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A five shot sequence from the opening of "Terminator 2" (1991).
Each shot has purpose, each cut is exactly where it needs to be, and just listen to the beautiful, precise sound design supervised by Gary Rydstrom.
Each shot has purpose, each cut is exactly where it needs to be, and just listen to the beautiful, precise sound design supervised by Gary Rydstrom.
Never in a million years would anyone conciously notice--on their first viewing, in real-time, with all the excitement and drama of the sequence, and distracted by the amazing sound design--that the T-800 is stabbed with a rubber prop knife that bends when it hits its skin.
I only noticed the rubber prop bending because in my youth I watched "T2" several times on CAV LaserDisc, frame by frame. This is one of those tiny 'you can see the seam' moments that fueled my interest in the magic of movies. It's all pretend. It's art, not science.
Today, if you watch the movie on Blu-ray, you'll see this sequence. Here it is in real-time.
Two frames of paint. It probably took an artist a couple of minutes to do this. It's something that would have been prohibitely expensive to accomplish in 1991, but today it's a relatively trivial visual effects shot, and this type of work happens all the time in today's movies.
The T2 Blu-ray is marketed as a "brand-new digital restoration". I think these little "fixes" to catalog movies exceed the scope what can be considered a "restoration". These "fixes" are different than, say, color grading and noise reduction.
There are other T2 Blu-ray "fixes", too. So have fun finding them.
Thankfully, the two visible cameras in these shots are still there, and are untouched: https://twitter.com/tvaziri/status/1047708838705545217
Thankfully, the two visible cameras in these shots are still there, and are untouched: https://twitter.com/tvaziri/status/1047708838705545217
Here's another T2 Blu-ray "fix" - the head of the stunt driver (who is driving the car backwards), which is barely visible, has been painted out of three shots. 
