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* TheWikiRule: The [[http://terminator.wikia.com/wiki/Terminator_Wiki Terminator Wiki]].
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Does not state how it valued art over profit


* DoingItForTheArt: The production went so far as to damage their film stock prior to shooting to achieve a washed-out, desolate look to show a world ravaged by nuclear war.
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* CaliforniaDoubling: {{Inverted|Trope}}; the film is set in the state, but was mostly filmed in New Mexico.
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* NamesTheSame: Blair Williams is also the name of a real-life pornographic actress. Coincidentally, this movie's Blair is the resident MsFanservice.
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* MemeAcknowledgement: Both Creator/ChristianBale and [=McG=] have approved the [[MemeticMutation meme popularity]] of Bale's infamous rant and the [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bale_Out "Bale Out" remix,]] the latter claiming to have a copy of it.
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** On his return to the franchise with ''Film/TerminatorDarkFate'', Creator/JamesCameron criticised the ''Terminator'' films he wasn't involved in, stating, [[https://www.screendaily.com/news/james-cameron-plans-to-produce-three-new-terminator-films/5120302.article "I don't have a lot of respect for the films that were made [after T2]."]].

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** On his return to the franchise with ''Film/TerminatorDarkFate'', Creator/JamesCameron criticised the ''Terminator'' films he wasn't involved in, stating, [[https://www.screendaily.com/news/james-cameron-plans-to-produce-three-new-terminator-films/5120302.article "I don't have a lot of respect for the films that were made [after T2]."]]. "]]
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** On his return to the franchise with ''Film/TerminatorDarkFate'', Creator/JamesCameron criticised the ''Terminator'' films he wasn't involved in stating, [[https://www.screendaily.com/news/james-cameron-plans-to-produce-three-new-terminator-films/5120302.article "I don't have a lot of respect for the films that were made [after T2]."]].

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** On his return to the franchise with ''Film/TerminatorDarkFate'', Creator/JamesCameron criticised the ''Terminator'' films he wasn't involved in in, stating, [[https://www.screendaily.com/news/james-cameron-plans-to-produce-three-new-terminator-films/5120302.article "I don't have a lot of respect for the films that were made [after T2]."]].
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** On his return to the francise with Film/TerminatorDarkFate, Creator/JamesCameron criticised the Terminator films he wasn't involved in stating [[https://www.screendaily.com/news/james-cameron-plans-to-produce-three-new-terminator-films/5120302.article 'I don’t have a lot of respect for the films that were made [after T2].”]].

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** On his return to the francise franchise with Film/TerminatorDarkFate, ''Film/TerminatorDarkFate'', Creator/JamesCameron criticised the Terminator ''Terminator'' films he wasn't involved in stating stating, [[https://www.screendaily.com/news/james-cameron-plans-to-produce-three-new-terminator-films/5120302.article 'I don’t "I don't have a lot of respect for the films that were made [after T2].”]]."]].
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** The video game adaptation of the film also ended up killing its developer, Swedish based GRIN, not at all helped by the similar failures of ''VideoGame/BionicCommando'' and ''VideoGame/WantedWeaponsOfFate''.

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* DeletedRole: Creator/TerryCrews plays Jericho, a Resistance soldier and Barnes' brother, in a DeletedScene. Similarly, Greg Plitt's brief role as a hybrid similar to Marcus was deleted after a general plot change.

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Creator/TerryCrews plays Jericho, a Resistance soldier and Barnes' brother, in a DeletedScene. Similarly, Greg Plitt's brief role as a hybrid similar to Marcus was deleted after a general plot change.change.
** Creator/StanWinston had a cameo as a Resistance Soldier fighting a Hydrobot that was cut.


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** Marcus' infiltration of Skynet Central was originally longer and involved an HK-Tank destroying a church.
** Serena Kogan appears as a Hybrid and has a conversation with Marcus, but the scene is replaced with Skynet talking to Marcus.
** Several scenes involving actors cast to play Hybrids working at Skynet Central were cut following the removal of the Project Angel subplot.
** A scene was filmed involving Reese burying Marcus after the surgery, which response to Kyle's line to Marcus "Nobody will bury you" early in the film.
** A scene of John telling Command about the Series 800 at the USS Wilmington.
** Kate Connor had a subplot of being pregnant. She discovered she was pregnant shortly before the battle at Skynet Central, at a point where it wouldn't impact the plot.


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* FoilerFootage: There is an alternate scene John shoots the T-800's face off. The scene is created in case Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger refused to lend his likeness to the film.


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* MissingTrailerScene: The humans escaping from the Skynet Work Camp was filmed for use in the film and could be seen on the trailer; however, for an unknown reason, these scenes were cut from the final film. Also, the T-RIP picks up and uses the Series 600 Terminator's minigun. The scene is not featured in the film.
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* FocusGroupEnding: The film originally ended with John Connor dying, and his corpse was skinned and placed over Marcus so that Marcus would impersonate him from then on. Test audiences hated it. The "heart transplant" ending saving his life was a quickly filmed re-shoot to change the ending into one that audiences would accept.

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* FocusGroupEnding: The film originally ended with John Connor dying, and his corpse was skinned and placed over skin grafted onto Marcus so that Marcus would impersonate him from then on. Test audiences hated it. The "heart transplant" ending saving his life was a quickly filmed re-shoot to change the ending into one that audiences would accept.
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* DoingItForTheArt: The production went so far as to damage their film stock prior to shooting to achieve a washed-out, desolate look to show a world ravaged by nuclear war.
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** On his return to the francise with Film/TerminatorDarkFate, Creator/JamesCameron criticised the Terminator films he wasn't involved in stating [[https://www.screendaily.com/news/james-cameron-plans-to-produce-three-new-terminator-films/5120302.article 'I don’t have a lot of respect for the films that were made [after T2].”]].

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* FocusGroupEnding: The film originally ended with John Connor dying, and his corpse was skinned and placed over Marcus so that Marcus would impersonate him from then on. Test audiences hated it. The "heart transplant" ending saving his life was a quickly filmed re-shoot to change the ending into one that audiences would accept.



* TheOtherDarrin: Since the film follows ''Film/Terminator3RiseOfTheMachines'', Christian Bale replaces Nick Stahl as John Connor and Creator/BryceDallasHoward replaces Creator/ClaireDanes as Kate Brewster.

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* TheOtherDarrin: Since the film follows ''Film/Terminator3RiseOfTheMachines'', Christian Bale Creator/ChristianBale replaces Nick Stahl Creator/NickStahl as John Connor and Creator/BryceDallasHoward replaces Creator/ClaireDanes as Kate Brewster.
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* HostilityOnTheSet: During production, Creator/ChristianBale infamously went off on [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFvxmB8vi6M a furious and profane rant]] directed against director of photography Shane Hurlbut, telling him to get off the set because he was blocking the shot and calling him unprofessional. The audio of the incident went viral and has since become [[MemeticMutation one of the most oft-quotes and -remixed viral videos of the 21st century]]. Bale later [[https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/feb/09/christian-bale-apologises-for-onset-rant issued an apology]] and both he and Hurlbut claimed to have made up shortly after the incident.

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* HostilityOnTheSet: During production, Creator/ChristianBale infamously went off on [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFvxmB8vi6M [[https://youtu.be/0auwpvAU2YA a furious and profane rant]] directed against director of photography Shane Hurlbut, telling him to get off the set because he was blocking the shot and calling him unprofessional. The audio of the incident went viral and has since become [[MemeticMutation one of the most oft-quotes and -remixed viral videos of the 21st century]]. Bale later [[https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/feb/09/christian-bale-apologises-for-onset-rant issued an apology]] and both he and Hurlbut claimed to have made up shortly after the incident.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: The ending was re-shot with a new ending which robbed it of emotional weight or surprises. [[spoiler:John]] was going to die instead of [[spoiler:Marcus, and John's face would be grafted over Marcus' skeleton]] so that he could continue the fight.

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