The Terminator Salvation trailer actually looks pretty cool. But of course, looks can be deceiving. All I can say is, there are some kick ass bikes whizzing by, and the first half of the trailer looks like a try post-apocalyptic desert, a-la The Road Warrior. The robots are rusty and more menacing also. I got a close look at one of those nasty tin men at San Diego Comic-Con. So long shiny chrome skulls.

Terminator Salvation is directed by McG (Charlie’s Angels, We Are Marshall), with a script by the writing duo John D. Brancato and Michael Ferris, the same team that scripted 2003’s Terminator 3.

Salvation arrives in theaters next summer on May 22nd, 2009.

Click on the photo to see an L.A. Times blog, which discusses the scene above, and also other elements of the film.

Check out the trailer for Terminator Salvation below.