T2-3D: Battle Across Time simultaneously at 30 frames per second. Several elements of "T2 3-D: Battle Across Time" have been patented by Universal, including the seat drop effect, the blending of live action and film, the trio of projection screens, and the simulated assault weapons. The film was shot at the abandoned Eagle Mountain iron ore mine, just north of Desert Center in California. The cast and crew from the first two Terminator films returned for the shoot, including Arnold Schwarzenegger as The Terminator, Linda Hamilton as Sarah Connor, Robert Patrick as T-1000, and Edward Furlong as John Connor. To achieve the 3-D effect
Terminator 2: Judgment Day number 33 on "Total Film"s 2006 list of "The Top 100 Films of All Time". "Empire" ranked the film number 35 on its list of "The 500 Greatest Movies of All Time". In 2008, the film was voted the eighth-best science fiction film ever on "AFI's 10 Top 10". IGN named the film the tenth-greatest science fiction film of all time, saying that it was "one example of a sequel coming along and just destroying the original in every regard." "Empire" ranked "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" as the third-best film sequel of all time. In 2012, "Total Film" placed the