I'd be surprised if very few people know about the original. It is a classic-archetypal 1970s New York crime drama. A great film. The best i think we can hope for from a remake is something like Denzel Washington's "Manchurian Candidate" from a couple years back: A good film that doesn't...
IMO that's putting it a bit strongly. Arnie was well-known as a bodybuilder then, and was reasonably well known for his movie roles. I'd say the 1982 Conan the Barbarian film put him on the map as an actor, though Terminator certainly vaulted his career forward.
er, most reviewers said that the HD-DVD (non-US) version of T2 was better than the original BD version. (for e.g., see here): http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/28389...-judgment-day/ http://hddvd.highdefdigest.com/681/terminator2_ge.html That BD version was mpeg-2, whereas the HD-DVD was...
This is very disappointing. T2 is a relatively modern movie. Why on earth can't they give us a high-quality hi-def transfer, not plagued by DNR? Ditto for Terminator.