What does Trump have to do with the Terminator?
Wow, so many themes in this movie. Immigration, people in cages, losing jobs to AI, guns, women are the future. I really liked it. I'm surprised it did not do better at the box office. I think they incorporated a lot of those themes without being preachy. Gotta wonder if the Mexican heroine theme was a turnoff for some?
Anyhoo, I thought Arnold Shwarzenagger and Linda Hamilton were superb.
Here's what the director had to say
[link:https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2019-11-01/terminator-dark-fate-linda-hamilton-mackenzie-davis-natalia-reyes|
Many involved say the intention was not to make an overtly political Terminator sequel. Yet Cameron, who shepherded the storyline and recruited a writers room to chart out a potential three-film arc, delights in the pointed commentary.
When you look at how Trump thinks of Mexico
its like, well, were going to tell a story about the most important person in the world, he said. Shes so important that they bend time to send an agent back to try to kill her to change the future. Lets make her a Mexican national.
Now youve got gender, but youre also bringing race, culture and politics into it with that one decision. Thats absolutely by design, and thats something that we talked about and we all leaned into, he said. Adding not one but two female protectors in the forms of Sarah and Grace deepened that choice.