It gets rid of some of Arnold’s silly moments like jive talk, “no problemo,” “hasta la vista,” and “I need a vacation.” No more thumbs up. And I love the removal of the Bad to the Bone song in favor of traditional Terminator music.
Though I understand cutting “I need a vacation” and Bad to the Bone, the rest of the “silly” stuff that you don’t like is stuff that I have “no problemo” with 😉. In fact, I wouldn’t like it to be gone, because it allows John to be developed as a 10 year old punk kid. It’s 1990-1991 (1994-1995 in film), so that kind of stuff is cool with the kids, and he has this robot protector guy now, so he’s teaching his pet robot how to be hip. Nothing wrong with that. Cheesy can fit the picture as long as it’s done right, and I think it was in T2. And like I said, I’m not sure if Bad to the Bone should stay, but I’m curious what the scene is like with whatever the replacement track is. Anyway, I think that the Extended Addition is the way to go with T2, but some subtle edits added to that (like removing BttB) could be nice.