Linda Hamilton Is Right About The Terminator Franchise's Future

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Although series star Linda Hamilton offered two different options for the future of the Terminator franchise, both of her suggestions were better than the current direction of the movies. No one knows where the Terminator franchise should go better than Linda Hamilton. The star of director James Cameron’s dark original 1984 Terminator, Hamilton returned for 1990’s sequel Terminator 2: Judgment Day and turned the already-memorable heroine Sarah Connor into an iconic sci-fi legend.

However, Hamilton’s next return to the franchise was less triumphant, to say the least. Hamilton reprised the role of Sarah Connor in 2019’s Terminator: Dark Fate, a belated reboot that received largely poor reviews and underperformed at the box office. As such, it should come as no surprise that the actor doesn’t have high hopes for the franchise’s future.

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Linda Hamilton was asked about the Terminator franchise’s future in January 2020, and both of her suggestions were compelling options for the series. The actor said she would be happy to see a smaller, less ambitious (and lower budget) outing that wasn’t as intensely hyped as the misguided Terminator: Dark Fate, or to leave the franchise behind entirely. Not only were these two solid ideas as far as Hamilton’s involvement in the Terminator franchise goes, but they are also about the only good ideas for the series in general. A lower-budget, smaller-scale chase thriller akin to the original Terminator would allow the movies to recapture their earlier appeal, while simply ending the franchise and avoiding further reboots (and further new timelines) would at least preserve the memory of the series so far.

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