People go on a lot about the flicker of hope for humanity contained in the last scene of Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines . Yet surely anyone over the age of six realised it had been forever extinguished just the second Arnold Schwarzenegger became Governor of California in IN ACTUAL REAL LIFE. The star of Kindergarten Cop is now in charge of the tenth largest economy in the world. Is it OK to start rooting for the machines now??
Clearly, though, there are those who regard the Judgment referred to in Judgment Day as little more than an interim verdict, and one that can be easily appealed against in the manner of a celebrity miscarriage of justice.
According to end-of-days manual Variety, two entrepreneurs have bought the Terminator franchise from its previous owners, and now plan to kick off a second trilogy with "an entirely new set of interrelated stories covering the adventures of John Connor and the Terminators". A business plan sure to convince any remaining optimists that the future is totally not worth sticking around for.
With Arnie rumoured to be mulling a Senate run in 2010, no names are yet in the frame for the eponymous Terminator. But somehow, this baby really feels like it's Vin Diesel's audition to screw up.
