Comparison Of The Terminator And James Cameron

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26th October of 1984, a new Hollywood’s blockbuster shows a new stunning story about robots and AI (Artificial Intelligence); The Terminator is the name of the movie inspires not only movies like The Matrix and AI but also many books, video games, even thoughts which all come out years after; James Cameron with his creative mind was the creator of that amazing world. Six years later, James Cameron came back with a new Terminator, Terminator 2: Judgment Day which is the answer to the dialog in the ending of The Terminator “There is a Storm is coming in”. Terminator 2 is not an ordinary and usual action or sci-fi movie. At a glance, although there is some resemblance in two movies, when looking closely these two movies are completely dissimilar;

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