Terminators and People: The Story About Drive and Stopping
Magdalena Radkowska
kwartalnik.filmowy@ispan.plInstitute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences (Poland)
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The text is an anthropological interpretation of the trilogy Terminator. Radkowska says the makers of the sequel about the terminators who never stop and the people who can only be stopped by American anti-nuclear shelters did not intend to embarrass spectators. Spectators are not required to reflect on the differences between a man and a machine because these are clear. They only sometimes instruct spectators that responsibility for the future lies in people themselves. Terminator first of all examines the difference and the machine, unlike Blade Runner that confirms the difference. Despite the seemingly non-Hollywood ending, the film is very optimistic because it is not about a happy ending but that we quietly keep our mental habits and patterns.
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Magdalena Radkowskakwartalnik.filmowy@ispan.pl
Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences Poland
Absolwentka KEiAK UW, kończy pracę doktorską w Szkole Nauk Społecznych przy IFiS PAN pt. Sztuczny człowiek i jego konteksty. Redaktor naczelna magazynu kulturalno-społecznego „(op.cit.,)”.
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