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WHV Announce: Terminator Salvation (Blu-ray)

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9/9/09 at 12:58pm
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9/9/09 at 4:38pm
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I hope the fine print is wrong about the Director's Cut being only 3 minutes longer than the theatrical cut. That would make it the pre-MPAA-requests cut, not the Director's Cut -- which is supposedly about 20 minutes longer. I wonder if this is a typo based on early info?

I've said this before but I'll say it again: If Bogart could have been in any Terminator movie, he would have been in Terminator Salvation.

Terminator Salvation was like a World War II war story, and a good one at that -- all the classic themes of typical war stories are here: heroes crossing enemy lines, questions of loyalties and identity, men bonding in battle, romance, sacrifice... 

If it had just retreaded the Terminator story of “machine chases after hero” I’d have been bored. Instead, I was really impressed, first by the fantastic art direction -- the terminators move so well in this film, it puts the earlier films to shame (but that can’t be helped, the originals didn’t have this level of visual effects quality available to them) -- and also by the freshness of the story. Or rather the freshness of making it a classic war film rather than a chase film.

Today also brought good news for those of us who want parts 2 and 3 to be made -- and follow the link to hear McCheese's plan to make parts 2 and 3 less like a war movie:

“Although Terminator Salvation was initially intended to be the first part of a new Terminator trilogy, its performance at the domestic US box office led many to question whether a fifth Terminator film would happen.

Then, to everyone’s surprise, the film gunned it on the international circuit, almost doubling Star Trek’s foreign take to hit a reasonable box office haul of $341M worldwide. That led to speculation that Terminator 5 might be back on the agenda – and it seems it is, with director McG now confirming Terminator 5 is being worked on as we speak.”
 

http://www.scifiscoop.com/news/confirmed-terminator-5-in-development/

 


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9/9/09 at 4:57pm
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there is a legal battle brewing up with the terminator series.. once again.. they could prevent t5.

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9/9/09 at 5:23pm
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Yeah, there's one producer fighting to get the rights away from the other two producers. Whichever wins, it doesn't really matter. Either one will use McG and his team. The only difference to the audience will be what logo appears before the film starts. I appreciate that the real problem is that no one will give anyone any money until this is settled, but, I have hope.

Remember the good old days, when films like Terry Gilliam's Brazil were simply funded by arms dealers?

Edited by Will_B - 9/9/09 at 5:48pm

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9/10/09 at 6:57am
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I read that arnold might be working to get the rights for the terminator films.

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9/10/09 at 11:42am
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i want the 20min.+ more edition, therefore will probably pass on this =P

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9/11/09 at 12:19am
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 I don't know if they should be touting "Maximum Movie Mode Hosted by McG" as a bonus feature. That's more like a stab yourself in the ear hole feature.

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9/11/09 at 8:57am
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McG has always come across as fairly smug and condescending in just about every interview clip I've seen him in. That said, why the hell is the "Director's Cut" a piddly 3 minutes longer than the theatrical version, when there were at least 20 minutes rumored to have gotten trimmed?

I mean, really...why even bother going to all the extra trouble of producing it in the first place?
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9/11/09 at 10:40am
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it's the same as the incredible hulk 3+ hrs opus that was supposed to have happened >P. loox like it costs 2much $ to do as a FIRST release. so i think studio are going the double dip route y spend $ they dont have when they can release somn quick now and then get $ to fund that SE/DC/EE, etc. either way i'm hoping it'll come =P. not getting this until that's available.

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9/11/09 at 12:21pm
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I skipped this film in the theaters due to the lackluster reviews, so I will either put it on my Christmas wish list or pick it up for myself if I can get it for under $20.

A revelation dawned on me however looking at that Maximum Movie Mode picture in the press release above, how awesome would it be if you could choose to throw virtual lettuce and tomato at the director if you wind up disliking the film?  A truly interactive experience!
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9/12/09 at 4:17am
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I actually didn't mind this film, even though it generally got panned by critics and most of people who posted about it on this site. I thought it made for quite a change to not be a chase film like all of the preceding ones. For all of its warts, McG did at least try to do something fresh with the mythology. Some of it worked and some didn't, but I thought McG at least tried to do something a bit different.

Reading that interview, it sounds like any new film is going to return to the worn out chase theme. The next ones should be trite because according to that interview McG is going to be spending more time trying to make the "fanbase" happy. 

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10/1/09 at 4:30pm
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Any new gossip about whether there will be a double dip, or if, by some miracle, the "3 extra minutes" on the director's cut was a typo and it's more like 20 extra minutes?

In interviews, McG states pretty clearly that there will be at least 30 to 40 minutes in the Deleted Scenes, but I'd really like to see a director's cut with good scenes incorporated into the film.


 

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10/1/09 at 11:10pm
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Looking very forward to the blind buy, this one should be awesome in the HT.

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