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Looks marginally better then the previous trailer but agree, Linda Hamilton's acting was terrible...
Terminator: Dark Fate
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Looks marginally better then the previous trailer but agree, Linda Hamilton's acting was terrible...
If the theatrical cut of T2 just had the part where they remove his chip to allow him to learn it would be perfect for me. I don't like any of the other extra parts. In the same way I don't like seeing Newts family in the Aliens special edition I much prefer seeing less of Dyson's family till Terminator Sarah turns up.
Just like Salvation and Genesys I will never ever watch this new film. T3 is one of the only films I have ever turned off in disgust. T2 is in my top 5 all time films, it ended the franchise for me and that is fine.
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Latest trailer looks decent, my interest is rising.
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It had potential
It also had a ****** director and a story that made no sense.
Didn't the terminator at the end throw John Connor around rather than just killing him instantly?
It also had a ****** director and a story that made no sense.
Didn't the terminator at the end throw John Connor around rather than just killing him instantly?
The terminator movie set in the future that inexplicably had barely any terminators in it?
Yup, its sole purpose is to kill John Connor but instead of doing that lets chuck him around instead of pulling his head out of his ass.
Didn't say it was perfect
It could have been a good movie but they took the wrong approach to it, they set it early in the future war instead of the future war that's always been in flashbacks. Just looked like a random desert area with a couple of older terminators farting around not doing much.
The original ending that leaked was supposedly only part of what happened:
Yeah, thats the biggest disappointment of the movie in that it's nothing like the future war we've always seen. I can poke holes in it all day but i've watched it multiple times since it came out and could happily watch it again...I just enjoy it.
Salvation was intended to be part of a trilogy from the get go from what I understand, the 'future war' most of the fans were after was supposedly going to shown in the later movies. Funnily enough, I don't think Salvation did that badly financially either, the main reason we didn't get a continuation was due to licensing issues regarding the film rights.
Soldato
Pretty sure it lost money, tbh.
Made about $170million - https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=terminatorsalvation.htm
To my memory the movie made almost 400 million (globally) on a 200 million budget in cinemas, I believe the rule of thumb to break even is double the production budget. The movie should have made some profit with bluray/dvd sales and merch etc, although probably not fantastic it would still have been in the green.
Soldato
Got to factor in marketing - double the production budget to get total cost, as a rule of thumb.
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@Gray2233 beat me to it.
lol, what?!
If your marketing budget is $200 million then now is probably a good time to ween your marketing execs off of hookers and crack
You'd be surprised at how much can get spent on marketing, although that isn't entirely the reason why there's the "double the production cost" rule of thumb for breaking even, and even then that estimate isn't always accurate and can swing one way or the other.
This is a good read: https://bombreport.com/articles/when-does-a-movie-break-even-at-the-box-office/
There's a lot of things people tend to forget or not realise when it comes to movies, much of which are post production costs.
That wasn't really my point.
Salesmen are generally good at selling themselves and getting paid a lot of money (unsurprisingly). I just wonder how much of it is money well spent
Hence the slightly facetious "hookers and crack" comment.