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Title: T2 polished image lacks grit, humanity of original
Review: Terminator 2: Judgement Day abandoned what made the original Terminator a landmark sci-fi movie. T2 is bereft of the original's gritty, breakneck terror. Instead, James Cameron decided to go for style over substance. The result: an empty-headed special effects juggernaut with a plot of clay feet. Instead of Arnold coming back from the future as the villian, this time he is the beefed-up robotic protector of humanity's future rebel leader. The T9000 prototype cyborg is an incredible special effect (with its eye-popping shape-shifting abilities) and steals the show. So who cares about Linda Hamilton or Edward Furlong and the human side of the story. Everyone's so hyped for machine vs. machine that we forget about any semblance of a story. Maybe T2's a metaphor for society itself: we've abandoned our humanity (it's good and bad)for the flawless, cold precision of machines.
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