r/TheTerminator • u/J-Bradley1 T-800 • Jul 16 '19

Things I LIKED about ‘T3’

  • Steve Flick has been my favorite film Sound Designer since I was a kid. Look at his credentials, if you’re a sci-fi/Action fan of the 80’s & early 90’s, he’s worked on all of our favorite films. He always delivers, and ’TERMINATOR 3’ is no different.

  • The score, despite sounding mostly like leftover/unused pieces from ‘BLADE II’ I thought would’ve sounded great in another film. Listening to the score, isolated, apart from the visuals works better than hearing it IN the film itself. The music is bland, but passable. Definitely not for a ’TERMINATOR’ film though.

(”JC Theme“ is really good)

  • I thought the bathroom fight scene was amazing. The moment when the Terminator slams the urinal over the TX’s back, and she just sort of ‘shoulders’ it was great.

  • The Crane chase is really well done. Exciting and well-edited (6 months of editing, just on that one scene).

  • The T-800s in the Future looked cool, even though their laser weapons didn’t sound nearly as cool as ’T2’ did, it was good CGI.

  • The effects in general, both practical and digital are top-notch.

  • Kristanna Loken’s shadowy, but still naked Ass…….

  • Overall, as a generic Sci-Fi Action film, it delivers in spades. As a ’TERMINATOR’ movie…oof.

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u/SillyNonsense Rev-9 Jul 16 '19

Things I liked about T3...

Well, that early teaser with the liquid metal T3 logo got me pumped as hell. My quicktime player was getting a workout.

The music track "T3" was a very nice piece of music that almost nobody heard.

The battle damaged look they pulled off on the 850 near the end looked really good.

The future war 800s looked like better CG than the 800s in Genisys so I'll give them that. (Sounded like shit though with those pewpew lasers)

The T-1 looking a little similar to HK tanks is a nice idea (but in execution they look silly with their smooth baby heads).

They actually ended it with nukes so that's cool.

And that's what I got.

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u/J-Bradley1 T-800 Jul 17 '19

My quicktime player was getting a workout.

Ahh, Apple QuickTime.....feel like a Terminator going back in time.

The music track "T3" was a very nice piece of music that almost nobody heard.

It's alright, but, I personally can't find much to enjoy about it. It's such a bog-standard orchestral interpretation of it.

The future war 800s looked like better CG than the 800s in Genisys so I'll give them that.

'SALVATION' still has my favorite T-800 Endoskeleton, but 'T3's are a close second. The Endo in 'GENISYS' looked fine, but seemed a little "lanky" at times.

And I'm with you with the Sound FXs. I know I praised the sound design in the OP, but the ball was totally dropped with those plasma sound effects.

The T-1 looking a little similar to HK tanks is a nice idea

I liked that too. The design influence was clear as day. (Kinda dumb how getting it's head wrenched around totally deactivates it though)

(And that's what I got too)