It won’t arrive in your local movie theater till November 2019, but everyone’s favorite sci-fi screamfest, The Terminator, is reloading. Linda Hamilton – whose biceps inspired a million gym memberships back in the day – returns as Sarah Connor.
Here’s a quick refresher course: The plot of the 1984 original revolved around Sarah needing to fight off – let’s take a deep breath here – a time-traveling android killing machine (played by a nightmarishly menacing Arnold Schwarzenegger) who came from tomorrow to, well, terminate her. The reason why? Her as-yet unborn son is going to lead a resistance to an evil AI overlord when all hell breaks loose in the future.
But more importantly to us, Hamilton’s role as this fierce protagonist was a tipping point for movies as she created a character that’s the very definition of badass. We love that she’s reprising this role at age 61 and showing audiences just how tough and buff Boomer women can be.
– Janet Siroto
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