![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In other words, you could say they don’t make them quite like that anymore. It was an R-rated entertainment that was technically a sequel, yet also a standalone science fiction thriller that captured the imagination of adults as readily as teenagers. In the summer of 1991, Terminator 2: Judgment Day was an indestructible money-sucking machine that conquered the box office four weekends in a row in July, and then miraculously hung on to its boffo target long enough to also become the number one movie in America for a weekend in September. Ironically, this also applied to more than just the Terminator’s onscreen antics. No matter what they threw at him, and no matter what obstacles got in his way, the cyborg did not pause, it did not rest, and it seemed to be everywhere. With a glowing red-eye that became the stuff of nightmares and then action figures ( we’re serious), the T-800 entered the ‘90s like a wrecking ball. For more than a minute there, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s metallic exoskeleton appeared unstoppable. ![]()
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