I had a deep thought moment as I was watching the terminator film series today. The heroes is those films maintain their ethics and morality in one of the most horrible scenarios that could possibly happen to mankind. A scene Im thinking about is when in Terminator Salvation John Conner is ordered to bomb a skynet facility that is keeping humans prisoner. The character posed a very deep question in response to that, If we act as cold and calculating as the machines what is the point of winning the war? I believe that same question can be related to the real world. If we know there are bad people out there who hurt people how do we counter that by becoming just as ruthless as they are? What makes us any better than the people we put behind bars if we lose our humanity and compassion in the process? This is why I love science fiction, not many genres of film can stimulate me as a film fan entertainingly and intellectually like science fiction. I see parallels in this film series to such things as the war on terror, guantanimo bay, 9/11, our criminal justice system, and our prison system. Really good thought provoking themes, I love the terminator mythology.........Peace
Posted on: Tue, 04 Mar 2014 06:50:50 +0000
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