I just finished watching the latest trailer for Terminator Salvation and man, I'm just speechless. I'm blown away by how good this film looks. If you haven't seen it yet, go do it right now. I can wait. You done? Good.

I was sceptical at the thought of yet another sequel at first, but any doubts I may have had are gone now. It's safe to say the series is definitely going in the right direction. After two films that did nothing but rehash the original (though T2 does kick serious amounts of ass), we finally get to see the Terminator universe from the other end of the spectrum. It's good to see a return to the dark, bleak tone of the original after the last few installments. The scene where 'Marcus' discovers what he really was was just awesome. This is what we needed to see, a first hand view of the war that we've only ever seen glimpses of in the previous movies. I love how it seems to focus on the creation of the T-800 model. It should make for some really dark, sinister moments.

Christian Bale was an inspired casting choice for this movie. He perfectly fits the dark, serious angle this film seems to be going for. And no matter what anyone says Christian Bale > Arnold Schwarzenegger. Arnie's emotionless killing machine was perfect for the first movie but fell a little flat when he was shoved into the protector role in the sequels.

So yeah, I'm pretty stoked. The Terminator is one of my favourite movies of all time. It's a true sci-fi ****c and this looks to be the definitive sequel I'm been waiting for for a long time. Hopefully the genuine article impresses as much as this trailer .

In other news I've had the rather odd experience of suddenly becoming interested in the JRPG. I've never really cared too much about the genre in the past (I played some Pokemon and Final Fantasy when I was a kid but that was about it) but that all changed when I'd finished playing Valkyria Chronicles. It's not a traditional JRPG by any means but it was the game that sparked my interest. Since then I've bought a bunch of 'em, mainly on my PSP. This includes: Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII, Tales Of Eternia, Persona 3 and the two Star Ocean remakes (First Departure and Second Evolution).

And guess what? I really like them, especially the two Star Ocean titles. It makes me feel bummed that The Last Hope is currently a 360 exclusive. I could always get Till The End Of Time for my PS2 but the picture quality on my TV isn't the best (it's too damn dark most of the time). I never really knew (nor cared) what I was missing out on until recently.

That's about it for now. Hal out.