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Summary: Appropriate Response
Review: This was a very good look at "The Terminator." It covers issues such as the debt to Harlan Ellison, the image of Arnold Schwarzenegger, and how the violence and anti-social nature of the original movie were sanitized in "Terminator 2: Judgment Day." There is a fascinating discussion on why the audience responds to the villain in "Terminator" and not the hero (Michael Biehn), and the analysis of the scenes of the film and their duration is quite interesting.In short, this book takes its topic seriously and addresses issues that previous articles I had seen on "The Terminator" hadn't really raised. The "Appropriate Response" to this book by people who enjoyed the movie is to buy it.
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Summary: Appropriate Response
Review: This was a very good look at "The Terminator." It covers issues such as the debt to Harlan Ellison, the image of Arnold Schwarzenegger, and how the violence and anti-social nature of the original movie were sanitized in "Terminator 2: Judgment Day." There is a fascinating discussion on why the audience responds to the villain in "Terminator" and not the hero (Michael Biehn), and the analysis of the scenes of the film and their duration is quite interesting. In short, this book takes its topic seriously and addresses issues that previous articles I had seen on "The Terminator" hadn't really raised. The "Appropriate Response" to this book by people who enjoyed the movie is to buy it.
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Summary: Terminate it.
Review: To be fair, I may have got the wrong end of the stick, or expected too much - but with such a high regard in the realm of Sci-Fi, I would expect anyone to come away thinking that this book should have covered better issues.
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Summary: Swift
Review: Whereas many of the BFI film guides descend into realms of film-school arsiness (literally so in the case of Michael Rogin's semi-classic 'Independence Day'), this is a refreshingly straightforward collection of trivia and informed commentary on 'The Terminator', and probably the best that is likely to appear. Given that 'The Terminator' was produced quickly on a low budget, and that not much was expected of it, no records were kept of the filming, and there really isn't much to write about the making of the film itself. Rather, the author takes us through the film, pointing out the clever bits, and writing about them. It's almost as spartan and efficient as the film itself - you'll probably finish it in half an hour, and wish that it was longer.
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