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 (character) Terminator was destroyed, other androids using the same "mold" that made them look like Schwarzenegger—said physical template was described in-universe as the "Model 101"—are featured in the sequels. In "", "" and "Terminator Genisys", Schwarzenegger is the protagonist instead of the antagonist, pitted against other Terminators sent by Skynet. In "Terminator Salvation", the T-800 appears briefly as a T-RIP (Resistance Infiltrator Prototype) CGI model. In the context of the stories, the plot device of having various robots looking the same provides a certain continuity for the human characters by exploiting their emotional familiarity with a particular "human" visage associated with