On 03 Nov 19  19:47:00, August Abolins said the following to Richard Falken:

AA>  RF>In my opinion, Terminator II is the last Terminator film until proven
AA>  RF>otherwise by a film worthy of inclussion in my headcanon.
AA> 
AA> Having never seen any of the films past T2 (Judgment Day), I just caught  
AA> up with T3 (Rise of the Machines).  I thought it was a good progression  
AA> from T2.  The special effects improved.  The female villan 'bot was fun to 
AA> watch.

Like the Godfather films, T3 just "insisted upon itself". 8-)

Nick

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