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Artists and digital archivists have started using “vuarchive” to describe collections of deleted tweets, expired links, or corrupted JPEGs — fragments that still carry emotional weight even when the original context is gone. To browse a vuarchive is to experience nostalgia without a fixed point of origin, a sense that something important happened here, even if the evidence has faded.
The word blends vu (from déjà vu , French for “already seen”) with archives — repositories of what we’ve deliberately saved. A vuarchive, then, is the almost -archive: the folder you meant to organize, the screenshot you took at 2 a.m. for “later,” the browser tab left open for months, or the unsent letter that captures a feeling better than any final draft ever could. vuarchives
In the end, vuarchives remind us that memory is not just what we keep, but what we nearly keep — and that forgetting, too, leaves a beautiful, ghostly trace. A vuarchive, then, is the almost -archive: the
Unlike traditional archives, which are built on selection and permanence, vuarchives thrive on near-retention. They are the digital equivalent of a half-remembered dream — you can’t produce the exact file, but you know it exists somewhere in the cloud of your devices and neurons. Unlike traditional archives, which are built on selection
In an age of infinite scrolling and algorithmic remembering, the exists in a curious limbo — not quite a memory, not quite a document, but a pulse of recognition just before recall solidifies.
Here’s a short draft about — a term I’m interpreting as a conceptual or project-based piece (if you meant something specific, feel free to clarify). Title: Vuarchives: The Memory We Almost See
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Does anyone know if this release is locked to Region B. I had the 3D blu-ray combo pack pre-ordered from Amazon.co.uk and they updated the info from Region Free to Region B so I had to cancel it. We don’t seem to be getting a 3D release in North America.
The Bluray is Region 2/B.
The 3D one seem to be A/B/C.
Thank you for this! I have so many different releases of T2 that it’s hard to get excited about yet another one, but now I’m looking forward to the new content.
I agree that Edward Furlong gets a lot of undeserved crap. I don’t know what’s going on in his life now, but I met him briefly when he did a Q&A at DragonCon a few years ago, and he came across as a sincere, thoughtful person who didn’t shy away at all from discussing the challenges life has thrown at him.
Did this end up getting a release in China ? googled couldn’t find anything, I thought Arnold was attending a premier just curious how the box office number were, because China’s theatrical release was the real reason T2 got remastered anyway,
No word yet. However Japan has been experiencing Terminator 2: 3D in 4DX.
Really disappointed that they didn’t do anything with the extended cut sequences. Since that’s my preferred cut, I guess I’ll be skipping this release.
Has anyone noticed that the Terminator’s vision is now slightly cropped out of the picture frame? For instance, when the Terminator arrives and goes to the bar, we see what the Terminator sees as it scans the motorbikes and the all the people inside the bar, however, the words are slightly out of the picture frame. They don’t fit within the screen anymore.
On the Skynet edition, everything fits well within the picture ratio. But with this new remastered blu ray edition the words don’t fit in fully. Like the first one or two letters of words no longer fit within the screen.
I hope that made sense. Has anyone noticed this? If not, compare the scenes to your previous blu ray and DVD editions.
The 3D process requires some overscan, because the text elements a before the screen.
Is it just me or is the picture ratio slightly off in this new release? For instance, the words that appear on the screen whenever we see what the Terminator sees are slightly out of frame. Has anyone else noticed that?