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[Vlad Yvhv]

Just saw a commercial for the new Terminator movie. Looks to me like it could be interesting. No doubt, some of y'all probly won't agree... But not everyone has as good a taste in movies as I do... I wouldn't go as far to say that it's goinna be a good movie, but it certainly looks like it won't suck. Since it costs 2-3 times more to see a movie in the local theaters than to get the DVDs, it seems that I've got another DVD to wait around on...

[FreakyFilmFan4ever]

Here's my experience with the first Transformers:

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"Oh... Micheal Bay. Yeah, it's gonna be dumb."

*watches movie*

"Ooh! Explosions! Cool! Awesome! Robot! Wow! Something else blew up!"

*creates a list of things that make it a poor movie*

"Lots of near plot holes. Poorly handled exposition. Shallow characters. Overly broad performances..."

*rents it on DVD*

"Ooh! Explosions! Cool! Awesome! Robot! Wow! Something else blew up!"

*creates a list of things that explain why Micheal Bay is a poor director*

"The man uses explosions to hide the fact he can't tell a good story. Needless blocking for the sake of more explosions. (the bus on the highway, for example)..."

*buys it on 2-disc DVD*

"Ooh! Explosions! Cool! Awesome! Robot! Wow! Something else blew up!"
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Yeah, I've done that with every Micheal Bay film. The guy's an awful filmmaker, but I can't seem to stay away from his movies.

[Chaosmaster8753]

Here's my experience with the first Transformers:

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"Oh... Micheal Bay. Yeah, it's gonna be dumb."

*watches movie*

"Ooh! Explosions! Cool! Awesome! Robot! Wow! Something else blew up!"

*creates a list of things that make it a poor movie*

"Lots of near plot holes. Poorly handled exposition. Shallow characters. Overly broad performances..."

*rents it on DVD*

"Ooh! Explosions! Cool! Awesome! Robot! Wow! Something else blew up!"

*creates a list of things that explain why Micheal Bay is a poor director*

"The man uses explosions to hide the fact he can't tell a good story. Needless blocking for the sake of more explosions. (the bus on the highway, for example)..."

*buys it on 2-disc DVD*

"Ooh! Explosions! Cool! Awesome! Robot! Wow! Something else blew up!"
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Yeah, I've done that with every Micheal Bay film. The guy's an awful filmmaker, but I can't seem to stay away from his movies.

Uh, I don't think Michael Bay is involved...

[FreakyFilmFan4ever]

Uh, I don't think Michael Bay is involved...

Yes, he directed Transformers and is wrapping up Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.

[Chaosmaster8753]

Uh, I don't think Michael Bay is involved...

Yes, he directed Transformers and is wrapping up Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.

This is about TERMINATOR NOT TRANSFORMERS.

[Speedy_25]

Uh Freaky, I think you got Terminator, and Transformers mixed up

[Vlad Yvhv]

This topic is about Terminator: Salvation, not Transformers... Pay attention...

[FreakyFilmFan4ever]

This topic is about Terminator: Salvation, not Transformers... Pay attention...

HOLY FRIGGIN' COW! I must be going blind or something. Sorry about that, folks. I should probably sleep more or something...

Yes, I remember that movie trailer. You're right, Chaosmaster8753. Micheal Bay is NOT involved.

The movie looks like it's gonna be interesting. The effects look pretty cool, and you can see how the environment is on the verge of turning into the flash forwards you see of the war with the machines in the first two Terminator movies, so it looks like it's another bridge to the T-800 being sent back in time. I wonder if Conner will be able to stop the Terminator robots from going back in time in the first place.

I know we're just talking about the movie itself, but there was some huge conflict between Christian Bale and the Director of Photography that occurred on the set of Terminator Salvation. The language is pretty vulgar, for those of you who have virgin ears. It caught my eye because I was trying to avoid similar situations on some of a video project I was working on.

[Spade]

I just wanna see this scene:

John Connor: Dude, I have a very important task for you.

Kyle Reese: Sure!

John Connor: To ensure that I exist, you need to go back in time to stop the terminator...and bang my mom.

Kyle Reese: umm...

For some reason I'm imagining that scene being read by Bill & Ted.


Anyway, I'm gonna reserve full judgment until I see it. I've seen some extended trailers and they can be misleading. Plus Terminator 3 wasn't all that good. Okay it was terrible. But maybe a (would it be considered a prequel given that although the first movie was based in 1984 the Terminator came from the futur–never mind) story explaining the backstory behind the rise of the machines will give it a fresh feel without it just being Arnie vs Next Gen Terminator.

[Vlad Yvhv]

That way, this could act as a prequel (even though it takes place after the others?)

That's kind of the point. The thing with temporal paradoxes like this is that eventually a sequel will also function as a prequel.

Plus Terminator 3 wasn't all that good. Okay it was terrible.

I wouldn't say terrible... "Not good" is a better description. But it's still a half-fun movie.

[The Man]

I grew up with this so it's something I'll see at some point. Yes, it's really hard to impress me. I know we should get our ideas produced but it would probably look different on screen.

[Ratty Randnums]

I know we're just talking about the movie itself, but there was some huge conflict between Christian Bale and the Director of Photography that occurred on the set of Terminator Salvation. The language is pretty vulgar, for those of you who have virgin ears.

I prefer the techno dance-remix myself.

[FreakyFilmFan4ever]

I know we're just talking about the movie itself, but there was some huge conflict between Christian Bale and the Director of Photography that occurred on the set of Terminator Salvation. The language is pretty vulgar, for those of you who have virgin ears.

I prefer the techno dance-remix myself.

Haha! I saw that on some film forum. The beat's not half bad (at least it wasn't put to the "This is Sparta Remix" like everything else out there). What's sad is that someone probably had a too much time on their hands to do it.

[FreakyFilmFan4ever]

Looking forward to this.

Say FreakyFilmFan, what do you think of Roland Emmerich? he's easily comprable to Michael Bay. RE is the director of "Independence Day", "Stargate", "The Patriot" (Mel Gibson), "Day After Tommorow", "Universal Soldier", "10000 BC" and the 1985 Cult fave "Making Contact (a.k.a. Joey)"?

Yeah, you're totally not egging me on. I don't even know if this is the proper topic for it, but apperently that didn't stop my Michael Bay rant above. So here it goes anyway...

Whereas Roland Emmerich is similar to Michael Bay, Roland strikes me more as a modern day version of Ed Wood. Although that might be a little unfair, since The Patriot was a pretty good movie (and maybe even Independence Day). Every one of his other films were poorly executed ideas for the sake of special effects that always seemed second rate for it's time anyway. Jurassic Park had better CGI than Godzilla (1998), and Twister had better effects than The Day After Tomorrow. And both those Emmerich films are more recent than the older, more photo-realistic looking films I compared them to. And of course every cheesy line and corny character that has been or has yet to be written needs to be put in most of his films. I'm waiting to someday see strings holding up little 5-inch spaceships in front of his camera in one of his movies. How this man finds work after people actually see his films is beyond me.

Now for some topic related material. How many people heard that the ending of Terminator Salvation was leaked, and that the ending was changed due to that leak?

Gosh, wouldn't it be strange if Terminator Salvation ended in the same was the first Terminator film began?

[FreakyFilmFan4ever]

Ed Wood rules. I'm a proud owner of a glorious boxset. The thing about his "bad" movies is that they have a cult following because they're actually pretty fun to watch, unlike many modern "bad" movies which are just plain bad.

True. They are fun to watch. So maybe it's just unfair to Ed Wood to be compared to Roland Emmerich. I mean, Roland has never had a cult following like this before.