Am I the only one that sees this as superior to T2?

Did you know that the original plan was to cast Biehn as the T-800 and Arnie as her champion? The original vision was to have a huge human being like Mr. Olympia being tossed around by a much smaller, but MUCH stronger, being. Not a bad idea at all; but then Jim Cameron showed why he woukd become one of cinema’s best storytellers. He switched the actors, thereby making the story even more dramatic and the Biehn character even more sympathetic. It was now an Overkill struggle. Moreover, Biehn is a much more plausible lover for Sarah than Arnie. Brilliant switch. Having said that, I love both films, but am far more moved by T2. Cameron now had the huge T-800 getting ass-whipped by the much smaller, not to mention Protean, T-1000. He took the strong-as-a-truck symbolism that he linked to the T-800 in T1 and stood the audience’s expectations on its collective head. That’s great storytelling. And I get the points about the much bigger budget and the set pieces, which are not, in and of themselves, flaws, just differences from T1. And I get the point about unleashing, or rather, “introducing” Edward Furlong upon the world. But here is my point: In T1, the T-800 is a monster. Yes, he IS horrible. “It can’t be reasoned with. It can’t be bargained with. It doesn’t feel pity, or remorse; and it absolutely WILL NOT STOP*EVER!*UNTIL SHE IS DEAD!!!” The T-800 starts T2 the same, only in the service of John Connor, until a miracle happens. John teaches The Terminator how to be human. He BECOMES human. He learns trust. He even learns humor. He passively sacrifices himself for the good of a species of which he has become a member. He doesn’t die in combat. He goes quietly into that good night, greater love than which no person has. T1 is a legendary action/science fiction movie, one of many based on the works of mad old Phil Dick. T2 is an inspiration. Sadly, there are many fractured people in the world whose life experiences have prevented them from becoming whole. If The Terminator can become fully human, so can they.

Don't agree on the Linda Hamilton part. she's just too overboard in this movie for me. In the first we see her develop from clueless young woman who struggles to balance her cheque book to feisty and strong mother of the future leader of the resistance by the end of the movie.
For me the Terminator is a far superior movie than T2 which was a jokey let Arnie be the good guy movie.

Only old men who are old enough to remember when The Terminator first came out can't accept that Terminator 2 is the far superior film and i bet they don't even know who Bobby Budnick is