Terminator

When watching this movie I couldn't help but think more and more about the concept of Sarah's roommate and music. She is given multiple warnings that something bad is going to happen. The police try phoning her multiple times, and even Sarah calls her and leaves a message yet she fails to pick up because her music is on so loudly. Perhaps the most notable moment is when her boyfriend is fighting the terminator yet she fails to hear, because, once again, her music is on too loudly. It's as if the director is trying to show us how we are so caught up in our technical world. We are so caught up in enjoying efficiency and the fast paced life style that we fail to see the machine creeping up behind us to destroy us.

I also like how his speech about the future is all taking place while he is hijacking a car. It seems that his actions seem to reinforce the grim reality of the future. Reese seems to show no real passion or care for machines. A s we see in the beginning he seems to even be disgusted by the presence of the giant drill he sees when resting in the car.

Another interesting note is how both Terminator I and Terminator II use the idea of law enforcement. In Terminator I the terminator pursues them in a police car, making it impossible for our heroes to distinguish whom is an officer and whom is the terminator. This same concept happens in Terminator II, where the terminator actually is an officer.