The Terminator bliver stadig den dag i dag betragtet som værende en af de bedse actionfilm nogensinde, men den er bestemt ikke uden plothuller. For eksempel er det op til os selv at forestille os, hvordan Cyberdyne Systems kom i besiddelse af mikrochippen, som bliver indsat i de frygtindgydende terminators.
Men det ville en slettet scene faktisk have forklaret ved at afsløre terminatoren som Skynets fader, ligesom Kyle Reese er faderen til John Connor. Filmens producer, Gale Ann Hurd, kom med sin forklaring på, hvorfor scenen aldrig kom med i det endelige produkt:
"The Terminator financier John Daly's HemdaleFilms had an output deal with OrionPictures but hadn't yet made a hit (that changed with our film and Platoon). They insisted we use financier friends not actors in this scene, which ruined it for us," skrev Hurd i et opslag på X.
"They were paid as actors, via the TaftHartley act. I think he insisted they be in the film because the financiers were promised a return on their investment and had yet to receive one. Daly never believed the film would be a success."
Det er næppe en chokerende historie i Hollywood, at en filmscene bliver ruineret af dem, der prøver at finansiere den. Dog er det stadig interessant at høre, at ingen havde tiltro til, at The Terminator ville blive en succes.