12 Ways James Cameron Can Save The Terminator Franchise

7. Use CGI Sparingly

Terminator Genisys Fire 2
Paramount Pictures

There's no denying here that a Terminator movie needs a pretty substantial VFX allotment in order to exist, but Salvation and Genisys in particular showed that an excess of CGI can pull audiences out of the drama and make the action decidedly less satisfying.

Salvation has giant, Transformers-esque Terminators and a bad digital Arnie, while Genisys' final antagonist was a 100% CGI creation, and none of these elements felt remotely as real or intense as the practical elements in earlier films.

Terminator 6 will need a wealth of CGI for sure, but where possible, practical elements, especially humans, are much more important.

Will It Happen?: Expect a film with less digital bloat than the last two films, and at least with Cameron being actively involved in its development, one hopes he won't let the screen fill up with any sub-par effects work.

Miller managed a pretty decent blend of digital and live-action on Deadpool, so if he follows the same filmmaking schematic here, he'll probably be fine.

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