already noted the apocalyptic dimension to the
             Alien/ RoboCop/ Terminator/ Predator cycles, a dimension endemically
             ahistorical and reactionary that has been part and parcel of American
             cultural expression since the Puritans, an ideology preferring total
             annihilation (including self-annihilation) over radical change or even
             Thus, this is a common and enduring theme in horror and sci-fi/fantasy
             film, that Judgment Day is far better than living a life under the rule of
             machines, and change can never be good, especially change that deals with
             For example, The brand new T-X terminator is an effective killing
             machine, bent on completing her mission and killing anything that gets in
             her way. She is beautiful but oh so deadly, and her underlying reason for
             being seems to acknowledge what the write
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