Ep. 23 - The Terminator (1984)

James Cameron is a master at changing things up for a sequel: Aliens (1986) and Terminator 2 (1991) transformed their respective series into big-budget popcorn summer action films, thrilling huge audiences and making tons of money. The strange effect of Terminator 2's success, though, is that its predecessor is sometimes overshadowed. On this episode, Jonathan Divine and Mike Overstreet go back to the beginning, and rave about the many ways The Terminator (1984) might actually be better than its more famous follow-up.