![]() edit Screen Shot 2014-12-29 at 22.46.44.jpgThe first injury he sustains shows how he works under his exterior layer of skin. | ![]() edit Screen Shot 2014-12-29 at 22.46.47.jpg | ![]() edit Screen Shot 2014-12-29 at 22.47.02.jpgHe has no qualms about removing his eyeball and covers it with glasses. |
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![]() edit Screen Shot 2014-12-29 at 23.20.41.jpgAnother incident reveals more of his cyborg interior. | ![]() edit Screen Shot 2014-12-29 at 23.20.43.jpg | ![]() edit Screen Shot 2014-12-29 at 23.24.48.jpgAll remaining outer skin is burned away in an explosion and the cyborg is revealed. |
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The Terminator depicts a young Arnold Schwarzeneggar as a ruthless killing machine sent back from the future. He is described by another character as "A cybernetic organism. Not a robot, but a cyborg. He's part man, part machine, the outside is living human tissue. It can't be bargained with or reasoned with, it doesn't feel pain or pity". I think this is a really inventive form of hybrid. Rather than typically just picking certain body parts to be made from machine, or having a realistic looking robot, the terminator actually is human on the outside with the core of a cyborg. He even visibly sweats. Obviously he starts out as a human/cyborg (i.e. he doesn't become the hybrid, like in District 9 or The Fly) but we still get to see a complete transformation from man to machine, as his human outerparts are gradually destroyed by guns and fire until all thats left is cyborg. I think this gives the character a lot more dimension than a typical 'robot', and again, makes me consider the different ways in which something can be a hybrid.
Duncan J. and Cameron, J. (2006) The Winston Effect: The Art and History of Stan Winston Studio. 1st edition. Titan Books. pages 44-49.
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" To develop the look of the Terminator endoskeleton, three SWS artists - Brian Wade, Shane Mahan and Tom Woodruff - each sculpted a version of the character in clay. Cameron selected elements from all three concepts and incorporated them into the final Terminator endoskeleton design. "
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The Terminator
James Cameron, (1984)
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