The next offering in the Terminator trilogy, "Terminator 3," seems at
             first to exist only as a format for Arnold Schwarzenegger and his macho
             terminator character. However, underlying the fantastic special effects
             and minimal dialogue is a film geared to the effects technology could have
             on future generations. It is a dark look at technology - something we take
             for granted today, and see as benign at best (except when a computer virus
             hits the world). Technology is good, and has changed the way we live our
             lives. However, it is quite clear this ideology is not embraced by the
             writers of "Terminator 3," for a variety of reasons.
             At the core of the deadly machines in the film is "Skynet," the
             network of machines initially created by the U.S. Government to keep the
             world at bay. The core of machines and robotic fighters take over their
             command center, and bring on "Judgment Day," the day when the Earth is
             destroyed, and only a few survive, including John Connor and Kate Brewster.
             Clearly, the writers take a dim view of technology in general, and
             certainly any technology developed by the U.S. Government. The machines
             (even the Terminators) are generally portrayed as diabolical and scheming.
             They will do anything to complete their mission, and this is their ultimate
             goal. Technology is portrayed as "cool" but ultimately evil throughout the
             movie, and this is reinforced by the dark and brooding sequences that
             recall the machine's decimation, such as an early scene when John sits on a
             bridge, and drops a beer bottle into the water. Underneath is a grisly
             scene of a dark and smoking riverbed covered in human skulls, while a
             Skynet hovercraft flies ominously overhead. The message here is technology
             will take over our lives and kill us if we allow it to, and throughout the
             film, this underlying theme keeps playing repeatedly. As one expert in
             Various critics have ...