FIRST TIME WATCHING: The Terminator (1984) REACTION (Movie Commentary)

[@fkw1239]

Sad fact : When Kyle speaks about the photograph of Sarah, he always used to wonder what she was thinking in that moment. At the end of the scene, when the picture is finally taken, we found out in that moment she was thinking of him all along.

[@CapedInformer]

I caught that too. Deep!

[@ericgamino478]

I loved that, too. Hopeless romantic.

[@nuclearwinter391]

Damn... So this is actually a love story.

[@solvingpolitics3172]

@@CapedInformer Hey, you did not comment on how he pulled out his eye. Then touches up his hair!

[@sexistatheist6464]

James Cameron stole that idea from Somewhere in Time (1980).

[@DanJackson1977]

Yes.. pay phones were in night clubs. Pay phones were everywhere. Now.. they're no where.

[@CapedInformer]

I’m old enough to remember them everywhere. Not old enough to have witnessed them in nightclubs lol

[@gluuuuue]

​@@CapedInformer I was a kid so never in nightclubs during that age. But they used to be in public restaurants and stores right near the restrooms. Also makes sense for contacting ride for pickup from indoors rather than going onto the street. The age before personal cellphones!

[@kevinburton3948]

@@CapedInformer I'm old enough- yes they were in clubs. Usually just outside the restrooms or at the entrance. Yes you had to yell when you called someone while plugging your other ear with your other hand. lol

[@susanmaggiora4800]

Kevin Burton Was just going to mention the plugged ear look when making a call at the club🤣

[@matsv201]

I remeber back in 2003 thinking when I saw a payphone "are those things still around".. but therr was still People with out mobile Phones that late.

[@nickmanzo8459]

The sequel is considered one of the best sequels of all time. I’d also highly recommend Robocop.

[@tazzatamania]

I might be one of the few people who thought the RoboCop remake was far better than the reviewers made out. Not as good as the original though.

[@nickmanzo8459]

@@tazzatamania I haven’t seen the reboot but people I trust absolutely despised it, so I’ve stayed away

[@tazzatamania]

@@nickmanzo8459in not saying it's something I'd highly recommend but it wasn't as bad as it was made out for me

[@nickmanzo8459]

@@tazzatamania perhaps if you already have low expectations, it won’t be so bad. It still doesn’t really have a reason to exist, because the original was good. I say remake bad movies, make them work.

[@tazzatamania]

@@nickmanzo8459 it was starting somewhere a while ago and I just got into it, I've rewatched it as well. Like I said, not as bad as the reviews suggested, don't know if I'd go out of my way to recommend it though. It has its moments.

[@jmhaces]

The reason why the future in this movie looks like Metal Gear Solid is because Metal Gear does take inspiration directly from The Terminator down to the cover of the original Metal Gear from the 8-bit era portraying Snake as the hero of the game being basically a painting based on a promotional still of Michel Biehn as Kyle Reese in this movie. Solid Snake is pretty much a mix of Kyle Reese and Kurt Russell's character from "Escape From New York," who's literally named "Snake" Plissken and wears an eyepatch.

[@Nugzz187]

I was born in 82 my guy and it was wild.. great time to grow up…

[@writerwade9241]

This was the ORIGINAL line "I'll be back." This is where it started. #themoreyouknow

[@edgarcia4794]

Kyle Reese is played by Michael Biehn Cpl.Hicks from Aliens as well.

[@CapedInformer]

Oh wow, James Cameron really liked those actors

[@DJTraumahawk]

@@CapedInformer so do i. Michael biehn is fine as fuck.

[@DirtMaguirk]

Vasquez from Aliens will be in the sequel

[@edgarcia4794]

@@DirtMaguirk True.

[@darastarscream]

If you haven't, check out Tombstone. His Johnny Ringo is terrifying.

[@hellsing507]

On the gun store question. Ammo is usually on racks while the guns are behind the counter. The owners also usually have at least three-five armed employees at the ones I have been to and they don’t let you away from the counter with a gun that you are inspecting. Also most ask for an ID before that they inspect snd hold behind the counter before allowing you to look at a gun. Worst example of a gun store I have seen is a place near my house where the owner doesn’t usually have enough employees posted around the shop and near doors.

[@CapedInformer]

Ohhh ok makes more sense. I just thought those stores were less secure in the 80s. Probably a little of both

[@michelegraham1181]

It's always fun to watch reactors stressing out during the third act.

[@domingorubies656]

The other terminator from the flashback was actually Franco Columbo , Arnold’s Mr. Olympia competitor and best friend.

[@punkem733]

He was not fresh off the posing stage. He lost A LOT of muscle mass for conan because he was so thick he couldn't even swing a sword properly. This came out like 2 years after conan and he stayed at this smaller thickness for the rest of his movie career. The actor who played bishop auditioned for the role of the terminator, at the last second they decided on Arnold. The phone in the club makes perfect sense when you realize there were no cell phones, and you can plug your ear and talk to another person in an emergency, better then nothing. Young people...YEESH! PCP would have you doing more crazier shit then punching through a windshield. People on it have been shot like 10 times, and still fight people and shit.

[@ImmortanDan]

To be fair, if I remember correctly Arnold did pull off one last Mr Olympia in 1982 with his smaller, post-Conan build, so technically he was still in a pretty “heroic” shape.

[@DM-kv9kj]

He didn't stay this big for the rest of his movie career, he trimmed down a bit more after this movie. You can already tell by Predator, despite his size, that he lost some of this mass, and by T2 in 1992 he had started to sag slightly. A few years after that he realised his heart valve was struggling and had his first operation to replace it - which in fact became 2 ops on the run as he almost died after the first and needed an emergency second attempt.

[@punkem733]

@@DM-kv9kj Yes he did get smaller but that is all age. You are not gonna look like a titanic bodybuilder in your 40's and 50's. The operations probably didn't help.

[@upfrontbuckle04]

"If I saw a naked bodybuilder, I'd beat it too." -Caped Informer

[@CapedInformer]

Wait a minute....

[@minnesotajones261]

@@CapedInformer Gotta admit, 1984 era Arnold was ripped... big time...

[@courtneyvaldez7903]

I mean.....it IS prime Arnold.... ;)

[@weldonwin]

@@courtneyvaldez7903 Fresh off the original Conan the Barbarian. In fact, shooting on this movie was delayed, because he was in Spain, shooting Conan the Destroyer

[@maxim196]

@@minnesotajones261 You should see him in 1977 footage...he was at peak there

[@paratus04]

Did you catch that the answering machine at Sarah’s apartment said, “you got fooled you are talking to a machine” and then she got fooled talking to machine imitating her mother. One story about Cameron and Aliens & The Terminator. Cameron had a lot of issues with the UK crew filming Aliens. They didn’t like this unknown American upstart director taking over for Ridley Scott. As it turns out while The Terminator had hit it big in America it hadn’t been released yet in the UK while they were filming Aliens so the crew had no idea what kind of director he was. Couple that with Cameron coming off of making The Terminator for only $6M and having to push his crew to get it done on budget he tended to push his Aliens UK crew more than they liked, (working though breaks etc) He eventually arranged a screening of The Terminator for his Aliens crew so they would maybe start to respect his film making more.

[@CapedInformer]

I did catch that but nice connection! And that’s a cool story! They should do a documentary on James Cameron and making those movies

[@jp3813]

@@CapedInformer These films have great behind-the-scenes featurettes.

[@youtradvostraductions3082]

@@CapedInformer I think there are ;)

[@Dude-oh8vq]

Not sure that's true regarding the Terminator release in the UK. All of the dates I see regarding the UK release for The Terminator say that it was released in January 1985, long before filming began on Aliens (September 1985 in UK). From what I'd heard, it's that most of the crew had in fact seen The Terminator and liked it, but that they didn't like Cameron's method of directing on Aliens, which was rather gung ho and stressful. Cameron mentioned that while the crew was excellent and hard working, that he got annoyed with the amount of tea breaks they kept taking, when all he wanted to do was crank on and continue filming. I think he also mentioned that often times some of the crew would tend to give up, when Cameron was adamant that certain things could be accomplished, though don't quote me on that part.

[@jp3813]

@@Dude-oh8vq Your release & production dates are correct. But here's what I got from IMDb's Trivia page: James Cameron faced a big problem trying to win the confidence and respect of the British crew, many of whom had worked on Alien (1979) and were fiercely loyal to Ridley Scott. In order to try and convince them he had the talent and skills for the job he arranged a screening of The Terminator (1984) for the crew on the set, to demonstrate his abilities. However, most of the crew ignored the invite and didn't bother to turn up. There was a lot of animosity on the set. The British crew was openly hostile to both James Cameron and Gale Anne Hurd. In their eyes, Cameron was a nobody who had not made a decent film yet (as they hadn't seen The Terminator (1984)), while they openly mocked Hurd by claiming she only got to be producer because she was married to Cameron, and that they wouldn't take orders from a woman. Cameron and Hurd, in turn, despised the crew's lazy, insolent and arrogant behavior; one of their few allies among them was production designer Peter Lamont. After the long and difficult shoot, Cameron addressed the crew by saying that one thing kept him going through it all: "The certain knowledge that one day I would drive out of Pinewood and never come back, and that you sorry bastards would still be here". Cameron indeed never came back to Pinewood studios, but he later hired Lamont as production designer on True Lies (1994), and even got him out of retirement to work on Titanic (1997). James Cameron clashed with cinematographer Dick Bush, who refused to light the Alien nest the way the director wanted. Cameron, a very visually involved director, wanted dark lighting to create an eerie atmosphere. Bush on the other hand, who was a very old school cinematographer, completely ignored Cameron's directions and kept going with bright lighting to show off the intricacies of the set. Finally, Cameron, fed up with the bad attitudes of his crew, yelled at Bush "YOU'RE FIRED!" and threw him off the set. This led to the crew walking out, requiring Gale Anne Hurd to coax them back once they had all cooled down. Bush was then replaced by Adrian Biddle, who had never been a cinematographer for a feature before. Coincidentally, Biddle had been the clapper loader on Alien (1979) for Ridley Scott. To most of the Pinewood studio crew members, the choice of James Cameron as director was mystifying as he was a complete unknown in England, since The Terminator (1984) had not been released there yet. According to Cameron, most crew members, with the exception of some of the art department people and production designer Peter Lamont, approached the job as factory work, with no love for the art of film whatsoever. Derek Cracknell, the film's assistant director (well respected among the crew as he had been AD for Stanley Kubrick), continuously questioned Cameron's decisions and was openly antagonistic towards him, calling him 'guv'nor' and 'Grizzly Adams' (due to his beard). Ultimately, the on-set feuds with Cracknell as well as director of photography Dick Bush caused the production to fall behind schedule, leaving producer Gale Anne Hurd no choice but to fire both men. This briefly instigated a mass strike from the rest of the crew, and with no other crew quickly available, there were serious doubt as to whether the film would make it to completion. Cameron briefly considered moving production out of England, but fortunately, the mutiny was quickly resolved when a meeting was set up, where he convinced the crew of the importance of his work, and promised to be more sensitive to their breaks and working hours. Tensions remained during the remainder of the shoot, though. Unlike American studios, where crews were generally hired by the production, Pinewood studios where filming took place came with its own indentured crew who weren't used to working 12 hours a day, which is an average shooting day in the USA. Bill Paxton later said that this British film crew drove everyone nuts with their "indentured work ethics", literally stopping filming in the middle of complicated scenes just so they could have tea, go to the pub, or finish early. Michael Biehn made fun of the British crew in the audio commentary by saying that they "weren't used to working" (a remark he threw in when Paxton was talking about the "indentured work ethics").

[@DanOMega215]

The 80's was a great decade for music and movies.

[@marcochavezjr9180]

So glad I was born in the eighties.

[@reneedennis2011]

Yup.

[@DM-kv9kj]

Back when actual artists and craftsmen, passionate to explore life and the human condition, mind and soul, were still able to do so through movie-making (and other media). Back when every single year, multiple amazing movies with fresh creative ideas and something new to say came out - when regularly movies came out that were so brilliant that people still laud them over anything that's come out in the last 20 years, even new kids. It's now going to be all algorithm-written "content" spun out endlessly with absolutely nothing new or of any value to say whatsoever. Ugh, I still remember like it was yesterday going to the cinema at least twice every year and almost always seeing movies so amazing that they are still classics now. I'd often leave cinemas feeling like my mind had actually expanded, left pondering for weeks or months over new creative ideas... Star Wars (when it was a completely new creative masterpiece), Alien, The Terminator, Indiana Jones, Die Hard, Home Alone, Jurassic Park, Pulp Fiction, Men in Black etc etc etc etc. Those were just some of your regular Hollywood blockbuster movies too, not even counting the huge number of masterful arthouse style films, many of which remain benchmarks to this day. The scores to most films were crafted by master composers with full orchestras, digging deep into their souls to find every drop of soul, humanity and feeling to enhance scenes when needed. Wtf do we have now? Endless CGI regurgitations of things that have been done to death long ago and a few kids on laptops copy-pasting the same tired old instrumentations that they've been trained to regurgitate by the Hans Zimmer schools of film scoring. Why is it like this now? Because of the internet, data collection and algorithms allowing the corporations to take over every aspect of everything. Directors and other craftsmen used to have to fight production companies to get great things made, now you literally cannot do that, it is impossible. The big businesses control everything made now, according to "the data".

[@chrispruett81]

"80's.. what a time to be alive" ... Yes.. the 80's were a lot of fun!! :)

[@coulsonintahiti]

"Bro, this would make a sick video game." yeah, it does.

[@Saboteur709]

"Only thing scarier than a terminator is a terminator with no eyebrows." I'm pretty sure I've heard that somewhere before. Oh wait, I'm pretty sure I've never heard that before. I think I'll have it engraved on my tombstone.

[@CapedInformer]

😂

[@jamaul1391]

The terminator was made from a nightmare, James Cameron had a nightmare about being chased by a metal skeleton, so that how he got the idea to make a movie about it

[@bradbutcher3984]

I've played the original terminator NES game and I've never seen anyone get past the first level of shooting the bed mounted machine gun at all the different machines in the future.

[@uffda3937]

This comment just made my day lol. I still think about that game 30 years later, pissed I could never get past that level. Knowing it wasn't just me is such a relief. 😂

[@AlphaAlex1]

As much as The Terminator 2 was a masterpiece, this first movie is my favourite (from the franchise) by far.

[@darastarscream]

Oh they did. This is set a good 15 years before cell phones got cheap enough to start replacing landlines. I think in some areas having a payphone was a condition of having a liquor license.

[@kenkauffman3522]

It’s funny you mentioned Metal Gear , the first metal gear on the nes had Kyle Reese from Terminator on the cover art

[@CapedInformer]

I knew he looked FAMILIAR! How’d they get away with that? Lol

[@nickmanzo8459]

@@CapedInformer back in the day, video games didn’t get as much legal scrutiny. The cover art for Castlevania 2: Simon’s Quest was stolen from a Dungeons and Dragons module and no lawsuits were filed.

[@CapedInformer]

That’s crazy lol I feel like I remember some old games that did the same

[@Spikeelsucko]

@@CapedInformer if you also feel like the cover art for Contra on NES is familiar, it's because they rotoscoped Schwarz AND Stallone for that one

[@herrzimm]

The "I'll be back" line isn't iconic because it is said. It is iconic because of the fact that he drove a car in through the front door and crushed a man at his desk AFTER saying it.

[@L1VE3V1L]

Damn right. It’s that aftermath that makes the line iconic.

[@lawrenceschuman5354]

So, the laser sight on Arnold's AMT .45 longslide, those didn't exist when this was made. The laser tube required a big battery pack to energize and the cord ran up the sleeve of Arnold's jacket and into his pocket. A few years later these devices were available as tactical target pointers. And today it's a five dollar cat toy. Life imitating art? Was this an idea JC heard about and put on film?

[@CapedInformer]

Wonder what else life will imitate from the Terminator movies 😳

[@filipohman7277]

Awesome!!!👍👍👍 Greetings from Helsinki Finland 🇫🇮🇺🇸

[@DanJackson1977]

This movie was "adapted" from 2 Outer Limits episodes (a 1960s sci fi tv show) written by Harlan Ellison, the "bad boy" of 60s science fiction. One was "Soldier", about a time traveling soldier from an apocalyptic future that comes to the present, and "Demon with a Glass Hand", about a time traveling cyborg. Theres also a stiking resemblance between Terminator's "Skynet" computer and the hateful supercomputer "AM" from Ellison's story "I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream, which kills all of humanity except for 5 people.. people responsible got building the computer.. and AM keeps them alive by force of will (it becomes a god basically) and tortures them for hundreds of years. Ellison sued Cameron for a credit when he read in a scifi magazine that Cameron literally said he got the idea from The Outer Limits. which is the first credit that appears.. "with acknowledgment to the works of Harlan Ellison". Cameron removed the credit for the VHS release.. and Ellison sued again. And won again.

[@xxdomoxxkunxx]

But Cameron stated he got the flim idea from a literal fever dream

[@tntkff9901]

Fun fact: O.J. Simpson was considered for the role as the terminator, but James Cameron thought he didn't look like he could be a killer.

[@matsv201]

Well.. the glove didnt fitt

[@LightDarkZero]

13:30 - You are right. I first time watched it when I was 4-5 (in 1992). Couldn't tell if I was shock or terrified. 😂

[@davidr1050]

5:34 -- nope. That's one of the reasons why the guns are kept behind the counter or locked in cases.

[@iagorincon]

“Bro this whole scene would make a sick level in a video!” It did... F@ck I’m old.

[@KHAOE1]

The cop who's head that the terminator smashed against the cop car door taking his car is the writer of this movie and also Terminator 2. William Wisher. He also makes an appearance in T2 during the mall scene when the Terminator is thrown through the window. He's the guy with the camera.

[@brucechmiel7964]

After the fight at the precinct, the flesh covering the terminator was dead. The small heart that kept it going was all shot up. So as he leaves the hotel he is a literal walking corpse. Hence the smell and his appearance the pale white rotting flesh is just hanging over it's skull.

[@michaelbuick6995]

See I really like that detail. In the 2nd film he confirms that his bullet wounds will heal, but that makes no sense to me. He doesn't eat, or have internal organs, so how can he heal? The idea that the flesh covering doesn't last very long and becomes necrotic makes a lot more sense. I assume in the future terminators that need the flesh covering for their missions would periodically return to a factory or something to be re-skinned.

[@amanibob1416]

Short answer: He's pumping blood and sweat is produced locally, (everything works like that skin you currently own). Damage and wear *will* stop the process *if* removal/healing isn't given proper time. Other way to say: sweat cuz it's normal skin, plus nutrients and oxygen is allocated to maintain the "flesh suit", (that's how skin graft works, despite the "take from", "wait" and "give to" steps. It's 50% "breasts implants do not end up killing the host" and 50% "transplants do save lives" arguments. Trying to science it up a wee bit. Robot wouldn't keep the skin for decades without "protocol and maintenance", but if it's programmed to make it last, it'll be fine, like wearing glasses and not breaking/forgetting the damn things every time you walk around, sit down and so on... If it's still possible, it will maintain the flesh it's got. Ps: @me if you want further than that, cuz I'm just trying to help out with real-life science/equivalent examples to make sense out of the technology, (from the original Terminator). Either way, for now, I'll be moving on with IRL stuff. 🙃

[@Сайтамен]

Also, he is technically a robot, not a cyborg. He doesn't have human mind and can work perfectly without organic parts.

[@AprilGabrielle]

Informer: How do you get into a nightclub with a loaded shotgun?" Me: "It was the 80s."

[@southlondon86]

Madam they had bouncers back then too.

[@GrouchyMarx]

At 14:30, the car crashing in is exactly WHY that now famous line "I'll be back" became so iconic. LOL! If it wasn't for that crash, it would not have been a big deal and not remembered. In fact, in the theater when that crash happened the audience laughed somewhat, mainly because it was a shock but not totally unexpected. And ever since, "I'll be back" became funny and famous. Lots of folks who haven't seen The Terminator, and know the line so well, don't know why it's well known until they watch the movie. Welcome to the club! 😁

[@CapedInformer]

That’s awesome 😂 I always wondered why. And it’s funny that I busted out laughing at the same scene lol

[@puppetMattster]

The first Terminator was a legit horror movie

[@CapedInformer]

Definitely

[@ZeroOskul]

Arnold was originally supposed to play the protector and Lance "Bishop" Henrickson was supposed to play the killer robot, and he did later get to play a robot for Cameron in Aliens. Arnold would have been a huge buff guy who was trained to fight robots but he was such an imposing figure at a preproduction meeting over breakfast with James Cameron--a breakfast Arnold paid for since Cameron was practically penniless, at the time--and insisted he was the Terminator so they reworked the plot to omit the buff protector and created the young, scrawny, scrounging, starved, and wasted character of Kyle Reese to counter Arnolds imposing, adonis form. This youthful part could not be played by Henrickson, but he remained in the movie and played Bishop, later. Arnold passed up the opportunity to appear in that sexy sex scene with Linda Hamilton so that he could play the villain with only 16 lines of dialog. And it was a great PR idea because his name would be very odd for Americans to pronounce, despite his bodybuilding fame, it is not an English name like Willis or Eastwood, but it rhymes with Terminator and so it helped to get his name into the public mindset as a formidable action powerhouse. When you heard Schwarzenegger you would think Terminator and it would remind you that he's a baaad dude.

[@CapedInformer]

Would have been a TOTALLY different movie if he took Reese’s role. In the end it was the best move. Took him to stardom. And I’m sure it guaranteed him ALOT more “sexy scenes” later in life 😂

[@windowsVD]

It wasn't at a script read-through. It was at a breakfast meeting with James Cameron to discuss his involvement in the film. Cameron never wanted him for Kyle Reese in the first place and had the intention of going into the meeting to dissuade him from taking the role, but Arnold came in showing a lot of enthusiasm for The Terminator character which made Cameron realize that he would make for a very imposing Terminator and gave him that role instead. Arnold also recalled how he ended up paying for James Cameron's meal during that meeting as Cameron was essentially a broke nobody at the time.

[@ZeroOskul]

@@windowsVD Well, the Kyle Reese character didn't exist at that first meeting, there was a whole feasible bacstory for the buff protector. You can find early concept art showing Lance Henrickson and compare it to the final teaser image, it appears they literally cut Lance out with an Xacto knife and just laid the remnant atop an picture of Arnold. Thank you for correcting me about the setting of that first meeting, I will correct my post. I must have conflated it with the readthrough for T2 where Arnold showed up all psyched to be the superkiller and Cameron told him that he redesigned the character and would be the hero and kill no one for the whole movie. I don't know about elsewhere, I know some people do just call him Schwarzenegger or Arnie, but I live in Columbus, Ohio, and we have the Arnold Fitness Expo here, every year. But we just call it "The Arnold" and we call him "Arnold"... when he was "Governator" we called him that but usually, then and still, he's just "Arnold".

[@windowsVD]

@@ZeroOskul There was a Kyle Reese character by then, but I don't think he had an established physicality yet. Cameron already had a complete script to work with and had a whole ordeal with getting permission from studios to let him direct it as the execs liked the script but had no interest in hiring a nobody to direct it, so he sold the rights to the script for exactly $1 as part of the negotiations to let him direct the film. The T2 thing was also at the breakfast meeting actually. Cameron mentioned that in DVD commentary and Arnold initially hated the idea that he wouldn't get to kill anyone in T2.

[@ZeroOskul]

@@windowsVD Then what readthrough is in my head? Does it even exist? Probably as a result of bingeing I have a nonsense, implacable amalgamation of various interviews involving those two and in one of those interviews is a story about a disagreement at a first readthrough and the other one is a story about this disagreement about who the Termanator is. Like how Simpsons episodes bleed together in the memory.

[@j33psamuels48]

And again, thats the crazy thing about the 80's, movies like this actually went hand in hand with marketing toys towards kids, which means the public back then were cool with kids watching movies like Rocky, Terminator, Demolition Man, Rambo and Robocop. The 80's were the shit.

[@KaiserN1]

Same here! My parents let me watch these kind of movies, I just skip that part in movies.

[@kevinburton3948]

I was 14 when this film came out in 1984 (didn't watch it until I could rent a copy when I was 15). It's easily my favourite Schwarzenegger film. It's interesting that you got how frightening the Terminator character is meant to be right away- James Cameron said that when he wrote the character, it was supposed to a sci-fi Freddy Krueger or Jason from Friday the 13th- as soon as you saw the Terminator you were supposed to be scared... But a strange thing happened when the film hit the theatres in '84- audiences were cheering for Arnold... Especially during the police station shootout! Arnold was asked about the phenomenon and why people would "cheer for the bad guy." His answer was that at one time or another we would all like to be a Terminator for a day and "get the job done." The iconic "I'll be back." line... When audiences first heard it uttered (like the VERY first time ever) they let out a little cheer or laugh... Because the movie had firmly established what the Terminator's idea of "coming back" would mean. Here's a tidbit of trivia--- when Kyle Reese is telling the police psychologist about the future, he says he was a soldier fighting the machines with the 132nd from (the years) "21" to "27"... Which would mean he started in the year 2021!

[@CapedInformer]

Interesting! I guess that’s what happens when you let a guy like Arnold star as a bad guy. But yea I was super impressed how terrifying they were able to make him. A character like that wouldn’t make it today for a variety of reasons

[@mikegoodwin2386]

16:25 you asked "Who is this guy?" That other terminator was played by Franco Columbu. He was Arnold's training partner and another Mr. Olympia winner. Schwarzenegger won it in 1970, 71, 72, 73, 74, and 75. Columbu won in '76. Arnold came back with a surprise entry and won in '80. (He was supposedly there as a commentator. But he'd been training harder than ever and everyone was wondering wtf he was doing. Entered at the last minute. As a former champion, he didn't have to qualify. Stepped on stage and won.) And Columbu won in '81.

[@CapedInformer]

Thanks I’m familiar with Columbu just didn’t know that was him

[@kahnkretefpv7594]

This movie put Arnold into the stratosphere! Much like "Die Hard" did for Bruce Willis! If you've not seen Die Hard...you tripping! Straight up best pyrotechnics I've ever seen in a movie! (Except "Backdraft") holy shit almost forgot that one. "That's my brother gdamit"!

[@BuffaloC305]

Don't miss out on Term 3... it didn't live up to my expectations at first but, over the years of rewatchings, it holds up VERY well and fits nicely. Plus, we get to see Dr. Silverman retreat once again from his 'counseling mode' into a wild, headlong run.

[@jans2887]

Oh god, not T3. Let the man finish the series on a high note. Nothing after T2 is good or even necessary. T3 is more like a parody than a Terminator movie.

[@theleague6886]

Bro you had me lmao. I'm a 80's Baby and the Terminators are classics. Nothing like the feel that you get from these older movies. Good reaction vid. Keep them coming.

[@ShingenNolaan]

If you liked the movie and wanna go even deeper into the lore here you should read the Frakes & Wisher novelisation. It goes way deeper into Kyle's mind, man. Especially about that police station interrogation part and his 'know how' about our society. It makes him so much more fleshed out as a person. Worth to check it out.

[@eirikrsland1399]

I like this dudes reaction to all these films I saw upon original release. He has a fun vibe so I like watching all these reactions. Entertains me for some reason. Fun.

[@ZEPPELIN198]

I'm in the minority on this....but I greatly prefer this over the sequel. This film is far more gritty, which I love

[@CapedInformer]

I know what you mean. The dark cyberpunk theme really works for me over the sequel’s

[@weldonwin]

6:07 Not only does this make a cool level for a video game, there is an ENTIRE video game based on it, its called Terminator Resistance

[@jasond1500]

I've been in gun stores. Don't forget this movie was in the 80s so I don't know back then but usually ammo is behind the counter in stores around here... although in the south you can buy ammo right off the shelf in Walmart like a box of cereal. Not that any of that would stop someone. You could easily walk in ask for a box of shells then ask to check out a shotgun...and now you have both....but all gun shop owners/employee are usually armed so second anyone tried attempting to load a firearm inside the shop they won't have a good time.

[@Taskent12]

You recognized Bill Paxton and Lance Henriksen (Bishop) from the Aliens movie but Michael Biehn who played Kyle Reese was also in Aliens.

[@hellowhat890]

20:35 This scene was in fact the actual dream that James Cameron had when he thought up this story. The dream was literally... that he saw a robot with red eyes rising from the flames and dead set on killing him and all of them. He woke up from that and needed to write down the story for that moment.

[@CapedInformer]

Wow that’s awesome. Best ideas come in dreams sometimes

[@Spindler2007]

I reckon the dream James Cameron was somewhat inspired by a movie he saw in his childhood called Jason and the Argonauts which has a scene where the the main characters fight an army of skeletons.

[@LordVolkov]

Lance Henriksen and Bill Paxton (RIP) share the rare honor of being killed in all three of the great sci-fi/horror franchises (Aliens, Terminator, Predator). Paxton is in Predator 2, but Henriksen won't meet his till Alien Versus Predator.

[@CapedInformer]

Oh wow that’s intense. Pioneers in the sci fi action genre

[@krono5el]

yeeah cant wait for part 2 these two movies are some of my childhood favorites

[@solvingpolitics3172]

You were thoroughly entertaining to watch “react” to this movie! Great job!

[@hooh5479]

Good reaction bro. Always funny to see a young man reacting to our everyday life standards in the 80s. Indeed you could find a public phone in clubs and folks were much more easy going than now.

[@persephonebonner5733]

Love your reaction! Kyle's speech to Sarah about the Terminator, to me, was the most horrifying thing. Just think about it. The Terminator has one purpose: to kill you. It will not get tired, or bored or distracted. It cannot be bought off or reasoned with. It does not even need to sleep or eat. It will never give up and absolutely will not stop until you are dead. To think that something like that is out there and after you IS the stuff of nightmares.

[@CapedInformer]

The perfect killing machine. And thanks!

[@Overlord0011]

If you think about it, this is essentially a slasher movie.

[@Sara_Feingold]

Nice reaction! This and T2 is the best movie duology ever :D On your gun shop question (could you just grab ammo from the counter and shoot the owner): not anymore, but before certain safety measures became standard during the 80s/90s, it could've happened.

[@CapedInformer]

Ok yea that’s believable. ALOT of safety measures seem to be outdated in this movie

[@robertmaez6706]

Been watching your reactions for a little while now. Love your editing and your sense of humour. And I've seen alot(73 years old). Keep up the good work.

[@DanOMega215]

"This whole scene would make a great video game level." May I point you in the direction of Terminator Dawn of Fate, and Terminator Resistance.

[@nigeldonaldson1647]

Some of the ideas seen in Terminator & Robocop have been used before in STARTREK 60S TV series i.e- having prime directives, voice mimicking etc, but "steal from the best" as a legandery director once said.

[@aguycalledkwest]

you need to put “RoboCop” on your list ....

[@mikepayne1167]

That movie messed me up! It’s good but I saw it way too young 🙃

[@DarqeDestroyer]

16:26 "Who is this guy". A terminator. Played by Arnold's bodybuilding buddy Franco Columbu. He died in 2019.

[@douglaswilliams6834]

Just an FYI, this was the first time Arnold said "I'll be back" in a movie. This literally was the origin of that "meme" , catchphrase, or whatever you want to call it. Also, yea dude, the 80's were awesome! I was 18 when this movie was released. What a time to be alive.

[@DangerasTM]

To answer your question ammo is absolutely stored in locked cases to prevent that exact situation lol. And if you saw a guy loading a gun in front of you in a gunstore you wouldnt just go "Don't do that" like the guy in the movie.

[@mikepayne1167]

This and Bladerunner were the first VHS tapes I saw, when I was too young! The 80’s were a funny time 🙃

[@CapedInformer]

I’m realizing that! lol

[@courtneyvaldez7903]

Back when all R rated action movies got action figures to buy as a kid. Damn, it was awesome. Miss that so much.

[@mikepayne1167]

Likewise! The 80s and 90s were a special time to be alive.

[@w41duvernay]

JUST remember this was done With NO CG, before the age of computer effects. Originally, they wanted OJ to play the terminator, but when Arnold got a copy of the script, he was insistant on how the Terminator would be played, as "Every thing he does should be machine Like". Arnold was supposed to play Reese (the hero).

[@trenchy1990]

As much as I love Arnie. Michael Biehn is the stand out in this and Linda Hamilton is in #2.

[@blacktronlego]

14:30 I think this is the first time he says it, it was only later it became his iconic line.

[@wratched]

Leterally seconds after you said, "the guy is made of nightmares," the Terminator rose from the flames, which was actually a food-poisoning nightmare that inspired James Cameron to make the film.

[@CapedInformer]

Lol that’s crazy

[@Taskent12]

You do good reactions. I thoroughly enjoy them. I am subscribed to hundreds of others and I would put you in my top 10. Keep it up!!

[@CapedInformer]

That means a lot. I definitely will!

[@mmsizzlak]

The sole time Arnold was TRULY an actor... Man he was menacing and malevolent in this... Everything after this was just a caricature he played in every film... Still love his movies either way... Grew up on them

[@dipsydoodle7988]

Great reaction. This is definitely a great movie. You will LOVE T2. One of the best movies ever made.

[@CapedInformer]

I DID love T2

[@dipsydoodle7988]

@@CapedInformer I watched the reaction! 😬👍👊

[@fredzeppelin3969]

As for your thumbnail of O.J., he was originally considered for the part of the Terminator, but the director thought he was "too nice."

[@devinrivers5808]

Nice review, the scene were the terminator breaks in the house and shoots up the place...that one terminator carrying the big gun..with the red eye..is Arnold’s training partner, 1981 Mr. Olympia...Franco Columbo

[@antonnovo695]

'It would be my Honor!" LOL YEAH

[@traceyreid4585]

'How do you get into a nightclub with a loaded shotgun?' Calvin Harris had the words... It was acceptable in the 80's! 😂

[@RoodeMenon]

13:18 It is most certainly for kids. It occurred to me that James's nightmare during Piranha 2 about a Heavy Metal skeleton rising from fire and "It's not over yet" is a metaphor for any production. Just when you think it's done......a curve ball comes at you from nowhere and u gotta endure more.

[@gluuuuue]

T2 is fantastic. That said, I prefer this one because of the more techno soundtrack and bleak night battles on the streets of LA.

[@CapedInformer]

Yea the soundtrack was dope

[@ronsmith5572]

The terminator from the future was sent back in time to kill Sara before the birth of her son John Connor could happen because he became a threat to the terminators in the future . Reece from the future came back in time to prevent the terminator from killing Sara Connor.

[@rvnlvr0599]

To get that steam on Arnold’s jacket after he rolls off the hood of the car, they actually dripped acid on it

[@amanibob1416]

To answer it straight up: Yes, to test loading and ease-of-use, anyone dressed nicely, with the right "way to speak" *and* with proper conduct *would, back then and there* have a chance to test/experience the loading of *a* / *any* firearms, if so approved by the owner. It ain't *GTA5* , but it was the 80s, katana in planes? Dunno, (KillBill reference), but a single example/load? Maybe, but *not talking and dressed like that* . Muscle mountain in punk garbs getting his hands on a spray-and-pray gun like this uzi, let alone a lethal danger like that here spaz-12. Just saying, my dad could buy a shotgun and he said he wouldn't insist, but would feel free to ask if he could "load one shell". He didn't ever ask, but he's Canadian and back in the 80s, he wuz under 30 year old. Tie wearing, plain-spoken and black? Okay in Canada. Austrian, muscle-bound and in the US? Not with the punk look, no way.

[@CapedInformer]

Ok that makes a lot more sense lol

[@EgadsNo]

PCP was actually developed by the military for use as an in-field pain killer. It works extremely well at killing pain- but the other side effects made it a less than desirable solution.

[@darastarscream]

If you ever get the chance, see this in a theater. The only other time I got the same rush was after I saw Fury Road the first time.

[@dbcooper2756]

Your gun store question: The ammunition is usually on accessible shelves while the guns are behind the counter or inside the displays. Gun store employees are usually carrying with a round in the pipe so loading a firearm at the counter like that would likely lead to an instant life ending reaction. They can easily draw and fire faster than a psycho can load.

[@jefmay3053]

Dude.... "Loaded shotgun in a nightclub"...... dude.....you could do anything you wanted in The 80"s...... cant believe i'm still alive.

[@CapedInformer]

Lol wild

[@stuboyd1194]

After the cop fails to tell Reece what year it is, he learns the year from the phone book.

[@Cobalt-Jester]

Yeah... That is not how a laser sight works. You zero your optic sight to around 30 yard, or what ever, then you adjust the laser so it points in the middle of your sight at your set range. When you look through your scope the laser dot lines up with the markings on your scope sight letting you know to aim high or low.

[@Egobyte83]

6:21 There's a buttload of Terminator games out there already which make use of that exact scene.

[@Void-fs5xw]

For one this is the best of the Terminator movies and for two we took that statement that it's happening tonight very seriously back in the day when this was new... We pictures seeing madness playing out on the freeway and so forth...

[@AgentSickOrange]

Most people forget this Terminator movie is a straight up horror/scifi classic.

[@gretch8928]

Great, fun, creative reaction, dude! I'm new to your channel-- can't wait to see more!!

[@iagorincon]

I’ve never seen the shells or cartridges that easily available. But then again this is the early eighties. Hell I don’t even know how many gun shops are left in LA.

[@jarrodferrera9524]

Great freaking movie the sound music and direction James Cameron nailed it 👍👍👍😎😃

[@dasborke]

The Punk Arnold guts in the beginning (with Bill Paxton) was the main protagonist in Cobra with Sly.

[@mrboi6808]

Reese: i got a bullet wound those 30 cops: welcome to the gang

[@danielrodriguez3653]

fun fact: metal gear on the NES basically has Kyle from Terminator as Snake on the cover on the game cartridge.

[@bananasaregood8655]

My fave terminator movie! I hope you watch terminator 2 aswel, and original robocop

[@mattlawrence1932]

Funny that u recognized the lesser known characters from Aliens like Bill Paxton aka Hudson and Lance Hendrickson aka Bishop but u didn't realize that the guy that plays Kyle is also Corporal Hicks from Aliens which is Sigourney Weavers aka Ripley's main costar in Aliens & also her love interest in that movie , he's the second main character in both Terminator & Aliens , hes that one Marine that actually survived in Aliens 🤣🤣🤣💯 plus in Terminator 2 , Vasquez from Aliens plays John Conners step mother💯

[@markcaldwell2831]

"He didn't travel back in time to save Sarah Connor, he came back to bang Sarah Connor". I couldn't stop laughing.

[@reneedennis2011]

This is a classic! Thank you for this video!

[@sspdirect02]

You need to react to Titanic, it’s Jim Cameron’s Oscar winning epic.

[@JohnnyBarton85]

Mad I did not see your reaction to this when you first did but better late than never 💯💯💯