Terminator Salvation: The Essential Edition
 a TRUE FANEDIT by Q2 This is a simplified take on McG’s Terminator Salvation. Irrelevant, useless and unbelievable subplots have been removed in order to create movie that now focuses on the war effort itself. member ratings: |
(7 votes, average: 8.43 out of 10, rated)
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INTENTION:
When Terminator Salvation was announced I was nervous. The main reason for this nervousness was McG. I didn’t think he was a competent enough of a director to pull it off. Then the third preview was released. Even though gave away a major plot point it still looked like it might be a good film, and my hope was boosted.
After I saw Terminator Salvation I was disappointed. They added so much crap to try and fool the audience into believing it was a smart film it completely bogged it down. The entire opening with Marcus in prison completely ruined his reveal later in the film. Skynet capturing and bringing Reese to their main base to bring Connor to them was stupid. (Why didn’t Skynet just kill Reese?). The setup of Marcus having a heart so he could give it to Connor at the end was dumb. (I don’t buy for a minute they could do open heart surgery in the middle of the desert decades after a nuclear war.)
I figured removing many of these elements might improve the film. Thus, Terminator Salvation: The Essential Edition was made. Now the film is more about the actual war.
CUTLIST:
- cut opening scene in the prison
- cut the POV of the missile before the strike
- cut an early encounter between John Connor and a terminator popping out of the water
- replaced Sarah Connor’s cassette audio with her recording from the first Terminator film
- cut scene with Marcus and Blair in the rain
- cut the machines identifying Kyle Reese
- cut much of Marcus having a heart
- cut final scene in desert
- change end credit music
- cut a lot of bits of dialog and shots throughout
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Yes! No heart transplant! Need I say more? Pretty straightforward edits made, but in my opinion that is pretty much all this movie needed, so strong work! It will serve nicely as my master edition.
Review by geminigod — June 25, 2010 @ 3:43 am
A good polished version, overall not too different from the original, but those changes were needed and nicely done IMO.
This can easily please people who don’t need too radical changes.
And HD quality fanedits by Q2 are a treat!
Review by TMBTM — July 31, 2010 @ 11:12 am
Just got done viewing this, and I must say, it is indeed a treat. I got ahold of the AVCHD version, and it’s quite something to have near BD quality on a DVD DL.
There’s really nothing here to criticize, all of the cuts were good. Leaving Marcus’s intro out of the start of the film made the big reveal later on even more epic. Leaving out the lame ass heart transplant at the end was another good cut, and makes Connor look like an even tougher SOB. My only qualms about this version are the qualms that I have with Christian Bale.. No one can fix those except Christian Bale.
I’ll give this Edit an 8.5/10
Good stuff Q2
Review by dark4181 — August 13, 2010 @ 9:42 pm
A very fine treatment of a movie that was WAY over the top. This edit toned down the more shallowly dramatic elements to make for an easier viewing experience.
One technical problem that I found was that pressing chapter advance brought me back to the main menu. This was true both after I burned the disk (using Ashampoo) and when I just tried playing it (using KMPlayer). Has anyone else has this issue?
In any event, a job cleanly and stylishly well-done!
Review by rishrush — August 14, 2010 @ 1:26 pm
@rishrush. It seems everyone has this problem, as the DVD version lacks chapter stops.
This edit was, technically speaking, perfect. No hard audio cuts, no flash frames, audio levels were even throughout, video was absolutely beautiful for a DVD5, hell, even for a DVD period.
As for the edit, great as well. One comment, though. First was the cutting of the scenes before John goes out to scope out Skynet. While it worked, we’re left with the small issue that the Resistance cells suddenly just refuse to attack. Why was this? Cutting the scene was fine as far as pacing, but left a gap in the story. Where is Connor going? Do his men know he’s putting himself on the line? Why isn’t the Resistance attacking?
At any rate, a minor quibble. Well done. So very well done. Video was great, audio was great. Edits were seamless. This is definitely worthy of its fanedit of the month title.
9/10
Review by Aztek463 — August 25, 2010 @ 4:21 am
I find Terminator Salvation to be an odd movie – not nearly as bad as many of the reviews I’ve read, but not as good as it could have been. I find it to be a entertaining movie for the most part, providing a neat view of the post-Judgment Day world we’ve only seen hinted at.
Q2’s edit is not a terribly radical cut, but I find it works very well in removing some the stuff that didn’t work, mainly the Marcus introduction and the heart transplant. I also like spots where the machines now fail to recognize Kyle, especially in the Skynet Processing line.
I did have a few minor quibbles with the edits.
-When Marcus/Kyle/Star are fleeing the flying machine in their jeep, there’s a shot of Kyle clearly speaking but his dialogue is cut
-As others have noted, I found the transition to the attempted rape of Blair came to fast.
-Although the machines no longer recognize Kyle out in the field, when Marcus accesses the Skynet computer to find Kyle, his name is there clear as day.
As I said, these are minor quibbles only. It’s still a much better version to watch.
Tech is fantastic, per usual with a Q2 release. Video is very good on the DVD-5 and the AVCHD looks fantastic. Audio is consistently well done as well. The only issue I have with the tech is the lack of chapter stops – it would be nice to get some on future Q2 edits.
I will be watching this one again in the future.
Review by TV's Frink — August 28, 2010 @ 10:44 pm
Oops, forgot a score – 8/10.
Review by TV's Frink — August 28, 2010 @ 10:44 pm