31st May 2009, 11:52 PM
True, those two points are a bit incongruous... there's no sign of the 'better computer' here like there is in T2 or the Sarah Connor Chronicles TV series, apart from Marcus who chooses good because he's part human more than anything, it seems.
Still, Marcus clearly is the character taking that role here... they do have a bit of a different focus, but I thought it worked well. I mean yeah, it is a bit funny to focus so literaly on the heart when that should be more a symbolic or figurative mark of humanity, but it worked well enough, and the symbolism was still there, if kind of buried under the literal interpretations the movie puts on top.
And anyway, the 'good computers' are only that way because they were programmed to like humans instead of kill them. Here, he rejects it because of his beliefs, not programming... machines can't really defy their orders and choose their beliefs. People can. That's part of the point, I think.
Still though, it is true that Arnold in T2 grew beyond just his 'protect John Connor' thing, and we didn't see that from the robots this time. This was a war movie though, focused on big-ticket battles and stuff, and an android. I don't know if that was needed. What they've got instead is a related, but somewhat different, plot that is clearly in the same line as the one in T2... and I thought it was just fine.
Still, Marcus clearly is the character taking that role here... they do have a bit of a different focus, but I thought it worked well. I mean yeah, it is a bit funny to focus so literaly on the heart when that should be more a symbolic or figurative mark of humanity, but it worked well enough, and the symbolism was still there, if kind of buried under the literal interpretations the movie puts on top.
And anyway, the 'good computers' are only that way because they were programmed to like humans instead of kill them. Here, he rejects it because of his beliefs, not programming... machines can't really defy their orders and choose their beliefs. People can. That's part of the point, I think.
Still though, it is true that Arnold in T2 grew beyond just his 'protect John Connor' thing, and we didn't see that from the robots this time. This was a war movie though, focused on big-ticket battles and stuff, and an android. I don't know if that was needed. What they've got instead is a related, but somewhat different, plot that is clearly in the same line as the one in T2... and I thought it was just fine.
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