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Old 10-11-2016, 11:38 AM   #17907 (permalink)
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I think that was the point. He had very little time to establish the characters before the action kicked into overdrive so none of them could be nuanced in any way. They were all basically caricatures.

Interesting tidbit. Jenette Goldstein (Vasquez) is the only actor to have appeared in Cameron's 3 biggest films. Aliens, Terminator 2 (John Connors' step-mom), and Titanic (Irish mom).
You can't defend weak characters by saying it would have been too hard to make them stronger.
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