New - 'The Terminator' (1984) - Modern Trailer (30th Anniversary)

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What if the sci-fi classic movie 'The Terminator' was to be released today - would it be advertised like this?
Created by Jamie Martin // www.jamiemartindesign.co.uk
Soundtrack: Immediate Music - End Of A Dark Age

[@DEP717]

Love, love, love, the swerve in the first part of the trailer, making the audience suspect what the Police did in the movie. Also, brings home just how good Biehn was in this. Heck, all three of the "mains."

[@benprewitt4600]

That opening part where it was set up that you didn't know who was actually the killer...GREAT!

[@amerk6601]

Fantastic job. Really goes to show what can be done to promote old movies, rather than just remake them. I'd bet if some of these "modern trailers" were pushed out more and more in ads, younger folks who missed out originally may be curious to rent, stream, or even buy the movies.

[@newshowsof09]

a merk hey I also make modern trailers, I really hope you could check mine out. 🙏💯

[@Berni0707]

That generic soundtrack would killed the movie. I never realized how importart is the soundtrack in the movie.

[@JamieFMartin]

+Berni0707 Brad Fiedel's score for The Terminator is simply fantastic, though it is a product of it's time.

[@Arrinao]

@@JamieFMartin Not really, tbh. From that era there are lot of movies with soundtracks, that perfectly hold up to this day. The soundtrack isn't bad but very repetitive. Keep in mind Terminator was a low budget movie and in some of the making-off James Cameron himself said that soundtrack is the thing that comes last and can only use the limited money that were not already spent on the movie making. I think in that same interview Brad Fiedel said the money he received for the first terminator was pretty low so he was rather uninterested until he read the script.

[@gertjanmeijerink1730]

That.s classic James Cameron. Making an unforgiven intense and raw actionmovie

[@Greetling]

impressive work. it's a total different point of view on this classic movie! thanks alot!

[@Gkm-]

The Terminator was an influential film to the Sci-Fi genre, in influencing other movies in Sci-Fi. James Cameron brings us an astounding work of film that will leave you surprise and the thrill of a lifetime.

[@ActualRacerX]

I thought this was super cool. Had me thinking Reese was the shadowy antagonist, didn’t see the endoskeleton to ruin the surprise from the tanker fire, many random action scenes to not piece together the plot, just wish at the VERY end (when it goes dark) you would hear some of the score from the film for a few seconds to top it off. I liked this!!

[@JonathanSchattke]

pretty much... telegraph the whole plot, ruin every bit of misunderstanding during the movie, yeah, that's a modern trailer all right. Oh, and hit a clip from every good action sequence.

[@JamieFMartin]

This is the dilemma I faced; to make a faithful 'modern trailer' I felt had to follow the convention of showing a lot of the plot, as is the norm today it seems. My compromise was to a) show clips out of context, and b) not show any of the T800 endoskeleton/robot sub-structure. I may do an alternative simpler, cleaner, less spoilery version of the trailer.

[@Hikuro2pnt0]

jamiefmartin no way keep it like it is here, I thought it was just fine. Peope today are to gripey about modern films cause they're to nostalgic for things that were once original and now overplayed. You make it how you want it.

[@TheHauntedMouth]

To be fair, the original trailers did pretty much the exact same thing. Even the shortest one gave away the whole plot, and the longer one really showed almost everything. This isn't a modern phenomenon by any means, though in either era there are a handful of trailers that actually leave a little to the imagination and don't spoil the film- the trailer for Alien is a good example.

[@DjAether8]

+TheHauntedMouth Apparently you werent living in the 80s to know how much *if anything* was shown in trailers back then.

[@chatteyj]

Dj_Ezhel He's right you can search and see the original terminator trailer right here on youtube it gives away the plot and shows most of the good bits

[@davidnova9003]

Love it, now I want to see ths masterpiece again, keep it up!

[@JamieFMartin]

Cheers David.

[@williamgrabowski3411]

Sharp, sharp work!

[@Olagfigh]

I think It would be better if The Terminator theme started at 1:49. But I'm sure that would be 10x better if there was classic "dun-dun-dun dun-dun" at 2:18 played twice. Nice job anyway

[@mostpopular8545]

Great work man it's awesome

[@betsysbutler5790]

WOW! What an incredible trailer, Jamie. Fantastic!

[@Fmlad]

Very Inspiring trailer :D Great job!

[@JamieFMartin]

Many thanks

[@TheAmazingToma2003]

You ruined my 80's dream

[@vagabon5130]

THAT was hype. Rock solid job dude. Bravo!

[@MatheusYami]

That was fantastic, I loved it!

[@MsDboyy]

Very well done

[@BungieStudios]

You could have introduced the Terminator character a little earlier. Kyle's role becomes obfuscated. A great line to include in between that blackout would be: "I'm Reese. Sergeant Tech-COM, DN38416. Assigned to protect you. You've been targeted for termination."

[@BungieStudios]

My only criticism. Other than thay, well made.

[@BungieStudios]

A great example of a spoiler-riddled trailer would be the ad for Star Wars Episode II Attack of the Clones. They show the whole damn movie. As for my three comments, I guess KZbin mobile will not let you edit anymore. Stupid app.

[@JamieFMartin]

I was exploring the idea of misdirecting the audience to think it's a movie about Kyle stalking Sarah, hence leaving Arnie's appearance until a bit later than you might expect.

[@BungieStudios]

@@JamieFMartin Fair enough. Sorry for the late response. I still like your video a lot.

[@terrywright1979]

This is awesome...

[@AgentMcQueen]

I mean....dude! Incredible work done here.

[@JamieFMartin]

Thank you.

[@baronvg]

I don't know if it's this trailer or if it's just seeing shots from the movie, but I really wanna see this movie again now.

[@JamieFMartin]

I always want to see this movie! :)

[@JamieFMartin]

VIEW THE TEASER VERSION HERE: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pWS5mZx8nbZpf7c

[@moisesmendoza.6533]

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[@EYEMADETHIS]

great edit mate, keep it up.

[@JamieFMartin]

Cheers.

[@adamsmith4416]

Can't wait to see this.

[@slyguythreeonetwonine3172]

Me neither!!!!!!

[@sammiller5981]

That's impressive! 👍

[@TheOldRabbit]

great edit

[@shawn86x]

amazing trailer perfect !!!!!!

[@JamieFMartin]

Thank you.

[@trollman4060]

Very nice recreation of a modern trailer for one of the best movies of all time.

[@JamieFMartin]

Thanks.

[@007thematrix007]

@ 2:22 after kyle says " ... it's just him, and me!" (*should've inserted right after the menacing clip of ahnold saying " ... i'll be back!" [*would've been a perfect end to this very good trailer])

[@007thematrix007]

@ 1:59

[@thelucasveloso]

SWEET trailer! It gave me shivers!

[@JamieFMartin]

Cheers.

[@derekd2029]

Wow, that was awesome

[@JamieFMartin]

Cheers Derek.

[@joeyshuny5]

Great job. There is no other Kyle Reese. Michael Biehn is the only one. Anton Yelchin at least tried getting Michael Biehn's Reese down but Jai Courtney..... Where do I start with that pusswad?? Kyle Reese was one of the most heroic characters ever. Michael Biehn played him to perfection. Jai Courtney came along and never even bothered to watch the original because he wanted to make the part his own. It wasn't his part to do that. At least Anton Yelchin watched the original. Courtney figured he was above that.

[@LauraSusanJohnson]

Jai Courtney was a model before wasn't he? He wanted to make the part his own (snort!) Well the only character he ever played that seemed interesting was from the first Divergent movie, and that's because he looked strange with all the piercings and shit. Guy needs acting lessons before bragging about making a part "his own." Biehn rules.

[@MrCarpen7er]

And like that wasn´t enough, that terrible line, "I volunteered for this shit" makes it even worse. Kyle Reese would never say that. Stupid.

[@chatteyj]

Wait he never even watched the original terminator? No wonder genysis was utter shit.

[@SmoothEmJay]

Very well done.

[@JamieFMartin]

Thanks.

[@WalkingRoscoe]

👏👏👏 Dude! When is this going to be in theaters?!?! 😜

[@michaelforthriller]

really cool !!!! Nice job :)

[@JamieFMartin]

Glad you liked it

[@deckard87fr]

Hey i liked it, it made me want to see this film again (even if i'm already watching it atleast once a year), you can't beat that, i mean i loved T2 but the first one is the best !

[@JamieFMartin]

Thanks. Yup - The Terminator is a re-watchable classic.

[@LukeLovesRose]

They're both re-watchable masterpieces. But The Terminator is still clearly a low budget 80s movie. T2 fully transcends

[@docleo2001]

It would have been better if it was a small teaser that ended with the audience thinking that Kyle Reese was the Terminator instead of even introducing Arnold. Having said that, good job!

[@JamieFMartin]

Thanks. I agree with you Eric. My original intention was to try and make a trailer that perhaps tricked the audience into thinking this is a stalker/slasher/serial-killer thriller/horror movie (and that Kyle was the Terminator). But I gave in to the temptations of being faithful to what a true modern trailer is; a spoiler-ridden bit of excitement. I may actually make a shorter version of the trailer, more akin to the first third of this one, showing less plot relating to the T800. I got an email from Gale Anne Hurd (the co-writer and producer of The Terminator), who made the point that others have also made: "If we were actually going to release the film for the first time now, we would have held back on the key moments and plot points you reveal, but that’s just quibbling." Quibbles aside, she has a point.

[@docleo2001]

I agree 100% that the plots get completely spoiled now. Just look at the new Terminator trailer.

[@frostedflame]

brilliant!

[@JamieFMartin]

Thanks David.

[@slyguythreeonetwonine3172]

The orchestral sound does not mix well. There should be an almost overbearing drive with synthetic sound similar to the "heartbeat" sound. And with each cut the speed of the cuts increase while making the heartbeat sound louder until you can't hear anything but that as it cuts to the glistening Title Logo. Seems like it would fit the chase genre part of the movie very well. I might do this one day. But not this one.

[@slyguythreeonetwonine3172]

Damn ok. That last bit of dialogue from Kyle at the end of the trailer that ends with the 800 series aiming right in your face from Tech Noir as Kyle finish "until you are dead" was great. Had you left that as the end that would have been epic as it cuts to the title logo and then fades to black. But you brought Kyle back for that one last line.

[@someguybreaks]

What's a phonebook?

[@tricatfilms6136]

The shorter one is MUCH better. It had the "You're dead honey (dramatic silence pause)" and the RED glow font cut to Sarah's face glowing red in Tech-Noir. This gives away WAY TOO MUCH which is what made the film so great kind of not knowing Arnold was a machine from the future and what was going on. Here is a link to the shorter one for everyone: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pWS5mZx8nbZpf7c

[@TheLordshinnok]

I👀The Terminator A ruthless killer on mission from future to change fate of mankind we own💿📼.

[@patrick99706]

The best 80's movie ever :)

[@DopamineShooter]

Good job but... without original music its not so good. Soundtrack you have chosen kills all the atmosphere.

[@tuanbach3368]

Skynet don't have nuclear But have unknown weapons which includes lasers-like

[@francocorradi5818]

An unstoppable cyborg is sent from 2029 to 1984 to kill a waitress whose unborn son lead humanity in a war against machines, while a soldier is sent from the same future to protect her.

[@galaxiasinfonica3108]

Excelente. Pero el trailer termina contando todo el film.

[@blowsmokeable]

with cji body models for main actors they can reanimate old movies in say like 10 years from now would make sense since hollywood doesnt make any good movies like it used to be

[@pearlestrada5822]

oh my!! linda looks such a goddess here!! haha!! awesome!!! good pairing with michael!!

[@Thrill98]

yeah this trailer looks modern

[@JDemen82]

I sense sarcasm in your comment

[@Thrill98]

no, i'm seriously. Anyway I prefer retro trailer version of this movie ;D

[@pearlestrada5822]

she really doesnt like her hair in the 80's,!! but still she looks soo pretty!!

[@CYP0]

Sci-fi horror. This is what this is. James Cameron was a visionary.

[@mrflynn1205]

James Cameron is a great director but he knew what was going down back then.

[@FavioRiveros]

Am i the only one that was waiting for the suddenly french horn sound near the end? "BBBUURHHHMMM!!!!!"

[@JamieFMartin]

Good point - to be a true 'modern trailer' recreation it really would need that for completeness' sake.

[@GTvlog]

Wow, amazing~~ VERY well done! Better than all of the original trailers! Kudos.... You should be making trailers professionally! This was AWESOME! Can't wait for the new movie July 1 in the States!!!

[@JamieFMartin]

Thank you.

[@roko811]

Nice focus at beginning on seriel murder but the switch to main story was a bit rash

[@LauraSanchez-qp4ef]

still better than the last 3 crappy movies !!

[@meg-k-waldren]

omg. just saw this. fucking awesome!!!!!!!!

[@JamieFMartin]

Thanks Meg.

[@marconoelbuhion1633]

Pause at 1:00

[@ryantait08]

It was put together well. But it gives too much of the plot away, takes away a lot of the reveals, which was a huge part of the fun of watching this movie for the first time.

[@JamieFMartin]

I agree. But I wanted to create a trailer in the 'modern' sense - ie they chronologically outline the entire plot for you, so that you don't even need to go and see the film. This is why I've done a second, shorter Terminator trailer that hopefully gives less away - check it out on my channel.

[@tuanbach3368]

Michelle/Sandra/Sarah had to deal one and a half unknown people from the future Kyle and half human/half terminator spraying in the hideout tunnel and the Terminator itself It made it seem like Earth is out there among the unknowns Earth is still somewhat unknown and NASA might agree

[@PiotrStruczykLF]

Nice but too long.

[@antoniogalvez5839]

Sara Connors I am your Kyle Reese!!

[@KaosNova2]

Remember folks, to keep a dog nearby, and also to carry some guns with decent armor piercing rounds

[@J-S.P]

For the most part it's decent, but that music doesn't do it for me.

[@SmartassX1]

The original is much better. The purpose of a trailer is to get people interested in the movie, which the original does. If a trailer spoils any plot info and shows over 10% of the action scenes, it's bad.

[@TheTrailerCREAT0R]

SmartassX1 the original narrated the entire plot.

[@ronki23]

Terminator used to be good until Rise of the Machines

[@room616oc]

Jamie, Very Cool Film Editing my nigga

[@JamieFMartin]

Thanks.

[@nicolafavella2745]

The Best Suspance Thriller Movie of the all time.. I hope Jim Cameron come back to direct the real sequels of the saga.. We need it!!

[@JamieFMartin]

I have to totally agree with you on this!

[@angelsimone1278]

The Terminator and Terminator 2 Judgement Day were the best***** The others were crap why remake The Terminator again 2015 everyone knows they want to see the John Connor and his soilders in battle with the machines but the going back through time everyone has seen that***** James Cameron has to reboot the Terminator to make up for other mistakes that the other directors did***** Linda Hamlition, Michael Behin, will always be Sarah Connor and Kyle Reese! Folks here is a fun fact Did you know that OJ Simpson was going to play the Terminator but they picked Arnold Swarzengger instread!

[@JamieFMartin]

Actually Arnold was originally up for the role of Kyle, until he decided he liked the idea of playing the baddie more than the good guy.

[@26cutepoison]

Это было охуенно.

[@JamieFMartin]

Thanks

[@michaeltruthson6262]

This is the only "The Terminator" movie all the others straight sucked.

[@OscarHernandez-ry5qq]

🤢🤮

[@Daemon1995_]

everything after Judgment day was messed up