8 MORE Deleted Scenes That Nearly Ruined Great Movies

8. Happy Ending - Terminator 2: Judgement Day

Whilst leaning more into the action side of things over the horror of the first movie, Terminator 2: Judgement Day is in no way a joyless or particularly humourless movie. Even with its final note of hope following the selfless destruction of the T-800, it still maintains an edge and an ambiguity of the future.

An alternate take on the ending was far more positive, in fact too much so. Rather than the war between human and cyborg taking place, life continues on as normal. Sarah Connor grows old, and her son John becomes a US senator and a f. ather. Sarah watches her family play in the same park she dreamed of burning in the nuclear apocalypse.

Everything is fine… except, you know, not for the audience.

Not only is this suddenly very saccharine ending totally off-key for the picture, it also creates big questions. Admittedly, Terminator’s take on time travel and continuity are hazy at best but wouldn’t the war need to happen in some form in order for Kyle Reese to be sent back to impregnate Sarah Connor and thus complete the cycle? How John Connor exist without it?

On the other hand, this rather “final” feeling ending could’ve at least saved us from the string of terrible follow-ups… but at the sake of sullying Judgement Day? No thanks.