"In the 21st century, a weapon will be invented like no other. This weapon will be powerful, versatile and indestructible. It can't be reasoned with. It can't be bargained with. It will feel no pity. No remorse. No pain. No fear. It will have only one purpose: to return to the present and prevent the future. This weapon will be called...The Terminator."

"It came from a war-torn future to destroy the past. Its target: an ordinary woman - Sarah Connor. Her only ally: another traveler through time."

"The machines rose from the ashes of the nuclear fire. Their war to exterminate mankind had raged for decades, but the final battle would not be fought in the future. It would be fought here, in our present. Tonight..."

"In the Year of Darkness, 2029, the rulers of this planet devised the ultimate plan. They would reshape the Future by changing the Past. The plan required something that felt no pity. No pain. No fear. Something unstoppable. They created the Terminator."

"The thing that won't die, in the nightmare that won't end."

"Your future is in its hands."

"There is no fate but what we make for ourselves."

"Before Terminator came out I began to hear from people, 'Gee, there's this script they're going to shoot that reads an awful lot like your script for Soldier. Now Soldier had been available on videocassette for many years. Demon with a Glass Hand had won all the awards but Soldier was right there in popularity."

"Arnold Schwarzenegger – Terminator"

"Michael Biehn – Kyle Reese"

"Linda Hamilton – Sarah Connor"

"Paul Winfield – Lieutenant Ed Traxler"

"Lance Henriksen – Detective Hal Vukovich"

"Bess Motta – Ginger Ventura"

"Earl Boen – Dr. Peter Silberman"

"Rick Rossovich – Matt Buchanan"