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James Cameron had a chance to walk back his sexist criticism of “Wonder Woman,” but instead, the “Terminator” director doubled down.

Cameron stood by earlier remarks about the hit superhero movie and star Gal Gadot, then proceeded to make them worse.

“I mean, she was Miss Israel, and she was wearing a kind of bustier costume that was very form-fitting. She's absolutely drop-dead gorgeous. To me, that's not breaking ground. They had Raquel Welch doing stuff like that in the '60s,” he told the Hollywood Reporter.

“It was all in a context of talking about why Sarah Connor — what Linda created in 1991 — was, if not ahead of its time, at least a breakthrough in its time. I don't think it was really ahead of its time because we're still not (giving women these types of roles).” ©TriStar Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection/©TriStar Pictures/Courtesy Ever “She wasn't there to be liked or ogled,” Cameron said about Linda Hamilton’s character.

In August, Cameron told The Guardian that Gadot was an “objectified icon” and “Wonder Woman” is “a step backwards.”

At the time, he also argued that Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton) was better because she was never presented as a beauty icon.

“She was strong, she was troubled, she was a terrible mother and she earned the respect of the audience through pure grit,” he said.

“Wonder Woman” director Patty Jenkins argued back online.

"James Cameron's inability to understand what ‘Wonder Woman’ is, or stands for, to women all over the world is unsurprising as, though he is a great filmmaker, he is not a woman. Strong women are great," she wrote on Twitter. "His praise of my film Monster, and our portrayal of a strong yet damaged woman was so appreciated. But if women have to always be hard, tough and troubled to be strong, and we aren't free to be multidimensional or celebrate an icon of women everywhere because she is attractive and loving, then we haven't come very far have we,” she wrote on Twitter.

“I believe women can and should be EVERYTHING just like male lead characters should be. There is no right and wrong kind of powerful woman. And the massive female audience who made the film a hit it is, can surely choose and judge their own icons of progress.”

Cameron pushed back about Jenkins’ response in the Hollywood Reporter interview, reiterating that Hamilton “wasn’t treated as a sex object” in “Terminator.”

“There was nothing sexual about her character. It was about angst, it was about will, it was about determination. She was crazy, she was complicated,” he said.

“She wasn't there to be liked or ogled, but she was central, and the audience loved her by the end of the film. So as much as I applaud Patty directing the film and Hollywood, uh, ‘letting’ a woman direct a major action franchise, I didn't think there was anything groundbreaking in ‘Wonder Woman.’ I thought it was a good film. Period.”

Moviegoers disagreed: by the end of August, it had eclipsed “Spider-Man” as the highest grossing superhero origin film at the domestic box office, bringing in more than $404 million.

Jenkins has signed on to direct the “Wonder Woman” sequel, which is expected to hit theaters in December 2019.

Gadot will also reprise her role as Diana Prince.