A James Cameron-less Terminator movie. Do we need to say anymore? Yeah, I guess we do, for an hour and forty minutes! Let’s break down the how, where and why this lazy, mid 2000’s let’s-cash-in-on-franchises-motivated sequel destroyed this once great fictional universe.

January 6TH 2010

Movie Commentaries and T.V. Shows

Mike is joined by Dave and David for a James Cameron Fan Podcast reunion.

You Will Need: A copy of “Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines” on DVD or Blu-ray, an MP3 player or computer for listening, and about one hour and 45 minutes of free time.

Teague, Brian, Dorkman, Ryan

We recorded this after we did Star Trek. And we had to drink for Star Trek. Fortunately, drunk suits this movie pretty god damned well.

From the forum…

There’s some weird audio errors that happen infrequently in this episode, that sound like quarter-second-long skips. Not sure what caused them, and they haven’t happened since. Hopefully it’s not too distracting.

The first review I ever wrote in my life was a review for Terminator 3. My love for T2 is simply indescribable. And even though the original creative party (James Cameron) had nothing to do with it, there was still this glimmer of hope that humanity would spare me another cinematic nightmare.But they didn’t. And my dreams were crushed. Here, in today’s time, listen to James Gregory and I (with special guest bartender Adria Borek) discuss the awfulness that is Rise of the Machines.

This commentary was also made to listen to if either you are watching the film along with it, or not. If you know the movie well enough, you can just listen to it while you work or play. If you do listen to it while watching the film, push play on your DVD player the second you hit play on the player and enjoy.

Robots sent from the future into the past to kill people who will one day become important to the war against machines are like cockroaches – no matter how many of ‘em you kill, there’s always another, showing up one day naked in a little glowing ball of energy (the robots from the future, not cockroaches.

Well, to be clear, the cockroaches show up naked as well, but without the little glowing ball of energy.) The point is, humanity’s loss is our gain, as Terminator 3 offers another chance for Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger to show off his prodigious acting chops [i.e., his pecs].

Kristanna Loken co-stars as the ruthless Termanatrix, a superior model of robot with, I think you’ll agree, a superior bare backside, altogether less hairy, not nearly as Austrian, with smooth, clean lines and a… anyway, back to the synopsis.

Arnold must protect John Connor (Nick Stahl) not only from the Terminatrix, but also, because the kid is a supremely annoying presence, from all those who want to slap him, and that encompasses everyone who has ever met him.

Things get complicated when a whiny young irritant named Kate (Claire Danes) locks John into an unhygienic dog kennel and refuses to even worm him. Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines is a big, dumb movie filled with big, dumb people. Kevin Murphy and Mike Nelson are two big, dumb guys who are just dumb enough to take it on!

The Q completes his solo trilogy of the Terminator films, join him as he delves into the delights of T3 continuity errors, the T-800 running OSX and is John Connor only the PR man of the resistance?

Once again joined by special guest commentator Andrew. Recorded using R2 UK version

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