tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972321677173963357.post781515907710769211..comments2023-10-30T11:12:12.313-04:00Comments on Gen X Video Blog: Maggie 2010: A Diatribe About Alien Moralitycjbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10564424188246226928noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972321677173963357.post-24769753257620398492010-11-27T03:02:15.252-05:002010-11-27T03:02:15.252-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972321677173963357.post-68770988752976275322010-11-23T11:49:28.854-05:002010-11-23T11:49:28.854-05:00What pisses me off about Cameron so much is that T...What pisses me off about Cameron so much is that The Terminator (along with the first two Alien movies) are some of the best rules-based genre fiction ever. Both the alien and the Terminator (once you accept the basic premise) work logically along established rule-sets and, time-travel notwithstanding, do not egregiously break any known laws of the physical universe.<br /><br />The ending of The Abyss is, erm, abysmal, but where the wheels REALLY fall off is T2. T2 destroys the airtight paradox-free plotting of the firsts movie, replacing it with an Ouroboroesque loop of Skynet being built from technology legt behind from a Terminator that never would have been built without Skynet. AND it manages to OUT-STUPID The Abyss ending by suddenly having the Arniebot exhibit behaviour that the movie itself took explains was impossible. Oh, and this is wrapped inside a movie that thinks you can have an anti-war message by shooting about a thousand extras in the kneecaps.madkevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08263571447613011659noreply@blogger.com