3_ movie?

 * 10.0 Credits
    10.1 Bibliography
============================================================

Abbreviations:
   JC == James Cameron
   LD == Laser Disk
   SE == Special Edition (boxed set)
   T1 == _The Terminator_ movie
   T2 == _Terminator 2: Judgment Day_ movie
   T-1000 == the 'liquid metal' Terminator in T2
   T-800 or Terminator == Arnold's character (look for the context to 
define 
        the movie/Terminator to which this refers) See section 6.23 for 
more.



0.0 Introduction
================
This Frequently-Asked Questions list is based largely on the T2 FAQ 
compiled
by Doug Fierro, last dated 11/10/91.  (Doug's email address is dead -- 
Doug,
are you out there?)  That is why the initial release of this FAQ was
considered version 2.00.  Due to high demand for information on the 
Terminator
films, the FAQ has been resurrected.  Contributions/discussion are 
welcome! 
The preferred forum for discussion is news:rec.arts.sf.movies

In the section on time travel, there are probably no absolute right or 
wrong
answers -- except as far as real-world physics can be applied to the 
virtual
world of the Terminator films.  I am open to alternate answers to 
particular
questions, as long as they meet one of two criteria: 1) I find them
reasonable, or 2) after discussion of the topic in a Usenet newsgroup,
consensus is that the explanation is reasonable.  This way I avoid 
crackpot
ideas ;-)

If you want to contribute something and start out by writing, "I know
someone who knows this guy who met JC's gardener once, and *she* says 
that JC
says that..."  Well, I probably won't read much further than that.  If 
you
cite a reference to info that you provide, your credibility will be that 
much
higher.  (I'm not anally retentive.  It's just that this is supposed to 
be an
information file, not a *mis*information file. ;-)

If you want to make sure I get your input (questions *or* answers), send 
email
to my address at the top of this FAQList.  Sorry, but I can't answer
*everyone*'s questions.

Plug1: I am also the FAQ-keeper for the MPC game Star Wars: Dark Forces!
Plug2: Anyone need a perceptual psychologist who is also interested in 
human
       factors and human/computer interfaces?


0.1 World-Wide Web access to this FAQ
-------------------------------------
Those with World-Wide Web (WWW) access (e.g., via browsers such as 
Mosaic,
NetScape, or Lynx) may access this FAQ.  NOTE: This URL has recently 
been
changed to: 
        http://www.maths.tcd.ie/pub/films/terminator

or for people without automatic redirection in their browsers:
        http://www.maths.tcd.ie/pub/films/terminator/Welcome.html

Note that Ross Chandler <chandler@maths.tcd.ie> is the maintainer of 
this home
page (thanks, Ross!).  Please direct any questions/inquiries about the 
home
page to him.  If you're a Terminator fan, give this site a visit -- 
highly
recommended!  Note this URL *was* 
HTTP://www.maths.tcd.ie/pub/films/T2.html

************************
   NOTE: Ross is leaving school soon, and he's looking for someone to 
set up
         an FTP/WWW site for the many megabytes of pictures (JPEG), 
video
         clips (MPEG), and sounds (AU format) from both Terminator 
movies!  If
         you are able to help out, please email him!
************************ 


0.1.1 FTP resources
-------------------
A script of _The Terminator_ painstakingly typed in by Ken Atwell
<katwell@allegro.cs.tufts.edu> is available via anonymous ftp from:
    ftp://ftp.cathouse.org//pub/cathouse/movies/scripts/terminator


0.2 Questions that need answering

*** Why is it that question 6.7 on dogs barking at Terminators has 
seemingly
    become the sole focus of this FAQ? :-(
*** Send me references to your favourite time-travel stories instead!
    Include author, title of story, [title of book or collection], and a
    *very* brief synopsis. 
    


1.0 What are the different movie versions?
==========================================
1.1 _The Terminator_
--------------------
    Producer: Gale Anne Hurd
    Cinematography: Adam Greenberg
    Production design: George Costello
    Editing: Mark Goldblatt
    Written by: Gale Anne Hurd and James Cameron
    Director: James Cameron
    Released 1984.

As far as I know, there is only one cut of T1.  It is available on VHS
videocassette and on LD.


1.2 _Terminator 2: Judgment Day_
--------------------------------
    Producer: James Cameron
    Cinematography: Adam Greenberg
    Production design: Joseph Nemec III
    Editing: Conrad Buff IV, Mark Goldblatt, and Richard A. Harris
    Written by: James Cameron and William Wisher
    Director: James Cameron
    Released 1991.

The original, theatrical-release cut of T2 is available on VHS 
videocassette
and LD.  There are also special editions on VHS video and LD that 
restore
footage edited out prior to release.  The T2 Special Edition LD has 
several
cut scenes, including the alternate ending.  Also called the 'extended
version,' it comes in two packages: one with movie only, the other also
includes supplements on the making of the movie. 


The T2 SE VHS boxed set contains:
     1) Terminator 2: Judgment Day: *not* letterboxed, with additional 
     footage.  Note: does *not* include alternate ending.  152 minutes.
     2) Special Edition Supplement: explains the editing choices made; 
     shows the scenes that were cut out; includes trailers.  40 minutes.
There is now also a letterboxed VHS version of the boxed set.


The Terminator Collection SE LD boxed set (with the hologram on the 
front) 
contains:
     1) The Terminator: letterboxed with no additional footage.  108 
minutes.
     2) Terminator 2: Judgment Day: Letterboxed with no additional 
footage; it
        is as it appears in theaters.  139 minutes.
     3) A tape with two documentaries: _The Making of The Terminator_ 
and 
        _The Making of Terminator 2: Judgment Day_.  (Were these shown 
on the
        US pay channel Showtime?)  This also has all of the trailers for 
both
        movies (one for T1 and three for T2).  57 minutes.
     4) A limited-edition 24-page book containing information/trivia 
about the
        making of the Terminator films as well as storyboards, drawings 
and
        other photographs.


There is now a VHS letterbox version of the SE LD of T2. It was put 
together
jointly through Pioneer, Showtime Entertainment, Live Home Video, 
Lightstorm
Entertainment, and CarolCo.  This version is different from the double 
pack
floating around for $20.  This one comes in a 1'x1'x1" black box with
SCHWARZENEGGER and TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY in red foil letters and 
costs
about $30.  A gold stamp on the outside of the box reads "SPECIAL 
EXPANDED
EDITION from the Pioneer Laserdisc.  Letterbox Version."  The box 
contains two
cassettes:
   1) The first cassette is a special edition letterbox version with all 
but
      two scenes added.  Running time is "approx. 152 mins."  The film 
is not
      rated. 
   2) The second cassette is called T2: MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE.  It 
contains
      a discussion of the deleted scenes with all the actors and 
Cameron.  The
      alternate ending is shown here as well but Cameron is speaking 
over most
      of it.  Following this 20 minute film are the omitted scenes with
      alternate ending with no Cameron voice-over, the T1000 searching 
young
      John Connor's bedroom, three trailers from the movie, and the 
trailer
      for the release of the special edition of the laserdisc.  Running 
time
      for this cassette is "approx. 40 mins."  Not rated.


1.2.1 Why were there scenes cut out of T2?
------------------------------------------
Certain scenes were edited out of T2.  These include a scene of Sarah 
opening
up the Terminator's head and adjusting the CPU, Sarah's dream sequence 
with
Kyle Reese, and the legendary extended ending (see section 1.2.3 for 
more).

JC was interviewed for the TV show _Secrets Revealed_, hosted by William
Devane (because of the difficulty in obtaining copies of the show, JC's
responses are reproduced verbatim):

"Well, 'final cut' really doesn't change anything.  You still have to do
what's best for the film -- and a lot of people have opinions about 
what's
best for the film.  And, as a responsible filmmaker, you have to listen 
to
them. 

"In the opening of the film, we see a playground after a nuclear war, 
where
all
the playground equipment has been burned and blackened.  And then the 
ending
was to show the 'alternate future' that came about as a result of the 
efforts
of Sarah and John.  And then when we put the movie together, and sat and
watched it, it just felt a little too...'sweet'.  It's essentially the 
movie
of
the script.  But no movie is ever the movie of the script -- the script 
is
what
you start with when you start the voyage, and when you end the voyage, 
you may
be somewhere else.

"So we took the ending off and we went to the dark road, kind of going 
into
darkness -- the uncertain future...and that seemed to work better. 

"We did screen it once, with the happier ending -- because we had 
already
raised the question to ourselves: 'Is this *really* the right thing?' 
And the
audience seemed to concur.  So we all looked at each other and went, 
'Aha!
See? Eh?' So we very quickly whipped together the alternate, which I'd
already had in mind. 

"Sometimes, in that pressure-cooker of finishing the picture, the most
instinctive responses are the best.  And that's really what happened 
there; it
was just instinct." 



_
                                                                                     

1.2.2 What is the missing ending?
---------------------------------
The alternate ending is available with the SE version of T2.  It is 
*not* 
edited into the film, but is shown in a separate segment.  Again, from 
the 
TV show _Secrets Revealed_, here is a transcript of the alternate 
ending:

[After the T-800 sinks into the molten steel, Sarah holds John and looks 
into
 the camera.  NOTE: This shot is common to both versions.  What follows 
was
 cut from the theatrical release.]

[Fade to shot of the sun.  Begin voiceover as the camera pans down.  It 
is
 Washington, DC; the capitol is in the background, as are several 
futuristic
 buildings.  Pan down to long shot of a park with a fountain and a
 playground.] 

Sarah: "August 29th, 1997 came and went.  Nothing much happened.  
Michael
        Jackson turned *forty*.  There was *no* 'judgment day'." 

[Cut to medium shot of a recreational area around the fountain.  Pan 
down and
 across children in the playground to a well-dressed older woman 
speaking the
 narration into a small recording device.] 

Sarah: "People went to work as they always do.  Laughed.  Complained.  
Watched
        TV.  Made love.  I wanted to run through the street yelling, to 
grab
        them all and say, 'Every day from this day on is a *gift*.  Use 
it
        well.'  Instead, I got drunk.  That was thirty years ago.  But 
the
        dark future which never came still exists for me.  And it always 
will
        -- like the traces of a dream."

[Cut to a shot of an adult John Connor, pushing a little girl on a swing 
in
the playground.]
Sarah: "John fights the war differently than it was foretold.  Here, on 
the
        battlefield of the Senate, his weapons are common sense --" 

[Cut to a closeup of Sarah, watching John and the little girl]
Sarah: "--and hope."

[Cut to a shot of the little girl running.]
Girl: "Tie me, gramma! Tie me!"

[Cut to a medium shot of the girl climbing up onto the bench beside 
Sarah, who
 ties her granddaughters' shoe.  Cut to a closeup of the little girl as 
she
 looks up at Sarah and giggles.  Cut to a medium shot of the two.]
Sarah: "How's that?"

[Cut to a shot of the girl]
Girl: "Thank you, gramma."

[Cut to a shot of the two; Sarah leans down and gives the girl a kiss.  
The
 girl runs back to the playground.  Cut to a shot of the girl running 
into
 John's arms.  The two embrace, then John helps her onto a slide.]
Sarah: "The luxury of hope was given to me by the Terminator.  Because 
if a
        machine can learn the value of human life--" 

[Cut to a shot of Sarah, smiling, watching the children.]
Sarah:  "--maybe we can, too."

[Fade to black.]


1.2.3 What are the other scenes added to T2?
--------------------------------------------
Here's a list of the differences between the theatrical release and the 
T2SE.
**** CAUTION: Major spoilers for the Special Edition ahead ****


1.2.3.1 Scene 1: Pescadero
--------------------------
[In hallway of Pescadero Mental Institution. Dr. Silberman has just
 finished showing Sarah Connor to some other doctors.]

Silberman: "Douglas, I don't like to see the patients disrupting their
            rooms like this.  See that she takes her Thorazine, would 
you?"
Douglas: "Sure, Doctor Silberman.  I'll take care of it."

:Theatrical release:
[Cut to T-1000 patrol car pulling up at John's foster parents' home.]

:Special Edition:
[Cut to Silberman walking away.  Douglas and black partner enter 
Connor's 
 room.]

Douglas: "Time to take your medicine, Connor."
Sarah: "You take it."
Douglas: "Now you know you've got to be good 'cause you're up for review 
this
          afternoon."
Sarah: "I'm not taking it, Dougie.  I don't want any trouble."
Douglas: "Ain't no trouble--"

[Douglas hits Sarah in the abdomen with stick.  Sarah hits the floor,
 face down.  Douglas kicks Sarah in the abdomen against the wall. 
Partner 
 charges up electric zapper.]

Douglas: "Yeah, zap her."

[Partner zaps Sarah in the back. Sarah cries out.]

Douglas: "Last call, sugar."

[Douglas opens Sarah's mouth and pinches shut her nose until she 
swallows.]

Douglas: "Sweet dreams."

[Cut to T-1000 in the patrol car.]
 Total time of added scene: 1:00


1.2.3.2 Scene 2: Dream Sequence
-------------------------------
[John Connor relating to friend how his mom is a loser.  They ride off
 to spend the money.  Cut to Terminator pulling up on his bike.

:Theatrical Release:
[Cut to Dr.  Silberman and Sarah watching an old videotape of Sarah
 describing a recurring dream of nuclear Judgement Day.]

:Special Edition:
[Cut to Sarah sitting on her *horizontal* bed in her cell.]

Kyle: "Sarah.  Sarah, wake up."
Sarah: "Kyle.  You're dead."
Kyle: "Where's our son, Sarah?"
Sarah: "They took him away from me."
Kyle: "He's the target now."
Sarah: "I know."
Kyle: "He's all alone.  You have to protect him."
Sarah: "I know.  You tell me how I'm supposed to do that.  He doesn't 
even 
        believe me any more.  I've lost him."
Kyle: "You're strong, Sarah.  Stronger than you ever though you could 
be.  On 
       your feet, soldier."

[They hug and kiss.]

Kyle: "I love you, Sarah.  I always will."
Sarah: "I need you."
Kyle: "I'll always be with you.  Remember the message.  'The future is 
       not set.  There is no fate but what we make for ourselves.' "

[Hugs and kisses.  Cut to Kyle at doorway.]

Sarah: "Stay with me."
Kyle: "There's not much time left in the world, Sarah."

[Kyle starts walking away]

Sarah: "Kyle, Don't go."

[Sarah runs down hallway after Kyle.  Turns corner, runs down corridor,
 and goes through double doors.  She appears in the playground.  She
 screams to the children and grabs the fence.  There's a bright flash.
 Cut to Sarah in real room, with upturned bed.]
[Cut to videotape of Sarah describing her recurring dream of Judgment 
 day.]
 Total time of added scenes: 3:21


1.2.3.3 Scene 3: Max
--------------------
[In the alley at the phoone booth, after Terminator hangs up on the 
 T-1000.]

John: "Well, why doesn't it just become a bomb or something to get me?"
Terminator: "It can't form complex machines.  Guns and explosives have
             chemicals, moving parts.  It doesn't work that way.  But it 
             can form solid metal shapes."
John: "Like what?"
Terminator: "Knives and stabbing weapons."

:Theatrical Release:
[Cut to officers showing Sarah pictures taken of Terminator at mall.]

:Special Edition:
[Cut to T-1000 leaving John's foster parents' home.  Kills the dog and
 reads "MAX" on its collar.  Cut to officers showing Sarah pictures 
 taken of Terminator at mall.]
 Total time of added scene: 0:30


1.2.3.4 Scene 4: Chip Flip
--------------------------
[At the abandoned garage.  Sarah is pulling slugs out of Terminator's
 back.]

John: "Can you learn stuff that you haven't been programmed with, so you 
       can be, you know, more human and not such a dork all the time?"

:Theatrical Release:
Terminator: "My CPU is a neural net processor.  A learning computer. The
             more contact I have with humans, the more I learn."

:Special Edition:
Terminator: "My CPU is a neural net processor.  A learning computer. But
             Skynet presets the switch to read only when we're sent out 
             alone."
Sarah: "Doesn't want you to do too much thinking, huh?"
Terminator: "No."
John: "Can we reset the switch?"

[Cut to Sarah pulling back Terminator's scalp.]

Terminator: "Rotate the two locking cylinders counterclockwise.  Do it."

[Sarah unscrews plate from Terminator's head.]

Terminator: "Now open the port cover.  Pull to break the seal.  Good.  
Now 
             remove the shock damping assembly.  You can now access the 
             CPU.  Do you see it?"
Sarah: "Yes."

[Terminator view: flashing message: PORT OPEN]

Terminator: "Hold the CPU by its base tab and pull."

[Terminator turns off.  John lifts Terminator's arm.  It stays in place.  
 Terminator's catatonic.  Sarah sets CPU onto end of table.  Picks up a 
 hammer, and begins to swing]

John: "No!"

[John covers chip with his hand.]

Sarah: "Get out of my way, John."
John: "Don't kill him."
Sarah: "*It*, John.  Not *him*.  *It*."
John: "Okay, *it*.  But we need *it*."
Sarah: "Listen to me.  Listen.  We are better off on our own."
John: "But he's the only proof we have of the future, and the war, and
       all that."
Sarah: "Maybe.  I don't trust it."
John: "But he's my friend, alright?"
Sarah: "You don't know what it's like to try to kill one of these 
things.  
        And if something goes wrong, this might be our last chance. So 
        move..."
John: "Look, mom.  If I'm ever supposed to be such a great military 
leader, 
       maybe you should start listening to my leadership ideas once in a 
       while.  Because if my own mother won't, how do you expect anyone 
       else to?"

[John removes hand from the chip.  Sarah swings hammer and hits next to 
chip]

Sarah: "Alright.  Play it your way."

[She throws down hammer.  John puts chip back into Terminator.]
[Terminator view: System interrupt.  Diagnostic]

Terminator: "Was there a problem?"
John: "No problem.  None whatsoever."
 Time of added scene: 3:32
 Time of removed bit: 0:10


1.2.3.5 Scene 5: Smile
----------------------
[Station wagon pulls into gas station with steam coming out of 
radiator.]

:Theatrical Release
[Cut to Sarah chewing on a burger, Terminator pouring water into the
 radiator.]

:Special Edition:
Sarah: "You got any cash?"
John: "I've got a couple hundred bucks."  [Pulls out his wad of money.]
John: "I'll give you half...."

[Sarah grabs the entire wad, hands a couple of bucks back to John.]

John: "Mom!"
Sarah: "Get some food."
John: "Geez.  No sense of humor."
John [To Terminator]: "And that's another thing.  You can lighten up a 
bit 
     yourself. This severe routine is getting old, okay?  I mean, you're 
     acting like such a geek.  *Smile* once in a while."
Terminator: "Smile?"
John: "Yeah.  You know, smile.  Watch."

[John approaches pay window.]

John: "Hi.  Nice place you got here.  How's business?"
Woman: "Gimme a break."
John: "OK.  Bad example...  See that guy over there [points to guy on
       phone]?  That's a smile."

[Terminator view: Terminator analyzes smile.  Terminator tries to smile.  
 He looks like a "horse that's trying to smile", to use Schwarzenegger's 
 own description.]

John: "That's good.  Maybe you could practice in front of a mirror or
       something."
[Cut to Sarah chewing on burger.]
 Total time of added scenes: 1:17


1.2.3.6 Scene 6: Dyson
----------------------
[Terminator is telling Sarah about who developed the Skynet technology.]
Sarah: "I want to know everything.  What he looks like, where he lives.
        Everything."

:Theatrical Release:
[Cut to station wagon pulling up at Enrique's ranch.]

:Special Edition:
[Cut to Miles Dyson's home.]
Tarissa [on intercom]: "Miles.  Miles."

[Miles typing.  Tarissa comes up behind him and licks his neck.]

Tarissa: "You gonna work all day?"
Miles: "I'm sorry baby, but this is just kicking my ass."
Tarissa: "Miles, it's Sunday.  You promised to take the kids to Raging
          Waters today."
Miles: "I can't.  I'm on a roll.  Baby, this is going to blow them all 
away.  
        It's a neural net processor."
Tarissa: "I know, I know.  You told me.  It's a neural net procesoor.  
It 
          thinks and learns like we do.  It's superconducting at room
          temperature.  Other computers are just pocket calculators by
          comparison.  Yeah, but why is that so god-damn important, 
Miles?  I
          really need to know, 'cause sometimes I feel like I'm going 
crazy 
          here."
Miles: "Baby, I'm this close.  Come here. [Points to large scale model
        reproduction of Terminator chip] Imagine a jet airliner with a 
pilot 
        that never gets tired., never makes mistakes, never shows up to 
work 
        with a hangover.  Meet the pilot."
Tarissa: "Why did we get married, Miles?  Why did we have these 
children?  
          You don't need us.  Your heart and mind are here.  But it 
doesn't 
          love as we do."
Miles: "I'm sorry, really."
Tarissa: "How about spending some time with your other babies?"
Miles [to his *two* children, one girl, one boy]: "Hey, raging 
waters..."
Kids: "Yea!"
[Cut to station wagon pulling up at Enrique's ranch.]
 Total time of added scenes: 2:20


1.2.3.7 Scene 7: Enrique
------------------------
[Enrique's showing Sarah the truck that needs a new starter.]
Sarah: "I'm going to wait 'till dark to cross the border."

:Theatrical Release:
[Cut to Arnold pulling dust cover off chain gun.  In background, John is 
 speaking.]
John: "See, I grew up in places like this.  So I just thought that's how 
       people lived.  Riding around in helicoptors, learning how to blow 
shit 
       up."

:Special Edition:
Sarah: "Enrique, it's dangerous for you here.  You get out tonight too, 
okay?"
Enrique: "Sure.  Just drop by any time and totally fuck up my life, 
huh?"

[Sarah and Enrique clasp hands.  Cut to John and Terminator messing 
around 
 with weapons.]

John: "See, I grew up in places like this.  So I just thought that's how 
       people lived.  Riding around in helicoptors, learning how to blow 
shit 
       up. But then when my mom got busted, I got put into a regular 
school.  
       All the other kids were into Nintendo..."
John: "Are you ever afraid?"
Terminator: "No."
John: "Not even of dying?"
Terminator: "No."
John: "You don't feel any emotion about it one way or another?"
Terminator: "I have to stay functional until the mission is complete.  
Then 
             it doesn't matter."
John: "Yeah.  I have to stay functional too.  'I'm too important.'"

[Terminator picks up minigun and smirks at John.]
 Total time of "cut" scenes: 0:14
 Total time of added scenes: 1:44


1.2.3.8 Scene 8: John
---------------------
[John and Terminator are trying to prevent Sarah from killing Dyson.]
Terminator: "Killing Dyson might actually prevent the war."
John: "I don't care.  Haven't you learned anything yet?  Haven't you 
figured 
       out why you can't kill people?"

:Theatrical Release:
[Cut to toy truck in Dyson's home.]

:Special Edition:
[Arnold gives John another quick stupid smirk.]
John: "Look.  Maybe you don't care if you live or die, but everybody's 
not 
       like that.  We have feelings, we hurt, we're afraid.  You gotta 
learn 
       this stuff.  I'm not kidding.  It's important."
[Cut to Sarah sneaking up on Dyson's house, loading gun.  Dyson's 
typing.
 Cut to toy truck in Dyson's home.]
 Total time of added scenes: 0:48


1.2.3.9 Scene 9: Sledgehammer
-----------------------------
[T-1000 at Dyson's home, hears that Sarah Conner is at Cyberdyne.]

:Theatrical Release:
[Cut to police cars pulling up at Cyberdyne.]

:Special Edition:
[Cut to Terminator smashing computer stuff with an axe.]


_
               

Miles: "All the disks in my office, all the disks in that office over 
there.  
        Everything behind my desk and all the processors on my left."
Sarah: "We'll blow it with the C4."

[Miles looks at the large scale Terminator chip built by Cyberdyne.]

Miles [To Terminator, who's still smashing away with the axe.]: Can 
I...Um... 
       Excuse me.  Can I borrow that thing?"

[Terminator hands Miles the axe].

Miles: "I worked a lot of years on this thing."

[Smashes chip.  Cut to police cars pulling up at Cyberdyne.]
 Total time of added scenes: 0:30


1.2.3.10 Scene 10: T-1000
-------------------------
[After the T-1000 is shattered by the Terminator, we see that it's 
beginning 
to lose control of its morphing.  Its hand takes on black and yellow 
stripes 
when it grabs a black and yellow striped railing, and its feet squish 
and 
morph into the steel floor pattern on each step.  When it morphs into 
Sarah 
Connor, John looks down and sees that the T-1000/Connor's feet have 
melded 
into the steel floor right before the real Connor begins blasting away 
at 
it.]



1.2.4 Other cut scenes
----------------------
There were two long scenes that didn't even make it into the Special 
Edition. 

They were appended to the supplemental tape.  One is the alternate 
ending 
"Future Coda" (see section 1.2.2), the other follows:

Scene A:
[T-1000 searches John's room, touching everything gently with his 
fingertips. 

He touches a Public Enemy poster, rips it off the wall and finds a box 
with 
"Letters from Mom" written on it.  It goes through a bunch of photos in 
the 
box.]
 Total time: 1:25

Also, a snippet of the script that was shown in the accompanying video
revealed 
that the Terminator was supposed to walk up next to Sarah in the dream
sequence 
when the Nuclear Bomb goes off.  Its skin gets burned off while Sarah 
watches 
and gets fried....

In the accompanying video, Cameron explains that the scene with the T-
1000 
searching the room was a "classic example of underestimating the 
audience." 
He 
thought it wasn't necessary to have another scene explaining that the T-
1000 
'molecularly samples' everything it touches.

Cameron also explained why the Future Coda never made it:
   "But there was a sense that, why tie it up with a bow?  If the future
    *is* changeable, then the battle is something that has to be fought
    continuously.  And you an't do it with a single stroke.  That it's 
the
    dualism, the dynamic between good and eval that's eternal."



2.0 Are the Original Motion Picture Soundtracks available?
==========================================================
2.1 The Terminator
------------------
Original soundtrack.  Music composed, performed, and produced by Brad
Fiedel (6 tracks).  There are 5 additional rock songs from the film
included.  Total playing time is 35:39.  DCC Compact Classics, DZS-058.

A new soundtrack produced by Ford Thaxton has recently been released by 
Edel. 
It features more of Brad Fiedel's original score.
 

2.2 _Terminator 2: Judgement Day_
---------------------------------
Original motion picture soundtrack.  Music composed and produced by Brad
Fiedel.  CD contains 20 tracks (all orchestral); total playing time is 
53:45.
Varese Sarabande, VSD-5335. 


2.2.1 What songs in the movie are not on the T2 soundtrack?
-----------------------------------------------------------
There are three songs.  One is "Guitars, Cadillacs" written and 
performed by
Dwight Yoakam (played in the bar where the T-800 gets his clothes).  
Another
is "Bad to the Bone" written by George Thorogood, performed by George
Thorogood and the Destroyers (played when the T-800 walks out of the 
bar). 
And finally, "You Could be Mine" written by Izzy Stradlin and W. Axl 
Rose,
performed by Guns 'N' Roses.  The latter song was written especially for 
T2;
the former two were not. 

"You Could Be Mine" appears on "Use Your Illusion II" (Geffen GEFD-
24420). 
"Bad To the Bone" lives on the album "Bad To The Bone" (Cat number 
unknown)
and also the compilation "The George Thorogood Collection"  (EMI CDP 
7924152)



3.0 What 'Terminator' novels and comics are there?
==================================================
The comic-book license to T1 has been held by two companies at different
times: first by Now Comics, and later by Dark Horse Comics.  These 
comics
expanded on the canon presented in the T1 movie *only*, not explicitly
incorporating the events of T2.  Currently, this license is apparently 
with
another publisher.  The license to T2 was obtained by Marvel Comics, 
which
only produced an adaptation of the T2 movie.  The current status of this
license is unknown.  [Warning!  Spoilers below, especially in the 
_RoboCop
Versus The Terminator_ synopsis.] 


3.1 Terminator novels
---------------------
_The Terminator_ by Randall Frakes & Bill Wisher
Mass-market paperback, based on the screenplay by James Cameron
with Gale Anne Hurd
November, 1985
ISBN 0-553-25317-4

_Terminator 2: Judgment Day_ by Randall Frakes
Mass-market paperback, based on the screenplay by James Cameron and 
William
Wisher
July, 1991
ISBN 0-553-29169-6


3.2 Now Comics
--------------
The first appearance of a Terminator in the comics was in a preview of 
the
first Now Comics series, which appeared in Rust #12, August 1988.


3.2.1 _The Terminator_
----------------------
Issues issues #1-17 (1988?).  "It's after the first Terminator film, set 
in
the future with the focus on John Conner's [sic] battle with Skynet.  
This
movie tie-in doesn't follow the film's direction at all, and as a comic 
has a
lame story with so-so art." [from _Hero Illustrated_ #6]


3.2.2 _The Terminator: The Burning Earth_
-----------------------------------------
Issues #1-5 (1990).  Written by Ron Fortier, fully painted art by Alex 
Ross
(of _Marvels_ fame).  In 2041, John Connor and the human resistance race 
to
stop Skynet from using its nuclear stockpile to finally annihilate the 
human
race. 


3.2.3 _The Terminator: All My Futures Past_
-------------------------------------------
Issues #1-2 (1990).  Written by Chuck Dixon, fully painted art by Diego 
and
Delsol. This story takes place in 2029, and chronicles the departure of 
the
Terminator and Reese to 1984. 


3.3 Dark Horse Comics
---------------------
All of the Dark Horse limited series were collected in trade paperback
editions. 


3.3.1 _The Terminator: Tempest_
-------------------------------
Issues #1-4 (1990).  Written by John Arcudi, art by Chris Warner & Paul
Guinan. A group of humans, led by Colonel Mary Randall, travel back in 
time
to stop Cyberdyne Systems Corporation from developing Skynet technology.  
The
only things standing in their way are four Terminators, including a
half-human/half-Terminator cyborg sent back in time by Skynet.  
Collected in
a trade paperback (TPB), cover by John Bolton.


3.3.2 _The Terminator: One Shot_
--------------------------------
One issue (1991).  Written by James Robinson, fully painted art by Matt
Wagner.  Has a pop-up page in the middle.  Tells the story of a female
Terminator sent to kill the *fourth* 'Sarah Connor' living in Los 
Angeles,
and the person sent back in time to stop the Terminator. 


3.3.3 _The Terminator: Secondary Objectives_
--------------------------------------------
Issues #1-4 (1991).  Written by James Robinson, art by Paul Gulacy & 
Karl
Kesel. Terminators from the _Tempest_ series are still around, but 
they'll
have to go through Colonel Randall (the surviving time-displaced human
resistance soldier from _Tempest_), a Cyberdyne technician, and a cyborg 
from
the future to fulfill their secondary objective: kill Sarah Connor. 
Collected in a TPB, cover by Paul Gulacy.


3.3.4 _The Terminator: The Enemy Within_
----------------------------------------
Issues #1-4 (1991/1992).  Written by Ian Edginton, art by Vince 
Giarrano,
painted covers by Simon Bisley.  The human/Terminator cyborg 'Dudley'
struggles
to reassert his humanity over his machine side, as questions about the
Cyberdyne technician's loyalty arise.  Meanwhile, four human 
reinforcements
from the future and inquisitive LAPD Detective Sloane join Mary Randall 
in a
showdown with the remaining Terminator.  Collected in a TPB, cover by 
Simon
Bisley.


3.3.5 _The Terminator: Hunters & Killers_
-----------------------------------------
Issues #1-3 (1992).  Written by Toren Smith, Adam Warren, & Chris 
Warner, art
by Bill Jaaska, Dan Panosian, & Jeff Albrecht, painted covers by John 
Taylor
Dismukes.  Chronicles the efforts of a team of Russian Special Forces
resistance fighters in 2029 as they race a group of Terminators sent by
Skynet and its Russian arm, Mir, to obtain a submarine stocked with 
nuclear
missiles.  Collected in a TPB, cover by Walt Simonson.


3.3.6 _The Terminator: Endgame_
-------------------------------
Issues #1-3 (1992).  Written by James Robinson, art by Jackson Guice & 
John
Beatty, painted covers by John Higgins.  Dudley informs Colonel Randall 
that
yet another new Terminator has been sent to kill Sarah Connor and her 
baby.
Randall again seeks the aid of Detective Sloane, who is tracking the 
serial
killer 'Catfish.'  In the hospital in which Sarah is giving birth, 
Randall,
Sloane, Catfish, and the Terminator all meet in a surprising final
confrontation.  Collected in a TPB, cover by John Bolton.


3.3.7 _RoboCop Versus The Terminator_
-------------------------------------
Issues #1-4 (1992).  Written by Frank Miller, art by Walter Simonson.  
In the
future, the catalyst for Skynet's sentience is discovered to be the 
cyborg
Alex Murphy: RoboCop.  A lone female soldier travels back in time to 
Detroit
-- and destroys RoboCop!  As changes in the timestream sweep to the 
future,
Skynet sends Terminators to the past, which *prevent* the soldier from
killing RoboCop, who then destroys the Terminators. Knowing his destiny,
RoboCop destroys himself.  Again, changes sweep forward in time, and 
Skynet
sends back Terminators that once again prevent the destruction of 
RoboCop,
and force him to merge with Skynet.  The years pass and Murphy exists 
only as
a virus in Skynet, waiting until he can create himself a new form.  This 
new
RoboCop prevents the soldier from traveling to the past.  He replicates
himself hundreds of times and takes on the Terminators and Skynet, then
travels back in time and destroys Skynet before it becomes sentient.  
And
changes sweep along the timestream...  Collected in a TPB, cover by Walt
Simonson.  This edition includes the three cardstock standees which were
published in the three issues of the 4-issue series.


3.4 Marvel Comics
-----------------
_Terminator 2: Judgment Day_, issues #1-3. Script adapted by Gregory 
Wright,
art by Klaus Janson. As with any adaptation, lots of things have been 
cut
out. This series is notable for its inclusion of scenes that were 
removed
from the film, like Sarah adjusting the chip in the Terminator's head. 
Art is
mediocre; this series is only for die-hard, completist fans -- like me! 
;-) 
Reprinted in a squarebound, b&w magazine.



4.0 What 'Terminator' computer/video games are there?
=====================================================
4.1 The Terminator (MS-DOS)
---------------------------
First-person perspective walking/driving game.  You may play the T-800 
or
Reese.  Your objective (kill Sarah/kill T-800) depends on which 
character you
choose to play.  Average graphics and mediocre gameplay. 


4.2 T2 Pinball
--------------
From MTM 'Matt the Mentat' Walsh <mtmr@walsh.dme.battelle.org>:
    I worked at Williams/Bally/Midway - the official licensee of T2 - 
when the
    games were being developed.

    T2 Pinball Trivia:
    * note that the T1000 only appears in one corner of the game's 
playfield
    artwork, and he appears as the normal, Mr. Patrick mode.  This is 
not
    because Williams didn't know the script (we got to read it) it was 
because
    the game was supposed to come out before the movie and they insisted 
we
    did not give away the surprise that Arnold was the good terminator 
and
    there was a liquid guy who was the bad one.

    * There is a special game rom chip for the Pinball.  If you put it 
in, an
    interesting thing happens if you have the game set for free play.  
If you
    get into the Database mode, the game lists 10 'Possible Choices' of 
things
    you receive, from 'Extra Ball' to '10,000 pts' to 'ZILCH'.  This is
    supposed to be just like the scene in T1 where Arnold picks from 
'possible
    responses' in the hotel.  If you have the special chip, instead of 
'Zilch'
    the game has 'F*** You A** Hole' and if chosen the words get big on 
the
    screen and Arnold says the phrase out loud.  Only a handful of 
collectors
    got these chips and have sworn to never release these to general 
game
    operators. 


4.3 T2 Handheld
---------------
The T2 handheld LCD 'video game' by Acclaim has "arcade-style continue 
mode,
roll-over scoring and dual channel super-sound FX as you take on the T-
1000 at
the steel mill as Earth's fate hangs in the balance" [from the T2 
Official
Movie Magazine] 


4.4 Terminator 2: Judgment Day Chess Wars (PC CD-ROM)
-----------------------------------------------------
"Combine the excellence of the Grandmaster Chess game engine with the
high-action science fiction drama of the Terminator, and you get T2 
Chess
Wars.  While the animation is lacking in some places, the overall 
quality of
the game's engine makes up for any shortcomings." [from _CD-ROM
Entertainment_] 


4.5 T2 (MS-DOS)
---------------
Third-person platform/action game with six levels (you play Arnie):
     1) Initial fight (side view):
        T800 and T1000 have a hand-to-hand fight.  You have 3 moves at 
your
        command (high kick, low kick, and punch).  Takes place in the
        galleria. 
     2) Motorbike chase (top view):
        You're on the motorcycle and the T1000 is chasing you in the 
semi
        through an obstacle course.  You have to avoid junk that's lying 
on
        the road and ensure that you keep your speed up so that the semi
        doesn't hit you.
     3) T2 arm puzzle:
        Slider puzzle.  You have to "fix" the Terminator's forearm by 
sliding
        the squares around to unscramble the picture.
     4) Helicopter chase:
        Same as the motorbike chase except you're in a truck and the 
T1000 is
        in a helicopter.
     5) T2 face puzzle:
        Same as the arm puzzle, except with the Terminator's face
     6) Final battle:
        Same as the first level except it's in the steel factory.
At the end of each level is a fancy little animation from the movie.


4.6 T2: The Arcade Game (MS-DOS)
--------------------------------
First-person action game, based on the arcade game of T2.  Very nice 
graphics,
but has received only poor reviews.


4.7 The Terminator 2029 (MS-DOS)
--------------------------------
Popular split-screen (first-person combat window/third-person overhead
navigation window) action game.  You play an armoured member of the 
human
resistance.  You must complete 19 different missions.  Nice graphics, 
but
gameplay is difficult. 


4.7.1 The Terminator 2029: Operation Scour (MS-DOS)
---------------------------------------------------
Add-on mission disk for T2029.  More of the same; 12 new missions.


4.8 Terminator: Rampage (MS-DOS)
--------------------------------
First-person combat game, a la DOOM!  Very nice graphics and good 
gameplay. 
Apparently plagued by speed problems, however.


4.9 Terminator 2: The Arcade Game (Arcade)
------------------------------------------
From Williams/Midway/Sente.  One or two players wield guns and play
"converted"
T-800s who shoot through a variety of scenes from the movie -- fight 
with the
humans against the Terminators, raid Skynet's time-travelling complex, 
shoot
the cops while the Connors blow up Cyberdyne, freeze the T-1000, and 
blow it
away.  Very hard, but lovely graphics and sound.


4.10 The Terminator (most console systems)
------------------------------------------
Reviewed by Trevor Williams <brock@alaska.net>:
    The Terminator is a shoot-'em-up platform game for NES, Super 
Nintendo,
    Sega Game Gear, Sega Master System, and Sega Megadrive (Genesis).

    The game follows the movie closely, but adds original levels.  (The 
first
    level, for instance, has Kyle Reese infiltrating the Terminators' 
time
    machine base).  The graphics are horrible, even on Super Nintendo. 
    Sometimes flicker occurs, slowing the game to a snail's pace.  The
    Nintendo graphics resemble that of a Commodore 64, while the SNES 
graphics
    look like that of a subpar Nintendo game.  The sound is okay, but on 
the
    Sega Master System, it is atrocious.

    This game is very hard.  Most of the time, you have to attack the
    Terminator and then run for it.  Then attack and run.  Attack and 
run. 
    Very repetitive. And you have a very limited supply of health.  At 
least
    on the Game Gear version, one hit means you're dead.  The game is
    frustrating. With drab graphics and the repetitiousness, it can 
become a
    bore quickly. 

    Graphics: 61%         Sound: 72%
    Gameplay: 45%         Longevity: 10%
    Overall: 50% (I am being nice)


4.11 Terminator 2: The Arcade Game (SNES/Genesis)
-------------------------------------------------
Flying Edge's (a.k.a. Acclaim's) adaptation of the arcade machine.  
Support
for the Menacer video-game gun (Genesis) and the Super Scope (Super 
Nintendo
"gun") are provided.  Both are good conversions, though the Nintendo 
game has
been toned down a bit to avoid being too offensive to sensitive parents.


4.12 Robocop vs. the Terminator (SNES/Genesis)

_
                                                       

----------------------------------------------
Acclaim(?)'s loose adaptation of the Dark Horse limited series (see 
section
3.2.7).  In both games, you play Robocop, who shoots through a motley 
crew of
punks and endoskeletons in the near future, then travels to the 
Terminator's
future for more fighting with Skynet's forces.  The SNES and Genesis 
versions
differ somewhat in graphics, sound, and level, with only the basic idea 
the
same between them.  Rather generic side-scrolling platform action, 
though
with good sound and graphics.



5.0 What are the filmographies of the some of the people involved with 
T2?
========================================================================
==
5.1 James Cameron
-----------------
As a director:
    True Lies (1994), also written.
    Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), co-written with William Wisher.
    The Abyss (1989), also written.
    ALIENS (1986), story by JC and David Giler & Walter Hill, screenplay 
by JC
    The Terminator (1984), co-written with Gale Anne Hurd.
    Piranha II: The Spawning (1981)

Co-/written only:
    Strange Days (1995)
    Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)


5.2 Arnold Schwarzenegger
-------------------------
    Junior (1994)
    True Lies (1994) 
    Dave (1993) [Arnold Schwarzenegger]
    Last Action Hero (1993) [Jack Slater, Arnold Schwarzenegger] 
    Lincoln (TV) (1992) [Voice of John G. Nicolay]
    Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) [The Terminator] 
    Kindergarten Cop (1990) 
    Total Recall (1990) [Quaid] 
    Red Heat (1988) [Ivan Danko] 
    Twins (1988) [Julius Benedict] 
    Predator (1987) [Dutch] 
    Running Man, The (1987)
    Raw Deal (1986) [Kaminski] 
    Commando (1985) [John Matrix] 
    Red Sonja (1985) [Kalidor] 
    Conan the Destroyer (1984) 
    Terminator, The (1984) [The Terminator] 
    Conan the Barbarian (1981) [Conan] 
    Jayne Mansfield Story, The (TV) (1980) 
    Scavenger Hunt (1979) 
    Villain, The (1979) [Handsome Stranger] 
    Pumping Iron (1977)
    Stay Hungry (1976) 
    Long Goodbye, The (1973) 
    Hercules in New York (1970) (Note: as Arnold Strong) 


5.3 Linda Hamilton
------------------
    Separate Lives (1994)
    Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) [Sarah Connor]
    Mr. Destiny (1990) [Ellen Burrows]
    Go to the Light (TV) (1988)
    "Beauty and the Beast" (1987) [Catherine Chandler] 
    Black Moon Rising (1986) [Nina] 
    Club Med (TV) (1986) [Kate] 
    King Kong Lives (1986)
    Secret Weapons (TV) (1985) [Elena Koslov] 
    Children of the Corn (1984) [Vicky] 
    Stone Boy, The (1984)
    Terminator, The (1984) [Sarah Connor] 
    Secrets of a Mother and Daughter (TV) (1983) [Susan Decker] 
    "King's Crossing" (1982) [Lauren]
    Country Gold (TV) (1982) [Josie Greenwood] 
    Tag: The Assassination Game (1982) [Susan Swayze] 
    "Secrets of Midland Heights" (1980) [Lisa Rogers] 
    Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case (TV) (1980) 
    Reunion (1980) (TV) (1980)


5.4 Robert Patrick
------------------
    Double Dragon (1994)
    Fire in the Sky (1993) [Mike Rogers] 
    Last Action Hero (1993) [(cameo)] 
    Wayne's World (1992) [Bad Cop]
    Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) [T-1000] 
    Die Hard 2 (1990) [O'Reilly (Terrorist)] 
    Future Hunters (1989) [Slade] 
    Hollywood Boulevard II (1989)
    Equalizer 2000 (1986) [Deke] 
    Eye of the Eagle (1986) [Johnny Ransom] 



6.0 Miscellaneous questions
===========================
6.1 What year does T2 take place?
---------------------------------
John Connor's DOB is February 28, 1985, and he is 10 years old in the 
movie. 
Thus, most of T2 takes place in the summer of 1995. 


6.1.1 Are there mathematical errors in the script?
--------------------------------------------------
Some details first: T2 begins in 2029; Skynet becomes self-aware at 
2:14am EDT
August 29, 1997 (trivia: this is a Friday).

 - Sarah is 29 in T2, which would make her 18 in T1.  Sarah was 19 
according
to
the book for T1, so this is plausible. 

 - The T-800 says that in three years, Skynet starts the war.  T2 takes 
place
in 1995, so 1995 + 3 = 1998, not 1997.  From February, 1995 to August, 
1997
is more than two years, so the T-800 might have just rounded it to three
years. 

 - From Paul Duncanson <phd@karybdis.cs.rmit.oz.au>:
    In T1 Reese accosts a police officer and demands to know the date.
    "Twelve. May. Thursday."  Wrong! It is established three times that 
T1
    happens in 1984 (title after credits in T1; Sarah's timecard in T1 
read
    "Pay period ending 5/19/84"; and John's date of birth (2/28/1985) 
confirm
    he was conceived around May 1984).  Problem is that May 12, 1984 was 
a
    Saturday. The problem probably occurred because the screenplay was 
written
    in 1983 when May 12 did fall on a Thursday.


6.2 Why did it take the T-1000 so long to show up at John's house in 
Reseda?
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
---
The T-1000 was transported to the Sixth Street Bridge in downtown LA at 
night
and had access to a police vehicle and John Connor's address.  Yet he 
only
arrived at John's house in Reseda *after* the T-800 did!  It seems like 
at
least 4-6 hours between the T-1000 arriving and then getting to John's 
house.
The greater LA area is big, but not that big.

*** Maybe the novelization has an explanation...?


6.3 Why didn't the security guard at Pescadero State Hospital not notice 
the
    T-1000 on the floor?
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
---
It is very possible that the T-1000 made itself thin enough to avoid 
being
noticed.  The T-1000 doesn't necessarily need to keep a consistent 
thickness
while it is on the floor. 


6.4 Does the T-1000 have to touch the object it takes the form of?
------------------------------------------------------------------
The T-800 told John that the T-1000 could replicate "anything it samples 
by
physical contact".  It appears that the T-1000 can use a medium to do 
this
without actually touching the victim's skin.  In scene where the T-1000
mimicked the guard at the coffee machine, the only contact was when the 
guard
walked on the floor, where the medium was the soles of the shoes the 
guard
was wearing. 

JC, in the T2 SE supplements, explains that the T-1000 ihas the ability 
to 
sample things that it touches at a "fantastic level."  In a scene cut 
from 
the theatrical release, the T-1000, after killing John's foster parents, 
searches for clues to John's whereabouts.  It touches the walls, and 
immediately determines that there is a cache (of tapes and letters from 
Sarah, as it turns out) behind a poster in John's room. (See section 
1.2.3.)


6.5 Why did the T-1000 change back to the policeman at Pescadero State
    Hospital?
----------------------------------------------------------------------
It may be that it takes more energy to mimic an object than to just keep 
the
default form.  When the T-1000 was transported to 1995, it had a default
humanoid form, and that is the one it kept throughout the movie.  It did 
*not*
copy the form the unfortunate officer Austin who discovered it -- it 
only
copied the uniform, apparently.

The T2 Annotated Screenplay (see section 10.1) notes that being a 
policeman 
gives the T-1000 a large degree of leeway, thus is a default; also,
maintaining
the same form allows the audience to recognize the character. 


6.6 Why did the orderly in Pescadero State Hospital lick Sarah's face?
----------------------------------------------------------------------
According to JC, this situation was presented to "dig a deeper hole that 
Sarah
had to climb out of".  A cut scene (see section 1.2.3) showed Dougie 
(the 
licker) and another orderly hitting Sarah before giving her drugs.  
Thus,
Sarah
is justified in beating Dougie later on.  Any sexual abuse is only 
weakly
implied.


6.7 If dogs are used to identify Terminators, why doesn't the dog at the
    desert hideout bark at the Terminator?
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(Why is this *the* most popular point of discussion in this *entire* 
FAQ!?)
The dog at the desert hideout also did not bark at Sarah or John; maybe 
the
dog
didn't bark at "Uncle Bob" because it knew Sarah and John. Three other
possibilities have been discussed: 
     1) Dogs may have to be "trained" to sniff out Terminators.  This 
implies
        that John's dog Max was just barking for the hell of it, when 
the
        T-1000 kills John's foster parents. 
     2) Not all dogs bark at Terminators.
     3) JC intentionally neglected to have the dog bark, to show that 
the
        Terminator was becoming more human.
Finally, to end the ceaseless discussion on this question:
     4) It's a continuity glitch.  Live with it ;-)


6.8 Why does Sarah carve the words "NO FATE"?
---------------------------------------------
Sarah realizes that the future is not predetermined; she can change the
future.  (Remember Reese's words to her: "The future is not set. There 
is no
fate but what we make for ourselves.")  The words show Sarah's rejection 
of
determinism; the future is not 'carved in stone'.  The fact that the 
words
are *carved* is ironic. 


6.9 What gun does Sarah use when she attempts to kill Dyson?
------------------------------------------------------------
The sound suppresser on the guns is a Sionics model, first designed in 
the
1960s, and used by the US on M-16s in Vietnam.  The gun itself was a CAR 
15
(aka XM177L2), which looks similar to an M16A2 carbine. 


6.10 Why doesn't Sarah kill Dyson?
----------------------------------
When faced with killing someone, Sarah cannot do it.  This scene is 
meant to
show that she is *not* like the Terminators.  She has something they 
don't
have: feelings.  These feelings will not let her kill even one person.  
Note
that it is not necessary that Dyson dies -- there are other ways to 
alter the
future. 


6.11 When the T-1000 goes to Dyson's home, what police radio is it 
listening
     to?
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
---
Comments during this scene on the extended LD indicate that whereas the
T-1000 'became' the uniform of the policeman, it took the radio (and 
gun) so
it could monitor police activity.  The T-1000 is *not* listening to the
radio on the motorcycle.


6.12 Why didn't the T-1000 try to imitate Dyson and develop Skynet 
itself?
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
The T-1000 had one objective: to kill John Connor, not to preserve its 
own
future. 


6.13 When the Terminator was firing the big machine gun in the Cyberdyne
     lab, is the bullet belt moving or not?
------------------------------------------------------------------------
From <tighe@convex.com>:
    It appeared that the weapon Arnold had in T2 was a General Electric
    minigun, M-134/GAU-2b.  It fires a 7.62 mm round from 6 rotating 
barrels
    at peak cyclic rates of up to 6,000 rpm.  Barrel rotation is
    powered by an electric motor.  The "ammo chain" is actually an
    enclosed feeder. The bullets are inside of this feeder. That is 
    why it appears to not move.  If you look closely, you'll see a 
    steady stream of spent cartridges dropping out of the bottom of 
    the weapon.


6.14 Does the T-1000 have a third arm when it is flying the helicopter
     and shooting its weapon at the same time?
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Yes, and even a fourth arm in some scenes, if you look carefully. 
Although the T-1000 is supposed to "mimic" shapes it comes in contact 
with,
this seems to be an acceptable modification of its shape.  Note that in 
the
fight scene at the end of T2, the T-1000 is clearly capable of modifying 
its
humanoid appearance -- not to mention the many other myriad (partial)
transformations. 


6.15 What was that "ripple" that went through the T-1000 after it fought 
the
     T-800 and left him behind?
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
---
The liquid nitrogen damaged the T-1000 (see the August, 1991 issue of
_Cinefex_ -- referenced in section 10.1). 


6.16 Why did the T-1000 take the shape of Sarah instead of the T-800 
after
     it drove the spike through his back?
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
The T-1000 could have taken either shape; since the T-1000 took the 
shape of
the guard at Pescadero, it would seem that the T-1000 could have taken 
the
T-800's shape as well, or at least come close to resembling him.  It may 
have
thought it would have had a better chance of getting close to John if it 
took
the shape of his mother.  Don't forget that the T-1000 had no 
information on
how John's relationship was progressing with the T-800, so it would 
assume
that Sarah would have been a better choice.

The Special Edition indicates that this behaviour resulted from the 
damage 
experienced by the T-1000 after being frozen and shattered. 


6.17 Why did the T-1000 try to get Sarah to call to John?
---------------------------------------------------------
Again, discussion has centred on several possible explanations. In order 
of
plausibility: 
     1) The theory from the novelization is that the liquid nitrogen
        temporarily damaged its vocals.
     2) Another possible reason is that the T-1000 had not heard Sarah 
speak
        to obtain a sufficiently suitable sample; therefore, he could 
not
        mimic her voice.
     3) Some have suggested that the T-1000 possesses some malevolence.  
For
        example, it wags its finger in the steel mill after Sarah blows 
a hole
        through its head.  Thus, it may delight in torturing Sarah both
        physically (spike through the shoulder) and emotionally (helping 
her
        destroy her son). 
     4) It may be that the T-1000 realized that mimicry was unsuccessful 
on
        John before (when it imitated Janelle).  Thus, it may have
        overestimated John's ability to distinguish actual human voices 
from a
        synthesis. 
     5) Finally, the best reason (noted in the Special Edition) is that 
this
        odd behaviour is also a result of being damaged by the liquid 
nitrogen
        and being shattered.
 

6.17.1 Why didn't the T-1000 kill Sarah later?
----------------------------------------------
Because the T-800 came to her rescue after he broke his arm free.


6.18 If the T-1000 was destroyed when it fell into the molten steel, why
     wasn't it destroyed when the semi tow-truck blew up?
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Molten steel is a *lot* hotter than a gas explosion; notice that the 
truck did
not melt when it blew up.


6.19 Why didn't the Terminator "disappear" when John threw the CPU into
     the molten steel?
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
The time travel of the Terminator movies is not the same as that of the 
_Back
to the Future_ series.  Although no one is sure what would happen if you
created a paradox, it is highly unlikely (and goes against the laws of
physics for our world) that matter would just disappear into thin air.
Time-travel paradoxes are a lot more complicated than that.  [See 
section 8
for more on time travel.] 

According to the novelization, Judgment Day is avoided; Sarah becomes a
grandmother and John a Senator fighting the Skynet bill in Congress (see
section 1.1.2).  Also in the book, the T-800 jumps in the molten pit on 
its
own -- as was called for in an early script draft.


6.20 Isn't the Terminator's arm being left behind in the huge gear going
     to lead to the creation of Skynet anyway?
------------------------------------------------------------------------
It was clear from Dyson that it was the CPU that spurred the technology 
for
Skynet.  In the book, Sarah and John took the parts left from the T-800 
and
threw them into the molten pit. 


6.21 When the T-1000 is on top of the elevator in Pescadero State 
Hospital,
     why doesn't it just cut the cables? 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
--
Modern elevators have brakes that prevent them from free-falling to the 
bottom
of the shaft; some shafts apparently also have 'buffers' at the bottom.


6.22 What about <insert continuity glitch here>?
------------------------------------------------
Several astute people have pointed out minor continuity discrepancies.  
These
are not plot problems, they are simply byproducts of the complex 
endeavour of
shooting a film.  I leave it to Van Ling, Creative Technical Supervisor 
of
Lightstorm Entertainment, and annotator of the T2 illustrated screenplay 
(see
section 10.1 for more details), to have the final word.

    Arnold's face was NOT grafted via CG onto Peter Kent's body in the 
bike
    jump into the canal.  You are simply looking at Peter Kent wearing 
Stan
    Winston facial prostheses to make him look more like Arnold.

    A previous post asked about the windshield continuity problem (the 
glass
    is popped out during the jump, then is back in until T-1000 knocks 
it out
    later).  This is an instance of practicality taking precedent over
    continuity.  Yes, the glass popped in the single take we did of the 
jump
    (an aborted practice take notwithstanding).  However, Jim wanted the 
glass
    to remain intact for much of the scene, in order to a) help hide the 
stunt
    driver in most shots, and b) allow for clear closeups of Robert 
Patrick at
    the same time.  This is not as mutually exclusive as you may think.  
    Even Jim Cameron wasn't going to get to say "let's do this $$$$ gag 
again,
    and make make sure the glass doesn't pop this time!"  There's a 
point
    where you have to decide whether to blow the bucks on a retake of a 
gag
    that hopefully should not yank you out of the film if the continuity 
is a
    little off, or to plow that money into other, more crucial parts of 
the
    movie, really finesse a cool CG shot, etc.  I hope you'll agree we 
made
    the right decision. ;-)

    Van

    PS: I'm the first guy you here and see in the Cyberdyne lab intro 
scene,
    sitting at a terminal next to the neural net processor.


6.23 What is the make and model of the Terminator?
--------------------------------------------------
Reese (in T1) and Arnold (in T2) both refer to the Terminator as a 
"Cyberdyne
Systems Model 101".  Reese adds "the 600 series had rubber skin.  We 
spotted
them easy.  But these are new."  Obviously there is more than one 
variation on
the Model 101.  In T2SE, after the chip-toggle scene, the Terminator 
reboots

_
                               

and the startup data is shown from his point of view.  In the top left 
corner
of the screen it says "Cyberdyne Systems Series 800 Model 101 Version 
2.4". 
Presumably, the metal endoskeleton is Model 101; the flesh-covered units 
are
Series 800.

Again, Van Ling provides the definitive answer.
    Arnold is an 800-series terminator, Model 101.
    This means that the infamous endoskeleton covered in living tissue 
is a
    T-800. The fact that the aforementioned living tissue looks like 
Arnold
    makes it Model 101. Therefore, all 800-series Model 101s look like
    Arnold. An 800-series Model 102 would look like somebody else, but 
would
    be essentially the same underneath, since it's a T-800.

    Just thought I'd clear that up.

    Van Ling
    Lightstorm Entertainment



7.0 Trivia
==========
All questions must be stated in the form of a question. <grin>


7.1 Who was originally cast as the Terminator?
----------------------------------------------
Lance Henriksen (ALIENS, ALIEN^3, Hard Target) was originally cast as 
the
Terminator, with Arnold as the hero.  Arnold read the script, and asked 
to
play the Terminator instead.  Henriksen was recast as the cop Vukovich.


7.2 How many lines did Arnold have in T1?
-----------------------------------------
Arnold's voice is used in exactly 16 lines, with 17 sentences spoken.  
The
Terminator has two other lines, one with the voice of a police officer
overdubbed, and one with the voice of Sarah's mother overdubbed.  There 
are
also many lines with the voice of Sarah's mother, and we learn that the
Terminator is actually saying them, but we don't see it onscreen. 


7.3 What is Harlan Ellison's connection to the Terminator movies?
-----------------------------------------------------------------
SF author Harlan Ellison filed a lawsuit against T1 director JC, 
claiming
that Cameron plagiarized several of his short stories, namely "Soldier" 
and
"Demon with a Glass Hand".  The concept of 'Skynet' could also have been
borrowed from an Ellison short story called "I Have No Mouth and I Must
Scream".  Newer prints of T1 acknowledge Ellison.


7.4 What is the 'crushing foot' motif?
--------------------------------------
This refers to the recurring imagery of humanity being crushed by the
machines.  First, in the 2029 sequence of T1, there is a closeup of tank
treads rolling over human skulls.  Next, when the T-800 approaches the 
house
of the first 'Sarah Connor', it crushes a small toy truck.  Also, after 
the
Terminator kills Sarah's friend, he walks over her Walkman headphones.  
In T2,
the title sequence starts with a Terminator endoskeleton crushing a 
human
skull. The imagery of the Hunter-Killer tank rolling over skulls 
reoccurs. 
The T-800 crushes one of the roses that falls out of the flower box when 
it
removes the shotgun at the Galleria (may be a reference to the T2 tie-in
video by Guns 'N' Roses).  The T-1000 treads on the T-800's sunglasses 
at
Pescadero State Hospital.


7.5 Is "judgment" spelled correctly?
------------------------------------
Both "judgement" and "judgment" are accepted spellings, however, 
"judgment" is
increasingly preferred. 


7.6 How did Linda Hamilton prepare for T2?
------------------------------------------
She underwent a rigorous weight-training/exercise program six days a 
week,
and weapons training with a former Israeli commando.


7.7 Does Linda Hamilton have a twin sister who appeared in T2?
--------------------------------------------------------------
Yes, she was in the scene at the end where the T-1000 took the form of 
John
Connor's mother.  Linda actually played the T-1000 version of herself 
and her
sister played Sarah Connor coming up behind the T-1000.  Linda's sister
also appeared in the scene in which Sarah replaces the T-800's chip and 
sees
herself in a mirror (this scene is restored in the Special Edition).  
NOTE:
these scenes were not done with split screens.  Linda's sister's name is
Leslie Hamilton Gearren and she is a nurse in New Jersey.  Linda 
Hamilton
played Sarah on the playground during her dream sequence (in fact, she 
is
holding her real-life son). 

(The guard in the mental institute also has a real-life twin brother, 
who
actually played the T-1000 coming up behind him at the coffee machine.  
These
twin brothers were also in _Good Morning Vietnam_ and _Gremlins2: The 
New
Batch_.) 


7.8 What hardware/software was used to produce some of the FX in T2?
--------------------------------------------------------------------
The systems used were Silicon Graphics IRIS 4D/340VGX RISC-processor
workstations.  The software used was Alias Studio 3.0 and Pixar's 
Renderman
from ILM.  The computer graphics were used, among other things, for the
morphing/liquid metal FX, for putting the pilot's reflection on the T-
1000 in
the helicopter, and in the nuclear blast scene. 


7.9 What machine code is displayed on the Terminator's visual display?
----------------------------------------------------------------------
6502 assembler, specifically Apple 2+ assembly, taken from _Nibble_ 
(QV), a
computing magazine.  Other code visible is written in COBOL.


7.10 What is the literal translation of "Schwarzenegger"?
---------------------------------------------------------
According to Arnold on Late Night with David Letterman: "black plowman".


7.11 What does "Hasta la vista" mean?
-------------------------------------
'See you later.'  Literal translation is "until the sight".


7.12 Did the movies win any Academy Awards?
-------------------------------------------
T2 won four Oscars:
    Best Make-up: Stan Winston and Jeff Dawn
    Best Sound Effects Editing: Gary Rydstrom and Gloria S. Borders
    Best Sound: Tom Johnson, Gary Rydstrom, Gary Summers, and Lee Orloff
    Best Visual Effects: Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Gene Warren Jr,
                         and Robert Skotak

T2 editors Conrad Buff IV, Mark Goldblatt, and Richard A. Harris were
nominated in the Best Editing category.  Adam Greenberg was nominated in 
the
Best Cinematography category for T2.


7.13 How much money did T2 make?
--------------------------------
T2 grossed over US$490 million worldwide.  It recouped its total 
production
costs in its first 12 days of release.  In three weeks, it grossed 
US$123M
-- its closest competitor (_Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves_ took six 
weeks to
reach that mark).  For 1991, T2's total US box office gross for 1991 was
US$204.4M; in the UK it took in 18.1M pounds.


7.14 Is there a real Skynet?
----------------------------
Astonishingly, the answer to this question is a simple 'yes'!  The 
following
article was carried by Reuters on June 20, 1994:
    ** VSAT CUSTOMER -- AT&T said Allied Van Lines has agreed to
    become the first customer of its new [VSAT] satellite hub service.
    AT&T said under Allied's five-year, multimillion-dollar contract,
    Allied will connect its agents' local area networks to AT&T's
    SKYNET hub service for shipment registration, scheduling and
    dispatch and to process bills of lading.
(Before anyone starts stocking up on plasma rifles and planning to be 
wearing
2 million sunblock on August 29, 1997, realize that this is clearly not 
a
automated defense network, but rather a simple communications net. Or is
it...?) 


7.15 What is "Bentham Petroleum"?
---------------------------------
The symbol of the gas station that John, Sarah, and the T-800 pull into 
in T2
is the symbol of Bentham Petroleum, the oil company from JC's _The 
Abyss_.


7.16 What sunglasses did the Terminator wear?
---------------------------------------------
According to Van Ling, Arnold wore Gargoyles in the first film, and wore
Oakleys in T2.


7.17 Miscellaneous trivia
-------------------------
 - T2 co-writer William Wisher portrayed the guy taking pictures of the 
T-800
after it smashes through the window at the Galleria. 
 - The helicopter pilot whom the T-1000 tells to get out is played by 
Chuck
Tamburro, T2's aerial coordinator. 
 - Cyberdyne guard 'Moshier' (Mike Muscat) was also Edward Furlong's 
acting
coach. 



8.0 Time travel questions
=========================
Naturally, any theory of time travel is just that: a theory.  For the 
purposes
of this FAQ, the best we can do is try to apply one or more of these 
theories,
while still maintaining internal consistency with the info presented in 
the
films.  There are many theories of time travel in science fiction and 
comics.
However, most discussions of time travel focus on two theories of 'real-
world'
physics: classic Newtonian and quantum mechanical physics.  For a good
introduction to the application of these theories to time travel, see 
the
article, "The quantum physics of time travel" in the March, 1994 issue 
of
_Scientific American_.

The classical theory states that there is one existence, and thus a 
single
timeline.  According to this view, changing an event in the past could
theoretically retroactively change history from the time traveler's POV. 
This theory is plagued by problems of "temporal paradoxes".  For 
example,
what happens if you go back in time and prevent your parents from
meeting?  (According to the movie _Back to the Future_, you will 'fade 
from
existence'!) 

The quantum view is that time travel is possible along distortions in
space-time called closed timelike curves; also, reality exists as a
multiverse of infinite possibilities.  Thus, if you travel back in time 
and
prevent your parents from meeting, there's no paradox.  Your parents 
still
meet and conceive you in the timeline you came from (after all, you must 
have
come from somewhere!).  However, a 'version' of you will *not* be born 
in the
timeline you traveled to. 

Broam Christopher Weaver <bcw3s@fermi.clas.virginia.edu> writes:
"The 'many-universes' interpretation of quantum mechanics solves a lot 
of time
travel paradoxes.  A time traveler can make _any_ change in the past 
he/she/it
wants to without endangering their existence because they came from a
_different_ universe whose timeline is untouched by their meddling.

Therefore, there really is no paradox in the Terminator movies.  The
Terminators and Kyle Reese came from a universe where the war actually
occurred, but by the end of T2 a universe had been created where John 
and
Sarah Connor lived with no global thermonuclear war.  The original 
timeline
still exists, however, in a parallel universe." 

T2 implies that its world is of one existence and a single timeline.
Certainly, it would seem to be futile to send someone back to change the 
past
in a multi-universe existence -- unless one is very altruistic!  
Consider
this: T2 implied that Judgment Day never occurred due to manipulation of 
the
past.  But it all depends which timeline one looks at:

      1995             2029
   -----|----------------|--(existence with nuclear war) (A)
         \_______________|__(alternate peaceful existence) (B)

Assuming the existence of multiple parallel timelines, if a time 
traveler
could change an event in 1995 (such as destroying the CPU chip), all 
that
would result is another existence (B) branching off from 1995.  Note 
that the
nuclear war still happens in existence (A), even if an event in the past 
is
changed! 

What can we conclude?  Quantum physics *can* explain the events of T1/T2 
well.
However, it does not make for a good story.  Although saving humanity in 
a
*single* timeline out of an infinity is better than none at all, this
situation would likely not have been accepted by the moviegoing public.
Assuming Judgment Day does *not* occur (as per the 'lost ending' of T2), 
JC
wanted to show that there is "no fate" but what we make of it.  This
philosophy is reinforced by the 'single-timeline' approach.

So there you have it: good physics and a watered-down story, or a ream 
of
paradoxes and a strong story.  Anyone care to posit a hybrid? ;-) 


8.1 How did the (liquid *metal*) T-1000 travel to the past?  Didn't they
    destroy the time machine?
------------------------------------------------------------------------
The T-800 was able to go through time because it was surrounded by 
living
tissue.  The T-1000 could imitate living tissue, but it is made up of 
alloy
metals, so it is not technically a biological organism, but neither was 
the
T-800. 
  
Some possibilities:
     1) Maybe Skynet used a time machine with improved capabilities
        (apparently with the letter-boxed laserdisc for T1, you can see 
a type
        of bubble enclosed around Reese before he drops, so this may 
imply
        that the same type of time machine was used in T2). 
     2) Mimicking living tissue is sufficient.  The mimetic polyalloy is
        capable of generating a 'living field' of some sort.
     3) The time machine in T2 is in a separate existence from T1 (refer 
to
        section 8 on time travel).
     4) The T-1000 was sent through wrapped-up in flesh.  This is the 
most
        likely (but most gory) explanation.  In _The Terminator: 
Tempest_
        comic, an advanced plasma weapon is sent through time in the 
belly of
        a man. The same method may be extrapolated for the T-1000. 

Regarding the destruction of the time machine, Reese would have been 
gone
before the machine was destroyed anyway.  He wouldn't know for certain
whether it was destroyed or not. 


8.2 How can Skynet exist if the chip and arm were destroyed?
------------------------------------------------------------
According to the classical, single timeline/universe view, it is 
impossible --
unless Cyberdyne Systems develops Skynet technology *independently* of 
any
help from the future.

Assuming the existence of a multiverse of timelines, this situation can 
also
be explained.  In the universe in which we see the Terminator technology
destroyed, Skynet will never exist.  However, there must exist at least 
*one*
timeline/universe in which Skynet technology is developed.  This may 
occur
due to: a) Cyberdyne independently creating the technology, or b) 
Terminator
remains originating from yet *another* timeline are left behind.  Thus, 
the
movies must chronicle *two* different universes: one with the hellish 
future
dominated by Skynet, the other is the one saved by Sarah and John.


8.3 If John gave a speech to Reese in 2029, who gave it to Sarah and
    conceived John in 1984, and then Sarah told it to John, then who 
*wrote*
    the bloody speech? 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
---
According to classical physics, we have a classic paradox.  No one wrote 
it,
everybody just memorized it.  Assuming a multiverse, on the other hand, 
we
can posit that a future John Connor (whose mother encountered a Reese 
who
perhaps forgot the speech) *did* write the speech, and gave it to Reese. 
Reese traveled back to 1984 in *another* universe, and gave it to Sarah
(which we saw in T1).


8.4 What are some good related SF time-travel stories?
------------------------------------------------------
Larry Niven's short story entitled "All the myriad ways" (in a 
collection by
the same name) explores the every-change-in-history-creates-an-alternate-
universe idea.  The story is based on the idea that there are an 
infinite
number of these universes, branching off at every decision anyone ever 
makes.
It's an interesting extension of just how irrelavant everything become 
in one
of these alternate-universe-based view of things.

In that same collection is another story, "On the theory and practice of 
time
travel" which is a very entertaining look at the whole subject.  The 
book is
highly recommended based not only on its high entertainment value but on 
its
thought-provoking look at time travel.

Robert A. Heinlein's short story "All you zombies" (collected in _The
unpleasant profession of Jonathon Hoag_) is widely considered to be 
*the*
definitive time-travel story. 



9.0 Will there be a _Terminator 3_ movie?
=========================================
On _Secrets Revealed_, JC is cagey:
"Well, T3...that's a *secret* of course.  We can't talk about that 
[laughs]."

(JC is obviously playing on the fact that the TV show is called "Secrets
Revealed.")

Arnold, on T2: "This movie does *not* indicate to me that there's an end 
to
the story possibilities.  According to what we know about the future, 
there
were *hundreds* of Terminators built.  This story could go on forever.  
I
know Jim [JC] rules out a third film.  But I don't" [from _Starlog 
Yearbook_,
vol. 10] 

Note that by removing the ending of T2 showing Sarah and John in the 
future,
JC makes it more ambiguous whether or not Skynet will be developed.  I
suppose we'll have to wait and see what the future brings ;-)

Apparently, there will soon be a live action/3D movie/ride at Universal
Studios Florida with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Edward Furlong called "T2-
3D".



10.0 Credits
============
Some people whose contributions are quoted directly are named in the 
body of
this document.  Here are some others who have helped me make this 
document
what it is: 
 - A huge credit must go to Doug Fierro (formerly at 
<fierro@uts.amdahl.com>)
who compiled the T2 FAQ, upon which this document is heavily based.
 - Ross Chandler <chandler@maths.tcd.ie>, in addition to converting this 
FAQ
to html and maintaining the T2 WWW home page, contributed answers to
questions 7.4, 7.12, 7.13, and 7.14.  His contribution to this FAQ is 
much
appreciated. 
 - Paul Duncanson <phd@karybdis.cs.rmit.oz.au> helped with questions 
2.2.1,
6.1.1, 6.5, and 6.9, among other various clarifications.
 - Brian Christopher Weaver <bcw3s@fermi.clas.virginia.edu> applied the 
SciAm
article to the Terminator movies in section 8.
 - Francisco X. DeJesus <dejesus@archimedes.chinalake.navy.mil> gave me 
info
provided by the Special Edition LD, and helped on questions 1.2.1, 6.6 
and
6.11.
 - Mark Martinez <090632@cygnus.lanl.gov> listed the Terminator books 
and
comic collections. 
 - Aman Verjee <bkmagic@leland.stanford.edu> provided an interesting 
alternate
theory in question 6.17. 
 - Sanjay Rajput <rajput@shrike.larc.nasa.gov> gave me information on 
the T2
SE set in section 1.2.
 - <swampthing@genie.geis.com> gave me info on the SE letterboxed VHS 
set.
 - Andrew Tong <werdna@avarice.ugcs.caltech.edu> sent me transcripts of 
the 
scenes included with the SE boxed set in section 1.2.3.
 - Stephen Chan <sc17@cornell.edu> gave me the trivia for section 7.16.
 - Darryll S H Hobson <hobson@ee.ualberta.ca> provided info on the T2 
DOS game
in section 4.5.
 - Robert A. Jung <rjung@netcom.com> wrote sections 4.9, 4.10, and 4.11.
 - Greg Smith <gsmith@westnet.com> suggested some time-travel stories in
section 8.4. 


10.1. Bibliography
------------------
_CD-ROM Entertainment_ (May, 1994), I(1).
_Cinefex_, #21.  The Terminator.
_Cinefex_, #47.  Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
_Empire_ (May, 1992)
_Terminator 2: Judgment Day: The Book of the Film: An Illustrated 
Screenplay_
     (1991).  By James Cameron and William Wisher, annotations by Van 
Ling.
     Applause Theater Book Pub.  ISBN: 1557830975.  (You can order this 
by
     telneting to books.com -- highly recommended!)
_The Making of Terminator 2: Judgment Day_.  (1991).  By Don Shea and 
Jody
     Duncan.  Bantam Books: New York. ISBN: 0553353462.
_The Official Terminator 2: Judgment Day Movie Magazine_ (1991).  
Starlog
     Communications International. 
_Scientific American_  (March, 1994).  The quantum physics of time 
travel.  By
     D. Deutsch, & M. Lockwood. Vol. 270(3), 68-74.
_Starlog Yearbook_, vol. 10 (Sept, 1992).  Heart of Steel [interview 
with

_
                                            

     Arnold Schwarzenegger].  Starlog Communications International.

--
  Karsten A. Loepelmann, Master of his domain (*psychology*, that is :-)
        "Back off, man. I'm a scientist." -- Dr. Peter Venkman
      kloepelm@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca  ///  kloepel@psych.ualberta.ca

    
