Episode 145 - Terminator Salvation (2009)

About this episode

The episode discusses the film 'Terminator Salvation' and its place in the Terminator franchise following the departure of key figures and the challenges it faced.

Did the Terminator franchise really need to live on past James Cameron's excellent T2: Judgment Day ? Probably not! But Hollywood can't let a good (or moneymaking) franchise die. And so after the strong performance of Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines , not even franchise star Arnold Schwarzenegger leaving movies for the world of politics could kill the series. But what is a franchise to do when it's under new ownership and it's lost it's usual leading man? The makers of the fourth entry decided to use the opportunity to finally deliver a movie the franchise's fans had been clamoring for since the beginning - a film set entirely during the post Judgment Day future war. And they recruited two new powerhouse leading men to front it - Christian Bale, a newly minted Hollywood blockbuster star after the mega-success of The Dark Knight , and Sam Worthington, a name on the rise about to also star in the same year's most anticipated blockbuster, Avatar (from, yep...James Cameron). So what could possibly go wrong? Well, the pre-release leak of audio of Bale freaking out and yelling at a crewmember, which overshadowed much else of the film's release, might be the start of the answer...but…

People in this episode

Hosts: Trev, Chris

Topics covered

• franchise history
• film reviews
• Hollywood politics
• action movies
• Terminator series
• Christian Bale
• Sam Worthington

Keywords

• Terminator
• Salvation
• Christian Bale
• Arnold Schwarzenegger
• franchise
• Hollywood
• film review
• future war
• action

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Hollywood

Books & works: Terminator Salvation, T2: Judgment Day, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Avatar

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