Terminator: Dark Fate: 6 Things It MUST Do To Be A Good Sequel

6. Pay Attention To What's Happening In Cinema Right Now

Cinema has changed, and to understate, the expectations have raised. Some conventions will never grow old, but now we have a great deal of content, political and social, which was a lot more sparse in '80s and '90s cinema. With James Cameron, a long-standing advocate of strong female leads, at the forefront of this new project, keeping up with the times should surely pose no challenge.

Take Captain Marvel as just one example. Besides its strong sense of femininity, an age-old Marvel comic convention of The Skrulls being arch-villains was flipped around in the movie, partly to keep viewers guessing, but to also pose the question; Is the big bad really the big bad?

So, is Skynet and the rise of machines still the true embodiment of evil? Is humanity still the all-noble entity proudly standing for their principles? A perspective on what some of the best sci-fi action films of today are doing and how to get a one-up on them will greatly benefit the creation of this film. Re-working narrative conventions is a gamble without doubt, but can make for a great play in the right hands.