Check Out the Harvester from 'Terminator Salvation'

Ignore for the moment McG's intro ("Hey Pizza Hut and Terminator fans...") and just watch the video of this attack scene from Terminator Salvation, which is followed by a great post-mortem featuring the special effects artists telling us the secrets to their trick. Watching the video makes me think this is kind of the anti-Transformers in every way. As opposed to a giant urban area, Terminator takes place in a desolate wasteland, and while there are big explosions and enormous robots, this is much more methodical, like a hunter stalking its prey. So here's a look at the Skynet Harvesters in action, laying waste to what used to be a 7-11 in an effort to snuff out some members of the resistance. Regarding the Pizza Hut thing, that's a marketing decision and has no bearing whatsoever on the film. And if you're going to deride that, fanboy, take the gold star off The Dark Knight, which could count among its lucre Domino's Pizza promotions. These movies are prohibitively expensive, and corporate partnerships help soften the blow financially. Now, if John Connor eats a Pizzone in every scene, then bitch all you want.

Comments

[Asana]

Methinks you protest too much Colin, who has come to complain about pizza hut? ::crickets chirp in background::: Most everyone knows that movies of any given size have some promotional tie-in somewhere. As it stands for this clip in particular it's really immaterial because it's not a part of the film footage. Sometimes there are no fires to put out unless we stoke them ourselves to begin with.

[orinn]

I think Asana underestimates the power of the dark side, er fanboys. Go look up a video of a comicon, and the inane questions that fanboys ask. When movies poke fun about fanboys asking technical questions about transporters, there being gentle. Fanboys are far far worse.

[Get The Big Picture]

Asana - I saw a few blog posts and comments about the Papa John's Wolverine pizza promotion a couple of weeks ago. You're right, it is immaterial to the clip, but people tend to get upset at product placement. Some Star Trek viewers didn't like that Budweiser is dropped in an early scene in the film.

[SEAN]

Who honestly gives a fuck if a product or some shit like that is endorsed everyone is making a bigger deal than it is.

It does soften the blow financially and as long as it doesnt hinder the film or my experience of the plot, characters, and acting, and action fuck it Im ok with it but obviously wouldnt want it

DAM this clip is sick...

Hey does any one know what was the total budget of this film??? Excluding the marketing and promoting dollars???

Anybody?

[orinn]

do we ever get to know that number. Sometimes were told production budget, and then we make a fair guess of marketing dont we?