TerminatorSalvation-related stories
Posted May 31st 2009 12:21PM by Kona Gallagher
Filed under: Site Announcements, Reality-Free
The folks at our sister site
Cinematical are working hard to give you news and reviews of the best -- and worst -- the silver screen has to offer. Here are some of their musings on the latest blockbusters, indies, and everything in between:
- I'm always up for a good Dwight Schrute bobblehead, but a Terminator one? I'm not sure I really get the appeal there.
- I get more than enough of Evangeline Lily on Lost, so I'm definitely not sitting around wishing she was in more movies. However, she made the Cinematical Seven: TV Stars Who Should Be In More Movies (female edition) list. See who else made it over at Cinematical.
- Apparently fans have been up in arms about Jonah Hill remaking 21 Jump Street, saying that he was going to make it into a comedy. I loved 21 Jump Street, and I had no idea it wasn't a comedy already.
- I haven't seen Sam Raimi's newest horror flick, Drag Me To Hell yet, but I fully intend to. See what rating Cinematical readers are giving it.
- Cinematical is even suggesting you make it a double-feature weekend, seeing both Drag Me to Hell and Pixar's latest film, Up. Having seen Up, I highly recommend this. It is an amazing movie that will have you in tears throughout the entire thing (but was still really funny!).
Posted May 23rd 2009 1:06PM by Kona Gallagher
Filed under: Site Announcements, Reality-Free
The folks at our sister site
Cinematical are working hard to give you news and reviews of the best -- and worst -- the silver screen has to offer. Here are some of their musings on the latest blockbusters, indies, and everything in between:
- Did you know that ten members of the Wayans family makes appearances in Dance Flick? Read the review here.
- If you remember, when Heath Ledger passed away, he was in the middle of filming the Terry Gilliam film, The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus. It premiered at Cannes this week; you can read the review here.
- Michael Moore's next film sets its release date. It's a look at the current financial crisis, and comes out October 2, a year and a day after the $700 million Wall Street bailout.
- I'm saying right here and right now, that I have zero interest in The Lord of the Rings trilogy, so I would already be in trouble. Cinematical asks, "What films would you break up over?"
- It's been getting mixed reviews, so Cinematical asks how you rate Terminator Salvation.
Posted May 22nd 2009 11:00AM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: OpEd, The Sarah Connor Chronicles
I just got back from
Terminator: Salvation (it was ... eh) and while I was watching it, I couldn't help but think about Fox's just-canceled
Sarah Connor Chronicles. It was established when the show began that the two would be working in entirely different continuities. But why?
One of the things that made the first film such an impressive piece of film-making was that they were able to do such a dense science fiction film on a small budget. Now that franchise has turned into special effects and (BOOM!) explosions!! The lower budget forces you to get more creative with storytelling and you wind up with
The Sarah Connor Chronicles. But what an opportunity the
Terminator franchise had with both outlets occurring simultaneously. An opportunity totally squandered.
Continue reading The Terminator franchise missed out on a huge cross-platform opportunity
Posted Apr 13th 2009 8:34AM by Mike Moody
Filed under: Ratings, The Sarah Connor Chronicles
The Sarah Connor Chronicles season two finale pulled in a
paltry 3.6 million viewers Friday night. The show came in behind
Ghost Whisperer,
Wife Swap and the abomination known as
Howie Do It to receive a low 1.3 rating among adults 18-49.
It's a shame. The
TSCC season finale was probably
the best episode of the series. It was smart, absorbing, and just plain batsh*it crazy. It took the
Terminator mythos in a bold new direction to set up what could possibly be an amazing third season. But a third season is unlikely with numbers like this. The show has failed to bring in even four million viewers during the past few months.
It looks like fans will have to get their
Terminator fix with Christian Bale's upcoming
Terminator Salvation and its sequels.
Fox is expected to announce its lineups for the 2009-2010 season on May 18. If
TSCC doesn't make the cut, I've got three words for series creator Josh Friedman: Comic book continuation. Hey, it worked for
Buffy!
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