A video review...positive

From Lyons and Bailes

http://video.reeltalktv.com/player/?id=1104223

also this review from the NY daily news...

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertain...erminator.html

Terminator SalvationArticle Rating

Review: In 'Terminator Salvation,' Christian Bale, machines knock 'em dead
Joe Neumaier

Tuesday, May 19th 2009, 1:05 AM
Warner Bros.

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He said he'll be back - but who knew the best of '80s action flicks would come with him?

"He" is Arnold Schwarzenegger, whose CGI-created face turns up on a new body in a crucial battle in "Terminator Salvation," a fast-moving, rock 'em-sock 'em movie that continues the man-vs.-machines series begun 25 years ago.

Between this and "Star Trek," popcorn-movie reboots have hit high gear.

The last entry, 2003's "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines," was the Governator's final starring role, and it ended with reluctant messiah John Connor and his girlfriend Kate in a fallout shelter as the sentient computer Skynet launched nuclear attacks.

Fifteen years after "T3" was set, Connor (Christian Bale) commands a network of resistance fighters battling robots that rule a post-apocalyptic world and corral people to make cyborg parts.

Connor has another goal: To ensure his own birth by saving teenage renegade Kyle Reese (Anton Yelchin, also in "Trek") who's fated to go back in time, save Connor's mother and then father the future leader, as seen in James Cameron's 1984 original.

Meanwhile, there's another chase to get Reese involving a prototype Terminator, Marcus (Sam Worthington).

Early on, we see Marcus on Death Row, signing away his body for postmortem experimentation. His story - a narrative graft from "Frankenstein" - has him seeking the scientist (Helena Bonham Carter) whose research blended his heart, mind and skin with an android skeleton. The indestructible Marcus believes he's a man, and his evolutionary journey is more interesting than Connor's, which requires him to be inhumane to save humanity.

Part of the strength of the storyline is due to Worthington's subtle, empathetic performance. Bale's rumbling "Dark Knight" voice is great for shouting, which works for the barking militarism, and may have scared crew members, but doesn't allow for the pop heroism of 1991's "Terminator 2: Judgment Day." (When Connor says "I'll be back," it's surprising, as it seems he's forgotten the good-guy Arnie of "T2.")

Yelchin, for his part, apparently got the right DVD rentals to prepare for his "Red Dawn"-like cub commando.

Which clicks, since at its heart, "Salvation" is a return to Reagan-era sci-fi.

Director McG even keeps the gripping, "Road Warrior"-lite action scenes linear and kind of retro, avoiding today's nervous, chop-shop editing style. When you add the mushroom clouds and Bale, Yelchin and even Schwarzenegger's brief turn, it all fits to a T.

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even though i dogged it, i'm doing the same....robots and lasers is enough to get my money during the summer....i just have low expectations....nothing could make me see wolverine though...bad movies need to have robots and lasers...except transformers, i won't pay for that...always an exception i guess...

Not going to see transformers?

Megan Fox, man.

Megan Fox.

It's stil only 15 reviews, there are still alot to go, id be suprised if it stays this low on the RT scale

A lost art. BUYING TICKET NOW!!!

Ive never seen the TV show.

When is it set? Before T3?

Do the movies just ignore the TV series?

The year is 2018 apparently from the video review above

Good, that whole continuity concept would make you disgusted.

I won't pay for it...then agian, I'm under the impression that if you milk a theme long enough... it's eventually going to suck.

Terminator to me is like the SAW movies....rinse and repeat BS..when did the first Terminator movie come out?

1984

I stopped after a little while, it's talking about Google, right? Now I'm gonna go and watch the rest...

hahaha I feel smart.

Uhhh... Let me SkyNet that for you...

Up to 35% on RT this morning

id rather rewatch crank 2 than watch that crap. and im pretty sure i commited suicide after crank 2.
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