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Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines
An anonymous reader writes "There is a new Quicktime Trailer avalible for Terminator 3 up and avalible to download. Features include shiny chrome, blue LED's a-plenty and a few seconds of a CGI'ed army of Terminators." Looks like a pretty fun movie.
I was under the impression that T3 was going to tell the story of Skynet coming on-line and the war - taking place entirely in the future.
Instead we get the same concept as T2: an new, advanced Terminator is sent back in time to kill people (presumably Connor once again), and it appears a new Terminator is sent back to protect them, again (Arnold).
The only difference is newer special effects and the evil terminator is a buxom blonde, with big breasts, and wearing a tight red leather outfit.
All these years and all they could come up with is the Baywatch Effect?
Mr. Cameron, I thought you could do better then that.
"They do not preach that their god will rouse them, a little before the Nuts work loose." Kipling, 'The Sons of Martha'
Gosh I really wish they can just let these things die.
Really...
Why does the movie industry have to pimp a franchise until it runs out of money, but at the cost of running out of charm too?
Take MIB - it was nice, well, self contained. MIB2 was not NEARLY as good, but they just HAD to drag everyone back to make another sequel (and probably one after that too)
Arnold is like how old now?
And there is gonna be another Rocky? - so will I see dentures flying in the ring?
Creativity just seem really lacking these days. Can't we go and start some new pop legend, instead of feeding on old ones till our brains shrivel?
*matrix is the only "new" one i can think of it off the top of my head. Fight Club maybe too - and I really hope there is no sequel to that*
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Mr. Cameron, I thought you could do better than that.
James Cameron is sitting this one out, AFAIK. He didn't direct this one, and I think he only got writing credit on the IMDB listing because he has to, since he created the characters.
I think he felt there was no need for another sequel. To a degree, I agree with him. But on the other hand, I'm looking forward to checking out the continuation of the story on the big screen.
I'm so dying for a continuation of the story, in fact, that I've devoured the books that have been written to do so. There are two so far by S.M. Stirling, and one so far by Russell Blackford. They are not related to what's going to happen in Terminator 3, they take different paths. Having read all of them, it takes a little effort to keep the storylines straight. But it's definitely worth it-- the books make reference to the most minute details mentioned or seen in the movies, which (obsessive Terminator fan that I am) I find very satisfying.
~Philly
What, you think all the Terminators look alike? They were created by Skynet, remember, to infiltrate human enclaves. If every single Terminator is a tall white scary guy who looks like Ahnold, then they're no good for covert infiltration. The "hot female" chassis is probably just one of many designs for the pre-T1000 series, with, yes, the added advantage that a female Terminator could have certain psychological advantages in manipulating humans over a male terminator.
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The Linda Hamilton thing worries me the most.
James Cameron can get another job that pays assloads of money, but what the hell is Linda Hamilton going to do that would pay as much?
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Very interesting that you point this out. I hadn't really considered the male angle of this phenomenon, only the female angle.
Ever notice how women on the internet almost always advertise their gender? Stained wife-beater, Hitler moustache, playground lurking perverts not withstanding, ACTUAL women truly enjoy the Internet lifestyle. This only increases exponentially with how geeky the forum is. If it's a simple screenname/handle/nick, they might be "jane125851", but if it's an MMORPG forum they might also post a pic (real or otherwise, it doesn't make a difference). I think women who are otherwise jilted by men are very attracted to the Internet, and can become addicted to the way that men act around them in a non-confrontational setting. And not without good reason either. Nerdmen on the Internet are so smitten with women with similar tastes (being on the net constitutes "a taste") that they will do virtually (pun intended) anything to please them.
I could go on and on, but I guess my point is that male geeks on the net like to advertise that they do have women, female geeks on the net like to advertise that they want attention.