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It's not just a compelling shot. It uses the door frames that enter the viewframe to completely trick your brain: suddenly its not a door frame but the frame to

It's not just a compelling shot. It uses the door frames that enter the viewframe to completely trick your brain: suddenly its not a door frame but the frame to the mirror. So, it's entrance doesn't immediately break the illusion. Also the mirror has to be more than just bluescreen - there's distortion in it too as it moves. The extended edition of Terminator 2 also has an impossible mirror shot -- and it achieves it with an almost hilarious solution. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYTOK89w8h0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYTOK89w8h0 It's literally a window with Linda Hamilton's twin sister on the other side performing rehearsed/synchronized movements. edit: just found out she passed away a few months ago https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qr-RRixkRhI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qr-RRixkRhI https://movieweb.com/leslie-hamilton-freas-gearren-dead-terminator-2/ https://movieweb.com/leslie-hamilton-freas-gearren-dead-term...

dmurray 6y ago
Terminator 2 also used another set of twins. When the T-1000 mimics the security guard, they're both seen on screen simultaneously in a couple of scenes. Not CGI but identical twin actors.
fortran77 6y ago
I'm impressed that the Terminator's CPU wasn't covered in thermal paste! How do they cool it?
- tehjoker 6y ago
  It's future technology and runs on super low voltage I suppose.
  - gruez 6y ago
    Transistors have gotten more efficient, but that doesn't mean CPUs' TDPs have decreased. At least for desktop CPUs they've mostly stayed the same or even gone up: the Pentium 4 "PresHot" from 2005 had a system power consumption of 233W whereas the i9-10900k from 2020 has a package power consumption of 254W.
    - flubert 6y ago
      Probably using something other than synchronously clocked digital gates. Analog neural networks and the like: https://www.analog.com/en/analog-dialogue/articles/considering-multipliers-part-1.html# https://www.analog.com/en/analog-dialogue/articles/consideri... ...or reversible computation... https://cqi.inf.usi.ch/qic/80_Toffoli.pdf https://cqi.inf.usi.ch/qic/80_Toffoli.pdf https://calculemus.org/logsoc03/materialy/ConservativeLogic.pdf https://calculemus.org/logsoc03/materialy/ConservativeLogic....
- ManuelKiessling 6y ago
  It’s an Apple M1.
  - webmobdev 6y ago
    Sir, come along this way - Apple would like to have a word with you - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/feb/26/apple-does-not-let-bad-guys-use-iphones-on-screen https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/feb/26/apple-doe...
- mbroncano 6y ago
  Superconductor-based technology, obviously
- dreamcompiler 6y ago
  A resting human burns about 60w continuously. Can't speak for the Terminator but our solution is sweating, mostly.
thedanbob 6y ago
It took me an embarrassingly long time to realize that they had to do the shot this way so the camera wouldn't appear in the mirror. That is a great example of film making at its best: so immersive, you don't even notice they had to do something special to pull it off.
- vilelm 6y ago
  It took me several minutes too, but to get to a different conclusion: I didn't notice the lack of reflection you mention, what I noticed is that the real Arnie must be the one "inside" the mirror, while the one giving us its back is a fake. This way they could open the port-cover in the head in a single shot!

dmurray 6y ago

Terminator 2 also used another set of twins. When the T-1000 mimics the security guard, they're both seen on screen simultaneously in a couple of scenes. Not CGI but identical twin actors.

fortran77 6y ago

I'm impressed that the Terminator's CPU wasn't covered in thermal paste! How do they cool it?

tehjoker 6y ago
It's future technology and runs on super low voltage I suppose.
- gruez 6y ago
  Transistors have gotten more efficient, but that doesn't mean CPUs' TDPs have decreased. At least for desktop CPUs they've mostly stayed the same or even gone up: the Pentium 4 "PresHot" from 2005 had a system power consumption of 233W whereas the i9-10900k from 2020 has a package power consumption of 254W.
  - flubert 6y ago
    Probably using something other than synchronously clocked digital gates. Analog neural networks and the like: https://www.analog.com/en/analog-dialogue/articles/considering-multipliers-part-1.html# https://www.analog.com/en/analog-dialogue/articles/consideri... ...or reversible computation... https://cqi.inf.usi.ch/qic/80_Toffoli.pdf https://cqi.inf.usi.ch/qic/80_Toffoli.pdf https://calculemus.org/logsoc03/materialy/ConservativeLogic.pdf https://calculemus.org/logsoc03/materialy/ConservativeLogic....
ManuelKiessling 6y ago
It’s an Apple M1.
- webmobdev 6y ago
  Sir, come along this way - Apple would like to have a word with you - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/feb/26/apple-does-not-let-bad-guys-use-iphones-on-screen https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/feb/26/apple-doe...
mbroncano 6y ago
Superconductor-based technology, obviously
dreamcompiler 6y ago
A resting human burns about 60w continuously. Can't speak for the Terminator but our solution is sweating, mostly.

thedanbob 6y ago

It took me an embarrassingly long time to realize that they had to do the shot this way so the camera wouldn't appear in the mirror. That is a great example of film making at its best: so immersive, you don't even notice they had to do something special to pull it off.

vilelm 6y ago
It took me several minutes too, but to get to a different conclusion: I didn't notice the lack of reflection you mention, what I noticed is that the real Arnie must be the one "inside" the mirror, while the one giving us its back is a fake. This way they could open the port-cover in the head in a single shot!