They tried that, Salvation, which I actually liked, but it failed. Now they feel the need to keep telling an origin story for some reason
Comment on Linda Hamilton says she wouldn't star in a 'Terminator' reboot: 'It's been done to death'
GentlemanLoser@ttrpg.network 7 months ago
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.
AdmiralShat@programming.dev 7 months ago
Crackhappy@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I also liked Salvation.
ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 7 months ago
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.
Flumpkin@slrpnk.net 7 months 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!
Anticorp@lemmy.world 7 months ago
The hubris of the producers thinking they can replace Arnold. Get a fucking clue, losers!
jenny_ball@lemmy.world 7 months ago
because it makes way more money when people are simply familiar by name only. like guaranteed money.
Vengefu1Tuna@lemm.ee 7 months ago
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.
HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 7 months 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.