Terminator 2: Judgment Day film at eighth place on its list of "50 Sequels That Were Better Than The Original". In 2016, "Playboy" ranked the film number one on its list of "15 Sequels That Are Way Better Than The Originals". Richard Roeper named "Judgment Day" the third-best film sequel ever made, stating that it "surpasses the original in every level." Robert Patrick makes a cameo appearance in "Wayne's World" (1992) as the T-1000 character in a scene where he pulls Wayne's car over, holds up a photo of John Connor and asks, "Have you seen this boy?", to which Wayne, screams in panic
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