If you’ve ever wondered why there’s never been a “Jaws vs. Terminator” movie, well, the Smithsonian has an answer.

“In the 1984 film The Terminator a work of fiction starring Arnold Schwarzenegger – artificially intelligent machines attempted to exterminate what was then left of the human race. In the appeal now before us, a man-made computer system did not go so far but, defying the will of those who programmed it, it caused significant grief and distress to those who had a right to rely on its accuracy.”

You’ll have to pardon us. We were briefly concerned when we noticed that former T-800 Model 101 cyborg Arnold Schwarzenegger showed up in Washington yesterday — after all, Skynet became self-aware last night, and we’re a little on edge about the future of humanity.

Bale and Worthington attempt to out-glower one another in “Terminator Salvation” There was a time when watching an action movie inevitably meant turning off the brain, stuffing one’s head full of popcorn, and departing the theater with a glow of adrenaline-fueled bliss that at least lasted until you got to the parking lot. Somewhere along the line, a select few movies proved that guns and muscles didn’t have to come with a frontal lobe…