Caffeinated Clint
IMDB Message Board Poster to the other : ”Come with me if you want to…. flame the unseen “Terminator” sequel that’s coming out next year”.
Hey, just got in. What a day! Thanks for holding the fort, chaps.
I was talking to actor Sam Worthington – he being one of our best prime cuts, now available by the kg on the U.S market – tonight about the beating everyone’s intent on giving the new “Terminator” movie, which he stars in. It’s getting as ugly as finding white spots on Michael Jackson’s sheets out there when it comes to the “Terminator Salvation” bashing.
Even one of our own (Ant, shape up bro!) believed Christian Bale was actually saying “it sucks” when he told MTV it was “alright” earlier today. And before that, people were setting the phaser guns to kill and peering through the look-hole to blast holes into it because, well, pick a fuckin’ reason – Arnie’s not in it (well, not significantly anyway)? Check! It’s not directed by James Cameron? Check! Jim Cameron hasn’t read the script and therefore can’t give it the thumbs up? Check-a-roo! The guy that did “Charlie’s Angels” is directing? Yup, Check, Check and Check!
Seems a lot of you are just out to hate this one – just as you were “Casino Royale”, which, as it turned out, not only ended up being one of the best Bond movies ever made but one of the best films of its year. And what got your goat about it? That the guy was blond! big frickin’ deal! Roger Moore said in a radio interview this week that he was blond through half of the Bond movies he did and nobody seemed to notice. Heck, I’ve even had people say to me, as a writer/producer of the film “Fist Howl” that its “just like Cursed huh?” – and they haven’t even seen a fuckin’ trailer, let alone read the sides to think that. All they know is that it’s a werewolf movie with comedic elements… so they assume it’s Wes Craven’s “Cursed”. I believe its actually a smart movie, a funny movie… a film VERY unlike any of the other umpteen werewolf movies that’ll be released next year. It ain’t “Cursed” – fuck, I’d be as dumb as the chap that greenlit the former to wanna make that again. But I digress… there’s really no reason to be sticking a hot fork in “Terminator Salvation”. At all!
I dunno, maybe its because the hardcore fans of the Schwarzenegger-trilogy are really want to love it, but are flaming it because its easier and safer – and it saves them tears. I guess this way they won’t be disappointed when they walk out of the theater because they already have it in their heads that’ll suck as much as Rock Hudson on his lunch break? Or maybe that’s me coming up with an answer? – when there really isn’t one.
I think it’s way too early to make a judgment on this film – way too fuckin’ early! We haven’t even seen a full trailer yet, and nobody has seen the bloody movie, so it’s crazy to say it’s going to suck because one actor said ‘its alright’ (even then, Bale could’ve said those comments tongue-in-cheek, smile planted on face), or that the publicity photos released don’t feature an endoskeleton, or that Jim Cameron said he hasn’t read the script (and therefore that must mean it’s ‘shit’ because otherwise he’d be out there flying the flag for it – er, why would he!? it ain’t his fuckin’ film!)…. for all we know “Terminator Salvation” could be 2009s “Casino Royale”. It won’t surprise me one bit if it is either – from what I’ve seen (the teaser, the piccies, the plot) it looks good, and I very much doubt Christian Bale and Sam Worthington would have signed up for a woofer. I really do. Worthington is one of the best fuckin actors around – check out his work in local Aussie flicks like “Somersault”, “Dirty Deeds” and even, “Bootmen” if you don’t believe me, or can’t attest to that statement because you’re yet to see him in anything blockbuster-ish – and Bale? Man, that guy shits gold now! They would not have set one foot onto McG’s set until that film was Dwayne-Rock solid.
Worthington wants people to know that this film is going to deliver :
Firstly, he doesn’t think Christian Bale meant anything when he told actor Josh Brolin that the new film is ‘alright’.
”For my knowledge Josh [Brolin] hasn’t seen our film. And knowing Christian – I’m sure he would reserve his true judgement till the movie is complete”, says Worthington. “So I believe this comment shouldn’t be given much weight.
“From my own eyes and early screening of Terminator Salvation, I can say that what I have seen and what McG is putting together is exciting and a thrilling ride. And with that he is always striving to maintain strong emotional journeys and the truth of this world. I consider the movie beyond, ‘alright’. I consider where they are at in the post production process and McG’s constant effort, is to make a movie rooted in diehard mythology but also to advance the series. And I believe McG has something to prove and like any good man is willing to risk and has to put himself on the line – to ‘man up’ and deliver beyond ‘alright’ !!”
Personally, I wanna see this thing – I love the mythology behind the movies, and I think there’s a genuinely good story here to tell. Hell, I’m watching – religiously too! – TVs “Sarah Connor Chronicles”, which I’ll admit isn’t that crash-hot, but it’s still good. As I see it, there’s no such thing as a ‘bad’ “Terminator” movie and the new one’s going to be far from it. It has too much going for it to fall down like a deck of cards.
“If we fucked up , we fucked up, and we will find out May 22nd” Worthington adds, but by all accounts, I’m guessing he hasn’t “fucked up” at all.
How about we all try and have a little faith?
