Terminator Rights to be Auctioned in Late November
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During production of T4 (this has been brewing since before T4 even made it to theatres) Sony offered 25 million to obtain the rights before it went to auction. Wonder how much they'll end up paying - most likely they 25 million will still be on the table.
Kudos to guy for calling himself the mastermind behind Titan A.E., though. From the way Whedoniacs paint him you'd think not only was Firefly the last word on space opera, but Whedon's only word in the genre.
His bid for Terminator is clearly a joke (it's transparently obvious one of those big conglomerates will pony up more cash), but I can't help but think of JMS's appeal to get Star Trek, a sort of merger of a popular sci-fi franchise with an iconic geek creator with the suggestion that it'd tickle people pink to see their favourite brand names procreate.
I also think of Joss Whedon's assassination of the Alien franchise, which even he daren't joke about in this context, yet I disgress. Alien, like Terminator, is a movie I never really felt should have a franchise - a sequel maybe, but that's it. This is even more true for Terminator as I've never been of the opinion there's any flexibility in this premise - you have pretty much one story to tell regardless of the variations, and any new reboot is just going to tell that story again.
Dang. I hate to disappoint anyone here, but I'm going to buy the Terminator rights for my dad. He's always wanted to own a bloated franchise with "fatigue" included, to save him the trouble of bloating it more.
What made them think they should have a TV series concurrently with a movie prequel reboot?
What made them think they should have a TV series concurrently with a movie prequel reboot?
cough, pre-existing, larger post right here, cough.
I laughed. The first thing that came to mind was an old SNL bit of Lorne Michaels offering $3000 for The Beatles to have a reunion on his show.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALZuk8N0TgU
Well if things were different and the Sarah Connor Chronicles were included, I reckon nx1701g should have a go!
I think I'd divide people too much
It's Admiral Ackbar's cereal you want...
"Your tongues can't repel flavour of that magnitude..."
I've said it before, I'll say it again:
I really enjoyed Terminator Salvation.
As did my two friends I went to see it with. And we rarely, if ever, agree on movies. But it looks like we're the only 3 people in the world who liked this one. Oh well.
I really enjoyed Terminator Salvation.
As did my two friends I went to see it with. And we rarely, if ever, agree on movies. But it looks like we're the only 3 people in the world who liked this one. Oh well.
i liked it!
The problem is that T2 effectively ended the story, not only practically but also thematically. The future was no longer determined, we could go our own way, having been duly warned as to the dangers that possibly lay ahead.
T3 never got over this problem and utterly failed to look like anything other than what it was, a shameless cash-in of a popular franchise. T4 just ignored the problem altogether.
Me and my 2 friends makes the 6 of us.
I liked Terminator Salvation!
^ We must be up to about 8 by now! Wooo! Roll on T5!
Kegg;3545202 I also think of Joss Whedon's assassination of the [I said:
Whedon has apologized more than once for Alien 4, but the real assassination of the franchise came from studio interference and a director that barely spoke and couldn't read english.