Terminator 3 - Rise of the Machines [Blu-ray]

Sep 02, 2010 01:57:04

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A decade has passed since John Connor (NICK STAHL) helped prevent Judgment Day and save mankind from mass destruction. Now 25, Connor lives "off the grid" - no home, no credit cards, no cell phone and no job. No record of his existence. No way he can be traced by Skynet - the highly developed network of machines that once tried to kill him and wage war on humanity. Until, out of the shadows of the future steps the T-X (KRISTANNA LOKEN), Skynet's most sophisticated cyborg killing machine yet. Sent back through time to complete the job left unfinished by her predecessor, the T-1000, this machine is as relentless as her human guise is beautiful. Now Connor's only hope for survival is the Terminator (ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER), his mysterious former assassin. Together, they must triumph over the technologically superior T-X and forestall the looming threat of Judgment Day - or face the apocalypse and the fall of civilization as we know it.

Terminator 3 - Rise of the Machines [Blu-ray] Reviews By Customers

There's something unkillable about the idea of Terminator. Usually we (humans) get punished in the future for misdeeds we commit in the past or present. Take Star Trek IV, for one example out of millions. The Terminator idea, however, has it: we (humans) get punished in the past or present for misdeeds we commit in the future. That's a big Does Not Compute for ya there, captain. And so it goes compellingly into the future. No fate but what we make was the central code of Terminator 2 but Terminator 3 knows better. It's a sequel to a sequel and even the past has progressed along. Jonathan Mostow gives us the same movie which is what we demand but only bigger and badder and louder which is also what we demand. Expectations thwarted, cleverly ~ but only momentarily. There's less sentimentalism, less character development, less existential commotion and that's great. We all know machines are here to stay. Action. It's almost a silent film. Except for the sound of things exploding. Violence and strong language, that's why we're here. Fortunately there's no overreaching attempt to conjure up a catchy catchphrase ("Hasta la vista baby"). Schwarzenegger is gruffer than before, has less to say and is classy about it. "I'm an obsolete design." Kristanna Loken has Robert Patrick's act down clone cold. Little did anyone ever suspect in 1984, women's lib would have progressed so far that Arnold Schwarzenegger could plonk a urinal down hard across a babe's head and we'd all still be worried for his safety? Take a hint this isn't a battle of the sexes as much as showdown between Lexus-driving Xers and cowboy truck-driving boomers. Like Schwarzenegger's recalcitrant generation, Terminator 3 faces its dread of mortality and its fear of machines merely fleetingly before deciding either men or machines, it doesn't matter anymore, all we know is that heroes remain unkillable in either past, present or future.

Blu-Ray Technical Specs - Andrew J. Beauto - Tucson, AZ
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines [Blu-ray]

Feature film Blu-Ray technical specifications:

Video: 1080p, 2.40:1
Audio:
* English Dolby Digital 5.1
* French Dolby Digital 5.1
* Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1

I'm hopeful that Amazon's technical specifications listings will become more useful.

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The worst in the Terminator series - Carrot Top -
This one is without a doubt the worst Terminator movie in the series. I didn't hate it, but it was only fun to watch the first time around. It's definitely the most violent, so if you're a total blood and gore fanatic you'll probably enjoy it more than I did. I love that kind of stuff, but it didn't seem to make me like it any better.

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