Terminator 2: Judgment Day is a 1991 American science fiction action film directed by James Cameron, who co-wrote the script with William Wisher. Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Robert Patrick (pictured), and Edward Furlong, it is the sequel to The Terminator (1984). In the film, Skynet, a malevolent artificial intelligence, sends a Terminator android (Patrick) back in time to 1995 to kill the young John Connor (Furlong), the future leader of the human resistance. The resistance sends back a less-advanced Terminator (Schwarzenegger), reprogrammed to protect Connor. The film had an estimated $94–102 million budget, making it the most expensive film made up to that time. Industrial Light & Magic created a computer-generated main character, the first in a blockbuster film. Terminator 2 was the highest-grossing film of 1991 worldwide, at $520 million. Critics praised the visual effects, action sequences, and cast, especially Patrick. The film won Saturn, BAFTA, and Academy awards.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1903:
Emmeline Pankhurst founded the Women's Social and Political Union, a militant organisation campaigning for women's suffrage in the United Kingdom. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_Social_and_Political_Union
1911:
The Xinhai Revolution began with the Wuchang Uprising, marking the beginning of the collapse of the Qing dynasty and the establishment of the Republic of China. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wuchang_Uprising
1943:
World War II: The Kempeitai, the military police arm of the Imperial Japanese Army, arrested and tortured fifty-seven civilians and civilian internees on suspicion of their involvement in a raid on Singapore Harbour. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Tenth_incident
2004:
Eight-year-old Huang Na was abducted and murdered; her body was found three weeks later after a search across Singapore and Malaysia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Huang_Na
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
downcast: 1. Of the eyes, a facial expression, etc.: looking downwards, usually as a sign of discouragement, sadness, etc., or sometimes modesty. 2. Of a person or thing: cast or thrown to the ground. 3. Of a thing: directed downwards. 4. (figurative) 5. Of a person: feeling despondent or discouraged. 6. Of a person or thing: defeated, overthrown; also, destroyed, ruined. [...] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/downcast
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
We are embarking on a long and difficult war. The war was forced upon us by a murderous attack by Hamas. --Benjamin Netanyahu https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Benjamin_Netanyahu