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Seeing it tonight, and I really can’t wait. Those scenes of Arnie in the trailer have kicked the fanboy in me into high gear

I find it interesting that Marcus was the part originally offered to Christian Bale. It does suggest where the meat of the story lies, although Bale knocked it back in favour of playing Connor due to the mythos (which I believe resulted in rewrites to give Connor a larger role).

Saw the film tonight and thoroughly enjoyed it. It was never going to measure up to the first two, but its better than Terminator 3 and a lot of fun.

I do see what you mean about the story. Marcus as a character was great, but there were definitely elements they could’ve played with more, such as the development of the T-800. CGI Arnie just rocked though. Brilliantly done, and a great wee treat towards the end of the film.

The surprise highlight of the film is probably Anton Yelchin as Kyle. He does a really good job, and its such a contrast from his role of Chekov.

Having now seen the film though, I think I definitely would’ve prefered the original ending they had planned. Much darker and more twisted than what we eventually got.

In the original ending, John Connor dies, but because he’s so important to the resistance, to cover it up, they graft his skin onto Marcus’ endoskeletion.

That would’ve been a killer ending

It would’ve certainly made things interesting for future sequels, with only a close few knowing the truth and desperately trying to cover up the fact that the Resistance is being led by an ex-Terminator

Talking of Terminator novels, you could do a lot worse than track down the T2: Infiltrator trilogy.

They came out just before T3 and are excellent.