THE TERMINATOR (1984) MOVIE REACTION - NO WONDER IT'S A SCI-FI CLASSIC! - First time watching

Welcome to our first-time reaction to The Terminator (1984) movie. This film came out in 1984 and everything from the story to the action sequences still hold up today making it such a thrill ride.
We finally got to meet James Cameron's iconic creation, the T-800. And we must say Arnold Schwarzenegger was so menacing in the role! He was imposing as the cyborg assassin and made us fear for anybody who was in his way.
Sarah Connor who is portrayed by Linda Hamilton was another fantastic character. We love how Kyle Reese let's us know in the future that Sarah Connor becomes a very important person and how throughout this film you start seeing how she could become the person she's eventually known for in the future.
We hope you enjoy our reactions and commentary as we discuss how this film impacted the sci-fi genre forever, how it became a staple of sci-fi action thriller, and how it solidified James Cameron as a genius of the sci-fi genre.
Sit back and relax as we embark in this time traveling adventure and have our first encounter with the unstoppable cyborg.
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[@OfficialMediaKnights]

The Terminator was so menacing! This film was truly incredible. Everything from the storytelling to the effects they utilized at the time left us impressed! Thank you so much for watching this with us. It means the world to us! If you enjoyed the video hit the like button (it's like KZbin tipping and it helps us out a bunch) and if you're feeling extra generous subscribe so you don't miss our next reactions! Aliens Movie Reaction: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hpemc3eaeKubpJIsi=gqvUenAhHN7ftari If you'd like to support the channel and gain access to the full length reaction become a member of our patreon bit.ly/3ICVrJ6

[@MasterSkywalker91]

It’s also perfect for Halloween season. The Terminator is also considered a slasher horror film. James Cameron himself cited the original Halloween (1978) as a major influence for the movie.

[@targetedfitnesswithrosemarie]

You'll read this a lot, but Terminator 2 is a must if you enjoyed Terminator!

[@KarstenHuehn]

The main theme behind the movie was the fear and obsession with nuclear war back when the Soviet Union was considered a real threat. Today, smart AIs would probably release microorganisms or chemical weapons to eliminate humans without the messiness of nuclear fallout.

[@jamedraa8472]

The sequel is even better. One of my all time faves.

[@dennisjones0081]

Terminator 2 “believe it or not”, is even better. Do that one asap, dying to see your reaction. Subscribing now.

[@batmanvsjoker7725]

Kyle was wondering why Sarah looked so sad in the picture, what she was thinking about. Turns out, she was thinking about him.

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

That's such a heartbreaking realization...

[@tonyyul703]

​@@OfficialMediaKnightsget ready for a lot of information from me I've studied this film and it's sequels, and lore

[@tonyyul703]

​@@OfficialMediaKnightsthis is James Cameron's VERY FIRST DIRECTORIAL FILM DEBUT....

[@tonyyul703]

​@@OfficialMediaKnightsBrad Fidel is the TERMINATOR COMPOSER

[@tonyyul703]

There's Bill Paxton

[@grkpektis]

I love how this movie subtly shows technology is already betraying humanity, the Terminator is using the police radio, Sarah's friend didn't hear the Terminator killing her boyfriend because she had headphones on and the Terminator found out Sarah was at the night club because of an answering machine

[@videogamesandfilm6821]

underrated comment.

[@greatestscott6599]

Just like how beer keeps betraying my liver! #TheLagernator

[@lukeball4937]

A lot of people missed the nuance of Sarah’s message on the machine as well. “Ha, ha, you’re talking to a machine”.

[@guntertorfs6486]

Look at history : no technology needed for betrayal. Humans have been doing it since the beginning of time.

[@levitaggart5943]

To be fair, the police radio, the Walkman & the answering machine did not betray Sarah. Those machines functioned the way they were designed to. It was the terminator that used them to destroy life. That's what it does. That's all it does ! You can't stop it ! Well . . . You could pull the plugs & take the batteries out. That helps.

[@davidshodeen4037]

Bill Paxton..only actor to get killed by Predator, Alien and Terminator. RIP!

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

RIP, he was such a gem of an actor!

[@captbrownbeard1599]

I forget his name but one of the two main cops does as well. Although technically he doesn't die from the Alien as he is an android.

[@jjkhawaiian]

@@captbrownbeard1599 Bishop played by Lane Henricksen.

[@toodlescae]

​​@@captbrownbeard1599Lance Henricksen.

[@GeorgeTropicana]

Terminator didn't kill him. So fucking tired of people constantly regurgitating this bullshit

[@socalpaul487]

Arnold was originally going to be Reese. During a meeting with Cameron, Arnold had recently seen the original movie "Westworld" (1973) and was impressed with the way Yul Brynner played The Gunslinger robot. He kept impressing on Cameron that whoever played the Terminator should mimic the way Brynner's Gunslinger robot kept getting more mechanical as the robot got more damaged. So Yul Brynner's Gunslinger was the prototype for The Terminator.

[@NoriMori1992]

I knew it! When I watched Westworld, during that last scene where he's stalking the guy down the hallway, and gets up again after he's burned to a crisp, I thought, "This had to be an inspiration for Terminator, it had to be!"

[@kevinburton3948]

Michael Biehn has said that Kyle Reese was one of his two favourite roles. The main reason being Reese gets to tell the story to the audience of what is going on in the movie. (His other favourite role was Johnny Ringo from "Tombstone").

[@mattmozgiel2111]

Totally his 2 best roles

[@joaoluizfonseca6914]

he said that one of Jim Cameron’s best abilities was to tell the stories as the action took place, because that keeps the audience hooked

[@Jigsawn2]

What impresses me most is that Terminator was very low budget but they really made the most of their practical and effects to great effect.

[@RaderizDorret]

Good writing, good actors, and a competent director and crew can make amazing shit happen. Look at the OG Halloween: less than $1 Million to make an all-time classic.

[@ahumanbeingfromtheearth1502]

It's telling how much effort went into the film that the stop motion used on the terminator near the end is probably the only case where the effects are distracting.

[@joaoluizfonseca6914]

it’s weird to think that “low budget” seems high too…. like, this is 6 million dollars, and when you think about explosions, the mannequins and makeup, the scenes in 2029, that’s where a lot of the money had to go to, and it paid off

[@DaRkLoRdZoRc]

Fun fact: The reason the very last camera shot of the Terminator's eye getting squished and flickering out looks so strange was because the budget had entirely run out by that point. The Terminator's eye socket wasn't even a puppet of its head at that point - it was _a wad of aluminum foil_ with a battery LED in the middle.

[@Jigsawn2]

@ haha that’s amazing, cheers

[@Oakjet1998]

Rip Bill Paxton again!!!! For what little role he had in this movie

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

Yes it was him!! Barely recognized him! RIP Bill Paxton!

[@Antagonopolis]

One thing I personally always thought was very sad in this film, is that Kyle died without ever finding out if he was able to save the one he loved...

[@Vale9118]

To think that the only reason why Sarah is Sarah is really because of him and the courage he gave her.. he did more than just create John Connor with her

[@richardhealy]

The shot of the robot, red eyes blazing, rising out of the flames, was from a nightmare Cameron suffered. It was such an arresting image, he could never shake it. Spin forward to when he gets to make his first movie (we're not counting Piranah 2: The Spawning which, yes, he directed but Terminator is HIS movie) that would forge a lifelong friendship with Special Effects wizard Stan Winston, who engineered all the brutal animatronics that sold the unstoppable robot assassin from the future, who helped create that moment of sheer terror. Arnold is no more but the robot cannot die. It is is the essential heart of Terminator. Something the latter sequels (after T-2) forgot.

[@MrTech226]

During pre-production, James Cameron wanted out of all people, OJ Simpson as The Terminator (7 years before his infamous case). But Arnold, I think supposed to play Kyle Reese. Arnold requested James that he wanted the role of The Terminator. Because Arnold has played good guys role and wanted to try something different as a villain. During an interview, Arnold hired a vocal coach to minimize his thick Austrian accent for getting bigger roles.

[@andre1999o]

Fun fact: due to his thick Austrian accent, Arnold Schwarzenegger had issues saying the line "I'll be back", so he requested to writer-director James Cameron to change the line. Cameron replied, "Look, you don't tell me how to write and I don't tell you how to act.

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

Lolll love the sass! Glad they kept it, imagine them having changed it?! Would not have been the same!

[@willbeonekenobi]

@@OfficialMediaKnights It actually was scripted as 'I'll come back'

[@Lynn705Hal]

In an interview Arnold said the script was I will be back and he suggested I'll be back.

[@jjkhawaiian]

"I'll see you later." doesn't have the same ring.

[@alfreddreamer9097]

"I will be back." Not as good.

[@Alejandro218]

Something that makes Arnold more bad ass, is that when he is driving the police car, he moves like a surveillance camera,he moves the eyes first and later the head, like a surveillance camera will move the lens first and later the rest of the body. He did an awesome job playing a robot.

[@kuribayashi84]

This movie is not just impressive for its time, its also amazing what they were able to accomplish with the rather small budget: 6.4 Million $, which even in 1984 wasn't a lot for a movie of this type. I guess Camerons' experience working at Roger Corman Studios helped a lot: He was Art Director on "Battle Beyond the Stars" (1980, basically The Magificent Seven in space) and Production Designer on "Galaxy of Terror" (1981, sort of an "Alien"-Knockoff). For both, he was able to execute Special Effects and build Sets with little money.

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

Knowing the budget they had makes it even more impressive! The things they were able to achieve is truly amazing. The skillset of knowing how to do those things and keep it on a budget is pretty handy.

[@manticore4952]

The intro to T2 cost more.

[@Daveyboy100880]

@@manticore4952I think the craft services on T2 cost more than the original film too!

[@samsonau8205]

Star Wars in 1977 was $9 M, so you can see that studios doubted James Cameron and Arnie at the time.

[@lennyvalentin6485]

@@OfficialMediaKnights They actually ran out of money during the production, so several night-time driving scenes were filmed hit-and-run guerilla-style with a barebones crew and no permits (or blocking off the streets either IIRC), and them all getting the hell outta there before any cops or such showed up. :D The very final scene of the Terminator's head getting crushed and "dying" was ultra low budget (they essentially had zero money left at that point), so Stan Winston re-created the partially crushed Terminator skull out of ordinary household aluminium foil so that the eye piece would pop out as the skull crumpled, the "hydraulic press" was foam core blocks, and the smoke seen on screen was Stan gently blowing cigarette smoke into the frame as he dialed down the potentiometer controlling the glowing eye's intensity, while Cameron himself filmed the result. Also, the club Tech Noir seen in the movie was a set which looked realistic enough to actually attract real-life Los Angeleans who wanted to get in there and club out. :) Incidentally, the movie's "Tech Noir" also named the new genre "The Terminator" has been classified as by some.

[@Yora21]

Bill Paxton is one of two people who were in an Alien, Terminator, and Predator movie.

[@michaelwoods3651]

Can’t wait for you to watch the sequel! Great reaction, as usual!

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

Thank you sooo much!! We are PUMPED to react to the sequel, we loved this one and have heard amazing things about the second one!

[@Dystopia1111]

​@@OfficialMediaKnightsTerminator was groundbreaking for 1984, but T2 is 1 of the best movies ever made. Near perfect continuation of story, script, cinematography, effects, insane stuntwork, soundtrack, the whole thing. Damn near perfect movie.

[@marcoformenti1232]

@@OfficialMediaKnights Whole franchise has 6 film....they are so good...the weakest is the 4th

[@jovanjorgovan23]

@@OfficialMediaKnights Be sure to switch the brain off and enjoy the ride. Don't try to make sense and find story/lore connections with the original because they don't exist, except for marketing purposes. T2 is a soft reboot basically.

[@shanerudek6460]

@@OfficialMediaKnights T2 is a must watch, the score, the visuals, the camera handling has all improved since T1. Also worth noting, "Terminator Salvation is a 2009 American military science fiction action film that is the fourth installment of the Terminator franchise, serving as sequel to Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003), but also as a soft reboot." - Wiki

[@johnnyblaze1098]

What's interesting is that Reese goes back to prevent Sarah from getting killed by the cyborg. If the Terminator didn't go back to the past to kill Sarah, Sarah would never had met Reese and John would never have been born, so the Terminator's objective would've been a success. But because Reese went back to protect her, they fell for each other and John was conceived...

[@izzardclips9350]

I know the sequel sort of gets rid of the idea that things are predestined to happen because they, well, already happened, but anyway... In time travel stories the idea is called the self-consistency principle. Time travellers can't change the past because their actions always happened, there's no "original" past which they were not part of. If that's how the story handles time traveling, it means the future is also predestined and set in stone, there's only one way it can play out.

[@Buckaroo_Baldwin]

​@@izzardclips9350I've learned over the years the best way to approach time travel in entertainment is to have the motto "Don't try and figure it out, just go with it." 😂😂😂

[@Renegade2786]

Bootstrap paradox.

[@TheUndyingCrystal]

​@@izzardclips9350The Bootstrap Paradox, or ontalogical paradox, is when time travel creates the event the traveler was attempting to observe/change. Any attempt to change the script doesn't matter because your attempt to do so was already part of the script in the first place.

[@devinthierault]

As per James Cameron, some versions of Skynet feel awful about what theyve done to humanity. They feel remorse.

[@piphead]

I named my son here, Kyle because of this movie. That's him in my pfp. That's how much this movie meant to me. I'm from Ireland also, so there are a lot of Sarah Connor's here or O'Connor's. Didn't marry one though, that would of been crazy 🤣🤣

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

Hahaha yoooo that is so cool!! Also great pic, your pfp! Kyle is a great name and a timeless one so excellent choice! Also lolll if you'd married a Sarah O'Connor I woulda started worrying about an upcoming AI/Cyborg apocalypse 😂😂😂

[@scottyt91]

I named my first son conner 😂

[@Trepanation21]

You're going to be scoffing at every single partner lil Kyle brings home that isn't a Sarah and they won't understand why 😂

[@grkpektis]

@24:58 I love how the Terminator's vision is in slow motion showing how fast he processes everything

[@itzbp9949]

I saw this when I was about 5 in 2005 and it blew my mind as a kid. Such a masterpiece. Even at 23 now I'm still in aww of how well made it is . Same with the sequel

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

We were so impressed by the things they could achieve! All that hard work paid off.

[@lewisner]

There's a movie called Hardware from 1990 you may like.

[@michelegraham1181]

I first saw this movie when I was 5 back in 1991 and it scared the crap out of me. I didn't appreciate it until I was 11.

[@itzbp9949]

@@michelegraham1181 I didn't appreciate it either I thought all films were like this when I was 5

[@mikek9315]

Fun fact. My cousin worked on classified projects in the 1960’s one of which was codenamed “Skynet”. Always makes me smile when I see the Terminator.

[@RaderizDorret]

Skynet was the name of a series of UK-owned communications satellites from that era.

[@joaoluizfonseca6914]

freaky…. but cool

[@Chronocrits]

Ahh, my favourite Terminator film! I love the connection to Aliens as well, given how you’ve got both Lance Henriksen (Bishop) and Michael Biehn (Hicks) in this one. Plus a shot of Bill Paxton (Hudson) at the very beginning.

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

That's awesome, I thought I recognized Bishop and of course, Hicks!! Such a cool detail!

[@m4chine1]

Don’t forget Bill Paxton

[@Chronocrits]

@@m4chine1 True, but it’s never been my favourite of his roles 😂

[@krono5el]

I mean what is there to say, T1 and T2 are total legendary masterpieces that will never get old : D

[@viclagina347]

It will get old when AI actually takes over.😊

[@adrianr.1390]

My mom and dad rented this movie from a "Rent a Flick" in the late '80s, I was about 7 maybe 8 yrs old. By 3rd grade in '92, every kid had a T2 Terminator toy, including myself. It was an amazing time to be alive. 🥺

[@williamallen7984]

The first two Terminators and the Bladerunner film remain my three favorite sci-fi films. Everything about this flick is great-right up to the end where you get hit in the feels with Sarah’s picture. And the score is ICONIC

[@The_Other_Dan]

Terminator/T2 & Alien/Aliens are the two movies where the original is a 10/10 and the sequel is an 11/10. This was recently expanded with a third entry. Top Gun/ Maverick.

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

Hell yesss! Cannot wait to check out the rest, we are so excited to watch T2!

[@Big_Bag_of_Pus]

Meh, in both cases I think the original was better. I know most people prefer T2; but that's because most people have short attention spans and prefer special effects over story/plot. T2 definitely has better special effects. But this movie has better story/plot.

[@havok6280]

You forgot The Godfather Part II, The Dark Knight, and Empire Strikes Back.

[@Big_Bag_of_Pus]

@@jwhite-1471 Edgy? Whatever floats your boat, man.

[@Tconl]

And Hot Shots (2).

[@AdyXer]

"You just need to out run one of your friends". That is one of the coldest but funniest comments in a reaction video ever. I'm dying 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@osculim]

Absolute classic. I was 9 when this came out rented it at the video store. They would not let us into the theaters. Nothing like the weekend video marathons.

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

Must’ve been such si incredible experience seeing these effects at the time! Such an amazing film!

[@j.j.h.atemycereal]

I was a freshman in college when this came out. For months afterwards, you could walk into practically ANY dorm room on campus and there were people getting baked and discussing the ramifications of time travel. Good times!

[@ZombieShobb]

I was eating while watching and when you said: "Time to make a John" i laughed so hard food came out. You are also right about it being a kind of a slasher movie. In other slasher movies the killer for the most time wears a mask, but in Terminator 1 his mask is human. I can't wait to see what you think about Terminator 2. Nice vid as always, keep 'em coming.

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

😂 Glad to hear you enjoyed! And loved the mask connection you made with slasher flicks! Terminator 2 is on the way. Can’t wait to share it with you guys

[@touchstoneaf]

What has always killed me about this movie is that she was thinking of him when the photo was taken, and then he became enchanted by her because of how she looked in the photo... because she was thinking of him. The sequel has a little bit more about Kyle and those tapes in the director's cut, but most people don't watch that version. I friggin love this movie; so much. This is one of my favorite movies of all time, and Kyle Reece is in my top three favorite film characters of all time. I was so deeply in love with him as a teenager that it really dominated my entire thought process for about 5 or 6 years. If you didn't notice, he's the same guy (Mchael Biehn) who played Hicks in Aliens. I just love that actor. He's in quite a few James Cameron movies, along with the person who played Vasquez in Aliens; they are part of his main stable of actors. Michael has also been in The Abyss, which was James Cameron's first foray into underwater filming before Titanic, and it is a truly awesome movie: especially if you watch the director's cut (you really shouldn't watch it unless you do choose to watch the director's cut, tho. I'm serious; the studio screwed that one up big time, but that's a long story). Anyway, I went through so many iterations of ways they could get Kyle back using time travel as a young'un, and read dozens of spec scripts where other people tried to do the same (some of them quite a bit more amazing than some of the sequels they actually made), cuz it drove me nuts that he died. I adore everything about this movie. It has a special place in my heart even more so than the second one. I just I can recite the entire thing by heart. It's fantastic and it's one of a kind. So glad y'all enjoyed!

[@76063co2]

She spotted Bill Paxton!! The only actor to have been killed by all three... a Terminator, Alien, and Predator. TRIVIA: Lance Henriksen plays one of the detectives here, but was originally cast as the Terminator himself, because Cameron thought he looked inhuman and robotic. Cameron would later cast him as Bishop in Aliens. But there was a close casting in-between those two. At one point Cameron almost cast OJ Simpson to play the Terminator, but eventually felt Simpson couldn't portray a ruthless killing machine! lol This was a low budget film that quickly became a cult classic. The previous film, Conan: The Barbarian brought Arnold to the public spotlight, but The Terminator is what launched him into stardom, with the "I'll be back", line. Please react to the sequel....and quickly!!

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

Whoaaa that's crazy!! They made some great choices in casting for sure, and it ended up helping the film blossom even more!! We are definitely gonna react to the sequel very soon, so stay tuned!!

[@76063co2]

@@OfficialMediaKnights I have to add, one of the things I love most about your reactions is that you guys are able to so accurately consider and appreciate films through the lens of their time. Not a lot of reactors do that, and It makes these reactions MUCH more nostalgic.

[@vincentdesjardins1354]

@@76063co2 true that 👍

[@JustinLodes]

So glad I got to see this masterpiece in the theater. I was 7 years old and I was mesmerized! I’m so grateful to have grown up in the 80’s. I was truly a magical time for just about everything

[@Panzer4F2]

Michael Biehn made this movie extra special.

[@torontomame]

I remember watching this un theaters when it was first released. 19 year-old me was annoyed he was able to find clothes so quickly when he first arrived.

[@MichalArchangelo]

He's so underrated as an actor. I wished he had gotten more roles and recognition. He's still my childhood hero for this and Aliens.

[@largol33t12]

There is a scene that I wish had never been cut. It isn't even a minute long. At the motel, Sarah sees Kyle crying. He's looking at a rabbit or fox and tells her he has never seen one before. They've been hunted to total extinction in the future so there are no wild animals. This was in a DVD that featured a LOT of deleted footage. Another interesting fact: Kyle's revolver? The police chief gave it to him. He didn't die instantly. They ran into him after the police station massacre. He apologized for not believing them, gave them his service revolver and urged them to run as far from the city as they could. That's why they're out in the middle of nowhere and why he suddenly has a revolver when we don't see him ever stealing one.

[@dennis345]

I was 21 when this came out. It was a sleeper hit. No one in the theater knew the Terminator was a robot. Everyone gasped when he got up off the floor and went back on the attack.

[@letmadora28]

What I still remember most from this movie, watching it on video back in the 80's when I was like 13, is the music. It scared the hell out me. Still gives me the shivers every time i heard it.

[@garyscott9364]

Same here, I was just a couple years older than you. My and my brother were in awe and all for it.

[@BUDDYCB4]

It’s wild to think about how James Cameron just seven years before this was not even a filmmaker, but he saw the first Star Wars in 1977 and got inspired and then he makes this masterpiece and several others. Just wow.

[@Vale9118]

It feels like back then you would just go for it and somehow make it happen, today it’s like you already think ahead of all the things that could go wrong, all the competition around, now with social media especially, and just miss chance after chance.. we should really just follow our instincts and go

[@Pupeyes]

What I love the most about you guys, besides your infectious energy, is that you don’t get bothered or weirded out by older special effects in older movies. You guys understand that it serves a purpose even if it’s distracting and not dismiss the movie because it may have clunky special effects. Also, since you guys love time travel, there’s no better time travel story than the German show, DARK, on Netflix. It may seem like a Strangers Things rip off at first but it is not and it blows it out of the water. Just absolutely tightly paced and complex show that will make your head spin. I’m not overplaying it.

[@booyah1747]

T2 is a 90s action sci-fi that still stands firm today. One of the greatest movies ever and prolly the greatest sequel in film history tbh

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

James Cameron really knows how to do sequels huh? We absolutely loved Aliens and now all we hear from Terminator 2 is how amazing the film is!

[@jovanjorgovan23]

Does every single The Terminator reaction/review has to get comments about bloody T2. No, mate, it wasn't a great sequel, let alone greatEST (Aliens, Mad Max 2, Lethal Weapon 2...) it was a successful summer blockbuster that ditched the storyline (which didn't need a sequel at all) the time travel rules, the purpose of the title character...and replaced it with flashy spectacle, PG 13 stuff and catchy one liners. Sure, it had revolutionary special effects and Robert Patrick but that's all. It's a shallow, illogical spectacle. It was a great pop corn action flick but an abysmally bad, nonsensical sequel that introduced 'timeline can be changed after all folks' concept that diminished a perpetually tragic love story of the original and opened doors to a torrent of even worse sequels down to this day.

[@peterlenham3180]

@@jovanjorgovan23 Sorry your very very wrong, Terminator 2 is a legendary classic and the best sequel ever made. Im sick of people saying Aliens is better when it isnt. Its boring and overrated. If you cant see the brilliance of T2, then with respect, you dont understand storytelling.

[@peterlenham3180]

@@philrob1978 Sorry, T2 is FAR superior.

[@StreetHierarchy]

@@jovanjorgovan23 😂 okay, man.

[@Daveyboy100880]

Brilliant post-movie analysis, guys - especially regarding how all the exposition was delivered. I think Michael Biehn deserves a huge amount of credit for his performance, delivering all that info with perfect commitment to the character. Can’t wait for your reaction to T2 😁 There were a few little subplots that got edited out of the final film, such as Lieutenant Traxler starting to believe Reese’s story, but the biggest is that while they were on the run, Sarah convinced Reese to help her blow up the computer factory that was originally responsible for creating the super smart defence computers, and this is why they were making pipe bombs. It eventually turns out that the factory they were planning to blow up was the one they wound up in at the end, so the timeline makes a perfect closed loop! These deleted scene were interesting, but I think it was smart of Cameron to leave them out. The final cut is perfectly paced; an incredibly tight and efficient piece of film with absolutely no fat on it.

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

Thank you for listening to our discussion! It truly means a lot to us. Can't wait to share Terminator 2 with all of you ❤️

[@dresca2501]

3:43 good eye. It was Bill Paxton 😂 The only guy to play a Character to be killed by a terminator a xenomorph and a predator 😊

[@DaleKingProfile]

Good catching the appearances of Bill Paxton and Lance Henrikson (Bishop). Both are the only actors to face off with Terminators, Aliens, and Predators. Lance is actually who James Cameron intended to play the Terminator.

[@eighthdoctor]

Lance would probably have made a great terminator as well, though Arnold had the height and build.

[@gergopiroska5749]

​@@eighthdoctorthats literally why they would chose Lance Because he looked like an ordinary everyday man Perfect for a terminator Arnold (despite smashing the role) stood out way too much from other people

[@thomashiggins9320]

This film was released in one of those "off" periods in the year, in late October between the summer blockbusters and the holiday season movies. The studio execs were pretty leary about how well it would perform, since only Schwarzenegger had any box office recognition and nobody had ever heard of director James Cameron. It was a bit of a sleeper, but excellent reviews and word of mouth made it a surprise hit and launched a franchise.

[@J_Rossi]

I recall hearing a long time ago that ironically, Arnold Schwarzenegger's agents had told him he might not want to 'hurt' his career or image early on by playing a villain. One of his biggest previous roles was as the heroic Conan The Barbarian. He'd been considered for the role of Kyle Reese (the original choice for the Terminator was O.J. Simpson. Arnold found the Terminator more intriguing and won the role by explaining to James Cameron how whoever was chosen to portray the Terminator would have to be thoroughly trained in weapons so that they could load and cock the firearms without having to look down at the magazine clips. He was the right choice.

[@RaderizDorret]

What so many people don't get is you need to be a world-class actor to pull off being a Terminator. In order to sell the role, you can NOT have ANY human reactions or reflexes like flinching, shifting if uncomfortable, moving in a manner that is juuuust a bit off from organic, and so on. It takes insane levels of control and discipline to pull it off convincingly and outside of Arnie, the only two other actors I know who have done it are Robert Patrick and Summer Glau (Cameron from Sarah Connor Chronicles). Kristanna Loken got close in T3 but wasn't quite there.

[@Buskieboy]

The one mind fugg for me is that Reese always wondered what she was thinking about at the moment the picture of her was taken. She was thinking about him! Mind blown.

[@gilbertallard306]

I saw Terminator when it came out. The year 1984 felt very technologically advanced to us already: Everybody was getting a computer, we just got 24/7 music videos on TV, everything was “digital”… But we couldn’t imagine 2029 ever happening. That was just too far into the future. Did we think robots would one day take over? Yeah, we probably did.

[@gergopiroska5749]

I mean ai like Chatgpt or such already taking over many thinks Especially on the internet

[@jamessellers8472]

I was 10 when the Terminator released, and its imagination was mind blowing, When T2 was released I was graduating high school, and that movie was as epic for a sequel as anyone could ever expect. James Cameron did not disappoint

[@katymorgan327]

it never ceases to amaze me how people who watch this for the first time is shocked that a Terminator robot kills everyone , LMAO , its like telling you,re cell phone not to store you,re contacts or call you,re friend while in the car , the Terminator is simple executing a program to kill everything in its path that would help it finish its code , its only following programing !

[@brian9438]

How they filmed the terminator smashing his fist through the car's windshield is way more advanced and involved than I thought it was, and it looks about perfect.

[@jenni5104]

I love watching you guys discover all these classics. Your reactions are always entertaining! Yes, that was Bill Paxton. The only man who can claim to have been killed by an Alien, Predator AND a Terminator. 😂 The sequel to this movie is another fantastic one, hope you do it!

[@MarkM430]

Something as simple as the Laser site on the firearm. Those didn't exist in the 80's, that was "Future tech".. now they're common. The special effects team had to use a series of tricks to pull it off. It was a commercial laser, mounted inside a fake site, then powered by an external power supply out of frame. A wire was run down Arnold's arm below his jacket to the laser.

[@tjsogmc]

The 70's and 80's were the most creative time in movies (and music). We had Star Wars, Alien, Indiana Jones, Terminator, Halloween, Nightmare on Elm Street, Exorcist, etc. Those IP's are still being used today and are part of the cultural zeitgeist. And back then, the SFX were to SUPPORT the story, it wasn't like today when it's all FX and no story at all.

[@Knight-Bishop]

And it's weird, one could say that 1984 was the "peak" of this, but it also became a plateau that stayed for a few years. So very many IPs that are still iconic today came out between 1975 and 1989, and a weird bulk of them came out in 1984. You can map the upward slope to things like Star Wars and Alien, then find yourself with Terminator, Ghostbusters, the animated Transformers stuff, and continue it all the way up to Tim Burton's Batman. Then everything following for a whole decade was drawing back from that; sequels, like Judgment Day, to Bruce Timm's Batman: The Animated Series. It all draws from that ~15 year period.

[@tjsogmc]

@@Knight-Bishop and I am thankful that I am old enough now to have been a teen/young adult back then.

[@Knight-Bishop]

@@tjsogmc I can't lie that I'm a bit envious, but lucked out in it. While being younger, everything in my time was just reruns or re-releases of it... Maybe not the best time creatively, but. I was technically "made in the 80s" at the tail end, and then half of everything I was raised with was just still being exposed to all of that first, and the few good iterations of things that came after, before they just started getting ground into the dirt. I'm thankful for still getting to tag along a bit late without having it in completely different contexts.

[@justsomeguywithafewmoregut4600]

You forgot blade runner and planet of the apes. An all time favs

[@luketimewalker]

Hello there! I'm the guy that complained in your Aliens reaction about too many ads, I'm pleased to report there were only 6 this time. That was one of the BEST reactions I've seen to this film and I'm very glad to tell you you've earned my sub. A few fun facts: - this all started when James Cameron had a feverish nightmare about a metal skeleton emerging from flames - you might notice TRUCKS have a prominent role in James Cameron's films (you already saw Aliens, and the armored vehicle was a modified airplane tug vehicle). Why? Because James Cameron used to be a frigging truck driver until a certain day in 1977 where he saw STAR WARS, and decided NOTHING would stop him from becoming a filmmaker. - and that includes heavily borrowing from a novel +old sci fi episode by Harlan Ellison, they had a legal settlement, and in the end Harlan Ellison is credited in newer versions of the film. The 1957 novel was called Soldier of Tomorriw and was adapted in the 60's show The Outer Limits under the title "soldier". - Arnold was initially slated to play the hero (OJ Simpson and singer Billy Idol were considered at first) but was giving so much advice to Cameron on how the Terminator should move that Cameron decided HE should be the bad guy. Initially Arnold felt that would kill his career but then had a change of heart. Hey, here are the DELETED SCENES that sadly were left out on the editing floor. Looking forward to see your reaction to T2! And please do NOT watch any trailer as they spoil it all. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nn62oaB_js-Ld8k

[@MrWhatdafuBOOM]

13:16 "You know, that's quite hard to do, as an actor. Like to be able to be unfazed by everything, seem so empty." *_I know right, Kristen Stewart is so talented._*

[@MacMc691]

I was around fourteen when this released and a friend of ours went to see it and told us it was one of the best movies he had ever seen. The special effects are dated, but the concept, the acting, the action, this is still in my top five all time movies. Great movie and it really put James Cameron on the map, Aliens only solidified it. Glad you two enjoyed it.

[@andyjackson3663]

Fun film fact (from the story)... because Sarah was injured at the end with that leg wound, Skynet knew about it. As the Terminator was killing each Sarah off - it was hacking the left leg open of each women it killed in order to see if the metal plates etc. that it knew Sarah had from surgery were there. As it didn't have any form of ID for Sarah it was simply going to kill each one it came across and check her leg until it found the right one and that way it would now it had killed the right Sarah.

[@ThePorkchopExpress975]

i am so fortunate to have been alive back then to see the terminator, predator, aliens, the abyss, jaws, back to the future. today movie’s just seem so empty and void of substance. im glad you are enjoying these classics. hope you do terminator 2 right away. (also Reese is Hicks from Aliens) and the cop was bishop (lance henriksen) and bill paxton was the punk. and gingers boyfriend was a colonial marine in aliens as well. (rick rossovich)

[@sandraecheverria4695]

Hi there, I am writing from Argentina. English is not my first language, so I hope it is ok. I thank you both for your reactions. I love the way you are interested in the " classics", such as the terninator. I love the way you two react, and your reactions look genuine! I always check youtube to see if there is a new reaction from you. Keep going!!! And thank you again.😊 Sandra.

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

Thank you so much Sandra! That means the world to us. We hope you enjoy our next reactions❤️

[@davidbennett1357]

“I love his cold expression! That’s SO hard as an actor….” Kristin Stewart laughs in Twilight…..

[@ImmortalRimas]

The 1980’s was a golden age for Sci-Fi, Horror & Fantasy Films

[@x-man9473]

Action films as well. The 1980s was a great time for movies.

[@ImmortalRimas]

@@x-man9473 thinking about it to be fair the 80’s probably had the highest diverse volume of theatrical releases in the Sci-Fi, Horror & Fantasy genres along side Action, Drama, Romance, Comedy and Thrillers etc

[@rogerlynch5279]

Not my opinion even though SCIENCE FICTION & Fantasy movies became much more interesting after the STAR WARS success. Like Asimov I dislike that ugly short "SCI-FI"some no good journalist had taken it from Electronic Adds reading all the time "HIGH -FI" for High - Fidelity

[@jasonaugustine3370]

James Cameron, I believe said he took inspiration from Michael Myers for the way the terminator was so unstoppable

[@brad9189]

The thing that always make me smile is Kyle Reese's hair looks like he just left a Supercuts. Good to know there will be hair stylists in the post-apocalyptic world.

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

You can look fresh while you destroy some machines 😂

[@torontomame]

To be fair it would have been difficult to make Michael Biehn *not* look good. 🤩

[@edgarcia4794]

Yes that is Bishop and Kyle Reece is Cpl.Hicks from Aliens as well. James Cameron likes to surround himself with actors he knows and trusts to deliver what he wants so he can focus on other things since he wears so many hats during a production.

[@davezwieback4208]

Such an iconic movie. When it comes to 80‘s Sci Fi Blade Runner is a must. I really enjoyed your reaction.

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

Blade Runner is on our list! Definitely excited to watch that one as well. Heard some really good things about it! 😃

[@davezwieback4208]

@@OfficialMediaKnightsmake sure to watch the final cut.

[@frontprochproduction]

Just imagine seeing this film for the first time, in a theater in 1984... I did and it was unbelievable.

[@SG-js2qn]

You guys should also watch "Invasion of the Body Snatchers," which came out 4 years before "The Thing." It's appropriate viewing for October, too.

[@claireeyles7560]

I saw this when it first came out on VHS in Australia in 1985 (I was just about to turn 13 at the time, so too young to have seen it in the cinemas). Loved it then, and still love it now. Just such a good movie, and proof of what can be done with a low budget when you have a director with a true vision. Arnold Schwarzenegger wasn't a household name at the time either, and his agent had actually tried to warn him off playing a bad guy. Arnold's instincts on the role proved to be correct though, because this is the movie that ended up making him a star. Loved that you also recognised his acting ability in being able to be that devoid of emotion as well, he put a lot more thought into the role than what a lot of people assume.

[@tonygriffin_]

This was the first film I ever saw on video, back in 85. Probably the first time I'd seen a VHS player too! The SFX seemed astounding at the time though the stop-motion hasn't quite stood the test of time since then - but it is still tense watching! Then, of course, there was the massive jump into the new-fangled tech called CGI that Terminator 2 introduced a few years later - no doubt that'll be on your future watching list!

[@j.j.h.atemycereal]

Just a few more thoughts... the synth-heavy soundtrack is very retro-futuristic. I love it. Paul Winfield, who played Lt. Traxler, is one of those actors who did EVERYTHING. Movies, TV, the stage, he had a huge resume and was incredibly accomplished. I love it when a really great actor does a lot with a small part. Definitely watch the sequel, T2, but I will always rate this movie a little higher. It did SO MUCH with a much smaller budget.

[@BigHeroBaymax]

I'm glad I found your channel. You guys are cool and make it feel like I'm watching a movie with friends.

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

Thank you for watching this with us! It means the world ❤️

[@bloodyirishman5758]

The endoskeleton is referred to as either a T-800 and T-850 while the skin overlay is the model #. That is why Arnold refers to himself as a model 101. In the sequence where the terminator infiltrates the base you can clearly see it is a different person/skin overlay (believe the actor was Arnold's weight lifting friend). Makes sense cause if all the T-800's looked like Arnold they wouldn't be very effective infiltrators would they. A deleted sceen during the precinct assault was Reese and Sarah running into Paul Winfield's character. He hands Reese his pistol and tells him to protect Sarah proving he believes him now.

[@ghostfaceninjakilla1]

If you guys can, I HIGHLY recommend watching the extended/director's cut of T2. The theatrical cut is great, but as with nearly every Cameron movie, the director's cut adds so much more. It also has a completely different ending, so for fun you guys could react to both endings and compare them.

[@michaeljacyna1973]

Man, I would take a day off just to watch your reaction to T2, one of the best action films of all time...

[@torreyholmes7205]

"Come with me if you want to live" is a key line. Kyle says it in Tech Noir. It will be heard again.

[@CelticFCBhoy1974]

Terminator! Absolute classic and to think that it was shot with such a small budget of about $6.4 million. Speaking of which, here's a wee nugget: where Arnold punches through the windshield in the car for the chase scene that starts in the alley after getting out of the disco. It's a cleverly disguised mechanical hydraulic arm that Arnold is right next to on the hood. He had to time it to perfection for when the arm 'went off' to punch through the 'shield as they didn't have the money (or time) to do anymore takes, so he had to literally nail it in one take. Job done as even now it looks like it's really him slamming his fist through the shield.

[@Rainbow.Pegacorn.Cosplay]

Arnold Schwarzenegger is REALLY, REALLY good at playing a stoic mechanical killer, especially doing it completely deadpan. Funniest line in this movie to me is when The Terminator scrolls through his list of responses when the landlord asks about the bad odor coming from the room and he chooses to say "Fuck you, asshole."

[@guymelton1094]

14 in 1984, this flic blew us all away, it was fantastic, the 80s were great for the movies 😊👍✌️🇺🇸

[@castorpollux5972]

James Cameron is a GOAT. His peak is on par with anyone. He is in the top 5 American filmmakers ever. I am glad you guys gave him credit for his innovation instead of knocking it as antiquated like some young reactors.

[@StCerberusEngel]

Cameron is Canadian, actually. But Canada is part of North America, so you're still technically correct.

[@castorpollux5972]

Lol I am Canadian and thus I am also North American. But thanks for nitpicking my comment. I'm charmed. 😉

[@StCerberusEngel]

@@castorpollux5972 It was going to happen. Might as well be me. Lol.

[@stewmott3763]

Top 5 American filmmakers EVER? Seriously? Even if we discount the adopted foreigners like Hitchcock and Wilder, then just off the top of my head I'm thinking of Kubrick, Welles, Ford, Capra, Spielberg, Scorsese, Coppola ... I'm sure even Cameron himself would put aside his gargantuan ego and admit that he's not better than them.

[@mystisith3984]

What Master Cameron managed to do with an anemic budget for the time is incredible. This movie is 40 yo next year... 🤯 And I will always be able to listen to that soundtrack, including the songs.

[@PerfectHandProductions]

This is the best Terminator film from a storytelling perspective. People love T2 (it was my favorite as a child) because of the amazing action and effects as well as the humor, but it's much more of a popcorn munching film that a piece of serious science fiction with character driven story.

[@rayevarney]

Yes - I love the original most. It's so tight - not a wasted frame.

[@havok6280]

Disagree. Two characters in particular have excellent arcs in T2.

[@PerfectHandProductions]

@@havok6280 Sarah's is decent. The kid doesn't really have much of an arc and the Terminator's is a bit on the goofy side.

[@Dacre1000]

I think, If i had to choose, 1 is better because it is tighter. I also don't particularly like how preachy Cameron becomes in T2 about his themes, despite agreeing with them, even if this is not really that bad yet and at least it feels honest. But your are underplaying the excellent character work he makes for T2, the smart structure of the film and its creativity and selling it just as some superficial spectacle and that could not be farther from the truth. The first is an original horror sci fi movie that doesn't let you go once it grips you and the second is a great action movie with fair doses of humour, hearth and spectacle... yet neither thing makes them inherently better or worse. They are both very different masterpieces and I am grateful for both.

[@havok6280]

​@@PerfectHandProductionsI would delete your comment. I was being intentionally vague to avoid spoilers.

[@extantsanity]

Fantastic breakdown, especially talking about how this movie cleverly disguises the expo dumps. When you look at when movies do it wrong, like *Ant Man: Quantumania,* for example, they often give the cliche line _"There's no time for me to explain",_ but that's irritating because if MY life depended on me following a new set of rules, I'd want some damn answers, too! So it's both unrealistic and confusing. We need to know what the stakes are and how we're supposed to survive. If you're in a foreign environment, what do you eat? What do you NOT eat? Etc.. That's a perfect time to give the audience some information. Instead, bad action movies tend to alternate between run-run-run, and then talk-talk-talk. The exposition is obvious, daunting, and sometimes boring, until the next, inevitable, mindless run-run-run sequence. This movie blends them much better by combining elements that are usually separated, and it really works!

[@kieronball8962]

Nice reactions to the first Terminator movie, with the twists and turns proving what a great story it was/is. The sequel is considered one of the greatest movies ever made, so it will be interesting to see what you both think. Sadly, money talks and so even though Terminator 2: Judgement Day concluded the original concept, the movie studios kept pumping out vastly inferior sequels, that couldn't equal the first two films. The classic sci-fi / horror tv show The Outer Limits includes an episode entitled " Soldier " that may have inspired the first Terminator movie, so it might be worth a look. :)

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

Thank you so much for your kind words and support, it truly means the world to us! We are honestly so thrilled for the sequel, we've heard fantastic things about it! Sadly, it is a common occurrence that good movies such as these get treated like cashcows in a desperate attempt to recreate the success, without focusing on what really matters - the story and the characters. Thank you also for the recommendation, we will definitely check it out!

[@oscardiggs246]

Harlan Ellison claimed that Terminator was a ripoff of Soldier, and he got credit from the studio without Cameron’s approval. People took this to mean that it was an acknowledged fact, but it’s important to recognize that Ellison was the literary equivalent of a patent troll. He sued a lot if there was anything even remotely similar to one of his stories. Immensely talented writer, but he was known to be… difficult. There really isn’t any similarity between the stories, and Cameron needs to get the credit for this great story.

[@robertc.1958]

​@@oscardiggs246 : Respect for Harlan Ellison for his writing skill, BUT - he was a REAL asshole about this. While James Cameron may have SLIGHTLY been influenced by reading "Soldier Out of Time," or seeing "The Outer Limits" episode "Soldier," it makes MORE sense that he had been influenced by a combination of brilliant movies - 1) 'Westworld' [ 1973, written AND directed by famed screenwriter/director/book author ( who also did the movie book version of 'Westworld' ) Michael Crichton ( of "The Andromeda Strain," "Jurrasic Park," ect. fame, ) and featuring a seemingly unstoppable android killer ( "The Gunslinger" - played by Yul Brynner; ) ] AND 2) 'Colossus: The Forbin Project' ( 1970 ) - featuring an AI that becomes self-aware, joins with another ( but from a rival country ) AI, and takes over the whole world ( based on the first of a set of three books by author D.F. Jones. )

[@catrionacolville2192]

​@@OfficialMediaKnightsI think you should watch all the Terminator films and judge for yourselves. I really like Dark Fate.

[@oscardiggs246]

@@robertc.1958 Well said. I never met Harlan Ellison, so I'm not quick to denounce him, but everyone I ever heard/read talk about him agrees with you (even Stephen King, one of his friends, says something similar in Dance Macabre.) There's always the comment about how Ellison influenced Terminator, and the acknowledgement in the credits certainly reinforces it, but I agree that he really does not deserve that credit.

[@defblinders9585]

Fun Facts- Ear Boen (Dr. Silberman) is known in the World Of Warcraft universe and its previous games for voicing King Terenas Mentethil and the player race introductions when a new character was created. He also voiced Colossus in the Pryde Of The X-Men cartoon. The developers of the classic game Resident Evil 3 said that character Nemesis was mostly inspired by the Terminator from this film. Like with Sarah, Nemesis relentlessly pursues Jill Valentine and is nearly unstoppable.

[@VaderMT]

The sequel is even better. You'll love it.

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

So we've been hearing!! Cannot wait to share our reaction soon!

[@GGGritzer]

NO WAY is T2 'better' than the original. NOT even close. T2 is stuffed Hollywood glitz & has an absolute myriad of stinker goofs.........

[@VaderMT]

@@OfficialMediaKnights oh, just fyi, the special edition is way better than the theatrical version. 👍👍

[@00tree]

"He's a robot..." Arnold voice... "Cybernetic organism..." 'Bishop", "Hudson", and "Hicks" from Aliens are all in this movie. Both Aliens and Terminator are two of my very favorite movies.

[@firsttimr]

One thing that would have helped you guys in this reaction, although it is basically impossible now, is not knowing who was the Cyborg - Arnold or Reese - this was a huge part of the suspense when originally watching this in the 80s.

[@nabeelahmed799]

Watched this when I was 9 years old, (39 years old now) the good old days. 10/10 and one of my all time favourite movies.

[@rumbledumpthumpershaker6735]

Yes that was bill. So Hicks, Hudson and Bishop in the first movie and Vasquez in the second one. But you'll never recognize her. She's a master of disguise. Also they originally wanted OJ for the terminator but Arnold walked in and stole the role. Plus they thought OJ was too nice to play a murderer.

[@weldonwin]

Sort of, see Arnold wanted to play Reese, but it was felt a little unrealistic for a guy that huge to be a struggling resistance fighter from a bombed out and starving future. So Cameron talked him into playing the Terminator

[@rumbledumpthumpershaker6735]

@@weldonwin Cameron just didn't want to tell him look you are basically a human robot in real life.

[@dwcinnc]

Reese (Michael Biehn) also played in "Aliens" and "Tombstone". I met him in South Carolina when James Cameron was filming "The Abyss". By the way, Sarah (Linda Hamilton) is in a current TV show called "Resident Alien"

[@roguechevelle]

I really love the Director's Cut or Extended version of T2 there is a scene that just wasn't in the theatrical release that made me tear up & I don't get emotional like that very easy either, I usually only cry when animals are hurt or die in a movie. The Green Mile is the only other exception I can think of, that's the first time I bawled my eyes out over a human character.

[@laylaw1507]

The Sergeant cop was played by legendary actor Paul Winfield. R.I.P.

[@RetroRobotRadio]

Bill Paxton is the only man to have been killed by a Terminator, a Predator and an Alien in movies.

[@jaredmc7982]

Something that was cut from the extended ending at the factory was the reveal that it was a Cyberdyne factory, and there is a shot where the Cyberdyne guys find pieces of the Terminator, and start trying to actively cover up evidence of the Terminator, because they wanted to reverse engineer the technology from the remains. So Skynet actually grandfathers itself via Cyberdyne reverse engineering the technology from the remains of the first Terminator.

[@chrisgonz9963]

Terminator 2 Judgement Day is one of The Best Sequels along with Aliens that you will Ever See phenomenal and Media Knight and Always fantastic job on your Reactions 👏

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

We are so excited for T2!! Thank you so much for your support, we are so glad you're enjoying our reactions!

[@Buzza235]

Godfather part 2 also

[@chrisgonz9963]

@@Buzza235 👍

[@michaeltant1448]

Fun fact. Arnald was originally cast to play Kyle Reese. He kept suggesting how a a Terminator should move and act so well that the producers suggested that he played the Terminator. Arnald agreed with the condition that if or when they made a sequel that he would be the good guy

[@craiggibbons8228]

John sent him as he knew. The music score is breathtaking x

[@sircdrom]

It's so weird you haven't seen these movies! You have to do Terminator 2: Judgement Day ASAP! It's my favorite movie of all time. It's one of those rare examples (like Alien) where the sequel trumps the original even if the original is great.

[@pdog547]

I saw T2 in the theatres (twice) - yep I'm old. Pretty mind blowing at the time, nothing like it existed.

[@monil2447]

Guys, I ended the message I sent you on Patreon with "I'll be back", without having any idea that you were going to react to Terminator. But I was obviously thinking of this franchise because I looooove Terminator 1 and 2 (the following ones are less good, but the 2nd is at least as good as the 1st, I can't wait to watch you watch it, it's one of the best films of the 1990s for me). These two films are so iconic. I was so obsessed with them that I named one of my cats John Connor. And every time the software don't do what we ask in the office I have fun explaining that the machines have started to take power. Fun fact: Arnold Schwarzenegger wasn't supposed to be the vilain, but Kyle. It seemed obvious that he would be the hero of the film. But when he met James Cameron, he told him about the Terminator, about his lack of feelings. Schwarzenegger was excited to play Kyle but he had so many ideas and things to say about the Terminator that James Cameron changed the cast. And the result is just perfect. This time travel story is so well written. I love how everything connects and makes sense and becomes perfectly logical. These two films are wonderful masterpieces. That you kids didn't know this was a time travel story was really awesome, and your final analysis is super interesting and informative. I just had two job interviews and as soon as I find work I'm going back to Patreon to rewatch Terminator 1 and 2 with you! I will definitely be back for this!!!

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

What a coincidence! Glad we posted a saga you enjoy! We really cannot wait to watch the sequel. The first one was such a great time and we've been hearing nothing but good things about T2. Thank you for listening to the analysis! It means the world. You're the best! We wish you the best of luck with your interviews. You got this! ❤️

[@seansteyer8851]

Some of the effects are a little out-dated, but I saw this in the theater and for the time it was amazing and we ate it up! I think the whole concept still works great. Can't wait for your reaction to T2

[@davidfausel9029]

This movie iS amazing - even more so when you look at the year it was made. Cameron has always been an amazing filmmaker. And now I cannot WAIT for you guys to see T-2. 🙂

[@jimmykarlsson2567]

Bill Paxton, again !!!!!! 😀😀😀

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

Bill Paxton was the best!!

[@jimmykarlsson2567]

@@OfficialMediaKnights absolutely, what a legend, R.I.P

[@Dystopia1111]

Also, Lance Henriksen. Sorta.

[@jimmykarlsson2567]

@@Dystopia1111 yess absolutely