It’s no secret the Terminator franchise has been chasing the high of Terminator 2 for decades. The film was the saga’s first (and last) brilliant subversion, as it took the concept of evil AI and murderous cyborgs and turned it on its head. Subsequent sequels have essentially been new takes on that one idea, but while they’ve introduced new wrinkles and timelines where applicable, they haven’t really offered anything new.
