A new trailer for Terminator: Salvation debuted this week, one with lots of goodies in it, including one helluva sweet-looking killer giant cyborg. I wanted so very badly to hate this from the day it was announced, because McG is soil filler — he is walking, talking, Twatwaffle dandruff. But he cast Christian Bale as John Connor, and the Terminator franchise is one of those movies where you really just want to see a lot of shit go Kablooey. And McG is the hipster douchebag version of Michael Bay, so if you want lots of BOOMS! and Death Cab for Cutie, McG is your man.
And my God, this trailer looks killer. There’s even some subliminal shit in there that makes you completely forget that Terminator 3 ever happened. Impressive. And The Bale will weaken you knees and your resistance: You will become powerless to a McG directed movie.
Posted by: BarbadoSlim at December 11, 2008 10:34 AM
butthole!
Posted by: thaf at December 11, 2008 10:38 AM
Bale made Newsies watchable, OK? NEWSIES. The man could make a blind man see. And he would give a dog a bone (bahDUMbum).
I've never seen ANY of the Terminator flicks, and yet, that trailer looked incredible. Obama what? We should have elected Bale '08.
Posted by: Tammy at December 11, 2008 10:39 AM
*heavy breathing*
That was really, really good.
Now I need a nap.
Posted by: admin at December 11, 2008 10:40 AM
Aaaaand JIZZ IN MY PANTS!
Posted by: Clee Shay at December 11, 2008 10:43 AM
OK, I'm coming around to this a little bit. Maybe. I'm keeping an open mind.
But.
Bale. Enough with the frickin husky voice already! You sound like an idiot. It ruined Batman for me, you better not ruin John Connor!
Posted by: Carrie at December 11, 2008 10:46 AM
That looks Bad Ass.
Posted by: some Guy at December 11, 2008 10:52 AM
yeahhhhh.... no.
Posted by: twig at December 11, 2008 10:53 AM
Hopefully there will be a scene were they go back in time and kill Claire Danes, not her character, HER.
Posted by: BarbadoSlim at December 11, 2008 10:57 AM
Saw TS trailer yesterday, looks awesome. Christian Bale got Batman and Terminator, he shouldn't have any trouble getting
A-list trim.
Posted by: Pookie at December 11, 2008 11:06 AM
Maybe Andy Sirkus can give his reciepe for Gollum juice to Bale so he can lose his Batman vioce. And are there any new black actors that are not also hip hop/R&B stars? Why is this phenomenon confined to black actors? Where is the new Trent Reznor vehicle or Jack Whites?
Posted by: djganesH at December 11, 2008 11:09 AM
Hey. HEY. I saw an Asian person!
Oh, wait, she's not a romantic interest. She's dead before the end, isn't she?
Damn.
Posted by: MoJo at December 11, 2008 11:19 AM
Dammit, the Terminator theme that kicks in @1:49 gets me every time. I'll be there.
Posted by: branded at December 11, 2008 11:25 AM
Bale made Newsies watchable, OK? NEWSIES.
Do not. DO NOT. Do not fucking insult Newsies.
Posted by: jamiepants at December 11, 2008 11:58 AM
No, no daily motion either. But thanks for reminding me of yet ANOTHER site I can't access at work Branded, you fucking jerkface.
GOD! I hate everyone.
All of you go die.
Posted by: TK at December 11, 2008 12:25 PM
All of you go die.
Posted by: TK at December 11, 2008 12:25 PM
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YOU first...Prisco, second.
Posted by: BarbadoSlim at December 11, 2008 12:29 PM
BALE! God I hope he gets naked.
T3 is unforgivable though.
TAMMY- you MUST Netflix/rent/steal T2 NOW. Eddie Furlong when he wasn't skeezy, GnR soundtrack, great story, great sp effects...it's got it all
Posted by: Be Adequite! at December 11, 2008 12:38 PM
TAMMY- you MUST Netflix/rent/steal T2 NOW.
Seconded. One of the best sequels ever.
Posted by: twig at December 11, 2008 12:42 PM
Fine, TK. Oh look, a new international trailer for Watchmen! I think I'll just put in on a continuous play loop.
Posted by: branded at December 11, 2008 12:45 PM
Yeah, the ONLY way I'd be interested in anything Terminator-related would be to have the Bale, a hot asian chick and Common involved.
Nicely played Hollywood. Nicely played.
Posted by: malikvlc at December 11, 2008 12:48 PM
The thought process of 'i want to hate this because McG is the hitler of movies but ohmygod this film actually look sort of awesome even if the whole fucking franchise is built on a paradox of redundancy which i find incredibly distracting but BALE-BALE-EXPLOSION-BALE-BALE-IRON-GIANT-WHEN-HE'S-EVIL-BALE-IRONGIANT-NOFOLLOWING-BALEBALEBAAAAAAAAAAALE'
was me, about 9.30 pm last night.
Posted by: nadine at December 11, 2008 1:27 PM
How did this trailer evolve from that shitty static one they showed before The Dark Knight? That looks so good!
But if Bale does the Batman growl again, I'm out.
Posted by: Audiosuede at December 11, 2008 1:58 PM
You got the touch!
You got the power!
Yeah!
I want that giant robot at the end of the trailer to break apart into six construction vehicles.
Posted by: Lucas at December 11, 2008 2:49 PM
At around 1:28 when he says "you killed my father", I just wanted him to say "prepare to die".
Posted by: talulamei at December 11, 2008 2:53 PM
I once put Newsies on during one of my shifts at Blockbuster. The rest of the night went something like this:
Customer: "Hey, I sorta remember this movie. What's it called again?"
Me: "Newsies. Starring BATMAN!!!"
Customer: "K...."
Posted by: MikeTheG at December 11, 2008 3:35 PM
Am I crazy, or does that trailer have some rather serious spoilers in it?
Posted by: RudeMorgue at December 11, 2008 4:20 PM
I kept waiting for Mel Gibson and that crazy sucker in the whirly copter to show up.
Posted by: James S at December 11, 2008 5:13 PM
D-bag,
The title for this post does quite a bit to explain your review ethic: whiny, preconceived and uninformed...as usual. God I hate you.
Posted by: not amused at December 11, 2008 5:17 PM
I was hoping that thing at the end was Voltron. How can any movie go wrong with giant robot lions?
Posted by: MrCreosote at December 11, 2008 5:53 PM
-- Hey. HEY. I saw an Asian person!
Posted by: MoJo at December 11, 2008 11:19 AM
She looks like the girl from Sarah Connor Chronicles. The one with the Australian accent who sucks face with David from 90210. If that's her then I'm guessing she plays a pretty big part.
Posted by: JP at December 11, 2008 6:00 PM
Nevermind. According to IMDB, its Moon Bloodgood. Hot.
Posted by: JP at December 11, 2008 6:39 PM
She looks like the girl from Sarah Connor Chronicles
You better not have been talking about Summer Glau. Anything less than complete reverence for that girl is sacrilegious and will not be tolerated. Also, she doesn't really look Asian.
Posted by: the_wakeful at December 11, 2008 6:58 PM
No, not Summer. This is the character who plays (douche)BAG's girl-friend who is AWOL from the future. Am I on the only one who watches that show?
Posted by: JP at December 11, 2008 7:34 PM
What's with the Claire Danes hate?
Posted by: WhoWhatWhere at December 11, 2008 8:44 PM
I will accept NO CRITICISM of T3. It is one of the greatest terrible movies ever made. Take a shot every time something awesome happens, and you will be drunk before 15 minutes.
Posted by: Foilwrapper at December 11, 2008 8:52 PM
McG may be a giant douche, but that's a badass trailer all the way. As long as Bale doesn't strangle out "Where's Joker?!" like he's fighting a sinus infection, it's all good.
Posted by: stryker1121 at December 11, 2008 9:04 PM
Posted by: WhoWhatWhere at December 11, 2008 9:53 PM
I'm torn between being impressed that they're finally acknowledging that the multiple interferences with the past timeline have meant that the future John Connor is facing is a radically different one from what it should have been, or being annoyed that that utterly fucks up the entire series, as it interferes with Kyle even being sent back in the first place. And I know I should just sit back and enjoy the pretty explosions (and I have every confidence that I will when the time comes), but in the meantime, timeline discrepancies bug me.
Posted by: Shay at December 11, 2008 10:07 PM
Who the hell is McG and what happened to the rest of his name?
Posted by: ben (thpbt) at December 12, 2008 4:13 AM
I must admit, I'm kinda against The Bale monopolizing two franchises at a time, but fuck me sideways if that isn't the only thing I'm looking forward to next year. That and the Harry Potter movie. Squee!
Posted by: Irina at December 12, 2008 11:07 AM
This is so AWESOME! I've never seen the Terminator movies, but this looks incredible! Bryce Dallas Howard is definitely a better actress than Claire Danes (though I love her too), and Christian Bale is absolutely AMAZING. I agree with Pookie that he should use the Gollum juice for his voice. That would help a lot. Anyway, THIS LOOKS SO AWESOME AND I CAN'T WAIT FOR 2009!
Posted by: me at December 12, 2008 5:21 PM
this looks incredible?
It looks like any other action movie out there.
At least, we can say: good for bale, he'll do every blockbuster movie to annul previous performances...
maybe a sequel for "reign of fire"?? Do you still love him when you think about that?
do you?
do you?
Posted by: Mario at December 13, 2008 1:10 PM
i have a theory on the "batman" voice: it's just his american accent. he sounds like that in the machinest
Posted by: mali at December 13, 2008 3:07 PM
I've had no internet for two days and I'm deprived so, fuck it. Not in the mood for subtlety. So:
Dammit! I can't disagree.
Bale will save us all...