I saw Terminator this weekend. Verdict: Meh. Save yourself the 12 bucks and go get a sandwich instead from Porchetta.
More interesting than the movie is the director's name, McG. Frankly it's a real asshole-y sounding name, but the explanation is pretty straightforward.
"Believe me, I know, people hear the name and they just think, 'That guy must be a jerk,' " the 38-year-old said with a groan. "And having it hasn't helped me, that's for sure. But it's what everybody has called me forever."
The moniker wasn't handed to him at a college keg party or when McG worked as a top music video director during the 1990s; it was hung around his neck by his parents who put "Joseph McGinty Nichol" on his birth certificate back in Kalamazoo, Mich., but then decided "McG" would be a tidy way to avoid household confusion since the boy's grandfather and uncle were also named Joseph.
Other asshole-y sounding names: Stone Phillips, Vin Diesel, and Joseph Stalin.