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For this title I've now had to also pay for the UK edition, but this can be a real pain with titles like "Never Say Never Again" which are only available in the US AND will only play exclusively on players which are ONLY region A and NOT all region. TERMINATOR 2 SKYNET EDITION: Great movie but unfortunately another blu-ray title designed NOT to play on all region blu-ray DVD players. Seems to be part of a trend to stop people from other countries enjoying titles released in the US. THIS SAD SITUATION IS ONE THAT MANUFACTURERS COULD ADVERTISE INSTEAD OF RIPPING OFF CUSTOMERS. LET US KNOW IF THEY HAVE ENCODED A TITLE TO ONLY PLAY EXCLUSIVELY ON REGION A PLAYERS AS THE VAST MAJORITY OF REGION A BLU-RAY DISCS CAN USUALLY PLAY ON ALL REGION PLAYERS.
Great movie and part of a solid trilogy. Lots of action supplemented with Arnold's one liners make for a good watch. As far as the Blu-Ray goes, it looks better than a DVD, but not by much. Pretty good for a 20yr old movie I guess.
The head is so cool that I wish it do more than sound effects. Maybe a couple of lines from the movie, "I'll be back" etc.
While this is an interesting take on commentary because we not only hear them talking about it, we actually see it, this is not something that appeals to me. It doesn't get any better than this. The theatrical, director's cut, and the extended director's cut which is un-lockable with a password and has an alternate ending. The skynet edition is interesting.
I have never been a commentary guy. Although the ending is interesting and worth a look. Many of the features like the behind the scenes stuff are in a picture-in-picture format. SKYNET EDITIONThis movie is unbelievably amazing on Blu-ray disc. This is why it is over 8 hours worth of special features, because you have to literally watch the film 4 times with each feature turned on. By the time your done the menus will be loaded and you can pick 1 of 3 different versions to watch. However every player is different and some work much faster.
I do have some cons with the features. It takes several minutes to get to a screen that says you are not connected to skynet, you may watch this disc without being connected click here to do so. I do not know what the BD live features are, but I hope to get connected soon to find out.Another issue I have with this disc is the load time. As far as special features go, there are not as many as the ultimate edition dvd had but there are still many including BD live features that I have not had the chance to check out yet as I do not have my bluray player hooked up online. We get 3 versions of the film. something to that effect. You then have to click that you want to watch the film. I personally would rather have a behind the scenes featurette.
This means you have to be watching the film to view these. Some people might feel the exact opposite. Also I do not know if hooking it up online would help. The picture quality and sound quality is superb and for it's age, I do not think this movie could possibly look any better. It is slightly annoying and I have to really want to watch the movie to go through that ordeal which makes the skynet edition slightly less appealing.
When that part comes on, I go make some popcorn or something because the screen is blank for at least 5 minutes. At least it wouldn't be searching for skynet so it is a possibility.Even with the extremely long load times I recommend this blu-ray because it is the best version of T2 available. Sit back and enjoy T2 in 1080p HD with complete master audio. As a matter of fact pretty much all the special features require you to watch the film. The alternate ending can also be watched separately in the special features so I would recommend watching the regular director's cut since the alternate ending in the extended is not linear with the rest of the franchise and it's sequels.
Throw it in, let it load and go make some popcorn. I rarely listen to commentaries and for me to have to watch the whole movie just to watch some behind the scenes stuff does not appeal to me. The games are also played while the film is playing. T2 isn't a movie you throw on to pass the time, you put it on to experience. And I can honestly say there isn't a Terminator movie better than this.
Once again, the resistance has managed to send a protector back to attempt to save John and his mother Sarah. Nearly 10 years have passed since Sarah Connor was targeted for termination by a cyborg from the future. Now her son, John, the future leader of the resistance, is the target for a newer, more deadly terminator. This move is a masterpiece in every aspect. Termiantor II: Judgement Day is an absolute must see classic.
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