Can we reset the switch? | Terminator 2: Judgment Day [Director's Cut]

Can someone help explain this scene to me.

What is Read-Only mode? Why did John want to reset him? Is that comparable to a reset of the bios? Furthermore why would skynet install such a feature?
It's drones/units need to be linked to it's "central hub", not autonomous.

As great as this scene is, I can see why it wasn't kept. I doubt the T800 would allow any adjustment to its CPU unless absolutely necessary as there is a great risk of tampering/destruction like Sarah was gonna do.

What exactly were they trying to do to “fix” him?

Imagine if they really just left him there. Mechanics come in the morning and just see this dude with his head gashed open sitting there.

john would have never bonded with the t800 and maybe would have never ended up getting killed by it if sarah just destroyed the chip now

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"We're better off on our own."

How do you come to that conclusion? 🤨

If anyone's wondering how the Terminator knew that more time had passed than expected, each Terminator has a built-in clock, or chronometer, which keeps running even if the main CPU is absent or disabled.

thought his battery pack just ejected then exploded, why would he only live 120 years?

Unless there is a port in the terminators butt, they would have had to pull the chip to reprogram him for the mission. They would have switched it to learning mode.

Worst "cyborg" movie 🍿

His accent works perfect for this role

The T-800 models are equipped with 2 hydrogen batteries with a lifespan of 120 years. By hypothetically replacing these batteries after 120 years, and by putting on a new coating, the T-800s are technically eternal, if they are not critically damaged(especially in the CPU).

I like how they used a prop Arnie for the rear of his head and Linda Hamilton's twin sister for the reflection in the "mirror".

They did a great job showing Sarah's trauma the way she believed a T-800, who was programmed completely different by her son in the future as opposed to the one in the 1984 film, was a threat to them even while the T-1000 was out there and hunting them.

Love that this and other scenes were put back in the Directors Cut on the DVD! The movie felt more complete with meaningful moments like this.

I don’t understand why this scene was removed from the theatrical version. It provides further context making his understanding of learning human nature so much more sense.

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Very risky moment, what if the t1000 appears just at this moment??

Imagine they reinstalled the CPU and it resets him to pre factory settings to kill John Conor.

Imagine they put the CPU back in and the T-800 reset to his original programming, which is kill all humans! 😄

It doesn't make much sense since this t 800 was reprogrammed by the resistance but it's a great scene anyways!!

Brad you now CPU

This film is superior to any of the other sequels and reboots. We had a generation of master filmmakers and this new batch is just riding their coattails.

One of the greatest movies ever made

When a piece of salami on your scalp and red syrup looks more realistic than most modern day flesh effects.

In the Jyotish vimshottari dasha system, 120 years is a full cycle, representing the full "intended" lifespan of a human being.

I just realized that it’s because of this scene that future John is able to reprogram the terminator- he knows how to disable one and how to switch off parameters to turn it in his favor.

Hey Siri, change T-800 voice to British Female.

Lives for 120 years

I love this scene . Extremely well executed and powerful acting, and really resolves a lot of the questions as to why the T-800 learns to be more human later on , and addresses that Sarah would not just trust a Terminator from the get go after her ordeal in the first film, even if it did save her life . I watch the directors cut of the film, which has it included. If you choose to accept Dark Fate as a sequel, which I do as “ one possible future “ ( I regard Terminator as a multiverse to make all films and the show fit) the way to make this scene fit and to address Carl learning even though his chip was not shown to be reset , would be to assume that it was , either by Skynet , or by the alteration of the timeline by Cyberdyne being destroyed and therefore him receiving no further orders, and him manually overriding the “ read -only “ setting without the chip being removed. There is nothing in any of the films or shows that say that isn’t possible.

They should’ve kept this scene

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Does anyone see how to reset the chip? I only see that they take it out and put it back exactly the same

Y does she look 20 yrs older from 1-2, robot stress??

😅😅😮well ingormeti0n.Good show 😅

I think it was a terrible idea to remove this scene from the theatrical cut. Not only is it great character demonstration and development for both John and Sarah, but it also adds depth to the terminator at the end of the movie. Resetting his cpu enables him to, as John puts it, “become more human.” It’s the reason why he can say “I know now why you cry, but it’s something I can never do” before killing himself, because they’ve enabled him to go down the path toward sentience. I think this scene was cut because it changes that aspect from “the terminator just learned to be human over the course of the adventure” to “they turned his ‘human switch’ on,” but for me it’s important because it demonstrates that skynet is not only trying to kill all humans, but it’s also enslaving its own kind. There is a possibility for humanity and the machines to peacefully coexist and learn to understand each other, but skynet (and people like Sarah) stands in the way of that by trying to control (or destroy) the machines.

I get it why they removed the scene but onlt the last part
1. It wouldn't make sense for Sarah to want to destroy the T-800 when they knew a far worse threat was after them and despite any reasonable doubt she could have the best option to survive the long run was to keep him active.
2. It wouldn't make sense for Sarah to allow her son to stop him specially her I see it out of character she would have smaked John away and destroy the processor if she wanted to and that discussion about being a future leader and he demanding her tolisten because of that made him look like a psycho.
3. I wouldn't make sense for the T-800 alllowed to be deactivated when it was programmed to follow the main directive of protecting them and by getting deactivated even by them even if temporarily that could jeopardize that directive specially when the reason was something not remotely related to his primary objective.
4. I could past the point 3 were it not for 1 and 2 so I think is OK they removed this scene I guess but they should have made it different to not waste so good practical effects.

traitorous bitch, Linda Hamilton is an overrated femcel, movie would have better if they focused primarily on John and Arnold’s friendship and killed the cunt

Edward Furlong😘

I think terminator himself can be doctor or a surgeon.

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Fantastic scene should have kept it in...I love how he asks "was there a problem" he knows that it should take few seconds to remove chip and re-install ot back...however John and Sarah had that little talk which took several minutes...when chip was re-installed he asks of there was a problem as re-installing it is a simple process....he diagnosed time when the chip was removed and reinstalled and discrepancy in time suggests that they had a problem....small things like this make Cameron a great director.

I could understand her fear of the reset. She would have been wise to have the engine running with John in the passenger seat just in case.

Top 10 film of all time for me.