terminator salvation

Our earlier record tie this week prevented us from seeing any of the week's new releases, but this is still a full episode thanks to our in-depth look at James Cameron's Aliens and The Abyss. What makes Cameron's sequel better than the other Alien follow ups? Why is a cute kid acceptable? And why is The Abyss such a standout movie in our minds?

It's Labor Day weekend and our end of summer wrap up. Join us as we talk about our favorite movies of the summer of '09, the movies that disappointed us most, and what we're looking forward to most between now and the end of the year.

To say that this week's theatrical releases were disappointing is an understatement. Neither Terminator Salvation nor Night at the Museum 2 lived up to our meager expectations, which we talk about on this week's show.

McG has said all along that he intended to make his new entry in the Terminator franchise as faithful to James Cameron’s original vision as possible.

The Terminator franchise has always been about a pending war between humans and machines. The machines try to stop the war by sending soldiers into the past to eliminate key figures before they can interfere with the war. The humans try to stop the war by gleaning information from the future and stopping events before they can occur.

If you’re really trying to get caught up on all things Terminator for the upcoming movie, you’re going to need to broaden your horizon. You’ve got three movies and a few different video game incarnations featuring the Terminator characters. On top of that, you’ve got a new video game that leads into the new movie.

I thought this show was moving along pretty well. We got in reviews of Angels & Demons, discussed the upcoming movies, and then suddenly and randomly, Margaret urges us not to mention Reese Witherspoon. What's up with that? We never do get to the heart of Margaret's Reese resistance, but there is absolutely no Witherspoon related news in this week's show.