Arnold Schwarzenegger says the latest Terminator movies were ‘not well written’

Arnold Schwarzenegger has opened up about why he thinks the last three Terminator movies didn't register the same type of fanfare as the original trilogy.

There's no denying the first three films in the legendary franchise were a big hit with audiences around the world.

When the first dropped into cinemas in 1984, people were blown away by seeing Schwarzenegger as the intimidating cybernetic assassin sent back to kill Sarah Connor.

James Cameron made movie magic again seven years later with the sequel and that is still the biggest box office earner in the saga.

The third flick, which was released more than a decade after Judgement Day, seemingly closed out Arnie's storyline in the saga and still performed well.

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However, the following three films, Salvation, Genisys, and Dark Fate couldn't match their predecessors at the box office.

Each movie performed slightly worse than the one before and everyone wondered whether the concept of robots taking over the world was getting boring for cinema-goers.

While that conversation will likely rage on, Arnie has given his two cents on why he reckons they didn't do well.

Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, Schwarzenegger was asked whether he thought the Terminator saga is officially done.

He said: “The franchise is not done. I’m done.

"I got the message loud and clear that the world wants to move on with a different theme when it comes to The Terminator.

"Someone has to come up with a great idea.

“The first three movies were great.

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"Number four [Salvation] I was not in because I was Governor. Then five [Genisys] and six [Dark Fate] didn’t close the deal as far as I’m concerned.

"We knew that ahead of time because they were just not well written.”

While Dark Fate might not have done well at the box office compared to the five earlier films, it did alright on review websites.

It has a critic score of 70 per cent and an audience rating of 82 per cent on Rotten Tomatoes, so it's clear there's still an appetite for the film.

The final movie performed far better than Genisys, which got a critic rating of 26 per cent and and audience score of 52 per cent.

It's unclear whether we'll get any more Terminator movies in the future, Arnie has made it very apparent he wants the script to be incredible if he's going to sign onto it.

Topics: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Film and TV

Stewart Perrie

Stewart Perrie is a Senior Journalist at LADbible. Stewart has covered the conflict in Syria for LADbible, interviewing a doctor on the front line, and has contributed to the hugely successful UOKM8 campaign. He is in charge of the LADbible Australia editorial content and social presence.

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