Comments on: Bedknobs, Broomsticks, and Terminators: James Cameron’s Inspiration?

By: Gab

Gab — Fri, 08 May 2009 05:29:01 +0000

At 5:20, there is a “preview” of the _Terminator: Salvation_ video game. I use the term “preview” quite loosely, but there *is* a brief explanation by a VP of development from the company making it, as well as a couple sweet-looking in-play shots.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZc3NFOh0qw

By: Gab

Gab — Wed, 06 May 2009 06:02:15 +0000

(Okay, I seriously fangirl “squee”-d just now.)

Alas, since Sarah doesn’t actually speak after that line, I can’t really conjure up a witty comeback.

By: lee

lee — Wed, 06 May 2009 02:31:01 +0000

@Gab, the future is not set (there is no fate but what we make), but I think this is just the first of several Terminator-related pieces I’ll be doing in the coming weeks.

Come with me if you want to Overthink.

By: Gab

Gab — Wed, 06 May 2009 02:09:40 +0000

Lee, are you going to post what you expect and hope to see in the upcoming movie before it comes out? Or are you at least going to post a reaction to it?

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 05 May 2009 22:17:04 +0000

Just as a side note: Apparently, the powerloader in Aliens, (first seen in Cameron’s ’78 short film Xenogenesis) was the inspiration for the Terminator character. One is a human with a mechanical exoskeleton, while the other is a machine with a human exoskeleton.

Also, chitty chitty bang bang is blatantly an HK.

By: Matthew Belinkie

Matthew Belinkie — Tue, 05 May 2009 15:11:12 +0000

Oh my, that’s good.

By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 05 May 2009 14:56:32 +0000

I love that scene from bedknobs and broomsticks. Why didn’t I make the connection…? Probably because the genres are so different. Very good overthinking