<![CDATA[io9: t4]]> http://tags.lifehacker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/io9.com.png <![CDATA[io9: t4]]> http://io9.com/tag/t4 http://io9.com/tag/t4 <![CDATA[The Worst Props From The Terminator Salvation Auction]]> The cash-strapped Halcyon is having a huge auction, and every single scrap of crap from Terminator 4 is up for sale. There's an aged microwave, Moon's messed-up bra — even a mysterious silver go-go dancing outfit for Helena Bonham Carter.

Hollywood Parts is selling off everything from the Terminator Salvation set — and we mean everything. Even boxes of clean t-shirts. While some of the things in this list could be interesting to own, like the Terminator X-Rays, or half metal skeletons of dead terminators, much of this stuff is the worst, especially this silver platform shoe get-up that Helena must have worn when she was a floating head at the end??? This costume must be from the trashed script many moons ago — sad really, 'cause that outfit could only have spiced up this film.


[via IESB]

]]>
http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5417768&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[When All Else Fails, Terminator 4 Tempts You With CG Arnold]]> Looks like it's come to this. Hoping to drum up some much-needed new buzz, the latest Terminator Salvation TV Spot reveals the big surprise twist in the ending: CG Arnold Schwarzenegger.

So there you have it: Arnold's entire cameo, more or less. That's about how much time he spends on film. But, in the movie's defense, it is a beautiful bit of CG work.

]]>
http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5279215&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[Is Terminator 4 Really Better Than Terminator 3? A Road Test Comparison]]> The one piece of praise I've heard from countless Terminator Salvation audience members is, "At least it wasn't as bad as Terminator 3." But was McG's film really better? To find out, we're breaking it down and comparing the two "worst" Terminators to see who wins the crown of crap.



We asked you guys what you thought about T3 versus T4 and the majority of you voted that it was either much better, or at least slightly better. I narrowed down the most important aspects of the Terminator franchise, and weighed them side by side.


John Connor:

T3: Nick Stahl was a depressing casting choice, who has thus far carried the title of "worst John Connor ever." But his character's story was at least slightly more interesting to watch than one-note Bale. Still the voice-cracking teary-faced "Why me?" moments got real old, real fast.

T4: While a completely intimidating military leader, his inability to make anyone remember why they loved the little rapscallion smart ass from T2 brought out zero audience identification for the troubled savior of man. Plus, he was kind of a dick.

Winner: T4. Even though Bale leaned a little too much on the Batman voice, he was still a much more believable bad ass than Nick Stahl could ever hope to be.


The Big Action Scene:

T3: Watching Arnold get dragged through building after building (debris and glass flying) all while dangling on the end of the crane zooming down the road was one of the two saving grace moments from Terminator 3. More importantly, it looked and felt believable. Say what you will about Jonathan Mostow, his decision to use real props and stunt men gave the big action scene a sense of realism.

T4: When the Harvester let out its robo-moan, I got excited. But watching the giant robo-monster pluck the kindly old lady out of the gas station and then swing and miss an easy target while our heroes peeled out in front of it was pretty unforgivable. Sure you could argue that the bots would never fire on Marcus, but that didn't stop them in LA, or keep them from throwing him off the side of the prisoner transport. But if you open up that can of worms, you've got to start debating why the machines were dumb enough to keep Kyle Reese prisoner in the first place, and not just execute him on sight. (Boom — future John Connor, dead.) Already there's entirely too much thinking for an action scene. Also if you're going to build moto-Terminators with built-in guns, make them use it. This way, some jerk who's lost in time and his two kid sidekicks won't be able to take them out in a few minutes.

Winner: T3. Shoot as many moto-transformers out of the Harverster's legs you want, in the end it all felt like a Transformer with terrible aim. Give me Arnold getting thrown through cement walls.


Friendly Terminators:

T3: Seeing an aged Arnold picking up a coffin and taking on a pack of cops was, well, frighteningly upsetting and silly (and boy did they run with it — remember the heinous star sunglasses?). But the one thing Arnold had over Marcus was a sense of realism. Watching the original Terminator knife open his own chest, ripping away his fleshy covering was, well, freaking cool. That robot just cut into his chest with a knife!

T4: Sadly, Marcus' robot innards (while part human) always looked and felt like a failed Photoshop contest. And let's not forget his magic ability to heal off-screen because damn, CG is expensive, so thank God we threw that line in the script. Also, not once, even when he was fighting off other Terminators, did I get a feel for his super-strength or robot abilities. Nor did I believe that he had any sort of emotional attachment to Kyle Reese that would validate his big rescue attempt.

Winner: T4. While Arnold appeared to be a more realistic robot with his flappy exoskeleton bits and charred flesh (which is really saying something when you look at the money McG had to make Marcus seem like a half human half robot) the insufferable robot feelings climax throws the win to Marcus. Let's all thank the robot gods we didn't have to sit through another "I....can't...control...my...functions...John Connor....having....feelings" red to blue view finder moment.


Bad Terminators:

T3: I've heard many a "thanks, but no thanks," to the T-X after she came out. Granted, her excessive amount of robot gadgetry seemed forced and got a little confusing at times (why doesn't she shape shift more? And if she can control all robots, why doesn't she attack John Connor through other machines?). But the T-X was above all things ruthless. Her primary function was to kill the human leaders of the Resistance, and that was always in the front of her mind. The she-terminator stuck to the franchise robot code that is, kill, kill, kill. Which made her frightening. Especially when she walked into a house full of kids and opened fire at point blank range. This is a robot that wants to kill you, not kidnap you in some poorly thought out plan and then leave only one Terminator to guard the door, when they have an ARMY being made in "the basement." Also the blood-licking DNA decoding scene was delightful. I was sometimes scared of this robot, which is more than I can say for the pack of blundering puppets from our Doomsday future.

T4: Was seeing the CG T-800 with the face of Arnold neat? yes. But the impact of that moment passed minutes after uttering the phrase "Hey, cool." The T-800 was not scary, and neither was Skynet. Never did I ever get the feeling of being menaced by superior robot intellect. Maybe the fight scene was difficult to follow, or perhaps it was because the T-800 insisted on throwing John Connor about when we all know it could snap his neck in seconds. It was a muddle of incompetence.

Winner: T3, for making a robot that never stopped trying to kill humans.


Kate Brewster (Connor)

T3: Claire Danes was not good in this movie. There was zero chemistry (from her end) and I just couldn't get on board with anything she did as Kate. Did she even care when her fiance was murdered? This character came across as a whiny girl, who conveniently knows how to fly a plane. I couldn't listen to her talk about so-and-so's basement for another second.

T4: Bryce Dallas Howard is a wonderful actress who was given nothing to do but stand around and make bug eyes for the entire movie. This is not her fault.

Winner: T4. For not having Claire Danes in the film.


The Big Finale:

T3: The whole thing was a lie. Judgment Day was inevitable. The two kids are tricked by a caring father into an underground bomb shelter, thereby just missing the nuclear war. This was the second saving grace moment of T3 and possibly the best part of the film. As a viewer, you kind of got the feeling it was being set up, but the big reveal was still shocking. Plus the bomb shelter was time-capsule gorgeous, and part of me wanted to live down there and start on the Resistance — after we killed Danes and ate her for sustenance, of course.

T4: Marcus gets his second chance, by giving John Connor his heart. Do we care about his second chance? Not really. No one ever truly believed a dude who befriended orphaned kids in a run-down future was ever really that bad to start off with. So the whole "this is your moment, Marcus" thing was a total waste. But it all worked out in the end, and the team flies away on the wings of helicopter angels to have a big teddy-bear picnic in the sky. From high above, Marcus looks down from Heaven and winks. John Connor lifts his weak limb and shoots back a thumbs up, to heaven. And for one moment in the hell we call a future, things are A-OK. At least that's what I got out of it.

Winner: T3.

So as of right now, it's a tie. Hmmm, I leave it in your hands. But I'm starting to lean more towards T3, which at least doesn't have a wily sidekick child in it, who just so happens to have a bag of convenient tools on her at all times. But that's just me.

]]>
http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5271146&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[Sarah Connor's Time-Traveling Booty Call, And Other Great Terminator Spoofs]]> Learn why the T-800 has an Austrian accent, hear the T4 theme music ukulele-style, and find out the real reason Kyle Reese went back in time. Here is collection of great Terminator spoofs, tributes and YouTube skits.



Sexin' Up Sarah Connor:
Handjobs For The Future

Atom.com: Funny Videos | Extreme Humor | TV & Movie Spoofs


Terminator Ukulele Soundtrack:

Why Terminators Travel Back In Time Naked:

See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.


Terminator And Jesus (Oldie But A Goodie)

Family Guy On Christian Bale

]]>
http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5263851&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[Robert Patrick Toys With Our Hearts For Terminator 5]]> Director McG loves to toss around names from past Terminator movies, and it seemed to work with getting Arnold and Linda Hamilton. But what about Robert Patrick - will be be coming back for T5?

FearNet asked Robert Patrick if he'd ever consider coming back as the "cell replication scientist" who helped develop the T-1000, an idea McG dreamed up and pitched a while back, for the fifth Terminator installment.

"Yeah, he talked to me about it," said Patrick. "I'm interested. I was listening to him tell me about it. I had no idea that he thought about that. I love McG. He's a great guy. I've worked with him before, had a great experience working with him both times – I did Charlie's Angels 2 and We Are Marshall. And I certainly can't think of anybody to tackle T4 other than him right now.... But we saw each other and he talked to me about it, so we'll see what happens. The sci-fi genre, and specifically that character, is something I'm very proud of. It's what broke me out big to the world. And it's a character that I've lived with ever since, and I kind of carry it with me everywhere I go, for good or bad. So it's obviously something that's very dear to me and real special to me. That was a real special time. That franchise means a lot to me. All of those people were great people to work with. I love ‘em all – Jim Cameron and Arnold and Linda and Eddie. It was a real, real special time in my life."

I love that he loves this character as much as I do. While I'm a little iffy about meeting the T-1000 as a human (because he'll always be the cold blooded "Have you seen this boy" cop to me) it would be great to see him back in the franchise, one way or another.

]]>
http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5193302&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[John Connor's Future Has Some Serious Gun-Control Issues]]> Everybody gets a gun in Terminator Salvation's bleak-and-dusty doomsday future. Even the unfortunately-hatted little girl gets to tote about some measure of firepower. New images from Terminator Salvation are locked and loaded.

International distributor Columbia Pictures have released a handful of new Terminator Salvation pics, which appear to be incredibly gun happy - which is fine, seeing as we'll probably have to shoot everything that moves, after the Earth is taken over by evil robots who want nothing else than to wipe the world of mankind. But what's the bigger crime, I ask you, the gun violence, or that poor child's horrible hat?

Terminator Salvation will be out in theaters May 21.
[via Slashfilm]

]]>
http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5180024&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[Linda Hamilton Is Officially Going Back To Fighting Robots]]> There's been a lot of speculation surrounding Terminator Salvation's cameos. But it sounds like Linda Hamilton will be coming back, to keep a part of the old franchise alive.

CHUD is reporting, based on an inside source, that Linda Hamilton did indeed loan out her vocal cords for a beginning voice-over, which have become a bit of a tradition now for the Terminators. According to CHUD the voice over is very similar to her T2 narration and only shows up at the beginning of the flick. Sounds good to me - now, where's Arnold?

Terminator Salvation will be out in theaters May 21.

]]>
http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5173046&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[New T4 Trailer Asks, "When Can You Trust A Terminator?"]]> We've heard for ages that Terminator Salvation's Marcus Wright was something we'd never seen before. Now you can see what that means, in this new trailer. Update: Better quality version.

]]>
http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5163187&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[Dress Your Entire Family In Post-Apocalyptic Dancewear]]> Want to know what Terminator Salvation will really be like? The Onion AV Club has your T4 forecast, based on the movie's Halloween costumes (courtesy of Slashfilm.) I'm ready for the Dannity Kane-Verne Troyer-wolf-man crossover.

]]>
http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5148254&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[New Stills Teach Us How To Make Baby Terminators]]> Take a closer look at how fresh young Terminators are made, in the super secret Skynet factory that's heavily featured in Terminator Salvation. Newly released stills and concept art below.

A new set of pictures from Screen Week, and concept art from Wired Magazine, are helping to set the scene for McG's desperate future. Looks like the humans are in for a faceful of hydrobot pain, whilst the Terminators continue to experiment on human cells in their pristine laboratory.

Skynet's evil lair is even creepier, because it's so white, bright and clean compared to the rest of the broken down world. Let's hope John Connor can save us all from a fate worse than death. Terminator Salvation opens May 22, 2009.

More pics at the links.

[Screen Week and Wired]

]]>
http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5144164&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[Sarah Connor Will Haunt Terminator Salvation]]> Just when you think the robots have finally beaten our favorite crazy-pants heroine, rumors of a Linda Hamilton cameo in Terminator Salvation are circulating again. No man — or robot — can keep her down.

At the L.A. stop on the McG Terminator roadshow, the director shared his dream of getting the original Sarah Connor in on the Terminator Salvation project. He would like to get Linda Hamilton to contribute a voice-over from the diary tapes we see her making in the original films, which would appear at the beginning and end of the film. This makes sense, as Sarah should not be around according to the Terminator timelines, but her tapes certainly could.

Mc G told the press that:

"We're in the business of doing that right now," McG said. "So we'll see what happens. She seems to be very supportive of the film. I look forward to showing it to her in about a week or so." He added: "The tapes that she left for her son to be aware of what it was going to take to win the war, those are the tapes that are going to bring us in and out of the picture."

[Sci Fi Wire]

]]>
http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5132349&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[Terminator Ending "Might Piss Off A Lot Of People"]]> Last night we were treated to about 15 minutes of Terminator Salvation footage. Spoilery details of what's going on below, plus McG's confession that the ending might piss people off.

James Cameron loyalists, rest assured: it's going to be a fun ride.

Before the screening, director McG sat us all down, and told us the tale of getting Terminator Salvation made. The producers approached him with the idea, and he was initially skeptical — as I would be if I heard someone pitch another Terminator movie.

But McG liked the angle, and went about procuring the best and the brightest, starting with seeking out James Cameron for a pseudo-blessing, and ending with Christian Bale telling him to rewrite the entire thing, or he's out. McG's a smart director, he knew he needed someone with crazy acting chops to make fighting a giant robo-puppet believable these days. So he hired Jonah Nolan, and they wrote the story that we all love to watch: the creation of a hero.

"We started working on this becoming story of how Connor indeed became the leader of the resistance," McG explained. "And we were both passionate about those genesis stories where you think, "I'm just a high school newspaper guy." "No, you're Peter Parker. With great power comes great responsibility." "I'm just a computer hacker." "No, you're Neo. You're the one." We like that idea. This is the story about how Connor became the leader of the resistance."

But on to the goods, first the was a quickie compilation that showed a cavalry of helicopters coming to the rescue, and general John Connor ass-kickery. But finally they got to the clips: the first scene was all about Sam Worthington's character Marcus Wright, meeting Kyle Reese. To put it McG style:

When you meet Marcus in the beginning of the movie, he's being put to death in the modern day. And he's down on himself... He's in this life of privilege that he only ever saw the bad side to. Then he wakes up in this world of duress, after the bombs have gone off. And he discovers what is worthwhile about humanity. The courage of this little kid, the kindness of an elderly woman..."

Marcus, Kyle Reese and an unknown floppy-haired kid descend upon the hollowed out, worn-down 7-11 (that we've seen in set pictures before). The two scavenge for food, as a bewildered Marcus looks on. Reese is practically telling Marcus what to do and what not to do, which jibes with what McG told us about Marcus waking up in another world in the future, unaware of what has happened to him, or around him. The look itself is silvery and dirty, thanks to the specially tinted film McG mixed up himself. Everyone has a bit of a silver gloss over the shadowy part of his face, and dark circles and wrinkles are amplified to the 1000th degree across the screen. It's beautifully brutal.

The floppy-haired kid finds a small amount of milk, but they before they can devour it, a group of Mad Max-looking types pop out of their hiding places, guns a-blazin'. They shout that this is their food and fuel. Reese tries to exit without setting off any itchy trigger fingers. Yet a wise old woman stops the gang and offers up some food to the kid with the bad hair. Everyone calms down for a minute, but you all know that when things are too quiet, there's a big bad on the way. Sure enough a massive metal Harvester rips through the ceiling and carries off the good-natured woman. All the others disperses to their assembly of beat-up Saabs and trailers, and speeds away in fear, to their detriment of course. These Harvesters are wreaking destruction, "all in the interest of collecting humans so they can do nasty things to us, all in the spirit of creating the T-800," the director explained. Run, humans, run to your dirty cars and grab your shotguns, but it will do you no good, that Harvester is damn near indestructible. The action scene was tightly filmed and, thank god, didn't have an inch of shaky cam.

Since we got a good look at the really big bots in Terminator Salvation, let's just nip this whole Transformers versus Terminator controversy in the bud. Even though the effects that I witnessed last night were by no means finished, you could see what McG and friends were trying to do.

Granted, the Harvester does shoot off the wheelie Mototerminators from its legs in a very Transformery manner, but it's nothing like Transformers. The Harvesters rattle off a guteral moan so frightening, it'd make the Cloverfield monster piss his pants. It's cold, calculating robots killing and abducting men, the best way they know how. There's no personality or sassy attitudes, it is simply a gloriously intense moment of robots exterminating and capturing people. If anything, the few moments I caught felt more like the first 15 terrifying minutes of Planet Of The Apes more so than Transformers, especially with the fast pace and the ever-present fear of being dragged about by a robot into a pen filled with humans. It's cruel and fast, just like a Terminator should be. No room for witty banter or "talk to the hand" references in this movie — it would be out of place in a world where milk is a luxury.

Someone asked McG if he was worried about the Transformers comparison, and he pretty much blew it off, saying the movies are so completely different, that they just couldn't be compared.

Most of the music was filler, since the great Danny Elfman has just signed on board for Terminator 4. But we got to hear McG's original idea, of using Gustavo Santaolalla for the human-interaction scenes, paired with Thom Yorke's Radiohead robot-dream tunes for any Skynet heavy moments. This idea got thrown to the wayside after sitting down and talking with the regular spooky Elfman. Note to Yorke: it's still totally okay to pursue this idea, in fact, I'll send you my money now to see what kind of sounds you'd dream up for a Terminator flick.

The next scene pitted John Connor against a Hydrobot's tentacles, which easily kill off his crew and sinks Connor's hovering helicopter. Finally after a few more minutes of Hydrobot wrasslin', we're treated to a tiny taste of what McG described as a Faustian deal with the devil moment. He was talking about Marcus, who's been exposed as a Terminator, finding an uneasy truce with Connor so they can bust the young Kyle Reese out of the human containment facility. Yet another awesome action scene, and I admit I had a few "Oh no, look out behind you, J.C." moments. But my appetite wasn't quenched with the back-and-forth. McG is making a platform for this movie based on the stand-out dialog and acting, and I wanted to see a lot more of that.

In fact I have a feeling a lot of this movie may be full of Bale-face:

"Christian is so powerful," McG said. "There are several times in the movie where I stay on him for one shot and I don't cut. I'm talking 2 or 3 pages of dialogue where you stay on Christian Bale. He's controlling his breathing, he's choosing when he blinks, he's in such command of his physicality that it doesn't require cutting."

So does the back-and-forth moment deliver? Sure. Is it the most amazing intense holy-shit-my-mind-is-blown moment? Not yet, but I feel like that is yet to come (probably in the final big reveal). Which is pretty much what I'm hinging this entire movie upon. So far, it is full of good looking adrenaline inducing crazy that hits right in the gut where a great action movie should. So if you believe McG about Bale's performance, pair that with Bale's acting on set and you won't be able to rip your eyes away from him.

Still, we all know about the big twist ending that's been reported wildly across the internet, which the director insisted again was completely not true, but either way we know there is a twist. A twist that may "piss off a lot of people," quoth McG. This is what I'll hang my final decision on, only because it should change the way I view everything about the past and future of the Terminator franchise.

I'm just so happy to report to all of you that it's really coming together nicely. Our goal was always to make a big movie, one of the best movies. Because for a long time there I think the summer fare really fell off. And summer movies were becoming a little sloppy, a little disposable. I think with the Dark Knight this year that's an elegant, elegant artistic offering, and the second biggest picture in the history of cinema.

So if we're clever, we can make a big movie that's a lot of fun but and certainly a summer movie — but also an important movie, especially a movie in this genre. I think any good science fiction movie really works on two levels. The Matrix is a great example where you can watch it and say "Hey wow, that's fun that's really explosive" and then all of us can go to a graduate class at NYU and spend four years discussing the theological implications of what the Wachowskis were discussing.

Me too, McG, me too. No longer shall I join in the "fuck that guy from Charlie's Angels" chorus (which the director himself pointed out was one of the most hated on things about him thus far, besides the name). God help me, after last night I'm really pushing for a McG victory here.

]]>
http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5130277&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[Terminator Salvation Gets Elfman Bump]]> Yes, Danny Elfman is composing the score for T4; no, he's not starting with the original theme and working his way out. This maestro is flying by the seat of his pants.

Danny Elfman should already be on your iPod's sci-fi scores playlist for the early Batmans, Spider-Man, Hulk, Corpse Bride, and the Oscar-nominated Men in Black. Now, MTV confirms that Elfman will lead the orchestra for Terminator Salvation — but will this new work be more like his Chicago songs or more like the score of Good Will Hunting? The musician is twinkly-eyed and tight-lipped:

The Academy Award nominated composer from films like Good Will Hunting, The Corpse Bride and Batman indicated that the original Terminator theme by composer Brad Fiedel was not in use yet; nor is there mandate to incorporate the classic symphonic hook. He did, however, leave the door open for its appearance.

"I think if it comes up and it seems appropriate, we will [use it]," Elman said. "And if it doesn't, we [won't]. I never really know what to expect when I begin other than just kind of get into it and have fun. Especially a movie like T4 – just have fun. So that's what I intend to do."

Adding later that he found the T4 screening "exciting," good old Danny has given us two things to expect from his new project — fun and exciting. Sounds perfectly fitting for the grim tale of a post-apocalyptic Messianic sacrifice!

By the way, MTV also tells us that T4 star and rapper Common will be contributing a track to Salvation's score, following in the footsteps of one alien-fighting Will Smith. Hoping for another wild Oscar bid, Elfman?

Danny Elfman To Score 'Terminator Salvation' [MTV Movies Blog]

Image by Jimmy Lenner, Jr., from Jewish Journal.

]]>
http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5128758&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[New Terminator Stills Show John Connor's Big Robot-Killin' Guns]]> The new Terminator has John Connor all suited up, complete with robo-killing gun and ear piece. Entertainment Weekly has a slew of new photos from Terminator, Wolverine, Land Of The Lost, Watchmen and Harry Potter.

John Connor definitely has the look. It should be interesting to see how director McG explains how the revolutionary leader came up through the ranks in Terminator Salvation. I wonder how our future-wasteland dwellers manage to stock up on weaponry and military tools. Also, fingers crossed for some excellent use of fire power.

Popeater also has a close look at the big hulking T-600. (Bigger pic at the link.)

Wolverine does not want to take a bath. According to Entertainment Weekly, it wasn't always Wolverine that was going to get the first origins story. Producer Lauren Shuler Donner explains that "It wasn't always part of the plan, but Hugh brought that character to vivid life." Oh right, like they were going to make the Cyclops movie, after the way they treated him in the X-Men movies.

Harry Potter and Ginny Weasley cuddle up for a special moment, in this summers' Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince.

Will Ferrell tells Entertainment Weekly that the the dinosaurs in Land Of The Lost are "scary as sh—.''

And finally there is a shot of The Watchmen's Comedian, a little grayer around the edges and with the second spin on his costumed adventurer look.

[Entertainment Weekly]

]]>
http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5122021&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[John Connor Plays Chicken With Terminator Salvation Hydrobot]]> John Connor teases the spiky end of the Terminator Salvation's hydrobot. When you lose your hand, John, don't come crying to me. Two new Terminator pics are out, showing the desolate beauty of McG's future.


Film School Rejects has two new T4 pics they unearthed from the internet, and that desolate future, where man is practically extinct, looks absolutely lovely. Maybe it's the setting sun, but John Connor's "magic hour" is quite lovely in the hollowed out shell that is LA. Is it wrong when I look at this and John Williams' music starts playing in my head? It's just so Tatooine, in a good way.

I'm looking forward to seeing more and more of the fun part human, part robot pictures, but these beauties will do for now. Terminator Salvation opens in theaters on May 22, 2009.

]]>
http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5116557&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[What T4 Plot Secret Is Hidden In Terminator Salvation Busts?]]> DC Direct have unveiled a collection of very detailed Terminator Salvation busts including one very mysterious "T-RIP". Is the ending of T4 wrapped up in this figure somehow? Speculations and pics below.

Here is a picture of the mysterious bust titled T-RIP:

According to DC Direct,

In the highly anticipated new installment of The Terminator film franchise, set in post-apocalyptic 2018, Christian Bale stars as John Connor, the man fated to lead the human resistance against Skynet and its army of Terminators. But the future Connor was raised to believe in is altered in part by the appearance of Marcus Wright (Sam Worthington), a stranger whose last memory is of being on death row. Connor must decide whether Marcus has been sent from the future, or rescued from the past. As Skynet prepares its final onslaught, Connor and Marcus both embark on an odyssey that takes them into the heart of Skynet's operations, where they uncover the terrible secret behind the possible annihilation of mankind.

So could this be the "terrible secret" behind the annihilation of mankind? Also there is no bust for Christian Bale as our dear John Connor. If you ask me, it looks like the top half of a sickly terminator skeleton. But one that has been badly beaten down and is missing arms. Could this be the machine behind Skynet?

Besides the T-RIP, there is a bust of T-600, Anton Yelchin as Kyle Reese, Moon Bloodgood's character Blair Williams and Sam Worthington as Marcus Wright.

The busts are $79.99 and can be ordered at DC Direct.

]]>
http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5115047&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[All The Details Behind The Terminator Sets]]> Take a peek inside McG's Terminator factory with a round up of set reports from T4, including out how JC's pretty face is scratched up, and who's getting naked.

News is pouring in from numerous outlets all about the behind the scenes set visit at McG's Terminator: Salvation. We scoured the web and pulled in all the best details like this gorgeous look at the Terminator making factory from LA Times It is gorgeous in a dirty, hopeless nightmare-inducing way. But now onto the details.

First and foremostm MovieWeb points out, in an interview with the director McG that when we meet John Connor, he's still climbing the ladder towards his eventual revolution. Right now he's still taking orders and getting coffee:

You realize he's not the one calling the shots. He came out of the hole three years after the radiation cleared with some other survivors only to hear, 'I've got twenty years in the Marines. Get the fuck in line. I'm not going to hear about your mystic Cleo bullshit. We're at war!' You realize that Connor has to struggle. Through the body of the story, we will see how his fate is achieved.

This is kind of an amazing idea, because I love it when people boss around Christian Bale and then he swoops in and sets them straight. But more than watching him develop into a full fledged savior, I want to see the hell that he lives in, and oh what a hell it is. Collider was particularly impressed with each painstaking detail applied across each set, even in Connor's underground world.

This wasn’t some green screen production. They had tons and tons of practical sets and each one felt lived in and real. One of the highlights was walking around John Connor’s bunker. I examined the books on the bookcase and the batteries carefully arranged. After all, this was the future, and supplies like batteries need to be taken care of.

Now top all that John Connor action, set detail and robot madness with a grown-up, possibly R-rated, movie. There's no dry humping here Terminator Salvation gets down and dirty. This will not be a sissy movie it's got it all from steamy sex scenes to bad boy fights according to Slashfilm:

People haven’t seen anything yet. And for those who believe this film will definitely be PG-13, think again. We saw a piece of footage that showed Moon Bloodgood topless in the rain, which certainly gave me the impression that the rating has yet to be decided.

But what about the leaked ending? Is it changed? CHUD, one of the first sites to report this the deeply controversial ending was scanning each story board and though the final moments of the film wasn't revealed (obviously, somethings need to be kept safe) they detected a hint of the unknown, which is wonderful in these overly spoiled days.

There were some things being hidden from us... or maybe there were some things that were still in flux. It was no secret that Jonathan Nolan was rewriting the script for McG, and some elements - like the highly controversial ending - seemed up in the air.

But probably the most exciting thing I've read thus far is how John Connor got that infamous scar across his face that we all saw in Terminator 2. UGO's got the goods:

And in the middle of everything, there’s Christian Bale, dirtied, decked out in his ragtag soldier-of-the-future garb. Right now he’s on the floor. Pinned down. A puppeteer hovers above him, just out of camera range, working a Stan Winston Terminator arm. The metal fingers claw for Bale’s face, tear down his cheek, giving John Connor that infamous scar. Bale screams. Way method.

I'm now more excited than ever, click on each site to read more details about the different visits and start getting ready for the T4 revolution.

]]>
http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5107995&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[It's Judgement Day: Yet Another Terminator Trailer Reveals All The Dirty Details]]> Christmas has come early! Just moments after the Japanese Terminator 4 hydrobot wrasslin' trailer spilled out, the official Terminator Salvation trailer has been released, in shiny high definition glory.

[Apple]

]]>
http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5106149&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[New Terminator Trailer Debuts Wheelie Bots And Bale Butt Kicking]]> There's just nothing like hearing Christian Bale shout out, "I'm John Connor!" A new trailer for Terminator Salvation shows us not only the death dealing motorcycle terminators, but John Connor giving it to the robots, face-full-of-bullets style. Truly, the "devil's hands have been busy."

Terminator: Salvation will be released in theaters on May 22, 2009.

[via Slashfilm]

]]>
http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5105779&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[Terminator 4 Concept Art Shows Half Breed Robo Killers]]> Wow, McG wasn't kidding when he said that Terminator 4 was going to be all work and no play. This "in between" terminator concept art looks like a half person, half robot, with a pinch of motorbike. It's a broken-down calamity, but scary as hell — which completely fits in the overall look of despair McG has promised fans in the new Terminator Salvation. Check out a gallery of robo-crazies, and prepare for the ultimate battle. Spoilers ahead.

The half man, half bot creation is the T-600, which is not yet Arnold's T-800 and nowhere near the slinky liquid metal look of the T-1000. But look at that cannon he's got attached to his arm — I dare you to try and run away from those shells.

Also in this batch are the ginormous Harvesters with a close up on their spying tail. But more important is a close-up look at the Mototerminator. I'm by far and away most excited for the Mototerminator, which are exactly what you think they are, motorcycle terminators. Now as far as I can tell in this robot does NOT unwind into a Wheeler, a la Return To Oz, but you know what? It's one heck of a close call.

True, this could be fan art, but it looks so similar to the Hydrobots and Harvesters from the trailer, it's hard to miss the similarity.

I'm even more excited now. Who knew a halfway formed Terminator could be as exciting as a terminator that could transform into any shape it pleased? Terminator Salvation will be released in theaters on May 22, 2009.
[Filmonic]

]]>
http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5081729&view=rss&microfeed=true