Terminator: Dark Fate Trailer Reactions - 6 Ups & 6 Downs

5. Very Little Arnie

Terminator Dark Fate
Paramount

As soon as Arnold Schwarzenegger took time out from his being kicked in the back schedule to reveal that the trailer for Dark Fate was coming in 48 hours, some big alarms should have started going off because it suggested that he would be the primary marketing hook for the entire movie. You know, despite the fact that the return of the OG Sarah Connor is the ACTUAL selling point.

That could have led to him being absolutely all over this trailer, dragging his massive, hulking frame around and looking like he shouldn't be getting into fights at all at his age (see also: Genisys), but we can all let out a massive sigh of release.

Mercifully, the trailer includes him just once, looking like Old Man Logan - sorry Old Man Terminator - and answering the door to the trio of female badasses so he can hopefully not save the day as the only male character... Anyway, less is definitely more with Arnie and no matter what they do with him in the film, keeping him away from being the chief marketing tool is a smart and very welcome move.

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