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Show 12 THE SIGNPOST Tuesday, July 9, 1991 Cameron delivers thrilling sequel in 'Terminator 2' By CM. Howard Arts editor of The Signpost John's mother is locked up under maxium security in a state mental hospital. John lives with foster parents and is painfully aware of his mother's state of mental health. She suffers from acute delusions of persecution and rants continually about the nuclear end of the world. Then, while leisurely whilirig away $300 at a video arcade, John Connor suddenly realizes the horrible truth of his mother's ravings as a relentless mechanical monstrosity stalks him. Producer, director and co-writer James Cameron returns once more to the fate of mankind at the hands of the machines it created in 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day." Ten years have passed since Sarah Connor's life was irrevocably altered when one man and one machine from the future force her to abandon her comfy and ordered life. Since that time she has been busy with all sorts of disreputable characters in the gun running business. Her son, John, was raised in this environment thinking it was absolutely normal not knowing an alternative. Sarah is caught trying to break into a technology warehouse. She is sent to a mental hospital while John is placed in a foster home. In an attempt to kill John before manhood, Skynet, the massive defense computer network turned self-appointed judge of mankind's crimes, sends its newest Terminator back in time. The old John Connor sends another old model Terminator through time to protect himself. The stage is set for a grand confrontation and Cameron again proves himself equal to the challenge. Cameron, who directed and co-wrote "The Terminator" also gave us "Aliens," a stunning sequal to the 1979 hit "Alien," and 'The Abyss" continued his all out style in this record-breaking $100 million dollar budget thriller. The concept of this sequel has recently been bastardized by Hollywood to thicken the wallets of someone at the expense of the moviegoers' intelligence. Cameron revives and revitalizes the sequel. As with "Aliens" and now in 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day," Cameron takes the original story and runs with it far beyond the perimeter established by the original. Cameron always thinks big and in the case of 'Terminator 2" Cameron out does himself. Of course he didn't do it alone. Hollywood big man, Arnold Schwarzenegger reprises his Terminator role. Linda Hamilton also returns as Sarah Connor. Robert Patrick is the implacable, con-sciousless T-1000 Terminator and Edward Furlong plays the young John Connor. Schwarzenegger's, now very image conscious role is majorly different from his last Terminator role. This time around he has been sent to protect with a machine's emotionless intensity. This unsmiling Terminator is classic Schwarzenegger.Linda Hamilton changed her physical appearance to match that of her survival crazed character. No longer is Sarah Connor the defenseless soft waitress of the first movie. All soft edges have been - ' 1 1 1 1111 1 1 ir ' .- - . , ' N : V V.' ' I ; I ' !" " J ' - . ' (: ' 1 4 r 'V Lmf- - ., . mamm,l.,m.im . J TRt-STAR PICTURCS Survival crazed Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton) has fashioned herself Into a tough warrior to protect herself In the Impending war betwen man and the machines In Terminator 2: Judgement Day,' remolded into firm muscle and she has a sharp glint in her eyes. Her emotional outbursts define and refine her hard attitude. Some of the most chilling montages of the film deal with the nuclear attack on Los Angeles that happens on August 29, 1997 and is the judgment day referred to in the title. Cameron does an incredible job creating the destruction of L. A. From the impersonal view of watching downtown L. A. disintegrate Cameron goes right for the jugular and shows a playground full of laughing children that are in a horrible instant reduced to ashes. Like a Dante vision of hell, another scene shows a fleshless Terminator skull grinning from behind a wall of dancing flames, a peerless killing machine created by mankind in the image of mankind. "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" is a wild, non-stop cinematic roller coaster ride well worth every entertainment dollar spent. Besides being thoroughly entertaining it asks some pretty simple questions about our values and shows one possible future if life continues to be subordinate to the current priorities of society WlcQEinie to 3- . -n. LQ)(SE Congratulations on a great decision! SHANE STEWART STUDENTBODY PRESIDENT Jeni Critchlow- Public Relations Assistant Christa Graham- Leadership Assistant Jeff Hatch- Personnel Assistant Cheryl Bodily- Administrative Assistant Mark Mackley- FinanceEvaluations Assistant with ASWSU. 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