Now that’s an ending! But since it so diametrically opposed the canon established during the previous movies, the geeks revolted when it was released onto the Internet just under a year ago. But then Marcus awakens, looking like John Connor, and kills everyone in the room. In that version, Connor actually dies, and his fellow Resistance compatriots decide to take his face and graft it onto Marcus Wright’s robotic body. The theatrical ending, however, is in stark contrast to the original. John Connor lives, Marcus Wright dies, and we’re back to square one: humans are trying to win the war against machines. Never mind that this supposedly emotional decision was rendered moot by a complete lack of character development it was also kinda boring. Cue a misplaced voice-over and the closing credits. But! Before he passes away, half-human/half-robot Marcus Wright offers Connor his own heart to save the leader of the Resistance. In the film, John Connor gets stabbed through the chest by a Terminator robot and winds up on death’s door. (Be warned, this next paragraph is going to be chock-a-block with MAJOR spoilers.) Knowles’ screed against Terminator Salvation is one of the more vitriolic reviews we’ve read in quite some time.) Worse, because McG was so worried about the geeks, he ended up ignoring the rest of the audience to the detriment of his film. Cameron declined), making the film “dark and gritty,” giving birthday presents to Ain’t It Cool News head cheese Harry Knowles-and yet they almost totally rejected his final product.

Director McG, a scourge of the fanboys if there ever was one, did all he could to satisfy the geek community-casting Christian Bale, begging James Cameron for a blessing (Mr. For an example of the latter scenario, look no further than the interminable Terminator Salvation.

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