Emilia Clarke's Sarah Connor Deserves Justice
The Big Picture Resistance fighter, mother of the revolution, and hot mess extraordinaire: when you think about Sarah Connor from The Terminator franchise, chances are your mental image is that of Terminator 2: Judgment Day's buff, flinty-eyed warrior, not the cowed waitress with frizzy hair only the 1980s could synthesize. Actress Linda Hamilton's impact on the action genre can't be overstated.
Even if the arc of critical reevaluation isn't kind to Genisys, let's not throw the baby out with the bathwater. The movie's strongest selling point by far is Emilia Clarke stepping into Linda Hamilton's massive shoes. Any Game of Thrones viewer knows this actress's presence will rattle the earth when properly wielded.
Twisting expectations about Sarah Connor on their head is a socially self-aware move that doubles as a metaphor for lost innocence. Clarke's Sarah never had a normal life; she was orphaned by a Terminator and forced into her destined fight at nine years old. She lacks any human connection, having only the reprogrammed T-800 she nicknamed "Pops" for company. In some ways, these changes make Clarke’s Sarah even more hardened than Hamilton’s despite her youth.
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