James Cameron's Best Special Effects

Terminator 2: Judgment Day, 1991
Encouraged by his success with computer graphics in rendering a water tentacle for The Abyss, Cameron proceeded with his vision of a Terminator made of liquid metal — the T-1000. Portrayed by actor Robert Patrick, this polymorphic assassin could shape-shift into anyone it touched, courtesy of computer-graphics wizardry provided by Industrial Light & Magic. The T-800 Terminator role, reprised by Arnold Schwarzenegger, would require only makeup and, in the scenes where his metallic endoskeleton is revealed, prosthetic parts.

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