Canon denial is very annoying

That’s me. I like Terminator 1 & 2. Didn’t even bother watching the 3rd or the other lame attempts after that. Well, until now. I’m trying to make it through “Dark Fate” but here I am while it plays in the background. Without Cameron directing/writing it’s just not the same.

If an amazing Terminator movie came out I’m sure I’d enjoy it because most likely it would connect more with the 1st & 2nd movie. And I’d view it as a proper 3rd installment, if it was good. Never really gave a shit about what’s cannon or not in the same way I like Alien & Aliens but not any of the other sequels.
Or Halloween 1, 2, & 4 but not any of the others.

At this point, I think it's clear that only T1 is canon. Everything else is an AU from that lol

nope

" many people say "

is it up to them ?
If the story teller says "..and then this happened" - its canon

I hate T3-T6.

But they were made, they are part of the series, so they are canon.

Still, I hate them.

Fin.

In fairness it's not so much us as the filmmakers who keep ignoring "cannon":
- Terminator Salvation kind of, sort of follows on from T3 but pretty much ignores it
- The Sarah Conner Chronicles wipes T3 out of the timeline and (IIRC) directly contradicts Terminator: Salvation which was in production concurrently
- Terminator: Genysis ignores T3, Salvation and TSCC and is a direct sequel to T1 and T2 only
- Terminator: Dark Fate ignores T3, Salvation, TSCC and Genysis and is a direct sequel to T1 and T2 only *again*

So it's not surprising people pick and chose what's "cannon" because the series has done the same.

For what it's worth I thought Dark Fate was easily the best of the series since T2, but it was simply too late.

There are more than 2 Terminator movies?

They can't be canon if I didn't see them. T1, T2, the prequel and this one are fine for me.