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Arnold Schwarzenegger Will Be Back As the Terminator
sfcrazy writes "Arnold Schwarzenegger returned to movies after his role as Governator of California and the legendary actor is all set to play the role of The Terminator once again — the character which turned him into an icon. Schwarzenegger told the fan site TheArnoldFans.com, 'I'm very happy that the studios want me to be in Terminator 5 and to star as the Terminator.'"
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...too old for this shit?
All kidding aside, he's pretty aged, I can't really see him faithfully doing the Terminator as he was back in the 80's and 90's. I mean yeah, make-up and CG and all, but even then.
We've already had four terminator movies with the last decent one being the 2nd movie. The third was just an excuse to get a female terminator with big boobs killing people, the 4th movie was horrendous, and for crying out loud the tv show Sarah Connor chronicles was better then the movies in some aspects. I mean whats the story going to be this time, they make new T-800's that look like senior citizens to invade the care home where John Connor is in and kill him with false terminator teeth?
The T1065 where he reprises his role as a stout old geezer infiltration unit with a European accent polished smooth by years of hanging in Hollywood.
Old and Weary, the Terminator Returns once again, this time looking for a cozy retirement place. the world, however, does not agree with him...
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... Episode I? ... Hangover 3? ... Fast Five? ... Twilight 4? ... Star Trek Generations? ... Expendables 2?
etc.
"Here Lies Philip J. Fry, named for his uncle, to carry on his spirit"
Terminator 5: Geriatric Day
Terminator 5: Rise of the Mobility Aids
Terminator 5: Prescription
My film-loving internal child still laments his passing on the "Crown of Iron" Conan script. Would have been directed by Millius, the genius behind the original film. Still one of my favorite movies of all time.
Arnold is not the only one who is aging, Slashdot too has old and senile, so senile that the story of Arnold starring as a geriatric terminator gets to appear here
"The 500 series were old and wrinkly, we spotted them easy."
The Terminator must be the only robot that gets wrinklier as time passes...
with English subtitles
The Passion of The Terminator
They'll just put the facial-capture stuff on him, so that he can mouth out the words in his usual robotic way, and they'll slap it all onto some CG model, a la Avatar.
In which case, why not just hire an impressionist who can do Arnie's accent on the cheap, and then map his stuff onto the CG model?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHne90OqwAg
I didn't even know there was a 4, much less a 5 coming.
[John]
Shit better not happen!
He couldn't stand up to a bunch of pansy Democrats in California. He's lost all credibility.
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John Connor discovers that the T-800 series was not originally developed as a war machine at all. In fact, early developments in cybernetics were intended to help an increasingly elderly population cope with geriatric diseases. (In fact, the T in T-800 refers to a testosterone pump implanted directly into the body, the first major modification to be attempted.) One such man, an actor with influential connections in government, was able to steadily have body parts replaced as he aged, attempting to prevent the inevitable degradation of his once Mr. Universe quality body. Later iterations of the T-800 would be based upon this man, who developed the models in an attempt to develop eternally vigilant guards to prevent incursions on his lawn by neighborhood children.
I mean whats the story going to be this time, they make new T-800's that look like senior citizens to invade the care home where John Connor is in and kill him with false terminator teeth?
Yes, they send back the Old-80, naked (*barf*) and he kicks some old people's ass and takes their walkers and Harleys - who else rides Harleys but old people?
So then, he takes his walker and Harley and tries to kill or save (depending on the plot) John Conner's brother's room mate's sister's lesbian lover's house keeper.
Why the house keeper? Because she - and she alone - kept John Conner from dieing from diarrhea by keeping his bother's roomate's sister's lesbian lover's toilet clean.
That's what's going to happen.
Terminator 5: PoliGriptic Day
Summer Glau
Terminator 5: The Governator's Return
Terminator 5: Californicator's Back
The only part I thought was actually cool
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7YYfgx_cHo
They could do the next film this way. Better than putting Ahnuld in front of the camera.
I'm one of the few who actually likes Terminator 3 and somehow, god knows how he was for the most part - pretty damn convincing in the movie. He really didn't appear old in the movie, definitely pulled it off but T3 itself was a decade ago. I saw him in Expendables 2 and,... I mean yeah it was fun and stupid but he was starting to really really look his age. Even his line delivery seemed off.
Made him an icon? I'm still waiting on "Hercules in New York II," dubbing and all.
I for one more than welcome the Governator T1, T2 and T3 were great sci-fi, wonderful time travel paradox films and fantastic examples of the genre. The first 3 films were solid story telling with a solid and consistent POV. Brilliant. Not great, but brilliant. Each movie was a solid 7.5 to 8 out of 10 compared to movies like Fast & Furious or Abrams' Star Trek. T5 is something I would see opening weekend just like i did with the dismal failure of T4 which despite it's name and hype was not a terminator movie and was literally nothing more than "a day in the life of" movie. T4 did not create nor solve a time travel paradox though it had many opportunities - mr big man nolan missed the point completely. I welcome T5 and another opportunity to mark judgment day on my calendar.
If he commits to getting back in shape big time, in the same way that Stalone has, he could have another 10 years of action films before he has to actually branch out into parts that fit his age. Yes, it would probably require steroids. No, I don't care.
Unfortunately, they'll probably just use him to draw crowds and either give him glorified cameo's or simply make him look younger with digital effects, neither of which would be a good thing.
Haven't you people ever heard of CGI? You know, Computer Generated Graphics...
Come on! This is Slashdot! We can rebuild him! We have the technology. Better than he was before. Better, stronger, faster!
I love Arnie the actor, but as a Californian I can't stand Arnie the ex-Governor because he did such an incredibly terrible job here. And I really dislike Arnie the husband/father, who treated his entire family like shit because he needed to fuck everything that moved.
I really wish he stuck with acting only and didn't take his family for granted.
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So that makes him the Exterminator.
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If I were him I'd sign with Fox to do McBain movies. A parody of himself played by himself. I think it could be hilarious, especially given his age. Sort of the "I-won't-ever-retire" cop that's only a shadow of his former glory.
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In my opinion, Schwarzenegger is a chronic liar, a loser, and a drugee who was able to convince people he wasn't. People who actually knew him, left him, like his wife.
Read the book, Fantastic, The life of Arnold Schwarzenegger. Schwarzenegger's father was a member of the Nazi party and an alcoholic. From page 16, "He was an angry drunk, and there were rumors in the village that when he wended his way home in the evening hours, he beat his wife."
Another quote, from page 49: "... he began a level of gamesmanship, of sheer trickery, of subterfuge, that had never before been seen in bodybuilding. He did not try to hide his actions but proudly admitted them afterward."
He manipulated people.
The only way this would work is as a face-capture-CGI role. He just couldn't pull it off physically. Sorry, but he's just too old and out of shape. Even if you have him bulked up under clothing, his face is too aged to believably do the role.
If I remember right, they were wanting to do a second trio of movies. So with 4 done, we're looking at a possible 5 and 6. I'd like to think that 6 would be the final, with one side or the other finally winning. As for 5, why not go way back in time? Try to knock off Sarah Connor when she's a kid or something.
For my walker and cane...
Religion is nothing more than (barely) controlled insanity. Especially Islam.
There must be something in the water (or the sand) in the Middle East that makes people crazy.
The US is backing ALL the sides, in the hope that they will just kill each other off.
They should pick someone who looks younger, like Mr. Burns.
Act 1:
In Eastern Europe, a handful of partisans still fight SkyNet and an army of robots. It's a desperate fight and the landscape is filled with the wreckage of a former age. One group is led by Ahnuld. He's crafty and careful having lived through the worst of times. His crew look up to him as a father and would follow him into hell.
Called before the supreme council, it's Eastern Europe remember, one member of his crew is denounced. It's all a ruse to get him and his group to sign up for a high-risk, end the war in Europe mission. He agrees but not before telling everyone of them 'I'll be back'.
Act 2:
Getting there is the hardest part. Sneaking through wrecked cities and desolate wastelands, half empty aquifers and collapsed rail tunnels, fighting and dying heroically to preserve the mission and each other, the rag tag group makes its way to... CERN. The idyllic countryside has been devastated. In its place are ruined behemoths and the rusted hulks of war machines. But SkyNet lives here, at least the part aware of the European theatre and they are there to destroy it.
Act 3:
Is where it really gets good. Also, there's a twist ending. Really, this movie could win awards. That's how good the ending is. Even your Mom is going to like it. I'd tell you, but it would ruin it for you. I'm doing you a favor.
He has to pay off Maria, so he's willing to take on any role that will bring a paycheck. They should have stopped after T2.
Oh well, if there's a buck to be made Hollywood will squeeze it out somehow.
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He could play as the aged king version of himself from the beginning/ending sequences of the movies and perhaps die off to make room for his successor :)
Three was good, not OK. I'd give it a 6.5/10. Probably a whole 1/2 point for the way they tied the whole franchise together. But, I thought the sexbot thing was overdone.
Four was a great look at the SkyNet future; maybe 7/10. I suspect that Bale-fatigue has more to do w/ it's low rating than the film itself. Much in the same way the *excellent* Tom Cruise flick Minority Report suffered from the haters.
I just think it's odd that people would say either of those films suck since by no standard would I give either film anything less than 3/10. But, in the world of hyperbolic criticisms, I guess "suck" is the equivalent of "wasn't an 8/ or 10/10 in my book".
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Terminator 4 was $200 million. They'll need the additional $100 million for the industrial strength makeup regime, plastic surgeons and CGI augmentation used to make Arnold not look 65 while he's beating on someone.
Terminator 5?
Implying there was a Terminator 4?
Terminator 5 - I'm back.
Terminator 5 - Did I say I'd be back?
Terminator 5 - What?
He might have aged but he;'s done it well. Makeup can easily make him look just as old as he was in t2.
I'm confident that they COULD do a proper salute to Terminator 2 by not making the fifth movie completely crap.
He did an amazing job in other movies, Total Recall as an example. He plays his role well, as long as they get a director that knows how to make
the most of him. James Cameron should direct it. It should be a continued story from Terminator 2, ignoring some of the plot devices in the 3rd and 4th one.
Like the giant human like robot? Really? Logic would dictate that a design like that would be ineffective at killing comparitively to the resources spent on construction.
Give us more of the dark apocalyptic future we saw in Terminator 2. It had the perfect atmosphere, that's what we want to see.
Give us the survival, the moving at night only to reduce detection, run down, living in tunnels metro 2033 styled movie.
Do NOT give us the fighting a giant humanoid robot during daylight.
During the day, thermal imaging would be less effective but visual optics would easily identify movement.
At night, yes, thermal technically would operate better due to higher contrasts in temperatures, but there's ways to mess with that, and
blasting infrared light everywhere to see your targets gives away the location of the machine, so that's what I think we expect as viewers, mostly night time, living in tunnels survivalists fighting the machines, just like we saw in terminator 2.
Can you tell that I'm still hung up on how good terminator 2 was?
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"Illegitimate child"... What is this? The Middle Ages?
So that's what he actually meant by "I'll be back"...
Flesh ages, maybe he's been around in this time for a while laying dormant, malfunctioned time jump, etc. If they write the story correctly he could probably pull it off... He's got a touch soft in his old age, so he'd definitely need to practice a bit and not just go through the motions or the whole movie will be DOA. I give an Arnold Terminator movie a gut felt 25% chance of being successful.
we didn't really miss you in movies when you tried to dabble in politics. just enjoy your retirement.
The cash has got to flow.
(end of movie where skin is stripped off much of the T800)
"Awww, come on, dad! You expect me to believe all that hardware was under that scrawney body?"
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He'll be back... for it.
I don't care why he's doing it, so long as he reprises the bit where that Freedom-Lovin' All-American Terminator stops that goddam commie Richard Stallman from hogging God's own telephone network. ;-)
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Exactly! We should just use the more modern form: "Bastard".
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Say a T-101 was accidentally sent back to 1950. Would its skin age as it waited for Sarah/John Connor to be born?
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How about " The terminated" instead of "The terminator" ?
I actually liked Terminator 3 and Salvation. And I'm a pretty critical guy when it comes to modern movies.
Yeah, Terminator 3 was a little tongue-in-cheek at the beginning, and its tone was definitely a LOT more fatalistic than even the first one. And Salvation was a little more action-oriented than it probably needed to be. But I thought they both had pretty strong stories and good acting.
I especially liked Salvation because it finally got us away from the "time traveling soldiers/terminators come back to fight it out in 1984, 1991, 2003, blah, blah, blah" setup that was getting pretty stale. They eventually *had* to go into the future and tell the story of John Connor and how he actually overthrew the machines and beat Skynet. You can't just set the big story up forever and not have some kind of payoff.
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I'd like to see this set as a prequel, an aging Arnold is the template for the Terminators but realizes too late that Skynet is taking control.
There was the skynet factory with young versions of the terminator.
What was so bad about Salvation?
The whole discussion with skynet via glassy viewscreen was a bit lame, but most of the movie was decent.
If he, Stallone, Cruise etc are willing to guinea pig treatments for us all the power to them.
They have the money and power to ignore the FDA and this may help cut research time for the rest of us. Denial is hard when tests are done on some of society's most visible people.
No, in the middle ages they would say "bastard".
They should have used the Terminator series of books by S.M. Stirling for the movies... the stories were much better and they even have the "prototype" human of the Arnold terminator as a Sarah love interest...
Terminator 5 - Rust Never Sleeps
Have gnu, will travel.
This time he will play the fleshless terminator, all they need to do is shave his head and slather him with chrome makeup.
we don't need another scene of him appearing outside a bar naked in his 60's
what's next?
he time travels just outside a nursing home, naked, he walks in, eyes up a grampa in flannel robe and a walker and kills the man taking his walker and flannel robe
or does Arnie get a "hoverround" this time
He'll look more like WALL-E than a T-800
Scene 1
What is it?
A Terminator.
Does it still run?
Hey, don't touch that switch.
Those things can be dangerous.
They have a habit of coming back.
How can they bring him back he's a robot?
...But he's now perfect for the third installment of Conan... "CONAN THE KING"!