Comments on: All of the wows and the uh-ohs of the Terminator Salvation trailer. http://burbanked.com/2008/12/10/all-of-the-wows-and-the-uh-ohs-of-the-terminator-salvation-trailer/ Wed, 07 Jul 2010 06:52:24 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins - News, Video, Photos, and Rumors from ShowHype http://burbanked.com/2008/12/10/all-of-the-wows-and-the-uh-ohs-of-the-terminator-salvation-trailer/comment-page-1/#comment-138151 Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins - News, Video, Photos, and Rumors from ShowHype Fri, 26 Dec 2008 18:00:15 +0000 http://burbanked.com/?p=974#comment-138151 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] Fifth 'Terminator' film in the works - Entertainment ... 1 0 1 All of the wows and the uh-ohs of the Terminator Salvation trailer. [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%-->

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]]> By: Burbanked http://burbanked.com/2008/12/10/all-of-the-wows-and-the-uh-ohs-of-the-terminator-salvation-trailer/comment-page-1/#comment-137105 Burbanked Wed, 17 Dec 2008 16:52:15 +0000 http://burbanked.com/?p=974#comment-137105 @Piper: yeah, I thought "this war ends tonight" was a bit too cheesy, let alone that it's a promise that clearly CAN'T come true. Hey, John Connor: you've got two more movies to go here, don't go overboard with the bravado, okay kiddo? I'd actually like to see a mashup video that compiles every instance in the last 10 years that a movie hero says "it ends tonight". I'm sure Batman alone has said it about 16 times. @Piper: yeah, I thought “this war ends tonight” was a bit too cheesy, let alone that it’s a promise that clearly CAN’T come true. Hey, John Connor: you’ve got two more movies to go here, don’t go overboard with the bravado, okay kiddo?

I’d actually like to see a mashup video that compiles every instance in the last 10 years that a movie hero says “it ends tonight”. I’m sure Batman alone has said it about 16 times.

]]> By: Piper http://burbanked.com/2008/12/10/all-of-the-wows-and-the-uh-ohs-of-the-terminator-salvation-trailer/comment-page-1/#comment-137104 Piper Wed, 17 Dec 2008 16:26:26 +0000 http://burbanked.com/?p=974#comment-137104 This war ends tonight? Huh? Sounds like bad Matrix to me. Where this film can shine is if it completely and wholeheartedly embraces the war. If it's all war and nothing but. I'm guessing that the narrative will also be in the movie. I can only guess that the movie execs will have said that there's a whole generation that hasn't seen the originals. It's a stupid thought, but it will still be there. This war ends tonight? Huh? Sounds like bad Matrix to me.

Where this film can shine is if it completely and wholeheartedly embraces the war. If it’s all war and nothing but.

I’m guessing that the narrative will also be in the movie. I can only guess that the movie execs will have said that there’s a whole generation that hasn’t seen the originals. It’s a stupid thought, but it will still be there.

]]> By: Burbanked http://burbanked.com/2008/12/10/all-of-the-wows-and-the-uh-ohs-of-the-terminator-salvation-trailer/comment-page-1/#comment-137084 Burbanked Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:06:16 +0000 http://burbanked.com/?p=974#comment-137084 @Nick: I'm not a fan of either of them, but one of the things McG and Bay have in common is the ability to make great-looking trailers that don't pay off in strength of character, story, dialogue and the rest of the non-blowing-crap-up movie stuff that neither seems to take all that seriously. So I'm not convinced yet that McG will pull off a <strong><em>Terminator</em></strong> movie worth its title. But he's got decent source material, a fairly talented screenplay team on board, an extremely talented leading man and - for now - my expectations high. And I'm not sure that the PG13 rating is finalized. I've read reports of scenes having been shot that would send <strong><em>TS</em></strong> into R-territory, but it's simply still too early to say. I agree that a PG13 would be lame, but that's simply the state of the industry right now. @Nick: I’m not a fan of either of them, but one of the things McG and Bay have in common is the ability to make great-looking trailers that don’t pay off in strength of character, story, dialogue and the rest of the non-blowing-crap-up movie stuff that neither seems to take all that seriously.

So I’m not convinced yet that McG will pull off a Terminator movie worth its title. But he’s got decent source material, a fairly talented screenplay team on board, an extremely talented leading man and – for now – my expectations high.

And I’m not sure that the PG13 rating is finalized. I’ve read reports of scenes having been shot that would send TS into R-territory, but it’s simply still too early to say. I agree that a PG13 would be lame, but that’s simply the state of the industry right now.

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]]> By: All of the wows and the uh-ohs of the Terminator Salvation trailer. - McG, Sci-Fi http://burbanked.com/2008/12/10/all-of-the-wows-and-the-uh-ohs-of-the-terminator-salvation-trailer/comment-page-1/#comment-137002 All of the wows and the uh-ohs of the Terminator Salvation trailer. - McG, Sci-Fi Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:37:53 +0000 http://burbanked.com/?p=974#comment-137002 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] All of the wows and the uh-ohs of the Terminator Salvation trailer. 1 0 Votes 1 [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%-->

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]]> By: Nick http://burbanked.com/2008/12/10/all-of-the-wows-and-the-uh-ohs-of-the-terminator-salvation-trailer/comment-page-1/#comment-136998 Nick Tue, 16 Dec 2008 17:53:04 +0000 http://burbanked.com/?p=974#comment-136998 McG couldn't hold Michael Bay's jock-strap. Terminator Salvation does look cool, but let's not pretend for a milisecond that it will be better than what Bay is cooking up with Transformers 2. The big robot at the end of the T4 trailer stinks of Transformers. What Bay did with Transformers was nothing less than groundbreaking from a technical point of view and I expect more of the same in the sequel. Also, the fact that we will now have a PG-13 Terminator film seems pretty lame. McG couldn’t hold Michael Bay’s jock-strap.

Terminator Salvation does look cool, but let’s not pretend for a milisecond that it will be better than what Bay is cooking up with Transformers 2.

The big robot at the end of the T4 trailer stinks of Transformers.

What Bay did with Transformers was nothing less than groundbreaking from a technical point of view and I expect more of the same in the sequel.

Also, the fact that we will now have a PG-13 Terminator film seems pretty lame.

]]> By: Burbanked http://burbanked.com/2008/12/10/all-of-the-wows-and-the-uh-ohs-of-the-terminator-salvation-trailer/comment-page-1/#comment-136431 Burbanked Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:56:44 +0000 http://burbanked.com/?p=974#comment-136431 @Adam: True that John Connor is intriguing as a mythic, unseen hero, but haven't the last two movies pretty much let that horse out of the barn? What I realized after writing this post and reading a number of other pieces on it is that the youngster at the beginning of the trailer is probably young Kyle Reese - another character with the potential to be grievously mishandled along the lines of that dopey kid in <strong><em>Matrix Revolutions</em></strong>. @Adam: True that John Connor is intriguing as a mythic, unseen hero, but haven’t the last two movies pretty much let that horse out of the barn?

What I realized after writing this post and reading a number of other pieces on it is that the youngster at the beginning of the trailer is probably young Kyle Reese – another character with the potential to be grievously mishandled along the lines of that dopey kid in Matrix Revolutions.

]]> By: Adam R http://burbanked.com/2008/12/10/all-of-the-wows-and-the-uh-ohs-of-the-terminator-salvation-trailer/comment-page-1/#comment-136364 Adam R Fri, 12 Dec 2008 02:44:40 +0000 http://burbanked.com/?p=974#comment-136364 It had me at "Win or lose, this war ends tonight." I'm onboard for this movie now, as it looks to be up to the task of recreating Cameron's frightening as hell war of the future. The one thing I don't like about this idea is having it center around the grown-up John Connor, I liked it better when he was a mythical uber-general who taught us how to "smash those metal motherfuckers into junk." I also hope McG has the sense to keep the cheesy laser gun effects from the first two movies. It had me at “Win or lose, this war ends tonight.” I’m onboard for this movie now, as it looks to be up to the task of recreating Cameron’s frightening as hell war of the future. The one thing I don’t like about this idea is having it center around the grown-up John Connor, I liked it better when he was a mythical uber-general who taught us how to “smash those metal motherfuckers into junk.”

I also hope McG has the sense to keep the cheesy laser gun effects from the first two movies.

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