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Howard_Casto:
T3 had some issues, but the main problem with it is that it had the "Home Alone" syndrome of being the same damn movie as T2, only with different locations and one minor plot change.

I honestly don't get the hate for salvation. It was refreshingly completely different from the other films, which is exactly what the franchise needed at the time. Mind you it wasn't great, but it was pretty good imho... probably better than 3. Genesys took time travel issues to their logical conclusion with the timeline becoming increasingly convoluted with more and more abborations and I love it for that.

btw I have no frikkin clue what peabody is doing calling me out when he started this thread and I don't even know what he is referring to. Can somebody please get his medication to him?!?

Malenko:
For me the biggest problem of T3 was casting (Nick Stahl AND Claire Danes). Sarah Connor being dead felt like a cop out. And when the TX was driving the cars via taking over their computers with nanites (or whatevs) ...... wouldn't work. Steering isn't controlled by the ECU of a car, and the pedals wouldn't go to the floor either.

Hopefully the next Terminator that recons T3 will fix a buncha dumb ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---.

fallacy:

--- Quote ---I watched a movie about traveling in time in a hot tub. I enjoyed it even after the 10th time. It doesn't have to be believable. Only entertaining.
--- End quote ---

Yes! Hot Tub time machine is one of my favorite comedies, I can quote every line from it. And no a good comedy does not need to make sense, never has never will.

Reason T1 and T2 work is because it was not focused on the time travel. Killer robot from the future awesome, now that same killer robot is now the good guy and has to fight an even stronger robot you won me over at hello. Where do you go from there though? Try to redo the same thing like in T3 adding only a little bit or take it further and try to address the future time travel which can only end up as a mess.

Osirus23:

--- Quote from: Malenko on November 30, 2018, 02:43:45 pm ---For me the biggest problem of T3 was casting (Nick Stahl AND Claire Danes). Sarah Connor being dead felt like a cop out. And when the TX was driving the cars via taking over their computers with nanites (or whatevs) ...... wouldn't work. Steering isn't controlled by the ECU of a car, and the pedals wouldn't go to the floor either.

Hopefully the next Terminator that recons T3 will fix a buncha dumb ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---.

--- End quote ---

I agree. Unfortunately by then Edward Furlong was a trainwreck and Linda Hamilton didn't want anything to do with the series. That doesn't explain why the movie was so damn cartoony though. The TX never felt menacing at all. The first time I saw T2 I thought the T-1000 was the most frightening villain in a movie ever. It felt completely unstoppable. TX just felt like a joke.

Ian:
You know what really irritates me about the Terminator franchise????

They hired Arnold to be the Terminator. Cool. They explain that the Terminator T-800 series or whatever is an infiltration unit. A terminator surrounded by organic materials to make him appear human. Bad breath, sweat, etc... you wont know he is a T-800 until it is too late. That is why they used dogs to sniff out the Terminators infiltration units. These guys could be anyone! We get treated with a flashback in the original movie of one of these infiltration units getting into the bunker. The dogs are barking and he pull out this crazy lazer machine gun thing and just starts wasting people. The actor who played that terminator is Arnold's long time body builder friend Franco.

So far so good. Very cool....

Now every single Terminator sequel, the T-800 series of terminators are all ARNOLD? There is that one scene in Salvation when there are like 30 Arnolds being built? How the hell is that an infiltration unit? Instead of dogs just hang some posters. Hey this guy is a Terminator. Dont let him in.

I hate it... it drives me crazy because I loved the first one because of the Story. I loved the second one because of the Story and the Action and Arnold was great in it. Why do we have to keep bringing Arnold along in these movies? I would think these movies are great on their own.... ugh

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