Arnold Schwarzenegger will be in Terminator- its official he’s back.

Have we not suffered enough?  Did the Governator cartoon in production not wet enough whistles to keep the t-500s at bay?  Is this James Cameron mocking us, grinning in the background saying ‘you need me for this, don’t you?’  Well thanks very bloody much.

But at least we can see the original terminator back in action, but the problem is Arny is now in is f-ing 60s.  He’s old.  He’s in peak condition but dammit it just isn’t cool to watch an OAP ex-governor of California go around shooting people up with sawn-off shotguns and riding round on Harleys. Wait a minute what the feck am I saying?  It’s the most god damn coolest thing this side of planet Earth!  Yeah baby.

The problem about all of this is of course how they plan on dealing with the series.  With Arny back it could mean that they can use him as a catalyst to finally bring the current saga to an end.  We already know judgement day hasn’t come so maybe it’s time to start a new judgement day and let Arny and the army of t-500s win or lose.  

In the third film they made Arny look younger with CGI, and the likely scenario will be that they’ll do the same this time around too.  The possibility of this completely breathing new life into an already beaten to death brand is nill however.  Without James Cameron, the original director and creator of the series it’s essentially a name what is there to reinvigorate another name what will put bums in seats.  

Arny is old now too, and jobless less we forget.  This will be a class move where he’s cashing in, and if anyone knows how to cash in an embrace it without seeming blantently money hungry it’s Arny.  So fair play on him.

Don’t expect this to be the thing the Terminator franchise needs though. Remember T3 was awful, and do was Salvation.  Let’s hope this one at least is a bit tongue and cheek about the whole affair and doesn’t take itself too seriously for once, and doesn’t get too involved with its own mythology like so many before it has.

If they follow these easy guidelines provided by MovieCake then you will hopefully see a kick-ass summer blockbuster movie what will make us forgive the monstrosities what have gone before it.  We may even go out and buy them on blu-ray!  Or maybe not. Hell, if it makes me want to pick up T2 again without the need to watch it to ‘cleanse the pallet’ then it can be called a successful job. 

Ben Doran