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Christian Bale loves video games, lost sleep over Super Mario

Joystiq: Taking time out of his Terminator Salvation press tour to sit down with Conversations, Christian Bale spoke about his childhood love for our lifetime passion, video games. When the interviewer brings up Roger Ebert's review of the film (video game reference in tow), he then asks Bale if he played video games "in his younger years," to which Bale replies, "I played video games in my entire growing-up years. One of my favorites is Super Mario. I wouldn't sleep until I finished the game, you know."
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Steve007 - 221 days 9 hours ago
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I love His Movies every single one of'em.
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- Ghost of Sparta - - 221 days 5 hours ago
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Saw Salvation today, was awesome.
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Obama - 221 days 5 hours ago
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I also saw it today. Surprised that Arnold made an appearance in the movie.
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RebornSpy - 221 days 5 hours ago
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I suspect they just CG'd his face into the movie since he didn't have any lines. It would be terrible if he took time out of running one of the largest states for a movie cameo...
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theEnemy - 221 days 5 hours ago
1.4 - Well what can I say
he f'ing owns!.

Check "The Machinist".

You would not believe that's Christian Bale. :)
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Action Bastard - 221 days 4 hours ago
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^^^^^^^
The Machinist was/is the sh!t. He dropped down to 118lbs for that role, which got him Batman. He is by far one of my favorite actors. Can't forget The Prestige...fantastic!
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Bubbles - 221 days 4 hours ago
1.6 - Saw salvation today too
that arnold was a CGI

Movie wasnt as good as i thought it would be but it was amazing nonetheless

*SPOILERS* Help: earlier me and my girl was watchin and i was explaining the story to her, and i came to a paradox: can someone explain to me why according to the story, there are two Kyle's (forgot his last name) and not 2 of everyone else? The kyle from salvation and the kyle from Terminator 1

EDIT: Disregard i think i figured it out; Kyle from Sal, is the kyle that goes back and has John. Sooooooo im guessin there are 3 different time universes.

1. The original first universe where John is born and the year is actually 20**

2. The universe we all know of: Where terminator 1,2,3 and 4 takes place.

3. And this new universe thats goin to be created when Kyle goes back to impregnate Sarah
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morganfell - 221 days 4 hours ago
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Well thank Christain Bale for not supporting the game. Quite frankly the publisher and Halcyon should be ashamed for producing a 4 hour piece of trash, with idiotic and limited mechanics, no multiplayer, only splitscreen co-op and then slapping a $59 price tag on it. I normally detest lawyers but these are the type of situations where I don't mind legal people getting involved as what they are doing is little short of thievery.

Note: Any game with Grin involved has a 90% chance of being a steamer.

Regarding Arnold's appearance, they actually used a still available body cast from the first movie. They had been working on the CGI for a year. They were only 45 days from the premiere when they completed that part and showed it to Arnold. He gave his okay (part of the deal was he had to approve it) and it went into the final edit.
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sofresh200 - 221 days 4 hours ago
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Bale is one of my favorite actors, and all of his movies kick ass. I just watched American Psycho the other day, great movie! If you haven't seen Rescue Dawn yet, I suggest you rent it ASAP.
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lsujester - 221 days 4 hours ago
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~Bubbles~

Yeah, the Terminator timeline is a big spider web now. Multiple timelines, multiple futures, etc. It's probably easier to ignore the story and watch stuff blow up.
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ThanatosDMC - 221 days 2 hours ago
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The game is garbage. The graphics are very outdated. Gameplay is worst than... ummm... <name of your bad game here>.

Anyway, do not buy the game. So many broken things popping out. "Bodies" of killed enemies just get soaked up into the ground like they were some ethereal being. Bullet/Gun clipping of bosses (i think it was a boss) will kill you.
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morganfell - 221 days 2 hours ago
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The explanation for the varied time lines is in the movie.

"Something has changed. This is not how it was supposed to be."

You have to realize that by delaying Judgment Day the first time they changed what was supposed to occur. Judgment Day already occured on schedule at least once. Reese came back because Skynet was already planning to change something that had already occurred . And he came back from a future that was already in play. Hence the theory time is a moebius.

Actually every time a Terminator or a human traveled back through time and committed an act they changed what was supposed to be, what had already occurred. You could have multiple strands of time because of those acts.
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ThanatosDMC - 221 days 2 hours ago
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Btw, for those that loved Terminator 2: Judgement Day. It's marked down at Walmart for $10... well, at least i got it for $10. A friend for a walmart manager sure is awesome. He said there's also other Bluray movies that have been marked down to $10.
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sanamsingh - 220 days 22 hours ago
1.13 - @1.2
Thanks for the spoiler alert.
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Shbzshar - 220 days 22 hours ago
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oh man machinest was sick .. this guy can really go the whole 9 yards for a role ..
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Tomdc - 220 days 19 hours ago
1.15 - @ 1.3
our priminister went to florida to voice in a simpsons episode... enuf said =P
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UnwanteDreamz - 220 days 18 hours ago
1.16 - @Bubbles
Well you are right and wrong. Officialy the creators say that an alternate timeline is created every time a Terminator went back. It seems the machines desire to change time is almost meaningless because it will not change their timeline but instead create a new one. Parallel to thier own.

In the first terminator Kyle Reese impregnates Sarah connor before he dies, so nothing really changes there.

EDIT: Didn't see Morganfell's answer he is correct, and he explained it better.
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LoVeRSaMa - 220 days 17 hours ago
1.17 - Does that mean..
That he will Rage quit?
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Luchiano - 220 days 15 hours ago
1.18 - One of his best movies isssss
Equallibrium (I spelled it wrong)
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JayX666 - 220 days 14 hours ago
1.19 - Agree
Bubbles for you sir, sean bean should have been more utilised though.
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maxbyte - 220 days 14 hours ago
1.20 - Meh, you kids
What are you on about? Bale showed his worth in The Empire of the Sun. Any kid that does THAT has to grow up to become one of the best actors. After that one he could not surprise me in any of the roles.
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manwich25 - 221 days 8 hours ago
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well he's got the school cred, but what's he playin when he isn't filming?
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Steve007 - 221 days 8 hours ago
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LOL th site says what his favorite games is No Wonder it's Mario.
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ironwolf777 - 221 days 5 hours ago
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I wonder if he played Terminator Salvation
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inbfour - 221 days 5 hours ago
5 - well
I really don't care.
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- Ghost of Sparta - - 221 days 5 hours ago
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Why comment then?
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LeonSKennedy4Life - 221 days 5 hours ago
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...because you touch yourself at night.

(You walked into that one.)
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drdistracto707 - 221 days 5 hours ago
6 - "Christian Bale Loves Videogames"
Should I care?
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freakyzeeky - 221 days 5 hours ago
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Wow... the grammar and writing in that article is pretty bad. :P
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Bubbles - 221 days 4 hours ago
7.1 - lol bubbles for official name
Im still waiting on that Diplomatic Immunity 3
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Forrest Gump - 221 days 5 hours ago
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"So why hasn’t he been signed as “Snake” for the upcoming Metal Gear Movie?"

Because I,Tom Hanks,will play Old Snake.

Otacon will of course,be played by Rachel Maddow.
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LeonSKennedy4Life - 221 days 5 hours ago
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I second that notion.
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theEnemy - 221 days 5 hours ago
8.2 - And Ocelot will be played by
Ian McKellen.
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Soda Popinsky - 221 days 3 hours ago
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Because he wasn't thrilled about wearing a g-string while sneaking up on other men.
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CobraKai - 220 days 20 hours ago
8.4 - And Vamp
will, of course be, CGI
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KilZoneGeneralStrife - 221 days 5 hours ago
9 - I heard he b1tched about having his voice,face and general likeness for the game,
Now he likes video games?I hope he uses it to supress his anger.that dude should act in The Hulk.
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The BS Police - 221 days 4 hours ago
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I just hope he doesn't play any videogames online, I'd hate to hear him freakout on Halo 3.


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Raf1k1 - 220 days 17 hours ago
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is it me or does his accent gradually change from american to english in the first 10 seconds? lol
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bunbun777 - 220 days 16 hours ago
10.2 - kudos
wake up sheeple, bale doesnt care about you. you are idolizing a punk ass tom cruise replacement~
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KilZoneGeneralStrife - 221 days 4 hours ago
11 - Lol,well it may not be such a bad thing. .
He'd scare the screaming kiddies away. 'wTF ARE YOU DOING ? ! ?JUST GET THE #%&* AWAY FROM ME! ! !HOW MANY TIMES MUST I TELL YOU TO STOP THROWING THAT #&*%ING GRENADE NEAR ME' ,gees. . .if I was a little kid. . .I'd . . . Just. . .be emotionally scarred and leave.
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ViceKingz - 221 days 4 hours ago
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Ahahah exactly what I was thinking.

"Are you professional or not?!?!"
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TheBand1t - 221 days 4 hours ago
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Too bad Terminator Salvation sucked compared to Terminator 2: Judgement Day.
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cmrbe - 221 days 3 hours ago
12.1 - Terminator 2 is
my all time favourite. It had everything. Great acting, Great Story, Industry defining special effects, great sound track. I watched it when i was 11 years old and still what it occasional nowdays. Its very hard for any movie to top it imo.
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GEESE - 221 days 4 hours ago
13 - Terminator Salvation SUCKS BALLS......PG-13 BALLS
The teenies don't understand. Sci Fi's never used to be watered down PG-13 sh1t made by DOUCHE BAGS like McG.
Ruined franchise.
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KilZoneGeneralStrife - 221 days 2 hours ago
14 - Terminator 2 was epic,after they made the whole chick terminator thing. . .starting getting lame,
This new movie,and new game 4 hr to complete game is pure bs
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hatchimatchi - 221 days 2 hours ago
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i'd love to see someone make a clip of a pissed off gamer edited with his on set scream fest. That'd be hilarious if done well.
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pshizle - 220 days 19 hours ago
16 TheRealSpy02 | 221 days 2 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show
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KillerKahuna - 221 days 1 hour ago
17 - Well I F*cking understand !!!
Yeah, now I get where's coming from when he started shouting at that technician in the movie studio.

It's F*ing distracting, Why don't you F*ing understand :P

He's one of my favourite actors, his batman voice was not that good though. Too heavy ...
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psycho360 - 220 days 23 hours ago
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Yet he refused to lend his voice and likenss for the game. But i guess when he saw that the game was shorter than the movie then he had to refuse.

Off topic. MOvie was a let down with the most disappointing showdown in history of moives. SPOILER: Imagine being in heart of skynet and yet get to fight one CGI arnie.
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