Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[discussimdb]

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[frances]

(at around 1h 23 mins) The lever that John Connor uses to power up the particle accelerator is the throttle control from a Saitek X45 PC Joystick system, painted red instead of blue.

[tom]

David Walton and John Krasinski auditioned for the role of John Connor.

[sophie]

(at around 1h 28 mins) When the Terminator shuts himself down to clear the T-X's corruption from his system, Arnold Schwarzenegger managed to keep completely still without the aid of any visual effects.

[jesse]

(at around 1h 35 mins) In each Terminator film the villainous character's death is greeted with the word "Terminated" in some way: - In The Terminator (1984) Sarah Connor says "You're terminated fucker" as she crushes The Terminator in the hydraulic press - In Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) John Connor asks "Is it dead?" (of the melted T1000) to which The Terminator replies "Terminated" - In this third film The Terminator says "You are Terminated!" as it destroys the T-X.

[russell]

A week of miniature work and three months of computer graphics work made the Los Angeles of the future appear.

[janice]

(at around 56 mins) During the cemetery scene, as the Terminator's computer display is counting rounds fired and casualties, names are scrolled on the screen. Many of these names are members of the Visual Effects department (Enid, Keiko, James, Rod, Mark, Bryan, and more)

[oscar]

(at around 1h 30 mins) Near the end of the film, the computer console displays "Blue 478" and John says "Dakota 775". The code numbers actually refer to the Intel Pentium 4's socket design with second generation of P4 processors using Socket 478 and the later one using LGA 775 socket. Another reference is the particle accelerator control room, designated "P4".

[kristina]

(at around 14 mins) Several of Arnold Schwarzenegger's employees (all women) were cast as extras in the opening bar scene, the one in which the Terminator first arrives in search of clothing.

[aaron]

In the novelization, Kate runs after Dr Silberman but he gets away from her. A running theme of the Terminator series is Silberman always just manages to evade a big Terminator attack.

[riley]

Originally there was never going to be a good Terminator - just a Terminator that goes back in time to ensure that Judgment Day occurs. The Terminator could still control other machines, just as the T-X does, which would cause the military's weapons to target John Connor. However, it was deemed more bankable for Arnold Schwarzenegger to play a good Terminator.

[wesley]

Arnold Schwarzenegger would not play The Terminator again until Terminator Genisys (2015). In the following film Terminator Salvation (2009), Schwarzenegger was replaced by a CGI double, where his head and likeness was animated over Austrian bodybuilder and actor Roland Kickinger.

[cameron]

In the script, Skynet's time machine is called the continuum transporter. It was allegedly built at Area 51. It creates an artificial wormhole between two time periods, as long as power isn't an issue.

[melinda]

(at around 31 mins) The car driver John Connor crashes into says to John, "If you don't have insurance, I'm gonna rip your balls off". Years later, Nick Stahl (John) played Roark Jr. a.k.a. The Yellow Bastard in Sin City (2005), a character who has his testicles ripped off near the end of the film.

[gerald]

Following box office flops for Cutthroat Island (1995) and Showgirls (1995), Carolco (owned by Mario Kassar and Andrew G. Vajna) went bankrupt at the end of 1995, and its assets / ancillary rights auctioned off to other companies. In 1997, Kassar and Vajna managed to restart their venture under their C2 Pictures banner. Half of the Terminator franchise rights was also part of the auction and they managed buy back the rights at $8 million. The other half of the rights was owned by Gale Anne Hurd who sold her share at $7 million.

[ruby]

(at around 6 mins) When the T-X materializes in a shop-front window, the slogan "I Like This Look" is one of the window-dressings. She later paraphrases that line, such as saying "I like this car" to the woman she murders in the following scene, or saying "I like your gun" to the traffic cop she steals a weapon from.

[terry]

Various versions of The Terminator's final line were tested, including "Eat me!" The filmmakers finally settled on "You are terminated!", which also happened to echo Sarah Connor's final line of "You're terminated, fucker!" to her assailant in The Terminator (1984).

[ray]

(at around 4 mins) The skulls in the future scenes were made from ping-pong balls.

[carla]

(at around 1h 30 mins) In all three Terminator films The Terminator's definition of "being back" means entering a building by driving a vehicle through it: In The Terminator (1984) he drives a car into a police station after saying "I'll be back." In Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) he drives a SWAT van into the Cyberdyne Building after saying "I'll be back." In this film he flies a helicopter into an airplane hangar, steps out and proclaims, "I'm back!"

[dustin]

Jeri Ryan whom was considered for the T-X had played a robot before. In the TV series Star Trek: Voyager (1995) Jeri Ryan played Seven of Nine, a dis-assimilated Borg whom becomes a member of the Voyager crew.