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Terminator 3: The Coming Storm

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by Uncanny Antman
What is it about?
This is a serious take on TERMINATOR 3 to be more in
the tradition of its prequels. Lots of cheesy and unnecessary elements were
removed as well as all the references to dates and ages that contradict the
previous two films.

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Original film
name: Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
New film name: Terminator 3: The Coming
Storm
Film studio name: Warner
Brothers
Original running time:
1h49m
New running time: 1h28m
Edit crew name: Uncanny Antman

Cuts removed/added/extended :

New opening titles.
Removed opening nuke and John’s first V.O. Film
proper starts during John’s nightmare.
Joined both parts of John on motorbike together and
reworked V.O. to eliminate age reference and to simplify his narration.
Removed the TX’s, “I like this car.”
Added “Uploading Virus” readout to TX’s HUD. The
so-called supervirus that pops up out of nowhere does not exist in this
version. The only virus is the one she delivers. My line of reasoning is that
future-Skynet sends her back with a virus that cannot be stopped by
conventional means, thus instigating the Military’s activation of Skynet in
the here and now.
Removed TX’s Inflate-O-Boobs(TM).
Removed Kate and Scott shopping scene. The latter
half of this sequence (after General Brewster gets off the phone with Kate) is
moved way back in the film. It would make little sense for General Brewster to
be concerned about a supervirus that was only uploaded a moment earlier.
Removed T-850’s encounter with the bouncer outside
the Desert Star.
Removed zoom into ‘Ladies Night’ sign and sped-up
shot of T-850 reacting to new song starting.
Altered so that T-850 doesn’t blink when hit in the
face with a glove. (Yes, I realise that Terminators blink, but it makes him
seem scarier that he doesn’t need to when hit. Mostly I just didn’t like
Arnie’s ’startled old man’ expression.)
Removed T-850 talking into stripper’s hand, and the
rest of the scene with the star-glasses. He just breaks the stripper’s hand
and we go straight to the TX at Jim’s Burgers. Replaced song during entire
Desert Star sequence.
Removed the TX scanning Jose Barrera’s iris. As Reese
said, “Most of the records were lost during the war.” I’m not a fan of
Skynet’s files being this detailed. It’s bad enough she has John’s DNA records
on file.
Fixed the incorrect spelling of “BARRERA” on the TX’s
heads-up-display. Now her readout matches his name-tag.
After the TX kills Jose, we cut back to the T-850
stealing a truck. Removed watch on top of visor, synchronizing time, and T-850
contemplating the sunglasses. He just picks them up and puts them straight on
without looking at them for ages.
Removed newscast about supervirus seen during Bill
Anderon’s party. Bill and his girlfriend are now watching a movie instead. For
one, I needed the virus mentions all moved towards the end of the film, and
two…who watches the news at a party?
Fixed TX blinking when she shoots Bill.
Removed all references Kate makes to Mike Kripke’s
basement. Also removed Kate mentioning them being in the 8th grade when John
disappeared. As with the John’s age, this is incorrect. We don’t need to know
how John knows Kate, it’s enough that he just does. In my mind, Nikki Cox was
Kate Brewster in T2. She had red hair and certainly knew John back then.
Removed TX scanning Betsy’s blood and speaking to
herself about it.
Removed some of Kate’s whimpering when hiding from
the TX. The TX is so close, she should really hear it.
Removed TX’s visible reaction to John’s blood ID. I
don’t have a problem with Terminators showing reactions to things, but this
one is a little over the top. Even if she were human, I’d have probably cut
it.
Removed Kate dropping her keys.
Removed T-850’s line to Kate, “I lied.”
Removed all the talking between John and the T-850
when first meeting in the hallway. John comes across like an idiot. “Are you
here to kill me?” No, son…if he were you’d be dead before you got the question
out. Now, the Terminator strides up and just grabs John right away.
Removed T-850’s line, “Keep moving!” I’ve tried to
make the Terminator as taciturn as possible, removing any lines that really
aren’t needed.
Removed T-850’s, “Get out of here! Now!”
Moved the paramedics finding the T-850 to a little
later. Helps minimise the fact that they just stand next to him for a long
time doing nothing. Also removed them trying to move him. It’s a stupid
moment, and since when are paramedics in the habit of just dragging accident
victims around without knowing what has happened to them?
Removed T-850’s line to the motorcycle cop, “Get
off!” It’s obviously looped after the fact, and it’s not needed.
Removed John hitting the inflatable toy in the front
yard during the car chase. “Boing”?? I could have just taken the sound effect
out, but taking the shots out altogether actually made the sequence flow
better.
Re-instated an unused piece of score during the crane
chase.
Removed reverse-motion shot of Fire Truck heading
straight for the T-850. It’s too obviously in reverse due to the exhaust
fumes.
Removed TX smirking to herself after shaking the
T-850.
Removed T-850’s to the firemen, “I’ll drive” and “Get
out.” The ‘Get out’ is another obvious loop job.
Removed TX’s double-take when seeing the T-850 in the
firetruck.
Removed the Terminator’s, “Excuse me.” to the TX.
Substituted a metallic clink, (the axe hitting the side of the crane) which is
what gets the TX’s attention instead.
Removed “Move over” when the Terminator climbs into
the driver’s seat of Kate’s truck. Another looped line.
Removed all of John’s idiotic, “Do you even remember
me?” talk.
Removed, “I am unable to comply” when Kate tells the
Terminator to drop dead.
Removed John’s question, “Where are you taking me?”
and the T-850’s reply, “To a safe location.”
Removed the T-850’s claim that, “Judgement Day is
inevitable.”
Removed, “I’m an obsolete design.”
Removed all the talk about the TX being an
anti-Terminator Terminator, and “I am not shitting you.”
Removed T-850’s second, “Relax!”
Replaced the song playing in the ampm store. I cannot
stand “Dat Funky Man” or whatever it’s called.
Fixed jump-cut when TV is shown switching channels.
Removed T-850 leaving the store. No ‘Talk to the
hand’ at all. We can just assume he paid for the items. A few moments later,
we will see the clerk calling the police due to Kate’s screaming. Wouldn’t he
have been a bit more shaken, and already calling the cops if a huge dude in
leather had just robbed him moments earlier?
Removed all the revisited talk of Mike Kripke’s
basement, and John’s idea that he and Kate were destined to meet.
Erased the tire-iron from the back of the vet truck
as it speeds down the road. The T-850 already removed it and threw it away.
Removed the TX killing Scott, and the cops coming to
the door. The scene sucks, and this way it’s a mild surprise when the TX kills
the cops a few minutes later.
Removed the dates on Sarah’s plaque. Both dates are
completely wrong.
Removed John saying that Sarah “…fought for three
years” against leukaemia. Now he just says the more ambiguous, “She
fought…long enough to make sure the world didn’t end.”
Removed John telling the T-850 that it was the
closest thing he ever had to a father. John just comes across as stupid, as he
knows full well that this is not the Terminator that protected him in 1995.
Removed the T-850’s, “My mission is to protect you”
to Kate.
Removed T-850 spitting out the bullet. Gee, sure is a
lucky shot that Kate managed to shoot a bullet into his mouth while it was
closed.
Removed all of John’s, “Why me?” stuff, and the T-850
‘convincing’ him to fight.
Moved driving scene with Scott and the cops to after
Kate meets Silberman. Reframed one shot to cover the fact that the TX’s arm
isn’t behind the seat where it should be. Trimmed out one shot of the driver’s
terrible ‘pain’ acting, and removed shot of TX’s hand slowly taking the
steering wheel.
Trimmed out the last few moments of Silberman’s
ramblings. Way to run the joke into the ground, folks.
Removed T-850’s casualty readout after shooting at
the SWAT team.
Removed the T-850 telling John that Kate will be his
wife in the future.
In the graveyard, the TX stupidly reverts back to its
default form for no reason before trying to kill Kate. To try to help justify
this, I’ve moved up the shot of John and the Terminator approaching in the
hearse. It’s not much of an excuse, but at least it’s something. Sort of like
the TX knows it’s busted, so there’s no need to keep up the ruse.
Removed shot of the hearse turning and losing a
hubcap. It loses the same hubcap again a moment later.
Removed the last few frames of the TX jumping onto
the hearse. There was a moment of ‘float’ to the cable work there.
Removed Kate screaming, “Do something!” at the
Terminator.
Erased visible safety cables and effects markers from
two shots of the TX on top of the hearse.
Removed the T-850’s deadpan line, “We need a new
vehicle.” And John and Kate’s dumbfounded stares. A very sitcom-esque moment.
Removed the hearse’s door falling off the hinges when
the Terminator opens it. More sitcom “hilarity”.
After Kate has her little cry, we cut to General
Brewster talking about the super-virus. Then we come back to John and the
T-850 discussing the TX’s hit-list. Removed John asking about his future
marriage to Kate.
Removed John theorising about fate and he and Kate
getting together back before T2.
Removed all the business about, “You cannot
self-terminate.”
Removed line about Skynet assuming control over
global communications. How can it when it hasn’t been brought on-line yet? The
virus is the one affecting out communications.
Removed Kate finding out about her marriage to John.
Removed small-scale flying H/K and endoskeleton at
CRS.
Removed final mention of Mike Kripke’s basement, and
T-850’s line about levity.
Removed line about Skynet operating at 60 teraflops
per second. The ‘PS’ in teraflops already stands for ‘per second’ so it’d be
an awfully stupid thing for a technician to say.
Removed “She’ll be back.”
Removed John’s line, “Skynet is the virus!”
Removed General Brewster’s line about Pandora’s box.
It’s very trite, and I prefer that the shot focuses on Kate’s reaction instead
of his rambling.
Removed the Terminator telling John and Kate to run
when the TX shows up. They should know to run just fine without being told to
all the damn time.
Removed the TX’s head spinning all the way around.
Removed a few frames from when the T-850 steps on the
TX’s head. The original shot had a little reverse motion in it, and looked
silly.
Removed the TX turning her upper body all the way
around.
Removed the TX stomping the T-850’s head off. It’s
stupid that it would go back on fine with no effort, and some of the CG looks
really crummy. She injects her nanobots while he is still reeling from the
electrical shock.
Removed John and Kate versus the small flying H/K.
Removed Kate’s, “Just die, you bitch!” and a few
frames at the end of the scene when you can see someone else at the end of the
tunnel.
Removed the T-850 putting his head back on.
Removed, “You can’t kill a human, you said so
yourself!” The T-850 never said this.
When the Terminator is smashing the truck, removed a
few shots that ruin the continuity.
Removed both shots of the plane with the wrong call
letters on the side.
Removed, “I’m back.”
Removed a bunch of the TX’s roaring and screaming. I
couldn’t get all of it out without it being ridiculously choppy, but I snipped
as much as I felt I could.
Removed Kate’s suggestion to just let the bomb go
off. She’s awfully quick to embrace suicide.
Slightly different ending, features no V.O. from John
about the virus/Skynet, alternate musical cue, and a different final shot of
the film.
Shortened end credits and replaced music. Score only,
no songs.

Your intention for this
fanedit: To reduce the cheese, and eliminate all the references to dates
and ages that contradict the previous two films.
Hardware and software information (what did you use to
create your fanedit): Premiere, Photoshop, DVDLabPro, AutoGK.
Additional Comment: For the real nerds, be on
the lookout for all the easter eggs added to the film. There are several, and
they all refer to the previous Terminator films, or other James Cameron
projects.
Time needed for the edition:
Unknown. On and off work done over several months.

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