It’s also a tactically sound decision for the T1000 to impersonate a cop, because they have powers that are made to be abused. It’s a perfect reflection of the fact that the job attracts abusive personalities.
Also, this was only two years before the Rodney King beating and subsequent LA Riots, with 911 Is A Joke and Ice T on the radio. LAPD as villains was in the air.
Best thing about this is that it is canonically true; “Cameron believed that cops, institutionalized in a system that encourages them to abuse their power, were a perfect representation of the inhumanity that led to the creation of murderous robots.” https://screenrant.com/terminator-2-movie-james-cameron-t1000-police-officer-reason/
Cops rushing to have lethal robots just proves him right.
It’s also a tactically sound decision for the T1000 to impersonate a cop, because they have powers that are made to be abused. It’s a perfect reflection of the fact that the job attracts abusive personalities.
Also, this was only two years before the Rodney King beating and subsequent LA Riots, with 911 Is A Joke and Ice T on the radio. LAPD as villains was in the air.
Wow I can see all that in the movie, but didn’t know it was an explicit choice! This Cameron guy sounds pretty cool
Cameron is kind of a dick, but he makes good movies.
Well shucks, that sucks