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Linda Hamilton says she wouldn't star in a 'Terminator' reboot: 'It's been done to death' (www.businessinsider.com)
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[–] 103 points 2 years ago (8 children)

I don't understand why we need to reboot everything. Can no one just write a completely new Terminator script? Or better yet, something wholly original?

I'm glad she thinks it's boring, because it is.

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  • [–] 43 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    It's because it's safer from an investor perspective. A reboot of a successful movie and continuations in established series have more predictable revenue than an original story, which is why originals have become more rare. It all comes down to money.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago

    But on the flip side, we are starting to see movies getting funded on the A24 model of making cheaper movies so you can role the dice on more ideas. That isn't even a new idea; Eisner used the "singles and doubles" strategy when he went to Disney as a way to rebuild the company's finances.

    And it seems like now is the time to take risks.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    There's been a bunch of "original" robot rampage movies. Just the rest weren't named Terminator because they were different movies, so what are you asking?

    The first movie would still be great looking and awesome if they would fix the stop motion of the robot, which at this point is actually pretty cheap and easy to do, but there's no money to be made that route. If you want a "Terminator" movie, the only option is a remake of the original. The sequels and spin offs and shows past T2 all kinda sucked, and it's been 40 years. It wouldn't be the worst thing to remake. Just sucks that Arnold couldn't be the t-1000 now unless they go all ai/cgi on it, which I really hope Arnold would be absolutely against.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Maybe Arnold lives long enough until they can implant some kind of brain interface into him and he can control a VR avatar like his real body. Then he'd be a cyborg playing a terminator robot!

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