Terminator 1: Arnie is the bad guy, protagonist is Sarah Connor helped along by a not overly manly Kyle Reese. I mean Kyle Reese in Terminator wasn't a soyboy or anything, but he also wouldn't be out of place in a lifetime original romance movie.
Kyle Reese is the underdog. That's not soy: the antagonist in this type of story is often going to be stronger, or smarter, or more numerous, or more heavily armed than the protagonist.
Terminator 2: Arnie's now a good guy, but pay attention to the movie. The Terminator, arnold's terminator doesn't kill a single person.
As mentioned, any casualty save the T-1000 is acceptable collateral damage at best or a critical mission failure at worst. The Resistance has already won; all they want to do is prevent any changes to the timeline that might skew things in Skynet's favour.
Kyle Reese is the underdog. That's not soy: the antagonist in this type of story is often going to be stronger, or smarter, or more numerous, or more heavily armed than the protagonist.
As mentioned, any casualty save the T-1000 is acceptable collateral damage at best or a critical mission failure at worst. The Resistance has already won; all they want to do is prevent any changes to the timeline that might skew things in Skynet's favour.