Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
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Other mistake: When Kate is viewing the T-X on the security cameras, the two views of the corridor do not match each other. For example, the first camera shows glass walls, whereas the second shows wall panels. (00:23:30)

Daz

Other mistake: At the end of the chase, the crane truck flips and one of the wheels falls off. If it was that loose, it should have come off when the T-X did a right turn.

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Suggested correction: Maybe it became loose enough to come off after the right turn.

Other mistake: When the T-X is driving the crane during the 'target acquired' shot, the view from her display shows her much higher above the ground than she should be. (00:31:50)

Daz

Other mistake: After the T-X is hit by a truck, her primary weapon is damaged and she is seeking a replacement. As she is cycling through available weapons, dummy text is below the weapon name. The text reads: "TEXT regarding the current weapon is being displayed in XP040 weapon sub-window. Important information regarding this weapon is being displayed here." (00:59:52)

Other mistake: When General Brewster tells John and Kate to go to Crystal Peak, Arnie confirms its location as "52 miles north-east, bearing zero-point-fiveĀ°." Later, when flying the plane, Kate says aloud "all right, oh-one-fiveĀ°, 52 miles." That's a 10-degree error, for 52 miles, which would put them somewhere in the ballpark of 20-25 miles off-course. (01:17:25 - 01:29:40)

David R Turner

Other mistake: At the cemetery, Arnold shoots up the police cars. We then see his point of view, showing no human casualties. The problem is, he is standing up and further back from the drive. The shot from his point of view is down low and near a police car.

manthabeat

Other mistake: When the crane arm is going through the front of the building with the T-800 on the hook, the final corner column has an explosion and begins to collapse before the arm gets there.

Movie Nut

Character mistake: In the opening narration, John Connor says that he was attacked by the T-1000 when he was 13 years old. This is wrong. In Terminator 2, we see that John Connor is only 10 years old, as shown on the police computer when the T-1000 accesses it. (00:02:20)

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Trivia: In the movie, Kate's fiance Scott is referred to as "Scott Mason", but in the credits, he is listed as "Scott Petersen", they changed the dialogue of his name in light of Scott Peterson, the man accused of killing his wife and unborn son in California. The name Scott Petersen also appears on the list of inmates in Demolition Man. (00:48:00)

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Question: Why did John Connor program the Terminator to only obey Catherine's orders? Since he is the boss wouldn't he make it so the Terminator would obey his orders?

Answer: He didn't program the Terminator, she did - remember, John is dead, successfully eliminated by that very Terminator. As to why she didn't program the Terminator to obey both of them, that's an open question - possibly she needed to supply a voiceprint which obviously couldn't be obtained from the deceased John (which would also explain why the Terminator in T2 appeared to only be programmed to obey John, not both John and his mother). Alternatively, it's plausible that the Terminators can only be programmed to obey one individual, in order to prevent problems in the case of conflicting orders.

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