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Terminator Franchise To Be Auctioned Off

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the i'll-be-back-in-syndication dept.

"For sale: One slightly-used Terminator. Still works, minor attitude problems, get it cheap now!' Several sources are reporting that the Terminator franchise is set to be auctioned off just three weeks after another well known franchise, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, was sold for $60 million. The present owner, Halcyon, has filed for chapter 11 after a dispute with a hedge fund that lent Halcyon the money to buy the rights to begin with. The auction will include rights to everything but the first two films.

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  1. Does the state of California come with it? by syousef · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...or do you have to buy the governator separately?

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    1. Re:Does the state of California come with it? by sexconker · · Score: 5, Funny

      First of all I just want to make sure you
      understand that California's economy isn't
      controlled by the governor. The legislature
      killed off any hopes of a balanced budget.

      You were obviously making a joke at the expense
      of the state of California. but it was just
      unfunny and shitty.

      Sincerely,

      Arnold Schwarzenegger.

  2. Re:I bid $1 by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · · Score: 5, Funny

    You would get considerably more crossover cred with "I'd buy that for a dollar!"...

  3. The scene at a garage sale... by petrus4 · · Score: 5, Funny

    (Crowd of people walking around in the front yard of a surburban house, looking at various bits of household junk)

    Customer: (Looking around) Oh hey, what's this? It looks like some sort of oversized metal action figure!

    Homeowner: That's a robot we've had down in the basement for a couple years now. Has an interesting history. Supposedly, it was thrown together by an unknown, but obviously brilliant computer scientist as a work project. Shame about what happened to him.

    Supposedly after he'd finished building the thing, it got loose. There was this shotgun toting psycho of a woman who the police found raving and screaming about how it was trying to murder her and her kid. The police had a hell of a time taking her into custody; they've kept her sedated and locked up in a padded cell ever since.

    Customer: Sounds like an amazing story! How much do you want for it?

    Homeowner: (Slowly, pausing) $60 million.

    Customer: WHAT?! But anyway...if anyone was even going to remotely consider paying that kind of money for it, it'd need to be able to do something beyond awesome! So give me a demonstration! How do I turn it on?

    (Finds an old car battery and some jumper cables nearby, as other items for sale)

    Hey, this'd work!

    Homeowner: I'm not sure that's such a good idea...

    Customer: It looks like just a kid's toy! Except a bit bigger of course. I'm sure it's perfectly safe!

    (Applies cables to battery and T800, causing an explosion of sparks. The T800 rises up slowly from its' previous sitting position, its' eyes beginning to glow red)

    Homeowner: ...