It is my solemn hope that T2 ushered in a teleological era of CGI, much like how you describe the now-gone era of shiny heavy-handed 1980s action films….I love them both, but carve a niche and let storytelling continue…

How you can bring up Exorcist III without mentioning Brad Dourif is beyond me….

For me the best example of this sort of sound mixing occurs in Altman films…