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'Terminator Salvation': The Updates Begin

The Comic Con crowds absolutely devoured Terminator Salvation last month, where they were treated to new footage and a panel discussion led by director McG, who I'm told by the brothers at MoviePulse displayed plenty of "self-assuredness" during his time on the dais. One fan who couldn't make it to Comic Con was California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, but I guess if Arnold wants to see what you're working on, you set that up for him.

So the Los Angeles Times reports that Arnie had a private screening of Terminator Salvation footage, and the odds are he saw the same thing the Comic Con fans did. But he sounds a little unimpressed.

"I still don't know how it will play out with this one," said Schwarzenegger. "They showed me some footage, but I don't have a feel for the movie. I didn't see enough. I wasn't sure who the Terminator was. I don't know if there is one or if he's the star or the hero. These are the things that determine the success and how the strong the movie will be."

Geez, dude, pay attention. Christian Bale is John Connor, and one of the Terminators is your old workout buddy, Roland Kickinger. He was probably too busy laying off 10,000 state workers when the Kickinger news broke. It happens.

But he remains optimistic, kind of. "With Batman and Terminator, those big movies, there's a certain expectation and if you don't live up to it, if the movie is not a 10, then the business will be soft," continued Arnold.. "If [Salvation] is pushing it forward, it will be breaking records all the time. If [director McG] has the T4 and the kind of shots that has the audience thinking, 'Now how did he do that?' -- then it is Terminator and you can blow everyone away and every record at the box office."

In other Terminews, it's been announced that the first full trailer will be attached to Quantum of Solace, the new James Bond movie. That movie opens on November 7th, which means you'll probably be able to find the trailer online by October 30th. Terminator Salvation opens on May 22, 2009. Based on what I've seen of this film, Watchmen, and Wolverine, the first big blockbusters of the year look pretty good. Now we just need some Star Trek updates and we're set through Memorial Day.

Posted on Tuesday, August 5, 2008 at 10:14AM by Registered CommenterColin Boyd in , , , , | Comments3 Comments

Reader Comments (3)

You gotta believe that Arnie thought Terminator would be there for him when he left office...that it's not has got to leave him a little irked, and a little reluctant to give his blessing to the next generation...

Don't you think?

Tuesday, August 5, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterRambo

A little bit, yeah. I can't believe he'd have the gall to question a film's entertainment value after Collateral Damage, but that's another story altogether.

Tuesday, August 5, 2008 | Registered CommenterColin Boyd

I'm More worried that McG Is Directing it.

Monday, August 18, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterBoo McG

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