Terminator Salvation teaser trailer is out

Galvatron · Post by **Galvatron** » 2008-07-16 09:43pm

See it here.

It LOOKS good, but if the rumors I've heard are true then it's going to suck no matter what it looks like.

Darth Ruinus · Post by **Darth Ruinus** » 2008-07-17 01:31am

What are the rumors?

DesertFly · Post by **DesertFly** » 2008-07-17 01:57am

Darth Ruinus wrote:What are the rumors?

That it's a third sequel to a highly-successful franchise, and the preceding movie blew donkey balls.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2008-07-17 02:01am

The fact that it's being directed by "McG" is enough reason to have some worry.

Drooling Iguana · Post by **Drooling Iguana** » 2008-07-17 02:17am

I really don't give a shit about this movie. Terminator, T2, and The Sarah Connor Chronicles are canon. This and T3 are just a big acid trip on the part of Dr. Silberman.

I just hope that this doesn't affect the production of the TV show. I'd hate to see them cancel it to focus on a series of McG movies.

Havok · Post by **Havok** » 2008-07-17 02:48am

Looks good. Christian Bale makes everything better, and at least watchable.

Post by **weemadando** » 2008-07-17 02:58am

And lets face it McG did a good job with Supernatural - certainly much better than I'd expected.

And if this is a movie that seems to follow almost immediately on from Judgement Day this could be damn awesome.

tim31 · Post by **tim31** » 2008-07-17 12:33pm

Looks like fun to me! Based on about thirty seconds of footage... But still!

Maxentius · Post by **Maxentius** » 2008-07-17 02:29pm

What the fuck is a "McG"?

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2008-07-17 03:00pm

It's what director Joseph McGinty Nichol calls himself, I guess even to the point of being his official credit.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2008-07-17 03:14pm

I happened to catch the second Charlie's Angels a few weeks back (out of absolute boredom) and saw his moniker on the credits. It's really quite sad.

Shroom Man 777 · Post by **Shroom Man 777** » 2008-07-17 03:16pm

I'm... cautiously optimistic...

Darth Ruinus · Post by **Darth Ruinus** » 2008-07-17 10:04pm

So, for those of us who dont really know who McG is, why are you guys worried? Is he a sucky director or what?

DesertFly · Post by **DesertFly** » 2008-07-17 11:02pm

Darth Ruinus wrote:So, for those of us who dont really know who McG is, why are you guys worried? Is he a sucky director or what?

The fact that he thought it was "cool" to abbreviate his name to McG speaks volumes about how he sees the world, and where he's coming from with his movies.

Darth Ruinus · Post by **Darth Ruinus** » 2008-07-17 11:12pm

DesertFly wrote:The fact that he thought it was "cool" to abbreviate his name to McG speaks volumes about how he sees the world, and where he's coming from with his movies.

Not for me it doesn't. So again, are his movies crap?

Shroom Man 777 · Post by **Shroom Man 777** » 2008-07-17 11:16pm

Charlie's Angels Full Throttle.

Battlehymn Republic · Post by **Battlehymn Republic** » 2008-07-18 03:15am

Drooling Iguana wrote:I really don't give a shit about this movie. Terminator, T2, and The Sarah Connor Chronicles are canon. This and T3 are just a big acid trip on the part of Dr. Silberman.

Is there anything redeemable about the Chronicles other than "OMG Z RIVER MAI HOT WHEDON WAIFU"? And how are the S.M. Stirling novels?

Resinence · Post by **Resinence** » 2008-07-18 03:26am

Compared to the shit that was T3, and the shit T4 is bound to be, SCC is actually pretty good, worth watching at least the first few eps to see if you like it at least.

Jon · Post by **Jon** » 2008-07-18 09:18am

I thought SCC was absolute drivel from start to finish tbh, I'm more than willing to give T4 a whirl but I'm not expecting much. Connor is an annoying little shit in T3 and SCC, hopefully Bale can pull it off.

I'd love some of the timeline issues to be tackled in this film, properly. Which war will we be witness, the original one, the result of the change in T2, the SCC one, same goes for skynet, is it the military computer, the internets or the chess machine

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Illuminatus Primus · Post by **Illuminatus Primus** » 2008-07-18 09:32am

T1 and T2 are canon. This is canon if it depicts the original (T1, before they blow Cyberdyne T2) war. SCC, T3, and probably this film are wishful speculation.

Ender · Post by **Ender** » 2008-07-18 10:39am

I like how the interference merged into the Terminator theme.

Losonti Tokash · Post by **Losonti Tokash** » 2008-07-18 11:36am

Jon wrote:I thought SCC was absolute drivel from start to finish tbh, I'm more than willing to give T4 a whirl but I'm not expecting much. Connor is an annoying little shit in T3 and SCC, hopefully Bale can pull it off.

You mean to say that a 16 year old kid with an overprotective, insane mother will act like a rebellious idiot?

I was pleasantly surprised by SCC, but I'm clearly not enough of a Terminator fanboy since I thought T3 wasn't bad.

Jon · Post by **Jon** » 2008-07-18 04:05pm

*shrugs* the John Connor in SCC (and T3 for that matter) is just not the John Connor I would have expected following his portrayal in, and the events of, T2.

I read they're already going to ignore T3 for the most part as one of the alternate versions of events created by the time travel, so it could be the case this portrays the original timeline before the first terminator was sent back.

Crazedwraith · Post by **Crazedwraith** » 2008-07-18 05:49pm

Jon wrote:*shrugs* the John Connor in SCC (and T3 for that matter) is just not the John Connor I would have expected following his portrayal in, and the events of, T2.

I read they're already going to ignore T3 for the most part as one of the alternate versions of events created by the time travel, so it could be the case this portrays the original timeline before the first terminator was sent back.

"This isn't the future my mother warned me about. In this future, I don't know that we can win" - That line is in the trailer linked to above.

That would seem to fit T2 and T3 quite well, The Connors changed the future but Skynet still came to be. And now John's not sure he can beat it.

Galvatron · Post by **Galvatron** » 2008-07-18 06:01pm

Illuminatus Primus wrote:T1 and T2 are canon. This is canon if it depicts the original (T1, before they blow Cyberdyne T2) war. SCC, T3, and probably this film are wishful speculation.

Kinda like how i view the Star Wars saga after TESB?