A comparison of the Ripley and Sarah Connor characters from James Cameron's Aliens and T2: Judgement Day. Comment specifically on your observations regarding gender roles/reversals, femininity and physical strength, and 'motherhood' as a subtext in these two films. Also address Ripley's/Connor's relationship to machinery in the films--weaponry, tools, technology, and especially AI--in light of the above issues.  Don't forget to cite yourself in your entry!

Concepts of Gender

Aliens

Terminator 2

Motherhood as a Subtext

Aliens

Terminator 2

Relationship to Machinery

Aliens

Terminator 2

Other