It's safe to say that any die-hard Terminator fan would have loved to have been a fly on the wall of the office where Joseph McGinty Nichol met with James Cameron to discuss Terminator Salvation, the fourth installment in one of most successful science-fiction franchises of all time. In one corner you had Cameron, who co-wrote and directed the original Terminator in 1984 and went on to make such revered action films as Aliens, Terminator 2: Judgment Day and True Lies. And in the other corner sat Nichol—or, as he's more commonly credited, McG—a music-video director who broke into feature filmmaking with the Charlie's Angels movies, which were filled with the kind of silly, deliberately over-the-top set-pieces Cameron has always avoided. Now McG was about to continue the Terminator legacy and he felt he couldn't do so without first paying homage to its creator in person.
McG rocks!
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Thursday, April 30, 2009
Get a Look at Some Storyboards for Terminator Salvation
We're still over a month out until the release of Terminator Salvation, but you can get a look at some of the storyboards of the first attack by the Harvester Robot (the machine that collects humans so Skynet can examine them) now. The images come our way via SCI-FI Wire, and are early images from the new Terminator Salvation: The Official Movie Companion book, which hits store shelves May 1, 2009.
Cool!
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Cool!
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Sunday, April 26, 2009
Sony debuts 'Terminator' Twitter game
Sony Pictures Releasing International says it has created its first movie-based game for the Twitter social networking platform.
The announcement of the "Terminator Salvation" Twitter game was made Monday by Sal Ladestro, executive vice president of marketing for Sony Pictures Releasing International.
"Twitter users can join John Connor in the war against the machines by following the tweets at Resistance 2018," Ladestro said in a statement. "In the fight against Skynet and the Terminators, mass communication is vital, so it's no surprise that the resistance would turn to Twitter. We think this is the perfect environment for the Terminator game as it allows users to interact with the movie, their friends and other game players instantaneously."
Terminator on Twitter - cool!
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The announcement of the "Terminator Salvation" Twitter game was made Monday by Sal Ladestro, executive vice president of marketing for Sony Pictures Releasing International.
"Twitter users can join John Connor in the war against the machines by following the tweets at Resistance 2018," Ladestro said in a statement. "In the fight against Skynet and the Terminators, mass communication is vital, so it's no surprise that the resistance would turn to Twitter. We think this is the perfect environment for the Terminator game as it allows users to interact with the movie, their friends and other game players instantaneously."
Terminator on Twitter - cool!
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Terminator Salvation - Official Trailer (HD)
We've featured the trailer in at least one other blog entry earlier, but it seems some people have experienced uploading problems. For those who haven't been able to watch the new trailer on other sites, here's the official one on YouTube.
Watch here
Watch here
Warner Bros. Upgrades Resistorbeterminated.com for Terminator 4 Viral Buzz
Marketers at Warner Bros decided an overhaul was in order for resistorbeterminated.com, a site designed to generate viral buzz for Terminator Salvation , which opens nationwide May 21.
Originally, Resist or be Terminated had a very amateur and generic WordPress layout. Now, it features sharp and detailed graphics, along with new pages. Enhancements to the site include new videos,a forum and Tactical Simulator, a role-playing game similar to iMob. Warner Bros must have anticipated a heavier stream of visitors following the Extended Look promo.The site's premise is to spread awareness about the hidden danger behind Skynet Research and skynetresearch.com.
The latest video on the resistorbeterminated Youtube Channel features a dire warning about a war in 2018. Obviously, each successive video is ramping-up the drama for the movie premier and adding to the storyline.
We're enjoying all this build-up to the movie's opening next month! Keep them coming!
Watch video here
Originally, Resist or be Terminated had a very amateur and generic WordPress layout. Now, it features sharp and detailed graphics, along with new pages. Enhancements to the site include new videos,a forum and Tactical Simulator, a role-playing game similar to iMob. Warner Bros must have anticipated a heavier stream of visitors following the Extended Look promo.The site's premise is to spread awareness about the hidden danger behind Skynet Research and skynetresearch.com.
The latest video on the resistorbeterminated Youtube Channel features a dire warning about a war in 2018. Obviously, each successive video is ramping-up the drama for the movie premier and adding to the storyline.
We're enjoying all this build-up to the movie's opening next month! Keep them coming!
Watch video here
Terminator Salvation iPhone Hands-On: Read this preview if you want to live
Screenshots for Gameloft's Terminator Salvation game, set to be released just in time for the movie next, recently wowed iPhone enthusiasts with their sharp visuals. Having finally played the game for myself, I can confirm that those are not bullshots -- the game looks outrageously good. In one scene set in a ruined San Francisco, I could read the highway signs hanging above a stretch of cratered asphalt. The character models for John Connor, the Terminator, and another person I am hesitant to mention because I don't want to spoil one of the movie's most crucial twists are nicely detailed. The way a smashed Terminator pulls itself along the ground at you looks just like it did in the first film.
It really is an exceptional-looking game.
This preview includes screenshots of the game. They look hot!
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It really is an exceptional-looking game.
This preview includes screenshots of the game. They look hot!
View here
Book review: From the Ashes, not so hot as expected
FROM The Ashes is a prequel novel to Terminator Salvation, a new blockbuster movie out this summer.
The book picks up the franchise’s thread about ten years after the fall of the nuclear bombs that marked the end of Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines.
Bizarrely, given the time lapse, John Connor seems to have slipped down the pecking order of the human resistance to the machines trying to wipe out humanity.
He leads a district cell whose pleas for assistance receive short shrift from the resistance high command.
When Skynet, the computer controlling the machines, sets up a new operation in his neighbourhood of one time Los Angeles, it gives Connor and his band of fighters a chance to make the leaders take notice.
We plan to watch the movie first before reading this novel.
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The book picks up the franchise’s thread about ten years after the fall of the nuclear bombs that marked the end of Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines.
Bizarrely, given the time lapse, John Connor seems to have slipped down the pecking order of the human resistance to the machines trying to wipe out humanity.
He leads a district cell whose pleas for assistance receive short shrift from the resistance high command.
When Skynet, the computer controlling the machines, sets up a new operation in his neighbourhood of one time Los Angeles, it gives Connor and his band of fighters a chance to make the leaders take notice.
We plan to watch the movie first before reading this novel.
Read on
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