McG Addresses 'Terminator Salvation' Rumors and Rating

If you've been on any of the geeky movie sites this week, you may have come across a giant Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins spoiler. It broke on Ain't It Cool News, was confirmed as true by CHUD, and now everyone is touting it as common knowledge.

If you haven't come across it, I am not going to repost it here, as it pretty much undermines any reason you may have had to see Salvation. To steal an apt quote from Devin Faraci, it is "No, Luke, I am your father" big. Do yourselves a favor and avoid it. And if you know it, please respect innocent Cinematical readers by not posting it in the comments.

But the director now has a few (very few) words to say about the alleged leak. McG posted his second blog over on the official Salvation website, insisting the stories were false. "By the way, there are only three people who know the ending." But did they tell two friends, who told two friends? That's how these things start. It's such a vague denial that I'm skeptical, as it seems like you would be more adamant if it truly was idle speculation. But hey -- if McG is now scrambling to concoct a new ending, I'd like to offer him the encouraging reminder that knowing the end of the story never stopped the world from enjoying the story of the Trojan War. Go for it, McG. Return to the style of the classics.

McG also addresses other Internet concerns -- like that rating. "Oh yeah, don't get too uptight about the prospect of the film being PG-13. We have entertained the idea of a PG-13 rating largely because Batman Begins, in my opinion, was made compromise-free. So we'll see. The movie comes first and it will be protected at all times."

He also enthuses about all the different Skynet robots we will see. "There are Hydrobots that patrol the water, Transports that move human prisoners around, Harvesters that collect human beings as lab rats for Skynet and Aerostats that survey all that is going on with the resistance the world over. We've started shooting the T-600 -- the bigger, grimier, nastier version that preceded the T-800. Like Reese says, they're easier to spot but they pack a mini gun and carry kick ass fire power. They're eight-foot tall killers that prowl the badlands looking for anything with a heartbeat to terminate." None of which sounds very PG-13, so that's intriguing.

You can read more of McG's musings over on his blog -- including the story behind his moniker. He's taken flak for years about that! Between that and this whole ending thing, I just feel really bad for him.