The Terminator

The Terminator franchise had a good run of two films back in the 80s and 90s. The first Terminator remains an excellent standalone feature, introducing the world to Arnold Schwartzenegger’s timeless catch phrase and becoming iconic in its own right. Terminator 2: Judgment Day could have dropped the ball by making Arnold into the good guy, but instead it’s arguably even better, and certainly different, than its predecessor. Three more films later, and I think we can safely say that the Terminator franchise ran its course in 1991. Unless Terminator: Genisys manages to conjure up something a bit more interesting, this franchise should be allowed to go gracefully.