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Terminator 4 Plot Details Leaked!

by Jeff Giles | December 20, 2007

Summary

After the comparatively lackluster T3: Rise of the Machines, more than a few people left the Terminator series for dead -- but as it turns out, the franchise may just be catching its second wind. Back to Article

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a_sad_un-sorry_hashbrown writes:
on Dec 20 2007 10:32 PM

This sounds surprisingly awesome.

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thereign writes:
on Dec 20 2007 10:47 PM

IceGhost: It's really stupid to insult the fans of T2 like that, who have valid opinions regarding that movie, just like the ones you're entitled to for T3. This falls into the same category as those who hate Daniel Craig as the new Bond and those who love him, each camp proclaiming the other to not be "true fans" of the series.

In MY opinion, T3 was simply a waste of time. It was obviously made for money, and nothing but. Nick Stahl as Connor sucked 80 miles of balls, far worse than Ed Furlong any day of the week. If you want to complain about logic, complain about how the director pretty much completely ignored every last thing that Cameron instilled in his two films about HOW the war between Skynet and the human race began, and the laziness of the art production department in coming up with HK designs 90% similar to those in the first movie, when they should have looked far more like PROTOTYPES. HK's are supposed to be flying devices BUILT BY SKYNET--NOT humans. If the TX was so far advanced than Schwarzenegger's character, would he really be able to dump a super-advanced virus with just a simple reboot? Also, at the end of the film, John Connor is still nowhere near being this great military leader he's supposed to become(lack of character development)...so why in the flying hell would ANYONE in the actual military even listen to him? THIS WIMP is the guy who's supposed to crawl out of the ashes, gather humanity together and say "Hey, we're still here, and we will not go quietly into the darkness of extiction like these metal motherf***ers want us to"?? At least Furlong showed a spark of the heroism--or at least the craftiness--Connor is supposed to exhibit.

Judgment Day wasn't supposed to be inevitable, which was the ENTIRE POINT of Terminators 1 & 2--that HUMANS decide their own fate, no matter the odds. What Schwarzenegger should have said when he encountered Stahl in T3 was "My need to collect another paycheck was inevitable!"

Just like the director of Alien 3 totally mucked up every last good intention Cameron had brought to the fans with Aliens, so did T3's director spoil that grace. T3 sucked donkey nuts...that's life.

And again, just my opinion, dude.

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jacog writes:
on Dec 21 2007 01:21 AM

Agreed on all points.

Next!

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sistrunk writes:
on Dec 21 2007 04:06 AM

I'm a little concerned about "Marcus" being the central character. It's not a good idea to take the focus of the main guy Conner. I mean, he's the reason the story exists. This concerns me.

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peoplesicon8 writes:
on Dec 21 2007 05:40 AM

What the hell are they thinkin???? BRING ON ROBOCOP VS TERMINATOR!!!!

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Gimy writes:
on Dec 21 2007 05:54 AM

about bale and uwe boll's flick...dude i JUST started reading that so maybe i am out of the loop. sorry, but again...thats been on sites and mags for the past week or so like its picking up steam. it sounds like they're coming into a plan to start shooting, so maybe they already made the decision between the two. just going by what i read on multiple sources dude. ok, i just looked it up and apparently its been a rumor for 2 years so i don't know what the deal is. still, thats cause for concern if my boy does a movie with that sh3thead. he's like Lucas, NOBODY(mcgregor not included) looks good in his movies. NOBODY.

i'm sorry but, am i the only one who sees this as an action flick?? its a blockbuster, its not Shakespeare guys. if it has plot holes, BIG DEAL. quit being so anal retentive about that kinda stuff and just sit back, eat your d3mn popcorn...and enjoy the movie. if its filled with cool stunts, good acting...and a decent story...thats fine by me. its based on time travel, that in itself f3cked up the first movie. why not send back a Terminator that looks like Connor's parents, or a relative she trusts so she's easier to kill? "hello Sarah...it is your Uncle Arnie...give me a hug."(hug ensues, stabs her). woo, that was difficult. there are a million things that make it kinda stupid but why keep obsessing, just enjoy the d3mn flick

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Landshark writes:
on Dec 21 2007 10:58 AM

T3 wasn't a bad movie (Godfather Part III wasn't either), it just wasn't as good as the previous two installments.

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Wedgewenis writes:
on Dec 21 2007 01:49 PM

In reply to this comment (#1377909)
jasperoosterveld is right T3 was a ****ing joke

my brother and his friend laughed-at the movie the whole way through and then spent about an hour afterwards making fun of how retarded it was ....

I wish I could have gotten the same amusement .. I forced myself to try watching it reluctantly a few years after the release.... I lost interest about half-way through

its pretty bad when any hope of a decent movie is squashed in the first 5 minutes and continues to go futher down the toilet with each passting scene....

These people are ****ing idiots, we have people starving in this world and they get license to spend millions on ****... plain and simple fokes. These movies are **** and its sad that people pay money for **** ... if your going to waste millions of dollars atleast make something that has some artistic merrit.

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theunrulyone writes:
on Dec 21 2007 05:56 PM

This does sound lame, like connor's going to have to take down some humans to get them to work against the machines. That would be fine, if it were the first ten minutes cause then you could get to the resistance v the machines right quick and give us what we want to see. And there better be a central female character in the movie, as the Terminator series (even the abhorrent third one) has always had strong female leads and presences. I do like that we'll get to see the rubber skin cyborgs, but this movie is going to suck grapefruits.

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Cupcakemafia writes:
on Dec 21 2007 09:31 PM

I like the riddick movie...
and the 3rd terminator..
i dont see why lots of peoples are complaining.

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RustedSoul writes:
on Dec 22 2007 09:12 AM

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"bale has never really been the stereotypical villain (in american psycho he kills people, but that doesnt make him a villain).... "

Bale really didn't kill anyone in American Psycho... I thought at the end of the film you see that he was only writing and drawing on his note-pad about killing people. At least thats the impression I got, that he had lost his mind being a corporate suck-up.

I digress, this installment might be good if the script is good, directing is good, FX is good and the acting is good. IF only one of those sux then it will defeat the purpose of the whole movie, reviving a dying franchise.

IRONICALLY THOUGH, Bale revived BATMAN with Nolan , lets just cross our collective fingers, HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL and PEACE, R.S.

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GelflingJen writes:
on Dec 22 2007 08:51 PM

Bale in this movie must be a publicity stunt. He will pull out or deny that he was ever involved and then the movie will blow. It will blow just as bad at T3. Whoever says that was good movie are the type that think National Treasure is a great movie. Basically oblivious.

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Dave the Destroyer writes:
on Dec 23 2007 10:36 AM

McG?! Why don't the producers suck up to Uwe Boll? Now THERE'S a guy with VISION.....

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2.35:1 writes:
on Dec 24 2007 10:37 AM

There absolutely CANNOT be ANY Terminators like those mentioned in T1 and T2. Here' why--

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/vine/showthread.php?t=587733

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GallataJack writes:
on Dec 24 2007 12:01 PM

Given that I was almost in tears after Terminator 3 and my buddies were laughing at how badly made the movie was, I can't believe that I'm starting to get psyched up about more Terminator action. At first when the bus went by with an ad for Sarah Connor Chronicles I said hmmm...naah. Now Bale stepped in. They've got my attention. Lots of machine carnage in the post apocalyptic world? Reese is back. My foot is starting to beat the oh-so-familiar Terminator Tatoo -
Dum-Dum Dum Dum-Dum. Fingers crossed, "There's no fate but what we make for ourselves". THAT GOES FOR MOVIES TOO MCG!!!!

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TVNerd95 writes:
on Dec 24 2007 02:01 PM

I'm looking forward to this because I love Christian Bale and have enjoyed all of the Terminator movies. McG is an interesting choice but he produces Supernatual and I like it so WTH -- I'll give it a shot.

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akatsuki writes:
on Dec 25 2007 02:28 AM

When T3 is put beside T1 and T2, it is just plain reduntant. T3 was really horrible without James Cameron's direction. Christan Bale? It was a real surprise.Hope that T4 will be better than T3! Hordes of Terminators and Humans facing off will be very interesting. Cyborgs! which side will they be on?

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trsisko writes:
on Dec 25 2007 11:10 AM

T3 is rubbish remember its a third party film no James Cameron
end of thread

btw you guys have no clue T1 was no.1 purely cos its pure bad *** and to be honest quite damn scary.
T2 was great but arnold being political not wanting to play a bad guy again he obviously got them to change the plot even though its feesable its still a change to the terminator and t3 is just sucky

end of thread this time

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pacers3115 writes:
on Jan 11 2008 01:41 PM

T3 WAS TERRIBLE, which may ruined the series..... it will be difficult for T4 to turn this around. Oh and I hate the fact that they always have to add in the "hot tough bad *** chick" in these movies; they did in T3 and it seems like they will in T4 from this article, and The women playing a terminator was one of the worst parts of T3 apart from its other mistakes... i hope Bale turns it down..... and if he doesnt i hope that they dont ruin this film and mess up his streak of awesome films... (although harsh times kinda did that...)

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Headpak writes:
on Jan 13 2008 09:05 AM

In reply to this comment (#1381877)
"why not send back a Terminator that looks like Connor's parents, or a relative she trusts so she's easier to kill?" That speaks to why T1 was such a great script - Cameron actually thought about problems like that and answered them in the script. On arrival the terminator doesn't know which Sarah Connor he has to kill; that's why it has to go through the phone book killing Sarah Connors in series. Obviously the terminator could not mimic Connor's parents if it didn't even know which Sarah Connor was the target.

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