Admittedly, some of this is because I felt, being that movie villains always tend to be symbolize cultures (the Romulans the Romans; Klingons - in the TOS era, Russians, current era, Africans; the Cardassians - Spaniards, etc, Ferengi - Americans), that the Borg were more realistic (being Borg is a Swedish word, and Sweden had a colonial empire that was cruel by many accounts).
(No the Borg were not based on the Soviets, as the Soviets were lessening as a threat by the time of the Borg's debut, in 1989, with the Berlin Wall falling and whatnot, and easing of tensions between the West and East. Objectively, the Borg were based on people's fears of artificial intelligence, but a Swedish influence is not out of the question; they even have English accents in the Frank Lopez [from Scarface] family of accents). Objectively, even the Borg are more powerful than the T-800. Borg can wipe out of planets. And have more manpower than the robots. Plus, are they not Terminators anyway? Do they not kill if someone is deemed a threat. Aren't they programmed to kill if they have to?
(No the Borg were not based on the Soviets, as the Soviets were lessening as a threat by the time of the Borg's debut, in 1989, with the Berlin Wall falling and whatnot, and easing of tensions between the West and East. Objectively, the Borg were based on people's fears of artificial intelligence, but a Swedish influence is not out of the question; they even have English accents in the Frank Lopez [from Scarface] family of accents). Objectively, even the Borg are more powerful than the T-800. Borg can wipe out of planets. And have more manpower than the robots. Plus, are they not Terminators anyway? Do they not kill if someone is deemed a threat. Aren't they programmed to kill if they have to?
