The Moto-Terminator: Discover the unique relationship between the filmmakers and Ducati.Re-Forging the Future: See how the filmmakers reinvented the franchise.The DVD version is quite sparse - I don't believe it even has any special features at all, but here are the specs on the Blu-ray :ĭisc 1Theatrical Version of Film (114 min., rated PG-13)WB Maximum Movie Mode: Director McG hosts while you watch the movie: Oh, and if you want to watch the Director's Cut and you don't have a DVD player, you're out of luck: That version is only available on Blu-ray. The topless scene is (as far as I could remember) the only brand new scene in the movie - the rest of the three minutes are just extensions of existing scenes in the movie with a bit more language and violence. I don't know what happened to all that extra footage since this is supposed to be the Director's Cut of the movie.

One thing to be aware of in the Director's Cut version of the film is that it does NOT have the 30-40 minutes of additional footage that McG said it would have when he talked about it earlier this year - the extended version is only about three minutes longer (and yes, it includes the topless scene with Moon Bloodgood).

The disc makes ample use of surround sound and the subwoofer in particular (always a good thing as far as I'm concerned). The picture quality is (pretty much as usual) excellent, showing uber-detail. The best thing about the movie are the action set pieces, and on Blu-ray with a home theater set up they deliver. The movie suffered from lack of any real depth to the characters, little focus on John Connor (miscast with Christian Bale IMHO), and a story line that concentrated on Marcus Wright, who while being about the best thing in the movie, felt really out of place in the fabric of the entire mythos. In our informal poll over at our Terminator Salvation contest, most people are giving it 3 or 4 out of 5 stars. As far as reviews go, it earned a 32% positive rating at Rotten Tomatoes, with the average review being 5/10 stars (I gave it 3/5). However it did much better overseas, bringing it's worldwide total to a respectable $371MM. The film wasn't the huge hit the studio was hoping for in the U.S., bringing in only $125MM.

While I certainly still don't love Terminator Salvation (click link for my initial review), I'll have to admit I found myself enjoying it more the second time around. It could be that once expectations are set aside (either upheld or smashed upon the first viewing) that it's easier to accept a movie a bit more. I'm finding that there are some movies that I like more upon a second viewing.

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