Cyborgs
Arnie Schwarzenegger first appeared as the terrifying killing machine the T800 in the original Terminator movie (1984), before reappearing in Judgement Day (1991) and Rise of the Machines (2003), proving the prophetic nature of his character’s infamous phrase, ‘I’ll be back.’
The fourth film in the series, Terminator Salvation, directed by John McGinty Nichol (of Charlie’s Angels fame), opens today sans Arnie (except in a CGI moment), signalling not the closure some hoped for, but rather the start of a new trilogy.
Like its predecessors (and the television series, The Sarah Connor Chronicles – 2008), the film, set in a post-apocalyptic 2018, where the machines have not only risen but triumphed, explores the ways in which the surviving humans do their utmost to destroy that which they created.
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