At first, seemed like a repetition and nostalgic re-iteration of previous Terminators (just a dumb Video Game imitation). But it's much deeper than it at first seems to be.

Rating: 8/10 (4 September 2009)

At first it seemed like a dumb repetition and a nostalgic rerun (re-iteration) of previous Terminators. Moreover, it seemed like a dumb Video Game imitation, but it turned out to be the deep philosophical movie that explores the fine border between a human thought and behavior (explores the gray areas, ambiguity of language and behavior) and a precision of a robot's logic (black and white). I am a Computer Scientist. And I declare: Amazing movie! The language sciences and a computer science so far have been struggling to find a bridge between ambiguity of human language & behavior AND the robotic black & white logic of machine thinking. Guess what? The author demonstrates the brilliancy of the evolutionary biological development of human ambiguity of language & behavior to ensure the survival of biological species (versus the robotic "Black And White" thinking and logic). I do not try to explain or digest anything here. The crux of the movie and of the analysis of "human psychology vs. machine thinking" is when John Connor is faced with the decision whether to let the human-like robot go free or to terminate the creature. Powerful demonstration of human ambiguous logic and how it helps us to survive.