Judement Day in Kind Arthur's Court

Terminator Two Judgment Day focuses on the intrusion of technology in a world that cannot yet handle the severity of the changes in which this technology brings. Since I had previously seen this film I enjoyed discussing the possible similarities between Terminator Two and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court. While the two media plots are alike in the sense that the terminator, as well as Hank, come from the future, they provide opposite views of how technology should be handled in the time period which they are relocated. Since Hank was placed in a time of simplicity, the opportunity presented itself for great improvement and achievement. Because the Yankee could not foresee the destruction, danger, or violence that technology could bring to an unprepared world, he acts as the opposite role of the terminator in Judgment Day. The terminator serves as the counterpoint to Hank since “he” was sent from the future to warn his own creator about the dangers that his future creations would bring. In the terminator, the unstoppable force that dominates, or that we are told dominates later in future, is the technology itself, created to surpass the intelligence of its own creators. However, when we relate The Terminator back to A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, violence in human nature is increased and dominated through the inclusion of technological advancements.