terminator 2 deleted scenes
Why Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange recommends it
Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange answerers point people to it as evidence for in-universe Terminator lore, such as the T-800's learning-mode chip switch and the glitching T-1000, that only appears in the cut footage.
Recommended by 1 people across 1 different months, 2016 to 2019.
What it is
A roughly six-minute compilation of scenes cut from the theatrical release of Terminator 2: Judgment Day, uploaded by Izzy JR. It draws on the Special Edition DVD material, where James Cameron explained why the scenes were dropped.
What people said
Recommends Radhil · 2016-10 · Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange · on “Why does "Catherine Weaver" want to stop Skynet?”
The majority of Terminator units shown in the series are intelligent, but not self-aware . Weaver represents a different paradigm. In the movie Terminator 2: Judgment Day, there is a scene that was cut for the theatrical release, but put back in for many of the home releases. After breaking out John's mom Sarah and fleeing town, the team takes refuge in a garage for the night, and the T-unit explains to John that the AI chip that powers him is set to "learning mode off" so that terminators on solo missions maintain Skynet's original programming - basically so they don't develop their own thoughts. Even his current protector role is entirely the future John Connor's programming. Sarah and Joh
Cites Valorum · 2016-04 · Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange · on “Is there an in-universe explanation for terminators not knowing about human emotions?”
Skynet likes to keep his Terminators d.u.m.b. dumb. When they start learning, they start thinking and when they start thinking, they seem to have a habit of learning about emotions and siding with the humans to help overthrow Skynet. This was a key component of T2, where the T-800 Terminator gradually becomes aware of emotionality over the course of the film as a direct result of John (in a deleted scene) switching its CPU from 'read-only' back into a learning mode. It was also a key twist in Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, where it was revealed that what we thought was the main antagonist (a T-1001 Terminator) may actually be on the side of John Connor's "Resistance" after having e
Cites Mazura · 2019-06 · Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange · on “Why would future John risk sending back a T-800 to save his younger self?”
Skynet "doesn't want you to do too much thinking". It's a "learning computer" but the default when sent out alone is *read-only*. Terminator 2 deleted scenes [this video]
Cites Valorum · 2019-12 · Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange · on “Is the T-1000 hard to the touch? If so, why don't we hear it clanking around when walking on hard surfaces?”
When the T-1000 mimics a substance, it does so perfectly and with the same properties as that substance . We see an example of this in a deleted scene from T2: Judgement Day when the glitchy T-1000 inadvertently mimics some plastic tape in the factory and its hand become plasticky and sticky. That being said, we learn in Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles [LINK] that the T-1000's skin is cold to the touch... Catherine Weaver (T-1000): Come, sit on my lap. Savannah Weaver: Your lap is cold. Catherine Weaver: I know. TSCC: Desert Cantos [LINK] ...but her clothing and hair are sufficiently realistic to fool a seasoned detective given that he touches her repeatedly during their various enco