Terminator Salvation : The Future Begins

By Rappy
in The Media Room

 Share

Recommended Posts

Grand Master

Tech Star

Posted
Posted
Nice spot Kaotic. I like the "I'll be back" line :laugh: I'm not normally big on seeing movies mid-week, but I'll be going thursday for this. Maybe even Wednesday night if they have midnight screenings.

Alright, I have never seen a movie opening night. I need tips. How should I buy the tickets and how early should I be in the theater to get good seats?

Grand Master

Xero

Posted
Posted

Well you can get tickets opening day, so if you plan on going that night you can buy them in the morning/afternoon. Usually a good chance they aren't sold out by then. Some places will let you order them a week or so in advance. I'll probably do that, here they'll let me print them out so I don't even have to stand in line to get them. In some cases you can pre order but have to wait to pick them up when you get there.

As for showing up, it really depends how big the theater is. I'd say at least 30 minutes if you want some good seats, for big movies they have people line up outside the theater doors. Sometimes even 30 minutes early you can get stuck sitting in the front rows. I'll probably go 45 min early, wait in line for 20 min then the rest inside. Some might not like waiting around but I'd rather suffer a bit for good seats, nothing worse than having to look up the whole time. Besides I have an iPhone to keep me occupied while I wait. I'd bring your snacks with you unless you're going with someone else, people won't think twice about taking your seat, although it's not always easy convincing others to go to midnight screenings lol

Grand Master

Rappy Veteran

Posted
  • Author
  • Veteran
Posted

Will McG?s ?Terminator 5? Be Set in the Present?

When Warner Bros. announced long ago that ?Terminator Salvation? would be the first in a new trilogy of ?Terminator? sequels, we all assumed that the three planned installments would exist in a chronologically contained setting, during the post-apocalyptic war between humans and machines. However, in a recent interview with McG over at Film Journal International, the director hints that ?Terminator 5? might not adhere to such a strict timeline.

?I strongly suspect the next movie is going to take place in a [pre-Judgment Day] 2011,? McG told the trade publication. ?John Connor is going to travel back in time and he?s going to have to galvanize the militaries of the world for an impending Skynet invasion.?

The ?Terminator Salvation? director also mentioned that he thinks Connor (Christian Bale) will run into the human model for the T-1000, which was played by Robert Patrick in ?Terminator 2: Judgment Day.? McG previously expressed interest in employing Patrick for the next installment of the franchise, but it was assumed the actor would portray the T-1000 in the post-2018 era of the fourth film. Instead, McG suggests he?ll play a scientist involved with stem-cell research, who Connor meets in the past.

If all this seems completely wrong and confusing to you, you?re not alone. As much as a straightforward, fixed-chronology trio of films sounds boring in theory, I do believe it will be more interesting, especially since the trilogy serves the double-edged function of being both sequel and prequel. For these installments to work properly, there probably shouldn?t be any time travel until the end of ?Terminator 6,? when the character Kyle Reese (Anton Yelchin in ?Salvation?) and a T-800 (Arnold Schwarzenegger) are sent back to 1984.

According to McG?s vision, ?Terminator 5? might be more like the first three movies, plot-wise, than ?Salvation.? But the cool thing about ?Salvation? is that it has a fresh sort of scenario to follow. Perhaps McG assumes that we?d prefer something more familiar?

Grand Master

Xero

Posted
Posted

Sounds awesome to me. While I'd prefer it all to take place after Skynet takes over I think mixing it up would be nice. Although if they did the effects of going back should be shown in the 6th movie with an alternate timeline which would ultimately have to be tied to the original timeline. Glad to hear them referencing Robert Patrick again I really hope they use that idea of him being a scientist, he's still one of my favorite actors but him playing the T-1000 again is completely out of the question.

Now I'm already anxious for the next! :laugh: I'm just glad Bale is coming back for all 3 installments. Don't remember if he had signed a contract to do so but I remember him saying he'd do 3.

Grand Master

PixilEyes

Posted
Posted

All this differnent time link junk is starting to get annoying IMO. Just kill Conner and get it over with. Bring on a new char and start fresh. Not a reboot of the series but just something new after the 4th film?

Proficient

kaotic

Posted
Posted
All this differnent time link junk is starting to get annoying IMO. Just kill Conner and get it over with. Bring on a new char and start fresh. Not a reboot of the series but just something new after the 4th film?

The john Connor character is the Terminator series. From the first film it's all about John Connor. If they just kill him off- then what would be the point of making another Terminator movie?

I guess they could follow like Kyle Reese, or make up some one new like the TSCC show did with Derek Reese.

Grand Master

Xero

Posted
Posted

Naw thats dumb killing off Connor isn't logical at all. It's like killing off Dexter, the series is based around him, everything and everyone is a reaction to him, without him they no purpose.

While I'm not a big fan of them raping time travel technically they haven't. It's only been the tv series that has abused it. The movies have not.

Grand Master

Rappy Veteran

Posted
  • Author
  • Veteran
Posted (edited)
What the hell? Rihanna sings the Terminator song?

Yeah I saw this the other day I didn't post it because I thought she just named a song Terminator and it's not for the film...is it confirmed?

Edited by Rappy
Grand Master

Rappy Veteran

Posted
  • Author
  • Veteran
Posted

The first reader reviews of McG?s Termiantor Salvation have shown up online.

Gandalf The Grey over on AICN says that he went in with low expectations but ?actually came out of the cinema quite uplifted and hopeful.? He admits that the film ?isn?t as convincingly done as the Batman reboot? but its ?a good beginning for this storyline.? He called Arnold Schwarzenegger?s ?brief? cameo ?a cool moment?, and mentioned Danny Elfman?s score was ?too loud and big for the movi?Action is the keyword for this movie, which of course most people who goes to see this franchise will be expecting. I found that it had a little too much action, so that our characters wasn?t told in a way, that we could really bond with them. It lacked some more small moments of quiet interaction. The effects, however, are well done.? ? ?All in all I came out of the cinema with the belief that we may still have great stories from the Terminator universe, and that we at least have a fine piece of action movie, with the potential for a good story arc.?h the potential for a good story arc.?

This topic is now closed to further replies.
 Share
Go to topic listing

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.

  • Posts

    • Lethal fake phone chargers are still being sold on Amazon and eBay, UK watchdog warns

      By Brian Miller · Posted

      AMAZON needs to take total accountability for this.
    • Windows Server gets DNS over HTTPS (DoH) support

      By binaryzero · Posted

      Server Summit had a heap of announcements, ADCS changes are baller.
    • Linux 7.1 arrives with an NTFS overhaul and major hardware performance boosts

      By Max Norris · Posted

      Nice, hope they *finally* fixed the issue with the NTFS driver where the system would completely brick during large file copies using the built in driver. It's been broken for years requiring me to use the older, slower, NTFS-3G FUSE driver.
    • Windows 11 KB5094126 BSODing, freezing, forcing BitLocker lockout, breaks OneDrive, and more

      By hellowalkman · Posted

      Windows 11 KB5094126 BSODing, freezing, forcing BitLocker lockout, breaks OneDrive, and more by Sayan Sen Microsoft released Windows 11 KB5094126 and KB5093998 last week as the latest Patch Tuesday updates. Following that the company also published the accompanying dynamic updates under KB5094149, KB5095971, and KB5094156. While Microsoft has so far not acknowledged any major problems with the release, some users online are running into problems. These range from OneDrive and Dropbox access issues, BitLocker recovery lockouts, to blue screens and BSODs. The most common one seems to be happening with HP systems wherein affected users say they hit 0xc0430001 BSOD (blue screen of death) error code after the KB5094126 update. We wonder if this could be related to the recent bug we covered on HP devices wherein the ongoing Secure Boot certificate updates are leading to similar issues. While we are not certain, users affected by this issue likely need to ensure that the boot.stl file is included on the installation media (such as a USB installer or ISO), if the above-mentioned dynamic updates are deployed. If this file is missing, computers may fail to boot from the installation media and could display the error 0xc0430001. This STL file is used by Secure Boot to verify that the boot files are trusted, so it must match the same Windows version and system architecture. To ensure the file is included, Microsoft recommends using the Update WinPE script, which automatically updates the image and handles the required files. Alternatively, you can manually copy the boot.stl file from the Windows\Boot\EFI folder on a Windows device and place it in the matching folder on your installation media before deploying the updated image. Aside from blue screening some users also note their systems have been freezing following the update. This could be happening to Lenovo PCs specifically. In the case of the OneDrive and Dropbox access issues, a user figured out that there could be a conflict with UAC. He explained: "Okay, so I did some digging, and in our environment KB5094126 breaks OneDrive and Dropbox in Explorer. I went through all our GPOs and found out that the combination of disabling UAC and having my user being a local admin breaks OneDrive in Explorer. ... If I enable UAC again, then it works, even with KB5094126 still installed." Hopefully, Microsoft will look into these issues. Source: Microsoft forum (link1, link2, link3, link4), Reddit (link1, link2, link3, link4)
    • Here is how I fixed Windows 11 not booting after clean installation

      By rseiler · Posted

      It is when it's a desktop in my house though for a PC that's lightly used and not really important when it is. If it was a laptop, it would be a different story. The real solution is varied and begins starting at post #22 in that thread.

  • Recent Achievements

    • Week One Done
      Jeroen Wilms earned a badge
      Week One Done
    • Week One Done
      rolfus earned a badge
      Week One Done
    • One Month Later
      Leroy Jethro Gibbs earned a badge
      One Month Later
    • Conversation Starter
      flexorcist earned a badge
      Conversation Starter
    • One Month Later
      AndreaB earned a badge
      One Month Later

  • Popular Contributors

    1. 1
      +primortal
      508
    2. 2
      +Edouard
      197
    3. 3
      PsYcHoKiLLa
      138
    4. 4
      ATLien_0
      90
    5. 5
      Steven P.
      80
    Show More

  • Tell a friend

    Love Neowin? Tell a friend!