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  • CaptainZombie
    Brains
    • Jul 2003
    • 37851

    #1

    Terminator Saved For Now

    'Terminator' Bidding War Comes to Abrupt and Shocking End

    The future has been saved -- for now. Last week it was reported that both Sony and Lionsgate were in a heated bidding war to score the rights to Terminator, with newly revealed plans to reboot the franchise (oh come on!). Thankfully, they both lost out when "Halcyon Holding Corp accepted the $29.5 million bid from, of all parties, the debtholder which pushed it [the franchise] into bankruptcy, Santa Barbara-based hedge fund Pacificor. (This is the same Pacificor whom Halcyon accused in a lawsuit of extortion, bribery, and fraud and demanded $30M in damages.)," reports Deadline. My favorite part of the article states: "I'm told, prompted a furious Sony Pictures Entertainment's president of worldwide affairs Peter Schlessel to "storm out" of the Downtown LA offices of FTI Capital Advisors holding the auction." I'd be pissed too! Hopefully this will at least keep the franchise from being rebooted -- but we all know that it's inevitable and will be in 3-D.
    Last edited by CaptainZombie; 02-09-2010, 11:00 PM.
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  • Adam Dayton
    Banned
    • Jan 2008
    • 1835

    #2
    Re: Terminator Saved For Now

    The last thing this franchise needs is another bad movie. Should have stopped after 2. No Cameron= sucks.

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    • Beantown
      #DoYourJob
      • Feb 2005
      • 31523

      #3
      Re: Terminator Saved For Now

      Originally posted by Adam Dayton
      The last thing this franchise needs is another bad movie. Should have stopped after 2. No Cameron= sucks.
      Wouldn't say it was a "good movie" but Salvation was entertaining, at least.

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      • Jonesy
        All Star
        • Feb 2003
        • 5382

        #4
        Re: Terminator Saved For Now

        Yeah Salvation was decent imo, not as good as the first 2 but much better than 3 anyway.

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        • snepp
          We'll waste him too.
          • Apr 2003
          • 10007

          #5
          Re: Terminator Saved For Now

          Originally posted by Jonesy
          Yeah Salvation was decent imo, not as good as the first 2 but much better than 3 anyway.

          Sums it up for me. Number 3 should just be completely aborted from film history.
          Member of The OS Baseball Rocket Scientists Association

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          • bkfount
            All Star
            • Oct 2004
            • 8467

            #6
            Re: Terminator Saved For Now

            The franchise has been driven into the ground, and the story is so incredibly convoluted that it doesn't make any sense anymore. The tv series had potential, but no one gave a damn, because the franchise is tired.

            I hate this franchise, except for the first two movies, and that old 3d ride. The T-10000000000000 was badass.
            Last edited by bkfount; 02-10-2010, 12:49 AM.

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            • Seymour Scagnetti
              Banned
              • Oct 2006
              • 2489

              #7
              Re: Terminator Saved For Now

              Originally posted by Jonesy
              Yeah Salvation was decent imo, not as good as the first 2 but much better than 3 anyway.
              Salvation will always have infinite rewatch value for me because the bluray has the best audio (by a sizable margin) of any bluray I've ever heard. The sound is a storyline in itself as it made it for me an instant classic because I will never tire of watching it because of that audio. It's like my Saving private Ryan DTS DVD. Watching the opening and closing battle scenes never gets tiresome because of that DTS sound. Can't wait for that SPR bluray to challenge Salvation.

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              • boomhauertjs
                All Star
                • Feb 2004
                • 5373

                #8
                Re: Terminator Saved For Now

                I'm a huge fan of the series, so I'm looking forward to more movies. Salvation was good, not great. I was reading an article where McG admits he made mistakes, so hopefully he'll learn from them if he directs another one.
                I miss the TV show, even though the 2nd season was very slow.

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