Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #891 in DVD
• Released on: 2009-05-19
• Format: NTSC

Customer Reviews

Far from perfect, but a welcome new Blu-Ray
Ahhhh, Terminator 2. After countless DVD releases and a substandard Blu-Ray disc featuring only the theatrical cut, it's nice to see the film get it's proper double-dip. The SkyNET Edition of T2 is essentially the theatrical and special editions of the film on one Blu-Ray, packaged within some nice bonus materials. It isn't perfect though.

The mainmost reason to buy this particular edition of T2 is because of Blu-Ray's capabilities. Here, they're put to awesome use. The picture has never been cleaner or sharper than in 1080p, and the new audio tracks are flat out rockin'. It's nice to hear a 6.1 DTS-HD lossless audio track rumbling the walls. So, from a purely moviegoing standpoint, SkyNET wins big.

That being said, the movie flops on bonus features. Well, actually, if compared to the majority of Blu-Ray releases out there, the film might fare well, but I pitted the SkyNET Edition against the standard-def ULTIMATE EDITION DVD, and it didn't win. The tin-case Ultimate Edition is now and out-of-print collector's item, and it still remains the quintessential king of T2 releases, bar none. Where the SkyNET Edition does pack in some interesting features (including an audio commentary with 26 crew and cast members), most of them must be accessed during the actual movie playback. Only a few of the features can be accessed from an index, and the important ones (like behind-the-scenes footage) are crunched down to a small window at the top right-hand corner of the screen. ARGH!!!

Why they just didn't decide to incorporate ULTIMATE'S plethora of bonus features (which clock in at almost 11 hours, last I checked) is beyond me. In short, the SkyNET Edition was supposed to usurp the throne, but it ended up falling a bit flat.

Nevertheless, this is the best way to actually watch Terminator 2. It's so squeaky clean that I actually noticed a few things I hadn't noticed before, even after having seen this movie for the 100th time. Not bad! The audio is a surround sound lover's dream come true, and the extras....well, they get the job done. Barely.

The reference for The Terminators movies.
Well , the Terminator franchise to produce the serie of movies on Terminators start right here , the Terminator 1 was for me like a movie pilot to test the market but this one get many special effects who where pionners at that time and still used today.

The story is remarkable , you get hook very fast even at the beginning of the movie and the pictures and sound is exellent also the bonus material is fantastic since Blu-Ray offer menu navigation beyond what simple DVD can do.

If you are a fan of Terminator movies i strongly suggest you get also Terminator 3 The rise of the Machines and also Terminator 4 : Salvation but you should get also Terminator The Sarah Connor Chronicles seasons 1 and 2 on Blu-Ray.

The Sarrah Connor Chronicles get deep inside the concept of who , why and how Terminators have been created something the movies cant achives even when it get a duration of 2h30m .... Terminator : The Sarrah Chronicles are 31 Episodes of 45 minutes each.

Finally to enjoy all of the Terminators movies you must accept to take the time to view them slowly one at a time and if you look around you Skynet the internet network around us is getting the control slowly of all what we use everyday so maybe not to far away from real ....

To Rashed Pulak Mahboob...
I think you need a firmware update for your player. Take a look on the company's official website; there should be instructions. Firmware updates come out regularly and can help improve BD playback. BD is a new technology and is constantly being modified. I've only had my player for 8 months and in that time there have been two firmware updates for my player. Also, your player may not be hooked up to the internet. If it was, "Skynet" tracks your location on a map and displays your IP address, and identifies you as a "target."

Personally I had no problems with this release except for a slight waxy look to facial features. Huge improvement over the previous edition.