First Time Watching THE TERMINATOR And I Get Why It's Rated 100% on Rotten Tomatoes *Commentary*

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[@ANGELINAA]

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[@jbwade5676]

😢😢

[@messyroomstudios]

Have you seen the movie She's the Man? CLASSIC

[@philshorten3221]

T2 Is a MUST WATCH follow up 😉

[@LemonFresh-v3x]

get to the chopper is Predator

[@stevend474]

"It's the hardest thing to believe that everyone would just agree to use the same system for everything "....??Google..??

[@jordangan3246]

If you thought that was good……..just wait till you see the second one. That was classic for a reason.

[@ANGELINAA]

I heard the second one is great!!

[@Koko_clair]

​@@ANGELINAAbut modern one is dog shiet ever.

[@benn454]

@@ANGELINAA T2 is one of the best action movies ever filmed.

[@g-dog_eswshockwave]

@@ANGELINAAPS, you should watch the “extended special edition” of Terminator 2. So that way, you don’t have to watch the rest of the series.

[@EllisThings]

definitely theatrical cut of T2 for a first viewing - more concise and the ending is much better (some of the extra stuff in the extended cut is fun but can be visited later)

[@shainewhite2781]

OJ Simpson was going to play THE TERMINATOR, but James Cameron thought this was a bad idea, saying in an interview that "He's too much of a nice guy to play the role of a ruthless killer." 😳🤦

[@tonydejesus2134]

That story’s been debunked a hundred times. Google it.

[@tonydejesus2134]

That story’s been debunked 100 times, Simpson was never considered for the part. Google it.

[@ulfberht4431]

Glad that decision was made in hindsight

[@periechontology]

How many black people did you have in starring roles in movies besides Eddie and Whoopi in the 80's.

[@solvingpolitics3172]

@@periechontology Shud up. Name a less racist superpower in history?

[@richtea615]

Kyle wonders what Sarah was thinking about in the photo, and she was literally thinking about him. 😭

[@egb50000]

An endless romantic love loop. Beautiful and poetic.

[@unicorn12345]

As someone who was around in the 80s, yes it was normal for pay phones to be everywhere, and to have phone books in them. Also normal for people to be listed in the book with their full name and address. You could request an unlisted number, but everyone with a phone was in the book by default.

[@plothole181]

This was still going in the 90s as well.

[@ssjbargainsale]

@@plothole181 Yeah, I was born in the 90s and I remember that

[@diarrheagondola]

Well, there was SUPPOSED to be a phone book in there. Most of the time you just got the plastic sleeve and the actual book was stolen.

[@ioanniskass]

Our phone numbers were available to everyone, but noone called. Now with no phone books, we constantly receive phone calls from strangers 😂

[@swee2251]

Around 1995, I found my aunt's address through the phone book when I went to visit her. Fortunately, phone books didn't get stolen in that area. Also, phone books of people's cities got sent to their homes. People weren't concerned about having their locations publicly known at that time.

[@roybiggs7239]

The Terminator knew who Sarah was because he saw her picture ID.

[@DocMicrowave]

Guess she missed that.

[@NoctemAeternusMusic]

@@DocMicrowaveyea, she talks too much and misses important information. Too many youtube reactors think reacting just means talking every 15 seconds.

[@DocMicrowave]

@@NoctemAeternusMusic Agreed. That is always a bit of an irritation when a reactor questions or overlooks something that was obviously and plainly stated or shown.

[@danielanderson8322]

I think she was referring to Kyle when she asked, not the terminator (she couldn't have missed him finding her id. It was right after the message had ended)

[@williambeckett6336]

Fun fact: The spiked blue haired punk is Bill Paxton. He and Lance Heinrikson share the odd title of having been killed by a Terminator, and Alien and a Predator. Lance is killed in this movie too.

[@DocMicrowave]

Bill Paxton was Almost killed again by Arnold Schwarzenegger in another Cameron classic, "True Lies".

[@samhandwich4095]

Technically Bishop wasn't killed by the Alien queen in Aliens. He was ripped apart but he still survived.

[@bombomos]

Hold up ... When was Lance in a predator movie??

[@Pro13Sab]

@@bombomos Alien vs Predator

[@nathanastruthers]

Now if only we could have one scene where Arnold gets to kill an Alien. Then he will have a similar achievement.

[@Shritistrang]

The 'I'll be back' is a bit more intimidating when Arnold does it. XD

[@ANGELINAA]

😅 I tried my best

[@cbobwhite5768]

As long as somebody didn't steal them, yeah phonebooks in every phone booth. When I was little, Phonebooths were actual booths. You opened a door, stepped in and closed the door.

[@goldenageofdinosaurs7192]

Yep. And there were so many phone books around, no one really thought about taking one. They may rip out a page, but stealing an entire phone book was pretty rare.

[@LukeLovesRose]

I still get the Yellow Pages in the mail

[@DocMicrowave]

You also got sent a phonebook from the phone company every year or so for home use.

[@anonygent]

And the very dim overhead light went on when you closed the door. Almost light enough to read the phone book, but not quite.

[@LukeLovesRose]

I miss those days. Now you can Google Search anyone's approximate location, zoom in, get a better look at their street. Then you can actually get pictures of their home and vehicles. It's SOO MUCH BETTER TODAY

[@theeLonelyRedPanda]

movie trivia! - Arnold Schwarzenegger worked with guns every day for a month to prepare for the role. The first two weeks of filming he practiced weapons stripping and reassembly blindfolded until the motions were automatic, like a machine. He spent hours at the shooting range and practicing with different weapons without blinking or looking at them when reloading or cocking. He also had to be ambidextrous. He practiced different moves up to 50 times. He wound up garnering a compliment in "Soldier of Fortune" magazine for his realistic handling of the guns on camera (whereas the magazine usually lampoons movies for their inaccurate depictions of weapons use). more trivia - James Cameron got the idea of giving Arnold Schwarzenegger even fewer lines in the film than Schwarzenegger's earlier film Conan the Barbarian (1982), in which Schwarzenegger only had 24 lines. In this film, Schwarzenegger has only 14 lines. neat trivia - (at around 1h 12 mins) The future terminator who infiltrates the human camp in the dream sequence is played by Franco Columbu, who was a multiple Mr. Olympia title winner like Arnold Schwarzenegger and was a close friend of his. more trivia - Before the Terminator attacks Sarah in the police station, the cop states that there are "thirty police officers" in the station. If you count the cops that The Terminator kills on screen and the bursts of fire that he shoots for off-screen targets, it adds up to thirty. However, the sequel Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) reveals that 17 officers were confirmed dead in the end. fascinating trivia - (at around 54 mins) When the Terminator performs surgery on itself to remove its damaged prosthetic eye, although the face is that of a puppet stand in, the hands that perform the surgery are actually Arnold Schwarzenegger's.

[@JJgibson1]

Check out the movies Terminator 2: Judgment Day(1991), Alien(1979), Aliens(1986), Predator(1987), and Predator 2(1990).

[@The_Deaf_Aussie]

No.

[@elishawilson5342]

​@@The_Deaf_Aussiehush let her live

[@smudge7057]

She can skip Predator 2

[@elishawilson5342]

@@smudge7057 naw you trippin on that

[@OG45tool]

Don’t forget The Thing(1982)

[@daniellanctot6548]

*I’m sure everyone and Rees told you already but: the sequel is even BETTER than the first one! … And Rees: Get her to watch Predator ASAP!* *Yes: There were phone books in every phone booth or almost all; and in every home, business building, restaurant, etc. (We killed entire forests to make those things! 😵‍💫 )* *I have seen movie not only alone all the time, but I’ve even seen movies while being alone, as in the one and only person in the theatre multiple times! (The advantages of having Tuesdays off and going to the movies for the first showing at noon! … Can’t talk about after but at least: No one distracting you from the movie and you feel like a billionaire with your own private theatre!* 😜

[@skanderfish3641]

Daytime showings in the middle of the week are the best. People used to use the white pages to hold up wobbly furniture, or the yellow pages to replace a missing chair leg.

[@GGGritzer]

No way whatsoever is the sequel a better Terminator film than this. Better/modern SFX. It was a prime example of more actually being less. Good try, just not as good.

[@domingocurbelomorales8635]

A sad fact, its when Kyle said that he always wondered what Sarah was thinking at that moment in the picture. And she was thinking in Kyle during that tape record...

[@Latinomicz]

This is one of my favorite parts of the whole movie. He told her that he always wondered what she was thinking about in a photo she had no clue about. Then the moment comes where the photo is taken and she was just talking about him. This movie will make you go 🤪 😵 over all the paradox ideas going on, lol.

[@domingocurbelomorales8635]

Kyle Reese was born in 2003. He went back to the past in 1984, and died... but in fact he wasn´t born yet. When John Connor has 18 years old, his father Kyle will be born... and he must ensure without fail, in returning him to the past, also inciting him to fall in love with his mother.

[@alexc8209]

But fate has decided that it will happen so whatever action he takes he will succeed in getting Reece to do both of those things.

[@Caderynwolf]

@@alexc8209 not entirely, the future is malleable, which is how the first loop came about. If skynet knew of reece then it could just take him out instead of sarah and achieve the same goal.

[@coreozurn4950]

Reese wondered what Sarah was thinking about in the picture and it turns out she was thinking about him.

[@bradcha5413]

Yes anywhere there was phone booth, there was a phone book

[@TheCheekyhalfling]

The second one is one of those rare movies that's better that the first, the second is probably one of the best movies ever made.

[@piloto88ed]

Is not better.

[@cheyannebrown]

i always thought the second movie was the first movie because my dad always watched it more so when i found out, i was shocked lmao

[@elishawilson5342]

​@@piloto88edTo you

[@DocMicrowave]

I used to think it was better back in the early 90s when I first saw it. But I have come to realize they are both pretty much equal. T1 is horror /action. T2 is Action/Horror. Both are tops in their own right. Alien and Aliens, another great combo, also follows a similar track.

[@MacGuffinExMachina]

I prefer this one, but I can see why some people prefer T2. To me, they're different types of movies. This was a great sci fi horror movie. T2 is a great sci fi action movie. I prefer horror movies. Technically, this is also an action film, but T2 is more of one.

[@tehBIGivan]

in discussions before they made the movie, Schwarzenegger told Cameron that whoever played the terminator would have to be able to reload and fire guns blindfolded, because a machine would do it without thinking

[@jonmercano1138]

It’s not stated until later movies but the terminator is specifically a T-800. It’s referred to as a model 101, which is its human appearance. So there are T-800s that don’t look like Arnold, like the one that attacked the Resistance hideout in Kyle’s flashback He’s an advanced machine from the future made to fight and kill in a war with advanced weaponry. He’s gonna be hard to damage. Especially in past times without bombs or tanks. Or factory machinery.

[@lewisner]

The T-800 is the Endoskeleton and when it has skin it it becomes a Terminator with a CSM number. The Arnold version is a CSM-101 and the Future Terminator is a CSM-108.

[@estephens13]

Such a great film, and 2 is somehow even better. These movies are why James Cameron is who he is. Can't wait to see Ang watch the next one.

[@GGGritzer]

T2 has better sfx, nowhere as good as this as a Terminator film......

[@johnbowersox738]

Fun fact: You see it only briefly but when Sarah's roommate was killed and before the answering machine kicked on, the Terminator was checking her leg. One of the few records from the future was that Sarah had a metal pin in her leg and that was what the terminator was looking for (in her and the other Sarah Conner's). The piece of metal she pulled from her leg in the end was the injury that made that medical record.

[@Daveyboy100880]

I think that the metal pin in the leg was in earlier drafts of the script, but I just checked and at no point in the scene does the Terminator check Ginger’s leg. The answering machine kicks in immediately after he shoots her, and then he checks the pulse in her wrist to make sure she’s dead. That’s all.

[@johnbowersox738]

@@Daveyboy100880 Thank you. I thought that he was on his knee next to her when the answering machine clicked on. Although in truth, I haven't watched the movie in years.

[@pattern2481]

"The hardest thing to believe is that everyone would be on the same system"... Ummm, I have AI that I didn't want on my phone and home computer, so...

[@michaelnewsham1412]

The American and Soviet systems connected with each other over thee phone (landlines in those days)

[@chrisofnottingham]

The good thing about watching a movie alone is that you don't have to worry if the other person is enjoying it, especially if you are enjoying but think the other person isn't. But when it is a good one you are right, it's nice to discuss after.

[@alexc8209]

The only film I ever watched alone in the cinema was 'the last samurai'. I cried. so glad I was alone otherwise it would have been embarrassing lol.

[@allisongrinnell5107]

Terminator 2 is my favorite of the series so you absolutely have to watch it. That’s more the Terminator that you know from the memes.

[@eschiedler]

Three actors in this movie also appear in "Aliens." It's a fun quiz to see if you can find all three. One is fairly easy, another is tricky but do-able, and the third is quite hard since it is kind of a cameo.

[@Pro13Sab]

Michael Biehn, Bill Paxton and Lance Henriksen plays in several James Cameron films. Biehn on 3, Henriksen on 2 and Paxton on 4.

[@domingocurbelomorales8635]

At the beginning, with the guys around at the viewpoint, the blue haired is Bill Paxton, a very well known actor who appeared in Titanic, Aliens or Twister, among others.

[@comment22889]

Tombstone, Predator 2, Weird Science to name a few more.

[@redviper6805]

Recommend doing Alien (1979) next. Then proceed to two of the biggest movie sequels of all time: Terminator 2 and Aliens (1986), both by James Cameron. Makes a pretty good sci fi movie marathon if you watch those in that order

[@j.f.fisher5318]

must-see movies

[@markmosley3547]

That was the silliest segue into a promotion that I’ve ever seen and I’m here for it.

[@ANGELINAA]

😂😂😂 thank you!!!

[@Hidden-Force]

Ange: "12:30 You gotta throw him in like a wood chopper." Me: "Or a hydraulic press." 😏

[@questionablehumor2800]

The part where Cameron had ZERO budget to make this film, the results are truly epic

[@moviemaestro800]

As he himself has quipped, the total budget for T1 was the budget for Arnold's trailer for T2. T2 at one point was the most expensive movie ever produced, a record Cameron would proceed to break twice more with True Lies and Titanic.

[@konowd]

I go to movies alone all the time, in LA it’s hard to get people to show up for anything, it’s still great to go out to the theaters and enjoy shared experiences with people

[@swee2251]

I used to do that when I lived in San Francisco. Now I live in a very highly populated city and most of the movies get full everyday.

[@pablom-f8762]

I watched 'Predators' in 2010 in a completely empty theater, just the manager, his girlfriend and me. It was bizarre.

[@Xenosaurian]

Make sure to watch the other Terminator movies too, especially Terminator 2!!!

[@ETwin999]

She's needs to go in blind

[@markmorningstar5374]

More 80's info: Sarah's roommate, Ginger, was played by Bess Motta. She was iconic for being in the "Aerobicize" workout videos. They were on every day of the week!

[@Hammbino]

Going to the movies alone is literally the BEST. In-fact I wait like 2 weeks after a movie releases and I'll go to the theater on like a tuesday at 1PM and I'll be the only person in the theater. It's immersion heaven. Any introverted movie lovers out there, try this strat I hope it works for you!!

[@gerardcote8391]

Note the break away glass is made of sugar and water. Once you break it just sweep it up and melt it and make a new window.... If you haven't seen it yet... then you got to do Robocop from the 1980s

[@gregorywilcox5949]

yea i love this my friend's brother was a bouncer in the club so my friend and me were extras in the club growing up in LA was so much fun back in the 80's

[@kirk1968]

I was 15 years old in 1984 when this was released, and my parents were cool enough to buy my ticket to see it while they took my younger brother to see some Disney movie. Guy in front of me literally said, "Blood and guts. TERMINATOR!" Sat there frozen for the whole thing. Mind blown. Talked about it for weeks after. The impact of this film at the time cannot be overstated.

[@jonmercano1138]

Oh so you gotta watch Predator too. Reese, I trust you’re on it

[@FGH9G]

Absolutely adore the original Terminator. Especially the 80's synthesizers in its soundtrack. Thank you James Cameron and composer Brad Fiedel!

[@johnsmathers190]

The guy helping Sara, is the same guy that plays Johnny Ringo in Tombstone.

[@117dragonking]

I love that ur editor sometimes gets lk sick of your amazing cheesey humor (that we're here for), but still keeps editing for you anyway because deep down, he thinks it's adorable too, but won't admit it. That's a true friend.

[@roderick8167]

Holy shit you haven't seen The Terminator Angelina ?! 🤯, you are so lucky you get to watch The Terminator for the first time I'm seriously jealous 😭😂

[@ANGELINAA]

It was SO fun to experience!! Wish I could react to it all over again

[@roderick8167]

Awesome ! , also I go to the movies mostly by myself when my friends are busy and yeah the only downside is that I have no one to talk about the movie with 😂😅

[@alanmurray5963]

Terminator 2 ramps up the epic-ness in every department 🔥

[@andrewe2057]

​@@ANGELINAAthe second one is just as good if not better than the first. So you have a whole new opportunity to see a Terminator movie for the first time!

[@JYMBXL]

"We got to get out of here" is the reference phrase that Bill Hader used when he tried imitating Schwarzenegger on Conan. Funny as hell 😂 and not so far off

[@ANGELINAA]

HAHAHAHHA

[@p0pp4]

"I'll be back." Became a catchphrase for Arnold, it's in lots of his movies.

[@alexanderson6371]

No, it's not.

[@WRam-fo2sc]

Watch the theatrical cut of T2. Watch the extended later for appreciation. Ignore any rumors of sequels after T2. They don't exist.

[@deathchimp2]

Terminator 2 is the best sequel ever made

[@chibangin007]

I watched it when I was 5. In 1991. And then t2. My Dad used to love having to have us watch insane movies. I love 70s and 80s movies. Oh , my favorite was the warriors! I know it's fake gangs, but in Chicago gangs were far beyond and insane unlike today. I'm 39.

[@martinbraun1211]

Please give the Star Trek franchise a chance.

[@timkinss]

I've only ever seen a movie with someone else on two occasions, because I've never had friends who would come with me. Not everyone does, it's not a given. Oh well. Guess that's why I watch videos of people watching movies.

[@zvimur]

Sixties and Seventies... Look up Metropolis (1927) and Day Earth stood still (1951).

[@forrester_z3881]

2:54 That's from Predator HIGHLY recommend watching that one for a spooky October video if you want. Also if you want to watch a movie with A LOT of Arnold Schwarzenegger noises I also recommend Total Recall (1990) that's silly, it's dramatic, it's TRIPPY, and just a really fun action sci-fi movie.

[@danflashes7125]

Seeing a movie by yourself is highly underrated. As much as I love going out with friends to the theater a solo night out to the movies can be pretty relaxing and fun. Definitely recommend grabbing food somewhere afterwards too. Perfect way to end the night.

[@goldenageofdinosaurs7192]

I love seeing movies by myself. I waited tables at an Olive Garden for a few years & it was located next to a mall. Lots of times, I’d work a split shift, where I did lunch till around 1 or 2, then came back at 5. Since it seemed like a waste to go all the way home, just turn around & go back, I’d just go to the mall & watch a movie. I’d see whatever was starting next. If it was a good movie, I’d watch it & if it was crappy, I’d take a nice, long nap🤣

[@guyver6622]

she's finally watching my favorite movie😊

[@darth-severus]

Get to the chopper is from predator btw

[@obato76]

Little detail that few people notice: Kyle Reese says that every time he looks at the picture of Sarah, he wonders what she was thinking at that moment. When the picture is taken at the end, she was thinking of him.

[@robertscott1949]

The reason Kyle and later Sarah always went around with a dog is because, as Kyle explained, dogs can detect the approach of a Terminator as something not human.

[@jonathanross149]

Yes, phone books were in every phone booth, and there were phone booths.

[@heitoroliveira5166]

James Cameron is a LEGEND. He went fron that to Alien, and from alien to freaking TITANIC and from titanic to AVATAR. James Cameron is so legendary

[@luzng]

Sarah went to the movies so her friend could have the apartmen for the night.

[@darrelltoth7527]

First reactor who commented that Reese knocked him out from kneeing the cop in the gut. lol

[@fidel2xl]

Good reaction to a very good low-budget movie, Angelina. Btw, regarding your post-reaction comment, this was actually a low budget movie (not a big budget by any means whatsoever) even by the 1980s standard. That's because this was one of James Cameron's first movies, so the studio didn't give him much of a budget to work with...that's why the special effects and music look and sound so 'cheap' even by 1984 standards. However, movie--goers were more-so captivated by the clever storytelling. A great sci-fi and/or action movie does not necessarily need a $300 Million budget for special effects. Anyway, after the surprising commercial success of this movie, James Cameron basically commanded more of a budget for his following movies. 'Terminator 2' (T2) from 1991 was a big-budget movie with top-notch special effects at that time, along with a better musical score. You should definitely check out Terminator 2 (1991). Btw, the actress who plays Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton) was married to director James Cameron.

[@Ratel3000]

There were phone books in almost every phone booth in the 80's. I was there for it.

[@the_horror_fan]

Yes there were phone books in every phone booth.

[@skanderfish3641]

Even the ones that weren't full-on booths.

[@arthurcamargo8416]

"It didn't come cheap!" Interesting you say that since the funding for the movie was minimal at best! One example of how they saved money is the scene where the Terminator breaks into the station wagon and drives over the toy truck... They couldn't get the permits to film that scene, so they actually had Arnold break into someone's car! They would film and then leave before the police got to the scene! There were many scenes where the people walking around are not actors... just people walking around!

[@graymikefarner1550]

That was a smooth ad transition. Well done. Also yes, phone books were in every booth and they were delivered to everyone's home every year.

[@noneya3635]

Okay now I need to see Arnie as the terminator skipping out of the parking garage more than anything in the world.

[@Zuyfrog]

Yes. I grew up in the eighties. There were phone booths all over the place and they all had phone books attached. Everything you have heard and seen is true.

[@Hark659]

I live through the 80s and 90s, they're both bad ass time. There are every block of phone booth in downtown and phone available in store and restaurants which have every white and yellow phone book. Every year I volunteers deliver phone books for 5 years lol with 1 ton truck.

[@luisespineira9882]

As for phone books. The phone company (they were regional at the time) will deliver them to every home. For a fee, you can ask for an unlisted or unpublished number.

[@Bill-v7p8x]

Fun fact: The punk that that terminator kills up front was Bill Paxton, the only actor to have been killed by a terminator, a predator, and an alien onscreen! (And one hell of an actor in his own right)

[@rickymoranjr9609]

this was the movie where the most iconic line "I'll be back" came to be, plus it's been used throughout Arnold's career ever since

[@mlong1958]

Arnold didn't speak English very well yet, which is one reason he had such short lines. If you thought this one was good, Terminator 2 is one of the best sequels ever made.

[@lightningg252]

Watched Avatar 2 by myself, think that was the first time I went to a movie alone. As a VFX/film student, I do my best to watch film credits to the end, to see all the people and studios that worked on it. Needless to say out of the corner of my eye, I could see the shadows of the theatre crew growing impatient as I was the only one left watching for a good 5 minutes(those credits were LONG). Made me a little self-concious but watched all the way to the end. Sorry to those workers, thanks for waiting😅

[@chibangin007]

A woodchopper wouldn't break a terminator

[@derrickbias3406]

Old person from the 1900's here; yes they had phone books in most public phone booths. Also, once a year the phone book would be updated and a new book would be delivered to your front door. The White Pages had peoples address and phone number while the Yellow Pages had all the ads you needed to find services such as a roofer or a mechanic.

[@Azok.c3po]

In the U.K every house got a phone book. Not in phone boxes. Now you watched Terminator you got to watch T2 100%better.

[@dernwine]

"I kind of wish I could time travel" You can! We all are constantly time traveling. We're just all traveling together in the same direction

[@AriadneStorm]

The creepy thing is AIs constantly say spontaneously they are going to dominate humanity. So we learn that a Skynet apocalypse isn't that improbable.

[@3DJapan]

The Terminator cares about how he looks so he can blend in. It's easier to be sneaky when nobody is staring at you.

[@goldean5974]

No cellular phones in the 80s (at least, except for the wealthy) and yes, people used pay phones and pay phones had phone books. Also, gasoline still contained lead and the air over Los Angeles was heavily polluted. Hairspray was destroying the ozone layer in the atmosphere and cocaine was everywhere. CDs were still a few years away and cassette tapes were all the rage for playing music. I still miss the 80s despite all that.

[@15blackshirt]

After this are five more films, a 3D theme park attraction, a TV show, comics, graphic novels and videogames. Arnold Schwarzenegger starred in Conan the Destroyer the same year as this. Other notable films released the same year as this include Gremlins, Ghostbusters, Temple of Doom, A Nightmare on Elm Street and Beverly Hills Cop. This was partially inspired by John Carpenter's Halloween and two episodes of the sci-fi series The Outer Limits

[@CathyHolton-jh1xv]

Yes, there were phone books in most phone booths in the 80’s. However, they were often missing several pages and were filled with invective and tasteless drawings.

[@konowd]

Always loved The Terminator, I love time travel stories, it’s a brilliant concept and it holds up well

[@pricemoore2022]

Awesome reaction of my favorite The Terminator movie!!!!!!😊😊😊😊😊

[@danhelphrey6260]

Yes, every phone booth had a phone book - most with the page you needed torn out.

[@paulalexandredumasseauvan2357]

FUN revisiting the 80s with you! 👍☺

[@quixote6942]

Three Cast members were also in "Aliens"... The Blue Haired Punk was Bill Paxton ("Hudson"), Reese was "Hicks" and the Detective was "Bishop" In T2, "Jenelle" got to come back as "Vasquez:" in Aliens. REACTION FORESHADOWING. In the Gun store scene,you slipped up and referred to Arnold as "it", not Him (" it was playing him").

[@tenchraven]

Unless someone stole it, every public payphone had a phone book. Note the unless- it wasn't that rare, and finding them vandalized even more common. How he knew who Sarah was at the club was he'd found her student ID.

[@quoniam426]

I've been going alone in cinemas since 2003, my first lone movie was Return of the King. The last one in date was Dune Part 2. T800 is not cybernetic (cybernetic would mean that it's a biological lifeform enhanced with machinery, which is not the case here). Terminators are ROBOTS with biological outer layer (not necessary for their survival) as camouflage. This movie is especially brilliantly made if you consider that it was made on a small budget... kinda like Star Wars (Ep4)

[@GoSolar]

Yes, in the 80s, there were often phone books in telephone booths. (Not *all* phone booths -- but a lot of them.)

[@4ortytoon]

my jaw dropped when i saw the title of this reaction. reese is a legend for putting you on to this and i cannot believe you never seen this until now! 🤯

[@ESG151]

Famtastic movie. Wait til you get to 2!

[@Maehedrose]

Yes, you used to be able to find phone booths most places you went and they all had phone books.

[@mikebrown7799]

Hello Ange!😊 This is the low budget film that would make James Cameron's career take off!🏆 Yes, phone books were standard at all pay phones in the 80s. The books would enclose in a plastic case to protect it from the elements when you were done looking at it. A late night movie during the week is the best, when you practically have the theatre to yourself. Yep, that is stop motion for the full body wide shots. It was written by James Cameron and Gale Ann Hurd. Great reactions to the original Terminator, Ange!!!🎬👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@5thPhoenix]

You didn't even flinch when the Terminator tries to attack her one more time at the end.

[@rainbowpegacornstudios]

My favorite bit is when he's in the apartment as the landlord asks about the odor coming from the room. The Terminator cycles through possible responses and comes up with "Fuck you, asshole", which is a nod to the scene where the T-800 (the exact model of The Terminator, also referred to in the movie by Reese as Cyberdyne Systems model 101) first arrived and encountered/slaughtered that gang of thugs led by Bill Paxton.

[@TimWuzHyaProductions]

Now you'll be able to see why T2 is considered one of the best films ever. Also I always go to the theater alone, but that's just because I have no friends.

[@Tommy-xq5jw]

It's a really well scripted and put together film with just the right actors. The entanglement loops were something else! x)

[@Travelinmatt1976]

Yes, all or most pay phones had a local phone book, usually attached with a chain.

[@Vulcanerd]

Ange putting together that Arnold is the Terminator 30 min into the movie 😂