Terminator 2: Judgment Day's T-1000 may have seemed far-fetched upon the movie's release, but scientists have now created a simplified real-life version of the iconic robot. Released in 1991, Terminator 2: Judgment Day was director James Cameron's follow-up to his acclaimed 1984 hit. The sequel features the return of Arnold Schwarzenegger as the T-800 and Linda Hamilton as Sarah Connor, and introduces Robert Patrick's relentless new villain, the highly-advanced T-1000.
Now, as shared by Euronews, scientists have created a real-life, miniature version of Patrick's T-1000, which is controlled using magnetic fields.
Recreating the iconic scene from Terminator 2: Judgment Day when the T-1000 morphs through a set of prison bars, the robot is recorded escaping from a small prison cell by turning into a puddle of liquid metal before then reforming into its previous shape. Clearly, science still has a long way to go before a life-sized, screen-accurate T-1000 is possible, but the latest video certainly suggests some interesting progress is being made.
Why Terminator 2: Judgment Day Is The Best Terminator Movie
The first Terminator was a surprise hit, with Schwarzenegger's relentless villain instantly striking a chord with viewers around the U.S. Recognizing that Schwarzenegger's T-800 was a big reason for the first movie's success, Cameron takes a major risk by bringing the character back as a hero. While it's easy to imagine this strategy not working out, Terminator 2: Judgment Day is all the better for it, with Schwarzenegger able to imbue the T-800 with a sense of humor that was absent from the original movie.
What's more, Patrick's T-1000 is arguably an even more effective villain than the first film's T-800. Patrick's steely gaze and machine-like movements make his villain even more formidable and terrifying, and the character gives the sequel the same sense of momentum that the first Terminator had. Where the first film was somewhat limited by budget, Terminator 2: Judgment Day had the funds to show off some really impressive visual effects, with the liquid metal T-1000 effect being truly groundbreaking at the time and still largely holding up today.
Cameron's sequel also builds on Hamilton's Sarah Conner, no longer featuring the character as someone who is completely out of her league and largely dependent upon Kyle Reese (Michael Biehn). In Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Conner becomes a full-on action hero, boasting a newfound sense of confidence that she never had in the first movie. While it's rare that a sequel sures the original, Terminator 2: Judgment Day improved on almost every aspect of the first film. It's unfortunate, then, that subsequent sequels couldn't recapture this same energy.
Source: Euronews
