Terminator: Salvation (Esspecially after that last movie! hey-o!)

PhoenixFlame · 06-22-2009, 10:25 AM

I thoroughly enjoyed System Shock 2: The Movie, despite it's flaws. That said, anyone notice the similarities? (Warning, SS2 spoilers ahead.)

Protagonist suffers amnesia, doesn't know where he is or what his mission is. Has been secretly given cybernetic implants to make him a super-soldier.

Protagonist is subtly manipulated by humans and logical stimuli to perform a task that has desired side-effects predicted by the big bad's HUGE XANATOS GAMBIT!

In carrying these out, the Protagonist finds out he's been duped, and meets his machine creator, who proceeds to explain how and why she's manipulated him, and how he cannot resist. Shocking reveal! Despite being unable to directly control him via his cybernetic implants, SHODAN makes him an offer he can't refuse(TM), fully confident that being a superior machine means her plan is flawless.

Protagonist plays along only long enough to rebel agaisnt his creator, destroying them in a fit of awesome classic revenge.

Okay, so not exactly, but close enough. Pretty much explained to me how skynet wasn't able to directly control him, even though I cringed when he synched with it, figuring he was malfunctioning.

That said, I felt it was a little too obvious how Marcus was able to perform feats like destroying a VTOL hunter probe with a thrown tire iron from a car moving at full-speed down a hill while taking evasive manevuers, or how obviously terminator he acts when fighting post-apocalyptic 'wasteland assholes' with his fists.

Good movie, though.

06-22-2009, 10:25 AM	#11
PhoenixFlame ☢!CAUTION!☢ Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Beneath Gensokyo Posts: 3,668	I thoroughly enjoyed System Shock 2: The Movie, despite it's flaws. That said, anyone notice the similarities? (Warning, SS2 spoilers ahead.) Protagonist suffers amnesia, doesn't know where he is or what his mission is. Has been secretly given cybernetic implants to make him a super-soldier. Protagonist is subtly manipulated by humans and logical stimuli to perform a task that has desired side-effects predicted by the big bad's HUGE XANATOS GAMBIT! In carrying these out, the Protagonist finds out he's been duped, and meets his machine creator, who proceeds to explain how and why she's manipulated him, and how he cannot resist. Shocking reveal! Despite being unable to directly control him via his cybernetic implants, SHODAN makes him an offer he can't refuse(TM), fully confident that being a superior machine means her plan is flawless. Protagonist plays along only long enough to rebel agaisnt his creator, destroying them in a fit of awesome classic revenge. Okay, so not exactly, but close enough. Pretty much explained to me how skynet wasn't able to directly control him, even though I cringed when he synched with it, figuring he was malfunctioning. That said, I felt it was a little too obvious how Marcus was able to perform feats like destroying a VTOL hunter probe with a thrown tire iron from a car moving at full-speed down a hill while taking evasive manevuers, or how obviously terminator he acts when fighting post-apocalyptic 'wasteland assholes' with his fists. Good movie, though. __________________ "Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step beyond logic." -from The Sayings of Muad'Dib by the Princess Irulan