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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Guest&nbsp; 85555" data-source="post: 9491632">On the T1, versus T2, just my opinion but for me it just comes down to T2 isn't as good of a film. Terminator, the original is a perfect movie. Everything from the sound design to the plot, to the way the backstory is presented, the love story and the conclusion. Terminator 2 is a fun movie, and Like it a lot, but it also has a lot of dangly bits and feels bloated in comparison. I could list all the reasons but it ultimately comes down to T1 has a stronger emotional impact on me. On the point about Sarah Conor, I quite like her in both. I think the good thing with both movies is she is a real character. In the first one, she is reacting how I would expect a real person to react to the horror of the situation. If she comes across as a damsel in distress that is just a product of her being a normal person who is protected by a soldier sent back in time with the knowledge and training to deal with a Terminator. But importantly, she kills the Terminator in the end. And I think she shows real grit and determination there. To me it is almost more impressive having a regular terrified person do that than a character like the one she eventually became (but her becoming more of a soldier in the second one is a direct outgrowth of everything that happened in the first one. Reese isn't even a particularly heroic figure by 80s standards. And I kind of like that about him. He is a good contrast to Arnold. The other thing with these movies is T1 is before Commando and T2 is after. So T1 isn't really an Arnold movie in the sense of being a film like Commando, Predator, or Total Recall. I love Arnold movies, but I think Terminator works better as a non-arnold film. There is too much Arnold in T2 for my taste compared to T1.</blockquote>

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