New Terminator 3 Trailer Released

An anonymous reader writes "Sony has just released a fantastic Terminator 3 trailer on the Apple trailer site. After several ho hum WB trailers I was feeling like this movie was going to be a re-tread, but the Sony trailer really raised my blood temperature. Also I checked out the official Terminator 3 website. Although it's flash only (major sin), it is full of good stuff. The time travel forum could use a bit of filling out."

Comments

Well then

[carcosa30]

It certainly appears to fulfill its gatling gun quota.

I wasn't sure what kind of flick this was going to be, like the original poster said I thought it was going to be a bit of a retread... but if a movie has gatling guns it automatically makes it about twice as good. Look at Predator for example.

Or maybe it's just me...

Re:I only wonder

[Dionysus]

Probably this one

Direct Link...

[Anonymous Coward]

Here's a direct link to the large version:

T3-international-tlr_m480.mov

You can do this yourself for the other trailers by viewing the pagesource and putting the letter 'm' before the resolution number.

--Anonymous Karma Whore

Re:Direct Link...

[Pathwalker]

Ok - when you look at the page, you want to find the EMBED tag that holds the movie, so try the following command:
curl http://www.apple.com/trailers/columbia/charliesang elsfullthrottle/large_trailer.html | grep EMBED
Looking at the embed tag, you will see that it references two quick time movies, one as a SRC argument, and one as a HREF argument. If both are given, you want the HREF, otherwise, you want the SRC.
here is the link from the HREF option. It is the reference file for the movie.

Now, download it and run strings on it. You will see several instances of "url" on one line, and a url on the next line. These are the movies that the reference movie points to. Almost always, the first several will be to inform users that they have too old of a version of quick time (they usually have a quicktime version embedded in the name. ) skip over them.

at the end of the file, you will see this: ca2_fullthrottle-tlr_m480.mov - that is the relative path to the real movie file.

Take the URL for the reference file, and replace ca2_fullthrottle-tlr_481.mov with ca2_fullthrottle-tlr_m480.mov, and you will have this - the url for the actual movie data file.

This technique should work, even if Apple changes their convention of just adding a m before the size of the movie, to indicate the real file.

This also only works if the movie is being served over http. If it is over rtsp, you will need some extra tools.

I hope this helps. If you get confused, here is a decompiled version of the reference file, so that you can see in plain text what all of the embedded urls are for.

Why is Flash-only a sin?

[pubjames]

Although it's flash only (major sin)

Why is it a "major sin" that it is Flash only?

The producers of this site wanted to make an impressive multi-media rich site to make people want to go see their film. The only way to really do that effectively is with Flash. The vast majority of people have the Flash plug-in, and won't really care (or even know) what format the site is in.

Yes, the world would be a better place if multimedia web sites could be practically developed using open tools and open file formats such as SVG. But they can't. So people use Flash. Live with it.

I still don't understand why SVG isn't default in all OSS browsers. You can complain about Flash or you can try to change the status quo. Many people in the OSS community like to complain...

Re:Why is Flash-only a sin?

[Bedouin X]

Because it's a "sin" in the sense of the whole point of the web to deny people content by requiring a plug in just to READ and SEE PICTURES. Some people just want to read info about the movie on their own terms without shit clicking and spinning (and SOUNDING - ARRRGH) all over the place. It would take a very small amount of time to put the contents (which on sites like this are generally relatively sparse) in a plain HTML page. Normally, once it's done it's done so there would be minimal updating required after the fact.

I went to the site and the Flash does nothing but waste time. I click on a link and it takes 20 seconds of loading animations and whiz bang bullshit to get to what I want to see. I get there and I have to strain to read it because of the tiny ass font that I would at least be able to adjust if it were HTML.

Sorry... I'll stop now.

[Terminator Theme Song Playing]

[Freston Youseff]

Arnold: Come with me if you want to live.*
Jon: Let's get out of here quick! The new terminator is on her way!
Arnold: Do not worry. The new terminator is installing feminine products, this will take some time*.

*Insert proper Austrian accent for effect.

Re:Apple has done wonders!

[Saeger]

A certain Anonymous Coward already pointed out that you just have to view the HTML source and then prefix the letter 'm' before the resolution in the filename. (Or you can pay for the Pro version, which lets you Save As...)

--

heh.

[colinramsay]

"All military systems have been infected."

Goddamn, I *told* you to patch Outlook Express!

Stolen Car

[moc.tfosorcimgllib]

I was planning on replying to this, but I just saw someone drive away in my car. They changed the plates, though.

Hopefully they will repark it and replace the plates before the police arrive, again (seventh time this week).