How is this DVD different than any other? Special features. Special features that for some reason were never released on blu Ray, only a fraction of them. And a better version of them too. To explain, Van Ling, the producer of many The Terminator and T2 home video releases has been tasked to create a brand new documentary on the making of The Terminator. Not an easy task since there is no footage available of shooting the film (see https://terminator2jd.blogspot.com/2019/12/modern-collectibles-making-of.html). As always though, Ling did a terrific job and recorded interviews with many of the cast and crew, everyone from Gale Hurd, Bill Wisher, Michael Biehn, Stan Winston, Gene Warren, Brad Fiedel, Joe Viscocil to editor Mark Goldblatt and the documentary, called Other Voices, covered everything from concept to editing and release. Its the two sections of the documentary, Miniature Effects and Soundtrack, that are the only special features available on blu Ray editions so far.
An interesting thing however, is that there are two versions of the Other Voices documentary. One features archival interview with James Cameron since the UK producer did not want to wait for James Cameron who was scheduled to record his parts, so the European version got the version with old interviews instead, and that is the version that as of now circulates online.
This particular version of the DVD features the newly recorded at the time interview with James Cameron from 2001 on the production of the film which is really good and in depth, especially where he talks about the themes of the film.
It also uses some never before seen archival interviews from the set of T2
The cover is horrendous but what can you do. A badly photoshopped background, displaced glowing eye photoshopped in, holographic shine and lack of color
And this is the cover for the European version without the new interview with Cameron
