Now that I’ve finally managed to get to see the film it’s time to look at GameLoft’s Terminator Salvation iPhone game.

Terminator Salvation for iPhone captures the spirit of a desperate struggle against that machines pretty well for a hand held game. The textures are pretty good, some of the best I’ve seen on the iPhone and really give the sense of realism to the post-apocalytic scenes which are bolstered by decent cut scenes.

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I’ll admit something that will ruin my well-earned reputation as geek: I went into Terminator Salvation with not a clue about the first movies of this franchise. But hang on – don’t dismiss me too quickly.

The opening credits began playing; my girlfriend (Girlfriend? More geek-point deductions) and I were amused by the typeface. This was the first time we’ve seen a big-budget film use ascii characters. Every bracket, front-slash, underscore and asterisk earned a hearty giggle.

So from a complete noob’s perspective, the film was a fun watch – mostly because of the intense action and the gritty cinematography. I enjoyed the action sequences but not so much the plot. Was there a plot? Yes, there was. I think. It was nothing too complicated and but rather very predictable. The action sequences were very Bruckheimer-ish but with a certain “cool” factor I couldn’t put my finger on.

But during the whole film, a couple of little geeky things stood out.

• The terminator motorcycles still use USB 2.0 Type-B?
• Skynet was able to use cool touch screens but never thought to use USB 3.0 in the year 2018?
• Being robots, did terminators not think to equip themselves with heat sensors?
• My second laptop was a Sony VAIO. It did not survive two years of common usage. How could any VAIO survive Judgment Day? Nice product placement, though

Overall, the film was fun to watch. If you need a good summer flick with great action and a nonsense plot (but better than Wolverine), watch this. Also, both my girlfriend and I agreed that Blair was damn hot.

Kinda funny, after Judgment Day, her hair and teeth looked good.

Skynet is coming. Are you ready? Are you part of the resistance? Watch the clip above to see what’s in store for you on May 21st. I promise, no DPs (Director of Photography) will be in your line of sight while you’re watching this.

I’m ranking this summer’s geek movies. I’m not a professional movie critic – I’m just saying how I reel’y feel.  If you don’t agree with this chart, let us know in the comments. Maybe you can change my mind.

Current Rankings:

1. Star Trek – Read review
2. X-Men Origins: Wolverine – Read review

Movies yet to be reviewed:

• Terminator Salvation
• Pixar’s UP
• G.I. Joe
• Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen

Comic-Con 2008 is one of those events where you must pray to get into various panels. We had high hopes of making it into 3-4 panels including Street Fighter IV, Afro Samurai and some films by Lionsgate however we only made it to the all female Scream 2008 lead by Comic-Con favorite Kevin Smith.

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