tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14575780.post1770039219587521216..comments2024-01-31T18:37:07.424+00:00Comments on The Agitation of the Mind: Terminator 3: Rise of the MachinesNeil Fulwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14686296295535235988noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14575780.post-75546541200442244252010-03-23T18:49:18.741+00:002010-03-23T18:49:18.741+00:00Yeah, Nick Stahl...blah, sucked ass. He should hav...Yeah, Nick Stahl...blah, sucked ass. He should have never been chosen to play John Connor. <br /><br /><br />That chase sequence is awesome. Love the abundance of destruction! <br /><br />Also, I loved the ending....when Cyberdine system and all that goes online...freaking sweet, we actually get to see the end of humanity begin! <br /><br />My only complaint with this is that the ending should have been more epic, we should have seen computers taking over across the world in a slightly more epic form...but whatever, I enjoyed the fact that we went down with John Connor...to those underground facilities. Pretty cool. <br /><br />He talks like he is in command of the world at that moment, cause he is in the presidential bunker/chamber thing...I liked that. <br /><br />Not as awesome as the previous films, but not a bad film either.Franco Macabrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10994905312221715861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14575780.post-89359060133658276042010-03-19T00:15:59.963+00:002010-03-19T00:15:59.963+00:00Agreed. T3 works for me - just! - on the basis of ...Agreed. T3 works for me - just! - on the basis of the intriguing ideas it tantalises the viewer with (the opening scenes of John Connor, Judgement Day averted, as a nobody working on a building site and mournfully necking a bottle of beer are hugely evocative), even though it loses points for not fully delivering on them. The lieutenants subplot could have have been developed so effectively, particularly - as you say - if the script had engaged with the cost to the future rebellion of each successfully terminated individual.<br /><br />It's a damn shame the Stahl/Danes thing takes precedence, because there's sod all chemistry between them and its the least interesting element the script touches on.Neil Fulwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14686296295535235988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14575780.post-23777516121863207372010-03-19T00:04:20.835+00:002010-03-19T00:04:20.835+00:00Glad to hear that I might not have been completely...Glad to hear that I might not have been completely crazy to give T3 a provisional pass. <br /><br />To me the movies biggest flaw is the dropping of The Conner lieutenants subplot. Its an intriguing idea. It looks like the machines did do some real damage but the implications of their deaths, and the question of what (If any) affect it did have on the future go unanswered. And the movie seems to just forget about it once Conner and Danes meet up. <br /><br />It screams plot incorporated from early unused draft.Bryce Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17040954580033470664noreply@blogger.com