To Term-a-nator or not to Term-a-nator that is the question

But first off tell me what the hell is a Nator and why would we want to term it. (Just how do you do that anyway)

I am referring to the news that the Austrian Oak Arnold Spankanugget himself has decided he would like to get back into acting now that his stint as the Governator is over. Personally I welcome this as he is, despite his natural lack of acting skills, a powerful presence on the big screen. The question on every ones (read that as an army of fan boys out there) lips is...... Wait for it....

Will he return to the Terminator franchise?????

Honestly, does any one (read that as those outside the fan boy fraternity) really want this. Lets face it the guy may still be tall and have a great stare but he's 64 years old whats he gonna do? Play an ageing father figure sent from the future to collect pensions from the past while helping John Conner come to terms with the loss of his mother and pet dog in the same week. All the fan boys are clamoring for him to play the great cyborg once again but what could he possibly do that he hasn't done before. In the first he was the hunter, in the second the protector and again in the third. And just how could they improve on the TX from the third movie, he needs a strong adversary but this one will take some beating, we've had just about every combination of killer/protector cyborg you can think of not forgetting (once again) he's old. If they did opt to go for the cyborg from the future sent to the past angle again then there's also the question why use the T800 (Arnold) model when there are all these far more advanced machines.
Some are saying that he could play the guy who the T800 was modelled on but this, despite being touched upon in the 3rd film, is in contrast with the timeline of robotic advancement set out in the first film. In the Terminator Reese states that the first Humanoid Robots were covered in rubber skin ('easy to spot' I believe he tells Sarah) It was the next model that was covered in skin. So the T800 wasn't created until the war had started. This doesn't mean they couldn't correct the mistake by addressing the issue in another film. Arnold could have been a resistance fighter captured by Skynet and used as a template for the T800 in order to have the very first one infiltrate the resistance without anyone noticing until its too late. Though just how you would get by the complete lack of emotion in expression and voice is another matter. But even this would be a mistake as the entire franchise has moved on since Arnold's involvement.
In short, Arnold don't do it. Move on to less active but still the same type of rolls as before. The ageing tough guy standing for what he believes without having to lift the biggest gun in the country to do it. Just like Eastwood has done for the last 10 years or so. Follow the Eastwood plan and you could still be in business 20 years from now.

Talking of tough guys I happened to stumble upon a John Wayne film during my lunch break today and it reminded me why I never really liked the Duke. The film was The Conqueror, widely regarded as his worst film and it's not so hard to see why. The guy had a hard time saying anything with emotion in any film but the script in this mess was a schoolboy attempt at something like old English Shakespeare. It destroyed the Duke within a couple of words. The guy strutted his stuff in his usual fashion while wearing a Fu Man chu moustache and fake eye brows. The best bit of makeup was the guy playing a Shaman (John Hoyt, don't worry if you've never heard of him neither had I) In every scene he looked like he had been peeling a bag full of onions while smoking some real heavy shit. But all this is secondary to Big Johns handling of the script which reminded me of Arnold's few lines in the first Terminator. Monosyllable and lacking in any emotion whatsoever, only thing is Arnold meant to do it. Does this mean Arnold is a better actor than the Duke was. No, we have to give the Duke his dues, he did good in a few films. When he wasn't being a racist, bigot and blind obeying all unquestioning patriot (read that as idiot)

So to wrap it all up today I would like to propose a new film for Arnold.

The Khaninator

A killer cyborg is sent from a future where good taste rules, to the past to eradicate all sins committed against movies. His first mission is to go back to 1956 and stop John Wayne from making The Conqueror. What he doesn't know is that John Wayne is really a Cyborg sent by a resistance group trying to bring back bad taste cinema in all its glory for people to enjoy while getting drunk with their mates. The real John Wayne is being held in a prison cell somewhere in the future.
All together now. Du Du Du De Du (Terminator music! Get with it people)

Till next time

The voice has spoken...

A month of movies and games

Hello world, yes it's me again the mighty voice of the great divide coming to you live from deep within.

I know it's been a while but what can I say. First Christmas, then New Year and since then I've been busy blowing things up and raising havoc on the PS3 that my lovely wife got me for Christmas. Well she likes to take credit but I don't for one minute believe her, I mean if she got me it then what did Santa get me?! Anyways if any of you out there are on the PlayStation Network then look out for me (Voice from Abyss) drop me a line, say hi if you will, or say low if you wont??

Now back to business.

What movies have I seen over the past few weeks...... A lot!

Avatar.

I'm still trying to figure out why this travesty of a movie made so much money. Its over long, its cliched, the story is an old tired over used one and none of it made sense when you actually gave it any thought. To put it simply, typical James Cameron.
As for the 3D, well I saw it on TV so there was no 3D but this merely proved that the only reason it packed people in was because of the 3D. Without it the film amounted to nothing. And as for JCs ravings about how 3D is meant to be well he just believes his own hype. The film was full of pointless camera shots that were put in just to show off the 3D. It reminded me of the old 3D movies from years ago when someone would point something at the camera for no reason than to make the audience go WOW. A tired and cheap trick used since the dawn of 3D. So you see the whole thing is just a tired old cliche that's very pretty to look at.


Defiance

Daniel Craig and Liev Schreiber star in this WW2 effort as brothers who lead a group of Jews into a forest to hide from the Nazis. A true story told very well and thoroughly enjoyable. I recommend it to all. It's all the more important to see when you realise that the story was kept secret by the brothers for many years, just wanting to get on with there new lives in America after the war. I have nothing but praise for this one so go see it now.

Kick Ass

Fantastic, if you like your humour on the dark side and you wont get offended by a 12 year old girl saying the C word then I heatedly recommend this. Nick Cage stars as the real super hero of the movie training with his daughter (brilliantly played by Chloe Moretz) fighting along side him. Meanwhile a nerd, tired of a life of suffering at the hands of bullies decides to fight back, disguising himself as (pretty useless) super hero Kick Ass. A great film with a well rounded cast comprising of no real weak points.
If you can laugh at a guy wearing metal wings jumping off a building and crashing onto the earth with his fall cushioned only by a parked car then this is the film for you.

Predators

I have one thing to say about this film. If you liked the first one then see this as this is the sequel we have spent many years waiting for. It certainly helps wash the taste of those appalling Alien/Predator movies from our mouth's.


And now something new from me. As I mentioned above I'm currently involved with a PS3 so here goes my short list of games I would recommend.

Bioshock 1 + 2

Excellent FPS games, based in the underwater city of Rapture in the first one you play a guy who's plane crashes into the waters above the city and you're only chance is to venture into the city where you must fight for survival. To aid you in journey you not only have an arsenal of weapons but also some genetic plasmids that alter you're DNA to allow you to shoot electricity and fire, amongst other things, from your finger tips. On your way through the city you will encounter Big Daddies, these are hulking big guys who have been genetically altered to protect little girls, known as Little Sisters.  They wear old style diving suits and carry huge drilling rigs on there arms or rivet guns and mines. But you must fight these guys as the girls carry the only thing that allows you to buy new genetic plasmids, Adam. A drug that the girls collect from the dead of Rapture.

In the second game you play one of the afor mentioned Big Daddies, waking up from a decade long coma you must travel through the city looking for the Little Sister that you were genetically bonded to ten years previously.

Both great games that I highly recommend.



Well that's all for now so it is with great sadness that I bid you all a fond farewell and well....

Till next time.

The voice has spoken.