When McG started making Terminator Salvation , he went in wanting, first and foremost, to correct what he believed was the biggest shortcoming he showed in his work on the Charlie’s Angel films: this time, he would see a bare boob. So, the director told Terminator star Moon Bloodgood that rain makes things artistic, and got the actress to take her top off for a few seconds in one rain-drenched shot. The pathetically tame scene was ultimately cut to ensure a PG-13 rating, but of course it’s appearing on the DVD to boost sales to the desperately horny. And now it’s on internet:

Christian Bale and Bryce Dallas Howard are joined by Moon Bloodgood , Anton Yelchin and director McG at the Japan premiere of their movie Terminator Salvation at Lalaport Toyosu in Tokyo, Japan on Thursday (June 4). Speaking about his role in the movie, Christian revealed that he is well aware that he is not the star of the cyborg film. “People come to a Terminator movie for the Terminators and the action. I don’t mind essentially playing second fiddle to a Terminator,” said the 35-year-old actor. In the US box office the action movie grossed $90.9 million so far. The film will open in Japan on June 13. 30+ pictures inside of the Terminator cast at the Japan premiere…

Terminator Salvation roars to life on screen with enough gutsy firepower to literally shake you in your seat. She’s a mean, loud metallic beast that hasn’t eaten in years, and the only commands she understands come in the form of growls, snarls, bullets and explosions. You can’t really ask for more from an action picture (well you can, but we’ll get to that); with Terminator Salvation , director McG proves that he’s more than a punchline for online jokes — his action scenes are fierce and eye-popping; he gives us the post-apocalyptic Skynet world we’ve always wanted to see and then asks if we want seconds or thirds. This is the Terminator film for a generation that expects over-the-top; an audience who likes it rough, but still PG-13, so we don’t get carded at the door. And that’s all well and good if you also don’t need to care — because while Terminator Salvation is a gnarly little actioner, this movie about robots lacks, well, life. There’s a fantastic scene in Terminator 2: Judgment Day when Sarah Connor runs right into her son John and the T-800 exiting an elevator in the mental institution, and her eyes pop as she drops to the floor; frightened to her core. She doesn’t yet know that this T-800 is a good guy — instead, all she sees is failure, death and desperation. And we feel that; we’re so sold in that moment and our hearts do a freak-dance as the T-1000 closes in behind her. That scene is one of the single greatest of this franchise, and that panic, that momentum, that edge-of-your-seat, full-body experience is what’s absent from Terminator Salvation . She doesn’t bleed when we kinda need her to. Filed under: Action , Sci-Fi & Fantasy , New Releases , Theatrical Reviews , Fandom , Remakes and Sequels Continue reading Review: Terminator Salvation Permalink | Email this | Comments

Curious about what’s been happening at WonderCon in San Francisco this weekend? Me too! Let’s see what the Internet says. Cloverfield Sequel? J.J. Abrams acknowledged that ideas for a sequel “or at least a follow-up” to last year’s big-grossing, doc-style monster movie Cloverfield are being kicked around. Insisting that a sequel “better not be a business decision,” Abrams said: “We have an idea for something that’s pretty cool … It’s something that would be related to Cloverfield and hopefully we’ll do something sooner than later, because the idea’s pretty sweet.” Abrams appeared at WonderCon to premiere a new trailer for some space movie thingy . [Daniel Fienberg at HitFix .] Terminator for Teens? Director McG continued to play the guessing game about the rating for Terminator: Salvation . Are they aiming for PG-13 or R? At a panel, he teased the audience with the prospect of a topless scene by Moon Bloodgood . (Alas, the new trailer does not include that scene.) Later, McG claimed that T:S was made without giving a thought to rating, while also referencing the Kate Winslet posing scene in the PG-13 rated Titanic . For her part, Ms. Bloodgood said: “I’m a woman, I have boobs, it’s a beautiful shot.” [Edward Douglas at Coming Soon .] Green Lantern Goes Russian? Anton Yelchin , the Russian-born actor who has prominent supporting roles in both Star Trek and Terminator: Salvation , denied a rumor that he was being considered to play Hal Jordan in Green Lantern . “No one has said anything to me. I imagine I’m just too young. I mean, it’s a great character but I don’t know anything about it.” Yelchin will turn 20 next week. [ IESB.net ] After the jump: News on Disney’s hand-drawn The Princess and the Frog . Filed under: Action , Animation , Sci-Fi & Fantasy , RumorMonger , Newsstand , Comic/Superhero/Geek Continue reading 2009 WonderCon in 60 Seconds Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments