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Did the liquid nitrogen damage the T-1000?
Being a liquid structure unlike the solid T-800, it was blown apart and lost its balance. It fell into the molten liquid vat behind and below it; despite valiantly attempting to reform itself, it was ultimately denatured by the extreme heat.
Why was the T-1000 malfunction?
Films. In the extended version of Terminator 2: Judgment Day, being frozen, shattered and thawed caused the T-1000 to involuntarily scan and morph whenever it touched any object, such as a bar or the floor.
What froze the T-1000?
The T-1000 is frozen solid by leaking liquid nitrogen, allowing the T-800 to shatter it with a single pistol round. After the T-1000 reforms (but its shapeshifting capability malfunctions) the T-800 engages it in hand-to-hand combat, to buy time for Sarah and John, but is defeated and shut down in the process.
What is the T-1000 in Terminator 2?
The T-1000, Advanced Prototype is a T-1000 Prototype Terminator sent by Skynet from 2029 to terminate John Connor when he was 10 years old. It was the second Infiltrator sent back on assassination missions by Skynet . The T-1000 arrived under an overpass, its electrical displacement attracting the attention of Joe Austin, a patrolling cop.
Why doesn’t the T-1000 regenerate from the grenade explosion?
The rapid freezing and melting process seem to cause a malfunction and the T-1000 starts merging with the scenery, blending into whatever he touches, and has a harder time controlling his form. This is why it struggles to regenerate from the grenade explosion.
Why does the T-1000 turn into molten steel at the end?
This is due to, as the novelization for the film spells out, the T-1000’s primary weakness being extreme temperatures. So when the T-1000 lands in the vat of molten steel at the end, his frantic morphing is a desperate attempt to try and adapt to the high heat, and settle on a form he can turn into and escape.
How does the T-800 defeat the T1000?
The T-1000 retaliates by unloading his entire magazine into the T-800’s back, killing a Japanese worker in the process. While in the process of reloading, the T-800 blasts the T-1000 repeatedly, knocking him out and to the floor. It takes a moment to recover whilst the T-800 reloads and then springs to its feet and grabs the T-800’s shotgun.