Terminator: Salvation

2009

Starring: Christian Bale, Sam Worthington, Anton Yelchin, Moon Bloodgood, Bryce Dallas Howard, Common, Michael Ironside, and Helena Bonham Carter

Written by: John Brancato and Michael Ferris based on characters by James Cameron and Gale Anne Hurd

Directed by: McG

Ahh Terminator. Growing up male in the 80s and early 90s this was one of THE franchises. Even I, who wasn’t as into the films as most of my brethren, still had a very fond appreciation of the first film, a love of the balls out action of the second film and the apprehension of the third film.
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“Automatic For The People”

Many times it seems shows save one of their worst episodes of the season for #2. It could simply be that after they pull out all the stops in the premiere that anything else seems unfulfilling, but whatever the case, it’s usually anticlimactic and often times not much more than filler.
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“Samson and Delilah”

Fumbling a bit to open up a second season, it seemed as if the writers strike kind of gave the writers an opportunity to reboot a bit.  Of course that means that a lot of the season two opener had to clear off some things that appeared to be heading in a different direction while laying new groundwork for the real direction.  The best thing I can say about this episode, is it pays homage to the original film in a way in that it is basically one long chase sequence.  So if you like action, you should enjoy it, but to me I was hoping for a bit more.
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The Terminator

Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Michael Biehn, Paul Winfield, Lance Henriksen, and Earl Boen

Written by: James Cameron, Gale Anne Hurd, and William Wisher, Jr.

Directed by: James Cameron

It sometimes is amazing to take a franchise that is so iconic, so well loved, and has such an aura that everyone knows about it and most love it, and then go back and watch the original film (or whatever) that spawned such devotion.  Amazing because sometimes you watch a film and part of you can’t help wonder how that became what it is today.

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Not sure how many of you are fans of Gerry Anderson and his creations but I thought this was an interesting read and worthy of a post.

Interview with Gerry Anderson

The teaser for the upcoming Terminator Salvation starring Christian Bale has been released to Yahoo.

Click here to see it in all it’s glory:

TERMINATOR SALVATION

Some casting news!

Battlestar Galactica’s Paul Campbell will join the upcoming Knight Rider as the head research tech at Knight Industries.

All My Children’s Leven Rambin will play a teenaged love interest of John Connor’s named Becky.

According to ComingSoon.net Shirley Manson, the lead singer of Garbage will be playing a recurring role in Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. She will play Catherine Weaver, a CEO of a cutting edge high-tech corporation.

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BBC News is reporting that Christian Bale is set to play rebel leader John Connor for three sequels to the Terminator franchise!

“Christian was our first choice and he’s a big fan of The Terminator, so we’re very lucky,” Kubicek told the BBC at the Cannes Film Festival.

“But with Batman he’s already done the whole franchise thing, so we weren’t sure he’d respond.”

Luckily, said Kubicek’s business partner Derek Anderson, “he read the script and he loved it, so he’s signed on for all three.”

In perhaps a throwaway quote, there was a non-denial about Arnold reprising his role as a Terminator.

The producers would not reveal whether Arnold Schwarzenegger would reprise his role as the Terminator. Nor would they discuss character names or plot details.

Good news for Terminator fans I think.