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Terminating this Series?
The action is so mechanical and extreme as to amount to a parody of the earlier films. Violent action is no substitute for a good story. Scenes with mechanical machines going wild are implausible. But they provide a car chase like you're never seen before. Could that truck have so much kinetic energy to do that much damage and keep on moving? NO, you would need a freight train. The petite young blond terminatrix seems like a match for the Terminator. (Is this some kind of feminist message or a retelling of Genesis?)

This film seems like a down-market version of the earlier films. The "network down" events suggest a fragility of modern life unknown in the past. The flight to the countryside reminds me of the actions of people during medieval plagues. When there is dialogue, as at the mausoleum, it is not first rate. "Don't do that." The special effects are certainly better than in the earlier films. The shape imitation in this film recalls the old horror films (like "The Wolfman"). What is original about this film?

Next we learn that "Judgment Day" will occur in a few hours. Nuclear war will wipe out most people! There is a philosophical question in this film. Can the future affect the past? Orwell's "1984" said those who control the present control the future. But only in a fantasy can the future control the past. Those are just idealistic terms, the past is always gone. The present always determines the future, even if we don't understand how.


I Couldn't Keep My Eyes Open.
Yea this flicks just not really all that special, a real borefest if you ask me, Terminator 1 and 2 are good but this one just plain old sucks, It trys to hard to come up with a new Saying or slogan. DOnt Bother skip it if you can.

Terminator 3 - Rise of the Machines
I love the movie. It's a well-made sci-fi/action movie. It was well cast (Arnold was perfect as the terminator as always) and well acted. It was very entertaining and exciting - not a dull moment. The story is similar to the first two terminator movies of course, but as a continuation was gripping and masterfully done.

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