Terminator Salvation sequel....Sam Worthington likes Marcus and...

[Captain Craig]

...would do it if the story worked and Bale was back on board.

Sam Worthington told MTV News that he would be more than willing to return for another "Terminator" outing if "the story was worth telling" and if star Christian Bale and director McG were onboard as well.
"I had an idea that we'd go back in time to when Marcus was first put in jail," the actor explained, referring to his character's status as a death-row inmate years before being turned into a machine.

Worthington said his pitch wasn't embraced by the powers that be, but he still enjoys the idea of what Marcus' resurrection could mean for the franchise and for his own performance of the character.
"He would be more fallible, because he's human; he's not metallic," he said. "He can get hurt. He still has the gung-ho attitude, but he can get hurt now."

Its a classic time travel headache. If you break him out before he dies and can be used by Skynet, how, if at all does that affect events from Salvation? Everyone but you would recall them?

Be interesting to see what happens with the franchise now that its been sold. I hope we can get two more films and flesh out the Future War till we send Kyle back to 1984. Few franchises have the opportunity to complete a cycle.
TOS movies did I feel.
Rocky did and I suppose Potter and Twilight will complete their cycle. But really TOS movies and Rocky are the ones that didn't have a predetermined path, they grew as they were done. Maybe Rambo will as well.

 

[3D Master]

Where's the option: continue on from Salvation in the future war (and thus without resurrecting Marcus in any way shape or form)?

 

[Captain Craig]

Wanted a balanced option, 2 Yes, 2 NO
Not that I don't like your option as well but like Sam I too liked Marcus. Marcus could be the next model for this part of the trilogy.

 

[Gaith]

If I stood to make that much money, I'd probably be "more than willing" to return also.

 

[Technobuilder]

Next Feature Film: Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (continuation)

 

[DarthPipes]

Sam Worthington was just about the only good thing in Salvation. It's time to give the Terminator franchise a rest. They waited for too long to revive it in the first place.

 

[JacksonArcher]

I liked the Marcus Wright character as well and I enjoyed what Sam Worthington brought to the role. I wouldn't mind seeing a sequel to Salvation with Worthington back as Marcus but if Bale as Conner and McG didn't return I wouldn't be heartbroken.

 

[Admiral James Kirk]

As far as I'm concerned Terminator: Salvation happened. It's my least favorite movie in the series but it does show us the origins of the T800s and the first meeting between John Connor and Kyle Reese. That makes the movie vital.

That said there's no reason for a direct sequel. Just kick the story down the road five years or so, get a different actor to play Connor and kick some Terminator ass.

BTW has anyone read the draft of T:S where John Connor dies and Marcus takes his place? Waaaaay better than the weak ass ending where Connor takes Marcus's heart. I like the idea of John Connor, the symbol being more important than Connor the man. A man is just flesh and blood, and can be ignored or destroyed. But as a symbol... as a symbol he can be incorruptible, everlasting...

http://www.screenplaydb.com/film/scripts/terminatorsalvation20051012/

 

[Skywalker]

BTW has anyone read the draft of T:S where John Connor dies and Marcus takes his place? Waaaaay better than the weak ass ending where Connor takes Marcus's heart. I like the idea of John Connor, the symbol being more important than Connor the man. A man is just flesh and blood, and can be ignored or destroyed. But as a symbol... as a symbol he can be incorruptible, everlasting...

Marcus Wright was the hero humanity deserved, but not the one it needed.

 

[The Borgified Corpse]

I liked Sam Worthington and I liked his performance as Marcus Wright. I would have preferred it if they'd gone with the ending where he takes John Connor's identity (but not his face). As is, much as I'd like to see more Marcus Wright, I suspect that there's probably not a good way to bring him back. Best to just continue on with John Connor, Kyle Reese, Catherine Brewster, Blair Williams, & any new characters they care to introduce.

I don't think the movies need any more time travel confusion. (If I wanted that, I'd watch The Sarah Connor Chronicles.) I just want a balls-to-the-walls post-apocalyptic war movie. Honestly, my biggest complaint with Terminator Salvation was that, visually, it lacked the hopeless bleakness of the future flashbacks from the previous films.

 

[Mr Light]

I enjoyed Salvation and I'd like to see a continuation of that story. Marcus could come back as another Terminator, good or evil.

 

[melancholymecha]

I want Sam back as a terminator please. But he wants to come back only if Bale & McG come back? really? Blargh...

 

[StarshipDefiant]

Blargh, indeed. Whenever someone says "I am willing to come back, more then willing...if these conditions are met" often says to me the person actually isn't really all that willing to come back. They just want to work with the same people again for one reason or another. Also, I find the idea of Marcus taking Connor's place to be lame, and feel it makes the events if the first three (if not all four) movies to be ultimately pointless. Sure, the symbol can come from the man, but in the end the symbol is a name and therefor protecting the man seems stupid. In any case, overall, Terminator Salvation, as a Terminator movie was kind of lame. As an action flick? meh, I want to see the war, but I feel this movie didn't portray it that well.

 

[Gaith]

^^ Interesting thing is, in the original T2 script, the human resistance was mostly South Americans who'd been spared by Judgment Day due to a lack of hemispheric targets, going against Skynet guerilla-style. T3 whitewashed that somewhat to old John waving an American flag (one of my least favorite aspects of an otherwise great flick), and in T4 there are bands of roving humans a decade after JD even though nothing's growing, and there's no obvious source of food.

The Resistance should really be a one-shot, all-or-nothing invasion of North America. None of this mobile sub base/permanent human facility b.s.

 

[Yoda]

People complain about Terminator 3, and rightfully so, it's not a great movie... but man, Salvation just completely crashed and ended the franchise. The real missing option in the list was, "No, it's over. Forever." This franchise has no life left.

 

[Admiral James Kirk]

Sarah Connor Chronicles didn't help by ending on a stinkin' cliffhanger.

 

[nx1701g]

While I'd be interested in seeing a continuation, the rumors circulating from people I used to speak with in the production suggests that - if the movie series does continue - they're remaking T1 with the dates changed to coincide with today.

Then again it's just a rumor.

 

[3D Master]

While I'd be interested in seeing a continuation, the rumors circulating from people I used to speak with in the production suggests that - if the movie series does continue - they're remaking T1 with the dates changed to coincide with today.

Then again it's just a rumor.

Why would you remake what is pretty much perfection? It doesn't compute.

 

[StarshipDefiant]

While I'd be interested in seeing a continuation, the rumors circulating from people I used to speak with in the production suggests that - if the movie series does continue - they're remaking T1 with the dates changed to coincide with today.

Then again it's just a rumor.

Why would you remake what is pretty much perfection? It doesn't compute.

It's been done before, why would they stop from doing it again? It's all the rage these days to do a remake/re-imagining/reboot. I'd like a continuation, but the timelines too diluted now for it to really work out. Time travel or not, I would think that a franchise made of four movies could do a better job.

 

[3D Master]

Why would you remake what is pretty much perfection? It doesn't compute.

It's been done before, why would they stop from doing it again? It's all the rage these days to do a remake/re-imagining/reboot.

And I keep asking the question, again and again.

I'd like a continuation, but the timelines too diluted now for it to really work out. Time travel or not, I would think that a franchise made of four movies could do a better job.

Simply continue the future war and don't bother with time travel anymore, until the last movie, and only sending them back in time from the future, and there's no problem.