A real letdown (possible spoilers)

Rating: 4/10 (2 July 2003)

I adored the first two Terminator movies. I saw the first one 10 years ago, and the second one a little while later. I was excited at first, but had a couple misgivings. I knew from the beginning that Linda Hamilton wouldn't be in T3, and that John Connor would be played by someone else. I should have followed my gut and not seen this.
Nothing is explained in this movie, like what the T-X was made of, exactly. There was, I guess, a need for a sequel, because the first two movies created a paradox. If they really had stopped Judgment Day, they couldn't have done it. That is, if in T2 they stopped it, there would be no terminators, no reason to send Kyle Reese through time in the first movie, no John Connor, no damaged CPU to build Skynet on--you get the idea. If they had really stopped the future, John Connor couldn't exist and Sarah Connor would still be working as a waitress. What I don't get is why the terminators got sent back in the first place. Obviously, the reason they got sent back was because John Connor was there. Since he was there, didn't that mean they failed in the first place, so sending back machines was useless? Anyway...
Back to the movie. Yes, there were some great action sequences, but all it really did was illustrate (badly) what had to happen anyway, if you just thought about it. It's a great movie franchise, but it's built on absolute impossibilities, not just pretend A.I.
I'd give this movie a 4 out of 10. IF YOU LIKED THE FIRST TWO, STAY AWAY FROM THIS ONE!!!!