Terminator rights sell for $29.5 million
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J. M. Romeo
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Yasae said:
But I really liked the mechs in that film. And the sound they made. Could have been a great setting for a videogame (el oh el)
Dabanton said:
You don't seem to have understood his point at all.
Why is rebooting Terminator any more sensible than rebooting Star Wars, The Godfather or Indiana Jones?
In each case the original one or two films are all-time classics and the later ones are mindless cinematic pap.
It would have been far better simply to just stop the franchises while they were still on a high, rather than degrade them with increasing inferior sequels/prequels.
For all those examples the original premise had already come to its logical conclusion in the first couple of films.
There shouldn't be any more Terminators, for example, because as the fourth film made clear there isn't any more (sensible) story to tell.
Moundir&Tony>you
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Please give us a 3rd SCChronicles season 
$30m for these rights is a wildly overinflated price for such a stale franchise.
The network TV series? A solid performer but cancelled after 2 seasons.
The big film reboot? Underperformed.
The film tie in video game? Flopped.
The Terminator franchise at this point is incredibly tired. It needs to go away and find a way to make itself exciting again to it's target audience. Otherwise, in terms of future films, we're looking at a potential 'reboot of a reboot'? Pfft. What a waste of time and money.
It seems to me that this move is more of an investment than an actual effort to make more films in the Terminator universe. I fully expect these rights to just sit on a shelf for a few years and then be sold on for a profit or for absolute peanuts.
The network TV series? A solid performer but cancelled after 2 seasons.
The big film reboot? Underperformed.
The film tie in video game? Flopped.
The Terminator franchise at this point is incredibly tired. It needs to go away and find a way to make itself exciting again to it's target audience. Otherwise, in terms of future films, we're looking at a potential 'reboot of a reboot'? Pfft. What a waste of time and money.
It seems to me that this move is more of an investment than an actual effort to make more films in the Terminator universe. I fully expect these rights to just sit on a shelf for a few years and then be sold on for a profit or for absolute peanuts.
Fallout-NL
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a Master Ninja said:
Perhaps by making a good sequel.
WorriedCitizen
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I don't think the franchise is dead yet. It just hasn't been in competent hands for a long time. A reboot in the quality of last years Star Trek could safe it. By someone who really understands what Terminator is about, not someone who confuses Terminators with Transformers.
Barberetti
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If I were a billionaire, one of my hobbies would be to buy up the rights of the film franchises whose stories I (or the original writers/directors) considered to be finished, and sit on them so no one else could do anything with them. I realise I would become one of the most hated people in the world, but I'd consider that a small price to pay if it stopped all this reboot/reimagining bullshit.
James Cameron: "Dude, the story I wanted to tell in the Terminator universe is over. Hold the rights for me please, for $30 million".
Me: Sure thing James, here's your cash. Let me know if you change your mind"
James Cameron: "Dude, the story I wanted to tell in the Terminator universe is over. Hold the rights for me please, for $30 million".
Me: Sure thing James, here's your cash. Let me know if you change your mind"
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Escape Goat
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numble said:
Fixed
GhaleonEB said:
And on that note...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4E5D3OCJn-Y
Everything was so cool about this movie, from the look, to the musical score, and no other weapon ever will sound as badass as the M41A Pulse rifle.
I should be doing hw
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I don't see the rationale behind this. The original movies still exist, its not like by remaking them they remove all trace of the previous movie. I don't gain or lose anything if they remake a movie why does it matter so much?Barberetti said:
BertramCooper
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I love the Aliens trailer, too, but the Alien trailer might be the best trailer ever made.evil ways said:
So amazing.
BertramCooper said:
How about a sort of reboot which takes effect immediately after the events of T2....
T3 and Salvation never happened, right? Right?
If Bond and Batman have shown us, you can alwasy say f*ck you to the shitty installments and do justice by the original material by bringing in folks who want to do right by them.
Create something badass and the world will forget...
BertramCooper
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Half-reboots don't really work. I think Superman Returns made that pretty clear. Once a storyline is established, you can't really go back and pick and choose what you want to retcon without people getting confused. You either pick up where the last one left off or wipe the slate clean and start from scratch.ImperialConquest said:
Both Bond and Batman were full reboots, though as a Bond buff, I personally think the series reboots every time a new Bond actor enters the picture. People who think that Sean Connery Bond and Pierce Brosnan Bond are the same person are pretty deluded, IMO. But that's for another thread.
NullPointer
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If I could have babies with a block of text I'd be giving birth to quintuplets right now.BertramCooper said:
*applause*
Kill it til its eyes go blank. Crush it, stomp it, make it fucking go away.
BertramCooper
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:lol Thanks. My opinions on this subject are pretty strong.NullPointer said:
Salvation was just unbearable. Made by total idiots, I swear.
In Salvation, Skynet is trying to kill John Connor by capturing Kyle Reese and using him as bait. Instead of doing all of that, why not just kill Kyle immediately, which would prevent John Connor from ever being born? Did you ever consider that, you fucking stupid robots?
There are two Terminator movies.
The Terminator
Terminator 2: Judgement Day
There is one Terminator attraction - T2 3-D: Battle Across Time
There is also a Terminator 2 pinball game.
There is nothing else.
No more movies.
No TV series.
No vidja gaemz.
Welcome to causality.
Actions applied to the present state of the universe consequently result in the next immediate future state.
[Present](actions) => [Future]
Destroying the Cyberdyne lab merely prevents that lab from developing Skynet.
Traveling backwards in time and killing yourself before you go back doesn't mean you'll disappear. It simply means you've killed yourself. There is no magical link between your time-traveling self and the guy you just killed. You won't slowly disappear from photographs. You'll be standing there over the dead body of a younger-looking you.
The Terminator
Terminator 2: Judgement Day
There is one Terminator attraction - T2 3-D: Battle Across Time
There is also a Terminator 2 pinball game.
There is nothing else.
No more movies.
No TV series.
No vidja gaemz.
numble said:
Welcome to causality.
Actions applied to the present state of the universe consequently result in the next immediate future state.
[Present](actions) => [Future]
Destroying the Cyberdyne lab merely prevents that lab from developing Skynet.
Traveling backwards in time and killing yourself before you go back doesn't mean you'll disappear. It simply means you've killed yourself. There is no magical link between your time-traveling self and the guy you just killed. You won't slowly disappear from photographs. You'll be standing there over the dead body of a younger-looking you.
Count Dookkake
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BertramCooper said:
Ever hear of this movie called Star Trek?
BertramCooper
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How is Star Trek a not a full reboot? Same characters, yes, but an entirely new timeline and significantly different character backstories. I wouldn't consider myself a Trekkie by any means, so please, enlighten me.Count Dookkake said:
Furret said:
I know that. But do the people who have just splashed the cash know that the Terminator storyline is played out?
Or do you think they will push ahead with another Terminator film i think we both know the answer to that.
They don't care how messy and convoluted the storyline gets the Terminator is still a fairly profitable franchise.
lunarworks
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Then where the hell did you come from if your past self never lived to be you?Mudkips said:
$30 mil? Fuck James Cameron should've just bought it with his pocket change just to kill the series off once and forever. I'm sure it must be painful for him watch his brainchild getting flushed down the toilet over and over again.
Two unsuccessful movies and a canceled TV show and this franchise is still alive? HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE!
Two unsuccessful movies and a canceled TV show and this franchise is still alive? HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE!
BertramCooper said:
Also if Sam Worthington's character is an 'advanced' terminator why not send him back to the past to kill John Connor?
Also where was the T-1000 and the female terminator in Salvation surely they would be better for fighting the resistance than the T-800's they had wandering around?
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Dabanton said:
Does the technology for time travel exist yet?
I mean Salvation does predates T1, T2's, and T3's future timeline and the T-800 model 101 are the newer Terminators being introduced.
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