James Cameron's Terminator 7 could finally re-energize the Terminator franchise, but will also require some other remedies for its past failures. In the early '80s, James Cameron was struggling to make a name for himself in the film industry, and the 1984 sleeper hit The Terminator proved to be the big break he needed as a screenwriter and filmmaker. In The Terminator franchise, the rise of the A.I. defense program Skynet leads to mankind's downfall when the program turns on its creators and seeks to wipe out humanity. In order to save mankind's future, various human protectors and reprogrammed Terminators are sent back in time to protect to leader of the human resistance, John Connor.

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