T1 we get man vs unstoppable killing machine.
T2 we get man (and much more stoppable killing machine) vs unstoppable killing machine and have to grapple with the idea of using weapons expressly intended to wipe out the human race against the threats that will wipe out the human race.
I won’t pretend like most sequels aren’t “would you like some more of that?” but we can all agree that if you checked into a hotel and T2 was on the TV, you’d leave it running instead of channel surfing.


There’s a reason why some scientists are field researchers and some are lab rats.
Some times, scientists can really be stupid. More so when they’re in high stress uncontrolled environments.