TERMINATOR SALVATION STUFF

Above are some pics of the T-600 Terminator model in the upcoming Terminator Salvation movie by McG, starring Christian Bale as John Connor.

And below is a pic of ROLAND KICKINGER, from Austria. Apparently he's been cast to portray a younger Arnold-Model 101 Terminator (T-800).

Kickinger talks about it over at the Clinton News Record:
“It’s Arnold’s character in the first Terminator. That’s basically my role, but 20 years before, so it establishes how the Terminator [came] about.... SLIGHT SPOILER: There’s a very strong scene in the film where John Connor for the first time meets the Terminator, and he doesn’t know if he’s a good guy or a bad guy.”

Hmmm, well he LOOKS the part. I just hope they keep with the little-to-no dialogue like in the first Terminator. Once Arnold-Terminator started talking alot, his cool-factor dropped.

Not sure why he has to be the same model as Arnold's... couldn't he just be another T-800 model?(see below). I suppose we'll find out. But I suppose I'm just in that camp that feels the Arnold-Reese Terminator story has been told and should not be messed with - instead, simply tell the adult John Connor story "separate" from Terminator 1 and 2. Weaving everything together feels "too Lucas" for my tastes.

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Terminator Model/Series breakdown:
Arnold's Terminator is of the 800 series (T-800), Model 101. In the T2 Director's Cut dvd, James Cameron explains that the Model 101s all look like Schwarzenegger. And when Arnold is rebooted by John & Sarah, his HUD reads "Cyberdyne Systems Series 800 Model 101 Version 2.4."

So a T-800 Model 102, let's say, would have the same endoskeleton but different outward appearance (like the Terminator in Reese's dream/flashback that infiltrates the underground hideout).