In recent Expendables 4 news, Arnold Schwarzenegger told his friend, Stallone, that he should do another Expendables movie. Perhaps Arnold has way too much fun on these films while being paid a ridiculous amount of money so why not star in a few more. The Expendables movies are a ton of fun so we welcome more sequels. Kellan Lutz of Expendables 3 just spoke to TheArnoldFans about his hopeful sequel!

TheArnoldFans: Kellan, What's your best Schwarzenegger story and would you like to be in Expendables 4?

Kellan Lutz: "Yes! I wanna be in every Expendables movie! That franchise is just me to a T.  Favorite Arnold moment - when we're all in the Helicopter in Expendables 3 and Arnold was just saying BARNEY, GET TO THE CHOPPA!"

TheArnoldFans: Who do YOU think would make great villains in the sequel?  

Kellan Lutz: Villians: I heard that Hulk Hogan was in talks & I think that would be BRILLIANT! I'm a huge fan & that would be freakin' awesome. would cool to see Benicio de Toro, Mike Meyers, Eddie Murphy would be interesting. Just thinking way outside the box. Would even be cool to see Sigourney Weaver!

Sigourney Weaver would be good! Wasn't Stallone going to do an all female cast called The Expendabelles? When we had an opportunity to speak with David Hasselhoff and Pamela Anderson, we suggested she might be a nice fit for this or the TV series.

TheArnoldFans: Pamela, There's talk of an Expendables all-female-cast movie or TV series in the works. Would you make a good Expendables action hero?

Pamela Anderson: "Sure! Hahaha!"

TheArnoldFans: What do you do to stay in shape?

Pamela Anderson: "I don't exercise a lot. But I walk a lot. You know? I walk on the beach, or go for hikes with my girlfriends or my dogs. I'm not a big workout person. I thin your diet is very important. I'm vegan. And just having an active life. But I don't go to a gym. I walk on a treadmill if I can't get outside."

TheArnoldFans: Hi David, What do you do to stay in shape? What exercises do you do? How often do you hit the gym and were guys like Sly and Schwarzenegger fitness role models for you?

Hasselhoff: "You know, I know them personally, and I have to tell ya, both of them are really good guys on a personal level. I spend as much time as I can each day devoted to working out - whether it's just 20 minute of cardio, or lifting weights, or I do a lot of bike riding now, a lot of hiking. The key is consistency, and I think 90% of staying in shape is diet. And if you adhere to a decent diet, you can still go off and have a McDonald's ice cream once in a while, and not show it. But it's consistency."

TheArnoldFans: David, do you go to the movies much? Terminator 5 is coming this summer...Are you a Terminator fan and would you make a good Hoffinator?

Hasselhoff: "I'd make a great Hoffinator. I'm more of a fan of movies like AMERICAN SNIPER than I am of TERMINATOR or STAR WARS. I am planning on releasing my own animated show soon. And you'll be hearing about that. It's quite exciting. And I'm actually sitting in the studios right now - when I took a break from meeting with my supervising producers and writers to talk to you guys!"

TheArnoldFans: Pamela, David Hasselhoff told me he'd make a great Terminator in an Arnold film...do you agree and would YOU TOO make a great Terminator? Would you play a better nice terminator or an evil one?

Pamela Anderson: "I don't think David would make a very good Terminator, hahaha! And to be a Terminator, you'd have to be quite evil... right?"

With so much excitement building for the newTerminator film, let’s revisit the film that started it all. Terminator Genisys will surely have some amazing weaponry but let’s look back at TheTerminator’s weapons! TheArnoldFans had a sit down interview with T1’s prop manager, Tommy Estridge, who not only gave Arnold some of his first gun-firing lessons, he was also responsible for some of cinema’s most iconic weaponry!

Tommy Estridge: The property master’s in charge of all the stuff that actors actually use on the set. So like, watches, badges, the gun belts, name tags, the weapons and all that, everything – I’m in charge of all that. Safety, as it comes in regard to weapons, making sure that they don’t hurt themselves or hurt other actors or hurt the crew. That’s our thing. 

TheArnoldFans: What was your favorite weapon or prop that you personally handled that you wish you were able to keep?

Tommy Estridge: It would have to be the SPAS-12, the shotgun. It had just come out. It had been used for the movie and I’d seen some pictures of it, and it looked different from anything else that was available. Then I wanted the AR-18 because they had the folding stock and everything. Trouble was, no one had ever converted a full auto one to fire blanks, and it was a nightmare! I mean, sometimes, I’d be lucky to get off a BAM BAM, you know, all the ammo in there and it’d just jam.

TheArnoldFans: You have some great behind-the-scene pictures. How many pictures roughly were you taking. It looks like you did take quite a few.

Tommy Estridge: Not really that many. Most of the ones I took were Tech Noir and I was taking them for the production designer. He got me into the business years before that and I was just getting some shots of that. Also, for Coca Cola, they were promo things and getting them different shots of Coke signage and everything around there. And then, a few others when I had the time. I was there with my camera for the exploding tanker but most of them I was too busy to take pictures. I was just workin’ my ass off. Yeah, I didn’t have a lot of time to do much photography. 

TheArnoldFans: What were some of your best experiences or what was the most fun thing you can recall from being on that set? 

Tommy Estridge: We were at the police station; this that was after we had shot the future fight. And we’re at a steel abandoned plant, and it was an office building. It’s late at night, everybody’s tired, and we were get a little silly. I pulled the fire alarm. I didn’t know it was working because I figured it was something that the art department had built. It was blaring and we all had to stop and turn the damned thing off.

TheArnoldFans: What did James Cameron think of that? 

Tommy Estridge: I mean, he wasn’t happy about it but it didn’t take that long to turn it off.  

Tommy Estridge: The other thing is when Arnold was raiding the police station, he had the SPAS-12 and he was holding it out like this but it was very heavy and after so many takes he couldn’t fire it that way. So I rigged it so it would wrap around his wrist here, so he’s not really holding it this hard way so even I could pick it up. Because you’re holding the very back. It Was also a way, when we had to reload, he could just drop the gun and dangle there so they could switch magazines, so you had a double benefit. Another thing - in the police station, the concussion blew out some of the ceiling panels. They were dropping from the ceiling. He yelled Cut!  

TheArnoldFans: Tell me about the laser gun.

Tommy Estridge: The laser on it wasn’t self-contained. There’s a wire coming out which came out the butt of the gun and had a little plug on it. We cut a hole in his glove he was wearing here and run a wire up here through the back so what I would have to do was turn thing on and stand behind him with the battery pack and at a certain point, I would hit the button and the laser would come on.

TheArnoldFans: So you’re the laser man!

Tommy Estridge: Right! And I remember it had to be grounded a certain way but he would do it totally professional. He would just sit there and wait to do what he had to do. In the case of the 45 long slide, with the laser, that was a last minute thing deciding that you want to do that. And I tracked down a place called Laser Products in Orange County and explained what I wanted to do, I drove down there and took two 45s with me and I talked to the president of the company, told him what was wanted and everything, and he worked with me to design, to figure out what we could do. So one of them was that it was just a dummy laser. That was one we did everything with. The other one had real lasers on it, because in early days, they were putting lasers on guns. It was very big and it had a battery, so they rigged up this whole thing. Fortunately, we didn’t need the laser gun that soon - I think it was two or three days later. I had to rig it and drive it back over there again, pick it up. That’s the tricky thing: timing.

TheArnoldFans: Did the laser ever not work? 

Tommy Estridge: The laser sometimes didn’t work. The 45 always worked. That was a good one, although again, that was a crazy thing. Generally, when you see, or at least in that time, when you saw 45s being used, it was actually a 9 millimeter. It was on the same frame and everybody used the same 9 millimeter blanks, for no matter what it was. But because we wanted that 45 long slider, it was only available in 45 caliber. The prop house house got it, and they got it to work by using a blank space from a machine gun which was quite powerful. So you didn’t have a lot of time to stand around with it. It worked fine.

TheArnoldFans: What about where Franco Colombu as the Terminator comes in, and he’s got that gun? Did you get to play with that? 

Tommy Estridge: Well, that was the special effects gun. That wasn’t actually a machine gun. It was something that the guys made up; It had gas. It had propane tubes behind an igniter, and it would make the effect. So it was really more of a special effects thing. 

TheArnoldFans: We saw a great picture that you took, it was of Franco and Cameron, all holding the guns. Can you tell me about that day and what was going on.

Tommy Estridge: Okay, one thing I always tried to do when there was a big amount of weapons involved in the shoot, I take the directors and the actors out to a firing range. First, I’ll give them a demonstration, what kind of harm you can get or injury you can get from blanks. People say “oh, it’s a blank” - bullshit! I did a demonstration to show what can happen if you’re not careful, and then let them some fire some blanks and ammunition with the same gun, so they could get a feel for the kick of it. They think it’s same thing, “bang bang bang bang”, but there’s a kick. Your arm really moves!

TheArnoldFans: Did you think Terminator was gonna be a big movie, or a possible B movie? Did you have any faith in it, back in the day?

Tommy Estridge: Well, let me put it this way – that is the only script I ever read that I couldn’t stop reading. I mean, it read like a great science fiction novel.  You know, first off, I just read through the scripts and find out what was happening, then go through it and start making notes about what’s gonna happen. What’s needed, making continuity notes. Then I would try to sit down and have a meeting with the Director, and go through a the script with him. To see if he’s basically in agreement. It’s the director’s movie, and he has to be happy with that. Saying “I think you should have to do that,” We go through all that sort of stuff. It’s about getting the stuff, getting to the prop houses, in some cases, you may have to buy it.

TheArnoldFans: Don’t you just love the way Arnold says “Uzi 9 millimeter”?

Tommy Estridge: Uzi worked with us on this. At the time, the secret service had developed a special shoulder holster for the Uzi, and it was like top secret. We could not show pictures of how it worked or anything. Basically, it had a leather strap and it went around this part of the thing. But at the time, we could not show that. We had to be very careful.

TheArnoldFans: Do you recall what Arnold was like back then? Some say he was a prankster on the set. 

Tommy Estridge: No, not that much. He was very serious. I think he regarded this as a chance to somewhat break out of the “Conan” mold. I know, talking to him one time, he was talking how, I forget where he was, but he was going through the whole looking for them [characters Sarah and Reese], he was looking along, and he told me he had on his mind a shark. Swimming along, that was the mental image that he had in his mind.

Tommy Estridge: Most of the time, he was in some heavy makeup that sometimes, he would get made up and then they wouldn’t use him for like, six or eight hours! So he would just stay in his trailer, so he didn’t want to mess stuff up. Because if he started horsing around, they’d have to redo it. He was very easy to work with.

Schwarzenegger: "Even James Cameron, who didn't direct the movie but it was his original idea to do the movie, called me right after he saw it, which was just last week, and said 'Arnold, this is fantastic, it's a straight ten!' To hear this from James Cameron is really great. He's a good friend of mine, so he would not tell me a lie about this, he was always very honest about his opinions.”

On any red carpet, the stars of the film and other celebrities get the lions' share of attention from the press, and sure, it is cool to see and talk to them, but it's the behind the scenes contributors that often have the more interesting things to say. We love talking to these people and see how the process of getting the film made happened along with what goodies may still be in store for the Blu-ray or future installments. So when we saw the writers of Terminator Genisys walking by, we had to nab them! This writing duo consists of Laeta Kalogridis and Patrick Lussier. They are not related, but are "best friends" as well as writing partners. Patrick's favorite Terminator film is T1 and Laeta's is T2, so they balanced each other out well in paying homage to both. On the red carpet, we decided to go with the hard hitting question that we knew no one else would ask first.

TheArnoldFans: I love the movie! So, why no sunglasses? Did the producers talk to you about no need for a sunglass scene in the movie?

Laeta: It was never talked about that I can recall.

Patrick: Holy shit!

Laeta: I know! Oh my god!

Patrick: Well, there’s a flashback where you see him with sunglasses, and it was talked about that being one of the only times you see it. Because most of the other times you see him  except for one part, it starts at night and there’s not an opportunity to have that. We gave him a teddy bear instead!

Laeta: Yes, that’s true. He got sunglasses in (T2) right away at night.

TAFs: Did you have, in an early draft, some great action scene that you wish made it in that didn’t make the cut?

Laeta: Oh there’s a list, we always write something that would cost $300 million, that’s what we do! I don’t know if I can pick one! There are so many fun unbelievably expensive and ambitions things that we messed with.

Patrick: Let’s say that when Byung-Hun Lee (T-1000) came back, he did not come back alone. He had reinforcements that made that 1984 sequence so expensive, that it wasn’t filmable at this time.

Laeta: Even bigger, yes yes.

TAFs: Are you aware of anything that was shot, that will make it into the final blu-ray?

Patrick: No actually. All the big action that was shot is in the movie. Very little of the great moments didn’t make it in. Especially Arnold’s moments. Everybody rediscovered that every Arnold moment is pure gold, so it’s like “My god, we just need more Arnold because it’s pure gold!”

Laeta: Yeah, keep adding Arnold!

TAFs: How did you feel about the early reveal in the trailer? Did you feel that was too soon, or were you OK with that?

Patrick: Here’s the nice thing, marketing didn’t tell us how to write the movie, and we didn’t tell them how to market it! 

Laeta: Yeah, that’s it. I think we saw it when everybody else did.

During the after-party, we again talked to Patrick Lussier.  This time we mentioned we were fans of the TV series, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. Very small Genisys spoiler: In the film, a couple of the actors time-travel and when they arrive, the are on a freeway! So we spoke about T:SCC also having a similar scene. Lussier told me that in the original script, it had the character’s time-travel energy sphere appear inside of an upper freeway overpass so there was a little more danger happening there when the nude characters were hanging for life on exposed rebar from the crumbling overpass.

Speaking of The Sarah Connor Chronicles, we mentioned we heard there MAY still be a Terminator TV series in the works and Patrick Lussier MAY have hinted he’d possibly be a writer on this series. But there was a lot of hinting, winks and "we’ll see what happens" in this conversation so nothing is official yet.

One last great tease we got from him was regarding Arnold playing a BAD T-800 again. We mentioned that we (and many fans) think there has been enough of Arnold as good-guy/protector/guardian Terminator and we'd love to see him back as a ruthless killing machine again in possible future films. You can't really count his brief moment in T3 being reprogrammed to kill John Connor by tossing him around and pounding a car to death. Well, Patrick was understandably cagey, as he does have ideas for the next 2 films, but he basically said that we may be getting what we want, but they would save it for a point "when it's the most gut-wrenching." Sounds promising!

Thanks for chatting with us, Patrick and Laeta! What other things would the fans like to see in future Terminator (if they do get made)?

On the Terminator Genisys red carpet, I told Arnold that he has more fashion sense and style now at age 67 than he ever had before. Just look at Arnold’s boots, his belt buckle collection and best of all, his RINGS! Some of the latest and badass rings the Governor has been wearing lately, including his silver endoskeleton model, are the beautifully mastered works of Anthony Troiano of AJT Jewellery. 

Although some of Arnold’s rings are not mass produced and you won’t be able to order his rare Endoskeleton ring, you CAN order other versions of Arnold’s models like "The Regal Sugar Skull” or “Plain Huge Sugar” rings. These Sugar Skull Arnold rings are 115 grams of Solid Silver and are beautifully crafted by ring masters who also love Schwarzenegger! Diamonds or Rubies eye socket inserts are optional but will be extra.

The Governator has five AJT Jewellery rings. In addition to his end ring, he has both big and smaller versions of his Sugar Skulls so if you want to order the same ring as your favoite action hero/role model, get your ass on over to www.ajtjewellery.com! 

AJT Jewellery was founded in Melbourne, Australia by Anthony Troiano in 2013 and specialize in creating one-of-a-kind pieces of jewellery that the world has never seen! 

We continue in our series of Terminator Genisys Red Carpet interviews with actor Wayne Bastrup. It was cool to meet him in person since he had just been on Arnold Radio News the week before. If you didn't catch that, it's episode 29: Don't Bump His Selfie Stick!

Wayne's publicist was drumming up interest with reporters by asking them if they'd like to interview JK Simmons (who was not there), then saying they can have the next best thing since Wayne plays the younger 1984 version of JK Simmons' O'Brien character in the film. When he came up, he was immediately in Gillinator's good graces by remarking that he has an "Arnold-ish look."

TAFs: Have you seen the finished product yet?

Wayne: No, first time, so along with everyone else I’m still a virgin, which is great I’m really looking forward to it.

TAFs: Isn’t this amazing (on the red carpet) with the fire going and everything?

Wayne: It’s mind-blowing! I guess I’m a little shocked at how large it is. I’m just ecstatic that so many people are here, are such fans and come out to see the premiere and watch everybody walk.

TAFs: So this is your biggest movie to date? 

Wayne: Yeah, I would say that! As far as blockbuster sci-fi thriller, this is as big as they come.

TAFs: You of course play the younger version of JK Simmons in the movie.

Wayne: Yeah, JK is not here tonight unfortunately. He’s in Prague with his son who plays in the LA Philharmonic apparantly.

TAFs: Can we just call you JK tonight?

Wayne: That’d be fine. You guys can do that, as long as I can just ride on his tailcoats and take some credit… nah I won’t do that!

TAFs: Besides your own scene, what’s the thing you’re looking forward to seeing most tonight? 

Wayne: I’m actually really looking forward to seeing the fight between Arnold of today and Arnold of 1984, which I think everyone is looking forward to seeing that. That action sequence where he goes against himself is going to be phenomenal. People keep talking about it, so I can’t wait to see it.

TAFs: You think the buzz is sufficiently good, is it going to be a big hit?

Wayne: I think it is, I mean there’s always detractors of course, but Jurassic World just came out, and it’s what, the highest opening movie of all time in just a week and a half… and that’s a reboot and a retool of the series, and Terminator’s in that similar vein that I think it’s got more excitement behind it, especially with Arnold involved.

TAFs: I agree, I think Jurassic’s the biggest until this weekend, right?

Wayne: Right, it’s 4th of July weekend, so everybody’s gotta come out and see the movie… take some time off and see it in an air conditioned theater.

Unfortunatley, our predictions were quite a bit off, but at least Genisys is dominating worldwide, with $85 million overseas, even if the U.S. box office was disappointing.

Next, we also spoke with former WWE wrestler Shad Gaspard!

TAFs: Let me ask you, is Arnold responsible for your physique, you getting big in the first place?

Shad: I will tell you right now, Arnold’s responsible for my physique, Arnold’s responsible for my personality. He’s the reason I am the way I am and so outgoing. I saw him as a kid in Curaçao- There’s a show they used to put on where Arnold would travel to Brazil and teach people about English and it was a horrible show, but Arnold was just so cool, in a dune buggy riding around with girls, and I was like “I want to be that guy!” Then I saw Conan and then I was done. I was doing push-ups and sit-ups and Arnold’s my hero, my inspiration for everything.

TAFs: What do you think about Arnold being inducted into the wrestling Hall of Fame? 

Shad: I think it’s awesome. I’m good friends with Victor Ortiz, and he says when he met Stallone for Expendables, he said “Stallone I want to thank you for boxing.” Stallone said “I’m not a boxer.” He was like “You may not think you’re a boxer, because you’re an actor, but you inspired me to be a better fighter.” When I look at Arnold I say “You might not think you’re a sports entertainer or pro-wrestler, but you inspire me to be entertaining, not just be a meathead with muscles, but to be something intelligent. To actually know I can have muscles I can have brain and I can have talent at the same time, and still take care of my body.” He’s the inspiration for a lot of things, not just one.

Which bands give you the biggest pump while exercising? TheArnoldFans spoke with several musicians recently since we all like to rock out to boost our cardio levels and release our inner Schwarzenegger rock star. Not only do some of these rockers tell me what exercises they do to get a good pump, I'm also nominating the band Electric Six, as this year's winner of 2015's Best Gym Tunes! But first up, let's hear from Flea, bassist of The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Donny Osmond and Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins.

TheArnoldFans: When you're not on tour, what do you do to stay in shape? Do you lift and do you have any real-life fitness icons who motivate you?

Flea:  "Well, I always like to keep my body moving and functioning well. Right now I'm training for a marathon, I run marathons, thank you. And I really find a lot of peace and a remarkable sense of self when I'm running long distances. I like to run in mountain trails, alone or with my dog, for long periods of time, and right now I'm getting so much joy from that and my body really loves it.  In terms of athletes that i admire, there are so many. I love athletics as much as I love literature or art or music or a variety of academic things. But I'd have to say my favorite athlete of all time is Magic Johnson. I really admired him for his remarkable skills and all his work to get himself as good as what he did, and also his ability to uplift all the people around him."


TheArnoldFans: Hi Donny, thank you for the great work-out anthem: "Make a Man Out of You" from Mulan. What are your favorite work-out songs and how do you stay in shape? What exercises do you do?

Donny Osmond: It's all about the core these days, rather than just building muscles. As far as the songs are concerned, there's a great album called THE SOUNDTRACK OF MY LIFE, by me. Haha! And Bruno Mars' UPTOWN FUNK is a great song to work out to.

TheArnoldFans: Hi Billy, I saw you attend the premier of Batman & Robin since you had a song in the film, Is there one new film you wish the band could be in?

Billy Corgan: "Every film!"

TheArnoldFans: What was the best and worst part about being on the Howard Stern Show?

Billy Corgan: "There's no worst with Howard. He's the best in the business. A fantastic and incisive interviewer. And the best thing is he loves music."

 

Finally, let me introduce you to the winner of  2015's Best Gym Tunes: Electric Six! This rock band from Detroit, Michigan infuses elements of "Garage, disco, punk rock, new wave, and metal.  TheArnoldFans interviewed singer Dick Valentine and guitarist Da Ve. Get a sense of their powerful gym-pumping tunes by clicking on any one of the music videos below!

TheArnoldFans: Your music was featured on "The Simpsons" one time. Is there one particular project, film or TV series you are most proud of or honored to be attached to?

Electric Six: Being on "Top of the Pops" in the UK, I mean, that's a legendary show, so to be on that, I mean, we were on that twice, so that's pretty amazing that this happened. We've had a lot domestic things like that. We had a lot more television exposure in Europe, that kind of thing, but out here in the States, it was a really big deal.

TheArnoldFans: Some of your earlier themes were "Fire," "War," "Dance," so what are kind of the themes will be in your upcoming release?

Electric Six: Oh, geez! I don't wanna give away the title. Yeah, I don't know, um. Casino themed, which is not a give away because, yeah, because of rock, casino money, conflict, Christmas.

TheArnoldFans: I was out there with the crowd and there was a good mix of younger people, older, people with tattoos. I was like curious, what are some of the best Electric Six tattoos, or in general, the best fan appreciation you've seen? What do they do to show you their fandom?

Electric Six: Oh yeah, that's always the best. I don't have any tattoos or that type of thing, but I love that. We're very much norm-core people. We have a lot going on inside, but outside, we look like this. It's fun when people have nine-thousand colors in their hair and it's interesting that these people are basically looking to someone like their uncle for someone to give them some sort of direction, but it's fun.

TheArnoldFans: Cool, now let's talk Arnold!  I am from the Arnold site...

Electric Six (Da Ve): That's what we were waiting for! I DO get up in the morning and think about Arnold Schwarzenegger. For the longest time, I was under the impression that "Commando" was the greatest movie ever made, until I saw "Crank 2: High Voltage."

TheArnoldFans: Basically, it's the same kind of "Commando" over-the-top action.

Da Ve: Yeah, just get the plot out of the fuckin' way. Start kicking some ass! Yeah, I can speak for a couple members of the band, definitely are fans of Arnold's career. One of the greatest moments for me, we were in a hotel and our old base player started watching "Predator." He was just in his PJs and he was like "this movie has given us two Governors. If you stop and think about American politics now, it's like one-twentyfifth of our Governors were in this movie!

TheArnoldFans: My buddy Ken, the winner of last year's Electric Six Kickstarter thing, got to go up on stage and played the cowbells for you. He introduced me to you guys ten years ago. Do you figure crowd-sourcing is the way to go these days for the smaller, yet ballsy bands?

Electric Six: Yeah, I mean it's just the new age of doing things and you know, I've always said that whatever happens to the music industry, like a flat tax, the good and bad parts of it, so you have to be creative. You can't just sit there, bitch and moan about the fact that you get spoiled record advances and stuff, so Kickstarter's a way to take it into your own hands and, you know, you can't have the same mind set you had ten years ago. If ten years ago, someone would have told me we'd be on Kickstarter campaigns, I wouldn't have gone for it at all. Like it was stupid and selling out and all that, but that's the new normal.

TheArnoldFans: Have you heard of the band ArnoCorps?

Electric Six: ArnoCorps?

TheArnoldFans: They do Arnold songs and were very successful with Kickstarter. They tour a lot in the UK, and they are even a bigger deal over there. Was just curious as to if you guys feel like you have more of your fan base here in the states or more over there?

Electric Six: It's bigger over there. Not, like, massively bigger, but let's say we'll do The Independent (music venue in San Francisco) holds 500 people, then in London, we'll play to 800 people. So yeah, it's slightly bigger over there.

TheArnoldFans: I take it you're gonna be there for opening night of "Terminator: Genysis" then? Is that something you care about?

Electric Six: Yes. Trailers are great. We absolutely want to see that one. Personally - a huge Schwarzenegger fan.

Arnold Schwarzenegger is back in the post-apocalyptic story, Maggie, now on Blu-ray (plus Digital HD) and DVD (plus Digital) from Lionsgate Home Entertainment.  Also starring Academy Award^®nominee Abigail Breslin (Best Supporting Actress, Little Miss Sunshine, 2006) and Joely Richardson (TV’s “Nip/Tuck,” The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), Maggie follows the outbreak of a deadly zombie virus that sweeps the nation. Read on to learn how you can WIN a copy of MAGGIE from TheArnoldFans courtesy of Lionsgate!

As the nation reels from a lethal virus that turns its victims into zombies, Wade's (Schwarzenegger) daughter Maggie (Breslin) has been infected. Now, as Maggie's condition worsens, Wade will stop at nothing to protect her from the authorities seeking to kill her to eradicate the virus.

With bonus materials including a “making of” featurette, an audio commentary with the director, a deleted scene and cast and crew interviews, Maggie is available on Blu-ray and DVD.

BLU-RAY/DVD/DIGITAL HD SPECIAL FEATURES*

• ·       “Making Maggie” Featurette
• ·       Deleted Scene
• ·       Cast & Crew Interviews
• ·       Audio Commentary with Director Henry Hobson

Rating: PG-13 for disturbing thematic material including bloody images, and some language

Feature Run Time: 95 minutes

Blu-ray^™ Format: 1080P High Definition 16x9 Widescreen (2.40:1)

DVD Format: 16x9 Widescreen (2.40:1)

Blu-ray Audio: English 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio^™

DVD Audio: English 5.1 Dolby Digital

Now to win a MAGGIE Blu-Ray! We have TWO COPIES to award some fans so here’s your chance to get one! Email us with the headline "MAGGIE Blu-ray Contest” and answer these two questions below. Winners announced on August 5th! 

1. What is the name of the character Arnold plays in Maggie?
2. Who WROTE the screenplay to Maggie?

At last, the time of high adventure is here! Let’s all get ready for a fun-filled day of Arnold celebration for our favorite hero’s 68th birthday! Born on July 30th, 1947, Arnold was raised since birth in the small town of Thal, near Graz, Austria, to quickly grow in size and power as the world’s greatest body-builder, gym and fitness motivator, most badass action hero movie star, environmental activist, Governor of California, and then made a comeback as action hero legend in films such as Escape Plan and Terminator Genisys (estimated to soon reach at least 450 million in the worldwide box office). With countless titles, awards and trophies under his belt, Arnold Schwarzenegger now also holds the record for most on-screen kills with 566! 

Today we honor Arnold Schwarzenegger for not only his accomplishments of his past but also for the good we know he’ll bestow at age 68 upon his fans, After-School programs, fitness followers and communities in need. Best of all, this should be the year Arnold makes his ultimate cinematic comeback in The Legend of Conan! So If you require some party ideas, we’ve come up with a list of 10 ways to help you celebrate Arnold's 68th birthday!

10. Give something BACK! Arnold likes to GIVE BACK more than he likes to receive. So if you too want to adopt his great giving-back policy, why not help support Schwarzenegger’s favorite after-school program: After-School All-Stars! Not only will your donation go to a great cause, you’ll be entered in a contest to win great prizes like a chance to Blow Shit Up with Arnold! Go to Omaze.com/Arnold!

9. Visit Arnold’s museum! Arnie’s Life! What better way to celebrate the life of Schwarzenegger than to visit Arnold’s early childhood home, now turned museum. Tons of movie props, furniture antiques and original barbells are all on display for the fans! If you go, tell them theArnoldFans sent you! Among other merchandise, Arnie’s Life will be selling 68 anniversary small Oak Trees for 30.00. The name of the purchaser will be written on a tablet of honor in the museum and each Oak Tree sold will have its own certificate! 

8. See Terminator Genisys in theaters! T5 is one fantastic thrill-ride and the majority of fans really appreciate this film. On this glorious day, see it for your first time, the second or the seventh time! Just go and tweet us a picture of you at the movies with your ticket stub!

7. Get to the GYM! What better way to feel good about yourself than achieving a great fitness goal for the day!  Don’t forget to pack some Arnold products by MusclePharm!

6. WIN a Terminator! You can win a T-800 Battle Damaged Version sixth scale Arnold Schwarzenegger figure (Value $229)! We will be announcing the winner today at 3pm PST so there is still time for you to enter! 

5. Arnold Day! Party in Florida at Orlando's Lazy Moon Pizza on Saturday, August 1, 2015 from noon to 2 a.m.  The event has grown from a small gathering of University of Central Florida students to now hundreds of fans from across the U.S. For more information, including the Arnold movie line-up and merchandise, visit www.arnoldday.com!

4. Decorations and Cakes! Make your living room, home theater or work place a festive Arnold setting! Bring out your standees, movie posters, endoskeleton busts and wear an Arnold T-shirt! Bake an Arnold cake and since you’re grown up, drink a beer…because milk is for babies. But remember: “You should not drink and bake!” 

3. Movie Marathons! What kind of Arnold party would it be without putting on two or three (or more) of your favorite Arnold DVDs / Blu-rays! We know you all have a very impressive Arnold movie collection so tell us which ones you’ll be watching for this birthday bash. You can even see the zombie drama, MAGGIE, now in theaters in the UK or available now in the USA on DVD and Blu-ray! TheArnoldFans is also having a contest for fans to WIN a Maggie Blu-ray so click HERE to enter now!

2. Listen to our Birthday Spectacular episode of Arnold Radio News! Here’s your invitation to our annual birthday podcast! For today's special guest, we have on Terminator Genisys composer Lorne Balfe! There's also other guests and surprises! Come on in and join the party!

1. We’re NOW on Instagram! We just launched today in time for Arnold’s birthday! Celebrate with us today on our Social Media pages. ALL DAY long we’ll be honoring Arnold so get to the choppa and ride it to our online parties at Twitter, Facebook and Instagram NOW! Who knows, we might even pop in on Periscope and Snapchat today! Share a birthday message with Schwarzenegger! Arnold loves hearing from his fans so send him a Tweet to wish him a happy birthday! Maybe you can also take a picture of some artwork or a birthday card that you created and tweet that to the Terminator star! 

Stay connected, everyone! We have strength in numbers as proud Arnold fans! Like Schwarzenegger, stay strong, stay ballsy and stay hungry! Sometimes we eat green berets for breakfast, but today, let us dine on cake and good times. Happy birthday, Arnold! 

If you didn't guess, we had a blast in LA last month. As if just being on the red carpet for the biggest Arnold film to come out in over a decade wasn't cool enough, we got to Periscope from Arnold's account, then walk with Arnold into the Kodak Theater, watch the film itself with the most enthusiastic crowd possible, and then waltz on over to the swanky after party! The action was happening across the street from the theater at the Roosevelt Hotel. We passed through a couple security checkpoints, saying "Sure, here is my invitation," and then we were in!

It was in the inner courtyard area where there's normally a pool, but it was covered with risers containing several private lounge areas for the big stars, like Jai Courtney, Emilia Clarke, and Jason Clarke. Arnold and his people had their own area off to the side which was even more private, but he was still pretty accessible to people walking up to schmooze and say how great the film was. Randy even got to compare rings with Arnold, and found that even his very cool endo skull ring was dwarfed by Arnold's massive one from AJT Jewelry.

The ambience was cool, with the red lights and smoke coming out of metal barrels giving a hip future apocalypse vibe. The food and drinks were of course high quality and in plentiful supply. Then there was the inexplicable wall of donuts forming an endoskull! I have no idea who came up with that, but nonetheless, everyone took pictures with it, so I guess it worked. A genuinely cool thing they had was if you went to the upper balcony, you could get your "mug shot" taken, just like in the movie, and they would then display them on monitors around the party throughout the night. Here are ours!

As we navigated the party floor, we bumped into many of Genisys' stars, other people who worked on the film, and a few other celebrities. There was actor Wayne Bastrup (yougn O'Brien), who was having a blast at his first premiere of this magnitude, and Brett Azar, the '84 T-800 body, recounting more tales of his fight with old Arnold and the infamous "sock" barely covering his junk.  We also had brief chats with Jai and Jason, who were both getting quite inebriated. I told Jai in my best Terminator voice "I require a selfie," and the resulting photo was memorable!

We spoke with both the director Alan Taylor and writer Patrick Lussier, who were both very appreciative of how much we enjoyed the film, given the kind of longtime Terminator and Arnold fans we were, and at least a little open to suggestions for future movies! And of course, it wouldn't be an event without saying hi to Arnold's crew, including son Christopher, friend/stuntman Dieter, the great Daniel Ketchell, and cigar/humidor maker Daniel Marshall. We even got to hang out with young Joseph Baena and his super-cool brother Roger for a bit- they were very friendly and Joseph has a promising future as he readies himself for college this year.

It was an fantastic night of mingling with both mega-stars and Hollywood newcomers, capping off a great weekend of Terminator and Arnold. In one word: excellent.

Terminator Genisys composer, Lorne Balfe, wants to help us celebrate our love for the fan-approved film by letting us give away 5 autographed soundtracks! You can purchase the Terminator Genisys soundtrack now containing 22 songs on Amazon MP3 (TAFs afilliate link) or you can try to win an autographed soundtrack CD here at TheArnoldFans! You can't even get the CDs in stores yet (though they should be coming soon). We have 5 copies to award some lucky fans so send us an email now with the headline "Lorne Balfe’s Signed Soundtrack” and answer these two following questions.

1. How many songs are on this Terminator Genisys soundtrack?

2. Who is “Numero Uno”?

Our contest for the soundtrack is open to fans worldwide. US winners will get free shipping but international winners will be responsible for shipping costs & import fees. Entrants must give us your full name, phone number and address: street address. EMAIL us your 2 answers and we will pick a winner! Good luck, Arnold fans!

Lorne Balfe was also nice enough to give us an interview for his work on Terminator Genisys!

TAFs: When did you become involved to write the score for Terminator Genisys and how did that happen?

Lorne: I got involved about 2 or 3 months ago. The normal process is people listen to your music, they like it, and they ask you to score their movie, and that is really how it happened. Sometimes you’re working on a film, like some of the animation I’m doing, for about a year and a half, and sometimes you start on a film and you’ve got a couple of weeks, so every project has a different point of view.

TAFs: What was your process to scoring T5 and the challenges?

Lorne: The biggest challenge is obviously that you’re now entering this big franchise, and it’s something we’re all big fans of and we live and breathe… I remember watching Terminator 2 for the first time as a child, and hearing that music and those famous “ba dum bum ba dums” that are known all over the world. I think sometimes when you work on a project, you start fresh with a clean page and come up with compositional ideas from scratch. But with this, thankfully the director Allen and David the producer were very keen on making sure we held onto the past and we did use the themes and even though we didn’t use them all of the time, it was there to represent the legacy of Terminator. The first thing you do when scoring a film, you watch the film, and you start seeing places where the famous theme can be used. You look at the bigger picture and not just use it all the time because then it just becomes nothingness. When I started on it, I remember quickly those emotions when I watched the first 2 or 3 Terminators. Even though this is not a sequel and not a prequel, it’s its own identity, but still Arnold is in it and it is a Terminator, so I wanted to make sure there was a nod to the past, but then move on to the future. There was a very industrial sound to Brad’s original scores, and I think also disturbing, because there were these alien sounds that were manipulated from being organic into something electronic, and we had to do that in certain spots but also it’s a different film. The whole relationship between Arnold and Sarah is far more developed, so they needed their own theme, and the same with Sarah and Kyle, and John Connor. The biggest thematically was the concept of fate and hope, so that was another theme to slowly get into the film throughout the whole journey for the characters.

TAFs: Would you like to do any future Terminator films if they keep going?

Lorne: Absolutely, that a ridiculous question, of course I would! I think Genisys is fantastic. The difficult thing is that when you are working on it you’re not seeing the finished film. A lot of the special effects aren’t finished, so the first time you see it really finished is when the film is released. When I was writing it there wasn’t much on screen apart from Arnold. It becomes a totally different world, and I think it’s wild, to be absolutely honest, to be part of this world. I’m very excited to see what will happen, there’s so many possibilities. I think the world did need Arnold to get back on screen in a film like this because he’s one of the few remaining big stars that have this kind of presence.

TAFs: Do you have any favorite Arnold movies or score to Arnold movies?

Lorne: I’m a sucker for the 80s, so the likes of Predator and Running Man, and I remember watching Commando… so vividly, loving those films. All those scenes from Total Recall and Running Man… he’s a true legend.

TAFs: Yeah, and with Predator, that has one of the great scores from Alan Silvestri that makes it really more than an action movie.

Lorne: I’ll never forget that music is still relevant now. When you’re working on films and there are temp scores, that music is still there in full use. It’s amazing because it shows you how timeless it is. (Conan the Barbarian) is another classic. It’s great when these memorable films have matching scores that stand forever.

You can hear more of this interview on epsode 31 of Arnold Radio News! Lorne’s role as a score producer on 2008′s The Dark Knight earned Lorne a Grammy for Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture. In 2009, Lorne was music producer and composer of the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 video game, and score producer for Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes, which earned a 2010 Oscar nomination for Best Original Score. Only a year later, Lorne produced the score for Christopher Nolan’s Inception, which also earned an Oscar nomination for Best Original Score. Naturally, for us Arnold fans, we praise him best for his work on Terminator Genisys.

If you’re a fan of Lorne’s Terminator score like we are, follow him on his Facebook page, www.facebook.com/lornebalfemusic, or learn more about him at www.lornebalfe.com.

We knew Terminator Genisys would do very well in China but we didn’t expect it to do a phenomenal 27.4 million dollars there in just one day! It took three days to make that amount in the United States but the Chinese people care more about the legendary Arnold Schwarzenegger and his great sci-fi action film than they care about American-loved dinosaurs. That’s right; Genisys even beat Jurassic World in China for their opening day releases!

Arnold Schwarzenegger is getting the last laugh as his Terminator Genisys film, once considered a flop, is now a worldwide blockbuster. While the film underperformed in America, making nearly 89.5 million, the power of the fans and our love for the Terminator films worldwide continues to conquer any naysayers. Globally, Terminator Genisys is a major force at the box office, which has now passed the 400 million dollar mark! It's also the second week in a row being #1 in the international Box Office!

Get ready to pump up your Schwarzenegger collections because our annual ONLINE Arnold sale is open for business! That's right, We're opening up the virtual garage door here to TheArnoldFans headquarters. We've got some cool collectibles for you so treat yourself to a great gift or you can buy one of these for a fellow Arnold fan!  So put those cookies down and listen up!  In eBay, you can bid on all of these Arnold items below and others not shown that are coming straight from my collection to yours.

FOR SALE:

A factory sealed 1991 Terminator 2 officially licensed collector coin and more! These super-rare coins were advertised in the official T2 movie magazine. This One Troy Ounce .999 fine silver coin has a limited edition number (looks like it is 160). A 2015 Muscle Insider special Arnold issue magazine (mint). A T2 promo figure by Randy Bowen that was given out with the purchase of The Terminator on VHS. You'll also be getting an Arnold Muscle bar (Chocolate Brownie) by MusclePharm. As a bonus, you're also getting a Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Protecting the California Dream sticker! 

A 2013 Arnold Sports Festival coin and more! This rare coins was given out from Arnold to his protective bodyguards during the event in Columbus Ohio. You're getting 1 coin (the other coin shown is just showing the reverse image). You'll also be getting an Arnold Muscle bar (Chocolate Brownie) by MusclePharm. As a bonus, you're also getting a Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Protecting the California Dream sticker! 

   A sealed box of Terminator 3 cards by Comic Images and more! This contains 36 packs (each containing 7 cards). SOME of the sealed boxes have super rare collector chase (like cast-signed cards) cards worth a LOT of money! You're also getting a sealed box of T3 on CD ( the film's novel on several CDs). As a bonus, you're also getting a Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Protecting the California Dream sticker! 

An Escape Plan cup and drink koozie and a sealed Mr. Freeze candy container from Batman and Robin with tag and a Planet Hollywood music CD featuring "Bad to the Bone" and other movie songs.

A set of Terminator 2 13-inch figures by Tsukuda Hobby. Both are in great condition. You'll also be getting an Arnold Muscle bar (Chocolate Brownie) by MusclePharm. As a bonus, you're also getting a Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Protecting the California Dream sticker and a 2015 Muscle Insider special Arnold issue magazine (mint). 

 
A sealed Terminator 2 hand-held video game by Acclaim and a T2 FilmCardz Lighted Viewer by Artbox!

A sealed Terminator 3 video Game by Atari for the Xbox, a T3 T-850 Christmas ornament made by Gentle Giant (great condition) and a Arnold Muscle bar (Chocolate Brownie) by MusclePharm!

Two Alien vs Predator Plush dolls by Diamond Select. These AVP dolls still have their tags and the dolls are in great condition! The Elder Predator and the Predator. You're also getting a Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Protecting the California Dream sticker!

Four T2 officially licensed plush dolls of Arnold's T-800 and Robert Patrick's T-1000! They have loops on their heads so you can hang them on door knobs or christmas trees! 

 
Click HERE to bid on these items!

Enjoy the Arnold merchandise! If you pick up any of these items, please send us a picture of them added to your collection.

“I have always been a huge fan of ‘The Celebrity Apprentice’ and the way it showcases the challenges and triumphs of business and teamwork,” Mr. Schwarzenegger said in a statement. “I am thrilled to bring my experience to the boardroom and to continue to raise millions for charity. Let’s get started!”

It doesn’t get much cuter! This uniquely-deformed Hero Remix Terminator Genisys: T-800 Endoskeleton by Dragon Models doesn’t exactly make you fear robots but rather adore them. Roughly 6 inches tall, this Hero Remix T-800 has 11 points of articulation, realistic semi-chrome finishing and it Includes a display base.