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    Image of Wookie1972 Wookie1972
    11/03/09

    In reply to Joss Whedon Wants To Buy Terminator - Someone Make This Happen
    Actually, if anyone should own the franchise, it's Harlan Ellison. #terminator
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    Image of PostMarque PostMarque
    11/02/09

    In reply to Joss Whedon Wants To Buy Terminator - Someone Make This Happen
    Even just hire him to be the next Script Doctor. Let him near the franchise and things would get better. #terminator
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    Image of Dr.ClaytonForrester Dr.ClaytonForrester
    11/02/09

    In reply to Joss Whedon Wants To Buy Terminator - Someone Make This Happen
    Think of what Joss could do with Terminator -- the hair on my arms are standing on end. #terminator
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    Sunshineyness promoted this comment Dr.ClaytonForrester was starred Dr.ClaytonForrester was unstarred
    Image of Sunshineyness Sunshineyness
    11/02/09

    @Dr.ClaytonForrester: Just seeing the headline made me all tingly... #terminator
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    Image of Dr.ClaytonForrester Dr.ClaytonForrester
    11/03/09

    @Sunshineyness: Oooh, if I could make you all tingly I wouldn't need Joss and Terminator ... #terminator
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    Image of Makidian Makidian
    11/02/09

    In reply to Joss Whedon Wants To Buy Terminator - Someone Make This Happen
    Joss is the most awesome guy in the biz. Even if it is total bullshit, someoe should make it happen.#terminator
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    Edited by Makidian at 11/02/09 7:50 PM Makidian was starred Makidian was unstarred
    Image of Stndsh0 Stndsh0
    11/02/09

    In reply to Joss Whedon Wants To Buy Terminator - Someone Make This Happen
    I had no clue what Firefly was until about 3 days ago, I love it, I love this man and I have complete and utter faith that any SF project he takes on will be amazing (and to save money, he should just offer 10k for Mr. Bale) #terminator
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    Image of omnibus_spiritus omnibus_spiritus
    11/02/09

    @Stndsh0: Guess you haven't been partaking of Dollhouse then..... #terminator
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    11/02/09

    @omnibus_spiritus: Has he been butchering that? I didn't really like the concept when I heard about it, but thinking of giving the 1st season a try. #terminator
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    Bigdamnhero promoted this comment Stndsh0 was starred Stndsh0 was unstarred
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    11/03/09

    @Stndsh0: If you're gonna start with the 1st season, just remember: don't quit before watching eps 5-6 -- that's when it really takes off. #terminator
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    11/03/09

    @Stndsh0: There are a couple of good ones in there but the series has really struggled to get some direction. Most comments on this site are negative but once in a while a good episode appears to give some hope. Looks like it's in the sites of cancellation though. #terminator
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    Image of Jeremy Tapsell Jeremy Tapsell
    11/02/09

    In reply to Joss Whedon Wants To Buy Terminator - Someone Make This Happen
    Dear Mr Whedon,

    As a fan of 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer', starring such veritable names as Dylan from Beverly Hills 90210, Peewee Herman, Roy the Replicant, the Karate Kid 4 Chick and Donald Sutherland; 'Astonishing X-men' which I paid a s**tload for the first printings (mainly because John Cassaday makes it worth the monies); and for giving David Boreanaz the chance to shine in 'Angel' - especially the muppet episode which was genius by the way - I hold great hopes for your Terminator.

    In some ways you are the perfect choice. I mean, you could use your abandoned Waterworld script, and perhaps instead of electrical storms for the time travel scenes, you could use twisters, I know you already have experience in writing such scenes. Also having co write Toy Story, you have a perfect understanding of the underdog vs the new, stronger, better toy. Doghouse also shows this.

    There would be no justice in the world if the Terminator owners turned down this more than generous offer.

    Just wanted to say, Alien Resurrection is my all time favourite Alien movie. You are a genius.

    Sincerely,
    Jeremy xxx #terminator
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    Image of Bootknife-Jackson Bootknife-Jackson
    11/02/09

    @Jeremy Tapsell: didn't Del Toro do Resurrection? or am i a crack baby? #terminator
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    Image of Jeremy Tapsell Jeremy Tapsell
    11/02/09

    @Bootknife-Jackson:
    Jean-Pierre Jeunet directed, Whedon wrote the script. #terminator
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    11/02/09

    @Jeremy Tapsell: crack baby it is than! #terminator
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    Image of Sunshineyness Sunshineyness
    11/02/09

    @Jeremy Tapsell: Hearing those two names makes you think it'd be awesome doesn't it? Doesn't it? #terminator
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    Image of Jeremy Tapsell Jeremy Tapsell
    11/03/09

    @Sunshineyness:

    It was awesome. #terminator
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    Jeremy Tapsell was starred Jeremy Tapsell was unstarred
    Image of Wookie1972 Wookie1972
    11/03/09

    @Jeremy Tapsell: Yeah, except that if anyone says it wasn't awesome - or that anything else Whedon had a hand in wasn't awesome - apperently it was because someone else rewrote it.

    Yeah, I know, I know, I'm hard on the guy. #terminator
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    Image of tiredfairy tiredfairy
    11/03/09

    @Wookie1972: @Wookie1972: You know, it's cool to be critical of someone's work...but this seems more personal somehow, and it's just factually inaccurate. Multiple writers on a project happens to be common practice in Hollywood, especially the stuff that he's talking about, like Alien-Resurrection and X-Men 3. Those movies are franchises and, once a studio gets heavily involved, usually ends up with more writers than a project should really have.

    You can go watch eps of Buffy and Angel and Firefly that he wrote and get an accurate view of his writing style. Or go back and watch some Roseanne eps from earlier seasons, he wrote some of those as well. Even if it's not your style, he can write.

    He's never claimed that he wasn't involved in those movies, he's just openly discussed the very real practice of how some scripts are constructed, altered, and script doctored (something he has also been employed to do).

    Whether you like his writing or not is a personal taste thing. But there's really no reason to keep accusing him of somehow making up his level of involvement in some films that didn't turn out great. You'll find stuff like that in any working writers resume. #terminator
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    11/04/09

    @tiredfairy: It's personal because people go on and on here about how brilliant he is, and how his characters are the greatest things that have been created in the history of the universe. But I'm sorry, but it seems like he's someone who is never satisfied. Firefly's demise wasn't due to the show, it was due to the network (which he still chose to work with for Dollhouse). Alien Resurrection was the director's fault, even though he concedes that they didn't change his script all that much. He seems like a control freak, and I don't like control freaks, period, i'm sorry.I acknowledge that he can write. But i get tired of people quoting his stuff like it's Gospel - which happens a LOT on here. Or giving him credit for adding the letter "y" to the ends of words, as if that was a fantastic contribution to the English language. And btw, it's not just Whedon. I feel the same way about Kevin Smith and Diablo Cody. It's just that those two rarely get mentioned on I09.
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    Edited by Wookie1972 at 11/04/09 10:14 AM Wookie1972 was starred Wookie1972 was unstarred
    Image of gunluva is prepared to drop. gunluva is prepared to drop.
    11/02/09

    In reply to Joss Whedon Wants To Buy Terminator - Someone Make This Happen
    I honestly didn't know Joss Whedon had a hand in Titan A.E.. Neat fact, that. #terminator
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    Image of xxshadowdeityxx xxshadowdeityxx
    11/02/09

    In reply to Joss Whedon Wants To Buy Terminator - Someone Make This Happen
    Who is Joss Whedon?!?! REALLY!!?!?! okay let's review... Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Serenity(Movie), Firefly (series based off of serenity), Dollhouse... you know what I'll just stop right there.. for real, and you people are on a site that sings the praises of science fiction.. he is a master and you guys are all slow as fuck.. go play WOW with the rest of the ambivalent nerds.
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    tande04 promoted this comment xxshadowdeityxx was starred xxshadowdeityxx was unstarred
    Image of tande04 tande04
    11/02/09

    @xxshadowdeityxx: Awh I just had to promote your comment to point out the massive fail. Firefly wasn't based on Serentiy.

    Nice try. Next time you try trolling do it better. #terminator
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    Image of Sorcha Sorcha
    11/02/09

    @tande04: I wish I could promote your comment to point out the massive "win" ;) #terminator
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    PostMarque promoted this comment Sorcha was starred Sorcha was unstarred
    Image of PostMarque PostMarque
    11/03/09

    @Sorcha: if I could make Nazi allusion I would Godwin this thread #terminator
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    Image of daveNYC daveNYC
    11/03/09

    @xxshadowdeityxx: "Firefly (series based off of serenity)"

    Other way around. #terminator
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    Image of AshThePirate AshThePirate
    11/02/09

    In reply to Joss Whedon Wants To Buy Terminator - Someone Make This Happen
    That makes me all warm and fuzzy, like I just won kitten poker.

    Can we all just start sending Bale lozenges? #terminator
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    Image of Jeremy Tapsell Jeremy Tapsell
    11/02/09

    @AshThePirate: awwww! kitten poker just gave ME warm and fuzzies!!!
    unlike tube poker..... #terminator
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    Image of Chip Skylark of Space Chip Skylark of Space
    11/03/09


    @AshThePirate: If you have any extra lozenges, can you ship some over to Joe Fiennes on the set of FLASH FORWARD? My wife and I have been asking each other if maybe he can only do the American accent when he whispers, but maybe it's because he just has a sore throat. #terminator
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    Image of RandomFrequentFlierDent RandomFrequentFlierDent
    11/02/09

    In reply to Joss Whedon Wants To Buy Terminator - Someone Make This Happen
    Fake or not it made me LOL.

    "And he can carry it AND Frodo AND Sam AND f@%& up some orcs while he's doing it."

    Hi-larious.

    Also, I've been saying the same thing about John Connor's need for a throat lozenge. Seriously, even a glass of water would do. #terminator
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    Image of schrodingers-katana schrodingers-katana
    11/02/09

    In reply to Joss Whedon Wants To Buy Terminator - Someone Make This Happen
    What the hell is a Joss Whedon? #terminator
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    11/02/09

    @schrodingers-katana: I dont know, but I WANT ONE! #terminator
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    Image of schrodingers-katana schrodingers-katana
    11/02/09

    @Davio: Me too. Maybe if we pre-order now, we can get an extra-special premium edition Joss Whedon! #terminator
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    Image of Mudderofcanton Mudderofcanton
    11/02/09

    @schrodingers-katana: With King Fu Grip!! Momma Momma I want that for Christmas!!! #terminator
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    PostMarque promoted this comment Mudderofcanton was starred Mudderofcanton was unstarred
    Image of PostMarque PostMarque
    11/03/09

    @Mudderofcanton: but he will kill all ur freshly cured cancer survivor nieces and nephews with waif-fu #terminator
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    Image of schrodingers-katana schrodingers-katana
    11/03/09

    @PostMarque: Are you accusing the makers of Joss Whedon (TM) of being waif-ers. Hahaha. #terminator
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    Image of omgwtflolbbqbye omgwtflolbbqbye
    11/02/09

    In reply to Joss Whedon Wants To Buy Terminator - Someone Make This Happen
    I like how he mixed up "voila" with "viola" so we'd know he was joking. #terminator
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    Image of Wookie1972 Wookie1972
    11/02/09

    In reply to Joss Whedon Wants To Buy Terminator - Someone Make This Happen
    "(According to the Financial Times, real parties interested in Terminator include Sony, Twilight studio Summit Entertainment, and Media Rights Captial, the people behind Bruno."

    The last one makes me smile. I realize that it's just the company, and Sasha Baron Cohen wouldn't be involved, but the idea of a next generation Terminator being a gay Austrian is hilarious. #terminator
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    Image of templepriest templepriest
    11/02/09

    @Wookie1972:

    HA - of course many of us think that the original featured a gay Austrian . . .
    And have you seen this?

    [www.collegehumor.com] #terminator
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    Wookie1972 promoted this comment templepriest was starred templepriest was unstarred
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    11/03/09

    @templepriest: Touche, maybe I should have said "openly gay Austrian." #terminator
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    Image of templepriest templepriest
    11/02/09

    In reply to Joss Whedon Wants To Buy Terminator - Someone Make This Happen
    Joss Whedon, said to be a writer, doesn't know the difference between "voila" and the common internet illiterate scourge "viola"?

    I'll bet he often uses "than" for "then" too.

    Oh, maybe it's not him . . . #terminator
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    schrodingers-katana promoted this comment templepriest was starred templepriest was unstarred
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    11/02/09

    @templepriest: I have a feeling that was an intentional word substitute given the tone of the rest of the letter. Examples include Red Fox's (not really) famous use of 'beans and disease' instead of 'buenos dias' when talking to Latinas. And by examples I meant only one. I have a life you know. #terminator
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    Image of Geo666 Geo666
    11/02/09

    @templepriest: I seem to remember it from a Bugs Bunny cartoon, long, long ago. It's one of my fave malapropisms. Be sure, it was intentional. #terminator
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    Wookie1972 promoted this comment Geo666 was starred Geo666 was unstarred
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    11/02/09

    @Geo666: @robinrising: @ShrodingersKatana: Okay, you guys could be right. I have no doubt that Whedon might quote the great B. Bunny!
    It`s just that I see it online all the time from fools who don`t know the difference.
    The internet has made me sad. #terminator
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    Image of Bigdamnhero Bigdamnhero
    11/03/09

    @templepriest: Or maybe he just fraked up, like most ordinary human beings do? #terminator
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    11/03/09

    @Geo666: Or else somebody else rewrote it, which if we are to believe Whedon happens all the time. #terminator
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    11/02/09

    In reply to Joss Whedon Wants To Buy Terminator - Someone Make This Happen
    I will watch 'anything' involving robots from the future killing or enslaving ye' olde' civilizations. #terminator
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    Image of PostMarque PostMarque
    11/03/09

    @emerson999: there could be bunnies #terminator
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    11/03/09

    @PostMarque: Oh, good God. #terminator
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    Wookie1972 was starred Wookie1972 was unstarred
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    11/03/09

    @Wookie1972: God has nothing to do with, it is all Illyria's doing. #terminator
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