I’m considering going to see Terminator 3 in the near future, but I didn’t see Terminator 2. Would I miss any key plot points? Are there any key plot points (as opposed to just a bunch of action with no coherent reasoning)? I did see the first one, by the way. What do you guys think about this?
You would be confused, I think. T2 deals with John Connor as a young teenager, and T3 deals with him as a young man and refers to some instances in T2. Also in T2 Ahnuld plays a “good” terminator, as in T3.
Why have you missed the second one? It’s kick-ass dude! Rent it! And turn the surround sound on and up!!
Yeah, if you were going to skip one, I say skip T3 and go to T2 straight out. It’s a vastly superior movie.
See T2; you’ll miss a lot of the jokes if you don’t. In fact, I plan to rent (and watch) T1 and T2 before I see T3 again so I can laugh even more.
I agrree. This is one of those times you should see the prequel before the sequel, or you will be lost.
T2 is a better movie, and is practically required for the third one.
one of the girls at work went to see T3 at the weekend without seeing either of the first 2. i had to keep asking my boyfriend who was what and how come etc was her ‘review’. another is seeing at the weekend but she doesnt like sci fi.
as above, ive been stressing all day to see the first 2. these are the people that enraged me all through LOTR TTT asking who that guy is, why are they going there.these are the people who should stick to jennifer lopez movies because i wont be there, or watch things at home.
grab the special edition DVD with T1 + T2 on it. highly recommended.
i also watched T3 on SVCD before it came out over here (UK) to see if id go see it on the big screen. im not going to, but dont let that stop you if you see the other 2 first.
I wonder whether anybody has actually done it: Watch T3 and not T2.
I’ve watch all 3 and I just think that there are so many similarities in the general plot between 2 and 3. Sure the details are different but T3 just feels like a T2 remake.
Is it bad to skip T2? It’s bad because T2 is a better movie. But I don’t think you HAVE TO see T2 first to understand T3.
My friend saw T3 without seeing the first two terminators, and enjoyed it. However, there are a few things that are hard to understand without seeing the second one, and T2 is such a good movie that there it no reason not to rent it anyways.
I think you can watch T3 without having seen T2, but it helps to pay attention to the exposition.
There’s a few inside jokes that you won’t get if you haven’t seen T2, but otherwise it should be moderately enjoyable.
I also found T2 to be the best of the three movies. (The first one did have a classic 80s sex scene, though.)