Their names are Chris Morgan and Justin Lin.

It appears we are simply going to hope for the best.

But in this dot com digital age there is a chance (just a tiny chance!

Firstly, and not at all surprisingly…

1.

Hire a serious director with a real name.

WithT3, Jonathan Mostow did at least attempt to preserve something of the first two films.

Its a shame Darren Aronofskys a bit busy, too.

How about the tale of Danny Dysons efforts to undo the work of his late father, for instance?

The character showed up inThe Sarah Connor Chroniclesand characters like his could be intriguing inclusions.

But, if the well knowns are to return, c’mon…

3.

Start with a story that deserves to be told.

And this is the problem.

A pre-Salvation, if you will.

Make it scary, sweary and violent.

The first film was a horror movie.

A sci-fi horror, yes.

Necessary in instilling this fear is, unfortunately, proper violence.

Not the cop-out stuff from the most recent two films.

Remember, we saw Arnold punch a hole right through Bill Paxton!

We saw the T-1000 skewer a fat security guards tear duct!

Then we saw the T-X do, erm, not much, because the camera panned away.

And the less said about the soulless pyrotechnics of the future, the better.

Give us blood, swearing, real fear, and death to PG-13.

Get the budget, then give back three quarters of it.

We dont care if youcanmake fifty million Terminators and silly little flying things whizz about in stupid 3D.

We are only concerned with whether youshould.

(Clue: Dont.)

But whichever director they bring for the new film will not have this enviable and liberating level of influence.

Many directors also do their best work with their back against the financial wall, too.

So, why not give them no money at all and watch them get creative?

Tell Arnold you like him very much, but he is just too old to be a Terminator.

The Big Man just about got away with it inT3, but only just.

So, what to do?

So, the safe money is on him being involved somehow, if he wishes it to be so.

However, with Schwarzenegger comes money, and to address this problem yo see point 5.

Cast it with proper actors.

This means no Channing Tatums.

Give us some uggos acting their chops off, instead.

Dont completely ignoreThe Sarah Connor Chronicles.

Give it a proper human element.

The third and fourth films didnt quite manage it, however.

With this comes a great film.

No comedy, just.

No talk to the hand.

No funny expressions when grabbed by the plums.

Just, stop it.