Tag: John Connor (in Terminator 3)

Futuristic cityscape at night, dominated by a massive, glowing hologram of an AI brain

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Gary Varner
Date
January 11, 2025

Categorized
Science Fiction

Tagged
Crystal Peak (Terminator 3), John Connor (in Terminator 3), Kate Brewster (in Terminator 3), Robert Brewster (Terminator 3), SkyNet in Terminator 3, T-800 in Terminator 3, T-X (Terminator 3), Time travel and plot development}

Terminator 3, Parting Thoughts: A Father’s Lie Dooms the World

_{When John and Kate get to Crystal Peak, they find that it is really a fallout shelter for the country’s leaders, but the leaders never made it. And yet...} _{Gary Varner
January 11, 2025

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It’s fine to play with the idea of fate in a time travel tale, but the writer must work within the set-up given by the prior stories. Read More ›

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Gary Varner
Date
January 4, 2025

Categorized
Science Fiction

Tagged
Earl Boen as Peter Silberman (Terminator series), Edward Furlong (John in Terminator 3), John Connor (in Terminator 3), Katherine Brewster in Terminator 3, Linda Hamilton (as Sarah Connor), Peter Silberman in Terminator 3, Sarah Connor (Terminator 3), Scott Mason (Terminator 3), Skynet (Terminator 3), T-800 in Terminator 3, T-X (Terminator 3), Terminator 3 and character development, Terminator Salvation (2009)}

Terminator 3 Review Part 3: Are We Looking At a New Sarah Connor?

_{What made Sarah’s character work was her start as a simple waitress who turns into a strong, resourceful warrior. Can John pick up where she left off?} _{Gary Varner
January 4, 2025

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The problem with time travel stories is that dropped plot points and forgotten predictions add up and new additions to the story forget the older ones. Read More ›

A scene of a roadway littered with debris from a vehicle wreck, with visible damage to multiple trucks, emphasizing the severity of a multi-vehicle accident on an icy road.

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Gary Varner
Date
December 28, 2024

Categorized
Science Fiction

Tagged
John Connor (in Terminator 3), Kate (Terminator 3), Scott (Terminator 3), T-X (Terminator 3)}

Terminator 3: Was It Fate or Contrivance?

_{It turns out that the T-X isn’t looking for John, as we might expect, but for Kate} _{Gary Varner
December 28, 2024

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Despite puzzling sequences, there is a thread of logic that keeps the franchise from becoming too complicated as the story continues. Read More ›