`I'll be back... again and again and again.'

You can’t terminate a good franchise.

When James Cameron had that famous fevered dream about a robot that had been sent from the future to kill him, don’t you just wish that he’d taken an aspirin and gone back to sleep?

Granted, Terminator was a great film. And Terminator 2: Judgement Day was equally good. But by the time T2 came up, movie producers were blinded by the dollar signs Arnie and co were producing.

There’s a key fact from the first Terminator film – the robots were losing the war. The humans were closing in and there was only just enough time for Skynet to send a single Terminator back in time to kill John Connor’s mother.

Since then, Terminators have been sent back in time at an alarming rate. It’s like they’re lining up to be sent back. And they’ve all FAILED! What is their programming language like?

10 Kill local and steal clothes
20 Track down primary target
30 Kill anyone who gets in your way
40 Let primary target escape in spectacular fashion at least once
50 Shoot people and blow shit up
60 Get destroyed in idiotic but impressive way
70 Go to 10

Does Skynet not think: Shit, maybe I should just send two Terminators back to the period of the first film? That way Sarah Connor could be killed off and we’ll end this sick fucking franchise before it gets going?

And, because it’s Skynet, a computer rather than a person, it won’t give a damn about how much money is not being made off the deal.