Terminator Salvation

[Flake]

Went to see it last night.  Thought it was a slow first half and pretty good second half.  The last 20 minutes were really good although the sequence of events seemed rather illogical.  It would seem they dont at all acknowledge the TV series and they do actually ackowledge T3.  It makes me feel better about Fox's decision to cancel the TV series since it really played no canonical part anyway.  Also, it would appear the door is open for a whole new slew of terminator movies to follow so that is a good thing.

Anyway, post your thoughts on the movie if you've seen it.  If there is one thing this board isnt short on is opinions.

[Flake]

Yea, I dont know, its certainly worth seeing but I will admit I was hoping for better.  I dont really like the way Connor comes into leadership. 

So what is Furlong doing these days? 

[drventure]

Here's one

https://www.conquerclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=68429&start=15

[shardian]

Dude, he still has the same haircut! I don't think he ever recovered from the T2 experience. He wasn't an actor when they got him - basically plucked him off the street...if I am remembering things correctly that is.

[HaRuMaN]

lol... looked him up

In 1992, he launched a successful music career in Japan and is still extremely popular with Japanese girls today. His debut song "Hold On Tight" even beat Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You" to #1 on the Japanese charts.

He was considered to reprise his role as John Connor in Terminator 3: Rise OF The Machines. but he turned it down.

[nazerine]

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I was disappointed how different outdoor bases couldn't be detected by skynet, along with the fires at night time in open areas. What happened to infrared? At least the Governator made an appearance. Maybe the next one Furlong can make a comeback 

[Malenko]

you should edit your spoiler post and just give feedback on the flick. also, you dont have enough space betweenthe poiler warning and the spoiler. I havent seen the movie and well, youve already kinda ruined some parts of it

[SirPeale]

you should edit your spoiler post and just give feedback on the flick. also, you dont have enough space betweenthe poiler warning and the spoiler. I havent seen the movie and well, youve already kinda ruined some parts of it

Agreed.   I didn't know that, now it's not a surprise.   

[tk_42_1]

If you have seen any of the trailers or commercials, then the movie has been spoiled.  After seeing the movie, I am kind of surprised what they decided to include in the trailers/commercials.  The build up surrounding Marcus Wright just didn't work for me in movie.  My wife on the other had who really didn't see any of the commercials actually like the way it unfolded.

Also got to admit, I am becoming a big Anton Yelchin fan.  After his performance in Star Trek and now the way he channels Michael Biehn's Kyle Reese is amazing.

[DaOld Man]

I avoided this thread for fear of being spoiled, but the wife and I went to see Salvation today, and I must say, I liked it.
I thought it was very riveting throughout the movie, but I agree with the above posts about skynet not detecting the bases.
But for fear of ruining it for others, I shall stop.
Just go see it. It's good.

[Flake]

I will also echo other posts here - burning fires out in the open at night - was pretty silly.  Also, I would think with numerous HK's at the machines disposal they could be surveying the land tirelessly looking for the human's not so well hidden base camps.

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Not sure its really a spoiler anymore but just in case.....


I kinda had the same thought about the previews/trailers spoiling the Marcus being a terminator plot line but then thought most people would probably come to the same conclusion after seeing him awake in 2018 that he had to have been a machine.  The opening death sentencing scene showed Cyberdyne Systems on the paperwork he signed to donate his body.

Even if you hadnt seen any trailers I dont think it comes as much of a surprise that he is a machine.  But now that I think about it I suppose the real shocker could have been that he doesnt know it yet.  So maybe that would have been a nice twist in the movie had the trailers not spoiled that surprise...

Now that I've had a long weekend to mull it over, this movie could have been lots better.

[Flake]

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One other comment - the control chip that Marcus rips away at the end must not be much of a control chip if he can just rip it off at will.  I suppose the "human" element present within him "overrides" the machines control but that just seemed silly.

[LLUncoolJ]

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What is up with the model order for the terminators? I am going from memory here, but at the beginning, when they raid the Cyberdine facility, I believe the plans said T-800 for the new infiltrator machine. OK, so they are still on the drawing board? That lead me to believe that the cyborgs were new and had not appeared yet. In T1, Reese states the first generation infiltrators had rubber skin and were easy to detect.

OK, on to the governator...a T-101. If the first run of cyborg infiltrators (T-800) are still in R&D, how the hell is a T-101 beating the ---Cleveland steamer--- out of Connor? That troubled me, along with the bases and the fact that the machines had not dared to venture as far as they did when they were looking for Reese. So the machines are afraid of the humans? And why to all the machines look humanoid? I get the infiltrators, but what about those pirate looking T-600's? Maybe it is robot evolution. One last thing...and this really is a spoiler if you have come this far...Cyberdine tells Marcus that all other attempts to get to infiltrate the resistance have failed and pretty much said they had to make him believe he was human. Once again, the cyborgs have not even appeared yet...what other attempts? Some silver robot walked in and said he wants to join up?