Terminator Could Have Been Even Better Without This Key Scene Being Cut for Bizarre Reasons

Gale Ann Hurd, a producer who worked on the first The Terminator, explained why a certain important scene was cut from the movie. It is about the part showing the recovery of T-800's chip, which was consequently supposed to set in motion the chain of events leading to the war between humans and machines.

Almost forty years after the release of the first movie, the producer revealed why the decision was made to remove the scene that would have perfectly closed an already almost perfect movie. As Hurd revealed on Twitter, the excerpt was cut because of questionable acting. The cast members appearing in the scene were in fact not professional actors, but investors that she and Cameron had to include in the movie.

Below is the deleted scene in question:

Recall that the plot of The Terminator centers around the character played by Arnold Schwarzenegger, or Terminator T-800, who is sent into the past to assassinate Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton), the mother of the man who will be humanity's savior in the coming war against the machines. The plan fails, however, as the woman ultimately defeats the cyborg.

Finding the chip shown in the above scene leads to the discovery of the same technology that will allow for cyborgs to be created in the first place. Of course, the cutting of this scene does not harm the movie. The standard ending is still satisfying, but when we look at it more broadly, we may feel some disappointment due to the fact that the show did not contain the twist foreshadowing the upcoming events.

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