Talk:T-1000

I always assumed the "gitches" at the end of the movie were a result of the unusually high temperatures in the smelting facility. Any other thoughts? Bihal

The T-1000 that appears in the film is apparently the only one ever developed, as a prototype with the specific task of killing John Connor. It exhibited basic emotion - it seemingly took pleasure from causing its victims to suffer before dying. While the T-800 series was a systematic killer that ensured the target was dead, the T-1000 would often strike a blow before taunting his victim. Examples of this are when he stabs Lewis (a guard at the mental hospital) in the eye while watching him twitch, and especially when he stabs Sarah Connor in the shoulder, asks her to call out for her son whilst extending his finger towards a point, aimed directly at Connor's eye. He also waves his finger at Sarah and John when their attack fails, as if to reply to their actions with a paternal display of condemnation.

I removed the above text because I believe the author is personifying the T-1000, which fails the NPOV criteria. These examples are a stretch at best, and classic of how human most film viewers are -- that is, personifying non-human entities with human characteristics. Simply, the T-1000 is a more elegant killer, with more detailed information on how to use humans to betray humans. Just as the T-800 is loaded with anatomical information to make them more efficient killers (as stated in the T2 film), the T-1000 most likely has received psychological information useful in torture tactics. Intently watching Lewis react to an occular stabbing probably amounts to little more than "data gathering". Commanding Sarah Connor to cry out for her son is a torture tactic decidedly in greater favor of retriving and terminating John. Waving his finger, although most probably near-end-of-film fan pandering, within the film's context probably could be written off as a demoralizing "psych-out" against his human enemies.

Your ananlysis is quite interesting and I think it would deserved to be in the article. I suggest you consider creating an "robot-human interaction/tactics"-like chapter with your comments (and the arguments that you refutates, of course). Reply to David Latapie 06:41, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

the torture of sarah connor is easy to explain, even bearing in mind that after the liquid nitrogen incident the T-1000 was still an excellent mimic and so didn't actually need her to call for John. There was a reasonable chance that by body language or otherwise sarah might provide clues as to john's location. Rd232 ^talk 20:16, 12 February 2006 (UTC)