Arnie Is The Terminator (Again)

With all the rumours bouncing around about Arnie's involvement in the new Terminator: Salvation film it's good to hear that the man himself has spoken up (with his instantly recognisable Austrian accent) and confirmed those rumours.

Yes, Arnie's ugly mug will be digitally scanned in 3D and plonked on top of Austrian body builder Roland Kickinger's body in post production. Not sure whose (if anybody's) voice will be used but if the big bucks are being thrown in Arnie's direction he could at least give us a few sound bites. "Cahm aaahn!"

I laughed out loud reading Arnie's following quote, not from the content but from my inability to not hear it in his voice, "I hope they do well, and I hope it is a huge hit. I do hope it creates a spectacle on the screen. That is what James Cameron created. With those big movies, there's a certain expectation and if you don't live up to it, if the movie is not a 10, then the business will be soft. If Terminator Salvation is pushing it forward, it will be breaking records all the time. If director McG has the T4 and the kind of shots that has the audience thinking, 'Now how did he do that?' -- then it is "The Terminator" and you can blow everyone away and every record at the box office."

Translated: "With those big moofies, there's a cyertain eggspectation and if you doen't life ahp to it, if the moofie is naht a 10, then the business will be sawft."

Man, what would Hollywood do without Arnie... *sigh*

Terminator Salvation Stars Release Candidate Terminators

Joblo has this cool poster image of the T-600 terminator that will star in the new Terminator: Salvation flick due out May next year (June is Australia). Yes, I said T-600, not to be confused with the Sony Ericsson T600. This is the model BEFORE the T-101/T-80/T-800/T850 Arnie model and apparently it has some issues.

I've seen in promotional materials that the skin on the T-600 looks terribly plastic and word on the street is it just blows off in chunks revealing the bulkier-than-Arnie's endoskeleton underneath.

This helps us figure out the time setting for the new film in that it's obviously before John Connor found and used the time machine to send Kyle Reese back to stop Arnie... because Arnie hasn't been made yet.

This also might explain the no-comment comments from McG about Arnie's involvement in the film off-camera where some people guessed he was being scanned in 3D. McG did however say that the film will end in a cliffhanger, obviously preparing for a follow-up.

Maybe we'll get to see the scene that was originally meant for T2 where John Connor breaks into the T-800 factory then into the time machine facility to send off Kyle. I've always wanted to see a production line of Arnies.

Interested tidbit, the time machine design meant for the un-filmed scene was recycled for use in Contact with the spinning rings crossing over each other.

New Terminator Movie Might Actually Be Good

Putting memories of the not-so-good Terminator 3 aside I have some interesting news on the upcoming Terminator 4, or Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins to be more precise.

Movieweb is reporting on a blog update over at the production's website from visual effects superviser Charles Gibson who talks about the challenges he's facing working with McG and how this film is going to be quite energetic.

If you saw the flashback sequences in The Sarah Connor Chronicles episode Dungeons & Dragons you might get an idea of what we're in store for where the world of the future glimpsed in past Terminator movies is the setting for the entire film.

This will be the first non-Arnie Terminator film but don't forget that Christian "Batman" Bale is playing John Connor so when May 22, 2009 rolls around make sure you have the cash to see Avatar and Termi 4.

All Your EVs Are Belong To Arnie

Apparently it took the weight of The Governator to announce new tax breaks for EV-producing companies in the US state of California and Tesla, being the superstar in that arena, used the occasion to tell us all some fantastic news.

We've known about the Tesla "WhiteStar" sedan project for a while now but today Ze'ev Drori, CEO of Tesla Motors, told us the car will actually be called the Model S, will cost around $60K USD and will drive 225 miles on a full charge. How good is that!? For those of you who live in the modern world that's 362 km on a full charge for around $63K AUD.

If that wasn't enough for you, Elon Musk announced that Tesla will be capable of building a $30K EV within the next 4 years. Go Tesla!

Arnie + Sly + Bollywood = WTF?

Is it the first of April today? What's this I hear about Arnie and Sly hooking up together for a Bollywood film being shot at Universal Studios in LA?! A Bollywood romance revolving around the stunt world... huh!? Someone slap me, I need to wake up.