How Terminator Two Satisfies the Science Fiction Genre

How Terminator Two Satisfies the Science Fiction Genre

The film, ‘Terminator’ is part of a trilogy; Terminator 2 is the

sequel to the first terminator film- Terminator 1. The auteur, James

Cameron, produced the first terminator movie in 1984; and because the

film was a big success with a range of viewers- the majority of

different genre lovers- , James Cameron had decided to create a

sequel, which was produced in 1993. The big screen had cost a huge

budget in Hollywood, WarnerBrotherÂ’s (a franchise, film production

business). This may have been due to the special effects, and casting

of the characters. Special effects in the film were very realistic and

state of the art for its decade. The special effects include C.G.I,

(Computed Generated Images); these images were iconic and were there

to impress the audience. The computed generated images were usually

based upon the actions and the appearance of the two terminators

featured in the film, T-800 and T-1000. The generated images consisted

of the terminators morphing and the big explosions. The characters in

the play were very lifelike, however, the anti-hero terminator, and

the pure evil terminator were the life of the science genre. In the

movie there were four main characters, they were, anti- hero

terminator that was played by Arnold Schwarnegger, mother of John

Conner played by Linda Hamilton, John Conner the future leader of

humans was played by Edward Furlong, and the pure evil T-1000

terminator who was played by Robert Patrick. Terminator 2 contains

many elements that are not typical of a science fiction gene, suc...

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... sci-fi film, usually there would not be issues of

gender and race appearing in the film. Yet, in T2, these issues do

appear. These issues revolve around two questions. Gender: How are

woman presented in the film? Ace: How are black people represented in

the film?

Overall, I think that the movie, Terminator 2, does not conform to the

conventions of the science fiction gene. This is because the

conventions are not as traditional as they are thought to be. What I

mean is that before the film had been viewed, I had expected it to be

set on a miśe en scene of a sciece fiction film, i.e. a distant planet

or a far way planet that is yet to be discovered. In addition, the

movie seems too more realistic, even though in the essay I mentioned

an overview of the elements that make Terminator 2 a typical sci-fi

movie.