| judgment day...5 years later 08.29.02 |
| Today marks the 5th anniversary of August. 29, 1997. No kidding, you say, but to all the "Terminator 2" fans out there, you and I know what the significance of today is. Five years ago, our lives were spared from the fire and brimstone of Judgment Day that was expected to occur. It was the day that Sarah Connor warned, "Anyone not wearing 1 million sunblock is going to have a REALLY BAD DAY." Yikes! Doesn't sound like a good day for sunbathing. For the cool kids of SCBC, we got together for a LAN party and figured if it was time for us to go, we might as well be having fun when the machines took over the world. Not only were we die-hard T2 fans, we also liked to parrrttyyy...and party we did...some pulling all-nighters of just hanging out, others engaging in intense battles of Quake. We camped out in a friend's house (MC monster!!), turning his vacant living room into a mess of computers, wires, and nerdy Chinese kids. Yes, Judgment Day was just an excuse to get together, but it was also one of the best movies of all time. We marveled at the effects of the T-1000 morphing into other characters, oozing through the broken class of the helicopter and turning into the pilot, being shattered into millions of pieces and then melting back together. No matter how many TV shows Robert Patrick appears in, we will always think of him as the T-1000. We envied Linda Hamilton's biceps and deltoids, her ability to get out of her restraints with a paperclip hidden in her mouth, her blank stare when being licked like a popsicle, and her cool twin sister. We struggled through deciphering Arnold Schwarzenegger's lines through his thick accent and the spelling of his name. We drooled over Eddie Furlong's rebellious attitude, his sneer when he says "She's not my mother, TODD," and the cool slo-mo shot of his hair twisting around...or maybe that was just me. I'm sure many of us could still recite our favorite lines from the movie..."I think he said he was going to the galleria." (Girl to T-1000 after looking at John Connor's picture). "This must be my lucky day" (Guard getting coffee before getting pierced in the eye). "No fate...no fate but what we make for ourselves! Miles Dyson! She's gonna blow him away!" (John Connor) "I want your clothes, your boots, and your motorcycle." (Naked Terminator to redneck at the bar) And what about the unforgettable thumping of the theme song. When T3 comes out, who knows if it will have the same impact on society as T2? Personally, I think the best part of T2 was that my friends and I were in on the hype together. It wasn't just a cool movie. It was a COOL movie. So as the anniversary of Judgment Day comes and goes, remember, there's no fate but what we make for ourselves...and if you call home and your dog is barking unusually excessively, ask your mom what is wrong with Wolfy before you decide to return home. |
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