{"id":1776247,"date":"2022-12-15T07:58:15","date_gmt":"2022-12-15T12:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1776247"},"modified":"2022-12-15T10:37:15","modified_gmt":"2022-12-15T15:37:15","slug":"james-cameron-claims-terminator-dark-fate-failed-because-they-made-your-grandads-terminator-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/james-cameron-claims-terminator-dark-fate-failed-because-they-made-your-grandads-terminator-movie\/","title":{"rendered":"James Cameron Claims \u201cTerminator: Dark Fate\u201d Failed Because They Made \u201cYour Grandad\u2019s Terminator Movie,\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjames-cameron-claims-terminator-dark-fate-failed-because-they-made-your-grandads-terminator-movie%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1776247&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><em>Avatar: The Way of Water<\/em>, <em>Terminator<\/em>, and <em>Terminator 2: Judgment Day<\/em> director James Cameron recently revealed that <em>Terminator: Dark Fate<\/em> director originally wanted to make the film without Arnold Schwarzenegger.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_191090\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-191090\" class=\"size-full wp-image-191090\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.11.30-10.48-boundingintocomics-6387ddb501d90-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.11.30-10.48-boundingintocomics-6387ddb501d90-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.11.30-10.48-boundingintocomics-6387ddb501d90-300x200-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.11.30-10.48-boundingintocomics-6387ddb501d90-1340x893-1.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.11.30-10.48-boundingintocomics-6387ddb501d90-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.11.30-10.48-boundingintocomics-6387ddb501d90-360x240-1.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.11.30-10.48-boundingintocomics-6387ddb501d90-600x400-1.jpg 600w\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-191090\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(L-R): Director and Writer James Cameron behind the scenes of Twentieth Century Fox\u2019s AVATAR. Photo by Zack Fellman. \u00a9 2009 Twentieth Century Fox. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2022\/12\/james-cameron-avatar-the-way-of-water-terminator-remorse-sigourney-weaver-kate-winslet-7-minute-breath-holding-swim-1235197918\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a wide-ranging interview with Deadline<\/a> in the lead-up to the release of <em>Avatar: The Way of Water<\/em>, Cameron was asked what he thought about the outcome of <em>Terminator: Dark Fate<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Cameron, who was the producer on <em>Dark Fate<\/em> and had a \u201cstory by\u201d credit, replied, \u201c<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>I think, I\u2019m actually reasonably happy with the film. Tim and I had our battles and we\u2019ve both spoken about that, but the crazy thing is we\u2019re still pals. Which is weird.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI liked him before the movie, didn\u2019t like him very much during the movie, and I like him now, and I think he feels the same way. We\u2019re both these crazy sci-fi geeks and we like a lot of the same things, and I love his show,\u00a0<em>Love, Death + Robots<\/em>. But yeah, we butted heads,\u201d he elaborated.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_120810\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-120810\" class=\"size-full wp-image-120810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2021.05.20-03.48-boundingintocomics-60a684c6a7982-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2021.05.20-03.48-boundingintocomics-60a684c6a7982-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/2021.05.20-03.48-boundingintocomics-60a684c6a7982-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2021.05.20-03.48-boundingintocomics-60a684c6a7982-1340x754-1.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2021.05.20-03.48-boundingintocomics-60a684c6a7982-768x432-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2021.05.20-03.48-boundingintocomics-60a684c6a7982-1536x864-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2021.05.20-03.48-boundingintocomics-60a684c6a7982-2048x1152-1.jpg 2048w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-120810\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arnold Schwarzenegger stars in Skydance Productions and Paramount Pictures\u2019 \u201cTERMINATOR: DARK FATE.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"cb-post-title\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/11\/30\/avatar-the-way-of-water-director-james-cameron-claims-testosterone-is-a-toxin-that-you-have-to-slowly-work-out-of-your-system\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018Avatar: The Way Of Water\u2019 Director James Cameron Claims \u201c[Testosterone] Is A Toxin That You Have To Slowly Work Out Of Your System\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cameron then revealed what he believes was one of the major problems with the film, \u201cI think the problem, and I\u2019m going to wear this one, is that I refused to do it without Arnold. Tim didn\u2019t want Arnold, but I said, \u2018Look, I don\u2019t want that. Arnold and I have been friends for 40 years, and I could hear it, and it would go like this: \u2018Jim, I can\u2019t believe you\u2019re making a <em>Terminator<\/em> movie without me.\u2019 It just didn\u2019t mean that much to me to do it, but I said, \u2018If you guys could see your way clear to bringing Arnold back and then, you know, I\u2019d be happy to be involved.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He continued, \u201cAnd then Tim wanted Linda. I think what happened is I think the movie could have survived having Linda in it, I think it could have survived having Arnold in it, but when you put Linda and Arnold in it and then, you know, she\u2019s 60-something, he\u2019s 70-something, all of a sudden it wasn\u2019t your\u00a0<em>Terminator\u00a0<\/em>movie, it wasn\u2019t even your dad\u2019s\u00a0<em>Terminator<\/em>\u00a0movie, it was your granddad\u2019s\u00a0<em>Terminator\u00a0<\/em>movie. And we didn\u2019t see that.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_126334\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-126334\" class=\"size-full wp-image-126334\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2021.07.19-10.21-boundingintocomics-60f5524200b6c.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2021.07.19-10.21-boundingintocomics-60f5524200b6c.jpg 750w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2021.07.19-10.21-boundingintocomics-60f5524200b6c-300x160.jpg 300w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-126334\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Linda Hamilton as Sarah Connor in Terminator: Dark Fate (2019), Paramount Pictures<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Cameron then stated, \u201cWe loved it, we thought it was cool, you know, that we were making this sort of direct sequel to a movie that came out in 1991. And young moviegoing audiences weren\u2019t born. They wouldn\u2019t even have been born for another 10 years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m\">\u201cSo, it was just our own myopia. We kind of got a little high on our own supply, and I think that\u2019s the lesson there,\u201d he asserted.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_130343\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-130343\" class=\"size-full wp-image-130343\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2021.09.01-03.06-boundingintocomics-612f97009648d.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2021.09.01-03.06-boundingintocomics-612f97009648d.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2021.09.01-03.06-boundingintocomics-612f97009648d-300x200-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2021.09.01-03.06-boundingintocomics-612f97009648d-1340x893-1.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2021.09.01-03.06-boundingintocomics-612f97009648d-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2021.09.01-03.06-boundingintocomics-612f97009648d-360x240-1.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2021.09.01-03.06-boundingintocomics-612f97009648d-600x400-1.jpg 600w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-130343\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mackenzie Davis stars in Skydance Productions and Paramount Pictures\u2019 \u201cTERMINATOR: DARK FATE.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"cb-post-title\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2020\/02\/28\/director-tim-miller-blames-get-woke-and-go-broke-sentiment-for-terminator-dark-fates-box-office-bomb\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Director Tim Miller Blames \u201cGet Woke And Go Broke\u201d Sentiment For Terminator: Dark Fate\u2019s Box Office Bomb<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Back in 2020, the film\u2019s director Tim Miller put the blame on \u201cget woke and go broke\u201d sentiment during <a href=\"https:\/\/podbay.fm\/podcast\/73330606\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an interview with Kim Masters on her podcast The Business with Kim Masters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Miller said, \u201cThere was a lot of \u2018get woke and go broke\u2019 sentiment that didn\u2019t help us, but\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When asked to explain he stated, \u201cThere was a lot of issues about having three women in lead positions and all of that stuff. There is quite a toxic atmosphere around this film online, which I was really surprised at. I shouldn\u2019t be, but I was.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_132007\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-132007\" class=\"size-full wp-image-132007\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2021.09.17-06.41-boundingintocomics-6144e1639fbeb.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2021.09.17-06.41-boundingintocomics-6144e1639fbeb.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021.09.17-06.41-boundingintocomics-6144e1639fbeb-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2021.09.17-06.41-boundingintocomics-6144e1639fbeb-1340x754-1.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2021.09.17-06.41-boundingintocomics-6144e1639fbeb-768x432-1.jpg 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-132007\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Natalia Reyes stars in Skydance Productions and Paramount Pictures\u2019 \u201cTERMINATOR: DARK FATE.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ironically, while complaining about the toxic atmosphere surrounding the film, Miller previously called Terminator fans \u201ccloset misogynist[s]\u201d during <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2019\/film\/features\/director-tim-miller-terminator-dark-fate-comic-con-1203262797\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an interview with Variety<\/a> while promoting the film back in 2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When asked about reaction to the first <em>Dark Fate<\/em> poster that showcased Mackenzie Davis\u2019 character in the role of Michel Biehn\u2019s Kyle Reese in <em>Terminator<\/em> and Schwarzenegger\u2019s T-800 from <em>Terminator 2: Judgment Day<\/em>, Miller stated, \u201cIf you\u2019re at all enlightened, she\u2019ll play like gangbusters. If you\u2019re a closet misogynist, she\u2019ll scare the f*** out of you, because she\u2019s tough and strong but very feminine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cWe did not trade certain gender traits for others; she\u2019s just very strong, and that frightens some dudes. You can see online the responses to some of the early s**t that\u2019s out there, trolls on the internet. I don\u2019t give a f***.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_130360\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-130360\" class=\"size-full wp-image-130360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2021.09.01-05.45-boundingintocomics-612fbc237563d.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2021.09.01-05.45-boundingintocomics-612fbc237563d.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021.09.01-05.45-boundingintocomics-612fbc237563d-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2021.09.01-05.45-boundingintocomics-612fbc237563d-1340x754-1.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2021.09.01-05.45-boundingintocomics-612fbc237563d-768x432-1.jpg 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-130360\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Natalia Reyes, right, and Mackenzie Davis star in Skydance Productions and Paramount Pictures\u2019 \u201cTERMINATOR: DARK FATE.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"cb-post-title\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/07\/27\/terminator-dark-fate-director-tim-miller-admits-the-film-was-a-mistake-previously-called-fans-closeted-misogynist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Terminator: Dark Fate Director Tim Miller Admits The Film Was A Mistake, Previously Called Fans \u201cCloseted Misogynist\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>More recently in July of this year, Miller appeared to intimate that the film\u2019s box office failure has significantly harmed his directing career.<\/p>\n<p>During an appearance at Collider\u2019s panel Directors on Directing at San Diego Comic-Con, <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2022\/07\/comic-con-tim-miller-terminator-dark-fate-1235075669\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Deadline reports<\/a> Miller said, \u201c<em>Terminato<\/em>r\u2019s an interesting movie to explore, but maybe we\u2019ve explored it enough. I went in with the rock hard nerd belief that if I made a good movie that I wanted to see, it would do well. And I was wrong. It was one of those f***ing Eureka moments in a bad way because the movie tanked.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When Collider\u2019s Steve Weintraub countered that it didn\u2019t tank, Miller replied, \u201cThen why aren\u2019t people returning my phone calls?\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_130344\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-130344\" class=\"size-full wp-image-130344\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2021.09.01-03.06-boundingintocomics-612f970855a9a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2021.09.01-03.06-boundingintocomics-612f970855a9a.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2021.09.01-03.06-boundingintocomics-612f970855a9a-300x200-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2021.09.01-03.06-boundingintocomics-612f970855a9a-1340x893-1.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2021.09.01-03.06-boundingintocomics-612f970855a9a-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2021.09.01-03.06-boundingintocomics-612f970855a9a-360x240-1.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2021.09.01-03.06-boundingintocomics-612f970855a9a-600x400-1.jpg 600w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-130344\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mackenzie Davis stars in Skydance Productions and Paramount Pictures\u2019 \u201cTERMINATOR: DARK FATE.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>As far as Cameron\u2019s analysis on why the film failed, <em>Top Gun: Maverick<\/em> flies in the face of that narrative as the film returned not only Tom Cruise as Maverick, but Val Kilmer as Tom \u201cIceman\u201d Kazansky.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The original Top Gun film hit theaters in 1986 while the first Terminator film debuted in 1984. Top Gun: Maverick is the highest grossing film of 2022 with a worldwide box office gross of $1.48 billion.<\/p>\n<p>If having actors return to franchises that launched in the mid 80s is the reason for Dark Fate\u2019s failure then <em>Top Gun: Maverick<\/em> surely should have failed as well.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_120808\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-120808\" class=\"size-full wp-image-120808\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2021.05.20-03.47-boundingintocomics-60a684a783151-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2021.05.20-03.47-boundingintocomics-60a684a783151-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/2021.05.20-03.47-boundingintocomics-60a684a783151-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2021.05.20-03.47-boundingintocomics-60a684a783151-1340x754-1.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2021.05.20-03.47-boundingintocomics-60a684a783151-768x432-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2021.05.20-03.47-boundingintocomics-60a684a783151-1536x864-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2021.05.20-03.47-boundingintocomics-60a684a783151-2048x1152-1.jpg 2048w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-120808\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arnold Schwarzenegger stars in Skydance Productions and Paramount Pictures\u2019 \u201cTERMINATOR: DARK FATE.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"cb-post-title\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/11\/23\/james-cameron-admits-avatar-the-way-of-water-needs-to-become-the-third-or-fourth-highest-grossing-film-in-history-just-to-break-even\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">James Cameron Admits \u2018Avatar: The Way Of Water\u2019 Needs To Become \u201cThe Third or Fourth Highest-Grossing Film In History\u201d Just To \u201cBreak Even\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No, what is more likely the reason for <em>Terminator: Dark Fate\u2019s<\/em> failure at the box office is that Miller and Cameron didn\u2019t actually respect their own source material.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/review\/rw6786382\/?ref_=tt_urv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">One of the top user reviews on IMDb for the film<\/a> explains, \u201cA truly dark fate for the Terminator franchise. Too bad, because the film could have been good but the script is disastrous. The T-800 (Arnold Schwarzenegger) has been turned into a ridiculous parody, and after all the whole film seems like a parody of previous films.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_120806\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-120806\" class=\"size-full wp-image-120806\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2021.05.20-03.47-boundingintocomics-60a68491d31ca-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2021.05.20-03.47-boundingintocomics-60a68491d31ca-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/2021.05.20-03.47-boundingintocomics-60a68491d31ca-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2021.05.20-03.47-boundingintocomics-60a68491d31ca-1340x754-1.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2021.05.20-03.47-boundingintocomics-60a68491d31ca-768x432-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2021.05.20-03.47-boundingintocomics-60a68491d31ca-1536x864-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2021.05.20-03.47-boundingintocomics-60a68491d31ca-2048x1152-1.jpg 2048w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-120806\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arnold Schwarzenegger stars in Skydance Productions and Paramount Pictures\u2019 \u201cTERMINATOR: DARK FATE.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Popular film reviewer The Critical Drinker also lampooned the film stating, \u201c<em>Terminator: Dark Fate<\/em> was pretty much exactly what I expected from the hilariously desperate trailers: a dull, disrespectful, lackluster, creatively bankrupt, and visually unimpressive attempt to simultaneously milk the classic movies for cheap nostalgia bucks while also shitting all over them and using them as a springboard to launch a new, reinvigorated franchise with a cast of younger actors.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-block full\">\n<div class=\"video-player youtube\">[embedded content]<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>What do you make of Cameron\u2019s claim as to why <em>Terminator: Dark Fate<\/em> failed?<\/p>\n<p><strong>NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/12\/09\/james-cameron-says-only-reason-marvel-cinematic-universe-is-more-popular-than-avatar-is-that-it-has-received-more-films\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">James Cameron Says Only Reason Marvel Cinematic Universe Is More Popular Than \u2018Avatar\u2019 Is That It Has Received More Films<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Avatar: The Way of Water, Terminator, and Terminator 2: Judgment Day director James Cameron recently revealed that Terminator: Dark Fate director originally wanted to 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