# The Terminator 3 review thread(spoilers marked)

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 2, 2003, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-terminator-3-review-thread-spoilers-marked/185701 "2003-07-02T03:06:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2003, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-terminator-3-review-thread-spoilers-marked/185701/121 "2003-07-29T07:57:16Z")

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\*\*rjung \*\*

i think so.

round about the time the supermodel was questioning ms danes and arnie rammed loken, somehow totally missing claire. (unless you’re thinking of clothes?)

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**Author:** ![Kaio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c68b51/32.png) [@Kaio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaio)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2003, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-terminator-3-review-thread-spoilers-marked/185701/122 "2003-07-29T15:28:26Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Silentgoldfish \*  
> \*\*I don’t know that the franchise was his to begin with. Sure he created it, but I don’t think he owned the rights. \*\*

Per copyright law, if he created it, he owns it, UNLESS he sold it off. He had writing credits for the first two, so I would guess that he would legally be considered the copyright holder (until such time as he sold the franchise).

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> \*\*And no, he didn’t have anything to do with it other than make the movies it was based off. \*\*

Well, in my book that’s a pretty big “nothing”… ??

But it doesn’t really answer my question. Was he involved with T3 at all, or did he sell it off?

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**Author:** ![dalovindj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/65b543/32.png) [@dalovindj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalovindj)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2003, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-terminator-3-review-thread-spoilers-marked/185701/123 "2003-07-29T16:17:27Z")

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As I understand it Cameron owned half of the rights and sold them to Gale Anne Hurd. Carolco Pictures had the other half and Gale sold her half to them. Carolco co-founders Mario Kassar and Andy Vajna own the rights completely as far as I know . . .

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> The first phone call they made was to Cameron, telling him, “James, we have acquired the rights and we would like for you to direct,” Kassar said. “I don’t think I heard a very happy man on the line. I think that was the last time we talked. He was not a happy man because he was trying to get the rights himself then.”

So Cameron had half, sold it, wanted it back, couldn’t get it, and they made the flick anyway.

DaLovin’ Dj

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