Sure, you could wait until this Friday to see Terminator: Salvation, the latest film in the Terminator saga. You could also ignore the other clips and bits of info we’ve shown you in the past about the film and just go in cold. But really, what fun would that be?

Instead, why not take a look at another clip from the film, courtesy of MTV’s Movie’s Blog, featuring Sam Worthinton and Star Trek’s Anton Yelchin as Marcus Wright and the young Kyle Reese.

This clips has a bit of cool Terminator action as well as a line of dialog you may be familiar with — that is if you’ve ever seen any other Terminator films. Of course, if you haven’t seen any other Terminator films, you’re probably not reading this right now. For better or worse, Terminator: Salvation opens this Friday. Meantime, enjoy this clip. . . or not.

As discussed on the most recent episode of The Flickcast, there’s been quite a bit of Terminator: Salvation footage dropping over the last few weeks. Sure, its great to see it and it all makes the movie look pretty good.

But as talked about during the show, it also sorta seems a bit desperate on the part of the studio to try and make sure everyone knows the movie’s good and not a piece of crap. Still, we’re fans of the franchise around here so the more Terminator the better as far as we’re concerned.

On that note, be sure to check out this latest clip from the film which appeared today over at AOL’s Moviefone site. If the video doesn’t play here (they do that sometimes), be sure to click on the link at go directly to AOL’s site.

Last week on The Flickcast, the team discussed all sorts of topics including the box office success, and relative merits, of X-Men Origins: Wolverine, the latest G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra trailer, the upcoming District 9, produced by Peter Jackson and renewals of shows like Southland and Heroes. They also made some great picks including TV’s Party Down, Hot Fuzz, Garth Ennis’ Preacher and Robert Altman’s The Player.

This week, Chris, Matt and Christina talk all-things Star Trek, take on Terminator: Salvation, toss around various casting news and take it home with some great picks for the week. Speaking of great picks, this time around the team’s include another of Matt’s “shows you’re not watching but should be” called Smallville, Christina’s top MTV/Internet show Five Dollar Cover and Chris’ favorite Jake Gyllenhall movie that also features a six foot tall time traveling rabbit and Patrick Swayze. We’re talking about, of course, Donnie Darko.

As always, if you have comments, questions, critiques or offers of sponsorship, feel free to hit us up in the comments, on Twitter and at Facebook, MySpace or via email.

Thanks for listening.

Not many know that Terminator: Salvation hitting theaters in less than a month isn’t just another tale in the legend of John Connor, but hopefully the starting point of a whole new cinematic trilogy. The director of the film[s] (and regular persona-non-grata in the fan community), McG recently sounded off in an interview with Film Journal on his thoughts for a sequel, which will count as the fifth film in the Terminator franchise, and probably the most confusing: (Possible Spoilers)

I strongly suspect the next movie is going to take place in a [pre-Judgment Day] 2011. John Connor is going to travel back in time and he’s going to have to galvanize the militaries of the world for an impending Skynet invasion. They’ve figured out time travel to the degree where they can send more than [just] one naked entity. So you’re going to have hunter killers and transports and harvesters and everything arriving in our time and Connor fighting back with conventional military warfare, which I think is going to be fucking awesome. I also think he’s going to meet a scientist that’s going to look a lot like present-day Robert Patrick [who famously played the T-1000 in Terminator 2], talking about stem-cell research and how we can all live as idealized, younger versions of ourselves.

While this is great news for anybody who was a fan of Robert Patrick in T2, this doesn’t sound like very good news for fans of the franchise, or even coherent time-travel stories. This throws out the Terminator rule that “only living flesh can be sent back in time”, which is why we got gratuitous Arnold butt-shots back in the 80s. If one were to break down McG’s statement, there are plenty more holes in our Terminator universe. So does this mean he’s just messing with our heads in an attempt to be hip? And where is Summer Glau??

Even with the state of California’s economy, and all of its other recent issues, there’s still time for the Govenor to joke around and hint about his appearance in the upcoming Terminator: Salvation film. Recently, the Govenator gave a webcast interview and Yahoo news is reporting that during the interview, he all but confirmed his appearance in the fourth Terminator film.

However, his appearance may not be exactly what fans expect or are hoping for. According to the site:

The governor made it clear he had no time to shoot new footage but that the filmmakers are playing with technology to insert his image from the earlier “Terminator” movies.  Schwarzenegger says he told director McG he will come to the premiere of the movie.

So, we will probably see our favorite Terminator in the new film but it will end up being either previously shot footage or, as I predicted during the most recent episode of The Flickcast, a poster or some other identifying photo of Schwarzenegger’s character somewhere in the ruins of Los Angeles. Who knows, maybe in the new film the Govenator’s likeness is the model Skynet uses when they decide to create the Terminator in the first place? Did that just blow your mind or what?

Terminator: Salvation stars Christian Bale, Moon Bloodgood and Bryce Dallas Howard, is directed by McG and hits theaters on May 21st.