Terminator 2: Judgment Day

From Tysto commentaries:

Join me for a trip thru one of the greatest action movies of all time. It’s the heartwarming story of a boy and his robot and his mom living off the fat of the land and blowing stuff up, driving like crazy people, and shooting guns ineffectively.

I examine the themes and visual motifs, discuss James Cameron in general, and compare the film to the original and other sequels and to other films. I temporarily misidentify a car (heaven forbid!), and stumble thru discussion of theme and motif, and speculate on where the rest of the original terminator skeleton got to.

I think Dakota Fanning would have done a better job as John Connor than Edward Furlong. He’s just very annoying. She would also be less effeminate than Edward Furlong, to be frank. — Tysto Commentaries,
Terminator 2 @0:05:53

[One] hallmark of this film [is] the vast plethora of terrible ’80s automobiles, which I will not be identifying… Let’s just call them all Ford Crown Victorias and be done with it. — Tysto Commentaries,
Terminator 2 @0:16:38

Schwarzenegger has actually purchased a dozen roses. … [as florist] What would you like the card to say? [as Schwarzenegger] … ‘Come with me if you want to live.’ — Tysto Commentaries,
Terminator 2 @0:28:15

‘It’s just plain wrong for human beings to kill human beings’ … is the theme. … There are other options. Now, those other options also include lots of shooting and blowing stuff up, and results in death. But … that was an accident. — Tysto Commentaries,
Terminator 2 @1:22:41

Remember John is supposed to be 10, 11 years old, maybe? [laughs] Would you have the 10 year old drive the truck in a high-speed chase? I think the Terminator should be driving with his foot. — Tysto Commentaries,
Terminator 2 @1:52:46