The Terminator Essays

“That Terminator is out there...It can’t be reasoned with. It doesn’t feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are dead!” These alarming words proclaimed by Kyle Reese, a soldier in the film The Terminator from the future who comes back to warn people about the future, may be coming to fruition as we speak. A.I. technology has advanced very rapidly since its creation in 1951 and there have always been conspiracies of the A.I. being able to overpower humans

In James Cameron’s 1984 film, The Terminator, Arnold Schwarzenegger portrays a humanoid robot who travels back in time with a motive to kill. Since the films release, killer robots have been a frightening fantasy that loom over the heads of its watchers. The idea of a machine that exists purely to seek and destroy seems absurd or at least not viable in the imminent future. However, the reality of an automated assassin may be closer than previously thought. Recent developments in robotics have allowed

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

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

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

Science fiction can dispute the binaries in a manner that allows writers to be more adventurous with the questioning. We see that the cyborg character in Terminator and other movies are generally male. A bodily masculinity in the cyborg men is visible, as Arnold is a man of few words, but his body is depicted to have guns, just like his nemesis, which is a suggestion of male ejection and male domination. The movies are about violent wars between the machines and humanity. In the first scene, Arnold

The Terminator franchise is certainly a catalyst to the immense increase in popularity of science fiction in films as well as technology. Special effects were really revolutionized within the Terminator movies; which sets the franchise apart from other movies. The 1991 film Terminator 2: Judgement Day, directed by James Cameron, was and continues to be a popular movie today in 2018. The terminator franchise has inspired many movies that have been created since then. Along with this influence on the

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Perfection is not a human nature. Created with individuality, carrying different behaviors and acting based on emotions, every human being has the capacity to sympathize which makes them less than whole. The challenge of self-exploration and discoveries to the human race have been so much influenced by the division on religion that is very rooted by the subject morality. Humans are capable of decision-making, love and freedom of speech. These aspects hinder the goal of global innovation; to produce

robots have been depicted as dangerous machines, capable of working against humans. In the movie, “The Terminator” the view of the future is more catastrophic than what humans could imagine. The series has been among the most successful films at introducing iconic sci-fi images and concepts to the culture at large. The first Terminator movie in 1984, is about a cyborg assassin known as a Terminator, that travels from 2029 to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor and her unborn son. Sent to protect Sarah is Kyle

I saw my first live musical a few weeks ago. The play was Terminator: The Musical written by Breanna Bietz. The play is a musical parody that supports the original Terminator and Terminator 2: Judgement Day movies. The main characters are lead on a thrilling pursuit during the 1980s and 90s due to the dilemmas of a post-apocalyptic battle opposing humanity and a time travel problem. The cast is running from robots that are instructed by Skynet to execute, and police officers that are directed by

have even gotten to the point where robots can look and act like humans! One of the earliest examples of advanced humanoid technology is in the movie “Terminator 2: Judgement Day” directed by James Cameron. In this movie, a reprogrammed model T-800 Terminator is sent back through time in order to protect its creator, John Connor from another Terminator sent to kill him. Throughout the movie, the T-800 displays humanistic qualities, that are similar to qualities displayed by actual human beings. Some

“Terminator technology is an assault on the traditional knowledge, innovation and practices of indigenous and local communities, it’s a breach of the right of self-determination...” A quote from John Conner in the movie, “Terminator” reflects how the use of technology leads to dangerous disadvantages. There have been many overlooked disadvantages on instant messaging such as: driving distractions, decrease in social and verbal interaction and also cyber bullying through chat rooms. Many accidents

When I hear the word 'robot,' the image of a transformer from the movies comes to mind; a machine capable of acting human-like may be quite fascinating. Unsettling, however, robots are truly The Terminator. With advancement in artificial intelligence comes drawbacks. And these drawbacks are too severe to ignore. Artificial intelligence will control our lives, therefore leading to the ruination of our society. We are intelligent enough to create a machine which is smarter than our own brains

movies, Avatar and Titanic, which are two of the movies I will be talking about as well as The Terminator 2: Judgement Day. Titanic used about $200 million and once it came out into theatres, it held a twelve year record of highest gross income of $1.843 billion. Throughout this movie, My

Technology vs. Humanity In the reading, Termination or Transformation? The "Terminator" Films and Recent Changes in the U. S. Auto Industry there were many connections made by Robert F. Arnold between technology in science fiction films and modern day society. Specifically making the connections between the auto industry and the Terminator movies, Arnold provides us with a discussion on the relationship between technology and humanity. By focusing his work based upon such relationship, it enables

of world can either be a dream come true or an irreversible nightmare. My view is that this rapid progression is a disturbing trend that has to be slowed down, even stopped entirely. A radical depiction of this kind of world can be seen in the “Terminator” films and the film “I Robot”. Both of these films show a futuristic world where scientists have built machines to their full capacity “for” the greater good. It shows however what devastation could occur if machines became more capable than humans

challenges for humans both fearful and wonderful (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

“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