Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Unspooled

Paul Scheer & Amy Nicholson

Film Reviews, Tv & Film

4.6 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 11 January 2024

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Amy & Paul go back in time to save 1991’s blockbuster James Cameron action sequel Terminator 2: Judgment Day! They praise Cameron’s control of both CGI and practical effects, find parallels to Oppenheimer in the film’s depiction of a devastating scientific breakthrough, and ask why Linda Hamilton didn’t get an Oscar for her portrayal of Sarah Connor. Plus: Danny Cooksey, the ultimate 90’s best friend. Next week, Paul & Amy are talking about Wayne’s World! You can join the conversation on Paul’s Discord at https://discord.gg/ZwtygZGTa6. Check out this week's spotlight episode from the Unspooled archives, Titanic: https://www.earwolf.com/episode/titanic/. Paul’s book Joyful Recollections of Trauma is on presale now! Find it at https://www.harpercollins.com/products/joyful-recollections-of-trauma-paul-scheer Learn more about the show at unspooledpod.com, follow us on Twitter @unspooled and Instagram @unspooledpod, and don’t forget to rate, review & subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or where you listen to podcasts.

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0:00.0	The year is 1991.
0:03.0	Why do you podcast?
0:05.0	You mean people?
0:07.0	Yes.
0:08.0	We just podcast.
0:09.0	Sometimes there's nothing wrong with you, but you podcast anyway.
0:12.0	The movie Terminator 2, Judgment Day. Hello. Hello everyone and welcome to
0:37.0	and welcome to Unspold.
0:40.0	Hey everybody I am Paul Shear
0:42.0	I am Amy Nicholson and this is unspooled. It's a brand new year and we are kicking it off with a bang with a banger film a movie that was just inducted into the American Film Registry, James Cameron's
0:56.4	Terminator 2, and boy, oh boy, we got a big, big episode, Amy. I am excited to break this down with you. Oh me too. I have been in a head space of researching Terminator 2 for several days and it has been nothing but pleasure and now I feel like I have to do like 900 pushups and
1:13.8	get like some triceps in my life I have none. Get those Linda
1:17.1	Hamilton arms and we'll talk about that. Was Linda Hamilton's performance just brought down to her physique?
1:24.8	I mean, what she was doing on screen is absolutely amazing.
1:28.8	The fact that she was not nominated for something in the Academy Awards. I guess either best
1:34.0	actress or best supporting actress is confounding to me.
1:37.0	Absolutely confounding. And I wonder too, could this be Arnold Schwarzenegger's best performance? Can he get his best
1:45.3	performance playing a man made of metal? I think it's a very strong contender. I
1:49.4	will say I'm very happy though we didn't fall victim to Arnold Schwarzenegger as a
1:54.4	producer because some of his ideas for the sequel to Terminator were not good and
2:00.0	if he had his way we would have missed out on this amazing mix of like the birth of
2:08.4	CGI and still this embracing of practical effects that created this landmark film. I think that people
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