‘Avatar’ director James Cameron on ‘Terminator Salvation’: “lacked a certain stamp of authenticity”

James Cameron has said that Terminator Salvation, the fourth entry in the Terminator series that Cameron created, lacked originality according to an interview with UGO.

“Interestingly, I think McG did a good job in the sense… I think he was almost too referential to the mythos of the first and second film. He over-quoted them in a way,” says Cameron.

During production of Salvation, McG personally sought James Cameron’s approval on the production. He didn’t give it but wished him luck.

“It didn’t feel to me to be enough of a reinvention. The thing we did with [Terminator 2: Judgment Day] is that we reinvented the first film completely; spun it on its ass and made the Terminator the good guy, and came up with a whole new concept for a villain, it felt fresh,” Cameron said. Judgment Day was also groundbreaking in its effects.

He added: “I didn’t feel the fourth picture was fresh enough. It also lacked a certain stamp of authenticity because Arnold [Schwarzenegger] wasn’t in it. I mean, he was in it briefly, digitally, but that’s not the same thing.”

Cameron’s latest film, the groundbreaking Avatar, is out in theaters everywhere. It stars Sam Worthington as a paraplegic marine sent to the alien world of Pandora. Cameron added that Worthington’s performance in Salvation was basically the only good aspect of the film.

Source: UGO