Terminator (franchise) resistance from ever being founded in the first place. With the fate of humanity at stake, John sends soldier Kyle Reese back to protect his mother and ensure his own existence. Also starring Emmy winner Paul Winfield. It was released on October 26, 1984 to critical acclaim and grossed $78.4 million worldwide. "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" is the 1991 sequel to the original "Terminator" film and released by TriStar Pictures. It is co-written, directed, and produced by James Cameron and stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong, Robert Patrick, and Joe Morton. After machines fail to prevent John Connor from
Terminator (character) "T-RIP" and later "T-800". At different times, the Terminator character is given more specific designations such as "variant", "model" and "series" numbers, in efforts to distinguish Schwarzenegger's character from other mass-produced Terminators. Later films call the newer terminators by their series numbers (T-1000, T-X, etc.). The only consistent name for Schwarzenegger's Terminator character has been "The Terminator". Kyle Reese in "The Terminator" and Schwarzenegger's character in "Terminator 2" refer to it as a "Cyberdyne Systems Model 101". In "Terminator 3", the Terminator refers to itself as a "T-101", which could be an abbreviation of its model number. In "Terminator Salvation",