Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Essays

“If people are sitting on something you want, you call them the enemy.” Human’s material desire and Navis’ animism build up a contrast between materialist in reality and animist world in the film Avatar (2009) by James Cameron. Materialism In the modern societies, we developed a belief or operating system – “our life is completely relying on the material reality and only matter can improve our quality of life”. As we share the same operating system, we accumulate and compete for the wealth. We

One of the most important functions of Terminator 2 and Blade Runner within their Science Fiction subgenre is their portrayal of ‘The Other’ or the nonhuman. In this particular case, we are talking about the Terminators and the Replicants and how they are presented in the films. The Terminators are classified as cyborgs in Terminator 2, whereas Replicants are androids which are based on Phillip K. Dick’s novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?. The terms android and cyborg are completely relative

not impossibilities” (Lewis, 2009, p.310). This essay will, firstly explain the differences between logical and physical possibilities in order to analyse the storyline in the film Terminator One. Drawing on that definition, this essay will give two examples supporting the logical possibility of the film Terminator One. The first defense supporting the logical possibility of this film will be on the subject of the grandfather paradox while the second on the concept of causal loops. A logical possibility

We're seeing reboots, sequels and remakes everywhere and it won't be a surprise to see it continue to dominate the entertainment industry in the next two years. In an EW report, Syfy has picked up Van Helsing but with a gender-twist. Syfy has acquired the rights to Van Helsing which will become a 13 episode drama television series about Vanessa Van Helsing. If you've seen the movies and read the books, Vanessa is the daughter of the legendary monster and vampire hunter - Abraham Van Helsing. So

The movie The Terminator was created in 1984 and directed by James Cameron. The movie about a robot and a Human that are sent from the future for two very different reasons. One wants to hunt and kill Sarah Connor the future leader of a rebellion while the other one has to protect her. The issues that this movie touches on are the advancement of technology and genocide. The movie The Terminator is about a cyborg that is sent from the future to kill a woman named Sarah Connor who will give birth to

The Terminator (1984) was praised by film critics as one of the early Hollywood feminist films that portrayed the female as ‘real’ and not being objectified. At the beginning of the film, Sarah Connor who is the lead female character was portrayed as a damsel in distress, being saved repeatedly by Kyle Reese, a soldier from the future with a duty to protect her from the Terminator. Sarah needs to be constantly told what is going on as she is passive in the story, unlike the male character who is

(6). Similar to Janis Svilpis’ claim that science fiction is the literature of ideas, Bennet uses the television series spin-off Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles to identify many religious themes that contribute to AI Apocalypticism (1). Bennet describes the original Terminator franchise as containing Judeo-Christian themes, with examples like John Connor being “the boy destined to lead humankind to victory in an apocalyptic war against intelligent