Terminator 2: Judgment Day The Rewatchables
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Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Picking Nits

John's age; Sarah's age in 1984; single protector sent back; no police casualties at Cyberdyne; Terminator's self-termination

In the discussion (6)
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  • John is supposed to be 10 but feels like 13; 10-year-old boys are not that resilient and worldly.
  • Sarah being 18 in 1984 as a waitress with her own place seems a reach.
  • Why not send 25 people back to protect John? Rebutted: Cameron framed a Western of good gunfighter versus bad gunfighter, the film never opens up timeline logic, and it should just be enjoyed; the rebuttal is dubbed purist Chris Ryan.
  • No cops died in the Cyberdyne shootout, with Arnold's scan reading zero human casualties.
  • The Terminator movies may have invented the first-person-shooter view.
  • If Arnold can't self-terminate, why would he let Sarah Connor terminate him, and was his mission to protect John for life or only from the T-1000? He could have faked looking away and been shoved in.