If you guys wanna be reallyyyyy anal about this. Technically we don’t know if an alien kills Hudson or the bomb. Also you could argue that Ripley ‘kills’ bishop 🤷🏻♂️
I like how Bill Paxton's line: "F*** you, a**hole" has been added to the drop-down list of responses to: "Hey buddy, you got a dead cat in there or what?"
I have been on UA-cam long enough to remember I learned just that from a YT comment on a T-800 arrival video in either 2011 or 2012. I showed the 'Possible answers' scene to my Terminator-unaware flatmate and she thought it was hilarious. A few days later when she got home drunk after a party she randomly posted on my facebook "Fuck you, asshole - Terminator" before going to sleep.
“He’ll find her! That’s what he does! That’s ALL he does!!!” Gives me chills every time. And the earlier scene, “it can be reasoned with, it doesn’t feel pity or remorse or fear, and it absolutely will not stop. EVER! Until you are dead!” Michael Biehn does such a good job selling how dangerous the terminator is
Jordan always credit for being stoic and no goofy faces giving stuff away, and Chandra for just being a movie fan and going for the ride without criticizing 80s special effects . Great duo to watch a movie with 📽️🍿
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.
The 80's were a great time to watch these movies because you had lots of value theaters and innovative movie ideas, no spoilers, and no cable or Internet to distract you.
@@RMBittner Absolutely. It wasn't as universal in the early-to-mid 80s though. I feel like half of the kids I knew actually didn't have cable until closer to the 90s.
This film actually mostly takes place on Friday 13th. In the early scene where Kyle asks the cop what day it is, he says it's Thursday, May 12th. The next day Ginger says Sarah's date shouldn't treat her like that on Friday night. So the killing of the gun store owner, the other Sarahs, Matt and Ginger and the attack on the police station all happens on F13.
here's my take on the movies chronology: Thursday May 12th: Late evening: Terminator arrives Kills 2 punks, takes clothing from survivor punk Kyle arrives Takes clothing and is chased by police before going to ground, obtains police shotgun Friday May 13th: Morning: Kyle modifies shotgun, begins finding Sarah Terminator obtains weapons, somewhere to hide out, locates Sarah 1& 2 via phone book and executes them. Sarah begins her job at restaurant, we see her life is mundane. She finishes her day. Friday May 13th Early evening: Enter Ginger, her flatmate. Enter Matt, Gingers boyfriend. Sarah goes out alone, Kyle has located her, presumably the same way Terminator did. Terminator locates real Sarah Connor, kills Ginger in error, Matt is collateral. Friday May 13th: Late evening: The second Sarah is found dead, enter detectives Traxler & Vukovich. Sarah is located by Kyle & Terminator in Tech Noir on Pico. After a chase, Kyle and Sarah are arrested, Terminator escapes and begins repairs to itself. Terminator goes out again after repairs and kills 30+ police officers in a police station massacre. Kyle & Sarah escape and hunker down under bridge for the night. Saturday May 14th: Morning: Terminator goes over Sarah's diary looking for a tactical advantage, selecting Sarah's mother. Kyle and Sarah emerge, Kyle has a pocket load of money (from Police Station?) and they stay at Tiki Motel. Kyle goes out to get supplies. Early evening: Terminator kills Sarah's mother and awaits a call. Locates Sarah. Sarah and Kyle make love, creating John Connor. Terminator returns. Late night Saturday May 14th: After a chase, Kyle and Sarah encounter the robot part of the Terminator after the tanker explosion. Kyle dies, Terminator is crushed, Sarah calls for help, which arrives early morning Sunday May 15th. Sarah probably found somewhere quiet to sit in the factory to calm down before calling 911.
It's interesting that he includes the day of the week, though. If you check the calendar for 1984, which we're specifically told is the year, you find that May 12 was in fact a Saturday. However, it _was_ a Thursday in 1983. That's when the script was written, and they chose not to change it.
Most people don't catch the cyclic detail regarding the photograph on their first watch. When Kyle tells Sarah about the picture he says "You looked so sad; I always wondered what you were thinking about." Her expression is one of profound love and loss, because she was thinking about Kyle. When the kid snaps the picture, it's right after Sarah mentions that "In the few short hours [they] had together, [they] loved a lifetime's worth." That circular setup gives more emotional context around the line "I came across time for you, Sarah." and makes it (in my opinion) the most romantic line in sci-fi cinema.
It's a cool detail that you pointed out how Arnold was so intense with even looking around. When discussing the role with the Director, James Cameron, Arnold said that whoever you cast to play the role has to act like a machine. They have to be efficient in what they do. They don't stumble, they don't look at a gun when they reload, they don't blink, and they move their eyes before they turn their head because that is what would be most efficient to a machine. Love the craft that went into this movie.
One of my favorite dad joke moments of all time was watching this movie with friends in college. From the last pipe bomb explosion, Sarah has that shrapnel in her leg. One of our friends said, "Wait, what happened? What is that? Where's Kyle?" I said, "Kyle got blown up. That's one of Reece's Pieces."
Movie note: Actor James Remar was cast to play Hicks in "Aliens" but while he was in London for the shoot, he got busted for drug possession. So James Cameron got Michael Biehn to replace him at the last minute, seeing as how they had already worked together on "Terminator".
This was such a fun movie to see with friends in the theater. We had no idea what to expect and were blown away and couldn't stop talking about it after.
I like that Arnold argued with Cameron about this, he said the Terminator would say it like "I will be back." But Cameron insisted and thus an iconic line was born
When Kyle first has flashbacks sitting in his car, I now assume that he was literally in the same location of the future battle, just in a different time.
Like Jordan/ The Monopoly man, i noticed something new this time where John Connor basically grandfather paradoxed his skills by teaching Kyle about hiding from the HKs, who then mentions it to Sarah in this movie, who then likely teaches that info to John.
This is James Cameron's first film. He had put so much of his own money into making it that he was becoming broke very fast, so broke, in fact, that his mother would send him 2 for 1 coupons for McDonald's. James would buy 2 Big Macs and save the second for the next day just so he could eat while making this movie.
Actually, Piranha 2: The Spawning is his first film, but he disowned it when the producer took the finished film and re-edited it. Lance Henriksen is in it.
02:07: The theme song is actually in 13/16 time. Brad Fidel made a mistake when compositing things together (since this was WELL before digital compositing) and ended up with weirdness. And he was basically just messing around, figuring out what sounded good, so when he was asked for the original sheet music for a movie theme special, he had to say "There isn't any," then work backwards and create sheet music from the original recordings. 34:32: Kyle said, when he told Sarah about that photo, he always wondered what she was thinking about in that moment. Turns out, she was thinking about Kyle. Also, "The Terminator" is sometimes regarded as the only film in which the sex scene was *absolutely necessary* to the plot. Not 80s, but a GREAT underrated 90s action movie is "Soldier" starring Kurt Russel.
I was a young woman when I first saw T1. To this day, I find the love story to be achingly romantic and, in fact, to be Thee most important element of the story: Love conquers all. I'm a pretty hardcore sci-fi fan, but the best stories express profound truths. I loved your reaction!! So much fun to see it through your eyes. ❤❤❤
Thank you Chandra . That was the perfect reaction. Excited, shocked , scared and thrilled at the exact right moments. It’s also clear you’re intelligent , understanding the winding plot. It’s amazing how many reactors don’t get it. And good job Jordan not spoiling it any way.
The other punk on the right side next to Bill Paxton is a young Brian Thompson (Nigh Slasher from Cobra, Shao Kahn from Mortal Kombat Annihilation, Alien Bounty Hunter from The X-Files series)
Great reaction to a real classic 1) It's an amzing achievement, especially if you consider, that "Terminator" was a low budget movie that only had a budget of 6.500.000 Dollars. 2) Fun Fact: Bill Paxton is the only actor who was killed by a Terminator, a Predator and an Alien! 3) Lance Henriksen originally auditioned for the part of the "Terminator" and Schwarzenegger was offered the role of "Kyle Reese" 4) Lance Henriksen and Bill Paxton (together with Jeanette "Vasquez" Goldstein) all appear as a vampire-family in the vampire-neowestern-roadmovie "NEAR DARK"
4:54 Nike Vandals. THAT is how you do product placement. 5:10 Fun fact: Michael uses Ithaca 37s in both this and 'Aliens'. This one is the M&P (Military & Police) version (20" barrel, holds 7+1 rounds, standard-length shells only). Hicks's is the Stakeout version (14" barrel, holds 4+1 rounds, standard-length shells only). Both can accept all the same types of stocks, but the M&P comes standard with a regular one (some call that style a "wrist stock"), whereas the Stakeout comes standard with a stockless pistol grip. Fixed stocks are always preferred whenever possible. Stockless pistol grips are trash because they remove a significant point of contact. Folding stocks split the diff, giving the user a stock when it's needed, but it can be folded when the gun needs to be stowed in a confined space (like a patrol car). 5:19 U.S.-issue officer's raincoat. OD green. Vietnam War surplus. Colonel Trautman wore the same type of coat in First Blood. They call it a raincoat, but it's cut like a classic British-style double-breasted belted trench coat. 5:25 Michael C. Biehn glancing over the name "Michael B. Connor." 6:28 Ackchyually, it's an AMT Hardballer (one of a multitude of pistols based on the Colt 1911). ".45 long-slide" is just a generic nickname. 6:56 Reese only trimmed off the stock so he could fit that do0mstick under his coat. Under most circumstances, it's better to have a stock. 7:04 Can't trim the barrel on that particular model since it already has a flush-fit magazine tube. It's as short as it can be up front. 8:45 In the game, Terminator: Resistance, you play as the soldier who goes out there and rescues Reese right after that happened. 10:26 Reese has the best leitmotif. 11:32 The name "Tech-Noir" literally describes the genre of the movie, as pointed out by James Rolfe. Reese even looks like a noir-style hero, but with a soldier's color scheme instead of a detective's. 14:51 Fun fact: Mike's intense acting in that scene is generally regarded as the right way to do an exposition dump. 15:30 Who other than Michael Biehn could have played Kyle Reese so perfectly?! 16:29 Mike studied the Warsaw Ghetto resistance fighters in order to get a feel for how Reese should move, think, and act. 19:28 Technically, Terminators do "feel" pain, but they interpret it as mundane diagnostic information. 21:15 He's gunzerking! He's got an American Armalite AR-18 (5.56mm) in his right hand and an Italian Franchi SPAS-12 (12-gauge) in his left hand. So if he was in Borderlands, basically a Dahl assault rifle and a Hyperion shotgun. 25:30 That one is a T-102 played by Franco Columbu. You can play as that model in Terminator: Resistance. 26:07 Notice how all that battle damage has caused his flesh to become gangrenous. 29:35 Refer back to [ 7:19 ]. 32:40 Linda Hamilton actually did sprain her ankle while working on this movie. 33:37 "Michael Biehn...the only man to die in cinema more than Sean Bean." ~The Nostalgia Critic
I can’t tell you how much it means to me, and my generation; that these cherished films are still so effective. I’ve pretty weepy about it in my mid-Fifties. Thanks to you both … we’re watching 😊
Roger Corman does not get the recognition that he deserves for running the most hands-on Film School/Movie Production company in the United States. James Camron learned his entire style of directing from Roger Corman.
We studied this in film school as an example of a near perfect script. There's no fat, no excess. Every scene serves a purpose, nearly every line serves the greater purpose. The exposition dump takes place during a car chase. Literally every single scent is present on screen. Also, (trivia) Lance Henrickson (Det Vukovich, Bishop in Aliens) was the original Terminator. When Cameron was doing his initial pitch meeting with the studio, he had Lance Henrickson come into the room dressed as the Terminator and just stare down the producers. Did a good enough job that they greenlit the movie, Cameron eventually face the role to Arnold, but he so liked Henrickson's performance he cast his as the android, sorry artificial person, in Aliens.
i realised for the first time with this video that we've past that point in time since this movie came out where the terminators feel like they were travelling from the future to what we used to consider close enough to our present, to a stage where it now feels like theyre travelling from our present to the past. and all thats done is REMIND ME HOW F%$KING OLD I AM😱
I had the same thought recently watching Back to the Future! One of the main reasons I enjoy watching T1 and BTTF is that they are also time machines back to the world of my childhood as well as being beloved films.
9:20 Fun Fact: In the 80's there was an exercise show called "The 20-Minute Workout" up here in Canada. The head instructor was Bess Motta, the girl who plays Ginger.
Hudson, Hicks and Bishop in this, Vasquez in T2 ! I had a cinema Terminator poster on my bedroom door as a teen ! (Young Guns was on the other side) More action... - Young Guns - Brat Pack Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland, Charlie Sheen and Lou Diamond Phillips in a western with Terance Stamp (Zod from Superman) and a scenary chewing Jack Palance - Hard Target - John Woo does American action with Van Damme and Lance Henrickson (Bishop from Aliens) - outrageous fun - Desperado - Tarantino's best bud Rodriguez does a ludicrously silly but fun action romp with Antonio Bandaras, Steve Buscemi, Salma Hayek and Cheech (with a cameo from Quentin).
I'll die on my hill declaring this film to be superior to the second. I've seen this one dozens of times. When I was a kid in the 80's I used to watch it in 25 minute chunks each day before the school bus picked me up.
Left out a couple of my favorite lines; "Did you just see a real bright light." The bum's delivery is what makes it. "Anyone of these is ideal for home defense."
It's when you watch T2 you realize how incredible Robert Patrick was as the T-1000. Not pulling faces or blinking while shooting, not breathing through his mouth while sprinting, showing no excessive emotions, etc. Arnie is guilty of most of that :)) Also, remember the young cop who gets roughed up by the T-101 and his car stolen (14:16). Let's see if you can spot him in T2 later on ;) (not that we get to see much of him but still, it's a cool cameo)
James Cameron's favorite movie at the time he made The Terminator was a movie starring Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour called Somewhere Across Time. Without spoiling anything, I'd recommend watching that to better understand Cameron's mindset about The Terminator script.
Fun fact. That station wagon was NOT part of the production. That was someone's car parked on the street. But after Arnold broke the window, it "became" part of the production.
Great reaction. So good to see there's still people reacting to this masterpiece. Don't know if you noticed, the poor salesman from the gun store was the old man from Gremlins and Gremlins 2. Fun fact: Lance Henriksen, the slimmer detective (also Bishop) first applied to the role of Terminator. He actually went on set in full make-up and scared the heck out of people. That rise of the Terminator from the fire was a dream that James Cameron had.
This Movie Takes Place In Los Angeles 12th May, 1984 when I Senior in HS in LA. The Clothes like what the Terminator Jacket wore was Spot on. I wore Black Studded Cut-Off Gloves around Downtown LA back then. I'm sure I Cruised the Boulevard Close to Tech-Noir where they Filmed and Yes the Streets were Filthy back then too.
"Those bullet holes are so big!" Shotgun sizes are rated by what fraction of a pound of lead sphere could be fired from it, resulting in larger bores than typical rifles, and especially so for handguns. And if using slugs, this means a larger single bullet (although typically slower moving than a rifle bullet). Caliber is the diameter in inches. Most rifles and pistols stop at .50 caliber, barring some of the more exotic ones. Here's the conversion for commonly available shotgun sizes: 410 = .41 caliber, 28 gauge = .55 caliber, 20 gauge = .615 caliber, 16 gauge = .663 caliber, 12 gauge = .729, 10 gauge = .775 caliber. Additionally, shotguns usually fire "shot" (multiple metal balls that are smaller, so that it produces a somewhat cone-like spread). 12 gauge is the most popular for things like law enforcement and deer hunting. The smaller calibers are typically for smaller game, with 20 being preferable to 12 for more practical common civilian use, due to it having less recoil, thus being easier to utilize. 410 is often considered a "kid's shotgun", what a 5-10 year old would learn to shoot with.
18:23 This shot was SO cool. Knowing this, I hope...REALLY REALLY HOPE you watch the special edition of "Terminator 2" when you get to the second one. There was a PHENOMENAL scene in the garage that was removed for a shorter scene in the theatrical release.
Fun fact, Bill Paxton and Lance Henriksen are the only two actors either killed or maimed by a Terminator, a Predator and an Alien, and while I say maimed I'm pretty sure Henriksens character in Aliens wouldn't have survived being ripped in half had he been human. 😊
Also, Sarah's roommates boyfriend is played by Rick Rossovich also know as Slider, Iceman's radio intercept officer in TOP GUN. This film is full of upcoming actors that would become established in future 80s film classics.
Almost in the first scenes, 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.
Yes. This guy gets it. Second one is just fancy effects. You can't top the story in this one. And the special effects are actually more impressive in this one because of the limitations. Plus, it's got Bill freakin Paxton.
19:36 I'm glad that you appreciate the practical effects. It was great in 1984 (I saw it secretly on VHS as a child in the late 80s :)), understandably young UA-camrs who watch it today often find the Arnold puppet strange/funny but I think it has become an integral part of the atmosphere of the first Terminator movie. I'm glad that neither this scene nor the stop motion movement of the endoskeleton (and the future machines) was changed to CGI in the later editions. This (or Commando?) was the very first Arnold movie I saw and I became an instant fan. In the 80s and the first half of the 90s, Arnold and Sly (mostly Arnold for me) were the biggest action stars, we loved their movies, even if they weren't all equally strong in retrospect. By the way, although I loved T2 as a teenager, in retrospect I consider T1 to be the best T-film. It has such an ominous, post-apocalyptic (and pre-apocalyptic :)) atmosphere, which along with the grainy, "analog" feel of the 80s makes it perfect for me. Actually, this can be considered "THE" Terminator movie because it was made as a standalone movie, not the first part of a franchise, Cameron did not plan to make a sequel as far as I know. Many years passed between the two films and the popularity of T1 grew over the years led to the continuation of the story. (Which for many of us ended with T2.)
Laser sights weren't on the market when T1 came out. They were in development and Cameron found out and included it in the film. There was an article in Guns & Ammo magazine about this new action film showing off this upcoming new thing.
I was 13 when this movie came out and it is one of my favorites. It goes without saying that I love the second one even more. It was epic in so many ways. I cannot wait to see your reaction to it. The cop that Terminator takes the car from was played by William Wisher, who co-wrote the screenplays for both Terminator films with James Cameron. Brad Fiedel, who composed the scores for both Terminator films, also composed the score for the 1985 vampire movie Fright Night, which was from the director of the original Child's Play movie.
Arnold was originally cast to play Kyle. He said no, he wanted to be the terminator. Cameron came around to it. BTW, check out the change in Sarah's character at the beginning of Terminator 2.
Little tidbit, the “code” you see through the Terminator’s eyes is 6502 assembly code, a la Commodore 64/Atari 800 of that era. So, this Terminator is powered by a 6502 8-bit processor, like both the C64/Atari 800 and Bender from Futurama.
Kyle didn't "see" the Time Displacement equipment destroyed, he just knew that was the plan. However in one time loop, the second Terminator would have existed in Kyles past ... Maybe? 🤔
Awesome reaction, you two! This was my favorite movie as a youngster. :) My dad went and bought it for himself but I watched it with him and fell in love, so he gave the VHS to me. :) This movie never fails to make me smile and get emotional. :) Always a good time!
There's so much trivia spawned by this film and the Cameronverse. Michael Bien, who played Reese/Cpl Hicks was a rockstar in the industry at this point, and would take a long hiatus from Hollywood a few years later, emerging every now and then to do lone films, and then fade from view again. In the last decade he has started to really re-emerge starting by voicing the main character of Farcry Bloodragon, which was essentially just a giant nostalgia machine meant to replicate the glorious cheese and lazer effects of the 1980's.
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."
11:09 "That guy" is actually James Cameron himself :) His other cameo in this movie is the voice of "Stan Morsky" on the answering machine, who canceled a date with Sarah. As for the cast of "Aliens", I'm really curious if you can recognize Vazquez in Terminator 2? Jenette Goldstein's role is quite prominent there, but I couldn't recognize her right away.
4:29 Fun Fact: The date the cop says here "Thursday...uh...May twelfth" was actually the date this scene was filmed...in 1983 not 1984 when the film takes place...normally the following year would cause the date to be only ONE day of the week later, but since 1984 was a leap year, May 12, 1984 was ACTUALLY a Saturday. LOL
Michael Biehn's stunt double actually performed that shot of Reese falling into the past for real. A lot of shots were done quickly as they only had a license to film in certain areas on certain days so they had the stuntman climb on to a board wedged between two ladders and kind of slide off it on to the pavement with no crash mat. Real heroic stuntman to get what is an iconic shot with the realism intact. If you pause just right you also catch a shot of Reese's stuntman when he's hitting the Terminator skeleton with a crowbar before being knocked aside.
No, you're actually wrong. Songs by Tahnee Cain & Tryanglz were performed in scenes at the club. The song we're talking about is "Intimacy" by Linn Van Hek.
The original movie Westworld from the seventies with Yul Brenner had a similar story. A guy being chased by a robot cowboy in a futuristic theme park. Brenner plays a excellent robot. Worth watching too. Holds up well.
After T2, be sure to check out "TRUE LIES" (1994) for a top shelf action film with tons of humor. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Arnold, and of course, our man Bill Paxton. It's one of those gotta-see films from back when action heroes ruled. Good, good stuff!
Escape from New York (1981) is a fun iconic 80's action movie with Kurt Russell (The Thing) directed by John Carpenter (The Thing). Also, you got to watch Paul Verhoeven's big three SF from the 80's and 90's: Robocop (1987), Total Recall (1990), and Starship Troopers (1997).
Your mention of the music reminded me how this was similar to John Carpenter scores so I looked it up. Brad Fiedel has a pretty interesting film history.
Notice the similarity between the end of this movie and Alien (even though Cameron did Alien 2, not Alien). Cameron met Linda Hamilton on this movie and married her seven years later after making Terminator 2:Judgement Day (after three marriages, the last of the three to Kathryn Bigelow who directed Point Break and The Hurt Locker). He and Hamilton divorced a few years later.
I've said it before, an I'm probably going to say it agian, but one thing you have to remember, when watching these old movies, is, back in the day, it was all analog. Old film-strips and old vhs-tapes. No super duper 4K digitally remasteded versions back then. That went a long way to hide some of the effects, like the switch between animatronics and live action.
One piece of trivia I never see mentioned: The Terminator in the future that infiltrates the hideout is Franco Columbu, a fellow bodybuilder and friend of Arnold.
The Terminator rising out of the fire was the vison James Cameron had in a dream. When he woke up, he sketched that moment (you should look it up, its an amazing picture) and the movie idea was born. They actually cast Lance in the role as Terminator, even going so far as character sketches (also look those up theyre great) but ultimately, Arnold was chosen. Def the right choice!
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Bill Paxton. The only person to be killed by a Terminator, an Alien AND a Predator... so far a unique achievement.
If you count Bishop being decommissioned, so has Lance Hendrickson.
If you guys wanna be reallyyyyy anal about this. Technically we don’t know if an alien kills Hudson or the bomb. Also you could argue that Ripley ‘kills’ bishop 🤷🏻♂️
@@watts18269 _SSSHHH!!!_
He dont die in Terminator (only K.O.), and in Aliens he die in the explosion in the end (aliens incubate him).
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I like how Bill Paxton's line: "F*** you, a**hole" has been added to the drop-down list of responses to: "Hey buddy, you got a dead cat in there or what?"
Lol I was today years old when I noticed that ..... thanks
I have been on UA-cam long enough to remember I learned just that from a YT comment on a T-800 arrival video in either 2011 or 2012.
I showed the 'Possible answers' scene to my Terminator-unaware flatmate and she thought it was hilarious. A few days later when she got home drunk after a party she randomly posted on my facebook "Fuck you, asshole - Terminator" before going to sleep.
Exactly. He thinks it's human slang for "No."
“He’ll find her! That’s what he does! That’s ALL he does!!!” Gives me chills every time. And the earlier scene, “it can be reasoned with, it doesn’t feel pity or remorse or fear, and it absolutely will not stop. EVER! Until you are dead!” Michael Biehn does such a good job selling how dangerous the terminator is
Jordan always credit for being stoic and no goofy faces giving stuff away, and Chandra for just being a movie fan and going for the ride without criticizing 80s special effects .
Great duo to watch a movie with 📽️🍿
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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.
The 80's were a great time to watch these movies because you had lots of value theaters and innovative movie ideas, no spoilers, and no cable or Internet to distract you.
Absolutely. 80s was the peak of great cinema
I don’t disagree with your point…but we definitely had cable in the 80s. After all, this was when HBO and MTV were in their initial heyday.
@@RMBittner my cable box "remote" had a cord back then. Hard press buttons. Good times.
@@RMBittner Absolutely. It wasn't as universal in the early-to-mid 80s though. I feel like half of the kids I knew actually didn't have cable until closer to the 90s.
@@RMBittner If you were American believe me we didn't have cable.
This film actually mostly takes place on Friday 13th. In the early scene where Kyle asks the cop what day it is, he says it's Thursday, May 12th. The next day Ginger says Sarah's date shouldn't treat her like that on Friday night. So the killing of the gun store owner, the other Sarahs, Matt and Ginger and the attack on the police station all happens on F13.
"I hate the weird ones"
Never really caught that. Thanks.
here's my take on the movies chronology:
Thursday May 12th:
Late evening:
Terminator arrives
Kills 2 punks, takes clothing from survivor punk
Kyle arrives
Takes clothing and is chased by police before going to ground, obtains police shotgun
Friday May 13th:
Morning:
Kyle modifies shotgun, begins finding Sarah
Terminator obtains weapons, somewhere to hide out, locates Sarah 1& 2 via phone book and executes them.
Sarah begins her job at restaurant, we see her life is mundane. She finishes her day.
Friday May 13th
Early evening:
Enter Ginger, her flatmate.
Enter Matt, Gingers boyfriend.
Sarah goes out alone, Kyle has located her, presumably the same way Terminator did.
Terminator locates real Sarah Connor, kills Ginger in error, Matt is collateral.
Friday May 13th:
Late evening:
The second Sarah is found dead, enter detectives Traxler & Vukovich.
Sarah is located by Kyle & Terminator in Tech Noir on Pico.
After a chase, Kyle and Sarah are arrested,
Terminator escapes and begins repairs to itself.
Terminator goes out again after repairs and kills 30+ police officers in a police station massacre.
Kyle & Sarah escape and hunker down under bridge for the night.
Saturday May 14th:
Morning:
Terminator goes over Sarah's diary looking for a tactical advantage, selecting Sarah's mother.
Kyle and Sarah emerge, Kyle has a pocket load of money (from Police Station?) and they stay at Tiki Motel. Kyle goes out to get supplies.
Early evening:
Terminator kills Sarah's mother and awaits a call. Locates Sarah.
Sarah and Kyle make love, creating John Connor.
Terminator returns.
Late night Saturday May 14th:
After a chase, Kyle and Sarah encounter the robot part of the Terminator after the tanker explosion.
Kyle dies, Terminator is crushed, Sarah calls for help, which arrives early morning Sunday May 15th. Sarah probably found somewhere quiet to sit in the factory to calm down before calling 911.
It's interesting that he includes the day of the week, though. If you check the calendar for 1984, which we're specifically told is the year, you find that May 12 was in fact a Saturday. However, it _was_ a Thursday in 1983. That's when the script was written, and they chose not to change it.
What I like about the date, is because my birthday is May 13th.
Most people don't catch the cyclic detail regarding the photograph on their first watch. When Kyle tells Sarah about the picture he says "You looked so sad; I always wondered what you were thinking about." Her expression is one of profound love and loss, because she was thinking about Kyle. When the kid snaps the picture, it's right after Sarah mentions that "In the few short hours [they] had together, [they] loved a lifetime's worth." That circular setup gives more emotional context around the line "I came across time for you, Sarah." and makes it (in my opinion) the most romantic line in sci-fi cinema.
It's a cool detail that you pointed out how Arnold was so intense with even looking around. When discussing the role with the Director, James Cameron, Arnold said that whoever you cast to play the role has to act like a machine. They have to be efficient in what they do. They don't stumble, they don't look at a gun when they reload, they don't blink, and they move their eyes before they turn their head because that is what would be most efficient to a machine. Love the craft that went into this movie.
One of my favorite dad joke moments of all time was watching this movie with friends in college. From the last pipe bomb explosion, Sarah has that shrapnel in her leg. One of our friends said, "Wait, what happened? What is that? Where's Kyle?"
I said, "Kyle got blown up. That's one of Reece's Pieces."
Movie note: Actor James Remar was cast to play Hicks in "Aliens" but while he was in London for the shoot, he got busted for drug possession. So James Cameron got Michael Biehn to replace him at the last minute, seeing as how they had already worked together on "Terminator".
This was such a fun movie to see with friends in the theater. We had no idea what to expect and were blown away and couldn't stop talking about it after.
“I’ll Be Back”, one of the best one liners in movie history!
I like that Arnold argued with Cameron about this, he said the Terminator would say it like "I will be back." But Cameron insisted and thus an iconic line was born
Ill be back, come with me if you wanna live, hasta la vista baby... so much iconical lines in only 2 movies.
Yassss
It's not the line itself that is iconic, it's the manner in which he fulfils it.
He used it again in The Running Man
When Kyle first has flashbacks sitting in his car, I now assume that he was literally in the same location of the future battle, just in a different time.
That’s actually a great theory. I never thought of that.
Great point.
Yes, Because the nuclear war only took place in the city of Los Angeles not all over the world
The studio originally wanted to cast O.J. Simpson as the terminator, but they figured no-one would buy him as a bad guy.
Too funny
Hmmm...
Too soon!
😆
Still can't see him using a gun...
"But at the time, it was like forty five years right..." Kill me now! I'm so old :) Loved it.
"oh my God he's naked!"
Yeah it was very....ballsy....of Arnold to just let it all... Hang out there... I'm sorry lol
Like Jordan/ The Monopoly man, i noticed something new this time where John Connor basically grandfather paradoxed his skills by teaching Kyle about hiding from the HKs, who then mentions it to Sarah in this movie, who then likely teaches that info to John.
This is James Cameron's first film. He had put so much of his own money into making it that he was becoming broke very fast, so broke, in fact, that his mother would send him 2 for 1 coupons for McDonald's. James would buy 2 Big Macs and save the second for the next day just so he could eat while making this movie.
Actually, Piranha 2: The Spawning is his first film, but he disowned it when the producer took the finished film and re-edited it. Lance Henriksen is in it.
@@Madbandit77 it's his first director credit. He worked special effects for a bunch of Roger Korman movies before Piranha 2 as well.
@@sorrenblitz805 I'm aware of that.
02:07: The theme song is actually in 13/16 time. Brad Fidel made a mistake when compositing things together (since this was WELL before digital compositing) and ended up with weirdness. And he was basically just messing around, figuring out what sounded good, so when he was asked for the original sheet music for a movie theme special, he had to say "There isn't any," then work backwards and create sheet music from the original recordings.
34:32: Kyle said, when he told Sarah about that photo, he always wondered what she was thinking about in that moment. Turns out, she was thinking about Kyle.
Also, "The Terminator" is sometimes regarded as the only film in which the sex scene was *absolutely necessary* to the plot.
Not 80s, but a GREAT underrated 90s action movie is "Soldier" starring Kurt Russel.
I was a young woman when I first saw T1. To this day, I find the love story to be achingly romantic and, in fact, to be Thee most important element of the story: Love conquers all. I'm a pretty hardcore sci-fi fan, but the best stories express profound truths. I loved your reaction!! So much fun to see it through your eyes. ❤❤❤
Linda Hamilton's performance here made her the PERFECT choice for the "Beauty And The Beast" TV series!
25:11=They are using an old TV as a campfire to stay warm at night, since the TV no longer works.
"Awesome! Wow! Oh, my God" pretty much sums it up... LOL! Well done, you two, as always, and thank you for being you.
Thank you Chandra . That was the perfect reaction. Excited, shocked , scared and thrilled at the exact right moments. It’s also clear you’re intelligent , understanding the winding plot. It’s amazing how many reactors don’t get it. And good job Jordan not spoiling it any way.
14:17 - The man who played the police officer in this scene is actually the man who wrote the book the movie is based on.
The other punk on the right side next to Bill Paxton is a young Brian Thompson (Nigh Slasher from Cobra, Shao Kahn from Mortal Kombat Annihilation, Alien Bounty Hunter from The X-Files series)
He also was in four episodes of Buffy The Vampire Slayer.
Brian Thompson also played Remy the King of Werewolf in Werewolf the TV series (1986)
I think that kid at the end is also Rodrigo from The Three Amigos.
So many iconic lines in this one. "I'll be back" and "You're terminated" are part of culture now
Michael Biehn does not get credited enough for his acting, he killed it in two of the best movies of that era, Terminator and Aliens.
And he wasn't even supposed to be in Aliens. He was literally brought on the day filming started cause the original guy dropped out.
'like old-school Nike shoes.' ... as Marty McFly's 'uncle' in 1955 might say 'They're brand new!'
Great reaction to a real classic
1) It's an amzing achievement, especially if you consider, that "Terminator" was a low budget movie that only had a budget of 6.500.000 Dollars.
2) Fun Fact: Bill Paxton is the only actor who was killed by a Terminator, a Predator and an Alien!
3) Lance Henriksen originally auditioned for the part of the "Terminator" and Schwarzenegger was offered the role of "Kyle Reese"
4) Lance Henriksen and Bill Paxton (together with Jeanette "Vasquez" Goldstein) all appear as a vampire-family in the vampire-neowestern-roadmovie "NEAR DARK"
In addition to (1), the budget was so low that some location-based parts were actually shot "wild", without permits.
@11:37...it's accurate. 911 as a phone thing didn't exist in LA until October of 1984.
Awesome! I love how well Jordan avoids giving away spoilers. Great job! ❤
4:54 Nike Vandals. THAT is how you do product placement.
5:10 Fun fact: Michael uses Ithaca 37s in both this and 'Aliens'. This one is the M&P (Military & Police) version (20" barrel, holds 7+1 rounds, standard-length shells only). Hicks's is the Stakeout version (14" barrel, holds 4+1 rounds, standard-length shells only). Both can accept all the same types of stocks, but the M&P comes standard with a regular one (some call that style a "wrist stock"), whereas the Stakeout comes standard with a stockless pistol grip. Fixed stocks are always preferred whenever possible. Stockless pistol grips are trash because they remove a significant point of contact. Folding stocks split the diff, giving the user a stock when it's needed, but it can be folded when the gun needs to be stowed in a confined space (like a patrol car).
5:19 U.S.-issue officer's raincoat. OD green. Vietnam War surplus. Colonel Trautman wore the same type of coat in First Blood. They call it a raincoat, but it's cut like a classic British-style double-breasted belted trench coat.
5:25 Michael C. Biehn glancing over the name "Michael B. Connor."
6:28 Ackchyually, it's an AMT Hardballer (one of a multitude of pistols based on the Colt 1911). ".45 long-slide" is just a generic nickname.
6:56 Reese only trimmed off the stock so he could fit that do0mstick under his coat. Under most circumstances, it's better to have a stock.
7:04 Can't trim the barrel on that particular model since it already has a flush-fit magazine tube. It's as short as it can be up front.
8:45 In the game, Terminator: Resistance, you play as the soldier who goes out there and rescues Reese right after that happened.
10:26 Reese has the best leitmotif.
11:32 The name "Tech-Noir" literally describes the genre of the movie, as pointed out by James Rolfe. Reese even looks like a noir-style hero, but with a soldier's color scheme instead of a detective's.
14:51 Fun fact: Mike's intense acting in that scene is generally regarded as the right way to do an exposition dump.
15:30 Who other than Michael Biehn could have played Kyle Reese so perfectly?!
16:29 Mike studied the Warsaw Ghetto resistance fighters in order to get a feel for how Reese should move, think, and act.
19:28 Technically, Terminators do "feel" pain, but they interpret it as mundane diagnostic information.
21:15 He's gunzerking! He's got an American Armalite AR-18 (5.56mm) in his right hand and an Italian Franchi SPAS-12 (12-gauge) in his left hand. So if he was in Borderlands, basically a Dahl assault rifle and a Hyperion shotgun.
25:30 That one is a T-102 played by Franco Columbu. You can play as that model in Terminator: Resistance.
26:07 Notice how all that battle damage has caused his flesh to become gangrenous.
29:35 Refer back to [ 7:19 ].
32:40 Linda Hamilton actually did sprain her ankle while working on this movie.
33:37 "Michael Biehn...the only man to die in cinema more than Sean Bean." ~The Nostalgia Critic
I can’t tell you how much it means to me, and my generation; that these cherished films are still so effective. I’ve pretty weepy about it in my mid-Fifties.
Thanks to you both … we’re watching 😊
Love watching movies with you, guys. I can’t wait for Chandra to see Sarah’s transformation in T2!
Roger Corman does not get the recognition that he deserves for running the most hands-on Film School/Movie Production company in the United States. James Camron learned his entire style of directing from Roger Corman.
Funny how all three 'thugs' were played by actors who had very successful careers.
We studied this in film school as an example of a near perfect script. There's no fat, no excess. Every scene serves a purpose, nearly every line serves the greater purpose. The exposition dump takes place during a car chase. Literally every single scent is present on screen.
Also, (trivia) Lance Henrickson (Det Vukovich, Bishop in Aliens) was the original Terminator. When Cameron was doing his initial pitch meeting with the studio, he had Lance Henrickson come into the room dressed as the Terminator and just stare down the producers. Did a good enough job that they greenlit the movie, Cameron eventually face the role to Arnold, but he so liked Henrickson's performance he cast his as the android, sorry artificial person, in Aliens.
i realised for the first time with this video that we've past that point in time since this movie came out where the terminators feel like they were travelling from the future to what we used to consider close enough to our present, to a stage where it now feels like theyre travelling from our present to the past. and all thats done is REMIND ME HOW F%$KING OLD I AM😱
At least this means judgement day is keep getting pushed back... but AI and robotics are steadily advancing!
I had the same thought recently watching Back to the Future! One of the main reasons I enjoy watching T1 and BTTF is that they are also time machines back to the world of my childhood as well as being beloved films.
9:20 Fun Fact: In the 80's there was an exercise show called "The 20-Minute Workout" up here in Canada. The head instructor was Bess Motta, the girl who plays Ginger.
27:54 the picture he's describing and wondering what she had on her mind in the photo was that she was thinking of him in that moment. Crazy.
Hudson, Hicks and Bishop in this, Vasquez in T2 ! I had a cinema Terminator poster on my bedroom door as a teen ! (Young Guns was on the other side)
More action...
- Young Guns - Brat Pack Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland, Charlie Sheen and Lou Diamond Phillips in a western with Terance Stamp (Zod from Superman) and a scenary chewing Jack Palance
- Hard Target - John Woo does American action with Van Damme and Lance Henrickson (Bishop from Aliens) - outrageous fun
- Desperado - Tarantino's best bud Rodriguez does a ludicrously silly but fun action romp with Antonio Bandaras, Steve Buscemi, Salma Hayek and Cheech (with a cameo from Quentin).
Young Guns and Desperado are good movies.
I'll die on my hill declaring this film to be superior to the second. I've seen this one dozens of times. When I was a kid in the 80's I used to watch it in 25 minute chunks each day before the school bus picked me up.
Pretty much all the humor in T1 is natural and aged gracefully. The humor in T2 did not age nearly as well.
The original Terminator is better than T2. T2 is one of the most overrated films of all time.
T2 doesn't even follow the rules established in T1. It's technically proficient, but as a sequel, it's seriously flawed.
I agree on this. People look at me weird when I say it but it's true. T2 is great but for me is a very close second place.
They’re both great but I also enjoy the first one more.
No, he tore his heart out.
Left out a couple of my favorite lines;
"Did you just see a real bright light." The bum's delivery is what makes it.
"Anyone of these is ideal for home defense."
Had the chance to see this in a theater some years ago. Seen it literally hundreds of times and I was *still* pumped as hell by the end.
When Reese was describing the photo, he says he wondered what she was thinking in that moment. She was thinking about him.
It's when you watch T2 you realize how incredible Robert Patrick was as the T-1000. Not pulling faces or blinking while shooting, not breathing through his mouth while sprinting, showing no excessive emotions, etc.
Arnie is guilty of most of that :))
Also, remember the young cop who gets roughed up by the T-101 and his car stolen (14:16). Let's see if you can spot him in T2 later on ;) (not that we get to see much of him but still, it's a cool cameo)
Fantastic reaction. Thank you. Yeah that time was the era of some great movies. Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Terminator, Alien, etc.
James Cameron's favorite movie at the time he made The Terminator was a movie starring Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour called Somewhere Across Time. Without spoiling anything, I'd recommend watching that to better understand Cameron's mindset about The Terminator script.
Fun fact. That station wagon was NOT part of the production. That was someone's car parked on the street. But after Arnold broke the window, it "became" part of the production.
Nice! I'll give you a thumbs up, just since NOBODY liked my comment...yet...about 80's icon "Ginger" being Bess Motta of 20 minute workout fame! Ha!
Great reaction. So good to see there's still people reacting to this masterpiece.
Don't know if you noticed, the poor salesman from the gun store was the old man from Gremlins and Gremlins 2.
Fun fact: Lance Henriksen, the slimmer detective (also Bishop) first applied to the role of Terminator. He actually went on set in full make-up and scared the heck out of people.
That rise of the Terminator from the fire was a dream that James Cameron had.
Channel is growing so quickly. Happy for you guys.
This Movie Takes Place In Los Angeles 12th May, 1984 when I Senior in HS in LA. The Clothes like what the Terminator Jacket wore was Spot on. I wore Black Studded Cut-Off Gloves around Downtown LA back then. I'm sure I Cruised the Boulevard Close to Tech-Noir where they Filmed and Yes the Streets were Filthy back then too.
"Those bullet holes are so big!" Shotgun sizes are rated by what fraction of a pound of lead sphere could be fired from it, resulting in larger bores than typical rifles, and especially so for handguns. And if using slugs, this means a larger single bullet (although typically slower moving than a rifle bullet). Caliber is the diameter in inches. Most rifles and pistols stop at .50 caliber, barring some of the more exotic ones. Here's the conversion for commonly available shotgun sizes: 410 = .41 caliber, 28 gauge = .55 caliber, 20 gauge = .615 caliber, 16 gauge = .663 caliber, 12 gauge = .729, 10 gauge = .775 caliber. Additionally, shotguns usually fire "shot" (multiple metal balls that are smaller, so that it produces a somewhat cone-like spread). 12 gauge is the most popular for things like law enforcement and deer hunting. The smaller calibers are typically for smaller game, with 20 being preferable to 12 for more practical common civilian use, due to it having less recoil, thus being easier to utilize. 410 is often considered a "kid's shotgun", what a 5-10 year old would learn to shoot with.
18:23 This shot was SO cool. Knowing this, I hope...REALLY REALLY HOPE you watch the special edition of "Terminator 2" when you get to the second one. There was a PHENOMENAL scene in the garage that was removed for a shorter scene in the theatrical release.
Fun fact, Bill Paxton and Lance Henriksen are the only two actors either killed or maimed by a Terminator, a Predator and an Alien, and while I say maimed I'm pretty sure Henriksens character in Aliens wouldn't have survived being ripped in half had he been human. 😊
The Long Kiss Goodnight is excessively action packed, although from 1996. It stars Geena Davis and Samuel L. Jackson. It's a lot of fun.
Also, Sarah's roommates boyfriend is played by Rick Rossovich also know as Slider, Iceman's radio intercept officer in TOP GUN. This film is full of upcoming actors that would become established in future 80s film classics.
God Damn... That stache... I am like... 10 seconds in and all I see is this amazing stache...
Can't wait to see Chandra's reaction to T2!!! SOOOOO GOOD!!!
The actor Paul Winfield played Lt. traxler in the Terminator, but he also played Captain Terrell in Star Trek II:The Wrath of Khan in 1982.
The thug with Bill Paxton, the one the terminator stabs to death is Brian Thompson, who went on to play the alien shapeshifter/hunter guy on X-Files.
The Terminator is legit a fantastic nay flawless movie. I love it. And looks like everyone who watches it also falls in love with it
Almost in the first scenes, 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.
As well as true lies also starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and directed by James Cameron
This one the better film. T2 is the better action/blockbuster. I prefer part 1.
Yes. This guy gets it. Second one is just fancy effects. You can't top the story in this one. And the special effects are actually more impressive in this one because of the limitations.
Plus, it's got Bill freakin Paxton.
Yeah, it's my favourite too.
Best scifi film ever made.
Well, in my opinion it is.
Terminator 2 is better. Because it's a shock and that's what makes it better
@@jefferyoetter6884 How's it a shock?
@@jefferyoetter6884 The original Terminator is better than T2. T2 is one of the most overrated films of all time.
19:36 I'm glad that you appreciate the practical effects. It was great in 1984 (I saw it secretly on VHS as a child in the late 80s :)), understandably young UA-camrs who watch it today often find the Arnold puppet strange/funny but I think it has become an integral part of the atmosphere of the first Terminator movie. I'm glad that neither this scene nor the stop motion movement of the endoskeleton (and the future machines) was changed to CGI in the later editions. This (or Commando?) was the very first Arnold movie I saw and I became an instant fan. In the 80s and the first half of the 90s, Arnold and Sly (mostly Arnold for me) were the biggest action stars, we loved their movies, even if they weren't all equally strong in retrospect. By the way, although I loved T2 as a teenager, in retrospect I consider T1 to be the best T-film. It has such an ominous, post-apocalyptic (and pre-apocalyptic :)) atmosphere, which along with the grainy, "analog" feel of the 80s makes it perfect for me. Actually, this can be considered "THE" Terminator movie because it was made as a standalone movie, not the first part of a franchise, Cameron did not plan to make a sequel as far as I know. Many years passed between the two films and the popularity of T1 grew over the years led to the continuation of the story. (Which for many of us ended with T2.)
Laser sights weren't on the market when T1 came out. They were in development and Cameron found out and included it in the film. There was an article in Guns & Ammo magazine about this new action film showing off this upcoming new thing.
I was 13 when this movie came out and it is one of my favorites. It goes without saying that I love the second one even more. It was epic in so many ways. I cannot wait to see your reaction to it. The cop that Terminator takes the car from was played by William Wisher, who co-wrote the screenplays for both Terminator films with James Cameron. Brad Fiedel, who composed the scores for both Terminator films, also composed the score for the 1985 vampire movie Fright Night, which was from the director of the original Child's Play movie.
Arnold was originally cast to play Kyle. He said no, he wanted to be the terminator. Cameron came around to it.
BTW, check out the change in Sarah's character at the beginning of Terminator 2.
24:40 `Hk - aerials´, by the way, this is one of my favourite parts.
Little tidbit, the “code” you see through the Terminator’s eyes is 6502 assembly code, a la Commodore 64/Atari 800 of that era. So, this Terminator is powered by a 6502 8-bit processor, like both the C64/Atari 800 and Bender from Futurama.
Kyle didn't "see" the Time Displacement equipment destroyed, he just knew that was the plan.
However in one time loop, the second Terminator would have existed in Kyles past ... Maybe? 🤔
The "clink" in the theme song was compiser Brad Fidel hitting a metal pot with a wooden spoon
Awesome reaction, you two! This was my favorite movie as a youngster. :) My dad went and bought it for himself but I watched it with him and fell in love, so he gave the VHS to me. :)
This movie never fails to make me smile and get emotional. :) Always a good time!
There's so much trivia spawned by this film and the Cameronverse. Michael Bien, who played Reese/Cpl Hicks was a rockstar in the industry at this point, and would take a long hiatus from Hollywood a few years later, emerging every now and then to do lone films, and then fade from view again. In the last decade he has started to really re-emerge starting by voicing the main character of Farcry Bloodragon, which was essentially just a giant nostalgia machine meant to replicate the glorious cheese and lazer effects of the 1980's.
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."
11:09 "That guy" is actually James Cameron himself :) His other cameo in this movie is the voice of "Stan Morsky" on the answering machine, who canceled a date with Sarah.
As for the cast of "Aliens", I'm really curious if you can recognize Vazquez in Terminator 2? Jenette Goldstein's role is quite prominent there, but I couldn't recognize her right away.
James Cameron is the voice on the phone but not the actor at the timestamp you quoted, that's an actor named Darrell Mapson.
He also did the voice of the tiki motel manager both talking to Sarah and on the phone to the terminator
Great reaction! It is fun to see such excitement about this movie. When this came out in the theater, we felt like you did.
„Nice night for a walk, eh?“
4:29 Fun Fact: The date the cop says here "Thursday...uh...May twelfth" was actually the date this scene was filmed...in 1983 not 1984 when the film takes place...normally the following year would cause the date to be only ONE day of the week later, but since 1984 was a leap year, May 12, 1984 was ACTUALLY a Saturday. LOL
Michael Biehn's stunt double actually performed that shot of Reese falling into the past for real. A lot of shots were done quickly as they only had a license to film in certain areas on certain days so they had the stuntman climb on to a board wedged between two ladders and kind of slide off it on to the pavement with no crash mat. Real heroic stuntman to get what is an iconic shot with the realism intact. If you pause just right you also catch a shot of Reese's stuntman when he's hitting the Terminator skeleton with a crowbar before being knocked aside.
Apparently Reese's stuntman broke a few ribs when he did that fall
"Oh my god. He's just going to kill everyone."
Of course. He's a Terminator.
11:51 not Frank(impressed youre familier with The Zappa) its a band called Tahnee Cain & Tryanglz "You can do that"
No, you're actually wrong. Songs by Tahnee Cain & Tryanglz were performed in scenes at the club. The song we're talking about is "Intimacy" by Linn Van Hek.
The original movie Westworld from the seventies with Yul Brenner had a similar story. A guy being chased by a robot cowboy in a futuristic theme park. Brenner plays a excellent robot. Worth watching too. Holds up well.
Jordan is spot-on - the Terminator Theme is a fantastic piece of music. You can use different parts of it for so many moods/sections of the film.
Fun thing also is, that Kyle said, that he wish to know what she was thinking in this picture. - She thought about him.
After T2, be sure to check out "TRUE LIES" (1994) for a top shelf action film with tons of humor. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Arnold, and of course, our man Bill Paxton. It's one of those gotta-see films from back when action heroes ruled. Good, good stuff!
For the Terminator at the end the close ups are a puppet from the waist up. The full body shots are stop-motion.
19:37 - Gargoyles. I have those sunglasses because of this movie.😉
Escape from New York (1981) is a fun iconic 80's action movie with Kurt Russell (The Thing) directed by John Carpenter (The Thing).
Also, you got to watch Paul Verhoeven's big three SF from the 80's and 90's: Robocop (1987), Total Recall (1990), and Starship Troopers (1997).
Your mention of the music reminded me how this was similar to John Carpenter scores so I looked it up. Brad Fiedel has a pretty interesting film history.
Her reaction was great! Looking forward seeing you two watch T2.
I am so pumped for you guys to see T2. It's a touchstone movie for me.
Notice the similarity between the end of this movie and Alien (even though Cameron did Alien 2, not Alien). Cameron met Linda Hamilton on this movie and married her seven years later after making Terminator 2:Judgement Day (after three marriages, the last of the three to Kathryn Bigelow who directed Point Break and The Hurt Locker). He and Hamilton divorced a few years later.
I've said it before, an I'm probably going to say it agian, but one thing you have to remember, when watching these old movies, is, back in the day, it was all analog. Old film-strips and old vhs-tapes. No super duper 4K digitally remasteded versions back then. That went a long way to hide some of the effects, like the switch between animatronics and live action.
I actually like this one more than the second.
One piece of trivia I never see mentioned: The Terminator in the future that infiltrates the hideout is Franco Columbu, a fellow bodybuilder and friend of Arnold.
The Terminator rising out of the fire was the vison James Cameron had in a dream. When he woke up, he sketched that moment (you should look it up, its an amazing picture) and the movie idea was born. They actually cast Lance in the role as Terminator, even going so far as character sketches (also look those up theyre great) but ultimately, Arnold was chosen. Def the right choice!