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December 30, 2008
Judging Terminator
I watched "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" again recently. I remembered it being great. But what struck me this time around is that in the movie you can actually see the beginning of a great leader in the kid John Connor. He teaches a Terminator to use non-lethal violence instead of kill indiscriminately. He insists on breaking his mother out of the asylum despite the risk to himself. He gently woos Dyson's kid out of the room while Mom and Terminator lay out the horrific future ahead. It is easy to see this kid has the potential to become a great leader.
That stood out in stark contrast to the way John is portrayed in the current Terminator television series "The Sarah Connor Chronicles." The series' teenage John Connor shows no such great-leader potential. Instead, teenage John comes off as selfish, whiny and rebellious. Nothing about him--except maybe his proficiency with computers--leads me to think he will grow into the leader of the resistance. And that bugs me every time I watch the show.
Posted by Selena at December 30, 2008 04:37 PM