E ver since The Terminator hit the big screen 40 years ago, Hollywood has taken the time-twisting cyborg saga and run with it. First, James Cameron sequelised his own original wit

Marking the film's 40th anniversary, James Cameron recently gave his honest opinion of his 1984 directorial debut 'The Terminator'.

James Cameron hints that the future Terminator movie will move beyond familiar characters, saying the filmmakers must avoid alienating new audiences.

"I don't cringe on any of the dialogue, but I have a lower cringe factor than, apparently, a lot of people do around the dialogue that I write," Cameron told Empire Magazine. "You know what? Let me see your three-out-of-the-four-highest-grossing films--then we'll talk about dialogue effectiveness."

James Cameron has follows-up his recent hint about a new Terminator project by confirming that the rage against the machines will continue on the big screen... with some major changes.

James Cameron has talked about the future of the Terminator movie franchise. Y'know, the guy who created the whole thing back in the 1980s? Perhaps we should listen. He thinks its fortunes rely on basically jettisoning almost everything we thought was essential in the 1980s and 1990s.

The filmmaker stands by his dialogue, though: "Let me see your three-out-of-the-four-highest-grossing films — then we’ll talk about dialogue effectiveness."

Plans are being made for more Terminator movies. James Cameron’s The Terminator, which stars Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton, was released in 1984. It kick-started a franchise that led to five other theatrically released movies,

Let me see your three-out-of-the-four-highest-grossing films — then we’ll talk about dialogue effectiveness.” Cameron also explained that Schwarzenegger did not initially match the vision he had for the character at the outset.