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| written by Texan99 |
September 8, 2010 - 12:05 PM PDT |
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| Now THIS is science fiction. I had only modest use for the sequel T2 and none at all for T3, but the original Terminator was sheer frothy fun from the first scene to the last. It works as a cop thriller, it works as time-travel sci-fi, it works as a star-crossed-lovers story, and it works as one of my favorite action genres, "they f*cked with the wrong guy" a/k/a "the wimp shows unexpected reserves of backbone." I love the way everything bad that happens, happens after someone relies on a technological substitute for direct human communication, like a telephone or a telephone answering machine. ("Hi, it's Sarah! ha, ha, fooled you. But don't worry, machines need love, too.") In contrast, the act that saves the world and serves as the climax of the story, not to mention turning out to be the act that set the story in motion to begin with, is ordinary human sex and procreation. These poor young lovers get only that one short break; the rest of their lives are spent in nearly non-stop dreariness, fatigue, or outright terror. They soldier on and get the job done. |
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