Terminator: Dark Fate director Tim Miller shares his thoughts on the movie’s failure and touches specifically on viewers’ feelings about John Connor’s shocking death. Released in 2019, the sixth installment in the long-running Terminator franchise wasn’t universally loved. The film, which features the return of original stars Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton, was also box office disappointment, grossing $261 million worldwide and stalling the franchise. Terminator: Dark Fate‘s opening scene, which features a T-800 gunning down a young John, was a point of particular contention.

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