Most likely because of what you said. In-universe explanation: no one was around, so it might have assumed it didn't need to mimic the specific individual, only the uniform. Perhaps?
Bring the horror back to the Terminator franchise
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TimDRX
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I like the retcons they've made to the T-1000 since to justify why it's not just the ultimate Terminator that you'd use every time lol. IIRC it's most recent appearance was in Genisys where it was portrayed as much physically weaker than a T-800, the latter able to just pick it up and carry it into a stream of acid to destroy it. Feel like that wasn't the case in T2, they were shown to be pretty evenly matched.
I loved the concept of the one in Dark Fate (Rev-9 I think?) where it has an endoskeleton and a liquid metal layer and they can each operate independently. All the strengths and none of the weaknesses of every Terminator so far. It was even pretty good at infiltration! Think it made an ironic joke at one point. First time I believed any one of these things would ever fool a person.
Just wish it was in a better movie.
Edit; that's another one where the Terminator is looking undamaged at the end. I guess the intent is how relentless it is - all the damage our heroes do over the course of the movie didn't matter at all, here it is, factory fresh while the good guys are torn to pieces. It's creepy in an existential way but not viscerally scary.
I loved the concept of the one in Dark Fate (Rev-9 I think?) where it has an endoskeleton and a liquid metal layer and they can each operate independently. All the strengths and none of the weaknesses of every Terminator so far. It was even pretty good at infiltration! Think it made an ironic joke at one point. First time I believed any one of these things would ever fool a person.
Just wish it was in a better movie.
Edit; that's another one where the Terminator is looking undamaged at the end. I guess the intent is how relentless it is - all the damage our heroes do over the course of the movie didn't matter at all, here it is, factory fresh while the good guys are torn to pieces. It's creepy in an existential way but not viscerally scary.
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Cameron's original idea (at the script writing stage of Terminator#1) was for the T-1000 to show up in 1984 after the first Terminator fails. The T-1000 was so advanced that it scared Skynet itself and they were reluctant to unleash it.
Cameron cut the story down for practical reasons. T1 had a shoestring budget. And the only way to do liquid metal VFX shots in 1984 was with clay-mation. (Think of the 'Flight of the Navigator' spaceship when the door opens and molds itself into a set of steps.)
Cameron cut the story down for practical reasons. T1 had a shoestring budget. And the only way to do liquid metal VFX shots in 1984 was with clay-mation. (Think of the 'Flight of the Navigator' spaceship when the door opens and molds itself into a set of steps.)
Cephus
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Plus, it would have cost more money and why do that if you don't have to?
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