Me too, actually, in both cases. First because he was naked and had no right to make such a claim (unless he was superhuman). In the second scene, just pure superhuman smoothness. Swing and reload. Bam! Effortless!
But then counterpointed to this is when he picks up the guy by his hair and can't understand why John Connor would instruct him not to kill a human. When he doesn't understand that being superhuman and a "terminator" doesn't correlate terminating humans as a good thing despite that being all he's programmed to do.
And then finally his admission to John that it is within humans to destroy themselves. That, as a terminator, he's a human invention and that he's not the problem; the problem lies with his inventor.
Great film! I criticise Hollywood all the time and they do let stupid stuff through. Admittedly, it isn't Ibsen. But it has Cameron's ethics running through it and I do find myself very much in agreement with James Cameron. I'd quite like to sit down and have a chat with him. I think we'd get along. I'm glad he's making films.
Favorite James Cameron film?
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Terminator 2 has my favourite Arnie quote ever.
"I need your clothes, your boots, and your motorcycle"
And the way he reloaded that shotgun one handed on the bike.. absolute movie magic.
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Me too, actually, in both cases. First because he was naked and had no right to make such a claim (unless he was superhuman). In the second scene, just pure superhuman smoothness. Swing and reload. Bam! Effortless!
But then counterpointed to this is when he picks up the guy by his hair and can't understand why John Connor would instruct him not to kill a human. When he doesn't understand that being superhuman and a "terminator" doesn't correlate terminating humans as a good thing despite that being all he's programmed to do.
And then finally his admission to John that it is within humans to destroy themselves. That, as a terminator, he's a human invention and that he's not the problem; the problem lies with his inventor.
Great film! I criticise Hollywood all the time and they do let stupid stuff through. Admittedly, it isn't Ibsen. But it has Cameron's ethics running through it and I do find myself very much in agreement with James Cameron. I'd quite like to sit down and have a chat with him. I think we'd get along. I'm glad he's making films.