'Salvation' ends on Cliffhanger says McG!

SuicideGirls.com interviwed 'Terminator Salvation' Director, McG, and you'll be happy to know that there were plenty of T4 themed questions!

McG was asked everything from his opinion on the first Terminator movie to Salvation's rating, his meeting with James Cameron and the ending of the movie....

Q: What did you think when you saw the first Terminator?

McG: I've always regarded the first picture as a horror picture, as a chase picture. It's Halloween. What's the difference between Schwarzenegger in the first picture and Michael Myers in Halloween? Which is wonderful. I'm complimenting the picturw. The second picture I thought brought a level of complexity that you can't hope to achieve on a sequel. Sequels are tough. How many sequels are better than the original? Arguably the second Godfather. Arguably Jim's Aliens. Dark Knight arguably. Empire. But it's a short list, we all agree.

Q: What was your meeting with James Cameron like?

McG: It was a double dip. I was going to town to see Sam down at the Marina Del Ray space there by LAX and it was a complete motion cap environment. Sam's in his data suit and everybody's running around with little balls hanging off their leotards and I got to play with the cameras and talk to Jim at length. We've had several phone calls and he knows that I respect him a great deal. I did not want to move forward on this picture if Jim Cameron were like, "Fuck you. What are you doing? You have no business moving forward on this." Very simply I would have acquiesced and said, "You're right. You're the creator of what it is and I respect that." He was very encouraging and we talked at length about the story. We talked about Sam and most particularly we talked about his experience on Aliens and the idea of you can't live in fear. You've got to move forward.

Q: What rating are you going for? Obviously the other Terminators were R but studios always like their big movies to be PG-13.

McG: We don't aim; we shoot the picture. We just shoot, shoot, shoot. That's not to say therefore it's going to be NC-17. I have no problem with a PG-13 picture. I just saw The Dark Knight and I thought it was a work of art. I thought it was immaculate and I thought it was made comprise free.

Q: Does the TV series, The Sarah Connor Chronicles , play into this film at all?

McG: I'm a buddy with Josh Friedman who runs the show. We had a meeting early on and we want to honor that at all times. I know about episodic television…and what it takes to generate stories hour in, hour out every week. Josh was the first to jump on and say we can't chase their story threads…I say that as a huge fan of the series but at some point you've got to create some freedom and tell the story that you regard as most compelling.

Q: What was Jonah Nolan's contribution to the script and does the film end in a cliffhanger?

McG: The film does indeed end on a cliffhanger....

To read the rest of the interview, go to SuicideGirls.com!

GlobalArnold Staff