Editing The Terminator (section)

===Retrospective===
In 1991, [[Richard Schickel]] of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' reviewed the film, giving it an "A" rating, writing that "what originally seemed a somewhat inflated, if generous and energetic, big picture, now seems quite a good little film". He called it "one of the most original movies of the 1980s and seems likely to remain one of the best sci-fi films ever made."<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,316514,00.html |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |last=Schickel |first=Richard |author-link=Richard Schickel |date=December 13, 1991 |access-date=September 20, 2010 |title=The Terminator Review |archive-date=April 25, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090425092001/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,316514,00.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1998, ''[[Halliwell's Film Guide]]'' described ''The Terminator'' as "slick, rather nasty but undeniably compelling comic book adventures".<ref name="Halli">{{cite book |last1= Halliwell |first1=Leslie |title= Halliwell's Film and Video Guide |date=1998 |publisher= HarperCollins |isbn= 978-0-00-638868-5|pages=1072|edition=13|language=en |type=paperback }}</ref> [[Film4]] gave it five stars, calling it the "sci-fi action-thriller that launched the careers of James Cameron and Arnold Schwarzenegger into the stratosphere. Still endlessly entertaining."<ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100325124846/http://www.film4.com/reviews/1984/the-terminator|archive-date=March 25, 2010|url=http://www.film4.com/reviews/1984/the-terminator |work=[[Film4]] |title=The Terminator&nbsp;– Film Review from Film4 |access-date=September 19, 2010}}</ref> ''[[TV Guide]]'' gave the film four stars, referring to it as an "amazingly effective picture that becomes doubly impressive when one considers its small budget&nbsp;... For our money, this film is far superior to its mega-grossing mega-budgeted sequel."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://movies.tvguide.com/terminator/review/119990 |work=[[TV Guide]] |title=The Terminator: Review |access-date=September 19, 2010 |archive-date=February 2, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202121540/http://movies.tvguide.com/terminator/review/119990 |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[Empire (film magazine)|Empire]]'' gave it five stars, calling it "as chillingly efficient in exacting thrills from its audience as its titular character is in executing its targets".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.empireonline.com/reviews/reviewcomplete.asp?FID=132648 |work=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]] |title=Review of The Terminator |access-date=September 19, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927235924/http://www.empireonline.com/reviews/reviewcomplete.asp?FID=132648 |archive-date=September 27, 2007}}</ref> The film database [[AllMovie]] gave it 4 1/2 out of 5 stars, saying that it "established James Cameron as a master of action, special effects, and quasi-mythic narrative intrigue, while turning Arnold Schwarzenegger into the hard-body star of the 1980s."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://allmovie.com/work/the-terminator-49101/review |work=Allmovie |last=Bozzola |first=Lucia |access-date=September 19, 2010 |title=The Terminator: Review |archive-date=April 28, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100428131845/http://www.allmovie.com/work/the-terminator-49101/review |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Alan Jones (film critic)|Alan Jones]] awarded it five stars out of five for ''[[Radio Times]]'', writing that "maximum excitement is generated from the first frame and the dynamic thrills are maintained right up to the nerve-jangling climax. Wittily written with a nice eye for sharp detail, it's hard sci-fi action all the way."<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.radiotimes.com/film/cm7jc/the-terminator/ | title= The Terminator | work=[[Radio Times]] | first=Alan | last=Jones | access-date=18 September 2021}}</ref> [[Peter Bradshaw]] of ''[[The Guardian]]'' awarded it five stars out of five, stating that "on the strength of this picture [...] Cameron could stand toe to toe with Carpenter and Spielberg. Sadly, it spawned a string of pointless and inferior sequels, but the first ''Terminator'' [...] stands up tremendously well with outrageous verve and blistering excitement."<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jun/25/the-terminator-review-return-of-the-classic-80s-action-behemoth | title= The Terminator review – return of the classic 80s action behemoth | work=The Guardian | first=Peter | last=Bradshaw | date=June 25, 2015 | access-date=December 4, 2021}}</ref>