I think people would be more apt to take McG seriously if he dropped the silly high school style nickname and just go with his real name of Joseph McGinty Nichol. Seriously, what’s wrong with Joe Nichol? I mean, unless you are a rapper or a member of the Golden Archs’ menu you shouldn’t have a one word name, especially if it starts with “Mc”. On top of that, McG’s directorial filmography doesn’t help him if he plans on winning over Terminator fanboys that probably didn’t rush out to see either Charlie’s Angels films or “The O.C.”, and We are Marshall just doesn’t help at all.
So, when McG compares his upcoming Terminator film to how Chris Nolan tackled Batman Begins it comes off as quite the bold statement. It certainly adds interest, but it is hard to convince myself that it will indeed carry the same weight.
In a short interview with IGN that is exactly the claim Joe Nichol made saying, “Naturally, the first three pictures were contemporary with Terminators coming back from the future and this picture does indeed take place 10 years from now. That’s the new beginning. It’s reminiscent and very much honors the mythology and I’ve listened very diligently to James Cameron and for that matter Jonathan Mostow, and we’re going to respect that mythology, but begin again very much in the spirit of what [Christopher] Nolan did with Batman.”
He is doing the right thing getting in touch with Cameron. I mean, he is obviously listening since he hired Sam Worthington as Marcus based on Cameron’s recommendation, and perhaps his casting of Christian Bale as John Connor was his attempt at copying Nolan. Whatever the case I know it would be really nice to have a satisfying R-rated sci-fi franchise out there. Lord knows AVP failed us.
In other Terminator news, word is that Stan Winston will return to put together makeup effects for the film according to an interview makeup guru Jeff Dawn.
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