Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) (Skynet Edition)

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by Dylan34

Same. put them in the Best Buy Steelbook. Of course, I only watch the new 2015 version now though. So much better looking than The DNR Edition, oh I mean Skynet. My apologies!!! LOL

[Blu-21]

There are better Blu-Ray releases of T2 out there, but I'd even go so far to say that I prefer the look of the Extreme edition DVD upscaled compared to the Skynet edition BD if I had the choice between the 2.

[Early Memphis]

Are there any quality features on the Skynet edition which make it "keepable" once upgrading to the new release? From the review text, it appears that all the Skynet features are PIP, which I abhor. Is the same info covered in the new features?

[imsounoriginal]

Originally Posted by Early Memphis

Are there any quality features on the Skynet edition which make it "keepable" once upgrading to the new release? From the review text, it appears that all the Skynet features are PIP, which I abhor. Is the same info covered in the new features?

The commentaries aren't on the new disc (or at least one of them isn't, I can't remember).

[WhiteTim]

And the secret extended extended one isn't on the new one supposedly

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by imsounoriginal

The commentaries aren't on the new disc (or at least one of them isn't, I can't remember).

No commentaries on the new disc at all.

[Early Memphis]

Sorry, guys, I should've been clearer. Don't care about commentaries, I've never listened to one (think I tried once and gave up after 5-10 minutes ). And I've heard nothing but universal scorn for the secret, extra-long version, so I'm actually asking about extras/docs/making of, whatever.

One thing really puzzled me : I usually default to extended versions, but when I watched the Special Edition of the re-coded release last night, there were a few scenes I'd swear I'd never seen before (Kyle's scene, for one, and did the guards at the asylum always club Sarah when they go in to tranq her?). It makes me wonder if all I'd ever watched before was the Theatrical.

[Geoff D]

The guards beating up Sarah (leading to her nuclear nightmare with Reese) was never in the theatrical, only the SE.

[imsounoriginal]

If you've never seen the Kyle Reese scene before then yeah, you've only been watching the theatrical (which is the best version IMHO anyway, but that's apparently a minority opinion).

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by imsounoriginal

If you've never seen the Kyle Reese scene before then yeah, you've only been watching the theatrical (which is the best version IMHO anyway, but that's apparently a minority opinion).

The theatrical will always be my 'go to' version but the last time I saw the movie I chose the SE, and I'll be damned if I said I didn't enjoy it some. I'll always love that chip scene (as much for the filmmaking craft as anything) and it was nice to see Reese again (watching it straight after T1 helped in that regard, I think). Even the added humour, as daft as it is, helps to offset the increasingly po-faced tone that the movie takes.

[StingingVelvet]

I much prefer the SE. The only iffy thing in it for me is the smile scene. Everything else was a good addition.

[imsounoriginal]

I've got nothing against the SE, I like the added material quite a bit (most, if not all of it, is pretty damn good). But it comes back to that P-word: pacing. I like my action movies fast and brutal, character beats be damned. And it's not like the TC is totally bereft of those, anyway.

[StingingVelvet]

Originally Posted by imsounoriginal

I've got nothing against the SE, I like the added material quite a bit (most, if not all of it, is pretty damn good). But it comes back to that P-word: pacing. I like my action movies fast and brutal, character beats be damned. And it's not like the TC is totally bereft of those, anyway.

Yeah Geoff always talks about pacing as well. For me as long as the new content is good I am not bothered by a slower pace. It's when scenes are repetitive or boring in themselves that I feel the movie is slowing down, but nothing in the SE really feels that way to me.

This is coming from someone who despises most serialized television as well, because it takes them 13 hours to tell the same story a movie would in 2.

[Geoff D]

So you like your movies to be longer but your TV runs to be shorter? Oh, you.

[StingingVelvet]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

So you like your movies to be longer but your TV runs to be shorter? Oh, you.

Well I think there's a difference between 2 hours becoming 2.5 versus a 13 hour long slog through a story you could easily tell in a quarter of that time. I watched Jessica Jones recently and it started out so well but by hour 6 or so of the same story, stretched out and padded ad nauseum, I was dying.

Some shows do it well though, obviously I love The Sopranos, The Wire, etc. It's just rare in my experience that a serialized show feels fresh and well-paced for 13 hours in a row.

[TylerDurden389]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

I'll always love that chip scene (as much for the filmmaking craft as anything)

Did you notice how John snapping his fingers in front of the terminator was a callback to the punk that did it to the previous terminator at the beginning of part 1 ("Wash day tomorrow. Nothing clean, right?")?

[RTuttle]

Love this movie!

[Early Memphis]

Repost:
I'm really surprised that the site never reviewed the T2 2015 AVC release. Anyway, without trapesing thru this entire thread: I was going thru my "sell this crap" box when I came across "T2-Skynet Edition". Are there any worthwhile extras on the disc which I should keep the Skynet BD for? I know it has the 4-minute longer version, but I'll never go thru the eyestrain of watching that version again (on the waxy Skynet disc).

[CptHowdy87]

Originally Posted by imsounoriginal

If you've never seen the Kyle Reese scene before then yeah, you've only been watching the theatrical (which is the best version IMHO anyway, but that's apparently a minority opinion).

The theatrical version is the one I watched dozens of times growing up.

I like most of the extra scenes in the SE but they do slow the movie down quite a bit. The pacing is much better in the theatrical cut.

On another subject, I cannot wait to see this in 3-D at the cinemas! It's a shame 3-D never really took off the way it should have. It's not just a needless gimmick. It's a whole new immersive way of watching a movie. Prometheus in 3-D was amazing and Predator converted to 3-D was incredible as well. There's so many older movies I'd love to see converted into 3-D that will unfortunately most likely never happen. Hopefully James Cameron gives the 3-D treatment to more of his older movies.

[kaykaysud]

Originally Posted by Early Memphis

Are there any worthwhile extras on the disc which I should keep the Skynet BD for? I know it has the 4-minute longer version, but I'll never go thru the eyestrain of watching that version again (on the waxy Skynet disc).

The two commentaries (which I guess will make a return on the 2017 BD) and several other BTS featurettes (all in SD) are there only on the Skynet disc, but then again, accessing them used to be quite the chore for me, coupled with the waxy video. So got a used copy of the Ultimate Edition DVD - with all the extras minus the commentaries - along with the 2015 "Van Ling Edition", and sold the Skynet edition Blu off.