Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

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

of parallel editing that you notice in The Terminator. a. Parallel editing is method of editing scenes that shows two separate incidents happening at once. In The Terminator, this editing method was used when, after calling Sarah Conner pretending to be her mom, the terminator comes to the hotel that she and Kyle were staying at. During this scene, the scene where Sarah Conner and Kyle are talking and preparing to leave and the scene where the terminator is approaching the hotel crosscuts. Thus,

a soldier is formed by the many films and texts they have read about soldiers. The films and texts I have studied are: “A Giant Has Been Awakened” by Joe Pielmeier, “Hero Of War” by Rise Against, “Saving Private Ryan” by Steven Spielberg and “Terminator 2” by James

In Gorman Beauchamp 's article, Technology in the Dystopian Novel, he writes: "collectivism and technology, that is, are mutually exclusive" (56). Collectivism is defined as: the practice or principle of giving a group priority over each individual in it. This idea is incredibly relevant in today 's society. Our world, because of modern technology, has become incredibly individualistic. Cell phones, personal computers, tablets, and other personal technological devices have all been created with the

The Terminator was written by James Cameron and came out in 1984.1 It tells of a post-apocalyptic world dominated by a war between humans and artificially intelligent robots, called terminators. The movie was produced at the beginning of the Digital Age, and computer development and use was beginning to increase. Computer companies like Apple and Microsoft had recently been founded and some of the first personal computers were being created. “Many wondered if society was becoming too dependent of

can be seen in T & T2 in regards to the character of Sarah Connor. The representation of women in Science fiction films has changed dramatically the more traditional feminine role. Representation is the act of representing, or the state of being represented. Fore instance, something that represents an image or likeness of something. An example of this in T2 is Sarah Connor who is represented as a

These are shaped by the political culture. Terminator 2 takes place in America during the 1990s and is a fight for the future and to stop Judgement Day. America is starting to develop and use artificial intelligence. This will eventually lead to massive destruction

James Cameron’s 1984 film, The Terminator. In Cameron’s film, humanity creates an artificially intelligent program known as Skynet, which becomes completely cognizant and overthrows the world by initiating a nuclear holocaust. In the aftermath, a group of survivors create a resistance that attempts to destroy the program; however, they are met with Skynet’s cyborg army. Skynet sends a terminator, played by Arnold Schwarzenegger, back in time to destroy Sarah Connor before her son, the leader of the

'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

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