

The Terminator franchise must do the same. star wars understood the logic and finally let go of the Skywalkers in the sequel trilogy. When a franchise relies too much on a name, it suffers in the end. Terminator 7 Must Kill Off The Connors, Create An Alternate Timeline The franchise is finding it hard to let go of T-800’s anodyne transformation. In Genisys, the T-800 is now called “Pops” by Emilia Clarke’s character. The T-800, in the future, is a suburban step-dad who is now nearing retirement.

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But then the movie flipped the script on itself. The very opening scene showed T-800 standing beside a defenseless young John Connor, and then killing him in cold blood. Terminator: Dark Fate & Genisys Further Prove Our Pointĭark Fate showed promise at first. Indeed, a very insulting stain on the legacy of the T-800. The character has been turned into a harmless protector whose only job is to act like a chauffeur to the whims and fancies of the protagonist. Schwarzenegger called it T-800’s signature move.
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He believed his character is good at storming into a room full of people and killing each and everyone of them. James Cameron has said on record that Arnie was confused with the script for Terminator 2. The blood and gore was what made the movie so appealing back then. It never cared if there was collateral damage. In the first Terminator movie, the T-800 from the future is here for one thing and one thing alone – an absolute bloodbath. T-800 Was Originally Infamous For Being A Nigh-Unstoppable Killer Arnold Schwarzenegger should come back but like the way Cameron originally conceptualized the character. So Terminator 7 must reciprocate by turning back the wheels of time. Cameron’s absence and the T-800’s change in allegiances played a vital role in the franchise’s downfall.Ĭameron is returning to the franchise, supposedly in an active role.

Terminator 3 and the subsequent sequels failed to make an impact. Terminator 2: Judgment Day was the final movie Cameron actively participated in. Arnie’s T-800 was now a guardian angel, protecting a young John Connor from the T-1000. The second movie saw Cameron flipping the script. His mission is to kill Sarah Connor, mother of John Connor, future leader of humanity. The original Terminator movie showed us Arnie as a ruthless hunter-killer android from the future.
