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Photos of an Endoskeleton Part 1: The Terminator

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Endoskeleton Design Evolution

Let's step out of our bubble for a second time. This site celebrates and only acknowledges the Terminator movies made between 1984-1996, without the contamination of the latter films/fanfictions and without acknowledging their existence. I broke the rule once when I reviewed all the latter films HERE , but I decided to do it one more time in order to shed some light on the changes in the Endoskeleton design throughout the years because it's a subject that isn't really covered anywhere . And yes, I will include the design changes from the latter films to show how, for the most part, they ruined that design. Let's get right to it without any unnecessary introductions and explanations. I noticed that most generic fans have no idea that there are actually design differences between the endoskeleton in the first and second film, and some fans only know about the hands. There are differences, although they are very minor, so let's see them all TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY...

The Complexity of Terminator 2: Judgment Day

JamesCameronOnline.com has updated and expanded the article listing all the amazing ideas and artistry that went into Terminator 2: Judgment Day. I remember first watching/reading the text commentary on T2 Extreme DVD when it came out in 2003, and being absolutely blown away by the artistic side of T2 I havent focused on before. Particularly, the deliberate lighting of the T-800 during the Hasta La Vista scene - that the mechanical side was lit in blue and darkened by shadow and the human side was lit with warm orange, symbolizing the triumph of his humanity. Direct link HERE

All About The Design of the Terminator's CPU

As everything in James Cameron's movies, even such seemingly trivial items like the Terminator chip had a lot of thought put behind it, and few designers to come up with the finished look. The basis for its look was in real life science, and Cameron wanted someone who was actually in the field of neural networking to consult the design. That someone was Larry Yaeger, principal engineer in Apple programs, whose background includes computational fluid dynamics, computer graphic imaging and, most importantly - neural network research. Yaeger himself wrote an essay on multiple subjects for 2000's Terminator 2: Judgment Day Ultimate DVD release, and since this DVD and its vast majority of its material has been out of print for decades, I may show some excerpts from Yaeger's writing, which is so interesting it would have been a pity if it got lost in time buried in DVD extras that were never rereleased on other formats. One of the first things he talks about is how he got ...

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