Terminator 2: Judgment Day directed by James Cameron and District 9 directed by Neill Blomkamp, at first glance don’t share much similarities between each other. One is about a terminator, a T-800 to be exact, and a boy named John Connor. District 9 is about aliens and humans having problems with each other and the point is that if you put closer detail to both of these movies; there is similarity in two themes, war and technology. The message for both movies in the end is similar if we can connect
James Cameron's 1991 sci-fi film Terminator 2: Judgment Day has many tropes and themes that film theorists love to talk about. There is Sarah Connor's presence as this tough, badass woman who is fighting for hope and humanity in a world that is a male-dominated dystopia. In class, we discussed our thoughts on Laura Mulvey's Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema and the existing norm of sexual difference, the extreme sexualization of women, the "male gaze", and other things such as ideology and seeing
The 1991 film, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, directed by James Cameron, is a dystopian film set in the year 1994. The continues the story from the 1984 original Terminator film, showcasing the lives of Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton) and her son John Connor (Edward Furlong) as they attempt to prevent ‘Judgment Day’, a prophesized extermination of humanity, from occurring. The T-800 robot (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is sent back in time to help them fulfil this mission. The key dystopian concepts of fate
Find out if your favourite made our list of the greatest female movie characters of all time. Sarah Connor in ‘Terminator 2: Judgment Day’ Played by the Linda Hamilton, Sarah Connor doesn’t believe in running from the future but rather fights it. Hamilton underwent a brutal fitness program which lasted for 13 weeks and also did a lot of judo, heavy-duty military training for
The last film I watched that had a lasting affecting was Terminator 2 Judgment Day. The reason being is I had to watch the first terminator to truly understand the second. Even then the story line makes you feel curious and excited. The reason being is the story had to do with past present and future events. Sarah Connor meet a guy from the future in the first movie. The man she meet was name Kyle Reese who tried to save her from the Terminator. She was being hunted by him until they were able to kill
performance of particular activities commonly described in these films. The Terminator, in the various aspects of the society and popular culture will be identified, discussed and analyzed in the paper. At the beginning of the scene reflects that of the future in Los Angeles where a great deal of technology which includes presence and ruling of the world, there is a huge technological influence to society and popular culture, The Terminator can be categorized as a science fiction, horror as well as an action
The movie Terminator is a 1991 American science action movie which was produced, directed and written by James Cameron. James Cameron also directed the blockbuster movies aliens of 1986 and the Abyss of 1989. The movie stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, Robert Patrick, Edward Furlong, and Linda Hamilton. The movie follows after eleven years after Sarah Connor destroyed the original Terminator that was programmed to kill her when she was pregnant for John. In the Movie Terminator 2, a new and more advanced
'Aliens' and 'Terminator II'. Like many films of their type, rather than being mere fetishism or 'celebrations of gore', these films have many subtle connotations throughout, using metaphor and symbolism to denote their messages. In this particular case
was beautiful. I had never experienced a film where I would feel for the characters. Yeah, that is a long time for a filmmaker to be on hiatus. Though, he was able to pull it off. Similar to when he took a long hiatus between The Terminator and Terminator 2: Judgement Day. "Good things come to those who wait." - Unknown Avatar inspired me to begin writing fan fiction and the writing bug just took hold. The bug continued all throughout my two senior years of high school (that’s years 11 and 12 in
Culture is something that shapes someone’s mindset and beliefs, which in turn affects the way someone views others and the world. Culture is present in society and in our lives day in and day out. Culture affects how we act, the things we say, the way we dress, and how we live our lives. Everyone’s cultural identity is unique to them, and it is usually based off of what they are surrounded by growing up, and how the people that they surround themselves with choose to act. Many people take a