Terminator Salvation

RepSpec · 05-06-2009, 05:41 PM

hey all surprise there wasnt a thread about this movie so i thought id start one

saw it last nite in VMAX at karingal.
amazing movie!
almost the best out of the series. so many good bits. dont want to give any away. go and see it if you love the franchise.

im a bit of a terminator nerd and the little touches in the movie were awesome and really made it what it was.

bring on T5

**redxm** · 05-06-2009, 05:46 PM

Im off to see it tomorrow, I cant wait. Its a pity the TV series was canned.

jaydee · 05-06-2009, 06:22 PM

Really great, even a CGI of an Arnie Terminator at one stage. Action all the way, go see it, Star Trek too.

Serial_Fool · 05-06-2009, 06:27 PM

From what I have heard it is pretty poor in comparison to the other Terminator films (T3 didn't happen, don't tell me otherwise...) with a crappy story and HUUURRRR HURRRRR Micheal Bay explosions.

What else could you expect with a script written from those who wrote T3 and the director of "Charlie's Angels"?

Windsor220 · 05-06-2009, 06:35 PM

The problem with T3 was it was to similar to T2 i thought. Especially the first half of the movie.

Will probably wait until Salvation comes out on DVD

Falc'man · 05-06-2009, 06:51 PM

Daniel's T1 TerminatorS rips'em all!

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Rodp · 05-06-2009, 07:44 PM

Was going to post youtube's Bale rant on set but then I'd probably be banned for it. :p

Looking forward to it but been an avid Chronicles watcher but felt that they may clash with each other... and John Connor was a whiny b&*ch.

The whole story behind the franchise is interesting to me. I'm hoping they've done it justice.

Force6 · 05-06-2009, 09:36 PM

I thought it was a really great movie. If anyone's played Fallout 3 it's remarkably similar (environment wise) to that... except without VATS.

The plot wasn't all that great (obligatory love plot thrown in for the sake of it, etc) but in the end it didn't really matter, because it was a intensely entertaining.

Serial_Fool · 05-06-2009, 09:40 PM

Think of google as Skynet.

YuGoStaR · 05-06-2009, 10:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Serial_Fool

Think of google as Skynet.

XR Lita · 06-06-2009, 09:34 AM

I have free tickets for it, so I will be going to see it next week

pauljh74 · 06-06-2009, 09:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Rodp

Was going to post youtube's Bale rant on set but then I'd probably be banned for it. :p

Even better - Youtube - search "family guy christian bale"

smciner1 · 06-06-2009, 11:53 AM

The Trailers look good. I am looking forward to seeing it.

BELTA · 06-06-2009, 11:56 AM

THere is no Arnie so maybe wait for DVD

Donny · 06-06-2009, 12:06 PM

I watched it the other nite, I thought it was by far the WORST of all the films.

T1 was by a million miles the best, T2 was great too except that annoying kid (Furlong or what ever his name is) T3 was ok, maybe a bit weak, but at least it sort of kept with the others.

TS was the re-boot from hell where the only bit I liked was the story about the 600/800 series terminators getting used/developed. The idea of the death row guy being part machine/man etc just didnt work, and the rest of the story was just a cobble together job. My rating....1 out of 10.

Glad I downloaded it and didnt waste dollar 1 at a cinema for that crap.

At least the Star Trek re-boot was done quite well, even tho I preferred the tradditional setup better.

Rodp · 06-06-2009, 12:11 PM

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Originally Posted by pauljh74

Even better - Youtube - search "family guy christian bale"

Yeah, saw that episode. It's a cracker. ;)

LowEL2XR8 · 07-06-2009, 12:29 PM

I saw it last night and loved it. I'm a big fan of military stuff and when they used the A-10s I new it was going to be good for me.
The suprise of having a certain Terminator in it was brilliant I had no idea. Its already been spoiled in one of the above posts.
T3 was rubbish. This one has rejuvenated the franchise. Bale was brilliant although never ever get into a helicopter with him.
Great story which will lead into another 2 movies.
I gave it a solid 8/10. I would of given more if a certain terminator was in it more and if there was a little more action like seen in the glimpses of the future in T1 and T2.

Loved it.

One thing I will say is I bet my left nut that it will extended/uncut in the DVD version. There were scenes left out that were in the preview trailers and there wasn't much blood. This was M rated but on DVD I reckon it will get MA15+ on it.

Rodp · 07-06-2009, 01:52 PM

Just came back from it. Enjoyable flick but I still, after all this time, am unable to wrap my head around the.. I have to send Kyle Reece back in time to get my mother up the duff so I'll exist which is key to the franchise.

It was interesting where they went with Sam Worthington but don't want to give away too many spoilers. Good to see a hometown boy be the focus of a Terminator movie. Outshone Bale by a mile.

ZA-289 · 07-06-2009, 06:06 PM

T1 = GOOD
T2= AWESOME
T3 = OK
T4 = AVERAGE

Saw T4 last night, didn't think much of it to be honest.....

Auslandau · 07-06-2009, 06:27 PM

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Originally Posted by ZA-289

T1 = GOOD
T2= AWESOME
T3 = OK
T4 = AVERAGE

Saw T4 last night, didn't think much of it to be honest.....

Agree with the above except I would give T3 a simular mark to T2 .... even though most don't but it was great and set things up for this one. T4 was a bit annoying and wanted to see more 'machines' without the, now very disturbing trend of hand held video, where things just get too shakey, arty and a bit amatureish.

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Originally Posted by Rodp

Just came back from it. Enjoyable flick but I still, after all this time, am unable to wrap my head around the.. I have to send Kyle Reece back in time to get my mother up the duff so I'll exist which is key to the franchise.

It was getting a bit "I'm my own grandpa"

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LowEL2XR8 · 07-06-2009, 06:36 PM

Its got the Star Trek time loop that has to happen, chicken and the egg type thing.

But hey its sci-fi not real. Just let it ride suspend your disbelief and enjoy an entertaining action flick. I think the 2nd and 3rd Terminators coming out of this new trilogy will have a lot more action in it.

cupic · 08-06-2009, 04:46 PM

T4 I will admit wasn't the greatest but its different and enjoyed it,you just know that T5 will be the icing on the cake

cheers

Fev · 08-06-2009, 06:51 PM

i saw this at the drive ins on sat night and loved it. Completely different to the other terminator movies but in a good way. 9/10

afroboy · 09-06-2009, 08:22 PM

Thought it was great, and agree with Fev, great in a different way.
If you are a hardcore fan, you can always buy a 1:1 scale T-800:
http://www.avforums.com/forums/movie...bat-model.html
It ways in at 166kg

Psi-Pop · 09-06-2009, 08:51 PM

I thought it was okay, my brain exploded from trying to wrap my head around the timeline, but besides that point, was entertaining.

I did enjoy when the radio is used and "You could be mine" comes on, thought that was a nice touch.

Windsor220 · 09-06-2009, 08:56 PM

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Originally Posted by afroboy

If you are a hardcore fan, you can always buy a 1:1 scale T-800:
http://www.avforums.com/forums/movie...bat-model.html
It ways in at 166kg

Imagine waking up in the middle of the night and forgetting you bought that thing!

afroboy · 09-06-2009, 09:37 PM

LOL Windsor220. Yeh, my wife wasn't impressed with the idea of one of those starring at her from the corner of the living room when she is watching TV

Stattic · 10-06-2009, 12:31 AM

i enjoyed the movie, the plot was patchy in places but oh well!
didnt know the tv series got canned, i stopped downloading it halfway through season 2 for some reason i dont remember but i was enjoying it lol

afroboy · 10-06-2009, 06:33 AM

Yeh season 2 ended leaving it wide open for season 3, but Fox canned it. Viewers dropped by half in the second season in the US.

Corzza · 10-06-2009, 07:46 AM

Seems its about 50/50

Il go check it out tonight