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he's a hero
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It's a scene from Terminator 2. The cop here is a terminator, sent back in time to kill John Connor to prevent him from forming and leading the human resistance. The kid here is John's best friend, who was with him not 5 minutes prior. This is the kid's response to the cop showing a picture of John Connor and asking about him.
The thing that's great about it is that if you send your mind back to 19-whatever, you're part of a culture that knows Schwarzenegger's character as a terminator and largely respects cops. You think this boy has endangered John Connor. It's not until quite a bit into the film that you realize your assumptions have bamboozled you. My favorite part is when he looks at a silver mannequin briefly in the mall; it's a detail that can only be understood on subsequent views. (Though I have to assume the god awful trailer industry ruined this experience for actual audiences at the time. Sure the writers loved that.)
Yeah, the trailers ruined what could have been the twist of the century.
Watching the film, the audience shouldn't know that Arnold is the good guy until the scene in the hallway when both terminators find John at the same time. Arnold walks up to John menacingly, pulls out a shotgun, and saves him from the cop.
But the fucking studios were all about "Arnold's the hero this time" in the trailers.
I only saw the t2 teaser, it was a masterpiece. Basically the factory line assembly of the terminator robot. Spoiled nothing! And everyone wanted to see T2 ;)
I kinda agree with your point, but we already didn’t trust LA cops at this point, plus the movie came out a few months after the Rodney King beating. Plenty of cop skepticism by then, but maybe not as much when the movie was being filmed coincidentally.
Aren’t they all?
no some are fat lazy bastards who eat donuts all day
Always has been
Perfect
~~Wasn't he John's bully, not his friend?~~
~~I thought the big thing about this scene wasn't just that the kid lied to the T-1000 posing as a police officer but that he lied on behalf of his own enemy~~. Edit: have been confirmed that I am mistaken
Not at all. They fixed his motorcycle, stole money from a atm, and went to the arcade together. Right after this he ran to warn conner.
Ah, well guess that's just my memory being dumb. TBF, I haven't seen the movie in like... A decade
which should be punishable
Dishonor on my cow.
I watched this film dozens of times when I was a kid and can confirm that they were definitely friends.
Weirdly, I misremembered it this way as well
I could be remembering that wrong. If's been a VERY long time since I've seen it.
On a related note, I have a few movies to add tobthe watchlist for me and my son.
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