The “Linda Hamilton, together for the first time since 1991. Obviously, we are very excited. And we thought we’d look back on the entire franchise. Come with us if you want to live.

6. ‘Terminator Salvation’ (2009)

Most notable for the screaming match star Anton Yelchin as a young Kyle Reese to do most of the heavy lifting. Thankfully the subsequent sequels have ignored this movie completely, just like almost everyone else.

5. ‘Terminator Genysis’ (2015)

Again, this concept seemed cool: thanks to the time travel mechanics of the series, they were able to revisit key moments from both the original “Terminator” and “T2,” only this time replaced with (mostly) new actors. But whew boy was it awful. Beyond wrapping your mind around the time travel logistics (something that “Terminator Genysis."

4. ‘Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines’ (2003)

After much hand-wringing by Cameron over a third installment and the rights being sold off due to a bankruptcy, eventually “Kristanna Loken). (Fun fact: in the original script, she could turn invisible! Take that liquid metal!) For the most part, “Terminator 3” delivers, whether it’s in the surprisingly robust action sequences (that chase with the crane is awesome) or its somber, “Twilight Zone”-y ending, with our main characters accepting the inevitability that, try as you might, you can’t change where things are headed.

3. ‘T2-3D: Battle Across Time’ (1996)

Sure, this is only a 12-minute theme park attraction, but it’s still the third-best entry in the franchise and one overseen and (mostly) directed by James Cameron. (Effects masters Robert Patrick), including the introduction of a giant, glistening, spider-like Terminator that menacingly threatens an audience full of tourists. It was such a blast and sadly closed at both Universal Studios Orlando and Universal Studios Hollywood. But hey, it’s still going strong at Universal Studios Japan. Who’s ready to go to Osaka?

2. ‘The Terminator’ (1984)

Re-watching “Michael Biehn plays a future-human who returns to the past to help Hamilton and is an underrated element of the franchise. (His scenes were cut from “T2” but remain on the home video special features.) At 107 minutes this thing moves like few Cameron movies since (they are always propulsive but frequently fly by the 2-hour mark), kept aloft by its high concept and low budget.

1. ‘Terminator 2: Judgment Day’ (1991)

“The Abyss”) and an opportunity to use an established franchise to push things forward on both a narrative (this time around, Arnold is the good guy!) and technological level (with Industrial Light & Magic’s genuinely mind-blowing “morph” effects and pretty much anything associated with the T-1000). On the James Cameron scale of grandiosity, it seems somewhat quaint by today’s standards, but at the time it was nothing short of breathtaking and still handily blows you away by the intricate simplicity of its plotting and the bulletproof craftsmanship of everyone involved (even at a time when mainstream action movies were pretty slick, this is the slickest). This is, of course, not to diminish the power of the performances, mostly the transformative roles of both Linda Hamilton (then Cameron’s wife), who turned from a hunted waitress into an aspirational, systematically marginalized freedom fighter, and Schwarzenegger, who brought genuine warmth and dimension to former role as a (literal) killing machine. A marvel on almost every level, it still kick as much ass today as much as it did back in 1991.