Comments on: As Unexpected: A Brand New ‘Terminator Salvation’ TV Spot Featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger http://geeksofdoom.com/2009/06/05/as-unexpected-a-brand-new-terminator-salvation-tv-spot-featuring-arnold-schwarzenegger/ Stuff by geeks, about geeks, for geeks. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:45:38 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Slipstream http://geeksofdoom.com/2009/06/05/as-unexpected-a-brand-new-terminator-salvation-tv-spot-featuring-arnold-schwarzenegger/comment-page-1/#comment-766391 Slipstream Sat, 06 Jun 2009 02:57:55 +0000 http://geeksofdoom.com/?p=22310#comment-766391 This same tactic was used for Attack of the Clones. What was the big reveal for that film? Yoda. Lightsaber fight. OMG. They threw in the shot of his saber floating up to his hand and simultaneously lighting up in one movement in a tv spot a few weeks after release, as it was no longer a secret to those who cared, and had already seen the film opening weekend anyways. So the short of it: nothing new. This same tactic was used for Attack of the Clones. What was the big reveal for that film? Yoda. Lightsaber fight. OMG. They threw in the shot of his saber floating up to his hand and simultaneously lighting up in one movement in a tv spot a few weeks after release, as it was no longer a secret to those who cared, and had already seen the film opening weekend anyways.

So the short of it: nothing new.

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