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Arnold Schwarzenegger Confused by New 'Terminator' Footage, Robot Ambiguity
Posted by Defamer Hollywood at 3:25 AM on August 6, 2008
Busy accepting Bollywood paychecks, offering tank rides to children, and occasionally running the state of Colly-fornia, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has somehow carved time into his schedule to screen footage from the upcoming, unessential McG sequel Terminator: Salvation, starring Christian Bale as John Connor (and virtual unknown Sam Worthington as an amnesiac maybe-Terminator). So, does he give the new film a molten steel-dipped "thumbs up"? According to the LAT, not so much:
"I still don't know how it will play out with this one," said the star-turned-politician, who said he was given a private screening of early footage from "Terminator Salvation" by producers of the franchise reboot directed by McG. "They showed me some footage, but I don't have a feel for the movie. I didn't see enough. I wasn't sure who the Terminator was. I don't know if there is one or if he's the star or the hero. These are the things that determine the success and how the strong the movie will be."
..."There are such high standards and now there are always new standards being set for action," Schwarzenegger said. "You see that with 'Iron Man' and with the new Batman movie and that other film this summer, um, 'Wanted.' That was an excellent movie! There was this train coming down from a bridge, falling, and they're fighting inside the train car. Jesus, that is unbelievable that you can do that. To have the imagination to write it and the talent to shoot it and make it real on the screen. It's a whole new dimension."
Informed that the Wanted train car sequence didn't actually happen in real life, Schwarzenegger's jaw dropped. "Whaaaaat? And dis 'curving bullet' thing, dis is not real, too? Wait. So you are saying I am not actually pregnant? Wait until I tell Maria..."
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NoWireHangers
Posted 3:34 AM 6/8/08
Well, it couldn't be worse than Hercules in New York.
NoWireHangers
rudolphdude
Posted 4:10 AM 6/8/08
I am not going to make the easy jokes ... because there are 10s and 10s of fellow commenters who will....
I love that this guy was actually (played) a Terminator and can talk about it and then call a press conference on Global Warming or have John McCain kiss his ass.
Yeah, I am that guy.
rudolphdude
Shumina
Posted 6:14 AM 6/8/08
@NoWireHangers: You watch yourself there! There are gods among us and any one of them could toss a NY cabbie at you with the force of a thunderbolt!
In this case, no news is good news really. I'd have been more worried if Ahhhnold did nothing but hype what he'd seen. Thus far, I'm excited!
Shumina
Oxycontinmoron
Posted 6:58 AM 6/8/08
Excuse me, but was the "Robot Ambiguity" in reference to the movie or Maria Shriver?
Oxycontinmoron
misterdirky
Posted 6:48 AM 6/8/08
D-I-V-A
misterdirky
cardboardbelt
Posted 6:37 AM 6/8/08
'Wanted' love aside, he's pretty much on the money. They've decided to make a 'Terminator' movie that does not feature a Terminator.
cardboardbelt
ColbertNation
Posted 7:15 AM 6/8/08
@cardboardbelt: I thought Son of the Beach star and Schwarzenegger lite Roland Kickinger was going to play a Terminator?
ColbertNation
DarkKnightShyamalan
Posted 7:14 AM 6/8/08
Now, interestingly, McG was interviewed on AICN the other day saying that he'd had "a lot of conversations" with Schwarzenegger about the movie. I guess none of those conversations covered topics like "who the Terminator [is]."
Then again, I'm still not convinced Mr. McGinty knows any words that aren't onomatopoeic. ("It's like BOOM! And then there's this SCHHMMMMAK! And then we cut to ZZZZZUM!") Boy that would have been a good time to be a fly on a wall.
DarkKnightShyamalan
Wrapitup
Posted 11:04 AM 6/8/08
When Jim Cameron made the First Terminator Film, he said "I want to make an awesome cult hit" and He created it and then He rested. And then He made Terminator 2: Judgment Day in the image of all that was High Cinematic Entertainment. And verily, a great light shone upon the world. For behold! it was wonderful to watch.
And then Jonathan Mostow smote the franchise with great force for a vexing shit came from his asscheeks named Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines. And the people gnashed their teeth.
Then McG, the worshipper of the False God Ba'al and Living Embodiment of The Unholy opened his asscheeks even wider and therein Satan beckoned. And Satan fell out of McG's ass and proceeded to destroy all that was left of the Terminator franchise.
And the people wept. And there was much rending of garments and mourning. And the Anointed One, Jim Cameron, forsook his people.
Wrapitup
kylo4
Posted 3:24 PM 9/8/08
I agree with Arnie. McG, PG-13, no Arnie. That's about it. Just let the franchise rest already, or at least hand it to a director other than that of Charlie's Angels.
kylo4