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Will terminator salvation make more than star trek?

I think it's going to be close.

One possible problem is that I haven't seen much promotion that Christian Bale is in this movie. In those trailers you see more Terminators than shots of Bale. The guy's arguably the biggest action star in Hollywood now, but they aren't exactly playing up his involvement that I've seen. Of course the talk-show rounds haven't started yet to my knowledge.
 
I think T4 will have more general appeal than Abrams-Trek, so I suspect that when all is said and done, T4 will have the bigger war chest.
 
When they showed the first trailer with TDK a bunch of teenagers sitting behind me said "Another one? that's lame." Though sentiments might have changed now. Take it as you will.
 
When they showed the first trailer with TDK a bunch of teenagers sitting behind me said "Another one? that's lame." Though sentiments might have changed now. Take it as you will.
My friend said the same for Star Trek, but she came around and enjoyed it when we saw it last week. I think we should let the merits of T4 speak for itself.
 
When they showed the first trailer with TDK a bunch of teenagers sitting behind me said "Another one? that's lame." Though sentiments might have changed now. Take it as you will.

Hmm, a couple of teenagers complaining about "another Terminator" movie isn't going to make a difference. That's like people complaining about "another Batman" movie, "another Superman" movie, etc.

I honestly think this one will do better than Star Trek, which I just watched last night. Good, but not super terrific.
 
I think that the termination (pun intended) of the TV show this morning may have an effect.
:guffaw::guffaw::guffaw:
Josh has not said yet that it is terminated so it is not. Thinks cats. We dont know. Josh yesterday:
http://www.savethescc.com/transcript.html

If Fox were delaying the decision in order to get the show more cheaply, then it may be terminated.
If it was a marketing ploy, which is more likely, then it is not. To have rumors of termination would mean there is news of it continuing, news that otherwise would not have been. These news would create interest in the movie as well.
 
^ It could be a marketing ploy, but I doubt it. Fox has no interest in the show and with their big film coming up this week against Salvation (Night at the Museum 2), they may have done this to hurt the film.

The only thing that has me even remotely curious is that the early proposed schedule has the Friday night at 8:00 timeslot empty.
 
T4 will beat star trek, Terminator is far more popular then Trek could ever be, I'm affraid.
When people are still demanding more Terminator 40 years after it was made you might be able to say that with more authority.

How many people were "demanding" more Star Trek before the last film came out? Hard core fans at most and no one else.

I think the general public will always want more Terminator than they will Trek, even if Trek does well in and of itself in a particular release.
 
I'm predicting No. I'm thinking a Terminator movie without Arnold is not going to draw the numbers a lot of people are expecting it will.

You don't think Christian Bale will offset that?

Either way, I don't think this is going to do as well as or better than Star Trek.
 
^ It could be a marketing ploy, but I doubt it. Fox has no interest in the show and with their big film coming up this week against Salvation (Night at the Museum 2), they may have done this to hurt the film.

The only thing that has me even remotely curious is that the early proposed schedule has the Friday night at 8:00 timeslot empty.

Oh, did not know that. I will not watch either if there is no announcement of TSCC returning. (This is a promise that is easy to keep since I mostly watch scifi, and do not consider the T films that, unlike the series.)
 
I don't think it will. If it is good and gets good word of mouth it should do well. However, its going to be competing against Night at the Museum 2 and it might not even make #1. Star Trek opened pretty much without any competition, so T4 is going to start out of the gate in a tougher position. So far, Trek has had staying power. It remains to be seen if T4 will have that kind of staying power. Though I'm sure it will be a blockbuster.
 
Oh, did not know that. I will not watch either if there is no announcement of TSCC returning. (This is a promise that is easy to keep since I mostly watch scifi, and do not consider the T films that, unlike the series.)

Well then you did exactly what Fox wanted then :).
 
Oh, did not know that. I will not watch either if there is no announcement of TSCC returning. (This is a promise that is easy to keep since I mostly watch scifi, and do not consider the T films that, unlike the series.)

Well then you did exactly what Fox wanted then :).
How so?
How much of the money TSCC makes comes from US anyways? Could they do it just for other markets?

Zack Stentz, about the cancellation:
http://terminatorwiki.fox.com/threa...r+hard+work+and+support,+from+a+T:TSCC+writer

There has already been some reviews of Salvation, the RT site percentage is not high for the movie.
 
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