Goofs - Factual errors
* The grenades used by the Terminator cannot detonate on impact as the movie shows. This is pointed out by James Cameron himself in the commentary.
* Dyson has to go through what is supposed to be a "clean room" to get to the storage area for the chip and robotic arm. Clean rooms are not used as access routes. Nobody would be allowed to enter the room without proper gear, like the two workers are wearing. They are meant to protect either the workers from hazardous substances, or protect whatever they're working on from contamination. So "civilians" wouldn't be allowed to simply walk through.
* When John is first escaping up the canal on his motorbike, he continually changes up gears more then the motorcycle he is riding would have. Everytime the camera switches back to him he changes up another gear and then revs it right out while continuing to speed up and doesn't slow down at all to need to be switching gears.
* At the end of the Special Extended Edition, Sarah Conner states that on August 29, 1997, Michael Jackson turned 40. On that date, Michael Jackson would have turned 39 (He was born that day in 1958).
* When John is fleeing up the canal, he is obviously going "upstream". He takes a narrowing, converging fork and the canal gets smaller. When Arnie jumps the bike into the canal, he does it from a point that would be dividing the rushing water rather than converging it, hence, they are now inexplicably going "downstream". A flood control system NEVER diverges the water, it only collects it into bigger and bigger canals toward a common destination.
* When the Terminator uses the M79 "Thumper" Grenade Launcher to blast open a door at Cyberdine he is only standing about 10 ft away from the door and it explodes magnificently. This is impossible as the 40mm HE (High Explosive) rounds fired from this weapon do not arm themselves until they have traveled 30 meters (approx 90 feet). So the round would have simply dented the door or punched a 40mm size hole in it depending on the material the door was made of.
* The detonator used at Cyberdine to blow up the labs had a black advanced looking electrical box with a claymore clacker (detonator) affixed on the top of it. The clacker has a black plug on the end that you have to open and connect your blasting caps or in this case the black box to by electrical wire. Throughout multiple shots you can clearly see that there are no wires attached to this and that the plug is also clearly closed.
* In the unused Future Coda scene, which can be seen after the Special Edition, Sarah Connor's voice-over says Michael Jackson turned 40 on August 29, 1997. That was actually his 39th birthday.
* After the T-1000 crashes the tow truck into the canal bridge, we see fuel leaking and a battery cable swinging in the wreckage. The sparking cable is shown to ignite the fuel causing the truck to explode. The tow truck runs on diesel, and diesel wouldn't explode like this.
* When you choose the German audio track on the DVD, at the scene at the very beginning, where the T-1000 goes to the police car and checks the entry for John Connor in the police database, the query-screen shows Sarah Connor as his mother, father unknown. In the German audio track they added a acoustic announcement from the computer which says "John Connor... Mutter und Vater unbekannt" which means "John Connor... Mother and father unknown.
* When Sarah is locking a laser target on Miles Dyson the spot stays steady. When the camera is on Sarah she is moving the gun. Even a slight deviation of an unsecured targeting site would shift the red spot greatly. In order for the spot to remain in one place the gun would have to be absolutely stationary, and if being held the shooter would have to be rock still.
Goofs - Crew or equipment visible
* As the Terminator lifts John Connor off the dirt bike during the canal chase, you can see the stunt driver for the tow truck.
Crew Members Exposed: At Cyberdyne, the Swat Team Leader says, "OK, drop him," and they start shooting. In the background, on the left-hand side of the screen, one crew member wearing a white T-Shirt walks into shot and exits left (Widescreen DVD). When the T-1000 is in Dyson's house, a crew member is visible in the reflection of its sunglasses as the T-1000 is listening to dispatch on the radio. When the T-1000 is about to kill the security guard in the mental institute a crewmember is reflected in of one of the vending machines. When the Terminator is backing up the police car through the Pescadero parking lot (right after the car's rear bumper hits the pavement, producing sparks) crewmembers can be seen in the background hiding behind cardboard boxes. (Widescreen DVD only?)
Equipment Exposed: Before the grenade launcher is fired at the police car parked outside the Cyberdine building, the explosive device attached to the car at the point where the grenade will "hit" is visible. Just before The T800 shoots out the tire on the truck there is visible a thick red rope/cable connected to the rear of the motorcycle seat extending up and off of the right side of the screen. John says, "Okay. Time out. Stop the bike." After that, he and the Terminator pull up into an alley and stop. After they stop, you can briefly see the reflection of the boom mic on the mudguard of the motorcycle's front wheel.
Camera Exposed: The camera and a large stage light are reflected just above the tow-truck's grille as the camera pans upward to show the T-1000 through the battered windshield. Camera in protective box visible on the side of the truck. Camera and lower half of crew reflected in the T1000's sunglasses as it cruises through the fires in front of Cyberdyne. Camera lights reflected in glass in shot behind Dyson as Sarah Connor laser-scopes him. After Terminator has arrived from the future and is walking towards the bar, the camera is reflected in the small window in the door before he opens it. When T-1000 is investigating John's room after murdering his foster parents, camera record LED is visible in the looking glass when T-1000 looks through it toward the camera.
Camera Operators Exposed: When the T1000 is driving the truck after John on the city street, he plows through two cars stuck in traffic. We're shown a brief shot of the truck approaching them via a camera mounted on the side of the truck. If you look down the road, past the two cars, you can see a special truck with an open back, directly in front of the truck the T1000 is driving, with a camera and four crew members standing on the back of it. When police are entering the Cyberdyne building, for a brief moment, a reflection of a cameraman can be seen in one of the lobby's windows. Camera crew visible reflected in the glass of the Cyberdyne lobby.
Goofs - Audio/visual unsynchronized
* When the T-800 gets up after being thrown through the store window in the mall, a man is holding a camera and you can hear the shutter closing several times. However, the shutter is not seen to close, and the man does not have his finger on the shutter button.
* After Sarah beats up the creepy guard at the mental hospital and is running down the hall with the nightstick, the sound is of hard soled shoes, yet Sarah is barefoot.
Vehicle Madness: John's dirt bike is a Honda XR series which have a vertical 4 stroke engine. In the movie the sound of the exhaust is that of a 2-stroke. John's bike's throttle sound doesn't match the throttle action. During a chase scene, the Terminator (on a Harley) passes in front of a Honda CRX that honks at him, but the sound is not that of a Honda CRX horn.
Ventriloguists: When John is running from the T-1000 through the corridors of the mall, a man yells at him that he's not allowed back there. Later, just before the Terminators begin shooting each other, the man again yells. His lips do not move either time. When the Terminator grabs the guy in the yellow shirt, the guy says "ah ah get him off of me" but his mouth doesn't move.
Weird Weapons: When the T-1000 shoots his Beretta 92S pistol in the hallway of the mall, the reports are muffled and distorted as if suppressed, yet the pistol has no silencer attached to its muzzle. When the police are massing outside CyberDyne, several officers level shotguns, accompanied by a cocking sound. However, they do not pump their guns.
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