Ron Hoffman wrote: >It seems to me that what we are dealing with is a tradition of the male >superhero which goes back to ancient times. After all, is T100 really >any different from Achilles or Sigfried? The male warrior is as old as >the hunter and the battlefield. There is often a moral ambiguity to such >characters, but they often fight for the *good* be it country or cause. >In our culture, Superman, Spiderman, etc. are American equivalents of >this (shall I say *macho*) tradition. > >By the way, in terms of the Terminator films, don't forget that >Terminator I was a bad guy, and I believe his transformation into the >good superhero had as much to do with Schwarzeneger wanting to be a good >guy as it did anything socially significant. > Correct me if I'm wrong, but I have a vague memory of hearing that Big Arni= e=20 *demanded* that he play a good guy in order to participate in T2... ulf Ulf Dalquist Phone: +46 46 2224266 Dept. of Sociology Fax: +46 46 2224794 Box 114 221 00 Lund SWEDEN E-mail: [log in to unmask] =20 'When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.' Dr. Hunter S. Thompson ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]