CORE: GOVERNATOR

So as much as I love Terminator 2 ( I grew up on the film) I can't ignore how much it screams hyper masculinity.  Everything from the budget of the film to the plot and story to the acting to the DVD casing and packaging says, he "We are Men!"  The movie is filled with never ending moments of Arnold letting everyone know he is a guy.  For instance, why does he have to time travel naked?  the film shows very early on two naked guys and of course Arnold gets a good 10 minutes of beating up an entire bar of heavy duty biker men naked, where he gets his clothes and wheels, and shades,not to mention a bunch of tag lines that will become famous since the creation.  Which can be argued that this is yet another example of the manliness since the idea is always to let your legacy live on forever and clearly Arnold's lines are quoted and referenced in pop culture almost everywhere.  

The budget should be addressed on this topic since another way of displaying one's "size" is how much money they spend.  According to Wikipedia, $100 millions was spent on the film. 

The devices used in the film which are obviously revolving around technology.  But both terminators drive their cars which is another a heavy masculine element.  Arnold drives his motorcycle and a few trucks, the other one takes a cop car, cop bike, helicopter, and 18 wheeler truck.  Nothing can beat these guys throughout the film and the only way to propperly get rid of Arnold is to melt him in lava, which is such an extreme way to go, yet caters to the hyper masculinity as he lowers himself into the boiling mass, because even though he is a robot, he is still a man and a man can tolerate pain, similarly to when he does his own operations or when he cuts open his arm just to prove he is a robot, from the future.

Lastly, lets look at the dvd packaging for it.  For while there was the option to get this film which was housed in a titanium casing of the terminator skull embosses into the metal.  If this doesn't say overkill, I don't know what does.  Did I buy it? Of course, did I buy the film on bluray when it came out despite the fact I already owned it on regular... obviously.

I think it also important to mention the fact that all of this has helped Arnold's political career.  Now even more so he can show off his manliness because he rules California.  It should be noted he commutes to Sacramento every day and back to home to his home in LA on his private jet.