TERMINATOR 2 Deleted Scene Gives Film a Happy 2027 Ending
Terminator 2 was such a badass movie, and I never had any issues with the ending of the final cut of the film. However, there was another ending that was shot that gave the story much more of a happy ending, An ending that included an epilogue that was set three decades after the main events in the movie. An older Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton) from the year 2027 explains that the that judgement day apocalypse that took place in 1997 never happened. They changed the future!
"There was no judgment day. People went to work, as they always do, laughed, complained, watched TV, made love. I wanted to run through the street yelling, 'Every day from this day on is a gift. Use it well.' Instead, I got drunk. The dark future that never came still exists for me, and it always will, like the traces of a dream.
"The luxury of hope was given to me by the Terminator. Because if a machine can learn the value of human life, maybe we can too."
It then reveals that John Connor grew up to have a daughter of his own, and become a U.S. Senator. It’s a very, very different fate for these characters, and it's really interesting to see. But of course, in the end, I guess they wanted to leave it open for a sequel just in case someone wanted to make more money off of the franchise.
Even if they did go with this alternate ending, though, when you play with time travel in the movies, anything can happen. Check out the deleted scene (uploaded in 2011) below.
Via: Rolling Stone