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    MGM Is Up For Sale, But Who's Buying?

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    Image of stereobot stereobot
    11/16/09

    In reply to MGM Is Up For Sale, But Who's Buying?
    I wasn't going to do this, but now its time to bring out the big guns.

    I'm going to up my offer to $30 for the Terminator rights.

    That is $30 in cold, hard cash. I can have it in a duffel bag by the end of the day. #mgm
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    Image of SJ_Edwards SJ_Edwards
    11/15/09

    In reply to MGM Is Up For Sale, But Who's Buying?
    ........ring, ring, ring........
    "Hello is that MGM?"
    "It is."
    "Your mother's on the roof..........." #mgm
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    Image of armyofchuckness armyofchuckness
    11/16/09

    @SJ_Edwards: I see what you did there. #mgm
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    Image of astrogirl astrogirl
    11/15/09

    In reply to MGM Is Up For Sale, But Who's Buying?
    "meaning that anyone with a few billion dollars can finally make that Capricorn One remake they've been dreaming of."

    Please. No. I might be the only one, but I quite like that movie! #mgm
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    Image of Bill-Lee Bill-Lee
    11/15/09

    In reply to MGM Is Up For Sale, But Who's Buying?
    If I was a billionaire and could buy MGM, I would so bring back serials and theatrical short subjects. Finally a venue for all of my geeky friends from college...Although I'm not sure who would want to sit through a 15 minute movie about a guy discovering the system that backs up all our memories in huge files. #mgm
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    11/15/09

    In reply to MGM Is Up For Sale, But Who's Buying?
    Their biggest asset is the James Bond back catalog.

    Logan's Run meets Spaceballs! #mgm
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    Image of Makidian Makidian
    11/15/09

    In reply to MGM Is Up For Sale, But Who's Buying?
    Graeme, Spaceballs is awesome and would be a selling point for me if I was in the market for a movie studio. I think WB will pick them up or get into serious bidding wars for it. MGM is one of my favorite studios so I hope they go somewhere good enough that they get to hang onto their name in some way. #mgm
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    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    11/15/09

    In reply to MGM Is Up For Sale, But Who's Buying?
    Ordinarily, the money required for this acquisition would be pocket money for me. Unfortunately, I'm not wearing any pants tonight, so I don't have any pockets, and thus no pocket money. Sorry. #mgm
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    Image of TotalFanGirl TotalFanGirl
    11/15/09

    @Roklimber: Pants are highly overrated so I sympathize with your situation. #mgm
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    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    11/15/09

    @TotalFanGirl: How far do you sympathize with me? I mean, are you also not wearing any pants, in solidarity with me? :)

    We should start a "not wearing pants" movement. I think global warming would be a good excuse. #mgm
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    Image of MonkeyT MonkeyT
    11/15/09

    @Roklimber: "Howdy Neighbors! I've got two words for you: NO PANTS! Ah, yes! It's the fabulous fashion sensation that's sweepin' the nation, so gather 'round and pull 'em down!!!" -Hugh Newtron #mgm
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    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    11/15/09

    @MonkeyT: Yeah, something like that. #mgm
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    Image of phoghat phoghat
    11/15/09

    @Roklimber:
    I'm not wearing pants either. We can start a movement #mgm
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    Image of TotalFanGirl TotalFanGirl
    11/15/09

    @Roklimber: I sympathize with your problem of not wearing pants and not having a suitable way to carry anything and am, at this moment, not wearing pants! Global warming is the go-to excuse for everything, so let's blame it for our lack of pants and then hope and pray Al Gore doesn't follow our lead. #mgm
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    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    11/15/09

    @TotalFanGirl: Even if Gore were to follow our lead, it would be ok since he doesn't have any balls anymore, after the 2000 elections. #mgm
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    Image of Yellowphant Yellowphant
    11/15/09

    In reply to MGM Is Up For Sale, But Who's Buying?
    Quick guys, pool your money. Together we can achieve greatness. Together we can make... Spaceballs: The Sequel. That doesn't work, we try Spaceballs: The Remake. And then there's always Spaceballs: The Joss Whedon Directed Webisode. #mgm
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    Image of TotalFanGirl TotalFanGirl
    11/15/09

    @Yellowphant: I just found 20 somewhat-sticky-with soda cents in my car cupholder that I can contribute! #mgm
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    Image of SpammerOvTheGods SpammerOvTheGods
    11/15/09

    @Yellowphant: Spaceballs Reloaded!!!

    ...yuck

    #@! #mgm
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    Image of Cal Hawks Cal Hawks
    11/15/09

    @SpammerOvTheGods: YEAH! Spaceballs: The Search for More Money, here we come! #mgm
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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment Cal Hawks was starred Cal Hawks was unstarred
    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    11/15/09

    @Cal Hawks: I've got a Dixie cup full of loose change. For that, I'm in. #mgm
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    Image of Rtrain Rtrain
    11/15/09

    @Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: Gimme a sec. I gotta check my couch.
    ...
    I gotta 4 stale cheetos, a candy corn, 86 cents, an IronMan ticket stub, condom rapper, and a half a Snickers bar that is... nof gurf arnymurf.

    Togeffer we caf achiefe anyfing! #mgm
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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment Rtrain was starred Rtrain was unstarred
    Image of reddingofish reddingofish
    11/16/09

    @Yellowphant: Spaceballs The Motion Picture! #mgm
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    Image of twophrasebark twophrasebark
    11/15/09

    In reply to MGM Is Up For Sale, But Who's Buying?
    So here's my pitch:

    Yes, we did go to the moon. And yes, we covered it up.

    You see, it's what happened when we went to the moon that forced them to re-film the whole thing on sound stages.

    And what happened when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin stepped out on the moon... well, you've got to hear the rest of the pitch... #mgm
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    Image of Alasdair5000 Alasdair5000
    11/15/09

    In reply to MGM Is Up For Sale, But Who's Buying?
    There are TV rights to LIFEFORCE?! If I had the money they'd have to be mine! But I...don't. #mgm
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    Image of SpammerOvTheGods SpammerOvTheGods
    11/15/09

    @Alasdair5000: hopefully, that part gets sold to HBO. :D

    #@! #mgm
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    Image of Alasdair5000 Alasdair5000
    11/16/09

    @SpammerOvTheGods: And now a Lifeforce/Torchwood crossover is playing in my head...

    Incidentally, the actor who plays Col. Kane in Lifeforce, Peter Firth, would go on to play Harry Pearce in Spooks (Which I think is called MI5 on the other side of the pond.
    In my mind? Same character. He just doesn't like to talk about the past:) #mgm
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    Image of reddingofish reddingofish
    11/16/09

    @Alasdair5000: I would love to see a Lifeforce TV show. It was one of the few vampire movies that made any sense. But it would have to have Patrick Stewart. #mgm
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    Image of Alasdair5000 Alasdair5000
    11/16/09

    @reddingofish: YES. Also Peter Firth being relentlessly unimpressed by naked space vampires. #mgm
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    Image of tande04 tande04
    11/15/09

    In reply to MGM Is Up For Sale, But Who's Buying?
    Isn't this a "this has all happened before and will happen again" thing?

    Didn't Tom Cruise just buy out the MGM library like a year ago? #mgm
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    Image of spidyredneckjedi spidyredneckjedi
    11/15/09

    @tande04: Kind of.
    According to Wikipedia, "On November 2, 2006, producer/actor Tom Cruise and his production partner, Paula Wagner, signed an agreement with MGM to run United Artists. Wagner will serve as United Artists' chief executive. Cruise will produce and star in films for UA and MGM will distribute the movies."
    Cruise owns a portion of the U.A. licenses with his deal.
    20th Century, Lionsgate or Time Warner could be looking at a massive conglomeration for movie rights in this deal, though. #mgm
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    Image of tande04 tande04
    11/15/09

    @spidyredneckjedi: Ah it was UA, thats right. #mgm
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    Image of Skyebers Skyebers
    11/15/09

    @tande04: yah, my dad used to work on the floor that tom cruise now owns. They were also purchased partially by Sony a while back. #mgm
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    Image of tande04 tande04
    11/15/09

    @Skyebers: Tom Cruise owns a whole floor? Mans moving up in the world. Someday maybe he'll get a roof and some walls.

    Tom see where you could have been had you not passed on Top Gun 2: Goose's Revenge? #mgm
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    Image of Skyebers Skyebers
    11/16/09

    @tande04: It's funny he's got a whole wall of his movies in the conference room. Big surprise- Tom Cruise is conceited. #mgm
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    Image of tande04 tande04
    11/16/09

    @Skyebers: Whaaa? No way. Not Tom "You're Faking Your Mental Illness" Cruise. #mgm
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    Image of Tomb: R.O.A.C.H. Tomb: R.O.A.C.H.
    11/15/09

    In reply to MGM Is Up For Sale, But Who's Buying?
    They own Night of the Lepus. Thats a movie that could need a remake. ;D #mgm
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    Image of CParis CParis
    11/15/09

    @Tomb: R.O.A.C.H.: Hell yeah! Giant rabbits with modern CGI...Extra creepy! #mgm
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    Image of Srynerson Srynerson
    11/15/09

    @Tomb: R.O.A.C.H.: With CGI DeForest Kelly! "I'm a college administrator, Cole, not a mega-lagomorph wrangler!" #mgm
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    Tomb: R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment Srynerson was starred Srynerson was unstarred
    Image of Tomb: R.O.A.C.H. Tomb: R.O.A.C.H.
    11/15/09

    @CParis: Maybe they can give it the Avatar treatment.. Or save money and give it the handycam treatment. #mgm
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    Image of Tomb: R.O.A.C.H. Tomb: R.O.A.C.H.
    11/15/09

    @Srynerson: CGI DeForest Kelly would be awesome.

    Oh, and they have to keep the Officer Lopez qoute.
    "Attention! Attention! Ladies and gentlemen, attention! There is a herd of killer rabbits headed this way and we desperately need your help! "

    I mean how often to you get to say that? #mgm
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    Image of Dirk Anger Dirk Anger
    11/15/09

    @Tomb: R.O.A.C.H.: Hmmm... I played two flash games that were based on that concept. #mgm
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    Image of CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard)
    11/15/09

    In reply to MGM Is Up For Sale, But Who's Buying?
    I'l buy it!!

    On a completly different note. Im kinda hoping io9 dont mind me reminding the UK io9'ers about DOCTOR WHO TONIGHT!! Waters of Mars on BBC1 at 7.00pm GMT. I almost forgot myself so im sure any io9 Dr Who fans might want to know.

    I think it will be on the BBC website about an hour later on the bbc i-player. Im not sure how the streaming is for my fellow io9'ers in the US!! But ive heard a rumour that you guys will get it pretty soon, so its all good.

    I promise not to spoil anything until its aired in the US. Its only fair!! #mgm
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    Image of John Portillo John Portillo
    11/15/09

    @CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard): Most of the video content on the BBC site is preventsed from playing outside the UK. That, however, did not prevent me from seeing both 'The Next Doctor' and 'The Planet of the Dead' shortly after they aired. #mgm
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    CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) promoted this comment Edited by John Portillo at 11/15/09 9:43 AM John Portillo was starred John Portillo was unstarred
    Image of CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard)
    11/15/09

    @John Portillo: Well thats good news. I never knew the BBC website weas that restricted outside the UK!!! Hopefully you'll get to see it in the next few days on the inerweb. Technology is great!! #mgm
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    Image of Davio Davio
    11/15/09

    @CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard): Any io9ers going to be round online for excited chit chat afterwards? If so... where? I still don't really understand how to use these gawker forum things! #mgm
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    Image of jbq jbq
    11/15/09

    @CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard): Not just those in the UK, also those with access to sports bars that have BBC! WOOOOOOO can't wait :-D #mgm
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    Image of CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard)
    11/15/09

    @Davio: Ive been here for almost year and im still unsure how that works. Best waiting until io9 does a feature were we can talk about things without spoiling it! Thats all I can think of. Sorry. #mgm
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    Image of jbq jbq
    11/15/09

    @Davio: I'll try, but as we're a group of people watching it at a bar, there will probably be drinks after... #mgm
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    Image of CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard)
    11/15/09

    @jbq: That sir......is an awesome idea. But im skint so its a nice cold beer in front of the TV!! #mgm
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    Image of Davio Davio
    11/15/09

    @CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard): That sounds like the best plan! And yeah, I will be enjoying it with beer. And will be ignoring pretty much everything else in exsistance for the duration it is on. #mgm
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    Image of CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard)
    11/15/09

    @Davio: See you on the other side of The Tardis then!! Roll on 7.00!! #mgm
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    Image of Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L. Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L.
    11/15/09

    @Davio: Well, I tried to start a forum, but it doesn't seem to have worked - if anyone goes to my profile, they'll see my comment and can reply to it directly if they want. #mgm
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    Image of Bootknife-Jackson Bootknife-Jackson
    11/15/09

    In reply to MGM Is Up For Sale, But Who's Buying?
    they've been selling off their library for years. WB already owns a good chunk of it. including Logan's Run. Universal also owns a large portion of it #mgm
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    Image of slaine17 slaine17
    11/15/09

    @Bootknife-Jackson: MGM has sold off much of the original library to Ted Turner. But since then they've gone and acquired many other studios libraries to the point where they've got one of the largest collections around, which is the prime reason Sony was interested in buying them in the first place. #mgm
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    Image of Bootknife-Jackson Bootknife-Jackson
    11/18/09

    @slaine17: that's interesting. MGM is one of the studios i honestly don't know much about business wise. they were one of the few 'majors' i didn't have any dealings with durring my time in the area. from what i did know, i was under the impression they were a sinking ship for quite a long time. thanks for the insight!

    #calendar
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    Image of Julius Seizure - Gall Bladder Free Julius Seizure - Gall Bladder Free
    11/15/09

    In reply to MGM Is Up For Sale, But Who's Buying?
    Come on, people, let's pool our plastic and hitch our wagons to a dream! Think of it:

    An epic battle has been brewing
    Now is the time.

    IO9 Commenters vs Disney - the battle for MGM

    I'm seeing the poster with one of us gnawing on M. Souris' ear (I wrote the name in french in case there's a copyright.)
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    Image of Bootknife-Jackson Bootknife-Jackson
    11/15/09

    @Julius Seizure - Canuck: i like it! #mgm
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    Image of Dr Emilio Lizardo Dr Emilio Lizardo
    11/15/09

    @Julius Seizure - Canuck: I'll kick in the penny jar! #mgm
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    Image of RandomFrequentFlierDent RandomFrequentFlierDent
    11/15/09

    @Julius Seizure - Canuck: Count me in too! But before I can start contributing money to our noble cause I'm going to need some help paying back my student loan. All for one and one for all, right team? #mgm
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    Image of CParis CParis
    11/15/09

    @Julius Seizure - Canuck: Yup! I think I might have a couple hundred left on my credit line. #mgm
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