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By Matt Chapman published 13 October 2011

“We did a lot wrong”

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Regrets, TF 's had a few. But even though we like to do things our way, we're not above admitting when we were wrong. Seems McG has the same life philosophy.

“I feel like we did a lot right with Terminator and I feel like we did a lot wrong,” the This Means War director told Collider.com.

“I really tried to deliver and do the best I could with making that film. It worked for a lot of people. A lot of people didn't like the ending. You live and learn.”

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Does he think he killed the Terminator series?

“I love the Terminator franchise. I hope they make another one. We'll see where that takes us,” he said.

Hang on, where's all this coming from? Surely he's not angling to do a director's cut of Salvation ?

“We did the best we could. I poured everything I had into that picture. Yeah, there's some outstanding footage out there and we'll see if there's a director's release to come in the future. You never know. Time will tell.”

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