A closer look
Audio technicians for Terminator 2 created the terrifying sound of the liquid metal T-1000 robot passing through steel prison bars by recording dog food slowly sliding out of an aluminum can. Every time the unstoppable killing machine morphs its body to relentlessly pursue a young John Connor, you are actually hearing wet chunks of processed meat hitting a recording studio floor. James Cameron demanded visceral realism for his groundbreaking computer effects, so the sound team resorted to ruining the carpet with cheap pet food to achieve the perfect metallic squelch. It completely ruins the menacing aura of a highly advanced cinematic assassin when you discover its fearsome shape-shifting abilities sound exactly like the dinner routine of a mildly overweight golden retriever
