If TERMINATOR 2: JUDGEMENT day hadn't been a modern, Sci-Fi Masterpiece and TERMINATOR 3: RISE OF THE MACHINES hadn't been such a whiz-bang barrel of fun, the original film may have been a great movie.  But the original is totally outdone, in every way, by its successors (even TERMINATOR: SLAVATION).  I enjoyed Michael Biehn as Kyle Reese, but the whole film doesn't have the 80s charm...it has the 80s cheesiness.  Arnold perfected the robot personna in the second movie...here....he just comes across as an Austrian with a mouth full of marbles.  Action is ok, story is ok, but things get so much better later on...and not just technically.