Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins (2009)

[fletcher]

Re: Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins (2009)

I thought it was pretty awesome. The entire series was always more about kick-ass action than anything else, and this movie delivers. Better than T3 for sure imo. Plus, the homage to previous movies in this one is great (if you've seen it you know what I'm talking about).

Cool. Im actually quite excited about seeing it now, not out until next week here in blighty. Any other reviews??

[MJDub]

Re: Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins (2009)

I thought it was pretty awesome. The entire series was always more about kick-ass action than anything else, and this movie delivers. Better than T3 for sure imo. Plus, the homage to previous movies in this one is great (if you've seen it you know what I'm talking about).

[Homegrove]

Re: Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins (2009)

4/5 in Empire...

That's all I'm saying. And they slated Wolverine.

[Corven]

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i'd still watch this anyway ... i think the only people who would really bothered by it would be those hardcore sci-fi geeks .. the only terminal movie that had a true story and concept was the very first one anyway imo other than that its all about the action sequences and the body count as long as the general story in this isn't too far fetched and the action sequences are cool with tons of body count i seriously don't think anyone would be that bothered

[dusk]

Re: Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins (2009)

awww.. was looking forward to this!

[feather]

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Nooooooooooooooooooooo! After the epic fail of Wolverine, I thought Star Trek and this are gonna be the sci-fi flicks of the year.

[Highsteppa]

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Ugh. Remember how disappointed you were after seeing the new Indiana Jones last summer? More of the same here. It's basically a zombie movie, with the zombies being substituted with the Terminator mythology. As far as an action film goes, it's competent, and it's better than The Rise of the Machines, but not by much. I get the feeling that Christian Bale got to fuck around a lot with the making of this, as he keeps talking about how much he had influence on the original script (getting Jonathan Nolan, the writer behind Memento and the two Batman movies), and sat with McG in the editing room. He sounds a lot like Ed Norton did a few years ago.

Go in with low expectations.

[Highsteppa]

Re: Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins (2009)

When I first heard about this project, I wasn't really looking forward to it - the last Terminator was Arnold's continuing skid of bad movies he was on since Batman & Robin. It didn't help that Nick Stahl didn't make for a very interesting John Connor, Claire Danes didn't make for a very convincing Mrs. Connor (and got over her slain fiancée pretty damn quickly) and the Terminatrix was a fucking bore.

When I saw that McG was directing it, I was cringing - this is the guy that came up with the idea for the television show The O.C. (basically a Beverly Hills 90210 clone) and directed the two Charlie's Angels films. Not exactly the guy I had in mind for something like the Terminator franchise, and I had images of a Terminator booty dancing in a pair of tighty whities like Cameron Diaz did in the Charlie's Angels.

But there was a turning point - James Cameron gave his blessing for the project (this is a guy who is notoriously protective of his work), Christian Bale got cast in the role (which I thought was a joke when I first heard it) and then Jonathan Nolan (the guy who was responsible for writing the darker elements of The Dark Knight, came up with the idea for Memento and adapted The Prestige) got signed to write it.

Now I've got to say, I'm genuinely curious if this is going to turn out as good as it looks - it really has got that apocalypse/humanity hanging by a thread vibe to it that the third movie was completely lacking. Here's hoping it lives up to the very convincing hype it's managing to convey in each trailer.

[MJDub]

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New trailer looks fucking awesome.

[Shpira]

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oh my god thats some funky shit

[feather]

Re: Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins (2009)

OMFG.

[res0nat0r]

Re: Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins (2009)

lets hope not

[timchalj]

Re: Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins (2009)

Any chance they will reference the Sarah Conner Chronicles show?

[fletcher]

Re: Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins (2009)

Looks pretty cool

[feather]

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