Update: well, sorry if you weren't quick enough, but the footage wasn't
an official release, so it's been taken down by Trailer Addict after the
studio got in touch. I will repost it when it reappears officially.
an official release, so it's been taken down by Trailer Addict after the
studio got in touch. I will repost it when it reappears officially.
As I'm sure fans are aware, featurettes are being drip-fed to fans concerning next year's Terminator Salvation movie, but the one above is the first to give us a decent look at actual footage (beyond the teaser trailer). An interview with Martin Laing is the spine, as he gives us a feeling for the post-apocalyptic aesthetic director McG is going for. But, more excitingly, he drops tantalizing hints about what to expect content-wise...
I was surprised to discover there will actually be 10 Terminator models featured throughout the film, although only the T-600's (prototypes of Schwarzenegger's T-800) will resemble the iconic Terminator cyborg. In a mix of footage and animatics in the featurette, we glimpse "The Harvester" (a giant humanoid robot that plucks human survivors off the desert floor with a claw), and motorcycle-style robots that scour the desert roads looking for prey. Nicknamed "moto-terminators", ugh.
I have a good vibe about this film, actually. It looks different enough to avoid becoming a boring retread of James Cameron's classics (a trap Terminator 3 fell into), the casting is excellent (Christian Bale, Sam Worthington), and everything in the concept designs, artwork, and brief sequences I've seen look great. I really hope the first theatrical trailer (which must surely arrive in the New Year, or attached to a Christmas blockbuster?) will continue to impress. What about you? Are you feeling it?
