Filming at night with contrast rich film and spraying down the streets with water to get the most of the blue lights and some smoke here and there does help make things look much cooler. I am pretty sure you can get a very similar look today at those locations using similar gear and filming schedule.
True. That was before cities were be remade with all the gentrification and heavy handed central planning of today. Cities were a bit grittier back then, but had more character somehow.
@@Bonde7280 computer graphics in 1958 consisted of drawing green lines on 5 inch circular displays. Might want to check your dates or learn what CGI means.
@Bonde7280 'akchewally...' @Kalasmourn Rex Yeah, they don't make em like that anymore. Or the action heros come to think of it. And they pretty much still stand up today in quality
@@nathanjones2811 Terminator is not CGI, the first one anyway. And they are right about real stunts and real outdoor locations, it all makes a difference.
I just want you to know that you have made a 90's kid born in the mid 80's very emotional and happy with this video. The Terminator and T2 are still my favorite movies, more than 30 years later since I've seen them for the first time. Since then I must have seen each of them, well over 300 times. I will one day visit LA to see many of these locations myself, so thank you for putting the exact addresses in the video. Out of all things, I really want to sit where Arnold sat at the beginning, to see that beautiful LA view at night! Thanks again for this gem of a video!
Two other locations that I discovered which were used for filming was 6000 S Boyle Ave, Vernon, CA and the Panama Hotel 403 E 5th St, Los Angeles, CA. The area in Vernon was used for the Police Station massacre sequence. The Panama Hotel on the other hand was used for the graphic scenes where the Terminator does the self repair scenes where he removed the damaged eyeball and repaired his ruptured arm.
As someone who grew up with this film and who lives far away (Australia), the locations have always been something of a fascination for me. Appreciate this video, thanks very much and well done!
As a former LA resident, I always felt so lucky to have that many films made in the public areas of the city and you are making a real documentary of these, thank you for your efforts and most enjoyable videos.
20 years ago, I went on vacation to California and drove around Los Angeles. When I got home (Poland), I went to the cinema to see Terminator 3. It was amazing, but many of the places I saw live appeared in the film. I had a completely different experience with this movie.
@@80sLife I wish you hadn't pointed out you were joking, though...that was already a perfect troll move! 👌😄 Anyone who's daft enough not to understand that deserves all the stress they cause themselves in objecting to it. Just my two cents. Great video!
The interior of the "robotics factory" was actually the old "Kerns" canning company that was located over here in the City of Industry 13010 E. Temple Ave. Since then it's been several other incarnations. The machinery seen in the film is obviously canning equipment, metal & steel presses.
Ken Marschall painted those mountains! Amazing artist who worked on Spacehunter and Titanic, as well as Raise the Titanic. He is the #1 expert on painting the Titanic. He did many matte paintings for movies including Terminator and just about anything James Cameron has worked on prior to CGI.
this film means a piece of childhood for me. I've always wondered where these places are and whether they still exist, it's unbelievable that so little has changed. Great work. Thanks for this video.
I really enjoy filming location videos, but this might be the best I've ever seen. Really detailed and informative. This is how filming location videos should be - the gold standard.
The two trees from the Sarah scooter scene were the same with a little more age to them. And the Spartan Burger was really cool. I always liked how the little toy truck that Arnold runs over resembles the truck that the T-1000 uses to chase John Conner in T2. James Cameron was also a truck driver once. This was really cool, thanks for posting.
In the movie the alley and streets were filled with garbage and rubbish, was it really like that in the 80s, or was the clutter just added for dramatic effect by the film crew?
I cannot begin to tell you the amount of respect I have for what you do. The appreciation and love you have for these movies literally pours out of every video. Just wanna say thanks man!
The Terminator is one of my favorite films. I like how the first film had alot of horror elements to it and the fact it was a suspenseful mystery half way through the film before it turns into a complete action flick. It's also cool that most of the movie takes place at night. Sure some of the special effects are dated but the fact that this movie was made on such a shoe string budget it's actually very impressive. Stan Winston did a amazing job with the T-800 and you really believe there's a metallic endosekelenton underneath Arnold Schwarzenegger's skin. Casting Schwarzenegger as the Terminator was a stroke of genius because in the original concept James Cameron saw the Terminator as a chameleon who could blend into a crowd unnoticed. Lance Henriksen was originally going to play the part but when James Cameron met Arnold he realised his mistake and gave it to Schwarzenegger instead. Arnold Schwarzenegger sure can't hide into a crowd very well but it doesn't matter much. He brought this idea of an unstoppable killing machine just by being such a large muscular man.
haha I chuckled a bit with the shot of the apartment building where Sarah used to live at. The entrance door still does not completely close after all these years lol
Nice location scouting. Maybe come over to Australia and do one related to The Matrix. I know all the Sydney locations used. Some look identical today.
Excellent job! I'm a screenwriter. Just got my first paid gig working with a certain Academy Award Winning actor. I spend half the year in LA...and I've gone to EVERY LOCATION you mentioned in this video, to draw transcendent inspiration from one of the most iconic motion pictures ever made, THE TERMINATOR. I thought I was the only person who did stuff like this. We may have to find you work as a location scout on some productions in the future.
As a brit in 2006, I was given a lift in LA by a producer who worked on the Terminator movies. I don't remember his name, but he gave us a tour of the locations which was awesome. Nice dude with a big white S500 who was kind enough to give two lost Brits a lift.
being able to go back and see how all these places have changed (or how little they have changed) is always amazing something about it resonates with me.
I like to go to places from when I was a kid in the 80s and teenager in the 90s and see how they have changed. If I can't go there in person I will sometimes use Google Earth or Google Street View to look around.
Great video of my favorite Terminator movie. I still remember when I first saw the movie. I was at my uncle’s cottage in Northern Ontario Canada and he only had a small tv and a vcr for entertainment. So, when me and my family went into town for groceries, we saw that they had VCR movies for rent at the hardware store, so that was the movie I picked and my sister picked “The Wild Life”. That afternoon, we watched movies, and I watched the “Terminator” twice. I loved that movie, and as a 13 year old boy in 1984, I liked Bess Motta from “The 20-Minute Workout” ,who played Sarah Connor’s friend and roommate that got killed.
Thanks for putting this together. I remember seeing Terminator as a teenager, and its sequel changed my life - I changed my career path to work in visual effects, and actually worked for and briefly met James Cameron at his effects company, Digital Domain, in the 90s. Interesting that the gun shop address is 14329, and the first Sarah Connor is at 14239.
Big shout out for what a truly terrific film Terminator was. so chilling in it's apocalyptic vision, relentless and exhausting in the hunt. so well executed. you feel so tired and melancholy at the end. the exact effect that I guess James Cameron wanted.
I live in littlerock and all the locals love telling people both terminator movies were filmed here. The gas station just right down the street from this one is where they filmed terminator 2, where Sara is removing the bullets from Arnold’s back in the abandoned gas station. Your the only one who has ever mentioned littlerock when pointing out terminator filming locations. Thank you Kurt!
If I recall correctly, without permits. They filmed mostly at night cuz its was less busy. and they had to run from cops and such several times. The fact that this movie bacame what it is is amazing.
As a kid of the 80's, a lover of 80's pop culture, a fan of Arnold Schwarzenegger and a recent resident of Los Angeles, Thank you so much for making this video!!!! you are awesome! Totally subscribed to your channel !!
The best Kurt Crucial upload so far! Strip malls and old stores in 1984 can hardly be called "historical" but it still makes me happy that some things haven't changed in LA
Everything about this is an overdose of nostalgia. It makes me want to go back to earlier times. In some of which I wasn't even born yet. I do feel extremely grateful being a 90s kid though. To live before the cellphone and computer addictions. I feel like it was another world.
Same for me. I wasn’t born until the mid 80s. I am so grateful to have lived out my childhood in the 80s and 90s before cell phones and the internet took over. Arcades and the sight of blockbuster video among other things will always be nostalgic to me.
I was a teenager during the 80s and it really was a great time to be alive. I think i first saw this film in 1990 on the BBC 2 series Moviedrome. Really miss the 80s.
By just wanting randomly to see some videos about filming locations of the 1st Terminator (I had already seen a video about T2) I stumble upon your video. It’s extremely informative and funny at the same time! This is the type of videos UA-cam was made for! As a nostalgic of the 80’s (a time I wasn’t born yet!) I wholeheartedly subscribe to your channel!
Well done. Not only did you spend a lot of time on this but going back and forth more than once for a scene really helped to see what you were describing. Bravo.
Another excellent video. These are so good I am surprised Kurt has not been approached by someone from Hulu or Netflix to do a series of these on those platforms. If I were a talent person, responsible for rounding up talent for new projects, I would be all over this guy. But hey, that is not my job. I'm just a common subscriber who enjoys these superior offerings. Like the rest of us here. We are the current beneficiaries of this level of documentation which is surprisingly personal for Kurt and a lot of people who grew up here.
It could be coming - I've seen it with F1 approaching an awesome youtuber to do videos, this is a reality if you make great content, and this channel has it in spades.
Really cool video. I was a kid in the 80s, growing up in the Los Angeles area too. Sooo much has changed. Fun to see the rare locations that haven’t changed much. Love this channel.
I love these videos - very cool. Little movie trivia: I read on another filming site that the same night they were filming the bar scene in T-2, it was just down the street and under the overpass from where Rodney King was being thumped by LAPD. In this video, did anyone notice the nearly identical address numbers on the gun shop and the Sarah Connor #1 house? 14239 and 14329
Ahh thanks for the trip down memory lane! The hotel scene with the Spartan Burgers in the background hit home as I was raised in Huntington Park and went to HP High School from 80-84. I and went to that Spartan Burgers every Friday night home football game. Seeing that brought back some good high school memories! Kudos for putting together another great vid!
6:09 Just to add a little tidbit here; if you look to the left in this shot you can just see the railing of an exit ramp that leads up to 1st Street. During the car chase (after Tech-Noir), there's a trailing shot where Reese speeds up that ramp and makes a hard left onto the 1st St. 👍
Cool video, thanks 80s Life. I remember seeing Terminator in 1984 at the cinema knowing nothing about it and was blown away by how good it was. Its really cool to see the filming locations today.
Now this is the kind of content I like to see! I’ve always been real nostalgic of the 80s and 90s and seeing how things have changed since then! Great video.
"Listen, and understand! That Terminator is out there! It can't be bargained with. It can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop... ever, until you are dead!"
@@Slash1066 "There was a nuclear war. A few years from now, all this, this whole place, everything, it's gone. Just gone. There were survivors. Here, there. Nobody even knew who started it. It was the machines, Sarah."
The Terminator is one of my favourite movies of all time so this video was a real trip for me. Kudos to you for the time, effort and detail of making this, had an absolute blast watching. Thank you.
Dude it’s so funny. When I first started watching your videos I was thinking to myself boring. Now I’m so hooked on all your work. Great job bro. I enjoy your videos.
New sub, looooove this soooo much, thank you!!! I live on the west coast of Canada. Have had relatives in Orange County growing up, visited a few times and always loved it. Looking forward to watching all of your videos.
Omg!!! Dude I think you did a awesome job with this video. You just got yourself another subscriber. Anything fr the 80s hands down the best in my eyes. Keep up the good work.
Nice nostalgia trip and great video. Thanks for your hard work to give us a trip down memory lane and give us a new perspective on the scenes in the movie.
Wow! I love this! Clear narration, great job for adding the movie scenes for reference and awesome quality video of the current movie locations. Well done!
Wow how am I just discovering your channel! Everything is on point. From the thumbnail to your closing scene and all the goodness in-between! Thanks for sharing.
I've driven around these streets in Los Santos, lol. This was a great video, 80s Life. Really showcases the subject, and it's impressive the amount of leg-work you put in!
I love the attention do little details here, good job! Plus I'm surprised to see the addresses not being fabricated for the movie. It was always a trivia piece that the gun shop and false Sarah's houses had very similar numbers. It turns out that they actually are this way in reality which I had no idea about
Brilliant vid. I've watched the film so many times, really amazing to see all these locations and how some of them have barely changed. Anyone else notice the similarity (in this vid) between gun shop address number - 14329 - and the number on the first Sarah Connor's building - 14239? That's got to be some kind of wild coincidence.
I noticed that too and first thought there was some reason that the movie producers chose similar numbers but now we know that those are actually legitimate street address numbers. Kinda strange for sure.
Thats total nuts, man! I´ve no idea what freakin amount of work you did to make this video, but its totally worth it. It´s so cool to see all these familiar places and how they look today. Keep up your good work and greetings from Germany. You have a new Subscriber! 😃 👋
Wow. Extremely well done. I spend a lot of time driving my son around downtown L.A. and I always get a kick out of passing the Terminator locations. I could never figure out that parking garage (1st Street) so thank you for that one. Subscribed!
Thanks for filming and sharing, this was wicked cool. The locations really are a character unto themselves and this is a solid reminder not everything changes as much as we like to complain. I'll have to make a mental note to visit Spartan Burger if I ever find myself in LA.
Amazing video mate! T1 and the T2 vid ! Never been to America unfortunately but if I ever got the chance seeing all these locations would be a dream! Great work
In 1992, I used to live in those apartments that were under construction (Promenade Towers) and never knew that's were Reese was parked having flashbacks!
Makes me wonder if people in the "old #9" at the Huntington Park place, have any idea that's where Kyle Reese and Sarah Connor were hiding out 35 years ago? :)
Amazing. A piece of childhood history. Unreal how much cooler everything looks on film with lighting etc. Maybe one day I'll be able to travel to LA and look at all of this.
If I remember correctly Terminator 1 was also filmed mostly "rogue style", because they didn't have the budget to get the filming permits; they just went out with a crew and got the shots. The 2003 movie Lost in Translation also shot a lot of their scenes without permits, but that was shot in Japan where it can take months to get permits, so the crew just filmed and hoped they didn't get caught.
Thank you for another awesome video! Just letting you know that your hard work and dedication to make videos such as these are extremely appreciated :) Too bad the mountains were torn down tho 😔 ...just kidding!...nice one at the end of the video! 😂🤣✌🏻
Wow thank u for your time and effort to make this awesome video. I'm 25 now so little bit younger then T1 and T2 but i grow up with this kind of movies like T 1&2, Predator, Alien 1&2. My dad showed me all his teenage movies as i was a kid, maybe a little bit to young to watch them but oh boy they burnt right into my heart when i first saw these movies. For me nothing can beat such a Masterpiece movie like this one and the second one of course. Thank u again for this video and greetings from Austria.
Jeez, almost everything from 1984 is way cooler than it looks now
Of course! Now its all pink
Filming at night with contrast rich film and spraying down the streets with water to get the most of the blue lights and some smoke here and there does help make things look much cooler.
I am pretty sure you can get a very similar look today at those locations using similar gear and filming schedule.
True. That was before cities were be remade with all the gentrification and heavy handed central planning of today. Cities were a bit grittier back then, but had more character somehow.
@@jmalmsten To an extent that is true. But overall, cities had more character then.
Its called a cinematographer.
The 80s. Real stunts and real locations. No CGI and fewer soundstage sets
CGI has been used in movies since 1958.
You are kidding your self.
@@Bonde7280 computer graphics in 1958 consisted of drawing green lines on 5 inch circular displays. Might want to check your dates or learn what CGI means.
@Bonde7280 'akchewally...'
@Kalasmourn Rex Yeah, they don't make em like that anymore.
Or the action heros come to think of it. And they pretty much still stand up today in quality
No CGI, good joke lol
@@nathanjones2811 Terminator is not CGI, the first one anyway. And they are right about real stunts and real outdoor locations, it all makes a difference.
I just want you to know that you have made a 90's kid born in the mid 80's very emotional and happy with this video. The Terminator and T2 are still my favorite movies, more than 30 years later since I've seen them for the first time. Since then I must have seen each of them, well over 300 times. I will one day visit LA to see many of these locations myself, so thank you for putting the exact addresses in the video. Out of all things, I really want to sit where Arnold sat at the beginning, to see that beautiful LA view at night! Thanks again for this gem of a video!
Hope you can visit one day. Spring time or after summer is the best. Not hot, not cold.
Two other locations that I discovered which were used for filming was 6000 S Boyle Ave, Vernon, CA and the Panama Hotel 403 E 5th St, Los Angeles, CA. The area in Vernon was used for the Police Station massacre sequence. The Panama Hotel on the other hand was used for the graphic scenes where the Terminator does the self repair scenes where he removed the damaged eyeball and repaired his ruptured arm.
The two locations I was looking forward to seeing! I'll have to Google Earth those. Thanks cap!
yeah man i dont understand how he left out the police station one of the most important locations xD
In real life the Central Division in the LAPD is located near skid row. It’s also one of the busiest.
Videos like this one is why I pay internet. I enjoyed every second of it.
actually theres prbably another reason u use the inernet when u have few mins alone
@@ricodsanchez6792 😂😂🤣
Wow. Huge compliment. Thank you so much!!
Best part of this video? Finally finding out what was being built at the construction site. I always wondered.
As someone who grew up with this film and who lives far away (Australia), the locations have always been something of a fascination for me. Appreciate this video, thanks very much and well done!
As a former LA resident, I always felt so lucky to have that many films made in the public areas of the city and you are making a real documentary of these, thank you for your efforts and most enjoyable videos.
20 years ago, I went on vacation to California and drove around Los Angeles.
When I got home (Poland), I went to the cinema to see Terminator 3.
It was amazing, but many of the places I saw live appeared in the film. I had a completely different experience with this movie.
@@mastergeneral1429you're out of your mind dude go back to your mom's basement
I love the way you did this. No fluff just straight to the facts. Not many people do that. Great job.
Thank you
"Unfortunately the mountains have been torn down"
I spit my drink out.
Haha
@@80sLife I wish you hadn't pointed out you were joking, though...that was already a perfect troll move! 👌😄
Anyone who's daft enough not to understand that deserves all the stress they cause themselves in objecting to it.
Just my two cents. Great video!
Mohammed: "That's because I moved the mountains!"
The interior of the "robotics factory" was actually the old "Kerns" canning company that was located over here in the City of Industry 13010 E. Temple Ave. Since then it's been several other incarnations. The machinery seen in the film is obviously canning equipment, metal & steel presses.
I was looking for this comment.
Ken Marschall painted those mountains! Amazing artist who worked on Spacehunter and Titanic, as well as Raise the Titanic. He is the #1 expert on painting the Titanic. He did many matte paintings for movies including Terminator and just about anything James Cameron has worked on prior to CGI.
_"...she heads off down the street toward those super-realistic mountains."_ I DIED!! 😂😂🤣
I thought they were real in 1984!
Should we call a coroner?
@@trmblingblustarbrad fiedel's theme made them look real
this film means a piece of childhood for me. I've always wondered where these places are and whether they still exist, it's unbelievable that so little has changed. Great work. Thanks for this video.
Thank you!
For some reason videos like this make me sad. The march of time is relentless! Thanks so much for the videos mate! 80s forever!
كل شيء سيفنى ويبقى الله وحده
I really enjoy filming location videos, but this might be the best I've ever seen. Really detailed and informative. This is how filming location videos should be - the gold standard.
The two trees from the Sarah scooter scene were the same with a little more age to them. And the Spartan Burger was really cool. I always liked how the little toy truck that Arnold runs over resembles the truck that the T-1000 uses to chase John Conner in T2. James Cameron was also a truck driver once. This was really cool, thanks for posting.
The toy truck was the same model truck stolen by the Terminator at the end of the movie a International Transtar cabover!
Yeah I was really excited to see that those trees still matched up
The T2 tow truck was a Freightliner and so
was the long nose tanker truck
I am sure I read they bought a couple of those toy trucks, the other was used as a miniature in the explosion scene near end of the movie.
@@williamzoom ERTL brand toy trucks I think...I had one as a lad.
I live right there on 7th, you were right below me! That alley is iconic in film, it's also used in Predator 2 amongst others.
Ooofff Predator 2?? Show us dah
Dude. Don't dox yourself. 😂🤣😂
That was my first thought when I saw that alley - it looked like the same one from P-2... cool!
In the movie the alley and streets were filled with garbage and rubbish, was it really like that in the 80s, or was the clutter just added for dramatic effect by the film crew?
I cannot begin to tell you the amount of respect I have for what you do. The appreciation and love you have for these movies literally pours out of every video. Just wanna say thanks man!
The Terminator is one of my favorite films. I like how the first film had alot of horror elements to it and the fact it was a suspenseful mystery half way through the film before it turns into a complete action flick. It's also cool that most of the movie takes place at night. Sure some of the special effects are dated but the fact that this movie was made on such a shoe string budget it's actually very impressive. Stan Winston did a amazing job with the T-800 and you really believe there's a metallic endosekelenton underneath Arnold Schwarzenegger's skin. Casting Schwarzenegger as the Terminator was a stroke of genius because in the original concept James Cameron saw the Terminator as a chameleon who could blend into a crowd unnoticed. Lance Henriksen was originally going to play the part but when James Cameron met Arnold he realised his mistake and gave it to Schwarzenegger instead. Arnold Schwarzenegger sure can't hide into a crowd very well but it doesn't matter much. He brought this idea of an unstoppable killing machine just by being such a large muscular man.
You do alot of driving to bring us this content, We appreciate you
100%
A LOT of driving! Haha. Hour and a half to little Rock for a 30 second scene. Haha. Seriously though, I really appreciate the appreciation
haha I chuckled a bit with the shot of the apartment building where Sarah used to live at. The entrance door still does not completely close after all these years lol
Awesome observation! 👍
@Gappie Al Kebabi Weird
the doors weren't closed since 1984
Thats so cool
It’s so sad to see the mountains no longer there. Humans have caused this climate change.
Nice location scouting. Maybe come over to Australia and do one related to The Matrix. I know all the Sydney locations used. Some look identical today.
Thank you. I would love to visit some day
Are you serious..I’m in Brisbane and never knew matrix was filmed in Sydney? Wtf that’s crazy..why did they pick Sydney ?
Excellent job! I'm a screenwriter. Just got my first paid gig working with a certain Academy Award Winning actor. I spend half the year in LA...and I've gone to EVERY LOCATION you mentioned in this video, to draw transcendent inspiration from one of the most iconic motion pictures ever made, THE TERMINATOR. I thought I was the only person who did stuff like this. We may have to find you work as a location scout on some productions in the future.
As a brit in 2006, I was given a lift in LA by a producer who worked on the Terminator movies. I don't remember his name, but he gave us a tour of the locations which was awesome. Nice dude with a big white S500 who was kind enough to give two lost Brits a lift.
Awesome story!
And I am sure quite the memory M8!
007
Dumb made up story
being able to go back and see how all these places have changed (or how little they have changed) is always amazing something about it resonates with me.
I like to go to places from when I was a kid in the 80s and teenager in the 90s and see how they have changed. If I can't go there in person I will sometimes use Google Earth or Google Street View to look around.
Great video of my favorite Terminator movie. I still remember when I first saw the movie. I was at my uncle’s cottage in Northern Ontario Canada and he only had a small tv and a vcr for entertainment. So, when me and my family went into town for groceries, we saw that they had VCR movies for rent at the hardware store, so that was the movie I picked and my sister picked “The Wild Life”. That afternoon, we watched movies, and I watched the “Terminator” twice. I loved that movie, and as a 13 year old boy in 1984, I liked Bess Motta from “The 20-Minute Workout” ,who played Sarah Connor’s friend and roommate that got killed.
Thanks for putting this together. I remember seeing Terminator as a teenager, and its sequel changed my life - I changed my career path to work in visual effects, and actually worked for and briefly met James Cameron at his effects company, Digital Domain, in the 90s. Interesting that the gun shop address is 14329, and the first Sarah Connor is at 14239.
Big shout out for what a truly terrific film Terminator was. so chilling in it's apocalyptic vision, relentless and exhausting in the hunt. so well executed. you feel so tired and melancholy at the end. the exact effect that I guess James Cameron wanted.
I live in littlerock and all the locals love telling people both terminator movies were filmed here. The gas station just right down the street from this one is where they filmed terminator 2, where Sara is removing the bullets from Arnold’s back in the abandoned gas station. Your the only one who has ever mentioned littlerock when pointing out terminator filming locations. Thank you Kurt!
My pleasure. Thank you. I'll be back soon
@@80sLife "I'll be back" LOL I see what you did there.....
*you're. The contraction of you are. How do you not know this?
Bro this was well done. Almost 40 years later. This took a lot of work. Thank you. Easily deserves Subs just for this. Cheers man.
Us 80’s kids and teenagers appreciate this video unbelievable work. Perfect 🤩 miss the 80’s big time
This video will blow up. It's impossible not to watch it completely to the end, and algos love that. Grats and thanks for this masterpiece!
Thank you so much!!
@@80sLife Yeah, you explain everything really well, and I like how you cut back with the camera to point things out in case we missed it. Great work!
It’s amazing to think that nearly 40 years ago, cinema history was made in these locations.
If I recall correctly, without permits. They filmed mostly at night cuz its was less busy. and they had to run from cops and such several times. The fact that this movie bacame what it is is amazing.
@@merlyworm yeah, I heard that too. It’s crazy 😂
I'll be back.
To see all the years between the movie and now disappear instantly is a trip great documentary
As a kid of the 80's, a lover of 80's pop culture, a fan of Arnold Schwarzenegger and a recent resident of Los Angeles, Thank you so much for making this video!!!! you are awesome! Totally subscribed to your channel !!
I discovered your channel a few weeks ago. As a member of the class of 1985, I’ve been enjoying some nice memories. Thank you.
The best Kurt Crucial upload so far! Strip malls and old stores in 1984 can hardly be called "historical" but it still makes me happy that some things haven't changed in LA
Thank you!
Everything about this is an overdose of nostalgia. It makes me want to go back to earlier times. In some of which I wasn't even born yet. I do feel extremely grateful being a 90s kid though. To live before the cellphone and computer addictions. I feel like it was another world.
Same for me. I wasn’t born until the mid 80s. I am so grateful to have lived out my childhood in the 80s and 90s before cell phones and the internet took over. Arcades and the sight of blockbuster video among other things will always be nostalgic to me.
Same. I really miss the 90's.
as a 5 year old i saw it in 1991 at my cousins, sneaking away from parents, to see it! brings back memories
I was a teenager during the 80s and it really was a great time to be alive. I think i first saw this film in 1990 on the BBC 2 series Moviedrome. Really miss the 80s.
By just wanting randomly to see some videos about filming locations of the 1st Terminator (I had already seen a video about T2) I stumble upon your video.
It’s extremely informative and funny at the same time! This is the type of videos UA-cam was made for! As a nostalgic of the 80’s (a time I wasn’t born yet!) I wholeheartedly subscribe to your channel!
Well done. Not only did you spend a lot of time on this but going back and forth more than once for a scene really helped to see what you were describing. Bravo.
Another excellent video. These are so good I am surprised Kurt has not been approached by someone from Hulu or Netflix to do a series of these on those platforms. If I were a talent person, responsible for rounding up talent for new projects, I would be all over this guy. But hey, that is not my job. I'm just a common subscriber who enjoys these superior offerings. Like the rest of us here. We are the current beneficiaries of this level of documentation which is surprisingly personal for Kurt and a lot of people who grew up here.
Thank you so much... really! I really wish you were a talent scout for Netflix. Haha
I'd watch that. 👍
@@80sLife hes on to something! you should totally add some chrons, intro, transitions and create a show sizzle ..and do a pitch
It could be coming - I've seen it with F1 approaching an awesome youtuber to do videos, this is a reality if you make great content, and this channel has it in spades.
Really cool video. I was a kid in the 80s, growing up in the Los Angeles area too. Sooo much has changed. Fun to see the rare locations that haven’t changed much. Love this channel.
Thank you
Great video! Moved to DTLA a year ago and didn't have a clue I've been walking my dog through a lot of these locations!
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I love these videos - very cool. Little movie trivia: I read on another filming site that the same night they were filming the bar scene in T-2, it was just down the street and under the overpass from where Rodney King was being thumped by LAPD. In this video, did anyone notice the nearly identical address numbers on the gun shop and the Sarah Connor #1 house? 14239 and 14329
Yes I did notice that actually from a different video on the same subject. 👍
Love this.
It's incredible how so many of these locations look so close to what they did that long ago.
Thank you
I loved "the mountains have been torn down"! haha! I really enjoy your eye to detail.
Man that was so spot on entertaining, no unnecessary chatter, very informative, I really enjoyed that. Thank you.
Great job!
Herve the legend! Both you and 80’s Life are amazing. Thanks to you both! Love your First Blood video. The best!👍
Nice night for a walk!
Herve! Love your videos!
When Herve Attia says you're doing well, you know you have made it!
Thank you so much!! I'm a big fan of your videos. It means a lot coming from you. Thank you!
Noir is pronounced like the Spanish word “no” and the English word “are”. 🙂 Noir is French and means black.
No is not Spanish...I get your point...but the word no does not originate from Spanish (Latin)...
@@yomommastupid the Spanish translation of the English word no is no and that’s exactly how the first syllable of the French word noir sounds…
Nwar if you're lazy
well id say more than "No", the -oi- sounds like /ua/ for us spanish
@@davidoliva1036 yeah, but oi is not a syllable in noir. It’s no and ir. 🙂
Dude- as an 80's kid and avid Terminator fan...... this is so amazing to me. Thank you!
Ahh thanks for the trip down memory lane! The hotel scene with the Spartan Burgers in the background hit home as I was raised in Huntington Park and went to HP High School from 80-84. I and went to that Spartan Burgers every Friday night home football game. Seeing that brought back some good high school memories! Kudos for putting together another great vid!
6:09 Just to add a little tidbit here; if you look to the left in this shot you can just see the railing of an exit ramp that leads up to 1st Street. During the car chase (after Tech-Noir), there's a trailing shot where Reese speeds up that ramp and makes a hard left onto the 1st St. 👍
Cool video, thanks 80s Life. I remember seeing Terminator in 1984 at the cinema knowing nothing about it and was blown away by how good it was. Its really cool to see the filming locations today.
Thank you
Now this is the kind of content I like to see! I’ve always been real nostalgic of the 80s and 90s and seeing how things have changed since then! Great video.
Thank you so much
I really enjoyed this. You brought so much awesome nostalgia back to the areas. Great job!
"Listen, and understand! That Terminator is out there! It can't be bargained with. It can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop... ever, until you are dead!"
Same as Socialism
Can you stop it?
@@Slash1066 "With these weapons, I dont know...."
@@davidgoodman6924 Why does it want me?
@@Slash1066 "There was a nuclear war. A few years from now, all this, this whole place, everything, it's gone. Just gone. There were survivors. Here, there. Nobody even knew who started it. It was the machines, Sarah."
You are a1980s Superhero . You pay my favorite decade much respect. 🔥💯😃
That means a lot. Thank you!
The Terminator is one of my favourite movies of all time so this video was a real trip for me. Kudos to you for the time, effort and detail of making this, had an absolute blast watching. Thank you.
Dude it’s so funny. When I first started watching your videos I was thinking to myself boring.
Now I’m so hooked on all your work.
Great job bro. I enjoy your videos.
This was the first video of yours that I saw. Man, this is great, and you did an incredible job! Thank you for making this!
Thank you so much!!
Just found your channel......YOU DO AMAZING AT BREAKING DOWN THESE SEQUENCES.....YOU ARE THE MAN
Thank you so much
New sub, looooove this soooo much, thank you!!! I live on the west coast of Canada. Have had relatives in Orange County growing up, visited a few times and always loved it. Looking forward to watching all of your videos.
Just recently found your channel. You are a true historian. Great work and loving the variety of content!
GREAT video, Kurt! I enjoyed this very much! Can't wait till your next one... thank you for helping us relive such an AMAZING decade!
My pleasure! Thank you
Omg!!! Dude I think you did a awesome job with this video. You just got yourself another subscriber. Anything fr the 80s hands down the best in my eyes. Keep up the good work.
Airwolf!
Thank you so much!
@@hoshangharis6428 Jan Michael Vincent was my favorite of the show.
Nice nostalgia trip and great video. Thanks for your hard work to give us a trip down memory lane and give us a new perspective on the scenes in the movie.
Wow! I love this! Clear narration, great job for adding the movie scenes for reference and awesome quality video of the current movie locations.
Well done!
Absolutely brilliant this, I've too seen a few terminator locations myself when I was in la many many yrs ago. Looking forward to the next one
Thank you!
Wow how am I just discovering your channel!
Everything is on point.
From the thumbnail to your closing scene and all the goodness in-between! Thanks for sharing.
Thank you so much!!
I've driven around these streets in Los Santos, lol.
This was a great video, 80s Life.
Really showcases the subject, and it's impressive the amount of leg-work you put in!
Great video, there's a few Terminator location vids out there, this trumps the lot. Excellent detail and no bullshit. Straight to the point.
Love it.
I love the attention do little details here, good job!
Plus I'm surprised to see the addresses not being fabricated for the movie. It was always a trivia piece that the gun shop and false Sarah's houses had very similar numbers. It turns out that they actually are this way in reality which I had no idea about
Thank you for watching
Brilliant vid. I've watched the film so many times, really amazing to see all these locations and how some of them have barely changed. Anyone else notice the similarity (in this vid) between gun shop address number - 14329 - and the number on the first Sarah Connor's building - 14239? That's got to be some kind of wild coincidence.
i noticed that too
Yeah - had me shaking my head too!
Was looking for someone else noticing this 😂
I noticed that too and first thought there was some reason that the movie producers chose similar numbers but now we know that those are actually legitimate street address numbers. Kinda strange for sure.
Thats total nuts, man! I´ve no idea what freakin amount of work you did to make this video, but its totally worth it. It´s so cool to see all these familiar places and how they look today. Keep up your good work and greetings from Germany. You have a new Subscriber! 😃 👋
Thank you so much. I really appreciate it!
Thank you for this trip down the memory lane
You’re the freeking man dude! Absolute blast watching this video. It’s a work of art !
Thank you so much
Wow. Extremely well done. I spend a lot of time driving my son around downtown L.A. and I always get a kick out of passing the Terminator locations. I could never figure out that parking garage (1st Street) so thank you for that one. Subscribed!
Awesome! Thank you!
Everything was so much nicer in the 80s. SMH. Thank you for this great nostalgia!
Thanks for this. Nice work on all the shots. Must have taken a ton of research. A new perspective on one of my all-time favorite flicks.
That was some fine work. Really enjoyed seeing the comparisons between 1984 and today
Thank you!
wow excellent job finding the locations! incredible how things change over nearly 40 years.
Thank you
Mesmerizing the details. This guy spent hell of a lot time matching locations. Incredible. Well done sir and thank you
I watched The Terminator as a kid back in the mid-1980s and for its time, it was one badass movie. Nice work and research, man! 🤘🏻
Thanks for filming and sharing, this was wicked cool. The locations really are a character unto themselves and this is a solid reminder not everything changes as much as we like to complain. I'll have to make a mental note to visit Spartan Burger if I ever find myself in LA.
Thank you!
Another AWESOME video!! Definitely my favorite channel to watch. Thank you from San Antonio TX
Thank you so much. I really appreciate it
This has to be one of the best Terminator film location guides on UA-cam. Thank you. 👍
This is by far the best "than-now" video I've ever seen. As a small UA-camr I know a lot of effort went into this video! Amazing job!
One of my favorite films ever, great video
Thank you!!
Amazing as always mate! Can’t wait for T2!
YES!
Thank you.
Seconded. lol
It came out in 1991. Unless you mean ... oh, never mind.
Amazing video mate! T1 and the T2 vid ! Never been to America unfortunately but if I ever got the chance seeing all these locations would be a dream! Great work
Thank you for restoring something that looked nearly impossible to restore. Sometimes sad and hurting people need to see things like this be fixed.
seen it plenty of times before but I still enjoy your content
Thank you
In 1992, I used to live in those apartments that were under construction (Promenade Towers) and never knew that's were Reese was parked having flashbacks!
Makes me wonder if people in the "old #9" at the Huntington Park place, have any idea that's where Kyle Reese and Sarah Connor were hiding out 35 years ago? :)
Honestly, these are the best filming locations videos on youtube. I beg you for more..
Thank you so much!!! More on the way
I've seen a lot of "filmed here" videos but no one has ever been anywhere near as in depth and detailed. This was awesome!
Thank you. Subbed.
Amazing. A piece of childhood history. Unreal how much cooler everything looks on film with lighting etc. Maybe one day I'll be able to travel to LA and look at all of this.
If I remember correctly Terminator 1 was also filmed mostly "rogue style", because they didn't have the budget to get the filming permits; they just went out with a crew and got the shots.
The 2003 movie Lost in Translation also shot a lot of their scenes without permits, but that was shot in Japan where it can take months to get permits, so the crew just filmed and hoped they didn't get caught.
Thank you for another awesome video! Just letting you know that your hard work and dedication to make videos such as these are extremely appreciated :) Too bad the mountains were torn down tho 😔 ...just kidding!...nice one at the end of the video! 😂🤣✌🏻
Haha. Thank you. That really means a lot to me. Seriously
Wow thank u for your time and effort to make this awesome video. I'm 25 now so little bit younger then T1 and T2 but i grow up with this kind of movies like T 1&2, Predator, Alien 1&2. My dad showed me all his teenage movies as i was a kid, maybe a little bit to young to watch them but oh boy they burnt right into my heart when i first saw these movies. For me nothing can beat such a Masterpiece movie like this one and the second one of course. Thank u again for this video and greetings from Austria.
the most detailed terminator filming locations video i've ever watched. awesome! one of my favorite movies!