# Terminator 2: a couple of questions **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 28, 2014, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terminator-2-a-couple-of-questions/682508 "2014-02-28T10:48:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Raza](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raza/32/213_2.png) [@Raza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raza)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2017, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terminator-2-a-couple-of-questions/682508/143 "2017-07-24T21:26:35Z")
**Jenette Goldstein** was also in _Titanic_. There is a good interview of her on one of the episodes of the podcast _I Was There Too_. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2017, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terminator-2-a-couple-of-questions/682508/144 "2017-07-25T03:47:50Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Go Go Gadget foot. > [@Bozuit](#): > > Sorry, I’m not sure what this means (except that it’s a reference to Inspector Gadget). It may be a little late to clarify this, but it was in reference to an [altogether brilliant _Robot Chicken_ segment](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-E8IA_sxcQ) about an Inspector Gadget/Terminator crossover. > [@msmith537](#): > > However one thing I didn’t notice until relatively recently was that John’s stepmom was played by the same actress who played Vasquez in Aliens (Jenette Goldstein). [minor nitpick] She was his foster mom. [/mn] ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2017, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terminator-2-a-couple-of-questions/682508/145 "2017-07-25T03:50:41Z")
I’m still working on licking all the women in L.A. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2017, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terminator-2-a-couple-of-questions/682508/146 "2017-07-25T12:46:14Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > [minor nitpick] She was his foster mom. [/mn] She probably spent more time on screen as the T-1000 than as the foster mom. “Woflie’s fine honey. Where are you?” Click. “Your foster parents are dead.” ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2017, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terminator-2-a-couple-of-questions/682508/147 "2017-07-25T13:03:26Z")
> [@AncientHumanoid](#): > > I’m still working on licking all the women in L.A. I just reread this whole thread. I forgot how utterly insane **nevadaexile** ’s complaints were. Look up a person in the phone book, that couldn’t _possibly_ work in 1984! There had to have been 300-400 Sarah Connors in Los Angeles at the time! He should have been analyzing everyone’s DNA! A woman in her mid 40s (actually 36) is far too old to have another child! ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2017, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terminator-2-a-couple-of-questions/682508/148 "2017-07-25T13:31:10Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > I noticed the 4 arms thing awhile ago. However one thing I didn’t notice until relatively recently was that John’s stepmom was played by the same actress who played Vasquez in Aliens (Jenette Goldstein). Apparently she’s in a bunch of James Cameron films… > [@Raza](#): > > **Jenette Goldstein** was also in _Titanic_… Yes, she plays the Irish mom telling a bedtime story to her kids as the ship goes down. She was also in _Star Trek Generations_. Quite a talented actress: [http://cdn.bloody-disgusting.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/aliens-vasquez.jpg](http://cdn.bloody-disgusting.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/aliens-vasquez.jpg) [![](https://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/memoryalpha/images/1/14/Enterprise-B_science_officer.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20100928204531&path-prefix=en) ](https://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/memoryalpha/images/1/14/Enterprise-B_science_officer.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20100928204531&path-prefix=en) [![](https://johnnycat.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/jenette-g2.jpg) ](https://johnnycat.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/jenette-g2.jpg) [![](https://johnnycat.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/jenettanic.jpg) ](https://johnnycat.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/jenettanic.jpg) Nowadays she owns and runs a chain of big-girl bra stores: [About | Jenette Bras](https://www.jenettebras.com/about) ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2017, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terminator-2-a-couple-of-questions/682508/149 "2017-07-25T14:12:33Z")
She still has time to get killed by a Predator, complete the trifecta. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2017, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terminator-2-a-couple-of-questions/682508/150 "2017-07-25T19:38:28Z")
[QUOTE=muldoonthief;20369067Look up a person in the phone book, that couldn’t _possibly_ work in 1984! There had to have been 300-400 Sarah Connors in Los Angeles at the time! [/QUOTE] One of the first things I did when I moved to LA in 1985 was check the phone book for “Sarah Connor”. There weren’t any. Not a one. Which of course makes sense. Hollywood isn’t going to make some poor woman’s life a living hell, with everyone calling constantly. OTOH, there was exactly one of me in the LA phone book. So if I were the father of the future, the Terminator wouldn’t have had too much trouble tracking me down. ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2017, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terminator-2-a-couple-of-questions/682508/151 "2017-07-26T02:26:31Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > She probably spent more time on screen as the T-1000 than as the foster mom. > > “Woflie’s fine honey. Where are you?” > Click. > “Your foster parents are dead.” She also showed us an interesting facet of the Terminators that I would not have guessed: they can cook! She chops up vegetables like they’re resistance fighters! ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2017, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terminator-2-a-couple-of-questions/682508/152 "2017-07-26T13:37:21Z")
> [@](#): > > Quoth **Elendil’s Heir** : > > Yes, she plays the Irish mom telling a bedtime story to her kids as the ship goes down. She was also in Star Trek Generations. Quite a talented actress: At the very least, quite a versatile one. ---
**Author:** ![Pantastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3bc359/32.png) [@Pantastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pantastic)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2017, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terminator-2-a-couple-of-questions/682508/153 "2017-07-26T14:04:07Z")
> [@DWMarch](#): > > She also showed us an interesting facet of the Terminators that I would not have guessed: they can cook! She chops up vegetables like they’re resistance fighters! That makes sense so me since they’re designed for infiltration, they can do the kind of human things that a camp is always going to need to get done like cook, clean, basic construction, and so on. If you got a new person in camp and they said ‘what is this cook-ing you speak of’, you’d probably be suspicious. It would be funny if the resistance won, but didn’t destroy the terminators, instead they left only housekeeping subroutines and kept them as house robots. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2017, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terminator-2-a-couple-of-questions/682508/154 "2017-07-26T14:07:33Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > At the very least, quite a versatile one. Potato, potahtoh. ---
**Author:** ![Scougs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scougs/32/3158_2.png) [@Scougs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scougs)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2017, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terminator-2-a-couple-of-questions/682508/155 "2017-08-02T09:37:16Z")
So, it seems that today is Edward Furlong’s birthday. He’s 40. Anyone feel old? ---
**Author:** ![Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/channing_idaho_banks/32/250_2.png) [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Channing_Idaho_Banks)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2017, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terminator-2-a-couple-of-questions/682508/156 "2017-08-02T14:10:37Z")
> [@Scougs](#): > > So, it seems that today is Edward Furlong’s birthday. He’s 40. > > Anyone feel old? Good points for your death pool. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terminator-2-a-couple-of-questions/682508.md?page=7)