T2 3-D: Battle Across Time
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| Directed by | James Cameron, John Bruno, Stan Winston |
| Produced by | Chuck Comisky (producer) Jessica Huebner (associate producer) Frank Kostenko Jr. (line producer) Andrew Millstein (executive producer) Scott Ross (executive producer) |
| Written by | James Cameron, Gary Goddard, Adam J. Bezark |
| Starring | Arnold Schwarzenegger Linda Hamilton Edward Furlong Robert Patrick |
| Distributed by | Landmark Ent.Group, Lightstorm Entertainment, Universal Creative, Universal Studios Recreation Group |
| Release date(s) | 1996 |
| Running time | 12 min 41 sec. |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $60,000,000 |
| Preceded by | Terminator 2: Judgment Day |
| Followed by | Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines |
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T2 3-D: Battle Across Time is an attraction at Universal Orlando, Universal Studios Hollywood and Universal Studios Japan. It is a mini-sequel to Terminator 2: Judgment Day and reunites director James Cameron and the main cast of that movie, including Arnold Schwarzenegger as "T-800", Linda Hamilton as "Sarah Connor", Edward Furlong as "John Connor", and Robert Patrick as the "T-1000". The show is in two parts: a pre-show where a spokesperson talks about Cyberdyne and the main feature which has performers interacting with a 3-D movie.
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[edit] Story
The pre-show is hosted by Kimberley Duncan, Cyberdyne Systems' Director of Community Relations and Media Control. She welcomes the guests while extolling the virtues of Cyberdyne. The showing of a promotional film (which includes several references to the Terminator universe and a cameo by Shaquille O'Neal) is interrupted by a message from Sarah and John Connor with a different point of view. Order is restored and guests are ushered into a theater to see a demonstration of Cyberdyne's newest creation, robotic soldiers called T-70s, or as Cyberdyne affectionately calls them: Terminators.
Guests put on their "safety goggles" (actually polarized glasses needed for the 3-D film effects) and watch a demonstration of the Terminators, which is interrupted by the appearance of the T-1000 in pursuit of Sarah and John, who are on the premises in an attempt to disrupt the proceedings. Kimberley Duncan tries to stop the T-1000 but it strangles her to death. A T-800 shows up and rides with John into the movie screen, preventing the T-1000 from killing John. The rest of the show (except the conclusion) takes place onscreen with John and the Terminator in the future, where they must destroy Skynet. Before they reach Skynet, they are chased by a Hunter-Killer which deploys miniature Hunter-Killers to kill the T-800 and John. Ultimately, the Hunter-Killers fail and John and the T-800 manage to destroy Skynet. The line between film and live performance is blurred thanks to the skillful use of environmental effects like smoke and lighting and the film presentation itself, which starts on one wide screen but later expands to three. Guests in the front rows have screens filling almost their entire field of view.
[edit] Cast
- Arnold Schwarzenegger - The Terminator
- Linda Hamilton - Sarah Connor
- Robert Patrick - T-1000
- Edward Furlong - John Connor
- Earl Boen - Dr. Peter Silberman
- Michael Biehn - Kyle Reese (uncredited)
- Jim Cummings - Cyberdyne Video Narrator (voice; uncredited)
- Mark Kriski - Cyberdyne Video Host (uncredited)
[edit] Production
The initial mock-up and motion picture projection effects were developed by Digital Domain in a Playa Vista airplane hangar built by Howard Hughes. The unique 3-D film format of the mock-up utilized six, solid-state Electrosonic projectors that were electronically interlocked to run 70mm film synchronously, at the high speed of 40 frames per second. The image was projected onto a triptych of adjoined silver screens. The effect of the six projectors running simultaneously was to produce one, contiguous, 3-D image across the three screens, accomplishing a wrap-around effect reminiscent of Cinerama.
- "This 12-minute short featuring much of the cast and crew of Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) cost $60 million to produce, making it the most expensive venture per minute in movie history."[1]
[edit] T-1000000
T2 3-D: Battle Across Time features the T-1000000, a gigantic spider-like version of the T-1000 seen in Terminator 2: Judgment Day. It defends Skynet's CPU from attack. When it fails to stop John Connor and the reprogrammed T-800, Skynet is destroyed.
[edit] Trivia
- The stage where the attraction is held is called "Miles Bennett Dyson Memorial Auditorium", as indicated by a sign in an entrance room.
- The queue has dozens of TV sets (like most rides at Universal Studios) showing innovations, products and special segments such as the Cyberdyne Radio Station (also known as CDYN). CDYN plays two songs from the movie, "Bad to the Bone" and "Guitars, Cadillacs", as well as a "live" video (via Satellite) from Costa Rica of a performance of La Bamba.
- The ride is considered non-canon by most Terminator fans as it features John and the Terminator travelling to the future, when in the first Terminator film Kyle Reese stated that Time Travel is one way, and you cannot get back. In addition the Terminator and John travel to the future with clothes, armament, motorcycle, and equipment, but the films feature the Tech-Com and Skynet agents traveling back in time and arriving in the present naked and unarmed.
- This is the first chronological project to have two variations of the "I'll be back" lines. The Terminator says "I said I'd be back" when he makes a first on-stage appearance, and "Go, go! I'll be back!" before the end of the show. Terminator 3 somewhat continues the same tradition by having the Terminator saying "She'll be back" and "I'm back."
- Movieland Studios in Italy has a similar ride called "Terminator 2 Live".
- This is the only Terminator project in which the Terminator doesn't lose its human eyes, sunglasses, nor its human skin.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Universal Orlando Resort - Terminator 2: 3D Battle Across Time
- T2 3-D: Battle Across Time at the Internet Movie Database
- Screenplay
- Terminator 2 Live
