James Cameron’s Original Terminator Pitch Would Have Ruined The Franchise
Director James Cameron originally pitched a version of The Terminator that featured both the T-800 and the T-1000 in the same movie, which would have derailed the entire sci-fi action franchise before the series even began. While there are plenty of problems with the Terminator franchise, it is hard to fault the series for its ambition. Since its inception, the Terminator movies have been pushing the limits in terms of what CGI and practical effects can achieve, as well as pushing the envelope when it comes to just how much confusing timeline-jumping movie fans are willing to endure.
If anything, the franchise can get too ambitious at times, with new Terminator movies needing fewer new Terminator models and more of a concentrated focus on simple, thrilling chase narratives. This issue has plagued the series since its inception, with director James Cameron’s original Terminator pitch being so ambitious that it could have doomed the entire franchise. Cameron tempered his plans due to the limitations of the technology available in the mid-80s, but this decision ended up inadvertently saving the series as a result.
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Cameron famously wanted two different Terminator models to appear in the original Terminator, only for the helmer to eventually accept that this wasn’t viable. However, this would have badly derailed the rest of the Terminator series, with the T-1000’s Terminator 2: Judgment Day introduction being one of the strongest scenes in the franchise. The sequel’s choice to pit Schwarzenegger’s heroic T-800 against Robert Patrick’s newcomer the T-1000 made the Terminator movies more than a simple sci-fi horror series, and Cameron would have
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