mototerminator concept earlyA few days ago, Flylyf posted some concept art I had never seen before of the Moto-Terminator from McG’s Terminator Salvation. Apparently production designer Martin Laing’s original idea involved a T-800 style endoskeleton robot with motorcycle features. The concept evolved into more of a drone alien-looking bike modeled off of the Ducati Hypermotard 1100. After the jump I’ve included concept art which is closer to the final design actually seen in the movie.

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  • Oh that made me lol.
  • lul
  • Nate
    Good thing those first ones are the ones for the movie. I'd have walked out of the theater. What do they remind me of?
  • Nate
    I mean to say, "Good thing those first ones AREN'T the ones for the movie"
  • joel
    do they remind you of the wheelers from return to oz? that's what i'm thinking.
  • Hell yes! Those punk wheelers scared the sh*t out of me as a kid!
  • nate
    Yeah, I was totally thinking that too. Didn't post it cause I figured nobody would remember! Yeah, they freaked me out too.
  • the second one's more badass
  • Mainly because it's mindless "noise" and mostly black colored. You could do this to any bike now by throwing washing machine hoses and junkyard pieces on it and spray painting it.

    Skynet is outsourcing their cyborg designs to McFarlane Toys it seems.
  • Discomurf
  • Palmer
    I'm glad they didn't stick with that version. It's extremely silly looking.
  • Silly Robots! Trix are for kids!
  • Dazzascan
    Should have gone for this 2 whelled killing machine!

    http://img.timeinc.net/time/2006/techguide/bestin...
  • That first one is pretty Imaginative though
  • Looks really uncomfortable. Where are you supposed to sit at?
  • starscream9289
    Robots feel nothing, NOTHING!
  • I can't wait till this film comes out.
  • despite the poor craftsmanship on the toy? =P
  • hahahaha, these will always crack me up. Forever and ever.
  • skippy
    I wonder if the terminators in the future have an exclusivity deal where they only use motorcycle tires from Goodyear (or other tire manufacturer)?
  • yeah, they don't look so hot but it's not horrible.
  • Not that big of a deal.. The movie will still be Awesome
  • Mr. X
    WHY are robots still using tires and a human concept design of a motorcycle?
    If they have flying hovering HK's and those mini HK's, which also hover, why are they going back to inferior rubber tires? For something as smart as SKYnet you think they would have come up with something better....
  • You're that annoying guy who sits at the far end of the table in production meetings and is fired by the Producer after the first week. Because you make valid points that negate the profitability and story arcs of a screenplay that has been drafted over many years.
  • bobby s
    because maybe the flying hovering technology is really expensive to build and the fuel is scarce?

    so for regular attack drones they want to go the cheapo route with things with wheels?
    we still have soldiers driving around in hummers even though we have fighter jets and helicopters that can do some crazy shit.
  • UH OH. now McG has to have a penis measuring contest with christopher nolan.
  • I think we all know who would win that one.
  • 790
    Mr. X, behold the creative genius that is Mcg. (Sarcasm). ;-)
    ^
    These would look cool in the Halloween issue of "Motorcycle Fantasy Magazine" but they look out of date for a post nuked Terminator world. Like Skynet's into bikes, come on,,,
    ^
    Bobby S, according to Terminator lore, the cyborgs and drone ships are powered by fusion cells. They typically last for 100 years. This technology is more efficient than gas. As you don't really see any gas tanks on those moto-teminators.
    boo,ya,
  • Justin Craig
    2nd one is better!
  • edc1
    they look like cyclonus from the gobots to me.
  • Man am I glad they decided to go against the initial concept art. The bikes would have definitely been laughable.
  • perry
    why was my comment deleted? I wasnt rude to anyone
  • Thank god they didn't go with that first one! I love the final design, very cool. But the hybrid endo-bike wasn't doing it for me.
  • jojomcgraw
    the idea of a mototerminator is retarded. movie will fail on all levels except action. how sad.
  • hesAQuickOne
    Because the Terminator series is so full of high drama. AMIRITE?!?!?!?!?!?
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