The Terminator movies have run out of ways to reinvent Arnold Schwarzenegger's original villain, but could the series simply kill off the T-800?
Although it might be tempting for the Terminator franchise to kill off Arnold Schwarzenegger’s original T-800, that is not really how the character works — which is part of what makes the villain so effective. When it was introduced in 1984’s original The Terminator, the titular T-800 was an instantly iconic sci-fi horror villain. An unstoppable, un-killable robot assassin that would stop at nothing to kill its targets, the original movie's Terminator was an implacable villain for the ages.
SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY However, Terminator 2: Judgement Day’s more powerful T-1000 introduced a new villain into the series and turned Schwarzenegger’s killer into a hero as a result. Initially, this was great news for the franchise. Terminator 2: Judgement Day became one of a small handful of sequels that was even more critically acclaimed than its franchise predecessor, leaving audiences excited to see where this franchise went next.
Why Terminator Can’t Kill Off Arnie’s T-800 While the Terminator series could retire the T-800 model, the original T-800 can’t really be killed off the way that most franchise’s leading characters can, since the robot is an interchangeable automaton. The T-800 is imminently replaceable and there are always more borderline identical models in its stead, meaning the original Terminator villain can’t be “killed off” in the traditional sense.
Meanwhile, the underrated Terminator: Salvation at least attempted to tell a new sort of story within the Terminator universe, dropping the contemporary chase thriller formula for a post-apocalyptic war story. The only issue was that the story wasn’t particularly compelling, although Terminator: Salvation did deserve props for doing something new and relying on the T-800 less than any other movie in the series.
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