Linda Hamilton is the poor person's Sigourney Weaver

Leonardo Di Caprio played a crazy person in "Shutter Island" and yet was still somewhat relatable. Many of the characters in "Cuckoo's Nest" were relatable despite being crazy (though the joke of the movie is they're no crazier than the average person out on the street). I think crazy people in movies can be relatable ... if played by decent performers. Unfortunately, Hamilton isn't decent.

I stated my opinion. Nowhere in that opinion did I say it was fact. You on the other hand suggesting that it's beyond debate whether Hamilton is good or not seem to be the very person you take issue with in your first sentence.

I think many of the comments here missed the point with Hamilton's Sarah Connor in T2; the character was putting on a strong face the whole time. She was masking her fear and vulnerability by going extreme in her actions the other way. She is still the same character as in T1; she is still that scared young girl facing something far beyond reason and control. there are 2 moments in which you see this; when she sees the T-800 for the first time in T2 and when she is about to kill Dyson. The rest of the film she never drops the act. It is actually something that makes the character so interesting.

Compare this to Weaver's performance in Alien and Aliens; the entire time she is not putting up an act, she is just playing the character how the character is feeling, everything is up front. Don't get me wrong Ripley is awesome, she faces her fears with bravery; but she also does not try to hide them. Compare that with Hamilton's sarah Connor there is almost 2 roles she is playing at the time. She has to both act it out like her character is putting on an act of toughness but at the same time underneath is still the character from the first film. It is brilliantly done.