The Terminator * FIRST TIME WATCHING * reaction & commentary * Millennial Movie Monday

[@Movie_Collector_Maniac]

Terminator 2: Judgment Day is one of the best movie sequels ever made. Not many sequels are better than the original but this one definitely is.

[@fzoid3534]

She definitely needs to watch Terminator 2

[@cpedersen474]

Facts

[@deg6788]

Aliens was also better than alien

[@lisathuban8969]

True, then they went to the well too often, and you get the rest of the sequels.

[@cheeseburger12]

I wouldn't say it's definitely better than the original but it is really damn good.

[@juliodavila424]

"She just goes down the road, pregnant, to kick some ass?" Ashleigh, you have no idea. Sarah Connor is right up there with Ellen Ripley.

[@filmfreak7682]

Cameron has written for both

[@Milner62]

Yep, she turns into a full on bad ass in T2. Its a shame how ever they cut so much content out of Terminator though. Like the extended ending where we see where the Terminator is crushed was a business called Cyberdyne which is how they get the technology to build the terminators through a paradox.

[@RDRussell2]

Agreed! Cameron was pretty good at creating female lead roles. They didn't tend to be the "damsel in distress" type. They had agency, took control, and could look out for themselves.

[@Milner62]

@@RDRussell2, He did, and his older films like Terminator were just so well thought out and planned in such a way that its a captivating story. Like the intro about the future war and how the battle was to be fought for tonight. I feel his later films were a little more wonky compared to his earlier works. Like his Titanic film, while it was a great film I just felt the sappy love story was just way too forced and cliche.

[@Tim1128-i2u]

Michael Beihn was lucky enough to work with Linda Hamilton in Terminator,and Sigourney Weaver in Aliens.

[@jonathanryan9946]

Kyle spent an entire war looking at Sarah's picture falling in love with her and wondering what she was thinking... and at the end of the movie we find out she was thinking of Kyle.

[@dongilleo9743]

The same idea is in the movie Somewhere in Time. A man falls in love with a woman in an old portrait. When he travels back in time he finds out she was looking at him when the picture was taken.

[@TheMarvelousM]

I never put that together until now...

[@SSJCLIFF]

Fun Fact. The opening scene of Terminator 2 cost the same amount as the entire first movie. What they did with the tiny budget in T1 really shows how good this movie really is.

[@tenmark7055]

Arnold was considered kind of a joke as an actor until this movie - it gave him a career - For me Terminator 2: Judgment Day is still the best in the series

[@doorlocke8009]

Excuse me, I think you mean Arnold Strong (that was his acting name for a long time because it was easier than Schwarzenegger)

[@charlesrense5199]

Arnold was considered kind of a joke as an actor after this movie. People didn't stop joking about him as an actor until he leaned into the joke by doing comedies. But nobody would ever claim he's a master thespian. He's like John Wayne: a legendary and charismatic screen personality, yes. Fine actor, noooooooooooo.

[@JDdiGriz]

This movie wasn't teken seriously at first either, I remember it being released straight to the grindhouses, the A list theaters wanted nothing to do with it. Not until it started making big money at the box office, then it finally got play in the "good theaters". Remember this was James Cameron's second movie, the first was "Piranha 2: the Spawning. A grindhouse movie so bad that it guaranteed that his next movie would not be taken seriosuly. And yet look what happened.

[@wiiztec]

Nah this is better

[@GeneBateman1970]

i would say TSCC is best

[@06mustangCE]

When Kyle says he would look at her picture and wonder what she was thinking and at the end we learn she was thinking about him always gets me.

[@ivanpaezcabo6300]

Thats true its a very clever message

[@aintsam9952]

Jesus I’m old asf and never realized that. Thank you for that.

[@dacsus]

Read this sentence in every Terminator reaction video is weird, and maybe even stupid feeling.

[@krisdavis1050]

TERMINATOR is my favorite love story

[@ResoluteGryphon]

I love the fact that Kyle falls in love with a picture of Sarah, wondering what she was thinking. Turns out she was thinking of him.

[@goanna83]

The way you put it reminds me of the movie, Somewhere In Time with Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour . Beautiful movie ❤

[@Aurochhunter]

Holy shit: You're right, I never thought of that.

[@briefcaseblues6061]

I've seen this movie 100* times since it was new in 84 and I never once caught that. Good stuff

[@walkingdude8248]

Well spotted! Have never put that together myself

[@Chuck_EL]

@@briefcaseblues6061 Sarah Connah?

[@rjsouthworth5246]

“If he kills Sarah, what does he do for the rest of his existence?” He sells drapes, Ashleigh. He sells drapes.

[@cytorakdemon]

Don't remind me, that was so stupid.

[@iunno585]

@@cytorakdemon It was stupid but at the same time it was the movie's most interesting idea. Maybe if they'd focused more on the Terminator's life after completing its mission, instead of just trying to make T2 for the 4th time, it could've worked.

[@cytorakdemon]

@@iunno585 Except we know what happens when a Terminator completes it's mission from T3. They shut down having finished their purpose. That's how Katherine and the resistance got their Terminator to send back in time. After it killed John in the present, it shut down and they were able to reprogram it. Heck, we learned from T2, the T-800's have blockers in place to prevent them from learning "too quickly" to adapt because Skynet itself didn't trust them. So Dark Fate's dumb plotline where a Terminator kills its target than gets married and lives an ordinary life selling drapes, is proven impossible by two vastly superior films.

[@lordkillspree]

He becomes an ex-terminator

[@TheMarcHicks]

@@lordkillspree you, sir, have won the internet 😆

[@LibraKing3121]

"The sheriff guy" is played by the wonderful Mr. Paul Winfield, R.I.P. "Darmok & Jalad at tanagra"

[@SilentSooYun]

And Captain Terrel of the USS Reliant in Wrath of Khan

[@subataii]

When the walls fell.

[@jollyrogerhobbies2386]

@@subataii His eyes open!!

[@wonkothesane8691]

''Shaka, when the walls fell...''

[@3Rayfire]

Picard and Dathon, at El-Adrel.

[@joshuahenry1791]

almost no cars in the 80's had alarms. except maybe the super high end ones. and they were much simpler, so breaking into and stealing them was very easy.

[@Milner62]

I think it really depends on the location. Lots of cars did have alarms in the 80s, now if we were talking the 60s and 70s then yes alarms would have been quite obscure and not very common. But they still wouldnt have been super common where ever car you came across would have had an alarm but some of them would have. The older cars in the film such as the late 70s cars if they had an alarm they would have had a keyed lock on the driverside front fender either infront of or behind the front wheel. This was how you activated and deactivated the alarm on 70s vehicles.

[@Hiraghm]

See also, "Twins"...

[@danielandrade4296]

Bill Paxton, the only one to have been killed by an Alien, a Predator and a Terminator. A true legend! R.I.P.

[@charlesrense5199]

*Strums slow, somber chords on acoustic guitar and sings pensively...* Fish heads, fish heads. Rolly-polly fish heads. Fish heads, fish heads. Eat them up, yum.

[@gaffneyrailroading1982]

But somehow manages to survive tornadoes.

[@GreyhawkGrognard]

"Once he kills Sarah, what does he do for the rest of his existence?" They actually answered this question in the TV show "The Sarah Connor Chronicles". The answer is the terminator shuts himself in a warehouse and waits for Skynet to take over, so it doesn't make any more changes to the timeline.

[@mnomadvfx]

Which is funny, because the actions of Skynet sending TMNTR's to the past has undoubtedly altered events far beyond the original timeline. Unless the ones sent to the past purposefully pursued the creation and dominance of Skynet there is every chance that their actions could actually cause the very thing they were sent to stop in the first place. All it would take is a handful of people to see it in action and guess what it was to start a revolution against machines in the past which would probably cripple Skynet before it began.

[@Aeneiden]

Except the latest terminator ruined it

[@kinagrill]

Also saving on power that way. And it's smart. get out of the way and avoid further timeline corruption after objective's been finished. That makes me think if there might be terminators sent back in time way earlier. Like Brutus was a Terminator or some such. :p

[@kinagrill]

@@mnomadvfx But skynet already lost, so nothing worse can happen than no different endresult.

[@catrionacolville2192]

@@Aeneiden The latest Terminator did it perfectly.

[@danielg6566]

I like the irony of Reese falling in love with Sarah through her picture. He was wondering what she was thinking about in that particular moment. She was thinking about him.

[@fubar1217]

Ha! I never thought of that!

[@salvadorlopezsalas8766]

Love goes trough tiene and space

[@3Rayfire]

Yeah, whenever I think about that it makes me tear up a little. The great irony, that ...she had no way to tell him.

[@LibraKing3121]

A true paradox!

[@sexistatheist6464]

I'm pretty sure James Cameron ripped that part off from the 1980 Christopher Reeve film, _Somewhere in Time._ Apparently, Cameron's _Titanic_ also borrowed plot ideas from that film.

[@angelriot]

First half has to be “slow” because it’s setting up a TON of storylines and characters.

[@stefanolsen1435]

Exactly!!

[@theman4884]

Somebody gets it.

[@ralpha112233]

She does sometimes not exactly think things out.

[@richardlong7950]

She Missed the significance of the (Ancient) phone book & phone booth scene. Slow openings, to a Mullenia, that prefers Instant Gradification, with little effort to Understand or just Plain "Figure it out", is a Skill only Time and Experience in Life can Provide. Of course, their not Living our Lives, their Living Their Own. ✌

[@darastarscream]

@@richardlong7950 To be fair action movies generally have a quicker pace these days, and with so many of them being franchise entries they don't *need* to make space for exposition.

[@togroglog2457]

Do the sequel! Said literally everyone in these comments I'm sure but trust me, it's one of the best sequels ever made.

[@Brew78]

Truly a rare case of the sequel surpassing the original in every conceivable way. And UHF? Boy are you in for a wild ride!! I hope your sense of humor includes an appreciation for absurdism!

[@arandomnamegoeshere]

Agreed. T2 is excellent. The two flicks work well together though one could probably do just fine only watching the sequel. Alien / Aliens also manages that same great pairing.

[@luckymustard]

@@Brew78 it doesn't. But I still love this channel.

[@WhiteHawk77]

@@Brew78 T2 is better, but the original is still a great movie too.

[@robertstrawser1426]

The sequel is definitely better. This movie gets props for being a classic and originality. The concept has been redone to death since then but I think this was the first time traveling baby daddy from the future twist. I always thought it had to be weird, and sad, for John Conner to know this was his father and never be able to tell him before he sent him back to save his mom, conceive him and die. I agree with the general consensus T2 is awesome and the terminator in that movie is absolutely terrifying.

[@timstorey2325]

“You want me to pet you but you bite me?” That should be the dictionary definition of a cat.

[@scotthewitt258]

It's like she never met a cat before!

[@tntkff9901]

Fun fact: O.J. Simpson auditioned for the role of the terminator, but James Cameron thought he didn't look like a convincing killer. Lol

[@yaburnt9754]

The irony ;)

[@Samael78]

Neither did the jury

[@gindlesal]

I guess he didn't fit the role.

[@interstellarartois]

@samael 🤣🤣🤣

[@richworld1979]

Surprisingly, Johnny Cochran didn’t recruit James Cameron to be a juror.

[@PrincessSnowbelle]

You should TOTALLY watch Terminator 2!!! You’ll get into it MUCH quicker. It’s awesome!!! Please, at least do a reaction. Your reactions are the best!!!

[@beeaye7944]

I'm absolutely thrilled that you've watched Terminator, because the best part of the original Terminator is how it sets up Terminator 2, which is an even cooler movie! :)

I'm gonna disagree there. T2 is cool (my favourite really), but T1 is just perfectly tight and self-contained. T2 requires you to suspend your disbelief a little more, not because of how crazy things get, but because internally the plot makes less sense the more you think about it.

[@GedUK]

@ I agree partly, but I prefer T1 as a film (one of a small group of people I think!). T2 is great, but it's much more of an effects and action led film rather than the story and action led that T1 is. I get a real emotional involvement with Reese and Sarah that just doesn't happen in T2.

[@Mrster]

T2 was my favorite as a kid, but this one has no fat, and it's just somehow less outdated.

[@BarrySlisk]

T1 > T2

[@davidmoore1264]

1000000000000000% agree!

[@fmatson]

"I saw a little jingle jangle between his haunches." - Quote of the day.

[@scotthewitt258]

It became so much more noticeable on Blu-Ray/HD that they felt the need to darken the shadows over that part of his body, IIRC.

[@weldonwin]

@@scotthewitt258 So, in the Splash re-release, they added CGI hair to cover mermaid-butt and on The Terminator Blue-Ray, they add CGI shadows to cover Robo-Dick

[@fkw1239]

Sad fact: When Kyle speaks about the photograph of Sarah, he always used to wonder what she was thinking in that moment. At the end of the scene, when the picture is finally taken, we found out in that moment she was thinking of him all along.😭

[@mikemath9508]

why would she be thinking of that virgin

[@HobGungan]

@@mikemath9508 16:01

[@anneb889]

@@mikemath9508 A guy travels through time to risk his life to save you…..

[@dpcnreactions7062]

It just blows me away that there are people out there who have never seen Terminator but watching Ash watch it for the first time is very enjoyable!

[@danhair]

It’s a 40 year old movie. This is like asking someone in the 80s if they saw all the movie from the 40s.

[@SarahRichardsGraba]

I know a lot of people who have seen T2 but never the original!

[@danhair]

@@SarahRichardsGraba yeah. It’s a underrated movie. I know people in their 20’s who like the prequel Star Wars because they are more action packed than the original series. Same can be said about T2 I guess.

[@shanepye7078]

Can’t wait for you experiencing T2. Best score, sequel, and maybe action movie of all time. Directors cut is awesome, but the theatrical ending scene was better.

[@isipscognac]

BUT the director's cut definitively makes all the crappy sequels non-canon, sooooo

[@moonsammy42]

T2 is the best reason to watch T1. I'm extremely jealous that Ashleigh gets to see it without being subjected to the marketing first - for me the ads for it killed any chance at there being any sort of surprises when seeing it in the theater. Almost all of the best bits were featured in trailers / advertising / cross-promotions.

[@Pizmak01]

There are 2 cuts, I have special edition (originally released on laser disc I believe and for sure on dvd) which keeps original ending but also keeps all other scenes except one and now we have ultimate cut which changes the ending (which is bad in my opinion and was rightfully cut) and adds mentioned missing scene (which I actually like but was not necessary). Either way great sequel though I like first one more as time goes by, it seems “heavier”.

[@TheShepherd2305]

**** SPOILERS FOR T2 ***** . . . . . I actually like the theatrical version more so than the DC. I just don't like the amount of humanizing it does for the terminator. Especially when the Terminator and John are in the bronco on their way to stop Sara from killing Dyson and John tells the Terminator that he needs to learn the value of human life and the Terminator just smirks and shrugs like an adolescents teenager. I liked the original where he just glares emotionlessly back.

[@canadianscratcher7834]

@@isipscognac agreed Terminator 2: Judgment Day was off the charts amazing. I loved the director's cut.

[@KaBeeM]

After watching Terminator 2 your "Aliens, Predator, Terminator" scale will definitely shift. T1 is Cameron on a budget and it's a good movie. T2 is one of the best action movies ever made. Also: Yes, car alarms weren't a big thing until the 90s

[@faolon9343]

Car alarms weren't really a thing in the 80s. The best anti-theft devices we had in the 80s and 90s(when I grew up) were those metal bar things that you put on your steering wheel, AKA: The Club.

[@jasondecharleroy4161]

If you watched In Living Color you know that even Tanya Harding endorses The Club

[@TheDetailsMatter]

Which is weird because The Club is so easy to defeat. Cut the steering wheel with a pocket saw, the Club slips right off. Only in situations where you can brace the floor-mounted gearshift against the floor-mounted handbrake is a Club really in any way effective. Car alarms came along in the early 80's, and proliferated, but they were only an effective deterrent to car theft or break-ins for a short time while they were still a novelty. When everybody and his brother had one, and half the time set them off accidentally because they couldn't wrap their skulls around "disable the alarm first, and *then* open the door," people began ignoring the ubiquitous alarms. Some are so oversensitive they'll alarm when a ground tremor goes by, or a bird lights on the hood, or something similar. When no one responds to an alarm, the alarm is useless. Nowadays, LoJack is a much better option than a Wolf-Crying Machine. No audible alarm, just broadcasts a distress signal to the police along with GPS coordinates.

[@cyridath]

The best Anti-theft device I've ever seen which was in the 80's was a couple of guys I knew that would keep snakes in the cab of their trucks, yes they were alive, most of the time they were gopher or king snakes...those were the days...lol

[@bghoody5665]

I knew a guy who had an early 80s Corvette (C3) that had a factory installed anti-theft alarm - the kind you activated by inserting your car key into a slot on the fender. But it wasn't very good - he could force the door window down (weak motors apparently) enough to get his arm in to open the door then pull out the fuse for the alarm system after just one honk from the alarm.

[@TheDetailsMatter]

@Wooooo One more recommendation for LoJack. Part of their advertising, in fact, iirc.

[@Gray-soul_81]

True Lies is Arnold's most under-rated movie. My personal favorite.

[@GenXicansReact]

My Vote would be Last action Hero is super under appreciated.

[@sigzil1985]

I like Total Recall haha

[@synaesthesia2010]

True Lies was a remake of a French movie

[@Jazzanaught]

Good call but Last Action Hero is probably the most criminally underrated movie of all time.

[@irishbears2103]

Arnold was already a well known actor by the time he did True Lies. He was still an upcoming actor when The Terminator was made, and Terminator was predicted to not do well. Even Arnold himself thought it wouldn't do very well, making this movie the biggest surprise hit of his career.

[@darrenmason7927]

Terminator 2 probably the most perfect action movie ever made.

[@Drudenfusz]

It's definitely the best sequel ever made!

[@brianhammond2832]

Definitely better than one but it’s not even the best Arnold movie (total recall).

[@Drudenfusz]

@Raylan Givens I look at Die Hard more as a reboot, it certainly is not a true sequel, the books might have been, but the films are entirely unrelated.

[@TheGuitarman1968]

@@DrudenfuszI agree, "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" is no doubt a great movie and sequel, but IMHO the honor of the best sequel of all time goes to "Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back." It was a great movie with one of the biggest plot twists and quoted lines in cinematic history ("No, I am your father"). Honorable mentions would also go to "Aliens" (Another great James Cameron movie) and "Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan." TWOK was actually a double-sequel, as it was the sequel to "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" and the "Space Seed" episode from the original series. In any case, they are all great movies in their own respect.👍👍

[@MavenCree]

Yes, this is where "I'll be back." became his catch phrase. Technically he said it in Conan first, but this is where the line became famous

[@ACriticalGeek]

And, btw, time to watch Conan the Barbarian.

[@freedo333]

When did he say that in Conan?

[@vodengc520]

@@freedo333 Double checked, he never did. Terminator was his first time saying it, followed by Commando.

[@kinagrill]

He couldn't get the line right here either, and even ended up asking James Cameron if he could just say 'I will be back' instead. Cameron said 'no'. So Arnie practiced and he got it right in the end :3

[@sergiogonzalez1295]

"She's dressed like she is going to bingo." Yeah, that's what "normal" 80's fashion was.

[@KRAFTWERK2K6]

She still looks freaking gorgeous. I don't care about fashion at all.

[@rossrobertson674]

Hasn't that come back, aren't there girls in their 20s dressing like old ladies, almost like lady hipsters

[@Lightsephiroth]

@@rossrobertson674 Not when they "go out", the fashion right now is to show as much skin as possible 😂

[@Philybeef]

You're gonna love the sequel, it's regarded as one of the best sequels of all time. All of the special effects also really hold up today.

[@Hiraghm]

I really don't understand why it's so highly regarded. I couldn't stand it.

[@Chuck_EL]

@Wooooo yup saw it at the drive thru when I was 12 people cheered I also saw the first one when I was 4 at the drive thru

[@catrionacolville2192]

The Terminator is far superior to the sequel.

[@anonimuso]

The Terminator Everyone: "Sci-Fi, action, explosions..." Ashleigh: "The drama, the romance..."

[@tukke]

She's not wrong you know.

[@mikelarsen5836]

@@tukke Can't expect millenials to get anything right! 😂 😂 😂

[@tjismyname7365]

Well it is the best love story of all time.

[@Dylan_Platt]

Uh, pretty much, yeah. Plenty of 80s flicks had good action and explosions and are totally forgotten today. It's the balance of the romance/human drama elements that makes this movie a classic. (Plus the action and explosions. And great actors. Memorable script. Era-defining effects and score. That stuff too 🙂)

[@SchrodingersTransCat]

80s and 90s teens watching on VHS: "Sci-Fi, action, explosions, a suspicious worn-out fuzzy part on the tape during the love scene..."

[@whizwart1]

I love when Ash was freaking out over the hand and I'm just thinking "wait for the eye"

[@dongilleo9743]

When I saw this movie in a packed theater when it first came out, there was an interesting reaction. When he's slicing open the arm and working on it, people were freaking out. When he finishes, there was a collective sigh of relief from the audience, like "okay, that was gross, but now it's over." Then he's looking at the eye, and when he reaches for the knife, people totally lost it and were screaming in horror. Well written and filmed scene; most likely intentionally to get that very reaction from an audience.

[@MrEvenStranger]

"I don't think this is what the song meant when they said 'It's raining men'." - I laughed right out loud! You are too funny!

[@majbrat]

Todrick Halls Raining Men is closer to this lol. Great song too.

[@jonnyyen7169]

"If a cyborg man was chasing me, I'd get dressed as soon as I could, 'cause I'd hate to die naked!" Classic...

[@PixelPro-4000]

More Arnold? Terminator 2 is a MUST (no need to see any Terminator movies beyond that). Commando, Running Man, Total Recall, True Lies. All worth watching!

[@Caseytify]

Kindergarten Cop. :)

[@michaeldoran4831]

Please don’t forget Kindergarten Cop and Twiins (with Danny DeVito!)

[@craniusdominus8234]

There ARE no Terminator movies beyond 2. That's my story, I'm sticking to it.

[@diha2271]

This and Last action hero

[@spacetiger5076]

Running Man and Last Action Hero for sure!

[@BrianSmithNow]

I can't keep up with the quips, but I'm chuckling a lot. "She's dressed for Bingo" made me lol at the laundromat. 😂

[@marchawkins6904]

You were absolutely right when you said the 80s had kick-ass music. If you’re into Arnold, for a change of pace, you should do Kindergarten Cop next.

[@agresticumbra]

Stop whining!

[@christhompson2006]

"It's not a tumor."

[@magicalminty6203]

Nah, 'Twins" Any movie that tried to convince me that Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito can pass for one another is priceless.

[@ingibingi2000]

It is my pick, thought September school starts so it's appropriate

[@ingibingi2000]

@@magicalminty6203 can't believe Arnold never came on always sunny

[@gizanime782]

Arnold="I'll be back" Ashleigh="Welcome Baaaaaaaack"!

[@rmhartman]

;-D

[@Alexeya13]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@JZsBFF]

Well, she couldn't know, could she?

[@henninggirl261]

“She just heads down the road, pregnant, to go kick some ass?” Sarah Conner in a nutshell

[@NDahler]

"Something I never knew I needed to be scared of... a robot torso." Please look up the James Cameron concept art for the Terminator. (The origin story as best I can remember) The robot torso was basically the first visual concept he had for this movie, from a nightmare. Cameron was working on a movie in Rome (not yet a full feature director), and he was quite sick. He woke up from a fever dream about being chased by a robot skeleton, and sketched the idea before going back to sleep.

[@michaelccozens]

True. At least, that's what Cameron first claimed. Then Harlan Ellison sued him and the settlement required Cameron to add that weird "Acknowledgement to the works of Harlan Ellison" card at the end. We don't know either way, but, comparing their other works, the whole "Terminator" concept feels a lot more Ellison than Cameron to me.

[@MDBowron]

@@michaelccozens Ellison did write a Outer Limits episode called Soldier which is about two post-apocalyptic soldiers travelling back in time to the present and continue their battle. Another Outer Limits episode called Demon With A Glass Hand that also involved time travel and a cyborg from the future. And he wrote a short story I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream which is about an AI taking over and getting a kick out of torturing humanity in the post-apocalyptic future.

[@postersandstuff]

@@MDBowron 007 DAF was also inspired by a dream that prod Broccoli had

[@vwlssnvwls3262]

I love that Kyle said he always wondered what she was thinking about in that picture, and it turns out she was thinking of him. :D

[@gspendlove]

Arnold had trouble at first saying the line "I'll be back," and suggested to Cameron that the line be changed to "I will be back." Cameron thought about it for all of two seconds before saying "No." Bless you, James Cameron.

[@PixelPro-4000]

Terminator 2 is a significant improvement over the original. It's arguably one of the best action movies of all time.

[@fynnthefox9078]

And one of the best sequels of all time.

[@patsk8872]

Terminator 1 was a horror movie, though

[@PixelPro-4000]

@@patsk8872 Just like the dynamic between Alien and Aliens.

[@PixelPro-4000]

@@fynnthefox9078 Agreed. Empire Strikes Back is another.

[@L1VE3V1L]

Kyle said to Sarah he had a picture of her in the future, and he always wondered what she was thinking about, and it was him. Bloody good writing.

[@TheMightyOdin]

When he said the line “I’ll be back” and then he came back I was hoping you would have said “Welcome baaaaack…”

[@arstropica]

That’s funny

[@AthanImmortal]

I'm so happy you're watching this. Please please do Terminator 2 and True Lies. Incidently no matter what the internet tells you, IMDB other commenters, there's only Terminator and Terminator 2 Judgement Day. No need to verify that, just two great movies. One of the best examples of knowing when to quit. Yep, they made two great movies then got out, didn't milk it or dirty the timeline or anything, two and out, that was how they did it...

[@theashrook6129]

“Why doesn’t she just run away hide snd have the baby” So you wanna watch Terminator: The Sarah Conner Chronicles, to explore that scenario. Good reaction though.

[@sadfaery]

Starring Lena Headey from Game of Thrones as Sarah Conner!

[@dannielsen1056]

Your commentaries are exactly what these movies never knew they needed. I really appreciate the good times I have when watching your videos, and I can't thank you enough for the time and work you put in to your channel. :)

[@mrposhshark]

Long time viewer first time commenter JUST to say everyone suggesting watching the sequel is Spot on. Please. PLEASE. one of the very few times a sequel surpasses the original. Also love your videos mate, you have became a regular feature 😂

[@derwoodcauthon7476]

I agree T2: Judgement Day is a fantastic sequel, IMHO The Terminator I think is a better, more concise narrative.

[@jetcytiwoman]

Best line ever..."a little jingle jangle between his haunches" Recognize the 3 actors from Aliens? Kyle = Hicks, spike haired punk = Hudson & wanna be included detective = Bishop. Gotta see T-2 now. I think you'll like it better.

[@panowa8319]

Vazquez is in "T2".

[@darastarscream]

Fun Fact = Lance Henricksen (pushy detective, Bishop) was originally supposed to play the Terminator. Cameron did a hard left turn on the character concept after he met Schwarzenegger.

[@catrissia]

And James Cameron directed that also.

[@darastarscream]

@@panowa8319 And the Irish immigrant with the two little kids in 'Titanic.'

[@meganpierce9977]

PLEASE T2!! It’s SO good! It’s the best of all of them!

[@ScarriorIII]

"He's driving and shooting a long gun." Oooo, she called it a long gun. Attractiveness +10.

[@Zortzico]

Just wait for Terminator 2. It steps everything up in quality, and the visual effects even hold up today from when it was made in 1991! I cannot wait for you to do UHF either

[@gregsteele806]

Supplies!

[@arcanask]

Ashleigh: "What am I? 12? OMG" less than a minute later: "Yeeeeeea boi!" lmao

[@John_Locke_108]

I watched this movie a lot when I was 12.

[@cfinley81]

"Kyle, she's there! She's real! KISS HER BACK!!!" "Little baby John's gettin' made TONIGHT!!" LMAOOOOO!!!!

[@LibraKing3121]

I'm SO glad, I wasn't eating or drinking anything when she said that!! OMG!! Hooowwwlllinn'!!! 🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😅😅😅

[@dongilleo9743]

I can't remember if it was in the movie or the novelization, but Kyle tells Sarah that in his time, "if you were old enough for that(sex), you were old enough to fight". I can't imagine anyone in Kyle's future existence thinking about sex, when just staying alive is a full time struggle. Living underground, dirty, filthy, eating rats to keep from starving, constantly on guard to keep from getting killed by a terminator; not really good for setting the mood for romance.

[@cfinley81]

@@dongilleo9743 Which is why Kyle was still a virgin. He had no time for all that.

[@DarrenBaileyActor]

T2 remains the greatest action film ever made and one of the best scripts.

[@ericwebster28]

FYI, Beans is showing affection when she bites you. I have a chubby little calico myself who also gives me kitty kisses, but sometimes she gets overwhelmed by all the love she has to give and it comes out as bites. It can be startling, but she’s never broke the skin.

[@Timmayytoo]

Yep - mine does the same thing

[@karlajaeger2082]

@@Timmayytoo my sister's cat does the same to me, but she's missing teeth so it doesn't hurt.

[@Matej_Sojka]

Biting and licking means she/he/it wants to play, not just petting.

[@Deathbird_Mitch]

It's truly love bites. My cats do it when I pet them too.

[@cypher515]

Joining in the throng of people who insist that you need to see T2. That's such a classic, that it's considered the _last_ movie to count by many, including, I think, three reboots.

[@Milner62]

I would go so far as to lump T3 as a contender for the last decent Terminator film. By time Salvation came around things were just too changed and no longer bear any familiarity to the original future scenes which is what we all really were striving for with a future war film to put us in the gritty future war as we saw glimpses of from T1 and T2.

[@helloweener2007]

You should watch the second one, it was game-changing with the special effects.

[@mathematics5573]

but they are not new anymore!

[@SuperDimson]

Yes, the second one and that's it.

[@umaiar]

@@mathematics5573 Very true. I've seen people watch The Matrix and comment on how dated the effects are as well. It's funny how generational jumps in effects technology seem to get lost in the noise.

[@WarnerSisterDot89]

T2 is one of my favorite movies

[@mathematics5573]

@@umaiar didn't quite mean that.

[@keeperofthecheese]

"They can't make those yet" "not for another 40 years" Meanwhile, 40 years later we still cant make printers connect.

[@3173alejandramartz]

So true

[@adamclifton29]

Sarah did her job in stopping Skynet back in 1991

[@Silber7]

Well we do have war drones killing people... most are just a little more plane-shaped. (And used under human supervision - for now. KI that could do that job is also already possible)

[@MDBowron]

@@Silber7 and there's the Boston Dynamics android robot that can do paurkaur stunts unless that stuff is faked

[@michaelccozens]

If you look up the state of autonomous weapons, AI, and advanced robot system like those at Boston Dynamics, you might get the impression we're ahead of schedule in some areas.

[@kris5465]

Time to watch T2, then. Arguably, one of the best sequels ever made.

[@its6696]

I never met anyone who ever argued about that.LOL It IS the best sequel ever made :-)

[@kilroy987]

T2: Judgement Day is an excellent followup - James Cameron at his prime. (I prefer the theatrical version - I didn't get much from the longer cut) Arnold wasn't exactly respected as an actor when this came out. People thought it was wise for him to have limited speaking parts, and he got a lot more recognition from this film. By the time Predator came along, he was better at his lines and presentation. He was hilarious in Twins.

[@hellkaiser64]

I think His Deep accent and muscular body added an unique touch that made him look more Robotic and more believable. Like the robots didn't catch how human behavior works, yet .

[@dole8001]

Conan The Barbarian laughs at this comment

[@gregsteele806]

Yeah, do T2, and then pretty much skip the rest of the series.

[@JakeToll37]

Right. The first two are masterpieces & the others, forget about it.

[@Caseytify]

I forgot about Twins. Great movie. :)

[@karlluigi1987]

FUN FACT: There's only 2 Terminator Movies,, all the other ones are just a Parody..

[@3DJapan]

The new one was pretty good.

[@Britcarjunkie]

My brother was an extra in this: he played a busboy in the restaurant.

[@raputathebuta]

No matter how many times I watch this movie, Kyle's death makes me cry. Every damn time. Mostly because 1) I'm a sap. B) I have a thing for Michael Biehn.

[@KDeCesare]

Sad that she just glossed over it like it didn't even happen...

[@Rohan-nc8jt]

Same, Hicks will always be my favourite though.

[@metalmugen]

Biehn is super underrated

[@shootingreal5945]

Don't worry about it, Who doesn't?

[@shootingreal5945]

@@KDeCesare Well listen to her statement about Sarah getting what she needed from him..in 2021 if a male reactor said that crap about a female..KZbin would have stepped in and struck his channel..kinda sad to think about.

[@moonlitegram]

14:58 So I actually just watched this movie and the second one last night with my friend because he somehow managed to make it 4 decades without seeing these movies. So I had to remedy that immediately when I found out. And I reacted the same way when he said "meat" instead of muscle lol. P.S. DEFINITELY watch the second movie. Its one of the rare cases where the sequel is actually a lot better than the first movie. T2: Judgement Day might be the perfect action movie.

[@SteveDorsett]

You have to watch the sequel. T2: Judgement Day is one of the best sequels ever made. Is a rare example of the sequel being much, much better than the original.

[@matsv201]

Unlike.. god father II, aliens, star wars V, toy story 2/3, goldfinger, batman 1992, leathal weapon II, the dark knight, skrek 2,

[@SteveDorsett]

@@matsv201 As I said.... rare

[@matsv201]

@@SteveDorsett those are like all imdb top 50 movies. You could just as well say that god movies are rare

[@SteveDorsett]

@@matsv201 There's a LOT more crap sequels out there than good. You've picked the small handful of quality sequels that improve on the originals. The VAST majority, literally thousands, are crap - and I say this with Avengers: Endgame, a sequel, being possibly my favourite ever movie. So as I say rare. However, I was also talking about T2, which is a vastly better movie than Termimator (hence the much, much). However, you seem like a pretty boring pedantic fellow who just wants to have an argument for the sake of it. So I'll leave you be. Have a nice life.

[@matsv201]

@@SteveDorsett There are a lot more crap movies than good..

[@passenthrualaska3293]

I always loved (and hated because MY HEART!) the fact that Kyle fell in love with Sara over time while staring at a very old photo of her, unaware that in that moment she thinking about him.

[@Kwekwe]

As someone old enough to remember when it originally came out at the time l thought it was great (it was the 80s and that stop motion was amazing!) but watching it now it's kinda average..... HOWEVER.....Terminator 2 is a stone cold classic that still holds up and for me is Arnie's best, but Predator and Total Recall are very close. I would strongly recommend watching Terminator 2 while the first is still fresh in your mind as it finishes off the story which ended quite abruptly in this movie. As somebody else already said, no need to watch any other Terminator sequels after that!

[@WesMordine]

No NEED to watch any other Terminator films, but its just because T2 is sooo damn good, nothing could ever top it. The others are still decent action films.

[@duckrutt]

They gave him a broken leg, probably to help cover the stop motion, but all anyone says is he walks funny. Can't win them all I guess.

[@markshaffer6447]

Dark Fate was pretty good and would have been received much better had we not had 3 trash films in the series before it

[@WesMordine]

@@markshaffer6447 that, and EVERYONE just seeing politics everywhere. So annoying.

[@namelessjedi2242]

I do appreciate how the Terminator got a damaged leg so the limp can help hide the stop motion jerkiness.

[@jweav151]

I love the part in almost every vid where an iconic line is said, like "I'll be back" and there is an immediate cut to "is this where that's from?"

[@toxuthat6988]

Well once the Terminator succeeds in his mission he will settle down and start his own business as an interior decorator, obviously.

[@jean-paulaudette9246]

LOL He goes to powersaver/sleep mode.

[@rossrobertson674]

Imagine he just spent his days sitting on a park bench feeding the birds

[@matthewsmith2979]

Becomes an exterminator The terminator Terminating your termites since 1984

[@bekindandrewind1422]

Beans isn't biting as an aggressive move, it's kind of how they hold because they don't have hands.

[@snowcat8971]

When I first saw the skeleton cyborg walking toward Kyle and Sarah, it was one of the scariest things I had ever seen in a movie (I was probably around 12 years old). It is pretty amazing when a fairly low budget film ($6.4 million) becomes a huge hit and spawns a sprawling franchise.

[@shrodingerschat2258]

Yes! UHF!!! can't wait! Of course, there are a TON of 80's references, so don't feel bad if you don't get some of the humor.

[@katenunyabizness9221]

SUPPLIES!

[@macmcleod1188]

Should probably make a list of movies she should see first for some of the comedies like this.

[@3DJapan]

Always excited to see WoF.

[@misterkite]

Don't you know the dewey decimal system?

[@lisaclark1181]

I've never seen it and since I graduated HS in '85 I'm looking forward to her reaction.

[@curtisparker1922]

Obviously you must watch Terminator 2 now, it is one of the rare times when a sequel may be better than the original. But also please watch Twins with Arnold and Dani Devito! If you like Arnold it's a must watch.

[@kenfreeman8888]

Kyle fell in love with a picture of Sarah that was taken when she was thinking about how much she loved Kyle.

[@ravszewcow2319]

t2 is even better. And Sarah character progression - legendary.

[@SamuelBlack84]

Good morning, Dr Silverman. How's the knee?

[@the98themperoroftheholybri33]

Sarah*

[@onejester]

Sara's character arc in 1 & 2 is the most awesome.

[@ravszewcow2319]

@@the98themperoroftheholybri33 right, my bad

[@tukke]

@@SamuelBlack84 and in next scene she's all like "I'm so sane and healthy now. Please let me go."

[@eskreskao]

I mean, Terminator was literally Cameron's first feature-length movie he truly wrote and directed. The less spoken about Pirahna 2, the better.

[@jessewooton3731]

Are we not going to address the Harlan Ellison business? In an early interview, Cameron was asked where he got the idea for The Terminator, and said something about how he "ripped off a couple of Harlan Ellison Outer Limits episodes." Ellison sued, and if you look at the end credits of The Terminator, it reads, "Acknowledgements to the works of Harlan Ellison." Ellison had a reputation for being argumentative and hard to get along with, but I interacted with him on several occasions and he was never anything but gracious to me.

[@jimberjamber8540]

@@jessewooton3731 Most likely his lawyers trying to make a buck.

[@foljs5858]

@@jessewooton3731 Yeah, so?

[@foljs5858]

@@jimberjamber8540 What part of admitting he "ripped off a couple of Harlan Ellison Outer Limits episodes" sounds like "lawyers trying to make a buck"?

[@MP197742]

@@jessewooton3731 I thought Cameron said he got the idea from a fever dream of being attacked by a metal skeleton when he was sick, and disputed taking any of it from Ellison. Ellison thought it was a rip off of an Outer Limits episode about two soldiers from the future fighting in the past, trying to change history, and sued. And the acknowledgment was part of the settlement that was reached. Anyway, that’s the way I’ve heard that dispute described.

[@OsmerDevere]

Aside from Terminator 2, which is a must-see, I'd also recommend "Last Action Hero" (another Arnold movie) - Loads of action, comedy, and self-effacing jokes regarding action movie tropes.

[@roccosfondo8748]

Total recall and True lies were also good

[@MravacKid]

@@roccosfondo8748 Let's face it, any movie with Arnold is good. :)

[@fakereality96]

For me Last Action Hero has my favorite Arnold line: No sequel for you.

[@funnylilgalreacts]

“WE GET TO SEE HIS CYBORG BODY!!!!” I died 😂😂😂

[@thethesaxman23]

I think you’d really enjoy True Lies! Another Arnold/James Cameron classic but a little more light hearted.

[@paul16451]

You need to remember at the time, the Cyber-skeleton had to be animated using old claymation/model techniques, which is why there wasn't more of it featured. Even with the most expert motion-technique artists working at the time, it still took an hour of work to make the cyber-robot take a single step, and that's if no mistakes are made in the process. In the sequel, that changes, and you MUST watch it, as it is coined the very first movie to use what is modern CGI techniques instead.

[@fynnthefox9078]

I feel like the rough stop-motion makes him scarier. When I was kid, that jittery movement in stop-motion films freaked me out.

[@MrTommygunz420]

The first use of liquid Mercury too

[@AutoPilate]

@@MrTommygunz420 isn’t mercury always liquid at room temperature?

[@namelessjedi2242]

They also had him limping to help disguise the jerky motion. I feel it works pretty well.

[@nickdewsnap9859]

The Abyss came out before T2. That's where they developed the technology for the CGI liquid effects. (Also a James Cameron movie)

[@robertkendzie3]

Definitely need to see the sequel now. THose two movies make a complete, wonderful story. You can miss out the rest of the franchise.

[@jeffburnham6611]

T# Rise of the Machines and Terminator Salvation were the only others I'd watch to round out the franchise. We know from the first movie that Kyle Reese went back in time , and it isn't until Salvation that we see him in the franchise before he is with the Resistance.

[@ianwestc]

"They can't make things like that..." "Not yet. Not about 40 years." The movie The Terminator is 39 years old now. I think we're still a ways off. :-)

[@Cenindo]

Sci-fi movies do tend to overestimate how quickly artificial intelligence may emerge. In 1968, Kubricks "2001" had full human-level AI in the form of HAL 9000 (who says in the movie that he became operational in 1997). But we may be getting closer. If it is a matter of re-creating human brain function by emulating neurons, our fastest supercomputers should be up to the task during this decade. Futurist Ray Kurzweil has long predicted 2029 as the year we should have human-level AI (and "amusingly", that is also the year the war against the machines culminates in the Terminator franchise).

[@david1731048]

*37

[@ingibingi2000]

Boston dynamics is doing thier best

[@DarrellAyer]

If you feel that way then don’t look at anything being made by Boston Dynamics.

[@buklau1985]

That 1984 Honda Elite Scooter tho :)

[@billbabcock1833]

There are 2 actors whose characters have been killed by a Terminator, an Alien AND a Predator, and both are in this movie - Bill Paxton and Lance Hendrickson.

[@charlieo.possum5501]

Fun fact 👍

[@SpockvsEgon]

Lance is debatable. The Alien queen impaled Bishop, but technically he survived. His "death" was either the result of the crash or Ripley unplugging him.

[@Accolonian]

You really got to watch the next one, T2. This one is just prologe, I think. The fist one is a low budget niche movie, but the 2nd one was one of the most impressive visual advances of its time. It's basically the jump start of modern CGI.

[@PCGGC]

Hoping for T2 soon as well, even better and just an absolute classic

[@jp3813]

FYI, Terminator 2 has three versions: theatrical, special, & extended. Choose between the first two, avoid the 3rd b/c it has an alternate ending. The 2nd version adds some pretty cool scenes to the 1st.

[@namelessjedi2242]

Or watch the alternate ending and stop since the third film onwards aren’t good enough to be considered what really happens. 😁

[@jp3813]

@@namelessjedi2242 Or watch the original ending and stop.

[@slaaneshhedonite7068]

The second one is one of the best sequels ever made. And back in the ‘80s boobs and ‘sploody were a staple. That’s what makes my GenX one of the most fun generations 😈

[@JDdiGriz]

Back in the day, when you weren't sure your movie was gonna make nay money, you put wild nekkind boobies in it because they would get asses in seats. Especially for a grindhouse release like this.

[@glenngreen7521]

Just an FYI - Cats will gently bite their owners as a sign of affection. So Beans is saying she likes you!!!! : )

[@13bonnie13]

Also when she heard butts you or rubs her head against you she is marking you as her property by leaving her scent on you. Cats are so confusing but so fascinating at the same time. I don't know what I would do without my cat.

[@brainnsfw7346]

Came here to say this as well. If cats want to be mean, you'll know it. Plus, they're pretty big cowards anyways: they tend to prefer making a lot of noise instead of outright fighting. Fun fact: my cat doesn't bite, but will start kicking when he enjoys his bellyrubs too much. After which he'll play cute so I'll give him bellyrubs again and so the cycle continues...

[@whiterabbit75]

That's no cat, that's a space station!

[@Ham247]

Seems to me at the time your cat had to much energy. next time focus on its tale it probably be moving quite a lot. If the cat is in a low energy level and relaxed she/ he will not bite.

[@robertballard2998]

@@13bonnie13 The technical term for those scent-marking headbutts is "bunting". A lot of people think cats mark scent by kneading their paws, but this is actually a self-comforting behavior. It's analogous to thumb-sucking in humans, as it is something kittens do to encourage milk production in their mothers. For those who care to know.

[@jefschnitzler2377]

Arnold was originally considered for the Reese character with OJ Simpson playing the Terminator but they didn't think OJ would be believable as a killer...

[@strangelyjamesly4078]

lol

[@FordyGames]

That.... aged not well.

[@Trainwheel_Time]

What do you mean? There were at least 12 people who still thought that.

[@hollyodell4012]

I struggle to imagine Arnold as Kyle Reese, I'm glad they made the casting choices they did👍

[@namelessjedi2242]

He also considered Lance Henricksen as the Terminator at one point. I bet that would have been a good, but different, movie. At least Lance was still in the movie.

[@spirittammyk]

Hehe. I love how you go "that's it, she's just going down the road to kick some ass" and you have no idea what that woman is capable of.

[@james.b.mcgill]

I'm pretty sure in the '80s car alarms were only a factory option in high-end models. I believe it wasn't until the 90s where they could be installed as an aftermarket item for an affordable price. Also they probably didn't become a standard item until the late 90s early 2000s for pretty much all vehicles.

[@IggyStardust1967]

Same thing with seat belt, believe it or not.

[@samsmithiv1874]

@@IggyStardust1967 Seatbelts have been standard in cars since at least the 60's. Shoulder belts in the 70s. In the eighties you had those stupid electric shoulder belts if the car did not have airbags.

[@matsv201]

After market alarms was really common from the mid 80tys. But this movie was before they got resonable cheap. Also in the late 80tys fake alarms was probobly as common as real once.

[@mobiusbelts3607]

@@IggyStardust1967 No, partly due to pressure from groups like MADD, seat belts were already becoming standard by law in the early 80s.

[@Lethgar_Smith]

Quite correct.

[@CaptNRetro]

UHF is a classic..Weird Al is a genius...and has steadily been in the pop arena since the 70's...

[@goldilox369]

I really do want her to watch UHF. However, wouldn't there be many references Ashleigh won't get? Same with Hot Shots. Referential humor sometimes goes over her head if she hasn't watched the TV or movies referenced. No matter, there's a ton in UHF that's still funny AF.

[@DeconvertedMan]

we got it all! On UHF!

[@michaelriddick7116]

UHF is AWESOME!!! The entire movie is so quotable!!! :D

[@guardian35]

Ashley: If the Terminator succeeds, what would he do for the rest of his existence? *Carl has entered the chat. 😂

[@lurkerrekrul]

I know what you're referencing, but... In the novelization, it said that after accomplishing its mission, the terminator would simply find somewhere to wait and then once Skynet was created, it would report in for new orders.

[@Aeneiden]

@@lurkerrekrul yeah makes so much more sense

[@drunkbobo]

Terminator 2 is a must now! Also I think you’d enjoy Total Recall, another Schwarzenegger movie.

[@dahobdahob]

As a nerdy teen, Terminator was just about everything to me. I consider Terminator 2 the "perfect sequel", so you might take a look at it as well.

[@1001Hobbies]

Thoroughly enjoyed your reaction, as usual. YES, cars did not come with alarms back then. YES, some of the best music occurred during the 1980's. YES, it was an awesome time to be alive.

[@purpleepicicon]

They did have car alarms at that point, but they were pretty much a luxury item for the super rich.

[@1001Hobbies]

@@purpleepicicon - Every car comes with an alarm now, and that's what Ashleigh is used to and what she is questioning. Of course the very well to do could get a car alarm at that time, but it was not standard equipment like now.

[@GunsmithSid]

In 1984 I had an alarm installed in my car. I was 19 and working as a busboy while taking classes at the community college. Not a luxury item, nor just for the well-to-do. But it wasn’t prevalent and it was aftermarket or dealer installed.

[@melenatorr]

Please recognize Lance Hendrickson, playing the cop - he was Bishop in "Aliens", a very nice actor. I also felt the pacing was a little slow the first time I watched this movie, oh so many ages ago. But the second time, I was more in the shoes of the characters more, because I could relax into the plot, and I understood that the build at the start was very important, so that you could get to know everyone, specifically Sarah, where she starts and where she finishes; and you need to get invested in Kyle so that the short relationship really means something and his death can hit you. It's worth watching again.

[@wiltchamberlain9920]

Also can't forget that one of the punks at the start was Bill Paxton, AKA - Hudson as well.

[@melenatorr]

@@wiltchamberlain9920 That's right: I forgot!

[@matsv201]

@@wiltchamberlain9920 and johns mom is vasques

[@Jeminai77]

poor Kyle Reese aka Hicks getting the shaft here lol.

[@MC2RD]

Reese is also Hicks in aliens

[@Splungified]

Once the Terminator kills its target, it retires, lays low, and opens a pest control company, becoming an Ex-terminator

[@CoffeeMatt10]

He certainly doesn’t get married with step children and sell drapes.