Our 10 favorite scenes from T2: Judgment Day
Our 10 favorite scenes from T2: Judgment Day
我们最喜爱的《终结者2：审判日》十大经典场景
I’m on record declaring James Cameron’s Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) to be The Best Damn Sequel of All Time, and I stand by that assessment. August 29, the fictional date (in 1997) of the franchise’s original nuclear holocaust, is fast approaching, and Judgment Day is celebrating its 35th anniversary this year. So StudioCanal has decided to mark both occasions with a special theatrical rerelease of the film this weekend. What better time to revisit some of our favorite scenes from this seminal sci-fi action blockbuster? (Many, many spoilers below.)
我曾公开宣称詹姆斯·卡梅隆执导的《终结者2：审判日》（1991）是史上最棒的续集电影，至今我仍坚持这一评价。8月29日是该系列电影中虚构的核浩劫爆发日期（1997年），这一天即将来临，而《审判日》今年也迎来了上映35周年纪念。因此，StudioCanal决定在本周末通过电影特别重映来纪念这两个时刻。还有什么比现在更好的时机来重温这部开创性科幻动作大片中我们最喜爱的场景呢？（下文包含大量剧透。）
Nobody really expected 1984’s The Terminator to be a hit, but it racked up an impressive $78 million at the box office against its modest $6.4 million budget. Star Arnold Schwarzenegger was keen to do a sequel, but Cameron was busy with other projects, including Aliens in 1986 (another killer sequel). There were also legal complications over the film rights until Schwarzenegger convinced Carolco Pictures, the studio behind Total Recall (1990), to buy everyone out and hire Cameron to make Judgment Day.
没人真正预料到1984年的《终结者》会大获成功，但它以640万美元的低成本博得了7800万美元的惊人票房。主演阿诺·施瓦辛格非常渴望拍摄续集，但卡梅隆当时正忙于其他项目，包括1986年的《异形2》（另一部极其出色的续集）。此外，电影版权方面也存在法律纠纷，直到施瓦辛格说服了《全面回忆》（1990）背后的制片公司Carolco Pictures买断所有版权，并聘请卡梅隆来执导《审判日》。
Cameron wrote the script in about six weeks, diverging significantly from the stripped-down feel of its predecessor (which some have described as a “science fiction slasher”). Instead, Cameron chose to make his original Terminator the reprogrammed hero of the sequel, serving as a mechanical father figure to a young John Connor (Edward Furlong). Cameron likened the transformation to the Tin Man getting a heart in The Wizard of Oz. Linda Hamilton agreed to reprise her role as Sarah Connor, and this “found family” triad became the emotional core of the film.
卡梅隆仅用了六周左右的时间就完成了剧本，其风格与前作那种精简的质感（有人将其描述为“科幻砍杀片”）大相径庭。相反，卡梅隆选择将他最初的终结者设定为续集中被重新编程的英雄，作为年轻的约翰·康纳（爱德华·福隆饰）的机械父亲形象。卡梅隆将这种转变比作《绿野仙踪》中铁皮人获得了心脏。琳达·汉密尔顿同意回归饰演莎拉·康纳，这个“重组家庭”的三人组成为了电影的情感核心。
Hamilton worked out like a fiend for the role, and her resulting lean-yet-ripped physique made her an action heroine on par with Sigourney Weaver’s Ripley. Released over the July 4th holiday weekend in 1991, Terminator 2: Judgment Day was a critical and financial smash hit, despite predictions that the film would bomb and lose its estimated $70 million production budget. It ended up grossing $520 million, which sadly was not enough to protect Carolco from other film losses. (The studio went bankrupt in 1995.)
汉密尔顿为了这个角色进行了魔鬼般的训练，她最终练就的精瘦而强健的体格，使她成为了一位足以与西格妮·韦弗在《异形》中饰演的雷普利相媲美的动作女英雄。《终结者2：审判日》于1991年7月4日独立日假期周末上映，尽管此前有人预测该片会惨败并亏损其估计7000万美元的制作预算，但它最终在口碑和票房上都取得了巨大成功。该片最终斩获了5.2亿美元票房，遗憾的是，这不足以保护Carolco免受其他电影亏损的影响。（该公司于1995年破产。）
It’s the perfect sci-fi action film, expertly paced with well-drawn character dynamics, amazing special effects, emotional beats, and humorous touches to keep things from getting too grim. No subsequent film in the franchise even comes close.
这是一部完美的科幻动作片，节奏把控精湛，角色互动刻画入微，特效令人惊叹，情感起伏动人，并融入了幽默元素，使整部电影不至于过于沉重。该系列后续的任何作品都无法与之相提并论。
The film also has one of the best villains in cinema with the shapeshifting T-1000 (Robert Patrick). Cameron actually had the idea for a Terminator made of liquid metal when he was writing the first film, but the technology available at the time wasn’t up to the task. Then Cameron made The Abyss in 1989, which featured a flowing, water-like alien at the very end created by Industrial Light & Magic (ILM). ILM made a major investment, expanding its staff and spending over $3 million on new equipment and specially designed software just for Judgment Day.
这部电影还拥有影史上最出色的反派之一——能够变形的T-1000（罗伯特·帕特里克饰）。事实上，卡梅隆在撰写第一部电影剧本时就有了液态金属终结者的构思，但当时的技术水平无法实现。后来，卡梅隆在1989年拍摄了《深渊》，片尾出现了一个由工业光魔（ILM）制作的流动水状外星生物。为了《审判日》，工业光魔进行了重大投资，扩充了员工队伍，并花费超过300万美元购买新设备和专门设计的软件。
The gamble paid off. The T-1000 and other visual effects earned critical raves and an Oscar (the film snagged four in all) and helped usher in the golden age of CGI. Audiences loved the character, which had as much to do with Cameron’s expert pacing as the effects. The T-1000’s abilities are only gradually revealed. Initially, the slender Patrick seems no match for Schwarzenegger’s heavily muscled T-800, even if he can take on anyone’s form. Then we see its liquid metal form is impervious to bullet wounds, healing them instantly—even when a gunshot blast splits its head in two. Cameron keeps upping the ante, until one becomes convinced the T-1000 is well-nigh invincible.
这场赌博成功了。T-1000和其他视觉特效赢得了影评人的高度赞誉并获得了奥斯卡奖（该片总共获得了四项奥斯卡奖），并助力开启了CGI的黄金时代。观众非常喜爱这个角色，这不仅归功于特效，也得益于卡梅隆精湛的节奏把控。T-1000的能力是逐渐展现的。起初，身材瘦削的帕特里克看起来似乎不是肌肉发达的施瓦辛格版T-800的对手，尽管他可以变成任何人的模样。随后我们看到，它的液态金属形态对枪伤免疫，能瞬间愈合——即使头部被枪击炸裂成两半也能恢复。卡梅隆不断增加赌注，直到观众确信T-1000几乎是不可战胜的。
“T2 was made for theaters, and our lovingly prepared 3D version, coming back to the big screen, is the absolute best way to see the film,” Cameron told Deadline Hollywood via statement. “I believe it’s safe to do spoilers after 35 years, so SPOILER ALERT: the good guys win against the AI super intelligence. And maybe that’s a message of hope we could use this summer.”
“《终结者2》是为影院而生的，我们精心准备的3D版本重返大银幕，绝对是观看这部电影的最佳方式，”卡梅隆在给Deadline Hollywood的声明中表示。“我相信35年后剧透已经没关系了，所以剧透预警：好人战胜了人工智能超级大脑。也许这正是我们这个夏天所需要的希望之讯。”
There is a staggered global rollout for the rerelease. It’s now available in Germany, Latin America, the Czech Republic, the US, Italy, and Poland. The film will be released in France on September 2; Australia, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Hungary on September 3; and the United Kingdom on September 4. And now, we give you 10 of our favorite scenes:
此次重映在全球范围内分阶段进行。目前已在德国、拉丁美洲、捷克共和国、美国、意大利和波兰上映。该片将于9月2日在法国上映；9月3日在澳大利亚、新西兰、荷兰、瑞典和匈牙利上映；9月4日在英国上映。现在，我们为您呈现我们最喜爱的10个场景：