Terminator Salvation

To be honest, i didnt want to watch this film that much. After a *very* disappointing terminator 3 (when Arnie wasnt the governor of california yet!), I've sort of came to a conclusion that the terminator series will just end at that and full stop. Well, i was pleasantly surprised when i watched this one last week though. I think most of the time, it's the 'expectation factor', which i guess, worries the director of the upcoming transformers film.  

Enough chatter - and to the film. I suppose the story really does a good job adhering to the terminator theme: what distinguishes us from a robot? At the end of the day, that is the message a terminator film always brings home - that we are different because we are human. i shall reveal no more spoiler about how the movie goes about doing that, but i do find some nitty gritty amusing details: like how Skynet has a lot of human interface panels - for what?! initially i thought they have humanoids to operate them but the only humanoids i see in the film are those who wields chain guns and have horrid skull faces, not to mention a familiar someone (just when you thought that this is the terminator film without Arnie!).

But to think deeper (which i've been trying to do lately), the whole idea of apocalyptic self aware AI computer robots takeover has been in our minds for numerous times already - Matrix, Terminator, iRobot etc. The question i would like you dear readers to ponder is - can the creature (like robots and computers) really overtake the creator (in this case, us)? or even just be on par with the creator? If it's no, then why no? If it's yes, then why yes? These fictions seem to suggests that with the technological advancement it's just a matter of time before we all will chant the 'what-distinguishes-us-from-a-robot' mantra and fight for our 'human rights'.

So what do you think?