Joss Whedon wants to 'buy' the Terminator franchise...
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I'm going to lose any bit of credibility I have on this forum (about this >< much), but Alien Resurrection is the movie I've watched the most of that series. I know it's not nearly as polished or atmospheric or even as "adult" as the the first two (or three for that matter), but there's just something about it that appeals to me. Not the least of which is the crew of Serenity is a near a carbon copy of the Betty crew.
I thought the letter was fairly amusing, not ROFL funny, but amusing.
I thought the letter was fairly amusing, not ROFL funny, but amusing.
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I forgot how successful Whedon was at making movies. My bad. For some reason I get him and Uwe Boll confused sometimes.
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3) Can you say... musical? Well don't. Even I know that's an awful idea.
I say we scrap more Terminator Movies and continue The Sarah Connor Chronicles.
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Half you guys would lick his chest if it meant getting to say a one-liner in one of his shows.
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I'm going to lose any bit of credibility I have on this forum (about this >< much), but Alien Resurrection is the movie I've watched the most of that series. I know it's not nearly as polished or atmospheric or even as "adult" as the the first two (or three for that matter), but there's just something about it that appeals to me.
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Brad Dourif's character is the perfect example of that. Although that movie did have that chick with a great body who bit it early.
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I thought it was funny... I guess I'm one of the few here who got a good laugh out of it though.
I enjoyed Alien Resurrection as well.
I enjoyed Alien Resurrection as well.
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Considering Jean-Pierre Jeunet (City of Lost Children, Amelie) spoke nearly no English at the time, I'm gonna have to say it was a mix of Whedon's script and a certain lost in translation aspect.
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I'm going to lose any bit of credibility I have on this forum (about this >< much), but Alien Resurrection is the movie I've watched the most of that series. I know it's not nearly as polished or atmospheric or even as "adult" as the the first two (or three for that matter), but there's just something about it that appeals to me. Not the least of which is the crew of Serenity is a near a carbon copy of the Betty crew.
I thought the letter was fairly amusing, not ROFL funny, but amusing.
I thought the letter was fairly amusing, not ROFL funny, but amusing.
The whole idea of Ripley being cloned and retaining her identity and memories (and alien parasite!) was just wholly unbelievable. And that big white human/alien hybrid was stupid on a scale that boggles the imagination.
Alien 3 seemed to have been crafted as a franchise killer, with Sigourney wanting out of it, and someone should have told her tough shit when she wanted to do number four.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Zeppo
Aliens going on in the background and all that crazy shit.
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This is why for my money Alien 3 is worse than Resurrection. You can sort of laugh at how bad Resurrection is. But Alien 3 makes me anry. Its like Godfather 3. In that it tells a completely unnecessary story and it shits on two brilliant previous films while doing it.
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From a Very Important Hollywood Mogul
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You have to put yourself in the mindset that it was suppose to play out like that one episode of Buffy where Xander is out of the loop, the Zeppo.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Zeppo
Aliens going on in the background and all that crazy shit.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Zeppo
Aliens going on in the background and all that crazy shit.
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In case some didn't know:
All the big studios, with Sony leading the way, as well as Summit Entertainment and Media Rights Capital, are interested in bidding when the Terminator franchise is auctioned off this month. This news comes from the Financial Times' Matthew Garrahan who says the rights auction is for new Terminator films, TV program and other spin-offs. The sale is being conducted by FTI Capital Advisors for Halcyon which bought the Terminator rights 2 years ago for $25M from Mario Kassar. Halcyon recently filed for Chapter 11 after a dispute with Pacificor, a Santa Barbara-barbara based hedge fund that lent Halcyon the sum to buy the Terminator rights.
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no.
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Re: Joss Whedon wants to 'buy' the Terminator franchise...
Joss should have offered more money. He might have won the rights after all.
http://www.deadline.com/hollywood/th...ly-15-million/
http://www.deadline.com/hollywood/so...tor-franchise/
UPDATE: Now I hear Lionsgate's bid was $15 million, plus a gross corridor, for the rights to The Terminator franchise. That's pocket change!
http://www.deadline.com/hollywood/so...tor-franchise/
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I didn't even know who Joss Whedon was til I looked him up. I never watched Buffy, or Angel, or any of that stuff.
Oh and I agree, not funny at all.
Oh and I agree, not funny at all.
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