My wife watches Terminator 2: Judgment Day for the FIRST time || Movie Reaction

Today I'm showing my wife the sequel to The Terminator for the first time! This is her reaction and review to Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
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[@conorsvfx]

fun fact robert patrick got so good at running for the motorcycle chase scene he kept catching up to it by accident

[@reheatedpizza7292]

and he really did it all while only breathing through his nose!! such a crazy thing to do in retrospect

[@adambrown3918]

@Reheatedpizza Untrue. Robert Patrick is incapable of breathing. He's an actual terminator.

[@CoffeeMatt10]

It’s said that Edward Furlong wasn’t acting by the time they got to the aired take, he was genuinely frantically trying to get the bike started as quickly as possible 😂

[@walkinglootchest1251]

It's from his time as a collegiate cross country runner.

[@ravevolution]

he also trained himself to fire a gun without flinching/blinking cause he said learning not to blink, was important for the portrayal of the T-1000

[@gabrielarredondo3825]

In case you didn't mention it, when the T-1000 transformed into someone and that same person he turned into was in the same scene with him, the T-1000 was played by that person's twin sibling. The cop that he turned into in the hospital was a twin and when he transformed into Sarah, he was played by Linda Hamilton's twin sister (may she rest in peace).

[@BichaeldeAngelo]

That’s fascinating actually, I had no idea

[@tiutiu859]

Yeah, the twins from Gremlins 2.

[@melanieszelong4664]

she also played Sarah the waitress with young John at the park and the mirror version of Sarah while she is removing bullets from Arnold's back

[@boyfester]

The male twins were also in "Good Morning Vietnam", another classic movie.

[@cjkalandek996]

​@@melanieszelong4664 I KNEW IT! I KNEW THAT COULDN'T HAVE BEEN AN ACTUAL MIRROR IN THAT SCENE!

[@eddiejravannen]

Fun fact, the scene in the hospital where Sara used the paper clip to get free, wasn't fake. Linda actually learned how to do it practically. Also, the jacket that Sara wears in the laboratory, is the same style that Reese wore.

[@redjones8010]

Robert Patrick's performance was superb. That T-1000 character caught an immense amount of attention at the time, and deservedly so.

[@ivanbutenko8778]

This movie is already 32 years old and it still looks very cool!!! James Cameron knows how to make high-quality films and after many years I want to revise.

[@jefferyoetter6884]

True but T2 should have been the end or give us a better T3

[@ivanbutenko8778]

@@jefferyoetter6884 I watched an article on the cut-out moments from Terminator 3, but it could have turned out not a masterpiece, but quite a decent film, and it's a pity that James Cameron could not join the filming of part 3.

[@CalanReichel]

god damn it, im old

[@kratos71]

​@@CalanReichel you're not alone to feel that

[@dduval59]

So happy they never made another Terminator movie after this masterpiece.

[@chrisrowe2308]

Lol. It certainly never needed another sequel, but that's just the Hollywood money machine for you.

[@RyanMK666]

What do you mean? 3 was genuinely a solid film, after that it was massively down hill

[@Taj_Rahine]

The TV show was good though

[@dduval59]

@@Taj_Rahine In fairness to that show I've never seen it but I heard it was pretty good.

[@dduval59]

@@RyanMK666 I respectfully disagree, I think T3 was a huge letdown and way too silly. It took the humor from T2 and amped it up into a comedy action movie, and IMHO not a good one.

[@OneAndOnlyMe]

I could not stop laughing as Jen was trying to count how many cyborgs might have been sent back. This was gold.

[@GeorgeTropicana]

I couldn't stop fucking cringing at how hard it is to pay the fuck attention to a simple line so she wouldn't have to count them all

[@OneAndOnlyMe]

@@GeorgeTropicana IT's easy to miss when you're enjoying a good movie like this and as part of reaction.

[@EyesWideOp3n]

@@GeorgeTropicanaDaddy chill

[@CDRhammond]

100's all sent with different missions. But that is only in the TV show.

[@robloxeite5546]

@@GeorgeTropicana shut up l o s e r

[@antwany4149]

T2 is just simply one of the best movies ever made. The action is amazing but what I always will remember is how much heart this movie has. It's a great movie. Love it so much

[@nychris2258]

Yeah but they watched it with all the deleted scenes. I hate all the deleted scenes from T2.

[@luigouvea]

The performance that Robert Patrick gave for this movie can never ever be underestimated. He’s everything on this film and to this day he scares the shit out of me.

[@stevenfriedman2902]

He honestly worked so hard for this movie. He trained himself to shoot without blinking because he said "robots would never blink". He also took track in high school so he actually had to slow down in the parking garage where he's chasing down John Connor on the motorbike because of the fact he kept catching up with him so they had to redo the scene.

[@josephcasanova1975]

It wasn't the same. James Cameron had his thumb up his butt. We did not see from the perspective of The T1000 one time. When I saw Terminator when he was chasing them and you saw the red screen for the first time it was horror. You didn't see from T1000s perspective

[@marcusott5054]

I think I never noticed this before but even when he tells the foster parents to not worry, he blinks his eyes and seems somewhat off... like he did an intentional blink and not blinked naturally. In any case his performance is spot on.

[@raezor82]

When I was in high school I looked vaguely like him and would occasionally do an impression of his walk/run. Took some practice not to burst out laughing, but yeah it freaked people out.

[@chrisrowe2308]

Fun fact the actress playing the foster mom also plays Vasquez in Aliens. Janette Goldstein I believe is her name, and yes she was also in Titanic as you guys noted.

[@chrisrowe2308]

And yes that was Hank (Dean Norris) as the Swat commander.

[@BiggestDawgEver]

She was also one of the other detectives in Lethal Weapon 2.

[@chrisrowe2308]

I posted the Hank comment before I finished obviously

[@boyfester]

@@chrisrowe2308 Dean Norris lives in Temecula, CA and just took over a BBQ restaurant in town.

[@stevenmartyn2010]

And of course Reese is played by Hicks from aliens as well 😁😋

[@MKF30]

LOL@15:11 haha the epic eyeroll from Jenn! I love how every franchise they react to Jenn asks 100 questions and Holden is trying his best to answer them without spoiling anything.🤣

[@locutus9956]

12:54 its not even heavy breathing if you watch closely he doesnt breathe AT ALL, apparently Robert Patrick held his breath as much as he could in all his scenes where hes not pretending to be a human, more than anything else I really think his perfomance makes T2 so damn good as hes just terrifying!

[@Nikephorus]

What's crazy to me is how old this movie is, but how well the cgi still holds up today. One of the greatest action movies I've ever seen.

[@andrewscasualmtb]

The cgi is most times better than todays over polished stuff. Looks so good.

[@jamesosteen09]

@@andrewscasualmtb 100%...I'd put this movie up against anything and it would hold its own.

[@magistic345]

And how realistic the nuke scene at 27:36 many experts say that's exactly how it would look in real life

[@tomgeorge7281]

It’s worth watching T3 for the references back to T1 and T2.

[@fortunelekoto6704]

17:56 Jenn's face transforming from disgust to joy kills me🤣🤣

[@CoffeeMatt10]

Did you mean 17:56?

[@fortunelekoto6704]

@@CoffeeMatt10 yes thank you, clicked the wrong number

[@CrazeeAdam]

Lol... It's like, okay, i see you Jen. Wasn't expecting, but we all got our things

[@gutz1981]

Ha ha, its like "That is so creepy. But deep down it must really mean you love me."

[@endorphinzz]

And then his look into the camera right afterwards lol...

[@dnish6673]

Notice that Arnie’s learning computer learns to smile better by watching John - he mimics his smile when looking at the mini gun and when he says “trust me”. The “get out’ to the pilot was a call back to the first movie.

[@hen913]

One of my favorite movies of all time. I believe this is probably one of the first movies I've ever seen that made me cry growing up. It's a masterpiece

[@mdswish]

For the steel factory scene where the T-1000 melts after being frozen and comes back together, they didn't use Mercury for the metal. That would have been far too dangerous. Mercury is actually quite toxic. Instead they used Gallium, which has similar properties to Mercury, without many of the toxic effects. Despite coming out in the early 90s this film really holds up even today. It was so very ground breaking for its time and helped shape movies well into the future. Glad you enjoyed this one Jen!

[@LN-Lifer]

Mercury is toxic....wish someone had told me when I spent hours playing with it as child. I used to even put it in my mouth and spit it out. Pretty sure I EVEN SWALLOWED SOME

[@Vendrix86]

I saw a behind the scenes video once and was amazed to see the bullet impact circles on T1000 were practical effects! It's the coolest effect I've seen and it's amazing they did this in '94. Only his body reforming was cg

[@CDRhammond]

Linda Hamilton's twin sister also plays the T-1000 when it takes Sarah Connor's form in the factory.

[@moviescatsmargs]

Good catch with Sarah now acting like a Terminator when she tries to kill Dyson. The Terminator theme is playing in the background as she stalks him completely emotionless. From a storytelling perspective, this scene is excellent in showing how easy it is to become what you hate.

[@kinagrill]

It also shows a sort of realization on her part as she halt and do not shoot and finally breaks down crying.

[@bryandempsey3840]

What no one ever discusses is the fact the Terminator left behind a mangled left arm in the gears of that one machine. It would have been interesting to see the future try to reassert itself following up on that point.

[@MrJturner74]

Or the fact that the 101 model was actually used for bait for Predators to acquire their tech. Plasma rifle in 40 megawatt range is based off shoulder cannons and the time machine is based off the drive unit of their ship.

[@STNeish]

I remember seeing this film in the theater with my brother. When the nuclear dream sequence happened, there was dead silence. I turned to my brother and said "Holy shit." It was one of the most terrifying, powerful scenes ever put to film, all the more so when you remember the context. This film came out in 1991, when the threat of nuclear armageddon was still a very real threat (indeed, some would say it still is), so it hit us especially hard.

[@southlondon86]

Sir which scenes did the audience react the most to?

[@STNeish]

@@southlondon86 Well, this one... but also the guard licking Sarah, Arnold twirling the shotgun... the usual stuff. It's just that the dream scene was especially hard hitting.

[@alexhidalgo7110]

A lot of iconic moments and lines I love it Love Jen’s reaction of the terminator being a hero now instead of villains like the first one

[@scottalynch]

It was spoiled in the original trailer for those us around back then

[@titansupes]

@@scottalynch Cameron talked about this during the Avatar press tour, because a common thing on the internet is "I can't believe the trailers spoiled that", but Cameron said "No, it was never meant to be a twist. Arnold being the good guy was the selling point of the movie, it was always meant to be advertised".

[@AndreasE]

@@titansupes i get the reasoning of it *then* but it is so fun to see reactors today going clueless from T1 to T2.

[@darylsfan9680]

They just don’t make movies like this anymore. Every scene is perfect.

[@wingman5100]

Like what ppl say, old is always gold

[@ridethasno]

This film is a true masterpiece. Definitely in my top 3 of all time!

[@bretttodd6470]

Fun fact. During the CPU removal scene in front of the mirror to keep from seeing the camera in the reflection, they used Linda Hamiltons twin sister (a school teacher) to mimic Linda's movements in reverse. When the twin was approached for the idea, all her school kids encouraged her to do it.

[@SteelJM1]

Leslie Hamilton, who sadly passed in 2020

[@SamAltersitz]

Also the hospital security guard was a set of twins, as well.

[@Polymathically]

It's so interesting that Jen went into this blind. The trailer spoiled the fact that Arnold was the good guy, so it ruined the surprise. I was lucky enough to watch this in the theaters when I was a kid. I wish I could fully articulate just how insane those stunts and special effects were back then. It truly heralded the beginning of the 90's action movie genre. The director's commentary and behind the scenes production footage are definitely worth watching; there are so many cool little details that went into this. Linda Hamilton trained extensively for the movie; that one-armed reload scene at the end was added specifically because she'd become strong enough to do it. She also smacked that mental hospital orderly with the broom handle for real, because the actor kept on holding back and ruining the previous takes. She also learned how to pick locks just for the escape scene. Arnold nearly broke his fingers when he tried doing that shotgun twirling trick and picked up the wrong prop. When they filmed the helicopter sequence, they really did fly it under the overpass; almost everyone was too afraid to try it because of how insanely dangerous it is, but the stunt pilot stepped up and did it _twice._ There are several more stories like this, so look them up sometime if you want. Edit: Also, I love that YuYu Hakusho shirt. It's one of my favorite anime series!

[@BiggestDawgEver]

Even Arnold was giving away the "surprise" on talk shows like the tonight show, which was a shame given that you can tell by how it's set up that we(the audience) clearly weren't suppose to know until the T-800 said: "Get down!".

[@tyricegadson7699]

That's super awesome. Thanks for sharing

[@titansupes]

@@BiggestDawgEver Cameron talked about this during the Avatar press tour, because a common thing on the internet is "I can't believe the trailers spoiled that", but Cameron said "No, it was never meant to be a twist. Arnold being the good guy was the selling point of the movie, it was always meant to be advertised".

[@Polymathically]

@@titansupes That's some rather blatant historical revisionism on Cameron's part. He's a perfectionist and has a tendency to react when the Internet points out flaws in his movies, like editing the night sky or arguing about Jack being able to survive in Titanic. But he can't take back T2's marketing campaign. They _did_ keep it a secret for nearly all of the marketing campaign, including the teaser and the first trailer. They revealed the existence of two Terminators in that first trailer, but deliberately kept it ambiguous which one was supposed to be the protector. Seriously, go back and watch the first trailer. Then they needlessly added the reveal in the final trailer, which released _right before_ the film premiered. Regardless of how Cameron tries to spin it, the twist was clearly set up leading into the first major fight.

[@zeallust8542]

@@titansupes Cameron pretending "oh no its always meant to be this way!" Doesnt mean it was lmao. Cameron is entirely incapable of accepting any critism ever.

[@Demigord]

"Sarah Conor has come a long way" That is why she is such an excellent character. She earned her levelups, spent a decade or so forging herself into a badass. Acquiring friends who had arsenals. She earned it

[@scrrin]

Unlike other certain characters *cough* Rey *cough*

[@alucard624]

​@@scrrin Unlike so called modern female characters in action films today where they're great at everything from the get go, no flaws, and don't need no man for help. I seriously despise that crap.

[@shed117]

She truly is the definitive female bad ass besides Ripply from Alien.

[@samjohnson7869]

Also Hamilton's acting had greatly improved.

[@SimoExMachina2]

I bet she was just grinding some easy xp killing rats. Doesn't impress me.

[@williambryan3346]

Can we talk about how good of an actor the boy playing Danny was? I instantly got tears in my eyes when he called out “Daddy!” and put himself over Miles in order to protect him.

[@bretthake7713]

Really loved that you guys covered the directors cut - imo this is one of a few movies where the directors cut only adds to the movie, the extra scenes are well thought out and not just pointless cut-content. For anyone curious, some of the added scenes are the Sarah/Kyle dream sequence, when T1000 reads the dog collar, more dialogue in the CPU removal sequence, and the T1000 "glitching" when touching the metal floors and railings at the factory

[@tedbaker3846]

One of my all time favourite Movies! Still one of the best Action Movies ever made! Still holds up after 30 Years, damn!

[@anthonyhudak9363]

This such a revolutionary film and easily one of if not the best sequels ever. For future reactions, I'd love to see you do a giant monster week where you watch movies like Godzilla, King Kong, Cloverfield, and Pacific Rim.

[@senilegamer1728]

Jen's reaction to the classic twist at 11:57 kills me every time 🤨what...... 😲wait WhAt! I was honestly expecting a "Holden Thomas Hardman!" at 17:53 too, surprised he got away with it.

[@samuraiwarriorsunite]

For the scene where the semi-truck flips over, Cameron wanted a roll cage installed in the cab just in case something went wrong. The stunt coordinator assured him that this type of stunt had been done often and it wasn't necessary, but Cameron insisted. Sure enough, when they shot the scene, the entire cab did indeed collapse, and the only thing that saved the stunt performer from serious injury or death was the roll cage. They say Cameron is fairly meticulous about safety on his movie sets, and I'm sure that stunt performer is glad that he is.

[@ACaacc]

This is one of my ALL-TIME FAVOURITE movies, and deservedly so!...was eagerly waiting for this reaction lol

[@peterkoester7358]

Glad you and Jenn were able to watch the final Terminator movie, especially the director's cut of this film! And that you both enjoyed it so much. Too bad they never EVER made anymore Terminator films!

[@andrewscasualmtb]

Indeed. Super sad.

[@dallassukerkin6878]

:SMILES: I see what you did there ... and you beat me to the punch :D

[@alucard624]

At least not anymore GOOD Terminator movies.

[@ivanagustinortiz5237]

Thankfully, they did a TV show that's pretty good, and *that's it*

[@peterkoester7358]

I was going to mention the Sarah Connor Chronicles, but again, FOX in its infinite wisdom. Cancelled the show on a cliffhanger after only two seasons and just as everything was tying together.

[@davrick89]

I watched T2 first when I was a kid and I loved it, I didn’t know it was a sequel. Years after I watched the first one. T2 still one of my favorite movies of all time.

[@ArgerasCZ]

dude are you me? I had literally same experience :D it's also my favorite movie of all time

[@davrick89]

@@ArgerasCZ After I watched T1, I understood many things, especially why Sarah was so shocked when she sees T-800 haha

[@odinsahn7648]

Regarding the practical effects that Holden was referring to, in the new version they rotoscoped Arnolds face onto the doubles and they cropped out the T-1000's nuts. Awesome reaction, I'm glad Jen liked it as much as I thought she would. And yes, that was Hank (Dean Norris) as the SWAT guy. He was also with Arnold in Total Recall and even had a character in Lethal Weapon 2. He was famous before he was famous.

[@Vastspartan]

I'm glad someone noticed Dean Norris acting as the Swat Captain. I recently rewatched the movie and noticed

[@Archangel-0092]

Fun fact, in the parking garage scene where Robert Patrick is chasing John, Robert got so good at his running, he had to slow down because he kept catching up to John. 😂. Another fun fact, James Cameron wanted to do the helicopter camera work under the bridge, though the camera crew didn’t want to due to safety concerns. So James Cameron did it himself since he was already asking a veteran pilot to do the dangerous stunt.

[@tyricegadson7699]

Dang what a beast!

[@Tesserex]

And the stunt pilot is the pilot who jumps out of the helicopter when the T1000 hijacks it.

[@chrisrowe2308]

Jen "I'm hoping that they bring the action." James Cameron "Hold my 🍺"

[@aawrong]

So glad you both watched the extended / director's cut. Adds even more to a perfect movie.

[@OneAndOnlyMe]

This movie alone kick-started the home theater revolution in the 1990s. Probably more home theater systems were sold because of how this movie looked and sounded than any other. It's demo material to this day.

[@Sandstroem1981]

The best sequel to T2 is actually the TV show The Sarah Connor Chronicles. Lena Headey is doing an amazing job as Sarah Connor. Highly underrated

[@dallassukerkin6878]

Agreed.

[@jonathanryan9946]

If there's any continuity past T2... it's T:SCC, not the terrible films

[@HeatKingMedia]

I like the family theme of this movie. Its something James did with Aliens and he brought it back here with T2. There's also the theme of change with all main characters changing for the better. John learning that his mother wasn't insane and growing into the role of being responsible. Sarah learning to trust a machine, Arnold actually developing humanity and even Dyson going from this curious man whose alternative self brought about the doom of mankind taking responsiblity for his actions and trying to fix his mistakes. This movie is just pure escapism and a masterpiece of a sequel. Films these days don't quite reach the heights T2 delivered.

[@bikramarora1819]

Cameron has always nailed universal themes like family and love. People give the Avatar movies a lot of shit but I really enjoyed the family dynamics in Avatar 2. I also think he's a better storyteller than he gets credit for. He tells his stories incredibly sincerely and earnestly which is something we just don't get in movies nowadays. He takes the themes of his movies and fully commits to them even when those are considered by many to be "cheesy" or "corny". His movies are genuine and heartfelt.

[@tronam]

@@bikramarora1819 He's never been that interested in complex narratives. He has always preferred to tell simple, relatable stories on a grand scale that hit hard emotionally and visually. I'll take JC's heartfelt sincerity any day over the typical sarcastic snark we see so often in today's blockbusters. I loved The Way of Water.

[@salamshalom]

I think T2 is the better of the two, but it's only because it stands on the shoulders of the original. T2 is most enjoyable having seen the first one. The Arnold good guy twist! It is so good because we saw the first one where he horrified us. The Sarah's transformation is so impactful because she was such a lamb in the first one. Great stuff all around. This movie is where I was introduced to liquid nitrogen. That stuff teriffied me for YEARS.

[@ivanhernandez8070]

Jen’s taking the “would you still love me if I were a worm.” hypothetical to a new level 😂

[@Trayton]

It's subtle, but during the helicopter chase, you can see the T-2000 grew a 3rd arm to hold the stick so he could reload his gun with 2 hands.

[@zomfies]

I believe the police pilot who jumps out of the helicopter is played by the stunt pilot who actually flew the helicopter.

[@robertyingling8193]

The sara Connor chronicles is a great addition to the terminator franchise if you ever want to extend the story before getting to the later movies 🎥

[@stagger22]

for sure, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles is the best Terminator beyond the first 2 movies, most would probably say that's not saying much, but it was really good, IMO. Shame it was screwed over by a combination of a writer's strike and Fox being Fox.

[@Renegade2786]

I haven't watch the entire premise of that show, so I'm assuming that Skynet must have sent an army of terminators back in time to complete their back-up agenda when they lost the war.

[@visitorzeta1669]

I was initially put off by Terminator with a tv budget, but I gave the show a chance and really loved it.

[@robertyingling8193]

@@Renegade2786 yes and no Sarah and John ended up like 15 years in the future. Like the 3rd movie they sent back a few to take out other targets to ensure that skynet was inevitable

[@jcoptimus]

and Lena Headey as Sarah Connor... WOW!

[@tkurz3071]

Fun fact for you. The scene with the semi crashing though the barrier to get to John, nobody on James Camerons film crew felt safe to film it, so James took it upon himself to film the truck passing over the camera.

[@JB-nc7yk]

Fun fact: Jeanette Goldstein who played John’s foster mother also played Vasquez in Aliens.

[@ScottCurryistheOne]

Kudos for watching the extended version. Always love to watch someone watch this without Arnie being the hero having been spoiled for them. I remember back on the day this was spoiled by the trailers.

[@imthewolf1]

Your comments to each other how you each would still love the other, even if you were a cyborg trying to kill the other, shows you two have a "killer relationship"

[@vincevanbro9641]

I love that you guys watched the extended edition. The scene where they reset the switch adds so much more to the movie, I’m pissed it didn’t make the cut.

[@lkf8799]

I've never seen some of these scenes! This is awesome 😎

[@mscolli3]

I prefer theatrical / special. The extended gives too many things away like when there were 2 Sarah's and you just had to look at its feet.

[@crashfan9997]

@@mscolli3 that made sense though to show how John is able to distinguish them.

[@mscolli3]

@@crashfan9997 My point is it removed the drama of his choice/decision in the moment. I'm not a 5 yr old I don't need my hand held. Maybe I just have bias because I saw it in theatres when it came out and that's the version I see as the 'correct' one.

[@chanceneck8072]

Oh my god. She was actually completely clueless about Arnie's role in this?? 😍😍😭😍😍 This is a priceless reaction, I haven't seen anything like this in over a decade! Two decades even. At least. It's like your mind is blown when you hear the "I am your father" line in Empire Strikes Back.

[@joesanctuary101]

Love seeing these classics on the channel!!!

[@Tim_Raths]

This movie has a special place in my heart because it was the first rated R movie I ever watched. I was 10 years old and I saw this in the theater.

[@celeboria]

2 fun production trivias that make this masterpiece even greater: At 13:19 none of the camera crew wanted to film the scene because they were too afraid of the falling debris and chunks of concrete. So James Cameron took the camera and shot it himself. At 35:05 they actually flew a real helicopter over and under bridges, through passages and into the rear end of a truck. No CGI. No wires. No models. And now you won't ever need to watch another action movie for the rest of your lives, because you just saw the greatest there is, there was and there ever will be.

[@MissBlennerhassett876]

At 13:19 none of the camera crew wanted to film the scene because they were too afraid of the falling debris and chunks of concrete. It's a static camera.

[@kinagrill]

Also Linda actually lockpicked herself free from the restraints and the door - if I recall correctly, it was offered to just be 'fiddle and done' but Linda wanted to do it right and have it look right. So she learned to lockpick with a paperclip and such.

[@CrossOutBryce]

17:56 is true love because Jen was disgusted until she realized who she was next to 😂😂

[@deepermind4884]

Holden, whenever Jen starts asking probing questions about plot points, just say to her, "Would you like me to just tell you the story, or do you wanna watch the movie?"😏

[@FrankDX15]

Freaking Hell man i was waiting to see Jen Reaction to the mall scene for the plot twist!!! Thank you for your reaction, also Robert Patrick nailed this role💯

[@RustyDust101]

At 32:20 in your video you gave the roughly one second summary of the T-101's (Arnie's) destruction spree with the cop cars. What got me after I rewatched this scene a few times was the total: "Human casualties: 0.0" Not a full integer like 21 or something like that, but with decimal places behind the number. So he actually calculates injuries that put people out of combat as decimal points. It also took the time to register all potential kills and injuries. Another interesting little detail of all the many HUD info screens you can get when watching through the T-101's interface. During the intro-scene when the bearded biker blew the cigar smoke into Arnie's face, it instantly displayed 'carcinogenic aerosol detected' (or something similar). All of that detail that you wouldn't even have a chance to notice on VHS at the time as the stop-scene hold was usually jittery as crazy. So they put it in despite knowing that potentially only future display technology would be able to make this visible to audiences. All of these split second details. Yet they STILL did it. THAT'S what I call dedication to detail.

[@bare365]

Fun fact Miles (Joe Morton) is the same actor who played Cyborg’s dad in Zack Synder’s Justice League and they both died the same way setting off a detonator.🤣🤣🤣

[@alexhidalgo7110]

All right that’s right Holden and Jen I love it The sequel is so iconic I love your reaction Holden and Jen

[@BiggestDawgEver]

I love that you guys watched the extended cut. I have never seen another reactor do this version.

[@CoffeeMatt10]

Very true, usually it’s the theatrical release or the Skynet edition with the alternate ending.

[@domingorubies656]

Yeah , was surprised to see the Great Michael Biehn in there.

[@B-Dad]

I never saw max the dog die before 😱😱😱😭🙅🏾‍♂️

[@vlenhoff]

It's so good to see Jen in this journey of discovery. Good thing Holden is not the spoiler type of guy. I thank you for that Holden.

[@bboyshotty]

"15:13" hahah..DEFINITELY do/find more "My HUSBAND watches.." always love the little joy she gets from being able to finally reverse it on you lol. Good ol wholesomeness

[@80s_kid]

49:32 I agree. The OG Terminator is one of the best sci-fi horror dystopias ever made. Despite all its "weaknesses", it is perfect. I loved T2 (I saw it the year it came out) but retrospectively I consider the '84 Terminator to be the best. Cameron's vision + an enthusiastic crew working on a small budget resulted a fantastic film. Its atmosphere, the dark, grainy visual world, the foreshadowing of the sinister future, the "there is no escape from the Terminator" feeling and the music are all unique to this day - yes, even the Arnold puppet. :) Scenes like Technoir are the pinnacle of this genre.

[@lilbumpa2000]

I love that your wife was totally oblivious to Arnold being the good guy this time. I loved her reaction. Unfortunately for us old enough to see it in the theaters we already had this surprise ruined by the trailers before it came out😢. I wish I could find someone who hasn’t watched to see their reaction too

[@ArgerasCZ]

us younger people had spoiled main twist of terminator genisys in trailers :D I guess it's in franchise spoil main twists :D

[@justinbray75]

I just read Linda Hamilton suffered permanent hearing loss from Arnold firing his shotgun in the elevator scene cause she didn't wear earplugs.

[@Soundtracks92]

I love the parallels between the first 2 Terminator movies and the first 2 Alien movies, where the first ones are horror movies and the second are action epics :)

[@CaptainAmercia]

You should check out the game Terminator: Resistance pretty much what Terminator Salvation should've been set before the events of the movie's Future War but by the end crossing over. I do like Terminator Salvation but the film has a very different Judgement Day heavily inspired by the May Transformers movies which I personally don't mind but the setting is just so uninteresting and generic post apocalyptic. But there's a lore reason this being the relay of Judgement Day to July 25, 2003 which is why Salvations has a more 2000s feel to it yet doing away with the more 1980 retro futurism aesthetic and technology from the original Future War. Plus it's was set directly after judgement day so naturally it's not going to be as Sci Fi but I Personally just never cared for it's dull setting. But the game is a blast and feels 100% like the movies from music to visual to sound design everything feels like a follow up to the first film.

[@michaelcoffey1991]

Loved seeing Jenn react tot his. It is in my humble opinion one of the 5 greatest action films with a actual plot. Her breakdown of the movie was stellar.

[@Nok1me]

2:11 "would you love me if I was a worm" energy lmao

[@robertyingling8193]

I love the fact that you chose to watch the extended cut of t 2 it answers several questions. Like how John could tell it wasn't Sarah at the end. And that they had to modify Arnold to be able to learn. On the dirt bike chase sceen the Robert Patrick trained so well running they had to ask him to slow down because he kept catching the bike while on foot. Lol he also trained to not blink especially while firing the gun because terminators wouldn't be surprised. The beginning of this was a lot slower because of the extended cut. She didn't see Kyle rees originally. The dog sceen was an add on as well Patrick didn't go out and see the name before. The sara Connor chronicles is a great addition to the terminator franchise if you ever want to extend the story before getting to the later movies 🎥 Ironically I grew up with T2 and didn't see the original until I was much older

[@surlycanadian]

I absolutely hate the last scene in this version though. Edit: upon completion of their reaction, this extended version doesn’t have the same ending as my Blu-Ray which has the theatrical cut and the extended version. In mine, the extended version has an alternate future long past judgement day and John is a senator, has a family blah blah blah. It’s a shit ending, but this version didn’t have it.

[@davidsavage5630]

It doesn't answer that question in the extended version. In the theatrical he says that the more contact he has with humans the more he learns. Period. In the extended the dialogue is CHANGED to be sent out set to "read only." Meaning he only follows orders. He doesn't think or learn. She even says "they don't want you to do too moch thinking huh." And then they reset it. Basically, in the theatrical version it doesn't need to be reset. It doesn't get points for answering a question it only creates in the extended version. And he knows it's Sarah in the theatrical because one is saying "come here....help, John." And the other one says "get out of the way, John." It's a stronger character moment because he knows his mother well enough to know which one is real. The real Sarah Connor wouldn't call him back for help. I used to think the extended was better but as I've gotten older I've gravitated towards the theatricals of this and Aliens over the longer ones. But that's just me. They just feel leaner and tight as a drum. I'm just simply saying that they don't show you answers that the theatrical doesn't give you. Because the footage is slightly different the extended one actually creates a situation where it needs the extra footage. Both versions answer the same things just in different ways..

[@CoffeeMatt10]

@@surlycanadian the alternate ending is the Skynet Edition. There’s 3 different cuts of T2 (that I know of), one with a couple of deleted scenes added, one with all the deleted scenes but the original ending (Extended Edition), and one with the alternate ending (Skynet Edition).

[@surlycanadian]

@@CoffeeMatt10 I had to look mine up because I just had the disc; I was wrong, mine is dvd not Blu-Ray. it’s the ultimate cut released in 2010. It has all of the deleted scenes including the terrible ending.

[@robertyingling8193]

@@surlycanadian never heard about that one.

[@asterix7842]

I never get tired of seeing people’s reactions when they first realize that Arnie’s the good guy in this one. Now you have to watch T3- not quite as good as this one, but still good, and it does complete the trilogy, plus it has one of the greatest chase scenes ever filmed.

[@Saibot79]

Do yourself a favor and don't go past that. Salvation isn't good. Genysis is Terrible. And I won't even talk about the last one to carry the name. I never saw it, but I know what they did.

[@tommygunzz7586]

@@Saibot79 Terminator Dark fate is awesome!

[@Horrormaster13]

​@@tommygunzz7586 No, it's not!

[@gavinator354]

anything after 2 is trash. 3 is really bad

[@grkpektis]

The T-1000 reminds me of the Predator, every time he shows up we see a new ability he has

[@mengiaboy]

Fun fact that I just found. The scene with the two Sara Conners. That scene wasn't done with special effects. Linda Hamilton has a twin sister, Leslie and they brought her in for that scene.

[@omarsoliman2355]

SO this is IT!!! This is THE movie sequel that everyone turns to as being impossibly better than the first hit movie. It's just got everything you want to see in it.

[@martinjamiesonful]

For a one-off movie reaction, one if my all-time favourites is The Crow, I reckon if you haven't seen it already you'll love it - especially Jen!

[@patsyfras]

"Can't rain all the time..."

[@VorpalBunnysRevenge]

There are a lot of little touches in this movie that are easy to miss. For instance, in one shot where the T1000 is flying the helicopter, he has 3 arms.

[@2apocalypsex]

back in the day toy guns didn't have colored tips. It wasn't until 1992 that the Department of Commerce prohibited the manufacture, sale, or shipping of toy guns unless they had an orange tip or are entirely brightly colored. The regulation does not prohibit end-users from modifying the toys.

[@ericcunningham1678]

Definitely enjoying rewatching Terminator with you two! I would watch all the various sequels too if you did them.

[@VidulaSaix]

One of the best movies and sequels of all time.

[@houdin654jeff]

22:57 is the tail end of one of my favorite practical effects illusions in any movie ever. It's a shot that's only in the directors cut, but it's really awesome. It looks like the Terminator is sitting in front of a mirror while Sarah and John open up his head to get the chip, but if you think about it logically, there's no way to shoot that for a couple reasons, namely the mirror would show the camera and crew in the reflection, and Arnold Schwarzenegger (probably) doesn't have a metal head with a computer chip in it. Here's how it's done. The mirror isn't a mirror, it's a hole in the wall with a frame around it. The Arnold sitting in the foreground with John and Sarah is a dummy with the hole in its head. The real Arnold is sitting in the 'reflection' with Linda Hamilton's twin sister and Edward Furlong's stunt double. They worked out the timing of removing the bolts in the Terminator's head, with the reflection version just miming what they were doing to the dummy. That way, the camera can pan around to the hole in his head all in one master shot.... and they didn't even use it in the theatrical cut.

[@richrobledo6561]

FUN FACT: The actor Dean Norris (Hank, Breaking Bad) who plays the SWAT Team Leader in this film, is also in another Arnold flick. He was in Total Recall as one of the mutants on Mars. He plays Tony, the guy who stops Quaid to say “You have a lot of guts showing your face around here.” He’s the guy in the bar with half of his face is normal and the other half is deformed.

[@Tigermania]

Saw this in the cinema and the part where Sarah has a nightmare and the nuclear explosion incinerates her flesh off her bones was the scariest part. Also where the T-1000 hides in plain sight on the tiled floor shows the terminator has stealth and can use those tactics to kill, which elevated the threat from him in the rest of the movie.

[@Do0msday]

This is one of the greatest action movies (and sequels) of all time. The special effects as a whole stand up so well after all these years. I wouldn't even bother with any other Terminator movies after this. I suppose the 3rd wasn't *that* bad, but the casting for that was really weird to me. But the ones after that...yuck. And the fact that Jen went into this without knowing Arnold was a good guy -- I love it!

[@melanieszelong4664]

Yeah when the trailer came out originally it gave it away

[@KthulhuXxx]

In the elevator scene, when Holden said "their poor ears"....yeah, Linda Hamilton actually permanently lost the hearing in one of her ears filming that scene.

[@Luke17-10ministry]

"So how do they make anymore Terminator movies without the Terminator?" That's the thing Jenn, they didn't make anymore Terminator movies after this one. You've seen them all.

[@SyntheticFrost]

Terminator 2 is without a doubt one of the best movies to ever come out of Hollywood. Love that you guys covered it.

[@nolenhutton2108]

You two should really watch Terminator 3 rise of the machines. Outside of two scenes I find it’s a worthy sequel…and that ending…don’t really get endings like that anymore

[@thetopcrusader]

Definitely. Always seems to get a lot of hate but it’s a fun movie with some great set pieces and… that ending.

[@Fozzimodo]

My "Aragorn breaking his toe" moment that I always have to mention: When Sarah is working on the Terminators' CPU, James Cameron used a fake mirror with Arnie sat facing the camera and Linda Hamilton's sister acting as a body double.

[@2apocalypsex]

I find it strange that watching different people reacting to this movie that no one seems to notice the Guns & Roses reference when Arnold takes the shotgun out of the box of roses

[@Cnith]

It's extremely impressive how well they made the effects back then, considering the "potato computers" we had back then (something like a 386 pc's were the norm at the time I think). They were just really smart in how they used the computing power and had to create programs to do these things from the ground up (there are clips of them doing it on youtube somewhere).

[@jimclayson]

I upgraded from an 8086 to a 386sx in '91, I think (I had a limited budget and was definitely not running top of the line)... so yeah, as I recall, 386 was more or less standard, although 486 was around by then... and it was still unusual for most people to HAVE home computers at the time. I think the number was around 15% of households in '90 and it didn't top 50% until around '99 or 2000.

[@dantesellars4941]

I just want a series where Jenn reacts to the times Holden makes faces to the camera without her noticing

[@Grimlock1979]

My favorite little "blink-and-you'll-miss-it" moment is that during the helicopter chase, the T-1000 has four arms.

[@misterdiffiCULT1]

"I keep forgetting I'm talking to Lassie." Killed me.

[@JoeArce210]

Not only is this movie one of the greatest sequels ever made, but one of the greatest movies ever made. Also, a great example of the sequel being better than the first

[@martinbraun1211]

Any chance for STAR TREK reactions? 🖖

[@arraymac227]

Fun fact: that chopper actually went through that underpass.

[@JacobLunbeck]

Holden, it's very funny that you brought up Jurassic Park in your review. Fun fact, in the scene where the T-Rex eats the guy hiding in bathroom, the VFX team used the T-1000 model for the shot. They still had it saved on their computers from when they worked on this movie.

[@joshdidgit6398]

You guys should definitely continue with the next movies especially Terminator Salvation I would love to see Jen's reaction to that storyline