Continuing the worldview of Terminator 1 and 2, Terminator 6 is different from the previous ones in terms of setting and presentation. In Terminator 6, Sarah Connor rewrote the future of "Skynet" to bring about the end of mankind, although Sarah Connor's son John Connor, who served as the savior in the rewritten future, was still executed. killed by the Terminator. But without "Skynet", with the development of human science and technology, there is another future where artificial intelligence "corps" will bring about the end of mankind. Under this setting, the Rev-9 Terminator sent from the future "Legion" to hunt down must be Daniela (Dani), an important figure in the fate of the future human beings, and the future human beings also sent mechanically modified Grace came to protect Dany, and the elderly Sarah Connor also joined the team to protect Dany. The Schwarzenegger of the series symbol also appeared in this film, becoming an indispensable and important supporting role in the climax. To sum up, just from the plot setting and character arrangement of the movie, the element of "female power" has already appeared on the paper.
Equally obvious are elements of anti-racism and vigilance against modern technology. In terms of casting, the female protagonist is no longer the white woman in the past, but chose women of color from the middle and lower classes in Latin America. When the three tried to smuggle across the U.S.-Mexico border and abandoned their car to head to the train station, they passed a small village that was crowded with brown people. Sarah Connor and Grace are primarily white women. Sarah Connor said that there are too many people here, and this way of escape is too revealing and ostentatious; Dany said jokingly, "You are too white." White people are clearly distinguishable among a group of people of color, and the dialogue here is a bit of a sneer at racism. The vigilance against modern technology actually runs through the entire Terminator series. The difference is that this one has roadside surveillance, smartphones, and autonomous robots that increasingly deepen and control human life to some extent. Elements. Concerns about this phenomenon are also expressed bluntly through scenes and lines, such as Dany discovering that her brother's job has been replaced by a robot arm, complaining to supervisors that machines will replace humans and make many workers unemployed; or Sarah Connor. Hide your smartphone in a signal-blocking potato chip bag and explain to Dany how smartphones and roadside surveillance track people. These elements are all drawn from our real life. On the one hand, it reflects the rapid change of modern technology, and continues to penetrate into our daily life and become a part of it. On the other hand, in the Terminator, the setting background of "machine awakening and rebellion" It also reflects that it is inevitable for human beings to encounter doomsday and be oppressed by intelligent robots. Sarah Connor has changed the gloomy apocalyptic future ruled by "Skynet", but cannot stop the continued development of modern technology. Therefore, it cannot stop the emergence of the "Legion" representing artificial intelligence and the frontier of modern technology, nor can it stop another gloomy future in which the "Legion" dominates mankind. Essentially, the apocalyptic future in which humans are subjected to nuclear explosions, hunted down and oppressed by intelligent robots has not changed.
power) appeared in the songs of the Spice Girls in the 1980s and 1990s, and quickly became popular as a symbol of resistance to patriarchy and an element of feminism. Since the female element of this film is very obvious, then the oppressing party can naturally represent the patriarchal society. According to Aaron Johnson's discussion in "Gender Knot", patriarchal society is a social system with male domination, male identity, and male center as the core, around which the core concept of "control and oppression" is developed. Then, in the fields of economy, politics, military, religion, education, and justice, social systems with these concepts as the secret core are derived, and every individual living under the patriarchal system, whether male or female, is shaping the concept of this social system. A typical example is the influence and shaping of "masculinity" and "femininity" on the behavior of men and women born in a patriarchal society (current human society) in their daily lives. In this social system with control and oppression as its core features, every individual can be a perpetrator and a victim at the same time. Men, who enjoy the privileges relative to women in a patriarchal society by virtue of their male identity, can become the perpetrators and internalize them. Women with patriarchal social values can also be the perpetrators; conversely, middle- and lower-class men who are unwilling to be bound by norms such as "masculinity" and who are in the lower end of power can become victims, and every woman is also a victim under such a system. However, because the system is dominated by men, men enjoy privileges in specific social life, and women are oppressed especially. Going back to the setting of the movie, "Skynet" embodies a kind of ubiquitous control. With the skeleton terminator and the brutal pursuit of human beings, the oppression and terror it embodies are self-evident. The essence of the "Legion" is just the oppression of changing its name without changing the soup. Historically and even today, women have been marginalized in the military. In reality, the legion is also dominated by men, and the legion itself There are also elements of violence and killing. Therefore, the group of intelligent robots that oppress human beings, no matter how they are renamed, is essentially the control and oppression of human beings. However, perhaps as expressed in "Cloud Atlas", human beings always have a spirit of resistance and rebellion; for the oppressive "Skynet" or "Legion", human beings have a resistance army, and for the patriarchal society that oppresses us in reality, we can also Choose to resist. There is a scene in the movie that Grace recalls being rescued by Dany in the future: several exiled robbers, men and women, are trying to snatch the supplies of Grace, who is powerless. already the leader of the resistance Danny in the lead. Dany said, "Cannibalism is what the Legion would like to see, why not unite to resist." After saying that, a few robbers were recruited, and the camera switched to male and female rebels in the ruins outside the building. Here, the language of the film expresses the need to unite everyone as an individual, male or female, against the control and oppression of the "Legion". The scene here is a very classic Hollywood "last-minute rescue" application. The difference is that men often play the role of rescue, and here it is Danny, a woman. What applies to movies also applies to reality. In the real patriarchal society, oppression is real, some are revealed and many are hidden and unknown. A direct challenge to patriarchy often arouses spontaneous sophistry, often men, and often sees stigmatization of these resistances and fade. Changes in a patriarchal society require structural changes in society, which are undoubtedly beyond the reach of individuals living under this huge intertwined system. But we as individuals live within the system and are influenced by it, and we are also part of shaping it. So, it's not some extraordinary savior that makes a huge structural reform, on the contrary, each of us, like Dany, can be the savior of ourselves, others, and the whole system. What we can do is to understand the reasons for this patriarchal system, the way it operates, and the good and bad influences it has caused, and then substitute the various life experiences experienced by individuals into the larger context of society to understand and think about it, so as to discover this The various ills that exist in society, and then to speak up and resist, to let more people understand the situation and participate. We do not expect every individual to make earth-shattering changes, but in our daily life, we can try to question the concepts and behaviors shaped by the patriarchal society, debate and resist, and construct new living habits and methods. As mentioned in "Gender Knot", under this system, the "path of least resistance" in which everyone performs their own duties will be continued by individuals intentionally or unintentionally, in order to resist injustice and oppression (often there are many secrets that require analysis to reveal ), we can go the "higher resistance road" and start with the most detailed things. when. What applies to movies also applies to reality. In the real patriarchal society, oppression is real, some are revealed and many are hidden and unknown. A direct challenge to patriarchy often arouses spontaneous sophistry, often men, and often sees stigmatization of these resistances and fade. Changes in a patriarchal society require structural changes in society, which are undoubtedly beyond the reach of individuals living under this huge intertwined system. But we as individuals live within the system and are influenced by it, and we are also part of shaping it. So, it's not some extraordinary savior that makes a huge structural reform, on the contrary, each of us, like Dany, can be the savior of ourselves, others, and the whole system. What we can do is to understand the reasons for this patriarchal system, the way it operates, and the good and bad influences it has caused, and then substitute the various life experiences experienced by individuals into the larger context of society to understand and think about it, so as to discover this The various ills that exist in society, and then to speak up and resist, to let more people understand the situation and participate. We do not expect every individual to make earth-shattering changes, but in our daily life, we can try to question the concepts and behaviors shaped by the patriarchal society, debate and resist, and construct new living habits and methods. As mentioned in "Gender Knot", under this system, the "path of least resistance" in which everyone performs their own duties will be continued by individuals intentionally or unintentionally, in order to resist injustice and oppression (often there are many secrets that require analysis to reveal ), we can go the "higher resistance road" and start with the most detailed things. when. What applies to movies also applies to reality. In the real patriarchal society, oppression is real, some are revealed and many are hidden and unknown. A direct challenge to patriarchy often arouses spontaneous sophistry, often men, and often sees stigmatization of these resistances and fade. Changes in a patriarchal society require structural changes in society, which are undoubtedly beyond the reach of individuals living under this huge intertwined system. But we as individuals live within the system and are influenced by it, and we are also part of shaping it. So, it's not some extraordinary savior that makes a huge structural reform, on the contrary, each of us, like Dany, can be the savior of ourselves, others, and the whole system. What we can do is to understand the reasons for this patriarchal system, the way it operates, and the good and bad influences it has caused, and then substitute the various life experiences experienced by individuals into the larger context of society to understand and think about it, so as to discover this The various ills that exist in society, and then to speak up and resist, to let more people understand the situation and participate. We do not expect every individual to make earth-shattering changes, but in our daily life, we can try to question the concepts and behaviors shaped by the patriarchal society, debate and resist, and construct new living habits and methods. As mentioned in "Gender Knot", under this system, the "path of least resistance" in which everyone performs their own duties will be continued by individuals intentionally or unintentionally, in order to resist injustice and oppression (often there are many secrets that require analysis to reveal ), we can go the "higher resistance road" and start with the most detailed things. Disease, and then to speak up and resist, to let more people understand the situation and participate. We do not expect every individual to make earth-shattering changes, but in our daily life, we can try to question the concepts and behaviors shaped by the patriarchal society, debate and resist, and construct new living habits and methods. As mentioned in "Gender Knot", under this system, the "path of least resistance" in which everyone performs their own duties will be continued by individuals intentionally or unintentionally, in order to resist injustice and oppression (often there are many secrets that require analysis to reveal ), we can go the "higher resistance road" and start with the most detailed things. Disease, and then to speak up and resist, to let more people understand the situation and participate. We do not expect every individual to make earth-shattering changes, but in our daily life, we can try to question the concepts and behaviors shaped by the patriarchal society, debate and resist, and construct new living habits and methods. As mentioned in "Gender Knot", under this system, the "path of least resistance" in which everyone performs their own duties will be continued by individuals intentionally or unintentionally, in order to resist injustice and oppression (often there are many secrets that require analysis to reveal ), we can go the "higher resistance road" and start with the most detailed things.
Judging from the portrayal of the heroine Dani at the beginning of the film, her family has two male family members, a father and a younger brother. She presides over the family's large and small affairs, and also works in a car factory. Her character and image are also quite strong and capable. And Grace's handsome short hair style and Sarah Connor's tough setting are also similar to the heroine's style. On the train to the U.S.-Mexico border escaping the pursuit of Rev-9, the three discuss Dany's future fate. According to the setting of the Terminator series, Sarah Connor is hunted because she will give birth to John Connor, who will be the savior of mankind in the apocalypse. Seeing Dany, who was also of the same age and experienced as herself at the time, Sarah Connor also told Dany like someone who had come before that she must be hunted down because she would give birth to a future savior, and she said, "You are not a threat, you The uterus is." This line expresses very bluntly the reason why Danny was hunted and killed, and also mocks the reproductive oppression of women in the patriarchal society. The role of Danny is the setting of "Fate Rebel" in the film. Facing the pursuit of the extremely powerful Rev-9 Terminator, from the middle of the film, Dany showed her willingness to fight to the death, and it was Dany who gave Rev-9 a fatal blow in the final fierce battle. The difference from the previous series is that the protagonists of the previous series who were chased by powerful and terrifying Terminators were all Terminators who were chased to a dead end, and only chased down under the protection and desperate struggle of "decent" Terminators. Knocked down, it can be said that in general, it is to passively knock down the villain on the road of escape. In this film, although the scene is constantly changing with the escape, the protagonist and his party have the intention to fight the villain to the death in the middle of the film and have the confidence to knock him down; it can be said that the intention of taking the initiative to resist is the result of the previous works and the A difference in this movie.
In addition, in the face of the pursuit, the first Terminator is a white male to protect the heroine Sarah Connor. The second part is the T-800 Terminator played by Schwarzenegger of "muscle strength" to protect the "Savior" John Connor and Sarah Connor who is passively resisting the T-1000. In the third film, it is still Schwarzenegger's powerful male to protect the protagonist. In the sixth installment, not only are the protagonists no longer protected by white male characters, but the protagonist is set to be the future savior, and it is also a middle- and lower-class women of color. In addition, the arrangement of female characters, the third and sixth are also significantly different. The villain of the third installment, the Terminator, is a silent, sexy but dangerous "Deadly Woman". At least in the film tradition, women as protected weaklings or Medusa-like villains, and men as villains or saviour protagonists, will not arouse the audience's surprise. On the contrary, it is relatively rare for the setting of the "big heroine" in this film to use women as the protagonists of the film and to express the elements of female power very clearly.
Finally, it is the symbolic character of the Terminator series, the setting of Schwarzenegger. In this one, the obvious difference from the first three is that Schwarzenegger is no longer the protagonist throughout the film, but an important supporting role. In the film, he is the Terminator who is disarmed and returned to the field. After 20 years of self-study and a family full of love and closeness in the film, he gradually "recovered" his humanity. This setting itself has a deeper meaning. As a man who is blessed with typical male characteristics such as "independence, perseverance, not good at intimacy, and not good at expressing emotions", he is like an inhuman Terminator to some extent. In the same way, the Terminator played by Schwarzenegger throws away the original elements of violence and conflict, devotes himself to the intimate relationship of love and care (the setting of the movie), and regains the concept of "masculinity" and the concept of "masculinity" in the real patriarchal society. The qualities of love and caring in human nature separated by norms. Although a white middle-class male (the film's setting), he participates in the "corps" of protecting Dany against control and oppression with practical actions. Reflected in reality, he represents men who resist the patriarchal society (of course, this does not mean that women will not be oppressed, because privileges are given to men and cannot be discarded, but they can participate in resistance to break privilege and oppression) . However, due to the influence of the setting of the Terminator series and the need to pay tribute to the second part at the end, Schwarzenegger still appeared at several key moments in the latter part of the film, including blowing up the C-5 transport aircraft door to let the heroine The group escaped, jumped directly from the dam to open the door for the hostess and her group and brought Grace's life-saving injection, and at the last minute dragged Rev-9 to give Dany a chance to fight back. However, since resisting oppression and control, resisting patriarchal society is the responsibility and action of every individual, and it is not a resistance exclusive to women, even if a man saves a woman at a critical moment, because this man is a resistance representative, then it is understandable. Personally, I think the reason why Schwarzenegger will come forward at key moments several times in the second half of the film is to make it reasonable to appear in the final battle scene (like the factory in the second part) to make the last minute. foreshadowing of the tribute.
In short, this is a "big heroine" action movie that highlights female power. In general, it is a qualified popcorn movie, and the element of female power is also very obvious, with the classic IP of Terminator. As well as the power elements of the Terminator series, the cry of this female power is also powerful and remarkable.
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