The Art of Terminator Salvation
Category: Books,Humor & Entertainment,Movies
The Art of Terminator Salvation Details
Review "The images are spectacular, and the remarks for the director and his production staff vibrantly illustrate the thought processes and detail intrinsic to the films creative design." - School Library Journal Read more About the Author Tara Bennett is the author of a variety of movie and TV companions, including 300: The Art of the Film and several official companions to the hugely successful TV show 24. She also writes regular articles for many publications including SFX and Lost: The Official Magazine, as well as contributing to popular website SciFi.com. Read more
Reviews
The Art of Terminator Salvation is an incredible book that evokes that curiosity of wanting to know what goes into making such visually stunning technologically advanced movies, information that can't be sourced through DVD's or movies, these books walk you through step by step in the creation of the characters the special effects actors and crew. In this book the process of creating that world is superbly illustrated in a future world ravaged by a nuclear holocaust. A 240 page hardcover massive book more than suitable for any coffee table Author Tara Bennett who has given us a number of great visual books including 300. This book (I keep forgetting there is also the movie companion that is equally presented) has page after page of dramatically visual images created to illustrate the settings, sequences, characters and machines. It has innumerable pictures of designs for the terminators T-1, T-600, aerostats, hunter-killers, hydrobots and transports, harvesters, moto-terminators and as well as the T-70. All are presented in 3D modelling, paintings and sketches. Very little in the way of text besides captions, to explain the thought process behind the designs. Interesting sections on the development and concept sketches from early on. The final evolution of the aerostat mechanistic form, from an organic design. The redesigning of the harvester to remove the similarities with the transformers. If you like eye popping artwork than this is the book, the reproductions are big and more than generous no squinting required. Although Terminator Salvation has incredible special effects an array of visual stimuli that is unbeatable, set pieces and cast that do an exceptional job it somehow did poorly, comparing terminator salvation with the likes of 1984 terminator that was and is in a scale not yet beaten and 1991 judgement day where a whole new concept of terminator was introduced the T2 a shape shifting cyborg taking the terminators to a whole new level back down to the T3 great digital effects again stunning technology just didn't have the story and the visuals of the previous. TI and T2 were hard acts to follow proven by the massively reduced ratings that the T3 and T4 received. T1 and T2 were stunning extravagant special effects. Actors of this termenator didn't have the charm and charisma that the previous actors Arnold Schwarzenegger and Robert Patrick.