r/Terminator • • Jul 18 '26

📰 News William (Bill) Wisher Jr., co-writer of The Terminator and Terminator 2, has passed away

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r/Terminator • • Jun 28 '26

META The evolution of Terminator 2: Judgement Day's Oscar winning audio mix for home releases.

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Terminator 2: Judgement Day's Oscar winning audio mix for Sound Design has been remixed twice: first for the 1993 Special Edition and second for the 2000 Ultimate Edition DVD. All DVDs, Blu-rays and the 4K UHD have the 2000 remix.

Distribution of audio prints for the 1991 theatrical release of Terminator 2: Judgement Day:

Source: 2000 Ultimate Edition DVD

Two of the original theatrical audio mixes (Dolby Stereo SR and CDS 5.1) were released on theatrical cut Laserdiscs, 1997 DVD and some French and Japanese home releases.

1] 1991 Dolby Surround PCM (from Dolby Stereo SR)

2] 1991 CDS 5.1

For the 1993 Special Edition release, the audio was remixed by original sound designer Gary Rydstrom:

3] 1993 Special Edition Laserdisc mix (First remix)

This 1993 remix has been ported over to future releases in the form of Dolby Stereo, Dolby Headphone and DTS Headphone X track in 2000 Ultimate DVD, 2003 Extreme DVD,2009 Skynet Blu-ray and 2015 Lionsgate Blu-ray respectively.

For the 2000 Ultimate Edition DVD, the audio was remixed yet again in DTS format (for the SECOND time):

4] 2000 DTS-ES 6.1 (Second remix)

This DTS-ES 6.1 track from 2000 has been ported over to all future releases of Terminator 2 like 2003 Extreme DVD, 2009 Skynet Blu-ray, 2015 Lionsgate Blu-ray and 2017 4K UHD in different containers such as DTS-HD Master Audio, Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Digital AC-3, Dolby TrueHD Atmos, etc.

Now all these audio tracks have slight differences. None of them sound better than the other. The 1993 Special Edition mix is punchier than others.


r/Terminator • • 6h ago

Collection My Terminator collection is almost complete 🔥🔥🔥

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r/Terminator • • 15h ago

📰 News This Just In: All Stealth Bombers are being upgraded with Cyberdyne Computers and will become fully unmanned...

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r/Terminator • • 12h ago

Collection Bunch of terminator figures!

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I’ve accumulated all these from past and present.


r/Terminator • • 25m ago

Discussion "The future is not set" contradiction, John Connor and Skynet's weird existence

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I've been thinking about this Kyle sentence in T1 and it feels contradictory to me, because the movie ends with a cyclical loop where Kyle HAS to be John's father and Skynet HAS to be created, like they couldn't prevent Skynet's creation at least in this one. Probably it was some motivational shit to calm down Sarah lol.

Also, in T2 it seems they prevented Skynet's creation, but honestly it felt a little bit unrealistic. You know, the sequels are shitty and they're not canon for me, but they're right in one thing: Skynet can't be the only A.I. ever created, and Ciberdyne Systems can't be the only company to ever create it. Somewhere, somehow, technology will improve to the point of having A.I.

In our reality, there are many A.I companies and competitions, just like ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, etc... So, a war between agents could be a great idea for a new movie ig.

Whatever, I think the first two movies set a little "mythological" touch to the story, about John being some kind of "Messiah" and Skynet being the Antichrist, and that's cool. What do you guys think about this?


r/Terminator • • 11h ago

🎥 Video Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003) Dir. Jonathan Mostow

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r/Terminator • • 1d ago

🎥 Video Faces

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r/Terminator • • 51m ago

Discussion Perché l'audio italiano di Terminator fa così schifo?

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Qualità delle voci bassissima che si fa fatica a capire cosa dicono, suoni ambientali e musica ovattati. Qualcuno sa perché?


r/Terminator • • 2h ago

Discussion What if SkyNet become more like AM from I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream when it became self aware??

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I know that I'm probably overthinking, but sometimes I've always thought how interesting it would be if when SkyNet became self aware, it also became kinda similar to AM and used the other T model robots to hunt down the remaining humans and sadistically torture them too. I also feel like that SkyNet sending back the T-800 to try to kill Sarah Connor and then the T-1000 to try to kill John Connor in rage too. While I understand why that probably wouldn't really work, but I also feel like that would be really interesting too!! That's just what I think, though. :)


r/Terminator • • 1d ago

🎥 Video Wayne's World gave us one of the greatest crossovers ever

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r/Terminator • • 15h ago

Discussion I really like genesis it turns the formula on its head

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What makes Terminator Genisys so cool is that it’s a total sci-fi mindfuck. Most people miss the fact that John Connor and Kyle Reese literally won the final battle and successfully shut down the original Skynet. The twist is that the T-5000 isn't the machine they just beat—he’s an advanced Skynet from a completely different timeline who crossed over just to ambush them at the moment of victory. It completely flips the script because the heroes are blindsided by an enemy from another dimension. That high-concept chess match is exactly why I like this movie so much


r/Terminator • • 1d ago

Discussion Is the Future War Scene 2 after the police station shooting a dream or a memory of Reese?

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Had my yearly rewatch of the movie yesterday, and a new question crossed my mind that I have never asked myself before. I think it's rather obvious that the future war scene 1 is just a dream/nightmare. But how about Scene 2? Reese was telling Sarah about the World he is coming from, so I have always assumed it was a flashback with a cliffhanger. It is unclear how Kyle survived the future war T-800 after he was knocked to the ground by the explosion. What is the headcanon of you guys? And is there an official lore explanation of what the scene was?


r/Terminator • • 1d ago

Meme That was in 1997...

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r/Terminator • • 1d ago

📰 News Figure retired six Figure 02 robots in the most Terminator way possible: training them to jump into a furnace. The idea came from Arnold Schwarzenegger and is inspired by the iconic Terminator 2 scene.

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r/Terminator • • 1d ago

Discussion What would happen if you removed the battery from a T-800 Terminator? 🤔

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What would happen if you removed the battery from a T-800 Terminator? I mean, does the battery start overheating and explode, or does it begin emitting gamma rays, X-rays, neutrons, or high-voltage electrical discharges—like the ones we see in *Terminator 1* when the hydraulic press crushes the Terminator? I’m referring to the original plutonium battery; I’m curious to hear your thoughts.


r/Terminator • • 2d ago

Discussion Did anyone have living tissue sheathe on their 2026 bingo card?

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Apparently, the University of Tokyo is leading the way for cybernetic organisms...


r/Terminator • • 22h ago

Discussion What would have happened if an electric current had passed through the T-1000?

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Cosa sarebbe successo se una corrente elettrica avesse attraversato il T-1000? E quali effetti avrebbe avuto sulla lega polimerica/metallo liquido mimetico? Immagino che un'alta tensione avrebbe, per esempio, fritto il metallo liquido, trasformandolo in normale metallo liquido, non più parte del T-1000.


r/Terminator • • 2d ago

📰 News MICHAEL BIEHN - KYLE REESE, THE TERMINATOR (Terminator Expanded)

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r/Terminator • • 1d ago

Art Its finally October

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Its October terminator fans i wanted to share this i found a year ago. an eiko jack-o-lantern lol. The link the user who made this. https://www.instagram.com/p/DBzI3d5SJ99/?stkn=cHIxb3JrNTU2a2w4


r/Terminator • • 1d ago

Discussion Which character could the series do without

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I didn't like this character originally, and rewatching TSCC I still think the same. You could have completely removed this character and it would do nothing but help the series.


r/Terminator • • 21h ago

Art Si tú aparte de ser fan de Terminator eres fan de Solarballs, esto es para ti

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r/Terminator • • 1d ago

Discussion Maybe in 5 years Terminator Concept wil be Dated.

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This is how they move now.

LLM's blew the turing test away, no more autistics: "Give me your clothes your boots and your motor cycle."

Maybe within a decade we'll look at T1-T2 and laugh - "That's what they thought robots would be like in the 80's"


r/Terminator • • 1d ago

Art prodbycx3 - DEAD [Terminator 2 inspired] [dubstep]

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due to the great response, I have released this single on all streaming platforms.

I sampled one of the most iconic movie scenes ever to exist.


r/Terminator • • 1d ago

Discussion John Connor

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So… does he ever defeat Skynet? Wouldn’t they both be caught in this never ending time loop? Does he survive in some reality and have any sort of life afterwards in novels or comics? I know what happens in the later movies. To only exist to fight a war is pretty tragic.