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Big Jim Cameron FINALLY talks Terminator 2 in 3D!

Isn't next year the 20th anniversary of T2? It would be the perfect time to re-release it. I'd put the ending coda on there as well. Would finalize T2 as THE END, and no more movies could be made. I can't believe T2 is gonna be 20!

Adding that scene in like that, would be doing what everyone blasts George Lucas for at this point, and even if they did? Only in the minds of a few purist would it be "THE END" to anyone else that thinks they can still make a buck? They'll make another.
 
There was actually a Terminator 2 3D The Ride which included a whole extended plot-line separate from what was filmed for the movie. I wonder if that material would get inserted into a 3D theatre/DVD release (or if they wouldn't be able to get the rights to that material).
I could see them making a trailer/teaser to put after the previews or after the end credits, but only as an ad for the experience.

Isn't it a little early to announce the converted 3-D version of Titanic as anything? I'll believe it when I see it.
When it comes to 3D, I think Big Jim's earned out trust. If he says his Titanic conversion will look good, I'll take him at his word.


Oh, and about that alternate, non-canon ending (for any T-film)... HELLS and NO. :p
 
Yeah, I think the "future coda" scene would be stupid to put in at this point. Something like that would be a little different than adding in the other removed scenes. The coda wasn't removed for time it was removed because Cameron simply didn't like it.
 
Did he actually not like it, or did he not like the fact it closed the book on doing anything else with the franchise? Personally, I think it would be awesome if he included the future coda. It would be a great big giant fuck you to everyone who ruined the franchise after he walked away from it! :guffaw:

Of course, I doubt very much they'll 3D-ize the extended cut.

I don't think they should do it, at all, personally. I mean, I get doing something like Avatar in 3D. Makes a difficult concept more immersive. Helps bring people back to theaters for an experience they can't replicate at home. It works if it suits the tone of the film. Like Tron Legacy. But taking older movies and making them 3D just to re-release them crosses the line into zero creative purpose and lands firmly in plain, crass, commerciality. How is this any different than colourizing?

Trekker, I'm surprised you, after going off on how double dipping on DVD's is this unholy, dishonest sin due to it's money grubbing-ness, would support this 3D-ing old movies enterprise.
 
Pointless and useless, as well as the whole "Jedi Rock" scene which was just completely pointless to add other than to get people to masturbate over "pretty" CGI.

I feel like Jabba's palace scene is almost totally ruined with the different music and pacing. It diminishes the fact that Jabba is a cold-blooded executioner and scoundrel and almost makes a comedy out of him tossing people into the rancor pit. If there was one hang-out in the galaxy worse than the Mos Eisley Cantina it would be Jabba's, and he fiddled with that to add more singing and cute CGI slapstick.
 
I have three words for you.

Kate.

Winslet's.

Tits.
Actually, to maintain their PG-13 rating, we only ever get to see one of her tits. It's left to our imagination that she has a matching set.
My understanding, the movie stayed rated PG-13 with the nudity because the nudity was done for "art" and not for "sex." And, yeah, in checking just now we only see one at a time, still it's a nice one and worth seeing in 3D.

Not only one at a time but it's always the same one.

Did he actually not like it, or did he not like the fact it closed the book on doing anything else with the franchise?

I think he wasn't happy with how that version of the future looked or with Linda Hamilton's old age make-up. I think he also liked ending things a bit more ambiguously, even if he didn't necessarily want them to make any more movies.
 
Trekker, I'm surprised you, after going off on how double dipping on DVD's is this unholy, dishonest sin due to it's money grubbing-ness, would support this 3D-ing old movies enterprise.

A lot of difference between releasing a bullshit bare-bones release, knowing full-well you'll release a more expanded version months later, and simply releasing a new version on better technology.

Releasing a Blu-Ray 3D DVD of "T2" is no more "double dipping" than it was "double dipping" when T2 was released on DVD after being on VHS for umpteen years.
 
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