rachel on 30/10/2007 at 19:59
Regardless of quality, I would think that T2 was more significant as it marked the first time, if I remember correctly, that CGI was mixed in a movie with such a level of detail that you couldn't distinguish real from CGI. The difference with contemporary and previous movies was obvious and the result was outstanding. Everybody, even those who didn't like it, were blown away.
Speaking of special effect, I would add Lang's Metropolis for the same reason, with the added philosophical references of humanity vs machines, echoing HG Wells and his bleak future split between two post-human species.
The_Raven on 30/10/2007 at 22:04
That's debatable, raph. The T-1000 is almost exactly the same as the water tentacle from Cameron's previous movie, The Abyss. In fact, that sequence prompted him to make the Terminator sequel, since he couldn't do the liquid metal thing when he made the first one.
Scots Taffer on 30/10/2007 at 23:48
The Abyss, now there's a movie.
Peanuckle on 31/10/2007 at 00:35
Heh, not only is asking for homework help on TTLG lame, but it's also highly not recommended. But you should copy+paste these into your paper just to see what the teacher thinks!
Gingerbread Man on 31/10/2007 at 01:59
I was actually serious. :(
Malygris on 31/10/2007 at 04:32
So was Kyle Reese and look what it got him.
Scots Taffer on 31/10/2007 at 04:41
It got him laid.
80's trenchcoat cool muthafuckas!
Swiss Mercenary on 31/10/2007 at 05:07
Quote Posted by Infidel
I think Goebbels' use of new technologies, like radio and TV broadcasts, had more influence than that book. Think about the 1936 Olympics, which were the first live television coverage of a huge sports event.
The book was the Holy Bible of German Fascism. Never mind that it didn't directly have a big impact on the masses reading it - the impact it did have was on setting and solidifying the specific agenda of the future Nazi regime.
rachel on 31/10/2007 at 06:05
Good point Raven. Haven't seen The Abyss in a while...
SubJeff on 31/10/2007 at 11:33
T2 certainly suffers from the same "sequel gotta be better and almost is but we had to add extra crap oh no look how we failed"-itis that Aliens does. The great thing about T2 was that the T1000 brought with it the same sort of dread that Arnie did in the original. His model (I forget the number) was shown to be vulnerable (finally!) at the end of T1. To bring back the sense of unstoppable doom was a great achievement, and something that (as I've lamented many times before) was missing in The Matrix sequels with Neo's utter domination of the Agents.
T3 was trash with a great, great idea for an ending. Shame.
I enjoyed the Abyss the first 2 times I saw it. Now I just can't see the fuss, except for that Micheal B flipping out stuff which was fun.
