It seems like it will be ages before we get a look at Terminator 4, or, as the studio prefers to call it, Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins. But it comes out exactly one year from yesterday! And just in time, Warner Bros. has sent out a press release with a few new plot details that give us a better idea of what to expect on May 22, 2009.
Much of it is what we already know. Christian Bale is playing the adult John Connor, who, in the year 2018, has been chosen to lead the rebellion against Skynet. But what’s more interesting is the character played by Sam Worthington, who will also be part of James Cameron’s Avatar at the end of 2009. “The future Connor was raised to believe in is altered in part by the appearance of Marcus Wright (Sam Worthington), a stranger whose last memory is of being on death row. Connor must decide whether Marcus has been sent from the future, or rescued from the past. The two eventually infiltrate the very center of Skynet, where they “uncover the terrible secret behind the possible annihilation of mankind.” Man, who isn’t trying to annihilate mankind in the Terminator movies?
I like that Worthington’s character will be a mysterious visitor from another time, like the introduction of Arnold in Terminator 2. And while I still can’t really wrap my mind around Christian Bale being John Connor, we all know he’ll do a great job with the role, as he’s done with every role he’s ever had. So yeah, more good news from another franchise reboot that just might not make us want to tear out our eyeballs. Naysayers aside (*cough* Josh Tyler), the newest Indiana Jones has set an example on how to restart a franchise without disgracing the original. Let’s hope that Terminator Salvation can follow the same example, though maybe with a little less silly.
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It seems like it will be ages before we get a look at Terminator 4, or, as the studio prefers to call it, Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins. But it comes out exactly one year from yesterday! And just in time, Warner Bros. has sent out a press release with a few new plot details that give us a better idea of what to expect on May 22, 2009.
