THE TERMINATOR is Beyond Amazing ! * MOVIE REACTION | First Time Watching ! (1984)

[@RuntotheMovies]

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[@uncoolmartin460]

Dantes Peak, Linda Hamilton. And I'm sure you know by now, Lance Henrickson, Micheal Bien & Bill Paxton = Aliens. Also The lead detective was Capt Tyrell in Star Trek The Wrath Of Khan, Annd The Blonde Punk was in Buffy The Vampire Slayer. Also Also ... Rat Burger !! 👍 A very fun and enjoyable reaction, really enjoyed seeing Abby figure out the movie as it moved along... Toy is just a glourious bonus :) The Toyminator gets my vote, but isn't that how it is pronounced in New York or Brooklyn already?

[@kylereese4822]

Terminator 1984.... Sarah - I`m not stupid they cant make things like that yet.... Kyle - not for about 40 years... 40 years later..... Tesla Optimus 2024....

[@toyota420xp]

In the beginning when she's wearing headphones and then they die she she dropped her giant glass of milk whenever Sarah comes back to see that the place with stink

[@kylereese4822]

Oh Rat burgers if you had to... you would...

[@toyota420xp]

Are you watching the second one

[@BouillaBased]

When he’s telling Sarah about the photo, Reese says he always wondered what she was thinking about when it was taken. Turns out, she was thinking about him.

[@daerdevvyl4314]

And she looked a bit sad.

[@toy4871]

😭😭😭😭

[@tannhauser5399]

No, not even close. Not sure why everybody is repeating it. Especially, considering the size of her pregnancy in the car (at the end of the movie), which most likely was several months after the events, and also she didn't know that particular photo was the one that Kyle was refering to. She has never seen that photo that Kyle was refering to. She had no frame of reference. Just some kid took her photo at that point, at the end of the movie. Thinking about him? Maybe, in a small way. But I bet that lady, at that point was thinking about much larges issues: end of the world, her child, and so on. Even her expression, at the end when the kid is asking her, or telling her: "The storm is comming". And she is responding with "I know". That is some deeper appraoch. Not just thinking about Kyle. She was beyond that at this point, especially when that event was taking palce a few months after she killed Terminator, and was already knew that Kyle was the father of her child.

[@BouillaBased]

@@tannhauser5399 WTAF? Did you miss that the words that left her mouth the moment before the photo was taken were, "The few hours that we had together, we loved a lifetime's worth"? I have seen some "Well, akchally" bull in my time, but these two paragraphs of absolute wrongness have done the whole of the internet a disservice.

[@MikeG82]

@@tannhauser5399 lol what movie did you watch?

[@imthewolf1]

Reese, the white detective, and the punk with the blue spiked hair were all in Aliens.

[@morleymobproductionz]

The punk is also the salesman in True Lies.

[@BouillaBased]

Bill Paxton was the only actor to be killed by a Terminator, a xenomorph, and a Predator.

[@gregkirby9059]

@@BouillaBased Bill Paxton was never killed by the Terminator at the start

[@ianbremner4436]

@@BouillaBased Lance Henriksen would beg to differ

[@piloto88ed]

@@gregkirby9059 Actually dont, hahaha. Only K.O. i think.

[@whoarocket]

"I want to be Sarah for Halloween." Not yet. You want to be Sarah from Terminator 2.

[@broodhunter21]

Michael Biehn, who played Reese, was in quite a bit. He played Hicks in Aliens, Johnny Ringo in Tombstone, Lt. Coffey in The Abyss, he was also in The Rock, The Seventh Sign, Jade, Navy Seals, Planet Terror and others. He was also in a couple of Tv shows, some as guests, some as characters. He was in The Mandalorian for an episode, too. Biehn was a very under appreciated actor, he was really good in everything he did. He still works, and is in contact with Cameron, and Cameron loves using the actors he likes, so I would be surprised if we do not see him again.

[@kylereese4822]

Might be in the re-telling of The Terminator that Cameron is doing....

[@coax47]

He was also rex power colt in my favourite far cry game far cry 3 blood dragon.

[@piloto88ed]

T1 Reese is my favourite movie character ever, since i was a kid.

[@SeanBlader]

Biehn was absolutely amazing in Tombstone and The Abyss!

[@coax47]

I absolutely love that this was one of Arnold's most famous movies and we are all mackin on michael biehn lol the guy is great, he's apparently appearing at a comic con event down here in Wales soon but I can't afford to travel and go you have no idea how much its killing me a picture with the man would let me die happy.

[@rowenatulley852]

After seeing Abby's reaction to the Terminator repairing his arm, I KNEW her reaction to the eyeball scene would be priceless . . . and it was!

[@abbyygross]

unfortunately it will be burned into my memory for all eternity 🙃🫠

[@tehawfulestface1337]

Arnie lost his eyebrows and the slight wave in his hair when he went through the fire of the exploding car. In the late 90’s I entered my sculptures in a few conventions in California. There I was lucky enough to meet and briefly hang out with John Rosengrant, Oscar award winning member of ILM. He worked with the SFX crew on Terminator. He won top awards in that convention with a large scale bust of Arnold Schwarzenegger. It was beautifully sculpted and lifelike, capturing Arnie’s personality. BUT if you turn Arnie’s face around, the other half of his face had been ripped open, revealing the terminator underneath. It was an incredible work of art. Beautiful and terrifying. Linda Hamilton will blow you away as Sarah Connor again in Terminator 2: Judgement Day!

[@abbyygross]

thank you so much for sharing this! my fave part of the channel is learning all of the bts stuff

[@shiningfaceofluzon5594]

The effects team threw acid on Arnie to create the smoky effect when the terminator was on the windshield reaching for Sarah

[@Dammitman_]

But he hunted Demons in Frailty

[@MarCuseus]

*Judgment

[@jhilal2385]

More Michael Biehn for Abby: "Aliens" (1986) "The Abyss" (1989) "Tombstone" (1993) "The Rock" (1996)

[@piloto88ed]

Cherry Falls LOL

[@Ravage2010]

Magnificent 7 tv show!

[@abbyygross]

oooooo thank you!!!

[@dainfarley9057]

T2 extended cut talking to Sarah like obi wan to Luke lol

[@rav6683]

"K2" 1991

[@jonmercano1138]

“I wanna be Sarah for halloween” Wait till you see her in T2

[@abbyygross]

we just watched!! im grabbing my grippy socks ;) it will be out on patreon soon, stay tuned!

[@toy4871]

Loooooooooove Sarah in t2!!!!!❤❤❤❤

[@kevinburton3948]

The scene where Sarah gives away her location over the answering machine encapsulates the main theme of the film- "Machines will betray us."

[@sudonum3108]

The exponential progress of technology is far outstripping our generational ability to adapt to change.

[@abbyygross]

woah, I love this!!!!

[@zxbzxbzxb1]

I think my printer has skipped that stage and become self aware 😡

[@dallesamllhals9161]

..'cause humans won't?

[@stefanbistrancin5862]

Sarah's actress Linda Hamilton, Kyle's actor Michael Biehn and writer/director James Cameron were all unknown when they made this low budget flick. This movie jumpstarted their careers to high heavens - especially for Cameron.

[@roddmatsui3554]

The transformation of your faces, from “he’s cutting his face open, OMG NO” to “oh, cool, there’s the robot eye there” is a perfect portrait of the perfect reaction to the scene.

[@kevinburton3948]

9:37 The music composer explained that the 4-beat percussion was meant to represent the Terminator's mechanical "heartbeat."

[@abbyygross]

i love this fact!! so cool!!

[@waterbeauty85]

"Rat Burger." Abby really does need to watch "Demolition Man." It's a fun movie.

[@cruelangel8689]

Makes you wonder how smart Skynet was. What if Sarah had an unlisted number? Would he have simply stopped after going through the phone book- mission accomplished? Or would Skynet have accounted for that and told him to go through the DMV records next just in case?

[@LordVolkov]

To answer Abby's question about Linda Hamilton - She was on a fairly big TV show in the 80s, Beauty and the Beast with Ron Perlman, and a few movies here and there but nothing as big as Terminator or T2.

[@jasperfish666]

Ah yes of course .. I couldn't remember where I knew her from .. thank you Lord V 🤪

[@TheRetroManRandySavage]

I remember watching that beauty and the beast tv show at my grandparents. It aired on a Saturday here in the uk.

[@azuredragon7879]

She had a few other notable movies: "Children of the Corn" (1984), "Black Moon Rising" (1986, w/ Tommy Lee Jones), "Silent Fall" (1994, w/ Richard Dreyfuss, John Lithgow, & Liv Tyler), and "Dante's Peak" (1997, w/ Pierce Brosnan)

[@bruceleeds7988]

wait... THAT was Linda Hamilton!?

[@LordVolkov]

@@bruceleeds7988 Lol. Usually people have that reaction to Ron Perlman as the Beast 🤣🤣🤣

[@suproliver]

The Terminator's eyebrows were burned 🔥 off from the explosion just prior to his punching 👊 through the windshield to grab Sarah Connor. I think this look makes him more intimidating, scary, and even eerie. Like he's not quite human. Almost like an unstoppable Frankenstein monster! -OG

[@abbyygross]

this is so crazy!!! hes such a badass!

[@lightningrod1063]

When Kyle says, "I used to always wonder what you were thinking at that moment." - Sarah was thinking about Kyle. She was making a recording for John and was talking about Kyle at the very moment the photo was snapped. It seems to me most people miss that detail. It's not critical, but it's sweet.

[@domingocurbelomorales8635]

My favourite part, and a sad fact, is when Kyle said that he always wondered what Sarah was thinking at that moment in the picture. And she was thinking in Kyle during that tape record. Lovers across time....

[@abbyygross]

this is so insightful! thank you for sharing :)

[@PopRoxxRadio]

The best line, which makes ALL of the sequels "Cannon" in the entire Franchise (it's Brilliant): Sarah "It's from the Future? You're from the Future?" Kyle "One POSSIBLE Future, I don't know tech stuff."

[@howaboutsomesoyfood]

"not for about 40 years" then you realize that it's been 40 years since this movie came out.

[@passionsquietrage]

And we're in the age of AI, plus the future in the movie is only a few years away.

[@TheRetroManRandySavage]

I'm hoping Nike bring back the vandal terminator for the 40th anniversary. I'm itching to buy the last retro, but they're atleast $1,000 a pair.

[@cyborgar15]

And Ai is coming fast..

[@vytallicaq.6881]

Check out the 60 minutes episode about "Quantum Computers". This scenario may actually come TRUE.... SOON.

[@MarCuseus]

Not yet

[@drlee2]

"This is so 80s, right here." Yeah, and that's a GOOD thing! lol

[@timothyrenar5498]

Linda Hamilton is mostly known for her roles in The Terminator, T-2 Judgment Day and Terminator Dark Fate although she was also in Dante's Peak and she also has a twin sister who was also in T-2 Judgment Day as well.

[@kylereese4822]

Beauty and the Beast with Ron Pearlman....

[@kylereese4822]

Leslie Hamilton pasted away in 2020... :(:(

[@Unethical.Dodgson]

@@kylereese4822 This is why reviewing your own comments is a good thing. Pasted is a very interesting and funny mistake. I'd rather not be laughing at the thought of Linda Hamilton passing away.

[@kingsnake23]

3:07 you asked, that's Michael Biehn. Also known for Aliens, The Abyss, Tombstone, Planet Terror, more great films.

[@lapranch]

Bill Paxton. The only actor to be killed by a Terminator, Predator and an alien

[@BuccWylde]

And turned into an alien in Weird Science.

[@michaelriddick7116]

And a mimic! (Edge of Tomorrow!) 😁

[@nielsdegroot9138]

That's not correct. Also happend to Lance Henriksen. (In Terminator, Aliens and Alien vs Predator)

[@piloto88ed]

He is only K.O., not dead...

[@lapranch]

Lance Henriksen was an Android in Aliens. He was ripped in half by an alien but wasn't killed.i don't think that qualifies

[@Insolent8]

One of my favorite movies and a masterclass in efficiency. With a budget of 6.4 million (19 million today) it's incredible what James Cameron and crew were able to accomplish with this.

[@geoffwilliams4478]

5:53 "Abby.exe is not responding..." 😂😂😂😂😂

[@i_love_rescue_animals]

You two MUST watch Terminator 2 - or affectionately called "T2"!! You will LOVE it.

[@philosopher0076]

His eyebrows burned off when he jumped through the fire when Reese shot the gas tank of that car in the alley.

[@Hugh_Jurrection]

36:06 "He's got a lil' limp" needed the reply of "THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID."

[@toy4871]

😂😂😂😂😂😁😁

[@richlisola1]

Linda Hamilton was in T2 and a really good disaster movie called Dante’s Peak. Michael Biehn was in Aliens, The Abyss and boatload of other 80s - 90s action movies.

[@CDRhammond]

Her twin sister also played the role of the T-1000 when it took Sarah Connor's form in the metal smelting factory scene.

[@rimasmuliolis1136]

Arnie has evolved through his acting history to where you'll appreciate "True Lies".

[@RuntotheMovies]

We have a reaction to True Lies with Hannah and Tori. They had a great time with that movie!

[@MovementGraffiti]

I always love you guys's reactions! Linda Hamilton who played Sara was in small roles and tv shows. She was actually in Beauty and the Beast the TV show which was directed by James Cameron. After The Terminator and T2, she didn't do much- she was married to James Cameron by then. Michael Beihn was in a lot of big budget films like Aliens and Tombstone, Planet Terror, The Rock, Grease and more.

[@nicholascampbell7334]

One of my favorite little things written into a movie is Kyle fell in love with her looking at the picture and said she looked sad and he wondered what she as thinking about and she was thinking about him. Beautifully well written.

[@bradcwikla3099]

Linda Hamilton was in most of the Terminator movies. She also starred in Dante's Peak. Michael Biehn was in The Abyss, The Rock, Aliens, and Tombstone. They both were in a lot of movies.

[@Unethical.Dodgson]

Most is right, technically. She's physically in 3 of the movies but did provide some new voiceovers for T4.

[@micpar2]

Director Cameron was in a tiny scene in the Terminator too. When Sarah goes to use the payphone in the bar. After looking through the white pages telephone book. The creepy lookingguy directly behind her by the phone is James. They also got married, divorced and she got a truck load of cash.

[@mostaley5049]

Great reaction y’all. You were right the guy at the beginning was in Aliens and also Reece and one of the cops was Bishop from Aliens. James Cameron. 😊👏👏🥰

[@kingsnake23]

An ultimate classic. Follow it with 2, forget the rest.

[@jameshitt3263]

The short-lived TV series, The Sarah Connor Chronicles is quite good (certainly far better than any of the sequels post-T2).

[@sparksdrinker5650]

the Theatrical Version

[@benjauron5873]

I liked Terminator: Salvation. It was supposed to be the first movie of a trilogy, but it didn't do good enough at the box office, so parts 2 and 3 got, well, _terminated._ It would have made a great trilogy, though. We were robbed. ☹️

[@passionsquietrage]

Nah, go through Salvation then stop.

[@kingsnake23]

​@@jameshitt3263nope

[@kryptonianguest1903]

"I hope we meet John." The best John Connor is the one from the Sarah Connor Chronicles TV show. Well... after a while he is. He has a really good character arc growing up over the course of the show.

[@HelloThere.GeneralKenobi]

Customer: "Have you seen Demolition Man?" Door Dash: "There are no rat burgers available! Anywhere!" Looking forward to T2!!!

[@rofyle]

Most people are going to say Bill Paxton and Lance Henriksen were also in Aliens, but most forget they were also in a sultry, Southern gothic horror movie about a band of traveling vampires called "Near Dark". It was directed by Kathryn Bigelow, the beloved and legendary female director known for creating very personal action films about young, conflicted men. She would go on to direct films like Hurt Locker, Zero Dark Thirty, Detroit, and the original Point Break with Keanu Reeves. She was the first female to win an Oscar for best director. Near Dark was one of her first films. It is a small budget, but fantastic little film that is still viewed as one of the best and sexiest vampire movies ever made.

[@gorilladiver73]

How is it that when women watch this movie they figure out that Reece will be John's father right away, but guys don't figure it out until like 20 minutes after the movie is over. Terminator 2 is even better than the first!

[@abbyygross]

thats a good observation hahaha! keep your eyes out for T2 coming soon on patreon!

[@BoricuaBoy88]

I've seen enough of the inverse with both to know this isn't always the case. It's likely got more to do with personal intelligence or level of interest in the story than anything relating to gender.

[@ragabashmoon1551]

The "Acknowledgement to the works of Harlan Ellison" was added to the credits upon the VHS home release after Ellison did a plagiarism lawsuit against James Cameron. Ellison had a story decades earlier in the 50's about a soldier from the future. Had nothing to with robots or anything, but he felt that was enough to be plagiarism. As this was his first movie, Cameron wasn't the powerhouse he is today, so the studio said that if he fought the lawsuit and lost, they would not bail him out. He had no choice but to settle even though he was confident he would win, he just couldn't take the risk. The full terms of the settlement are still sealed, but that acknowledgement was part of it, and to this day James Cameron has nothing but hatred for Harlan Ellison, who passed in 2018 after losing much of his legacy after a 2006 groping incident on stage at the Hugo Awards.

[@morleymobproductionz]

I was about 7 when I first watched this, back in the early 90’s. Good times.

[@LordVolkov]

The Toyminator 🤣🤣🤣 A super hot cyborg from the future, sent back on a mission to watch movies.

[@toy4871]

I'll have to have a t-shirt made! Lol.

[@toy4871]

​@mikegilgenbach4840 oh my god 😂😂😂❤❤❤

[@davewhitmore1958]

Toy's squee at Reese confessing his love for Sarah is EVERYTHING!!! Also, nice Sylvester Stallone troll 🤪

[@Renegade2786]

In an alternative universe, Sylvester Stallone is the terminator.

[@passionsquietrage]

​@@Renegade2786And Arnie is Rambo

[@toy4871]

🥰😁😁

[@jedlogan392]

Yes, the actor who plays Kyle Reese, Michael Boehner is in several good movies including Aliens and Tombstone. You were also correct one of the characters who was killed in the opening of the movie was a young Bill Paxton.

[@lewisner]

Biehn.

[@15blackshirt]

After this are five more films, a short lived TV series, a 3D theme park attraction, comics, graphic novels and videogames. Before his successful acting career, Arnold Schwarzenegger was a successful bodybuilder, businessman and entrepreneur

[@TheRetroManRandySavage]

Great TV series. It's criminal that they never gave us atleast another series.

[@waterbeauty85]

19:06 Abby: "A machine driving a machine." Me: "In San Francisco, we call that Waymo."

[@Unethical.Dodgson]

Or Mark Zuckerberg doing anything.

[@domingocurbelomorales8635]

Almost in the first scene with the three guys, the blue haired is Bill Paxton, a very well known actor who appeared in Titanic, Aliens or Twister, among another ones.

[@coax47]

The guy who says wash day tomorrow... is Bryan something don't remember his last name he played as shao kahn in mortal kombat annihilation.

[@coax47]

Frailty was a great bill Paxton movie.

[@BatFan1]

@@coax47Brian Thompson. Mostly know as a character actor in lots of b movies and TV series. Carved out a nice niche for himself. He was the bad guy "The Night Slasher" in Cobra starring Silvester Stallone.

[@BatFan1]

All the guys in that scene went on to have long prosperous Hollywood careers.The guy that lives and gave the Terminator his clothes is John Turturro, the Sector 7 agent in the Michael Bay Transformers movies.

[@coax47]

@BatFan1 he was also the bad guy in you dont mess with the zohan he was funny in that

[@robertjordanjr.5830]

The Terminator is an Infiltration unit (among other things) so they can mimic any voice they hear.

[@michaelnewsham1412]

The pictures in the beginning of naked Arnold were blocked out in the cinematic release and earlier video tapes, but modern technology gives an, um, clearer picture.

[@classiccricketmatches152]

40:02 "She's such a bad-ass", LOL wait till you see T2 ;)

[@philliphernandez2649]

They're gonna love it!

[@88997799]

That’s what makes it cool is the picture taken was Sarah thinking about Kyle in the picture. And he said that she had this sad look on her face when he told her that he gave her a picture once.

[@suproliver]

Yes. The spiked blue-haired punk at the beginning of the Terminator film is played by Bill Paxton. He also played Colonial Marine Hudson in Aliens. He also played the hotshot detective cop in Predator 2. He's in a lot of films. Commando, True Lies, Twister, Edge of Tomorrow, etc. -OG

[@waterbeauty85]

17:40 "He's supposed to be 25?" Michael Biehn was 27 when this movie was filmed, so he was pretty close to his character's age.

[@drlee2]

Plus there's the thing of people looking older than their actual ages back then and the fact that Reese grew up in an apocalyptic wasteland which would make him age faster.

[@waterbeauty85]

@@drlee2 You make the best point. Stress and physical hardship will prematurely age a person.

[@reesiekups]

A Terminator 1st timer?? Let's gooooo! Great video; I can't wait to see more!

[@MartinBeerbom]

The laser sight here was the first product of the company that became Surefire (the flashlight and gun accessory guys). It required a pretty hefty battery pack, though, that Arnold had mounted on his back, with a cable running along the sleeve.

[@waterbeauty85]

People will recommend a bunch of well known movies Michael Biehn has been in like "Tombstone" and "The Abyss," but a lesser known favorite of mine is "Timebomb" (1991) in which he plays a highly skilled government assassin who has lost his memory thinks he's just a normal guy living a quiet life until he gets put on the news for saving a woman from a burning building which prompts his former associates to go after him.

[@gazoontight]

Rat burger. “I’ll be back,” is also Arnold’s line in The Running Man. The actor who plays Reese also plays Johnny Ringo in Tombstone. Reese was thinking about the photo of Sarah, and in the photo Sarah is thinking about Reese.

[@sparksdrinker5650]

He says it in a few of his movies

[@NarnianRailway]

Fabulous reaction and energy! 👍 John Connor had the ultimate responsibility, in addition to that little problem of saving mankind from extinction by AI machines, he had to set up his father with his mother. Looking forward to the Terminator 2 reaction video!!!

[@Renegade2786]

John Connor was the original Marty McFly before *Back to the Future*

[@TLKjoe]

If ya'll haven't seen Terminator 2, watch it immediately, don't look up anything about it first.

[@cdamore77]

Rat Burger!!! Abby HAS to watch Demolition Man!

[@ThirteenthDiget-lg3in]

Arnold and director James Cameron were arguing about the line I'll be back. Cameron wanted Arnold to say I will be back, and Arnold said a cyborg wouldn't say that. He'd say, I'll be back. And I think we can all agree it was the right choice.

[@nickc9375]

My understanding is the opposite, namely that Cameron wanted Arnold to say “I’ll be back” while Arnold argued for “I will be back”. Cameron insisted on his version by saying “don’t tell me how to write and I won’t tell you how to act”.

[@drlee2]

@@nickc9375 And it's even explained in the movie why he would say "I'll be back" as a contraction in the earlier scene of the T-800 choosing the appropriate response to the motel clerk knocking on his door. When he's in infiltration mode and depending on the circumstances, he's saying things like a human so he can blend in and not arouse suspicion.

[@dionkelly8420]

Yes Linda Hamilton who played Sarah Connor has been in other things but Terminator was her first BIG movie. She's also back in Terminator 2: Judgement Day, and Terminator: Dark Fate.

[@MikeG82]

Children of the Corn

[@CDRhammond]

Rabbitting is a term for a runner. When people ran from cops they used to use the term.

[@jhilal2385]

Linda Hamilton was 28 when this was made. The character Sarah Conner was supposed to be 19 or 20 (according to the ID that the Terminator finds in her apartment). Arnold was 37 when this was made. Michael Biehn was also 28 when this was made.

[@ohiopower]

Arnold was 37 when this came out.

[@travismorris9303]

I always think it would be funny to get naked and run up to someone and say "What day is it...what year?!?!?!!". 😂

[@ivansmith9228]

20:12 "this is Dr Silverman" I saw that subtle look lol

[@pasteye1671]

The Toy-manator says "Abby back" and Boo says "Yeah, right". I say "Rat Burgers". Great reaction, girls. More please. Like T2?

[@abbyygross]

glad you enjoyed!!

[@wolviespartan]

That was brilliant, believe me the way you two forced yourselves to watch was very much appreciated :) Yes Abby needs to watch Demolition Man.

[@abbyygross]

adding it to the list!

[@LukeLovesRose]

Good call. That punk is Bill Paxton from Aliens, True Lies and Titanic. He was James Camerons best friend

[@TheHulk2008]

The police officer that got his head hit on the car is actually Brad Fidel who made the musical score for this and Terminator 2.

[@RuntotheMovies]

Thanks for this tidbit!

[@MarCuseus]

No it's not. Why do you post such bullshit???

[@MarCuseus]

@@RuntotheMovies It's BULLSHIT. 🤦‍♂ It's William Wisher Jr. co-writer of T1 and T2.

[@watchreadplayretro]

Rat Burger (She'll love it... the movie that is, not the burger) And thanks guys, fantastic as always!

[@DanielRamosMilitaryWiz]

Toy melts my heart with her reaction to the love story between Kyle and Sarah. I guess this movie really does work on many levels besides a horror, sci-fi, and action movie. The idea of an unstoppable killing machine that can’t be bargained with or reasoned with, that doesn’t feel pity, remorse, fear, or pain, and won’t ever stop until it has eliminated the individual it has been programmed to terminate is really terrifying. I can see why The Terminator scared a lot of people back in the 1980s, and still does today given our advancements in technology and the rise of artificial intelligence. Believe it or not, Sylvester Stallone and Mel Gibson were considered for the role of the Terminator, but both turned it down. There was even consideration at one point for O.J. Simpson to play the Terminator. Orion Pictures wanted Arnold Schwarzenegger in the film thanks to his fame portraying the lead in Conan The Barbarian (1982). Ironically, Schwarzenegger was originally considered to play Kyle Reese, but James Cameron didn’t think he was right for the role. So instead, Arnold was cast as the Terminator which suited him much better given his massive muscular build. The actor playing the blue-haired punk was non-other than Bill Paxton. You might remember him from his role as Hudson in Aliens. He was also in Near Dark (1987), Predator 2 (1990), Tombstone (1993), True Lies (1994), Apollo 13 (1995), Twister (1996), and Titanic (1997). You’ll see that he collaborated with James Cameron in several other films. One of the police detectives is played by Lance Henriksen, who also went on to collaborate again with James Cameron in Aliens. He has had a very long and successful career, but his role as Bishop the android in Aliens is probably one of his most memorable. The actor playing Kyle Reese is Michael Biehn. He played the role of Dwayne Hicks in Aliens. He was also in The Abyss (1989), Navy SEALs (1990), Tombstone (1993), The Rock (1996), and Planet Terror (2007). The man will always hold a special place in our hearts for his part in Terminator and Aliens. Biehn impressed everyone with his audition as Reese. Most of the other actors who auditioned for the role tried portraying the character as tough and macho, while Biehn had more of a vulnerability about him and came across as more human in a way that connected with audiences. He did an amazing job portraying soldier traumatized by his experiences in a future post-apocalyptic war. It makes sense why he’s so skinny since I can’t imagine food being good or plentiful where he comes from. He also had great chemistry with Linda Hamilton who did an amazing job as Sarah Conner, who goes from an average young woman living a normal life, to a legendary badass. It’s amazing that a lot of people at the time thought that this would be a crappy B-Movie. It had a relatively low budget of $6.4 Million at the time, but it ended up defying all expectation. The Terminator became an iconic film that would spawn one of the greatest sequels ever made. You ladies are the reason why I love this channel. You definitely have to show Abby Demolition Man. I would love to see her reaction to the rat burger and the three seashells.

[@abbyygross]

thank you so much for such a thoughtful comment! i have a feeling demolition day is on the list 😎

[@DanielRamosMilitaryWiz]

@@abbyygross You’re welcome! I’m so glad that you enjoyed The Terminator. I’m excited for when you get to see Demolition Man. Thank you again, and best wishes to you all! 😎

[@darost]

Reese - Aliens Spiked hair punk - Aliens Sarah - Titanic Plus a whole bunch more for all of them

[@steveray9655]

Sarah's roommate, Ginger, was played by Bess Motta. She was probably the most popular of the instructors on "20 Minute Workout". In addition to the films, Terminator was also made into a television series (none of the film actors reprised their roles). The only actors I can remember from that series are Summer Glau, and (I don't remember her name) the lead singer for the band Garbage.

[@Gaia369]

The fascinating thing is that this movie serie and the Matrix are connected through the author: In the Early eighties, Sophia Stewart wrote a copyrighted original epic science fiction book and script called The Third Eye Matrix. That body of work was later adapted to the screen as the Matrix and Terminator Movies Series and Trilogy😮

[@RuntotheMovies]

Wow!

[@rupertreiger9911]

Did you know that Arnold went into some diners and restaurants in his Terminator outfit and made lots of people scared?

[@RuntotheMovies]

That must have been quite the sight!

[@exile220ify]

The 2nd-in-command white cop was Lance Henriksen. He was originally chosen by James Cameron to be the Terminator, because the idea was to have a Terminator who could infiltrate society without attracting attention. Arnold talked James into casting HIM as the Terminator instead, so Lance got this minor role. He does get redemption as the android in the film "Aliens" :)

[@BezoRazo]

17:25 -- They burned off earlier when he was on fire.

[@samsonau8205]

Linda Hamilton was in the TV show Beauty and the Beast. Reese, a punk, and the police officer was in Aliens. Captain was in Star Trek.

[@splender88]

This movie cost $6.4 million dollars to make but brought in $78.3 million dollars which was big bucks back then. One of my all-time favorite movies of course there were several sequels the second being the best by far.

[@abbyygross]

this makes it 10000x more impressive! i love learning these facts!!

[@GGGritzer]

I really will never get why anyone would prefer the toned down goof filled bloated sequel to this masterpiece?

[@drlee2]

@@GGGritzer LOL Same. Personally, I don't like T2 at all and think it's far inferior to T1.

[@GGGritzer]

@@drlee2, I won't say I dislike it but the story made zero sense & was a pure cash grab on the original. Kudos for the wonderous sfx & big bangs but the danger element wasn't there & it was bloated. Definitely a case of more being less..................

[@bryanmack4054]

6:25 nice foreshadowing

[@BloodDona]

Trivia: The dog that Linda Hamilton has at the end was the same dog actor from the Tiki Motel earlier and James Cameron's real dog from the 80s

[@traceyreid4585]

Your friend Abby's reaction was so great, totally unaffected by the usual cultural references. I think she only was familiar the 'I'll be Back' and not even sure of the context for that one! For all those in the comments that saw this at the cinema on release... "Hey that guy didn't pay!" You got me Burnin

[@stonecoldku4161]

2:21 Yep, that is the late great Bill Paxton. I believe he is still the only actor to have had a character killed by a Terminator, a Xenomorph from the Alien franchise, and a Predator in the Predator franchise.

[@DavidLender]

James Cameron (Director) said that they didn't have a budget for getting licenses to shoot the car chase scenes and stuff so they basically did 'gorilla filmmaking'. Which was essentially that they would show up to a location, shoot the shots and leave quickly before the police came because of people calling in disturbances and such. Also, if you thought Sarah was badass in this one, you should see her in Terminator 2. T2 is one of the few sequels that is probably better than the original. (Helps that they had a much bigger budget, though)

[@claasscholz8124]

There’s a deleted scene where Sarah and Reese decide to try stop judgement day after Reese has an emotional breakdown at the world he’s seeing - by blowing up the factory responsible - Cyberdyne. That’s why the make all the bombs and make a relative bee-line for the robot factory. IMO that was essential and I am so glad I can watch it with that context. Ties well with T2.

[@LukeLovesRose]

Now you have to see Terminator 2: Judgment Day. The Terminator and T2 were the Star Wars and Empire Strikes Back for my generation. The Terminator is possibly the greatest "B-movie" ever made. By that i mean, it is the greatest low-budget sci-fi ever produced. Some of the effects stand out like a sore thumb. But The Terminator is still a great inspiration for future filmmakers. Cameron showed us what can be possible on a small budget and its freaking amazing. T2 on the other hand is the greatest action movie ever made. Cameron showed us whats possible once youve established yourself in the industry. And its freaking phenomenal. I mean, Linda Hamilton was so great in T2, she made Sarah Connor one of the greatest, strongest, most iconic female roles ever put on film. Her Sarah Connor is right up there with Cameron's own Ellen Ripley in Aliens and Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With The Wind.

[@jamesmcrae5327]

Kyle actor was in aliens, the old navy seals, dead men can't dance and a lot of other movies. Sarah actress was in Daunte's Peak, and a lot of other movies.

[@fooddog45]

Abby has never seen Jaws? This absolutely needs to happen asap!

[@abbyygross]

👀🦈

[@mickmack1409]

Linda Hamilton starred in the tv series Beauty and the Beast (1987-1990) written by George R.R. Martin of Game of Thrones fame. So, that's something else she was in you might like.

[@feudist]

If you listen, you can hear the notes from the Love Theme playing when Kyle looks at the picture in the future, and when Sarah is photographed.

[@johnpearce5168]

The quote of the night is "you watch this girl"... oh and by the way every guy here loves it when Abby's mouth is open like that

[@AstroXeno]

I had a 1977 Delta 88- They really did build them like tanks in those days, with the flying carpet ride, no air bags, and couldn't stop for shit.

[@PALMERUSA21]

Roy you can pull off 80’s hair style like Ginger’s I can’t wait to see it.

[@grendeluhtredson6047]

The punk guy you recognized from Aliens is played by Bill Paxton. The guy Reese (I cant remember his name) who arrived after the terminator, also played Hicks in the same movie.

[@Karthig1987]

O come on these were state of the art special effects for that time lol

[@Henrik_Holst]

19:49 My theory on why he runs away is that he as a machine have no knowledge at this time what kind of threat humans in groups with weapons are (remember that he tried to buy some futuristic laser weapon at the store that didn't exist) plus that he is injured so he retreats to pursue the hunt later.