The Fall of the Terminator Franchise
reviews, to disappointing box office (5 million domestically and 0 million worldwide with a hefty 0 million budget), to angry fans who had come to believe its film’s director, McG, would deliver on the movie he had so passionately hyped, what resulted was nothing more than a mindless action flick, and perhaps the death of the Terminator franchise.
In result of the disappointing Terminator Salvation and the cancellation of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, few would argue the fact that the Terminator brand has become just another action franchise such as the Pirates of the Caribbean series or the Bourne films. Though good action flicks within themselves, they substantially lack any true emotional value. You don’t leave the theater feeling like your heart strings have been pulled, something James Cameron always perfected. The Terminator universe
