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Post by Deep Art Frummy on Oct 5, 2008 14:51:23 GMT -5
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Post by rossbondreturns on Oct 5, 2008 15:15:14 GMT -5
Well if I had permission to post my recording of our conversation...I think you'd change your tune.
Not to mention that once again, differing people have differing views of what a blessing entails.
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Post by Derek Reese on Oct 5, 2008 21:39:42 GMT -5
Is Cameron's blessing completely necessary? Maybe not. Plenty of folks get married without parental approval, and they end up being nice and cozy in their new life. Why should Terminator be any different?
Totally agree with this statement. As a fan of the series, I can live without Cameron's approval. He may have created the franchise but its out of his hands now. So there's zero need for his approval in the long run and since the rights to the franchise are studio controlled, its their decision as to how things play out. His approval means nothing to them in any way, shape or form.
I'm as much of a Terminator fan as the next, but franchises move on without their creators. GODZILLA has done as such for decades. Comic book creators leave their projects. It's the way the business works. TV shows even move on without their original creators.
I love that Cameron set-up the franchise and I respect that, but the franchise he built can operate without him. The show and the new trilogy are proof of that.
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Post by Deep Art Frummy on Oct 5, 2008 21:45:15 GMT -5
I could care less if Cameron isn't directing it. I don't even care that he didn't give McG a blessing.
The fact that it IS McG of all people directing it, makes me feel like it won't be any better than T3.
I'm still open minded about this project, but there is NOTHING wrong with my criticsm. Plus, judging by popular demand, I'm not the only one in that boat.
This all goes by supplying the fans demands. We'll see what McG does.
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Post by Derek Reese on Oct 5, 2008 22:10:49 GMT -5
That interview is actually fake, haha. Someone posted that on IMDB and another user provided a link to where it was confirmed to be fake. James actually gave NO blessing and I've actually never heard him sound that "friendly" in an interview. So yeah, completely bogus interview right there. Sorry, man. Funny since it matches what Cameron told me in one of our few conversations since Titanic. No surprise on this one, but I'm with Ross on matters, when it comes down to it and I know for a fact, that Ross is speaking the truth.
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Post by jdub87 on Oct 5, 2008 22:39:28 GMT -5
I love that the new movie has Cameron's approval. I also love that Arnold was seen chatting with Christian Bale on location. Any connections to the past are certainly a great thing, but they aren't necessary. The new movie will be excellent no matter who is involved directly or indirectly.
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Post by Deep Art Frummy on Oct 5, 2008 23:41:35 GMT -5
Anyway, hasn't this film wrapped up filming? It will be interested to see the trailer that gets paired with 007.
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Post by Derek Reese on Oct 5, 2008 23:53:12 GMT -5
Last I heard it was production-wise. Not certain about Helena Boham Carter's status in regards to her filming.
Thought they were in the post-production stages editing in effects and all the usual post-production goodness.
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Post by rossbondreturns on Oct 8, 2008 16:17:23 GMT -5
archive.gulfnews.com/tabloid/Cinema/10250407.htmlMcG shows footage (Trailer) in the Gulf. Filming wrapped 3 weeks ago. Here's the text...even the non Terminator stuff is interesting...at least to me. McG full throttle in Abu Dhabi
By Kelly Crane, Staff Reporter Published: October 07, 2008, 00:00
A music video sent in a pizza box and a chance meeting with Drew Barrymore catapulted the director of one of Hollywood's most anticipated-blockbusters to where he is on Tuesday.
Proving the road to success in Tinsel Town is definitely not just down to on-paper qualifications, McG, director of next year's Terminator Salvation, tells tabloid! the secret of his success - and it's not as you may first expect.
"Directors like Spike Lee were my inspiration and I just kept going. I was always creative with it though. Once I sent a music video to a producer who was pretty overweight in a pizza box because I thought he'd appreciate the gesture."
As all good rags-to-riches tales go, it was bumping into actress Drew Barrymore that really got McG on the Hollywood radar.
The celebrated director, most famous for Charlie's Angels and its sequel Full Throttle, said: "I met Drew and she saw something in me and asked me to direct Charlie's Angels." At the time, McG had shot music videos and commercials, but not movies.
Questioning my ability
"It was hard because I had people questioning my ability - even after thousands and thousands of hours of shooting film.
"I'd shot on a mountain, in the ocean and dealt with actors who wouldn't come out of their trailer - I'd seen it all and knew I was better prepared than any new director who had never shot a second, but had the title ‘film director'."
Barrymore wanted to make an action film with girls, for girls and wanted McG to pull it off - which he did and more.
"But not everything came together. I was rather ironically thrown off the Superman movie because I was afraid of flying. Things could have been different me but I accept the path I have taken."
It was also McG's fear of flying became the catalyst for We Are Marshall - a true story about a plane crash which wipes out a community football team in America starring Matthew McConaughey, who's current starring role is in a Dolce&Gabbana fragrance ad.
"I have to admit I've walked around the malls here in Abu Dhabi and found it odd to see our Texan boy advertising high-end Italian fashion. But whatever works, hey."
But the path to a $4,000,000 (Dh14 million) pay cheque for Charlie's Angels Full Throttle wasn't exactly an easy ride.
"It could have all been so different. I was going to be a doctor because my dad was a doctor and it seemed like the natural path. But I quickly realised the error of my ways and my passion for film and music and went with my heart."
In the early days it was the world of pop stars and music videos which really "did it" for McG, working with artists including Gwen Stefani, Sublime and Cypress Hill.
"I had a friend who was into cinematography and just went for it but before that I was a lowly celebrity ‘snapper'.
McG has a list of television credits as long as his arm including The OC, Fastlane, Supernatural and Pussycat Dolls: Search for the Next Doll.
The Terminator returns: man or machine?
As technology takes over the world, Terminator: Salvation director McG says people must understand the reality of making films in a world where the role of technology, artificial intelligence and violence go hand in hand.
He added it's about time the people realised artificial intelligence plays such a major role in the everyday world, making it almost impossible to distinguish between man and machine.
"The next Terminator explores something altogether new and questions at what point humanity ends and technology begins. Artificial intelligence is something which surrounds our everyday life now and we need to accept that this in turn means a completely alternative way of life.
"Terminator: Salvation asks new questions about the fighter and gives him a more human perspective. It eventually explores him as a human and the emotions which go with that."
The debate about how much violence is acceptable on screen will go on for years – I am in no doubt."
Violence
Many argue violence through film provides an outlet for viewers - while others counter argue it encourage violence among viewers.
"What we have to admit to ourselves is that life and times are changing. That in turn creates a sense of indestructibility.
"Everything down to the ABS brakes in an everyday car is artificial intelligence. We are living among it in every sense.
"As a director I think it's important to explore these changes through film but I also realise I have a responsibility as a director to not take things too far."
In Abu Dhabi for The Circle Conference, a film initiative to help grow talent in the region, McG, short for McGinty, his mother's maiden name, showed an exclusive preview of the film's trailer having finished filming less than three weeks ago.
"It has been a bit of a rush to be honest but I wanted something of worth to bring for the people of this region. It's important for them to get a glimpse of what we do – and this is what we do."
He has a B.A in Psychology from the University of California-Irvine and won Billboard's Pop Video of the Year Award for Smashmouth's Walking on the Sun in 1997.
In the same year he also picked up the Pop Video of the Year Award from the Music Video Production Association for Sugar Ray's Fly, which he also co-wrote.
So what advice would he give to someone starting out?
"Tell stories from the heart. There are certain formulas which work no matter what. Love knows no bounds and triumph will always prevail over tragedy. These are the stories which translate the world over.
"I believe in the magic of the movies. People won't stop watching movies they will only change which screen they watch them on."
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Post by Deep Art Frummy on Oct 8, 2008 19:22:03 GMT -5
"Barrymore wanted to make an action film with girls, for girls and wanted McG to pull it off - which he did and more." Really? When did this happen? Anyway, aside from that it was a fairly good read. I really don't see how it was "rags to riches" considering his Dad was a doctor. Still, it was cool that he went with his passion rather than following in his family's footsteps. Props to him for doing that.
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Post by Derek Reese on Oct 8, 2008 19:31:30 GMT -5
Actually it should be more like Barrymore wanted to resurrect a franchise ("Charlie's Angels") and bring it up to a larger scale. Personally, I enjoyed the Charlie's Angels movies. They were just sheer brainless fun and eye candy, when it came down to it. It was great to see Bill Muarry as Bosley in the first and Bernie Mac as his replacement in the second.
My only major gripe with those movies was the Matrix-style fighting. Otherwise, sheer mindless entertainment.
Otherwise, I can't compare it to the Terminator franchise and honestly have zero desire to match them since the Terminator franchise is in a darker, war focused period now. Something the teaser trailer pulled off well enough.
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Post by jdub87 on Oct 8, 2008 22:44:38 GMT -5
I give the man credit for switching from a concept like Charlie's Angels to a higher concept like Terminator. Based on the teaser, I think he'll do the franchise justice.
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Post by rossbondreturns on Oct 8, 2008 23:11:50 GMT -5
For the first time ever NEW film trailers will be shown during the Oscar telecast. They can be 30-60 seconds long. And can only be for one film not a compilation. There will be one Movie Trailer per commercial break. It cannot have aired anywhere before. And there is only one spot per Studio. So Warner Brothers has 2 films that are eligible. (Since it has to be a film that come out after the last week of April at the earliest. So now Watchmen). That leaves Harry Potter and Terminator Salvation. I think it will be T:S. Since salvation is coming out sooner. This information was consolidated from the following link. www.variety.com/awardcentral_article/VR1117993650.html?nav=news&categoryid=1982&cs=1
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Post by Derek Reese on Oct 8, 2008 23:14:56 GMT -5
Glad to hear the news, Ross!
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Post by rossbondreturns on Oct 15, 2008 23:58:41 GMT -5
On the comic book:
The year is 2018. With John Connor as the voice of the resistance, the scattered remnants of humanity find themselves united against their common enemy—Skynet and its Terminators. Through a patchwork system of radio transmitters, hacked satellite phones, and encrypted computer networks, resistance leader Elena Maric in Detroit and Nigerian mining engineer Bem Aworuwa have formed an unlikely friendship and drawn up battle plans to take the fight to the Terminators!
On the Prequel Novel:
The other thing that happened at Necro that was a real treat was that I got to chat with Timothy Zahn for a couple of hours in the con suite late Saturday night. As you hopefully already know, Terminator: Salvation is in production and will be coming out next year. Timothy Zahn is writing the official prequel novel, From The Ashes. This means that he has a copy of the script for the next Terminator movie. He's also close friends with the Stone Hill gang, so as soon as he got tapped to do the novel Mark let me know about it.
When I saw Zahn in the con suite the conversation started like this: Me: "Mark made me promise not to kidnap you and torture you for information." Timothy Zahn: "You must be Eric!"
We ended up talking for at least a good couple of hours, mostly about all things Terminator related. Of course, he's under an NDA regarding the new movie, and I would never have been so rude as to ask him for any details about the movie or the novel. The only thing I did want to know was simply how he thinks the movie is going to be. His response was very encouraging. The basic gist of what he said is that given the script that they're working with they'd have to try very hard to turn it into a bad movie. He's gotten script revisions as the movie has been in production, and said that all of the revisions have been improvements, and show that they really do care about the story. That's worth more to me than any spoilers would be!
On the Toys:
Heralding the fourth installment in the iconic, billion-dollar TERMINATOR franchise, The Halcyon Company’s production of TERMINATOR SALVATION — debuting May 22, 2009, from Warner Bros. Pictures and Sony Pictures — Playmates Toys will launch an edgy line of collectible action toys targeting kids and collectors. With a strategic vision for establishing a solid action toy segment for the next several years, the initial film window launch will include a full assortment of fully-articulated action figures (multiple scales) featuring new, never-seen-before TERMINATORS; battle-ready replica vehicles; and signature role play items: the TERMINATOR T-600 Voice ‘n’ Vision Skull with authentic red light-up eyes, voice changer/sound effects and the TERMINATOR Deluxe T-600 Fist that vibrates, fires and emits sounds. In the Fall, kids and collectors can build their world and collections out with the SKYNET playset: assortments of six new figures in basic (3¾”) and deluxe scales (6”); several new signature vehicles including remote control and skin peeling TERMINATORS in super size (10”); and much more.
Not to mention Sideshow Collectibles has a series of deluxe items for Salvation coming soon.
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