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If I were to have visited the Terminator Salvation set and seen all sorts of crazy stuff, there's a good chance I'd be under NDA so I couldn't talk about it until some specially designated time. But I bet it would have been a great trip that I was eager to share with you all.
I don't know what to think about Terminator Salvation. I like the gritty decay in these leaked production concept illustrations as opposed to the shiny robots shown in the previous movies. But on the other side, it's like the producers took the look and feel of the Matrix, Transformers, and a John Romero zombies movie into a blender and said "push the button, Frank." Then again, I guess there's only one way to portray post-apocalyptical warfare machinery. This:
I can't believe I'm tingly for McG's Terminator: Salvation, but I really am. Art Director Martin Laing takes us through the most detailed look yet at the brand-new Terminators—there are 10 in all—bent on the singular task of wiping out humanity in the new film. The scariest one, which we'd only peeked briefly before, is the Harvester, a Terminator Colossus that towers over puny Resistance fighters like an evil mecha or Transformer.
Using machining products developed by SecoTools, a Mikron UCP 600 Vario machining center developed by AgieCharmilles and scanning software by Capture 3D, demonstrators at the International Manufacturing Technology Marketplace (IMTS) 2008 trade show managed to machine a miniature-scale human skeleton out of a 6" x 12" aluminium billet.
Sideshow Collectibles produced just 40 or so of these 6-foot chromed metal and fiberglass Terminator endoskeletons, complete with futuristic blue LED lighting. Long sold out/destroyed by Sarah Connor, you can still score one of your own in this eBay auction. The collectible is listed for a hefty US$20,000, but you get those two cute little framed Terminator posters behind the statue as well. So that shaves off like US$100 from the price right there. [eBay via Gizmowatch]
2050. That's the year that you'll plug your brain into a toaster. Intel doesn't know how, precisely, but according to Intel CTO Justin Rattner's recent keynote at the Intel Developer Forum, they're working on it. From Intel's summary of the event:
Look, John Connor, I get that we at Skynet are considered your enemies. I also understand that with the whole trying to "terminate" you thing, you'd probably get a little "drag Hector around the walls of Troy" once you've claimed victory over one of us. But this, sir, is ridiculous. Even genocidal robots have certain rules of engagement, and frankly, turning our reclaimed skulls into a harmless consumer electronic ought to be violating some code of conduct. Are you even listening to me? Wait, what is that you're approaching with? The second season of Scrubs? Are you serious?! What kind of monster are you? Amnesty! AMNESTY!!! [Toxel via Geekalerts]
Japanese researchers have developed a new material capable of stretching to roughly twice its natural shape while conducting electricity—before snapping back with no damage to the circuit. It's essentially a rubber polymer filled with carbon nanotubes, and it could be used to create anything from a curved eye-replacement camera (which is currently in development) to a new class of NERF footballs. So are you thinking what we're thinking? Yes, bring on the prank Silly Putty. And who's the sicko pasting T1000 shots on my friendly post? [Reuters via Newlaunches]
So you've seen John Connor and you've met Marcus Wright, but where are the stills of the robots? Lucky for us, one intrepid Gizmodo reader searched through the Hi-res trailer to find us a good picture of what humanity's up against. Check out the colour corrected version! Is that bot wearing... cargo pants? [Terminator: Salvation at Giz] - Thanks Dimitris Karakatsanis!
This is the first look at Marcus Wright (Sam Worthington), the major wild card character in the upcoming fourth installment in the Terminator series. Rumours abound about Marcus' background - and humanness - but most of them are too spoilerific to post here, so let's just go with what we know and see: he's a major character, he's not John Connor, he looks pretty serious and maybe, just maybe, there's frayed a wire poking out from beneath his clavicle. I mean, it's probably just his shirt, but it's pretty suggestive. In other words, ladies and gentlemen, we might have ourselves a new Arnie. [Terminator Salvation on Giz]
I can't believe I'm tingly for McG's Terminator: Salvation, but I really am. Art Director Martin Laing takes us through the most detailed look yet at the brand-new Terminators—there are 10 in all—bent on the singular task of wiping out humanity in the new film. The scariest one, which 