terminator 4: christian bale starring, but crap director

[saz]

"The ‘American Psycho’ star has reportedly signed up to play John Connor, the savior of the human race, in ‘Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins’.

The fourth installment of the ‘Terminator’ series is being helmed by ‘Charlie’s Angels’ director McG and is due to start filming early next year.

McG hopes the movie will be the first of a new ‘Terminator’ trilogy set in the future, telling the story of the war between humans and the Skynet robots.

In the first three ‘Terminator’ films - which starred the now Governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger - different generations of the killer robot travel back in time in a bid to kill John Connor, or prevent his existence, and stop him winning the battle for humanity in the future.

McG’s new Warner Bros. project is set for release in summer 2009.

Bale is currently filming new Batman film ‘The Dark Knight’, in which he plays the caped crusader for the second time."



t3 ruined the franchise. i'm not expecting much here...too bad james cameron isn't returning.

[Junker]

t3 ruined the franchise. i'm not expecting much here...too bad james cameron isn't returning.

You couldnt be more right. The first 2 are classics. Now the third ruined everything. And the fourth will probably follow the same way.

On a related topic, what about the new Fox tv Show Sarah Connor Chronicles???

When it'll be aired???

[HEIRESS]

christian bale as john connor *sploooooge*

[BBboy20]

Can one "man" save the "future"? Probably not; but hey, it's NOW interesting how this going to turn out.

[TurdBerglar]

maybe this will be the next real good movie in a real long time

[BBboy20]

maybe this will be the next real good movie in a real long timeWhen I said "turn out" I meant more how Bale's presence is going to effect the crappyness that is surround him.

[paul jones]

The first Terminator is the best because it's more like a comedy.

You have to laugh when Arnie says things like

"SARAAA CONAAAAARR"

genius

[Lemmy's Liver]

I don't think 3 was THAT bad, really. I just watched it hung over, stapled to the couch the other sunday and I quite liked it. Of course it's completely brainless compared to 1 & 2 and of course it mostly sells because of the whats-her-name-no-talent who has a decent rack. But who cares, it's still got CYBORG ACTION! (y)

[beastieangel01]

I am hopeful because of Christian Bale. McG, eh. I was entertained by the mindlessness of Charlies Angels but I don't know that it will work for a Terminator movie (as weird as that sounds to some I'm sure).

[b i o n i c]

someone bump this when the movie comes out


this movie will make tons of money, watch.


(it is a little weird having batman be the terminator too)

[TAL]

(it is a little weird having batman be the terminator too)

John Connor isn't the terminator. So it's not weird at all.

[saz]

trailer (http://buzzcuts.uproxx.com/movies/2063)

josh brolin is rumoured to be the new terminator.

[HEIRESS]

holeeeeeeeeeeee shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit.

[roosta]

i live in the hope that Bale wouldn't pick a shit script...

then again, I haven't seen that dragon film...

[na§tee]

haha, i have reign of fire on dvd.. i half expected matthew mcconaughey to yell "yippee kay yay motherfucker!" or something similar.

it's not so bad. honest.

[The Notorious LOL]

what bullshit. When are they going to go back to making original movies? Most of the 2000s can be summed up as "profiting off of shit that was popular 20 years ago".

[saz]

the director is touting this as a re-boot of the franchise, similar to batman begins. i'm cautiously optimistic, as the first two films were really good and cameron's original vision was a great concept overall. we'll see.

but yeah i agree, hollywood is running out of ideas and there's more comic book movies yet to come. apparently john woo might be directing an adaptation of king arthur set in the wild west (http://www.filmdrunk.com/post.phtml?pk=2187). :rolleyes:

[roosta]

what bullshit. When are they going to go back to making original movies? Most of the 2000s can be summed up as "profiting off of shit that was popular 20 years ago".

(y)

seriously.....id say 90% of big films these days are either remakes or adaptations from tv/comics....its out of control

they are remaking ROBOCOP. Its only 20 fucking years ago, hasn't aged and is still relevant....

[Freebasser]

Every year there's a whole new group of 11 year olds ready to sneak into the next big film at their local cinema.

Hollywood is remaking everything because they hope that this new stab-happy generation will take to the new ones first, having never seen the originals. Doesn't harm their cause none when they're all dumbed down to 12As so any little fucker with a bumfluff tache can bluff their way in and spend their parents' hard earned moolah.

Then they'll buy the DVD, the tshirts, the colouring books, the lunch box, the FLAMETHROWER etc.

Ka-ching!

[The Notorious LOL]

Theres the whole "market old stuff to a younger generation" approach, plus they can cash in big on the whole nostalgia craze! Aint no one more excited to see the new GI Joe movie then legions of 30 something dads who desperately want to re-live their childhoods and secretly wish they could still piss in the back yard and use childhood as the scapegoat.

Fucking ridiculous. I read some figure that on average it costs a studio approx $89 million to make a movie start to finish including all costs. Why take a shot in the dark with creativity when you have to milk the cash cow? Churn out more of the same bullshit thats sure to fill seats.


Oh my fucking god you werent even kidding they are remaking Robocop. I hope no one sees it and the studio loses their asses and rethinks this whole approach they've been doing for the past 5 or 6 years.

[The Notorious LOL]

"yessir, the 2000s were a splendid time for movies...we had 80s remakes, sequels of 80s movies, movies based on 80s cartoons, and No Country for Old Men"

[insertnamehere]

"yessir, the 2000s were a splendid time for movies...we had 80s remakes, sequels of 80s movies, movies based on 80s cartoons, and No Country for Old Men"

hey, there have been some good films not related to the 80s...

...

... so i haven't seen it but i heard wall-e was good, right?

[taquitos]

hey, there have been some good films not related to the 80s...

...

... so i haven't seen it but i heard wall-e was good, right?

dude, wall-e was set in the eighties :rolleyes:

[The Notorious LOL]

wall-e is a very good movie marketed and touted as earth shattering. Undeserving, but still a good movie.

[saz]

so, rebooting a previously great franchise, ie t1 and t2, is bad (although i'm cautious due to who is directing, but bale is starring), but wall-e was good?

[Echewta]

I'm no dad. *whew*

[The Notorious LOL]

so, rebooting a previously great franchise, ie t1 and t2, is bad (although i'm cautious due to who is directing, but bale is starring), but wall-e was good?

wall-e was at least something new and creative, which seems more and more rare.

[insertnamehere]

bringing back the x-files for another movie seems like a pretty random move...

not quite the 80s but i think relavent to this thread topic

the last movie i can think of really enjoying at the theater that wasn't related to something from the 80s or a comic book was planet terror

that wasn't based on a graphic novel or some shit, was it?

[Lyman Zerga]

fuck all that warmed up crap! the old and first versions of movies are better anyway

it's all about special effects these days, the stories dont really matter anymore but it's your fault for watching every new hyped crap bullshit that runs in cinemas

[BBboy20]

Fucking ridiculous. I read some figure that on average it costs a studio approx $89 million to make a movie start to finish including all costs. Why take a shot in the dark with creativity when you have to milk the cash cow? Churn out more of the same bullshit thats sure to fill seats.I don't think they even care anymore; as so long it makes money, that'll all that will matter for them.

[saz]

latest trailer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_hIIDEQY3w)

looks insane

[mathcart]

promising!
(y)

[roosta]

this looks good

[Dorothy Wood]

I don't really think McG's that bad of a director. he's just got a stupid name.

that movie looks pretty bad ass.

[BBboy20]

O_O_O_O_O...is this some kind of paradox in quality or something..whahwat?

[Kid Presentable]

aaaiiyeee that movie looks tits. (y)

[Tzar]

can't fuckin' wait.

[b i o n i c]

i thinki this movie is gonna kick ass and everything, but that trailer was way underwhelming to me(n)

[beastieangel01]

please be good please be good please be good please be good