Terminator: Salvation - The NEW new thread

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AVEITWITHJAMON said:
Both films are flawed, but for me, T3 stuck much closer to the mythos of the previous than TS did and seemed to match with the other movies more than TS did.

Plus, not one scene in TS was as powerful as the ending of T3 for me.
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agreed. why i dislike TS so much is also the saturday morning cartoonish/non-threatening tone, the suspension of disbelief with leaps in logic and the meandering dull plot.

I don't get the love for this, it should be universally hated
 
Cartoonish tone? Huh...

Never heard that about TS before. How so? :huh:
 
Well compared to the first two films, I can somewhat see what he means.
 
The helicopter spinning out of control shot was a little redundant...
 
I thought it was cool, redundant or not...merely because it was one continuous shot. Most times those types of scenes are shot with cutaways, closeups, etc.
 
Yea.. continuous shot... thats the term i was looking for..
and when Marcus escaped and him and the girl were outside the base or something thats another stylized scene....
 
So, has anyone heard any NEW news about the T-movie rights auction? Last I heard Lionsgate placed the first bid of 15mil.
 
Oh, I found the news article, I guess we will know on the 10th, bids due on the 5th...

Lions Gate's $15-million-plus offer for 'Terminator' is now the bid to beat
January 13, 2010 | 1:33 pm
Lions Gate Entertainment had bid $15 million plus a percentage of future revenue to buy the rights to the troubled "Terminator" franchise out of bankruptcy and has been officially named the top bidder.

In a federal bankruptcy court filing today, Halcyon Group, the company owned by producers Derek Anderson and Victor Kubicek, named Lions Gate the "stalking horse" bidder for the "Terminator" rights. The duo put the franchise up for sale in September to raise cash to work their way out of Chapter 11 reorganization.

Lions Gate bid $15 million in cash plus 5% of gross receipts from any future "Terminator" movies it makes. Its bid would give the Santa Monica-based studio behind the Tyler Perry and "Saw" movies full rights to exploit the 25-year-old science-fiction franchise in the future. However, Halcyon will keep all revenue generated by last year's release, "Terminator Salvation," which sold $372 million of tickets worldwide and was issued on DVD last month.

The designation of stalking horse means any other company that wants to bid against Lions Gate has to offer at least $500,000 more. The deadline for competitive bids is coming up. [Updated at 2:05 p.m.: Bids are due Feb. 5. 5:40 p.m.: An earlier version of this post incorrectly said competing bids had to be at least $750,000 higher] A new owner of the "Terminator" rights will be determined by the bankruptcy court at a hearing on Feb. 10.

Sony Pictures and Warner Bros., which distributed "Salvation" overseas and in the U.S., respectively, were interested in acquiring the rights, according to people close to the two companies. Halcyon in its filing didn't disclose whether they submitted bids.

Landing the rights to make new "Terminator" movies could be a natural fit for Lions Gate, which has home video distribution rights to 1990's "Terminator 2: Judgment Day." The independent film studio's most popular franchise aimed at young males, the core audience for most of its pictures, is "Saw." The most recent installment, "Saw 6," was a box-office disappointment. (Update, 5:25 p.m.: An earlier version of this post inaccurately said that Lions Gate has home video distribution rights to the original "Terminator" and that last year's installment was "Saw 7.")

Lions Gate would most likely look to make "Terminator" sequels, but at a significantly lower cost than the $200 million that Halcyon spent to produce "Salvation."

Selling the rights could help end Halcyon's dispute with Pacificor, the private equity firm that lent it the $25 million it spent to acquire the "Terminator" rights in 2007. It would also continue the long-running drama behind the franchise, which has changed hands four times since the first movie came out in 1984.

-- Ben Fritz
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'Terminator' bidding: Sony, Warner, Summit, Legendary may soon vie with Lions Gate
January 14, 2010 | 8:09 am
Lions Gate Entertainment's position as the lead bidder to buy the rights to make future "Terminator" movies may not last long.

Sony Pictures, which distributed last year's “Terminator: Salvation” overseas, Warner Bros., which distributed the movie domestically, Summit Entertainment, the independent studio behind the “Twilight” movies, and film financing and production company Legendary Pictures are all considering making bids, according to people close to the companies.

Another possible bidder is private equity firm Pacificor, which loaned Halcyon Co. the $25 million it used to buy the "Terminator" rights in 2007. Chief executive Andy Mitchell said that Pacificor may make an offer if it feels that the debts owed to it by Halcyon are not sufficiently covered by any other bids.

Halcyon put the "Terminator" rights up for sale in September, one month after it filed for Chapter 11 reorganization, in order to raise cash to pay off Pacificor and other debtors.

--Ben Fritz
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^Even if a studio gets the rights, I really dont know were they are going to go with another movie.
 
I watched the DC of this earlier today (first time seeing it since the theaters) and I still like the film although my initial rating of 9/10 has been lowered to an 8 upon a rewatch. I still find that it's an enjoyable film despite some obvious flaws and I enjoy the insight into the backstory of SkyNet and the Terminator designs.

If I had to pick my biggest gripe, it's some blatant inconsistancies with the portrayal of the T-800. Why is it so fast and agile? Why isn't it melted instantly by the molten metal? Why doesn't the explosive shell immediately destroy it? Granted, this may be due to the technology SkyNet actually employed during that part of the timeframe (ie. maybe the molten metal was concocted so it wouldn't be strong enough to melt the T-800, given that SkyNet may have been aware of the T-800's sacrifice in T2, and the T-800 in T1 was destroyed by the pipebomb lodged inside rather than being struck from the outside), but I couldn't help but notice the drastic changes in performance from this T-800 to the ones of the first two movies. Still loved seeing the evil T-800 back though, and especially as aggressive as it was.

I checked out the two featurettes on the Blu-ray, I enjoyed them both. I'll try to check out the Maximum Movie Mode soon.
 
'Terminator' bidding: Sony, Warner, Summit, Legendary may soon vie with Lions Gate
January 14, 2010 | 8:09 am
Lions Gate Entertainment's position as the lead bidder to buy the rights to make future "Terminator" movies may not last long.

Sony Pictures, which distributed last year's “Terminator: Salvation” overseas, Warner Bros., which distributed the movie domestically, Summit Entertainment, the independent studio behind the “Twilight” movies, and film financing and production company Legendary Pictures are all considering making bids, according to people close to the companies.

Another possible bidder is private equity firm Pacificor, which loaned Halcyon Co. the $25 million it used to buy the "Terminator" rights in 2007. Chief executive Andy Mitchell said that Pacificor may make an offer if it feels that the debts owed to it by Halcyon are not sufficiently covered by any other bids.

Halcyon put the "Terminator" rights up for sale in September, one month after it filed for Chapter 11 reorganization, in order to raise cash to pay off Pacificor and other debtors.

--Ben Fritz
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I'd like for Summit to get the rights. They can cast Robert Pattinson as John Connor and Taylor Lautner as a the Terminator. Then maybe the Terminator fans, who can't let this series go, will be shocked into realizing that this movie series ended in 1991 and it will always be down here from there.:awesome:
 
I SEE SPIDEY said:
I'd like for Summit to get the rights. They can cast Robert Pattinson as John Connor and Taylor Lautner as a the Terminator. Then maybe the Terminator fans, who can't let this series go, will be shocked into realizing that this movie series ended in 1991 and it will always be down here from there.:awesome:
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Then I will have to create a time machine. Go back in time. And stop Cameron from ever making Terminator. :word:
 
Well, I liked TS and will see it again. No its not as good as the first three, and the third is not as good as the first two. But TS was alot better than most of the other stuff in 2009 IMO.
 
Solidus said:
Then I will have to create a time machine. Go back in time. And stop Cameron from ever making Terminator. :word:
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:hehe:

Doc Ock said:
Well, I liked TS and will see it again. No its not as good as the first three, and the third is not as good as the first two. But TS was alot better than most of the other stuff in 2009 IMO.
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Thats not saying much because 2009 really sucked.
 
Yeah, 2009 really was a lackluster year, wasn't it? I never bothered to make a top 10 list but I wouldn't be surprised if TS would be on there just because there weren't that many films I really liked.
 
I disagree with that. I loved D9, Inglorious Basterds, Moon, The Hurt Locker (though yea it was technically 2008), Zombieland, The Road. Watchmen (Ultimate Cut) was good, not near as good as it could have been but good enough.

I agree 2008 was a better year, but I thought this year had its gems as well. But for big blockbusters this year I was disappointed. Hopefully this year with Iron Man 2 and Inception that will change around.
 
Punisher Rising said:
I watched the DC of this earlier today (first time seeing it since the theaters) and I still like the film although my initial rating of 9/10 has been lowered to an 8 upon a rewatch. I still find that it's an enjoyable film despite some obvious flaws and I enjoy the insight into the backstory of SkyNet and the Terminator designs.

If I had to pick my biggest gripe, it's some blatant inconsistancies with the portrayal of the T-800. Why is it so fast and agile? Why isn't it melted instantly by the molten metal? Why doesn't the explosive shell immediately destroy it? Granted, this may be due to the technology SkyNet actually employed during that part of the timeframe (ie. maybe the molten metal was concocted so it wouldn't be strong enough to melt the T-800, given that SkyNet may have been aware of the T-800's sacrifice in T2, and the T-800 in T1 was destroyed by the pipebomb lodged inside rather than being struck from the outside), but I couldn't help but notice the drastic changes in performance from this T-800 to the ones of the first two movies. Still loved seeing the evil T-800 back though, and especially as aggressive as it was.

I checked out the two featurettes on the Blu-ray, I enjoyed them both. I'll try to check out the Maximum Movie Mode soon.
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That was my biggest gripe as well, the T-800 was just far too powerful, in previous movies, the T-800 would get knocked back by shotgun blasts, but here, a grenade straight to the sternum from 10 yards away didnt even faze it. And this was all before the lava and getting the **** beaten out of by Marcus and not even showing any side effects.

It was just far too over the top against the previous movies, even T3 which took it a bit far at times.
 
I thought someone said that the reason for the improvements of the T-800 (and not to mention the fact that it was created 10 years early) was because of the information the T-X sent to Skynet in T3?
 
If Warner Bros isn't bidding, I probably might as well officially stop caring about the Terminator franchise.
 
hippie_hunter said:
Sony has submitted a bid for the Terminator rights on Thursday and Terminator will now be sent to auction on Monday

http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/02/05/sony-submits-last-minute-bid-for-terminator-franchise/

Warner Bros. is not bidding.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/ent...rminator-rights-but-fate-still-uncertain.html
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Shiet! :cmad:


Damn I hope Legendary Pictures can come in and steal the rights. Fuk Sony!

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