Terminator 3: The Coming Storm

June 21, 2009 @ 9:31 am

*This rating was given before reviews were required*

August 30, 2009 @ 11:29 pm

*This rating was given before reviews were required*

I found the lack of humour and overload of action discomforting, but I did enjoyed the linear storytelling and the dark tone of this edit. Technically it's a shame this edit isn't available in HD (although it's reported as such in a review below). The video is very dark and the stereo audio track has no center and surround in and out of phase for prologic and neo:6 decoders. I had to re-encode the file to be able to watch it smoothly and in the correct aspect ratio on my old 2007 HD television.

All of the technical aspects of this edit were actually really impressive, but I felt a tad disappointed with the narrative decisions made. While the new narrative choices weren't hard to follow, they just tended to not be as engaging as the original I felt.

The fact that we know less about what happens and/or has happened between John and Kate takes away from the level of engagement for these characters. On the whole, the decision to remove most of the cheesier elements was a good decision, but it leaves the film feeling a little sterile and bland. On the other hand I really liked some of the smaller inclusions such as the final shot, the new music during the stripper scene (which was a great callback I thought), and the editing of the television scene during the party.

Overall this edit was a little disappointing since I'd heard good things about it, and I'm a little torn over whether it's an improvement over the original and whether I would recommend this fanedit for Terminator fans. Having said that all of the technical aspects were near faultless and my only qualms were with the changes to the story and mythology of Terminator 3.

T3 was always one of the movies that I use to say "so close – but yet so far"
This edit makes it a little closer for me. and is probably one of the best FanEdits I've seen for T3, but I still feel like its missing a few elements story wise and such.

Cutting out the introduction of Kate, Matt and her Father and then introducing her in the middle of the night from the vet call, just felt a bit awkward to me.

All the humor is cut, and while not all of it was good I agree, but there's a few parts where its almost needed to give your audience a little breath.

The only other issue I had with this edit was that it was SD and stereo. An HD version of this edit in 5.1 would of been great.

Being a FanEditor myself I hate giving harsh critiques like that, because sometimes its all opinion based – hence why we do these edits in the first place.

Overall this is a great T3 edit, and I did enjoy it and do recommend it.

Thanks UA, I'll be watching this a few more times – hopefully one day you can do an HD Version.

-A9