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Some spoilery T4 toy images pop up online!
SPOILER ALERT !!
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. I got an email from a buddy named Jack pointing out an article at Slashfilm that got some images from the Playmates line of Terminator: Salvation toys.
There's a whole series of pics over at Slashfilm. I've taken one of them and posted below. Be sure to click through and see the rest.
Now, these might be considered spoilery if you haven't seen the first trailer and heard Conner screaming at Sam Worthington. I guess Sam will be a good Terminator? I was kind of hoping that this story wouldn't feel the need to follow in the same pattern that the last two Terminator sequels have, to be quite honest. I want to see people vs. machines, not super-powered Terminator on Terminator fights. But I still have no idea what they're doing with the movie. The footage McG showed at BNAT was really sharp, I just don't have any clue what the big picture is from anything I've seen, which makes me a tad nervous.
Anyway, here's the pic and link through to the even more spoilery pics:
Sure, they're kinda ugly, but who am I to complain? I was playing with these:
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Really? Kids are gonna want to play with these? If they're going for the adult, collector market, I don't think this stuff's gonna cut it.
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looks like he has a Gatling gun coming out of his junk.
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This franchise is 25 years old. Grow up, Generation X!
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It's what Stan Winston would've wanted don't you think......
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the weakest shit they ever made... then they went and lost the star wars license.
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that is.
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I just hated on some toys. I sicken myself.
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this film should make us forget how watered down Terminator 3 was. Not a completely bad film, just lacked a certain urgency...
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it says the T5 has been greenlit and McG is developing it already and Bale's onboard for 2 more.
Gee..it kind of take away any sense of resolution and suspense from T4 storyline a bit don't you think?..you know, before it even comes out! -
I remember those. I had two Terminator toys. One where Arnie had attachable arms and another where he looked like a bondage professional with a gattling gun and a missile that shot out of his belly. I always wanted the John Connor toy with his dirt bike. That one was cool.
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kenner didn't lose the star wars license, they were bought by hasbro and had all of their products merged.
as for these figures though, jesus christ, they look like fucking tmnt figures. i wonder if you have to break the weapons off of the lil plastic mold thingie. -
And a life-size Cassidy rubber doll!!
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A tad nervous? Really? I've had such low expectations for this, that all of the trailers and buzz from seen footage actually has me cautiously optimistic. I have nothing against the Charlie's Angels films (almost, but not quite, qualifying as a guilty pleasure) but I was still disappointed with the choice of "McG" as director (FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, MAN, YOUR NAME IS JOE NICHOL!!! STOP SOUNDING LIKE YOU'RE TRYING TO BE COOL WITH YOUR FAMILY NIC-NAME. YOU COME OFF LIKE VANILLA ICE!!! IT'S BOTHERSOME!!! IT'S OFF PUTTING!!! IT'S EMBARRASSING FOR YOU, AND YOU DON'T EVEN SEEM TO KNOW IT!!! AAARRRGGHHH!!!) So, I really have some hope that the movie will be good. And why not? The Terminator series has a great premise. Mr. Nichol has an interesting eye for stylistic fourishes. His videos are excellent, and even the C.A. movies succeed at what they set out to do. With fingers crossed, I now hope that T4 will be good.
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Disregarding prior knowledge, this movie looks badass. I'm going in with an open mind.
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Honestly it makes perfect sense. The Terminator models are excellent fighters and can compliment the human fighters, much like armored support can enhance the effectiveness of foot soldiers. The humans also have limited, if any, manufacturing base. They are forced to repurpose, reuse, and recycle. This is a basic factor that any good military tactician will use, especially when faced with limited resources: If you can't make it or don't have it, feel free to take it from the ones who do or can. Anyways, the reprogrammed Terminators aren't without their risks, as Sarah Connor Chronicles has shown. This actually becomes a point of tension, as many disagree with John Connor, feeling he is essentially playing with volatile explosives that could backfire at any moment.
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Just read that online. Sucks, he was good in anything acted in. I guess we are in for another year of shitty deaths.
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They were sick!!!
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screwed that little tribute up. oh well, Adam West and Burt Ward better watch there backs, 2009 is shaping up to have another hollywood body count.
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They made Uncle Fester into a Terminator! Those sick bastards! Is nothing sacred? What next, Tattoo from Fantasy Island?
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was great in the Grifters.Oranges wrapped in a towel..have to try that sometime.
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Jan 04, 2009 6:27:15 PM CST
Drop the stupid name McG. Never be taken serious till you do
by stormwatcher
I mean what kinda assclown calls himself something that sounds like a McDonalds product? Its like he screaming I AM A COMMERCIAL WHORE, TEABAG ME WHILE I ANAL RAPE YOUR PRODUCTS FOR MASS CONSUMPTION. Really hate that name.
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Seriously, good catch.
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i had that T2 toy... the new ones are a step up... but are very very gay looking
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yayyyy lol...w/e i'll take it.
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ugly and childish - stuck in the toy market of the 1980's
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Looks like Tropic Terminator.
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So when can we expect the fucking saturday morning cartoon
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...I love the 90s.
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When will you guys serioulsy learn
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These look horrible. They look like they're from the early 80's Terminator movie. Wow, amazing.
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Terminators! In a movie called "Terminator"!
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Creepything is that the wife and I were watching "Hang 'Em High" on DVD this afternoon. Weird how thing slike that work.
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Jan 04, 2009 7:06:32 PM CST
Who cares? Avatar will be fucking your eyeballs in 2009!
by iammrmonkey!
You forgot about "Avatar" didn't you? Oh, you didn't?Good.
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overproduced chinese made pieces of garbage.
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Wonder how many so-called collectors will hoarding these till they have to start giving them away as Christmas gifts.
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these are just shitty toys for the kids, they werent made for the "fan" or collector, so of course they look like crap. i'm sure companies like sideshow will make good looking figures and the like.
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i notice the endoskeleton toys do sport those "bruce campbell" chins like one of the movie images showed. did stan winston's company make theses because if so, i guess its a new model.
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T4 is so not ringing any bells with me. Wake me if it doesn't suck.
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I was at BNAT and saw McG's footage reel. McG talked about the mysterious T-X that had not been revealed yet, and based on the footage we saw, I thought it was Sam Worthington, but I didn't want to say anything because I thought that was a spoiler. Well, that cat is now out of the bag. I assumed the machines had picked up on some of our own tricks. We had reprogrammed Terminators to help us, so they had captured a human and inserted cybernetic implants into his brain, wiped his memory and allowed him to escape. He would then become a sleeper. He wouldn't even know he was a Terminator, and could be switched on to carry out an assassination on John Conner at a crucial moment. Mind you, I'm making all of this up based on clips I saw that may be out of context. Oh, and McG said HE READS EVERY POST about him on AICN so keep that in mind when busting on his name.
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Though I hope it feels like there's some DANGER. That's what's missing from most CG blockbusters. CG doesn't feel like it can hurt you, and the scenes get so busy you don't give a fuck who survives and who doesn't. You switch off. I want the tension to be there. It WAS there in parts of T3. The best thing about T3 was that we really didn't know what the outcome was going to be. In T2 they were obviously going to kill the T-1000 and live, it was the only outcome.
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I want the rights to the John Connor Sack O' Skin(tm)
Larger and more fun than the Bag O' Skin
Can be used as a shammy, doily, a sheet.
Been known to Save the World.
And you can eat it if your so inclined. -
Sammy boy has a tail in the second image. At least whatever that is coming out of his ass looks like a terminator tail.
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These are prime examples of why Playmates is always a terrible choice for a toy line. You know when Playmates is chosen it is purely a financial decision and not about art or quality product. This also shows why you always want a skilled sculpter rather than a penny pinching factory making your figures.
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the MPAA does not permit toys for R rated films.
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has the new Star Trek movie line of toys. I hope they look good.
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Can't stress that enough.
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Not the above-pictured half arnold/half endo, but just a full Terminator Endo figure that was really, really, sweet. It was at least movie accurate. The Endo's in this line look crap.
I miss that old endoskeleton figure. in 2002 I broke him, then kitbashed a "T1 end of movie half destroyed" terminator out of him, then trashed him altogether. I realize now that was a huge mistake. I didn't anticipate ever wanting my old toys again, (I had to buy this year's $70 25th anniversary Optimus Prime because I broke my old one from back in the day.) -
Now....go....my....s-son.
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And that's a Dalek. I call him Derek and he sits on the cupboard where I keep my cereal.He was a birthday present. I don't buy toys, you see. I'm god-damn 29 years old. I didn't have the heart to say, upon receiving it "Oh. THIS is my birthday present? You've seen my place. Do I own any other toys? Do I look like a fucking child to you? Give me money or vouchers - or SOMETHING."Still, I've become attached to Derek. He exterminates any rodents which come into my flat.
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Don't tell that Neil Hamilton. Or Lyle Talbot for that matter.
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Welcome to the suck.
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right ??? ;)
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My hopes for their Star Trek reboot figures has dwindled a lit since seeing these. Luckily the 6" ones seem to be the best in the lot. These suck compared to NECA's work on previous films, keep in mind they ARE mass market toys aimed at kids and shown here, but not mentioned is that there are 10" dolls (middle photo), 6" collector figures (top photo), and Star Wars/GI JPe scaled 3 3/4" figs too (last photo). My guess is that NECA was a smaller company and that Playmates had the cash to outbid for the license. It all comes down to how pays the licensing money. Not who buys the toys. : (
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Jan 04, 2009 9:49:45 PM CST
WHAT'S THE SPOILER? THE MOVIE WILL SUCK LIKE THESE DOLLS??!?!
by bringingsexyback
I mean, action figures. Excuse me.
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Worse than Batman nipples. But more penisey.
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The angle makes it look like the guy on the left has a penis gun.
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He's part of something called Project Angel. He's a human with a metal endoskeleton.
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You dumb toad.
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Wchblade, if NECA couldn't afford the licence I doubt they'd be able to afford Harry Potter! Are you confusing NECA (who did the 18" endoskeleton) with McFarlanne, who did the Terminator 3 line? I get 'em mixed up sometimes, as their best sculptor, Kyle Windrix, went from McFarlane to NECA.
And why didn't McFarlane do it when they already did the last one anyway? Surely when looking at the quality of those things (higher than the movie!), the movie suits didn't say, "well, we think playmates could do a better job, or keep up with demand better"! Maybe it's one of those weird overlapping multi-licence things like Shrek where you got both McFarlane (sorry for the planty-ness) and Hasbro doing figures at the same time, or Pirates, where both NEA and that shitty new company (starts with a z or x or something) did same-scale figures at the same time, with one appealing to collector-ish types and patronising sloppy pieces of badly-sculpts crap supposedly appealing to the 'kiddies'.
Disfigurehead, as opposed to all the American-made ones? Pretty much ALL the figures/toys are made in China ya great dolt! The thing is, they make the best AND the worst. McFarlane toys are made there too, y'know. Just with roughly 100 paint/deco applications on average per figure. ;)
Sonicdeathmonkey, if it were true that they don't make toys from r-rated movies I guess all the Matrix, Hellraiser, Sin City, Jason, Freddy, Michael, Robocop, Alien, Exorcist, American Werewolf, etc etc toys sitting on our shelves are figments of our imagination... but yeah this particular flick will probably be pg13 or m I agree... -
Jan 04, 2009 11:00:08 PM CST
THE ONE ON THE LEFT IS THE PLEASURE MODEL: TERMINAVIBRATOR
by bringingsexyback
Look at the size of that thing!
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Star Wars licence. If Neca or McF (ha!) did it we'd finally get some decent figures! I was hoping that'd happen when all the licences ran out pre-episode 1. C'est la vie...
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Ribbed with a polymetal alloy (or pahlimeddle, as Arnie would say). For her pleasure, of course.
And the one on the left may be ugly, but he sure is 'built'! -
If you knew a damn thing then you'd know that he was on death row and donated his body to science, something called Project Angel. He wakes up in 2018 without having aged. He gets injured and the resistance discovers his metal endoskeleton, but he is not a fucking Terminator. Serena, Helena Bonham Carter's character, is the head of Project Angel and also has a metal endoskeleton.
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Jan 04, 2009 11:37:11 PM CST
Toys: I always wondered what Republicans really looked like!
by kbarber29
Toys: I always wondered what Republicans really looked like!
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Wait, what the fuck reboot are we talking about???
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....gah...
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wtf is up with the smiley cyborgs. is stephen sommers making this movie?
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Jan 05, 2009 12:05:07 AM CST
Just have an army of those naked bitch terminators for 2 hours s
by jkrow21
I'd pay to see that
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Jan 05, 2009 12:34:51 AM CST
Is kyle reese in it? isn't reese john conners best friend?
by orionsangels
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He's the kid that talks to Worthington's character.My God, I remember when T2 came out and they had the wax figures you could melt down to the endoskeletons, and the face masks you could put on for Halloween (which was what they used for Kano in the first Mortal Kombat game)....
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Search your feelings, you know this to be true.
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yeah I know almost all toys are made in china. I am just saying how shitty the current state of the toy industry is...and Mcfarlane sucks now. Back in the day they were awesome.
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Jan 05, 2009 1:18:16 AM CST
You cannot market an R-rated movie to those under 17
by s0nicdeathmonkey
by the MPAA rules. Now, the Hellraiser toys are considered "figurines". NECA, McFarlane ect. They make COLLECTIBLES and MEMORABILIA. Clearly, Kenner does not.
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TERMiBRATOR Would have been more clevererrer..
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those were fucking sweet. Nowadays I'd pay a whore to finger herself with those cold, dead fingers.
RIGHT ON BRO -
Jan 05, 2009 2:55:52 AM CST
Depressing when the old toy looks cooler than the new ones.
by knuckleduster
Hope this movie doesn't suck.
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is like Len Wiseman making a Die Hard film. Totally and utterly pointless.
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Seriously, wtf?
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See, I find it hard to take your 'toys are for kids' attitude seriously when you practically came over Avatar.
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Michael Chiklis turned Robocop
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If they are going for that retro stiff looking original STARWARS figure look then they've nailed it! but the mega detailed collectable standards have moved up several notches these days and these look uber shitty!
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...as in they'll be hitting the bottom of dumpsters out back of Toys R Us's all over the world within a month of sitting on their shelves like unwanted Romanian orphans.
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Damn You Michael Bay
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You people hate everything.
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Jan 05, 2009 7:08:01 AM CST
Honestly, I was convinced that this film would be a steaming pil
by electric_sheep
Now i have seen some toys, and as someone quite rightly pointed out an uncle fester terminator, I'm convinced its going to be great. Go McG!!!! Your name's not infantile honest.
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of course.
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I thought this was Terminator and not STNG.
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if T4 rocked and Avatar sucked ...
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it was AWFUL!
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Heard it was coming...
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Hey, remember when interesting movie news didn't come from pictures of toys? Rickey does!
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Those pretty much look like if Sloth from Goonies was a terminator
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and the old toys were only slightly worse.
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...or did we already know that? I realize they make figures for R rated movies but these don't look like figures some Gen Xer puts in his cubicle, these look like kids toys. Then, I can't imagine why T3 was rated R, unless there was language that I missed.
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Coming 2009. See, I can do it too... and I don't even give a shit about T4.
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Yeah, there was one shot where the female terminator stabs a truck driver in the chest and that was pretty much it. Weak sauce. This new flick will probably be PG-13. The age of the R rated blockbuster is pretty much over. Sad.
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congratulations, that's a good one.
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sans skin, they look way too happy to be dangerously evil.
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"I was kind of hoping that this story wouldn't feel the need to follow in the same pattern that the last two Terminator sequels have, to be quite honest." Yeah, because who'd want another Terminator 2?
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always armed to the teeth, that guy. So excited he's crossing over into the Terminator universe for a long overdue cameo.
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...but yeah, otherwise that second toy is somewhat pants. I still think this has thin ice written all over it and I don't get why Hollywood has gone batshit over this Worthington guy but I hope I'm wrong and this is kick ass. At this point, I think the best we'll get will be ID4 style kick ass and nothing close to T1 or T2 kick ass (yes, I left out t3 on purpose). Yet another Bay-like explosion extravaganza with the 600 series Terms for a quick fan reacharound (They had rubber skin...we spotted them easily). And McG will cement his status on AICN as the next Ratner (appreciated by some, hated by everyone else).
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now thats cool.
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those figures look like poop, and I finally rented "Son of Rambow" this weekend and loved it.
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Kyle Reese arrived on present-day earth on May 12, 1984. T4 Salvation arrives in theatres 25 years later, give or take a week. Discuss.
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I get ya now, but "dry up"?! Do you not know what that winking smiley means? Or just lost your sense of humour? It was good-natured ribbing, sulky bollocks! (DCI Hunt quote for ya)
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forgot about that. Still, I've seen worse violence on "24". I thought the MPAA didn't even care about violence, just swearing and boobies. We did see the TX's ass but again, basic cable stuff. If they knew it was going to be an R anyway, they could have at least made with the boobies. I mean we had to see Arnold's junk in the first one.
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We'll never know, because it won't ever happen. Cameron is on a whole different level of filmmaking from McG.
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..unreturned phone call.
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That's what you get when you go with a company who makes terrible Ninja Turtle animated figures and not a good company like NECA or McFarlane.
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Go watch Somersault, yo. The cats can act.
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The first post was just a joke as nobody else had said it. I don't have any interest in Avatar really.The second post is true. Toys are for kids. Tis a fact.
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they look just as bad as the t2 toys did and that was a decade ago!
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So are the Mario games, but they still kick ass for us older chaps.
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Remember explaining that one? But there is nothing like GI Joe and the Kung Fu Grip. I've searched the world and have found only one living master of the Kung Fu Grip technique. This dude doesn't even communicate like normal people any longer. I watched with my own eyes as he used the Kung Fu Grip technique to force an ear of corn on the stalk to spontaneously burst into delicious pop corn. Kidd. You. Not.
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It's...smiling at me!
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...did you just see a real bright light?"
"That sumbitch stole mah pants..!"
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...look fucking awful. Stretch fucking Armstrong had more sculpted detail than these pieces of shit.
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Who the fuck actually considers the news about Worthing playing a cyborg/terminator a spoiler? If you couldn't figure it out by the speech Connor gives him, then you could just look at his chest at the begining of the tirade, and see the metal under his skin...
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Three factions - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHvL0AZ6NXU
Or not. -
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