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Terminator 3: Attack of the Terminatrix

Posted by chrisd on from the heart-surgery-to-robot-battles dept.

jinx_ was among many who wrote in to say: "Arnold Schwarzenegger" is back for another installment of the Terminator Franchise. Reportedly a $30 million payday for Arnold.

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  1. Messin' with the plots by fireboy1919 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You know, the last planet of the Apes movie that Charlton Heston made included blowing up the planet at the end. Some interviews said that this was so that it would be THE END of the saga. And then they made another.

    They sort of tied up ALL the loose ends in the previous movie as well...it will sort of make the plot not as good to make another.

    On the other hand, there are hundreds of Conan books, and lots of plots to choose from. Sword & Sorcery is a classic genre. I wouldn't mind if he (or someone else) made a few more of those. Heck, they could make twenty or thirty of them. I'd watch them when I wanted to see an action movie.

    While I'm at it, I might as well mention a few other good movies that could easily have more sequels that I would like to see.

    Ghostbusters (probably need different guys)
    Tron (same idea, but with modern computer systems)
    They Live!(I wanna see more of that fight scene - MUCH better than matrix)
    HHGTG (except for make it a REAL movie this time)

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  2. Oh, that's easy... by Dr.+Manhattan · · Score: 3, Insightful
    ...the T800 lowered itself into the molten steel at the end of T2... How are they gonna explain that one away?

    Cyberdyne's offsite backups! Any remotely competent admin will make sure that there are some backups kept somewhere else, in case there's a fire or a rampaging cyborg.

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  3. Re:Terminator: Infiltrator? by Dr.+Manhattan · · Score: 4, Insightful
    SOMEONE MUST HAVE DESIGNED THEM

    Assuming that history can be changed, yes, someone had to design them. And they did, just in an alternate universe that we didn't get to see.

    On the other hand, it is consistent, if you assume that the past cannot be changed, for the technology to have no inventors. Information need not be conserved in time-travel interactions.

    This isn't a paradox. A paradox is self-inconsistent. But you can also have consistent loops where effects are their own causes. This is an orthogonal concept, so they have been called "perpendoxes".

    Anyway, if you care about this sort of thing, check out my time travel page.

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