>Sypnosis: THE ADAPTATION OF THE NEW SMASH HIT FILM! More or less a direct adaptation with some re-jigging and swapping some dialogue here and there with also some alternate imagery and difference in scenes, which highlights the transition of the movie to ink and paper. This is Part 1 of 3 of the official T2: Judgment Day comic released to coincide with the launch of the movie itself! Quite exciting also is the fact that the deleted scenes are apparent in the comic. So for those people who bought the comic,- they had a glimpse of what would later be released on the T-1000 edition VHS... today now called the special edition. >On retrospect : WARNING SPOiLER (if you have not seen the movie and wish not to know the plot do not read) As I remove this issue from its prison of plastic I feel a sense of something special. That in 1991 I could walk into a store and I could purchase this for a dollar. Oh, how the years have changed things... Obviously Terminator 2 as a movie was aimed at a wider audience, more so than the first picture. The first film being on the knife edge that is sci-fi/horror/chase flick. The second still kept the edge but went all out clean perfection instead of dark and gritty. The first Temrinator movie had little in the way of merchandise but T2 took merchandise to the max. This was the bond created with a younger audience. the adults would go to the movies and got the movie they wanted, no lack of swear words or brutal killings. If you didn't fit the age you couldn't watch it! simple! but you could bond with the movie in different channels, gaming, toys, comics and books and if your parents are real nice they would even rent the VHS so you could sit down and experience the magic of such a movie. The adults would then enjoy the movie more and go back for more isntead of walking out the theatre thinking... a Terminator movie with no real death? What the hell is that... !?! So now we come to Terminator 2 the comic a 2 part series in which the younger audience could connect with the story of Terminator 2... It is more or less script perfect and follows the movie tightly. This was the movie for kids. THE WAY IT SHOULD BE! I now turn the cover and with bated breath I begin this review. > Review: Straight off I get a blast from the past. A Bill and Ted video game advertisement hits me in the face with the two cool dudes photoshopped onto a giant NES entertainment system, this was the 90's... boy do we miss that era! The comic is in color but the paper quality is similar to a newspaper and time has damaged this copy somewhat. The first real page past a glossy advertisement is a stark black page with terminator fonts and titles. This issue is titled Part One Arrival. It does fit in with the terminator feel pretty well. We start with a one page introduction to John Connor in his final stance with binoculars and scar as he watches the final seconds of the movie's future war introduction. Sarah Connor's narration is used as a way to bring people straight into the movie story but also covering the last movie and the overall mission of the machines... time to save the world... By page 2 Arnold is back from the future and stood having a cigar stubbed out on his chest (great to see violence in comic book form). In fighting the bikers the main and most noticable difference is a more OTT fight and the T-800 grabs the blade of the knife by his bare hands, which was done in the movie to my knowledge but had no focus on doing so, he then throws the knife attacker onto the bar instead of the pool table, on his back then puts the knife in the front of his shoulder. The other biker that was thrown to the kitchen has made his way behind the bar and is waving a gun around and asking if they can make a deal as all his men have been thrown and assaulted to the highest degree. Cut to T-1000 Arrival The scene takes place in the middle of the night and is dark in palette. Murky and gritty as it should be infact reminding me more of the first movie than the second with its level of utter darkness. The T-1000 goes from looking like Jet Li to Bruce willis in the matter of a frame (was this an expendibles prophecy?) I hope they pin the likeness of the T-1000 soon... Sarah Introduction So far the comic is keeping it safe, this is a proper old skool movie adaptation. Word for word pescadero is covered well. "The next patient is a 29 Year old female diagnosed as suffering from acute schizo-affective disorder." For some reason Dr. Silberman is fat with a double chin. Douglas is also here and he is tall muscled up and has bright red hair... Now perhaps Douglas you can understand, maybe the comic makers had minimal reference material but plot... but Dr Silberman was in the first movie why get his likeness wrong... ? Perhaps they didn't have the rights to use these actors likeness'? Who knows.... The mysteries of the terminator series. Now the comic goes into the Special Edition scene (orginally known as the T-1000 edition) "Douglas I don't like the patients disrupting their rooms like this" The end of this scene feels just as violent and a bit more humiliating for Sarah too as they pour liquid medication down her neck and face whilst electrocuting her. Click here to continue reading...
Reviewed by TheTerminatorFans.com on 23/04/2010 Terminator 2 Comic book part 1 arrival by Marvel Comics |
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