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Since 1984, the Terminator film franchise has been one of the principal conveyors of the idea of cybernetic revolt in popular culture. [16] The series features a defense supercomputer named Skynet which "at birth" attempts to exterminate humanity through nuclear war and an army of robot soldiers called Terminators because Skynet deemed humans a ...
In the film Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), the scene at a biker bar was filmed close to the date of the beating of Rodney King, and near the same location. George Holliday, a local, famously recorded the beating from his balcony with the same tape he used to record behind-the-scenes footage of the Terminator 2 scene. [1] [2]
The Terminator franchise, most notably James Cameron's original films, The Terminator and Terminator 2: Judgment Day, has had a significant impact on popular culture. The film franchise placed #17 on the top 25 greatest film franchises by IGN [88] and is also in the top 30 highest-grossing franchises.
The Mad Max series of films, which debuted in 1979, has had a significant impact on modern popular culture. Mad Max references are deeply embedded in popular culture; references to its dystopian, apocalyptic, and post-apocalyptic themes and bizarre landscape and desolate wasteland imagery have inspired some artists to emulate the look and feel of some aspect of the series in their work.
Max Headroom, fictional AI (actually a human mind cloned into a computer, concept later seen in Robocop's MetroNet and in Knight Rider 2010) portrayed by Matt Frewer who became a pop culture icon after his appearance in the Art of Noise music video for Paranomia
Terminator Salvation (2009) [further explanation needed] The Book of Eli (2010): Eli and Solara drive over a semi-dilapidated bridge before rowing to Alcatraz island for the finale. Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011): The bridge is seen as the disabled missile falls into the bay.
Dungeons & Dragons was created 50 years ago in Wisconsin. Since then, the game's influence has grown, even in mainstream pop culture.
The Terminator is a 1984 American science fiction action film directed by James Cameron, written by Cameron and Gale Anne Hurd and produced by Hurd. It stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as the Terminator, a cybernetic assassin sent back in time from 2029 to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton), whose unborn son will one day save mankind from extinction by Skynet, a hostile artificial ...