First Time Watching *THE TERMINATOR* To See What The Hype Is About!

[@HelloMellowXVI]

What’s Your Favorite Line From The Movie??? Share And Like The Video! AHOO!!! AHOO!!! AHOO!!!

[@nopewmopan]

"You can't do that." "Wrong."

[@jbgoal3902]

I'l be back

[@windsaw151]

I really like the two oneliners that the german dub added, which in my opinion worked perfectly. One was when he pulled the guy away from the phone-booth. In german: "Hey, look up 'Asshole'! I'm sure you'll find your number there!" The other was when he walked down the corridor with the weapons raised. The other guy said "It's okay, the corridor's all yours, brother!"

[@vancethurman7977]

“You just bit my hand. I might be a little petty.” That was funny

[@vancethurman7977]

First time I saw this movie was on cable at about 10 years old. Was terrified looking for the flying machines all over the place. Had nightmares and my dad and I went out one night to the restaurant Sarah Connor worked at, Bob’s Big Boy. Had pie, dad had coffee. One of those things you never forget. Since you have seemed to be getting through movies in 1984. Ghostbusters Top Secret The Terminator The Last Starfighter*** The Last Starfighter is a must

[@PSNmemoryismisery]

The 80's was special. I was able to see all these movies in real time growing up. It was an absolutely mind-blowing decade to grow up in.

[@jp3813]

1984: Terminator, Ghostbusters, Karate Kid, Gremlins, NeverEnding Story, Temple of Doom, Beverly Hills Cop, Footloose, This Is Spinal Tap, Romancing the Stone, Nightmare on Elm Street, Splash, The Natural, Red Dawn, Last Starfighter, Sixteen Candles, Top Secret, Purple Rain, Amadeus, Once Upon a Time in America, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, etc...

[@2012banksnb]

The 80s didn’t play when it came to action and horror movies. ❤

[@zacatkinson3926]

90s too

[@mattsnyderARTIST]

Practical FX artists were artists and mechanics. CGI might be faster but just not as impressive.

[@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.😢

[@Serai3]

It reminds me of the photo in "Somewhere in Time". Christoper Reeve falls madly in love with a photo and travels back in time only to find the reason he fell in love with that image is because at that moment _she was looking at him._ :)

[@rogerfarley7823]

And Mell yappin so much about the kids hustle totally blew by that moment and didn't see the pic that was taken was the one Reese got from John.

[@HelloMellowXVI]

I Really Did Though, Like Why Did I Have To Acknowledge That? I Really Thought That Was Common Sense... Didn't Feel Like I Had To Acknowledge Every Single Thing Brother. Like Was That Supposed To Be Some Big Twist? I Already Knew That Was The Picture When I Heard The Camera Sound. Like Who Couldn't Have Figured That Out? I Just Think You Wanted To See That Scene Again, But Hey Nothing Wrong With That.

[@Serai3]

@@HelloMellowXVI LOL, some people just gotta complain. Do your reactions your way, and don't pay any mind to the nitpickers. :)

[@mrmeerkat1096]

@@HelloMellowXVI Hay kid get the fu#k out of my face. That would have been a better ending to the movie LOL

[@SpawnOfJenova]

If you like Linda Hamilton's performance in this film, you HAVE to see her in Terminator 2. It's like she's playing a completely different character. Amazing range.

[@Serai3]

By that time, she is a completely different character. That sweet little waitress is long gone. :(

[@darastarscream]

Hey, you try living with an accumulated ten years of Apocalyptic knowledge plus a massive case of PTSD.

[@jasonkreider8954]

@@darastarscream also knowing your son is going to be the leader of a resistance

[@Ishkur23]

She had an enormous responsibility: To train her son to lead the future of mankind. To do that, she needed to train herself first.

[@Mr.Hyde_23]

@@darastarscream Heck, I'm only on 3 years of apocalyptic knowledge and I'm a completely different person.

[@oceanlover1214]

This movie had only like a $6 million budget. People joke that the scene with him taking his eye off looks super fake and hokey, but with the money they had to work with it came out great. Terminator 2 is so much better in terms of the action though. The effects for that still hold up even for being 30 years old now.

[@RandomStuff-he7lu]

Yeah, people forget, or never knew, it was a small indie film.

[@robmckay875]

Not only that, the uncut actions shots are amazing. Everything is cut so horribly now. I'll take practical stunts/effects over CGI any day. CGI has a time/place. But it's so overused for everything. And to top it all off, Cameron was amazing at creating strong female leads. That shit feels way to forced in new movies. Sarah Conner was a bad ass. Or Ripley in Aliens. She was a badass in Alien too. But, she was even better in Aliens. Don't even get me started on car scenes. I don't think you'll get get another Steve McQueen. Too many safety laws.

[@skittles074]

At that moment in front of the mirror as it's taking the eyeball out it is exposed for what it is, a poor imitation of a human. Remember, the ones with rubber skin they could spot easily...

[@lenol0315]

i always wondered why they didnt put an actual fake eye and gore piece on arnold real face to make it look more real lol

[@Anino_Makata]

@@RandomStuff-he7lu Not to mention, when he first read the script, Arnie himself thought the film was a B-movie. It was only a few filming sessions in did he really think on the film's eventual greatness.

[@antonstbar4994]

Michael biehn screaming “HE’LL FIND HER! THATS WHAT HE DOES! THATS ALL HE DOES!!” Gives me chills every time

[@bessarion1771]

Probably Biehn's best scene ever.

[@jejohnson1982]

He’ll reach down her throat and pull her f*cking heart out

[@AmateurBarbarian]

“He’ll wade through you, reach down her throat and pull her vulcan heart out!”

[@st3wi3D]

Yup!!!!!!!

[@jldog134]

What’s scary is apart of you start’s to say there might be some truth to what he is saying

[@DanJackson1977]

James Cameron designed the Terminaror himself. Hes an artist, backgrond matte painter, screenwriter, and all around FX wizard...oh and deep sea explorer. He does it all... except acting. Where they got the idea from is controversial. The first end credit read says "Acknowledgment to the works of Harlan Ellison". Harlan wrote 2 Episodes of a scifi show called Outer Limits in the 60s.. one about a time traveling soldier from a post apocalyptic future, the other about a cyborg from the future. Theres a 3rd Ellison short story called I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream, about a military supercomputer that becomes intelligent, takes over the world, kills all but 5 people, becomes a god, and just tortures those people forever. Harlan saw an interview with Cameron in a magazine called Starlog where he admitted he got the gist of the idea from those outer limits episodes. So Ellison sued him.. they settled and he got some cash and an end credit. Cameron was furious... and when it went to VHS... personally tried to have it removed. Harlan sued again, and won again. More money. Credit went back. Obviously Cameron added more to the story, added the action element, and melded it into his own thing.. I think if James had kept his mouth shut in that interview hed have been within the boundaries of fair use since he did change the stories enough IMO. Also..if the guy he "borrowed from" wasnt the angriest sci fi writer in the world.

[@RandomStuff-he7lu]

The stupid thing was that Ellison wrote all that for someone else which means he didn't own it which means he falsely claimed ownership when he sued. The other stupid thing is that you're allowed to use someone else's work to inspire your own otherwise HG Well's estate should have sued Ellison.

[@weldonwin]

Oh and Cameron claims he got the design and the idea for the Terminator, from a fever dream he had when he got sick during his first official directing job, Italian exploitation flick Piranha 2. Basically he dreamed of a chrome skeleton, striding out of flames and he found it so powerful he wrote it down and developed the movie from it.

[@CruelestChris]

@@weldonwin I thought the dream was that he was being chased by a man he knew was a robot and nobody would believe him?

[@sciguyjeff]

Side note - when the hotel manager asks if Terminator has dead cat in the room, he's referring to the smell of the Terminator's body decomposing. That's why his face looks pale and there's a fly on his head. The outer living body has died and is slowly rotting off the robot body.

[@Jack_80]

i know in the 2nd movie he says his wounds heal. i'm kinda curious if his flesh would eventually grow back if he was entirely in metal form like at the end of the movie.

[@sciguyjeff]

@@Jack_80 I imagine there is a severe limit to healing. he doesn't eat and we have no idea what body systems they have. Is there a full organ system somewhere in all that metal? Obviously the living component in the 1st terminator had already 'died'

[@Jack_80]

@@sciguyjeff yeah, but the fact that it can heal at all doesn't make sense when you look at it that way. how's it heal 10 bullet wounds in the back? does the skin somehow merge together? that wouldn't really work either if it had no ability to somehow grow more skin. unless the skin can somehow grow new skin, and if that's the case it would need at least a little patch of skin still attached to slowly grow and heal. but like you said, it doesn't even eat or anything, so it all sounds pretty farfetched. watching the original movie i got the impression it got it's skin but once it was damaged, it was damaged for good, then they changed it in part 2.

[@sciguyjeff]

@@Jack_80 Well just the skin I could understand if there was like a basal layer that "leaked out" like tire fix a flat. Beyond that, I don't see it.

[@Biggiiful]

@@Jack_80 do his wounds heal in the 2nd? I don't think they do. He progressively becomes more and more scarred. And when he cuts his arm flesh off to reveal himself to Dyson's family, he then has to wear a jacket and glove to cover up the robot arm for the rest of the film.

[@Me-wk3ix]

Hope you do part 2! I'd say it's a rare case where the sequel really holds up to the original!

[@kevinschultz6091]

@El Vato - yeah, the original terminator pulls a lot from the "unstoppable serial killer" genre, a la Friday the 13th and Halloween and whatnot. T2 is an excellent movie, but it's more "definitive early 90's action", rather than "classic mid-80's sci-fi horror". Alien vs. Aliens is another - both are very good, but the first is very much in the horror genre, whereas the 2nd is basically a war movie.

[@Vreth6]

I love The Terminator, but as mentioned earlier it's more like action/horror. T2 is pretty much the perfect action movie, and I still like it a bit more than the first one.

[@jljackson1983]

What made T2 was being around John's age when I watched it. A lot of ppl didn't like Edward Furlongs acting, I personally didn't mind it at tbe time, but I understand why.

[@lightyagami1752]

@@jljackson1983 Basically Furlong played one role in the two movies he's famous for (T2 and American History X) - snot nosed brat with an annoying nasal drawl. I liked the kid who had the bit role of being John Connor's childhood friend more than JC himself. I enjoyed T2 in spite of Furlong, not because of him. Ditto AHX.

[@rayruckus4446]

Me is absolutely correct.

[@buddabudda]

"That was probably one of the best chase scenes I've ever seen." Mmhm. Mmhm. I see a certain canal in someone's future. Maybe a semi truck? Who's to say?

[@bessarion1771]

LOL

[@jakubfabisiak9810]

And some guns. And roses.

[@zairegatison7757]

Ayeeeee he just don’t know

[@richardsturges2736]

Sure this one is great, but IMO the chase scene in Bullitt is better.

[@gordon861]

Or Ronin

[@richardsturges2736]

Modern movies have really moved away from the "show don't tell" style, and we are worse off for it.

[@peterblood50]

"MOVE IT SOLDIER!!!" That line showed the moment when Sarah changed from being a scared girl into the mother of the rebellion.

[@jp3813]

*On your feet, soldier!

[@peterblood50]

@@jp3813 There ya go. 👍

[@usamazahid3882]

The che Guevara of Soccer Moms and the Sarah Connor that wasn't in Game of Thrones.

[@kinagrill]

And put her up on the stage with other strong female characters like Ripley.

[@eelaws]

That comment about her recording with a mic in the jeep cracked me up. "Mom, that audio was terrible, what were you doing?"

[@brianmartin6486]

Glad you finally got to this one . Fun fact: the Hunter killers were miniatures, and the scenes where they were running through the wasteland were on a set where the the actors were in front of a screen with footage of the hunter killer miniatures projected . Old tricks are alwaus the best . Lol.

[@f0rth3l0v30fchr15t]

I mean, this is basically how The Mandalorian is filmed; but the LCD screens and software engine allow much freer camera movement.

[@th3R0b0t]

So was the gas tanker blowing up, it was like a 1/4 or 1/5th scale truck with gas they blew up on a miniature set. Like you said, the old tricks, the legit in camera tricks were a mastery of it's own. The best sometimes don't do them justice when they turn out so good. ETA: it was 1/6th scale; kzbin.info/www/bejne/imrPqGakmbajjcU

[@madbwoy84]

bruh, Linda Hamilton in the sequel is straight badass af. plus the cast expands with quality actors. T2 has always been more memorable for me and one of my personal favorite action flicks.

[@kinfolk316]

I enjoy how you don’t critique the movie you just enjoy the movie. That’s why I subscribed to you, I’m tired of all these wanna be film critics just talk bad about movies. They don’t take in to consideration the era they was made in or the work actual artists do as far as set, make up and special effects. To quote the great Joe Dirt “keep on keeping on”!

[@CalciumChief]

Do yourself a favor and stop after Terminator 2. Anything after will just disappoint you. Get some other Schwarzenegger stuff like Conan the Barbarian and Total Recall.

[@ztm454]

T 3 wasnt awful

[@nativeswagho5213]

Tbf T4 wasn’t bad but afterwards.. yea

[@JonsTunes]

The Running Man 👍

[@blueconlan9180]

Sarah Connor chronicles wasn’t bad.

[@A-Dubs398]

T3 is still fun but dumb. And also True Lies is very good to watch after first 2 Terminators cuz it's also James Cameron and very good.

[@Camuska]

"Is it the first time you ever seen this movie" Yes. This month.

[@johnny9000]

For me the main reason why 80’s and 90’s movies are way better then today’s is simple. Character development.

[@nopewmopan]

Lance Henriksen and Bill Paxton: both have been killed by a Terminator, an Alien, and a Predator.

[@markbrinton6790]

Technically that's not true, Bishop survived the Alien, it was the wreck that ended him in the opening of Alien 3

[@nopewmopan]

@@markbrinton6790 Henriksen counts it. Who am I to argue?

[@markbrinton6790]

@@nopewmopan I hear you, I'm just stating what the story read, so he's wrong. But it's still funny and I get it. It is an oddity.

[@J0rdan912]

And both was in short list to play T-800 before Arnold kicked the door.

[@CaptainRetroStation]

Hey, old guy here... I grew up in the 70's & 80's, and I got to tell you... it was EXHAUSTING to keep up with all of the INCREDIBLE movies that came out! "Star Wars" really kicked it off, then it was nothing but solid blockbusters with envelope pushing techniques almost every year! Like, for real, almost every year, there was something NEW, and MIND-BLOWING with special effects! 1978 - Superman: The Movie 1979 - Alien 1980 - The Empire Strikes Back 1981 - Raiders of the Lost Ark 1982 - The Thing, Tron, The Dark Crystal, Blade Runner 1983 - Return of the Jedi 1984 - The Terminator 1985 - Back to the Future 1986 - Aliens, The Fly, Labyrinth 1987 - RoboCop, Predator 1988 - Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Willow 1989 - The Abyss 1990 - Total Recall 1991 - Terminator 2 1992 - Bram Stoker's Dracula (blew everyone away, because they went total old school). 1993 - Jurassic Park Then, there was a huge jump to 1999 with "The Matrix". I guess if you throw in the "Lord of the Rings", and the "Harry Potter" films, there really hasn't been a HUGE sensation when it comes to special effects in movies. I guess Christopher Nolan had fun with "Inception", but I can't really think of many other movies that stopped the entire world in it's tracks, and changed the way visual effects were done. Ah, man... wish you were there, dude! :D

[@southlondon86]

Spot on with your post mate.

[@suiken3149]

Avatar was great. May Cameron's last hurrah before he got washed up and OK'd the dumpster fire that is Dark Fate

[@v33punk]

"He went multiple choice on his ass. " 😂

[@dcmackdon]

"The 80s was something special." Well, as a Gen X'er, yes it was, young man you have no idea, we thought the future was bright and it was the original decade of discovery and new horizons.

[@Nepthu]

So true brother. Scary how much division there is now regarding topics we thought we had conquered. Take me back to the 80s.

[@larsthorsen4660]

Wait... you guys thought the future was bright?

[@anneb889]

I miss the 80s as well. It feels like we are actually regressing now.

[@MandleRoss]

@@larsthorsen4660 Well, except for the likelihood of a nuclear war between America and Russia suddenly happening at any moment with like 15 minutes warning, pretty much, yeah.Then again, that's also a pretty damn "bright" future I suppose.

[@almightyshippo1197]

I was born in 84, and I still love things from the 80's. It was a magical time. ^_^

[@norryonbass6574]

Just wait til you see Linda Hamilton in Terminator 2! Talk about character development!!

[@mimic493]

She was ripped 💪

[@jdogjohnson9038]

She was a badass.

[@fourthhorsemendeath218]

One of the best female movie characters ever. Definitely gives some of her male counterparts a run for their money.

[@SlamminGraham]

I pass on Terminator 2. Nobody needs Arnold to be a good guy, or for a whiny kid to dominate most of the movie, or for Sarah Conner's role and character to be completely flipped.

[@rhaenyralikesyoutube6289]

Totally agree! I just hate what they did to her character in the newest film. She was one of the strongest female leads in movie history. This woke crap has to stop.

[@vwlssnvwls3262]

I saw this movie for the first time in high school, shortly after it's release. This movie still holds up today, in my opinion. And I always find myself quoting that garbage truck driver at the beginning. "What the hell?!" :D

[@Nepthu]

"What the hell" came from the Terminator? Lol

[@shannonallen2993]

For me, I quote his line in Weird Science. "In the family jewels?"

[@omegapsi847]

Back in 1984 the budget for this was 6 Million Dollar. Even before inflation it was a very low budget for its time and considered to be a B-movie. During production Arnold himself also wasnt convinced it would be a blockbuster at the box office and appearently refered to it once as a "shitty movie" when he was on a different set and prepared for going back to shoot scenes for Terminator. Boy was he wrong, but he was at the right time at the right place with the right director doing this movie

[@antoinettelopes]

Walkmans were brand new back then so it would have been a prized possession. Michael Biehn had another good role as Johnny Ringo in TOMBSTONE.

[@Corn_Pone_Flicks]

They weren't THAT new; they came out in '79, but at any rate, it's nothing compared to the way people cling to their phones today.

[@darastarscream]

Hell yeah. Biehn's Ringo is *terrifying*, and the showdowns between him and Val Kilmer's Doc Holliday are awesome.

[@douglasmcnay644]

If he thinks Linda Hamilton did a good performance in this movie, the sequel is going to blow his ever-loving mind...

[@BradyRamaker]

James Cameron had the idea when he (no joke) had a food poisoning induced fever dream of a metal skeleton man coming after him, wreathed in flame.

[@Orlor]

"I wonder what gave James Cameron the idea for this film"... Actually, according to the writer Harlen Ellison, Cameron ripped off the idea from a episode of The Outer Limits he had written and sued them. Orion settled out of court and when the movie started playing on cable, they had to hastily insert a credit to him in the end credits.

[@John_Locke_108]

Didn't Cameron originally say that the idea for the film came from a nightmare he had?

[@Serai3]

@@John_Locke_108 That was his story later. In an interview right after the movie opened, he said when he was in bed with that fever, he passed the time _watching old Outer Limits episodes._ It was that interview that pissed Harlan off - unconscious imitation is one thing, but when you _actually admit_ you got an idea from him, he was apt to sue you into the next world! :D

[@Serai3]

Yep. Specifically "Soldier", a story about a time travelling warrior who chases his enemy into the past.

[@darastarscream]

The credit's on the DVD release also.

[@brandonflorida1092]

There was only a very vague similarity.

[@AprilGabrielle]

I love how Reece always wondered what Sarah was thinking about in the picture and it turns out she was thinking about him. I always loved that.

[@j4v1c]

New Reaction Request: "Highlander" 1986 Great movie. Incredible soundtrack by Queen. Sean Connery and Clancy Brown (the Kurgan) both give great performances and Christopher Lambert is very enjoyable in the lead role. Lots of action (sword-fighting). Excellent car chase scene.

[@gbud888]

I would second that... plus it has a Scottish Spaniard...

[@bessarion1771]

YES!!!!!!!!!

[@paulwolffart1251]

@@gbud888 And a French Scotsman. LOL

[@Camuska]

Man, as a French it's very strange to see people say good things about Christophe Lambert. He had a rough career with horribles choices and is now considered a "Nanar" actor. "Nanar" are bad movies that are so bad that you laugh at them. Like Beowulf or Vercingetorix. But I actually liked Christophe when he was doing GOOD movies like Highlander or the first Fortress

[@gbud888]

@@Camuska 💯 he was a pretty good actor. It is surprising what a few bad decisions can do to a career. The fickle public doesn't help. Val Kilmer did the same thing, although he peeked a little higher.

[@pyromancer666joel]

So many actors from Aliens in here

[@McShaganpronouncedShaegen]

So many actors from Aliens in Near Dark.

[@artygunnar]

Otherway around, aliens was shot after this

[@tonyyul703]

Same Director of *ALIENS* Began his career with This....

[@quizzabella]

Loved the reaction. laughed at the 80's fashion (but give it a few years and people will laughing at ours). Arnold and Linda were fantastic but I think it's a shame that Michael Biehn doesn't get more credit -he really gave the character a lot of heart.

[@44excalibur]

Yeah, Ginger's Sony Walkman was a huge seller in the 1980s. It was released in 1979, but by 1984 it was the hottest personal entertainment device in the country.

[@vwlssnvwls3262]

16:46 this is my absolute favorite line in the movie.

[@JamesASharp]

Bro, I am really impressed with your presentation. You're really separating yourself from the competition. 👍

[@jamiepandohie9169]

James Cameron got the Idea in a Fever Dream while he was on set of the movie Piranha...He got sick and while sleeping he had a dream about a robot emerging from fire...

[@ShmokeMeAKipper]

Suuuuper pumped for you to watch T2 now!! 👊👊 p.s that opening delayed reading you did was comical man 😂👏

[@Lulustucru2393]

Am I the only one whose favorite is Terminator 1 ? I love the hell out of Jugement day but I prefer bad guy Arnold and the horror vibe of the 1st one. And of course the 80's ❤

[@fmellish71]

I'm with you on that

[@juliodavila424]

They're both great, but they do have very different tones. As a little kid, I loved T1, but I recall that it was somewhat scary, and then it turned into a straight up horror near the end; the relentlesness of the T800 was really scary to me. "HE WON'T STOP." T2 is an instant classic full of panache and one liners. I really liked that it had a buddy comedy element, and I still can't believe all the feels you feel for the T800.

[@granddaddy_funk]

Yes you are wrong! Lol

[@Lulustucru2393]

@@granddaddy_funk Whatever lol

[@Jitterzz]

A great movie, but damn man the 2nd one is so sick. I would say though, the extended edition does lose pace a bit for most people during the middle bit, so I think I might recommend the theatrical cut. Glad you enjoyed!

[@anneb889]

Haha, he has been acting like a virgin. Lol, how does a virgin act? Huge crush on Reese in the 80s.

[@windmillsofhatred]

They didn't have permission to film in a lot of the places they shot. So a lot of the lighting is essentially natural. That car window Arnie breaks... just some random persons actual car XD

[@darastarscream]

The body bag was an old suit bag. Biehn just lay on the hood of a car with his eyes closed and somebody zipped it up over his face.

[@windmillsofhatred]

@@darastarscream Love it!

[@Julian-to7ro]

Bruh you are cool as always and thanks for the reaction. Terminator 2 is maybe the best sequel ever and the effects, story and the villian will blow you away!

[@Julian-to7ro]

@GamebroTV 😉

[@gojiberry7201]

I was having a crappy day today, and then your video came on for Terminator. Made things a bit better! 😊

[@Seantendo]

First time I watched The Terminator I was young and innocent enough that I didn't realize that Reese was John's father. Or maybe I was just a stupid kid.

[@MrJonnydanger]

This movie was originally written for OJ Simpson as the Terminator. They decided against it because they didn't feel OJ could act nasty enough to kill anyone.

[@HelloMellowXVI]

Wow Lmao

[@luludee1300]

I saw an interview with Arnold where he talked about having lunch with James Cameron and talking about how whoever he cast for the role needed to understand how a machine would move differently than a human would in all these little subtle ways and he intrigued JC with that insight, which at least contributed to him eventually being cast.

[@toddcortez714]

Man were they wrong about OJ. Lmfao 😂

[@Orlor]

Actually, the first choice was Lance Henriksen. It was the studio that wanted OJ.

[@Detdoncarter]

OJ didn’t do it

[@Airaindust]

I love this movie because it's the only Terminator movie to be just humans vs machines, no savior terminator.

[@M3TR01DFANBOY]

Good job potentially spoiling the second film

[@gbud888]

Yeah, that is true. But T2 is a damn good sequel all the same. After that.. I feel like you can give the rest of it a pass.

[@darastarscream]

Fun Fact-- Cameron was on the effects team on Escape From NY. He was one of the matte painters.

[@Chuck-mcgill]

Yeah they need to go back to that. Terminator 1 is the only one that felt like a horror movie. An unkillable machine that never sleeps or eats and is always chasing you. It's perfect for a horror slasher film. I'm waiting for a movie that just goes back to those basics

[@JokerScars69]

Same here, it's the best in my opinion.

[@NeelTheSphynx]

James Cameron is a master with his camera work. Every shot has meaning and gives you information. He makes it very easy to follow what's happening.

[@MoMoMyPup10]

A picture is worth a thousand words. She was a legend in his time. Everyone talked about her like she mythical. He lived in different times and we're all wired differently, and felt like he knew her. Then he meets her, and it seems like you got a crush on her just like Reese did 🤣

[@slowrolltom1253]

if you have not seen Who Framed Rodger Rabbit i can't recommend it enuf

[@aaronfarrell6484]

Since you kept talking about the lighting and setting in the past, James Cameron said he never got permission to shoot those exterior shots at night, so he had to run around in the AM when there were less people around and film it gorilla style. So that’s all real city lighting and backgrounds and stuff.

[@spiritscar]

The Roger Corman School of Filmmaking

[@Serai3]

"guerilla". It means "little warrior". Just FYI. :)

[@solezeta1314]

I remember watching this movie for the first time with my mom and my grandma. Boy was it a tense experience! It's impressive how this movie still manages to fill me with dread now.

[@mattdrago4660]

Love your reactions. You notice all the subtleties and you show your appreciation for them. You’re the only person I’ve seen mention the angles for certain shots. James Cameron knows exactly how to film Arnold and make him appear larger then life on screen. Most directors neglect this. Keep up the great vids

[@shawnhorror2522]

Idk if anyone has said this yet, but Linda Hamilton was married to James Cameron for about two years. Should do T2, also you should check out The Highlander movies.

[@MAMoreno]

As much as I love the sequel, I'm tempted to say that I prefer this film. It's probably the best example of a movie taking inspiration from John Carpenter's Halloween without being a mere imitation.

[@vvebsta6237]

I like this movie more than the second one too. This tension, this dark atmosphere of inevitability. The action isn't as good as in the sequel, but still good for such an old movie

[@graphicsblacksmith]

you should watch T2: Judgement Day. It is one of the best sequels out there. Also if you have not seen it yet, you should watch the movie Highlander (1986).

[@xanderfoley6641]

Time to crunch numbers Your vids: 75% admiring the acting, shots, and sets 25% screaming Me: 100% happy

[@nopewmopan]

I like your math. 👍

[@xanderfoley6641]

Thx

[@V0ltron]

Finally, it's about time! Lol.. great reaction. I just watched 'Starship Troopers.' ANOTHER great film that will hopefully make it onto your list! (Also, I really like your intro's)

[@dfa3366]

Dude. A phone book back then didn’t include names of everyone in the state. It covered what area code you lived in.

[@wantutosigh1117]

Yes. I was gonna say this. 3 Sarah Conners in the area seems about right.

[@dallas304life]

"Bro what are you doing with my mom's picture right now! " lmao dead bro

[@TheStapleGunKid]

"I would think in a place like California there would be more than three Sarah Connors" The phone book just listed the Sarah Connors in LA, not the entire state.

[@schnubbel76]

When i see someone who doesnt know how a phonebook worked, i feel so horribly old. And sad.

[@TheStapleGunKid]

@@schnubbel76 Same here.

[@hildajensen6263]

The first time i saw Terminator, I was around 9 and home alone. So I stayed up late and watched TV. The effects were so much better than what we would usually see, that I was completely blown away. - At some point, I hid behind the sofa, but I still kept my eyes glued to the screen. Turn out to be a great childhood memory, and I get completely nostalgic when I hear the soundtrack.

[@chefskiss6179]

Another great 80's flick, not sure if you've already checked it out, but I think you might like 1986's Highlander.

[@Crazael]

Fun Fact: Most of this movie was filmed without a permit, so they had only a few chances to get a lot of the shots before they had to move somewhere else because the cops showed up. Cameron would often pretend to be a student director who didn't know any better to keep out of trouble. Also, Arnold was originally supposed to play the hero, and was reluctant to take the role of the villain because he was afraid of being pigeonholed as the scary silent villain.

[@generic_sauce]

Makes sense this all seems like it's from a nightmare, James Cameron has said he got the idea for the terminator from a nightmare he had. He dreamt he was being chased through a factory by a metallic skeleton 💀

[@Serai3]

Yeah, that's what he said later. Right after the opening, he did an interview where he said he'd been in bed with a fever and spent the time watching things like The Outer Limits. I read that and thought, "Oh shit, here it comes." You just DID NOT EVER admit to using one of Harlan Ellison's ideas. That man was insanely protective of his work and had a true shark of a lawyer on his side.

[@bessarion1771]

"The 80s was something special." Yes, that's what we have been trying to tell you guys for the last 20 years...

[@taoist32]

You mean the last 40 years. Even the early Millenials (born 1980) missed most of it.

[@bessarion1771]

@@taoist32 Well, there was no point talking to the kids of the 1990s, soooo...

[@taoist32]

@@bessarion1771 True!

[@jasonkreider8954]

I was born in 82 and I remember the 80s I remember watching the fall of the Berlin wall and I remember my parents being worried about the Russians attacking us

[@taoist32]

@@jasonkreider8954 Wonder why since the Russians had nothing to do with the Berlin Wall coming down.

[@codesent2125]

Im just gonna say this with out giving anything away. You are going to love Terminator 2: Judgement Day, and it is a must to react to. One of the best sequels in history, and my favorite movie probably of all time!

[@ReviewTheCrew]

The first Terminator is like a horror movie more than any of it's sequels.

[@dromeus21]

You mean the sequel

[@ReviewTheCrew]

@@dromeus21 No, I mean the original.

[@allisonb6097]

Linda Hamilton's performance in Dante's Peak is amazing too. Great film for a reaction too.

[@johnckelly88]

Man, I saw this in the theater back in the day. This was cutting edge special effects.

[@jonathanbowling2904]

Mell, watching you geek out to this movie made me smile. I haven't seen this movie in years and I forgotten how well made it was. It is a masterpiece. The shots, the angles, the acting, the lighting, the action, all of it! I saw this when I was in 8th grade for the first time. Loved it ever since! Read Philip K Dick if you want to read the Sci-fi stories that inspired many Sci-fi movies like the Terminator.

[@Matt-vv7fl]

I will say the 80s was a hell of a decade for action and sci fu movies. I'm glad I grew up in that era. It was an interesting and exciting time to be alive.

[@robertfarmer8123]

You being bugged about how the audio quality she was recording in an open top Jeep would have sounded was my favorite part!

[@sukondisawontym7460]

"What kinda bs...sounds like you did not have a good relationship. " Now you gotta watch the second one

[@joconnell8145]

"DAMN, I know that had to hurt." TRUTH!! Michael Biehn said in an interview they had him fall from a small platform about 4 feet onto the pavement, he said it hurt like hell. When you were asking if Arnold really tore the cover off the steering wheel...I don't know, BUT...the budget was so low for this film, they saw the car across the street from where the crew was standing and told Arnold to just walk over and bust the window. No special prepping or anything, set the cameras and he did the take. The message John sent back to his mom via Reese was harsh because John grew up and was living in a very harsh time, he had to be that way to make Sarah become hard and take care of business to survive what she was facing. Great review/reaction! BTW, the date on her time card at the beginning is my 19th B-day LOL

[@Serai3]

Plus it was a message of support - he knew she could do it. Considering how the next film went, it's not surprising that by the time he was commanding those regiments, all the sentiment had been burned out of him.

[@joconnell8145]

@@Serai3 Agreed!

[@christopheryochum3602]

Just found you tonight. I have to say you're a lot more enjoyable to watch than many reactors, who subsist on smart-a** remarks and commenting on how fake or bad something looks. I don't know if you're some sort of comics or horror-movie buff, but your comments sound like you really appreciate a lot of what goes into movies, which is refreshing. The one that really gets me is the, "...oh this movie looks better than I thought because I thought it would look like crap, being that it was made 782 years ago..." I really enjoyed this. Oh, and you didn't put in one-second clips, which make me dizzy. One of the best reactions I've seen for this movie, and I've seen a lot. It's just so nice to watch someone who's picking up things here and there, and not being the guy who's smarter than the dumb director, if you know what I mean. Did you see the picture at the end? You were looking up and laughing when the kid gave her the pic. Remember you'd said, "...where'd you get a picture of her..." at the scene in which he was remembering his time in the future? I can't wait to see you do "Terminator 2." :)

[@HelloMellowXVI]

Thank You So Much And Yeah Buddy, I Saw The Picture. I Already Knew It Was The Picture When I Heard The Camera Noise So I Didn't Think It Was Worth Mentioning.

[@chrisvelazquez6933]

I watched this movie in a theater when it came out in Brooklyn NY. We didn’t know much about it. Just a few commercials on TV. As a teenager we were blown away by the story,acting and FX.

[@arisucheddar3097]

If we're talking about being incredibly impressed by effects, I would recommend Close Encounters of the Third Kind. The miniature from a part of that movie I won't spoil...saw it at the Smithsonian and it is incredible.

[@jaymantisgaming]

ive only discovered your channel today and i've loved the several video's i've watched so far. its so good to see a young person who wasnt brought up with these movies enjoy and appreciate practical special effects. for me it makes it so much better when the actors have something real happening in front of them and it gets better performances out of the actors. you just dont get that with CGI. anyway i've subbed, gonna watch your The Thing video next

[@allurbase1000]

Apparently James Cameron was inspired to make this movie because of a dream he had when he was sick with a fever, about a metallic skeleton dragging itself through a fire clutching knives!

[@PACKERMAN2077]

That's the cop out that he said after nearly getting sued but scroll up there's some more info in the comments

[@magheed_gaming]

What gave James Cameron the idea to create the Terminator was a dream about a skeleton coming to life but it was made of metal and it walked through fire. Not sure if it was the metal skeleton trying to protect him from the fire or the fire trying to protect him from the skeleton.

[@macklee6837]

Oh mate, your reactions crack me up. I'm glad I found your channel. Subbed! "He ain't hitting it right if she got the headphones on" 😂

[@PaulRizzo504]

So fun things here. Silence was used a lot because Arnold had an accent so they used his physical body to intimidate people and lighting/music. As a result some of his most iconic movies like this and Conan were done almost back to back.

[@Absolynth]

Terminator 1 Terminator 2 Terminator Resistance end of line.

[@maxim196]

Terminator Salvation was a prettyvgood prequel...the end fight had terrified me back in the day when the movie came out and I was young

[@BillHerring]

OK, I have to watch about half a dozen of your movie reactions and analysis I’m hooked and subscribed. I love your perspective in really natural reactions as you go through all these great films. sometimes I see your morals shine through and you are funny af,

[@nickmanzo8459]

The second one is amazing, one of the best sequels to a film of all time. The rest are easily ignored. Third one is ok, way too silly, but if you don’t care about the franchise, it’s meh. Salvation tried something different, it’s meh. Last two are worthless.

[@Tehui1974]

"You know he aint hitting it right, if she's got her headphones on" - LMFAO

[@tazzatamania]

Watch An American Werewolf in London, classic.

[@JustinCardiff]

Some people think the Terminator pulls out the heart near the start, but it’s just a bloody fist.

[@stephenmerasty1420]

Sarah and John didn't have a typical relationship. She couldn't just be his mother, cause she knew she had to prepare him for the war as a soldier. You'll see more of their chemistry in the second movie. Sarah's battle hardened in the second movie

[@vapormissile]

"typical" is an imaginary point on the line. Don't worry if you are near it.

[@chrispruett81]

Growing up in the 80's was soooo much fun!!Yes...these types of movies were AMAZING at the time...and still are IMO.

[@jameswilson8433]

"I like how they got the street lights blue, I've never seen that." Damn, I'm old.

[@Serai3]

Inorite? :D

[@markhamstra1083]

And for those too young to understand... Most street lights used to be mercury vapor lamps, which glow blue instead of the orange of the now common and more efficient sodium lamps.

[@maxim196]

@@markhamstra1083 so thats why Terminator 2 and other 80-90 movies had blue tint ?

[@lindanicholson950]

I don't remember the street lights being blue. But I remember when suddenly they were orange. Very annoying.

[@Serai3]

@@lindanicholson950 I always remember that in his book _The Dead Zone,_ Stephen King described Johnny Smith's reaction to those lights (which had appeared while he was in his five-year coma) thusly: "an orange light that lay on the skin like paint." A perfect description, in my opinion!

[@drollieascoliasm9667]

Walkman the ipod of the 80's.

[@xedra]

"The 80s was something special" - oh wow, truer words...

[@Jason-br5ow]

My family rented it on VHS in May 1985 after we could finally afford a VCR. We watched it, rewound the tape, watched it again. It was awesome.

[@ShishakliAus]

I'm watching this waiting for you to comment on the intense authenticity of Michael Biehn and it never happens. WTAF man he made this movie WORK

[@DaveE7492]

Cameron came down with a flu once and had a nightmare of a metal skeleton with a knife coming out of a fire to get him. That's when the Terminator idea was born.

[@irishbears2103]

The movie where Arnold's famous "I'll be back" started.

[@stanmann356]

The blue street lights were mercury vapor lights. They were the standard back in the day. The more energy efficient yellow ones you see today are high pressure sodium. They started changing over to them not long after this was filmed.