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 🤷🏻♂️
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 📽️🍿
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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."
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.
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".
“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
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. ❤❤❤
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.
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.
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.
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"
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.
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.
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.
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 😊
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)
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.
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.
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."
The factory at the end was originally meant to be revealed as Cyberdyne Systems when the camera pulled back, but they didn't have the sign when it came to shoot the sequence. While not cannon (until T2), Skynet ensured its own existence by sending the terminator back through time.
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? 🤔
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).
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. 😊
Yes, the sequel is one of the greatest scifi films ever made. But what it gained in larger budget and spectacle, it lost the gritty dark vibe of the original. I love the dirty rawness of this film.
This year also is the year the terminator will be developed. Sarah Connor in 1984: "I'm not stupid. They can't make things like that yet." Kyle Reese: "Not for about 40 years." Though we managed to live through 1997 without Skynet being created, we also didn't get flying cars or hoverboards in 2015. So you win some and lose some I guess.
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.
agree to disagree, but i go in from the perspective of studios seeing this is nothing more than a b movie sci fi horror movie, not the blockbuster franchise the movie created. Just imagine how incredible the first film would have been, had the producers had even 1/4 of the faith they did with Terminator 2 in terms of a production budget, even with 80's era editing tech and much heavier use of practical effects over digital effects.
@@dustinherk8124 I love T2 dont get me wrong. But the idea and story behind T1 is so original. T2 basically copies the idea....just with a bigger budget and more action. I just prefer the original that's all. Each to their own
This film is actually the reason Aliens was made by James Cameron. He had asked 20th Century Fox about directing a sequel to Alien, but so far he hadn't directed a huge studio production, so he had to first prove he could make a successful film. He was able to make his own movie, The Terminator, and if it were successful and made back it's money, then he would be allowed to get his chance at Aliens. The budget was 6.4 million to make Terminator, but it's box office was 78.3 million. After Terminator and Aliens, James Cameron would be one of the biggest Directors in Hollywood, making hit after hit with huge budget blockbusters.
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.
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.
Fun Fact: At the start, The Terminator crushed a toy truck with its car. That scene was there to enforce the fact that the character was the bad guy, as previously Schwarzenegger only played good guys in his previous movies,
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."
"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.
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.
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.
i only ever got toys, and few of them, for Christmas' and birthdays as a kid so the only reaction i ever had to Arnie driving over the toy truck is " what kind of asshole spoiled kid just leaves his toys in the street like that ?!"
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.
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.
This movie is not necessary to understand T2, but it does provide important context to the story. Sarah's fear is far more justified when you know she knows how impossible they are to destroy.
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.
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
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.
Nothing beats nor will ever beat The Empire Strikes Back as the greatest sequel in history. In fact it frequently wins greatest film ever in polls and surveys.
@@mattmurdoch6720Nostalgia has nothing to do with it, dude. People consistently put Empire as the best Star Wars film and one of the best science fiction/fantasy films of all time. Considering it directly follows another landmark film in A New Hope, that makes it by definition one of the best sequels of all time.
This movie has three people from the Aliens. The late Bill Paxton as one of the punks, Michael Biehn as Kyle Reese and Lance Henriksen (Bishop in Aliens) as one of the detectives.
Until box office success earned him the luxury of making big budget films, James Cameron (and his then wife / producer Gale Anne Hurd) knew how to do more with less, a resourcefulness that was honed while working for Roger Corman. There isn't enough appreciation for how this enduring 40-year old classic was made on a measly budget of $6.4M (compared to the box office return of $78M) by a little known director who wasn't yet 30 during production. It's a filmmaking masterclass on how to rely on good storytelling, not flashy FX, to sell an otherwise implausible story of time travel and cybernetic killing machines. As for action movie recommendations, I would suggest a few that other reactors have not paid attention to: Hanna (2011) featuring a teenaged Saoirse Ronan and deftly directed by Joe Wright who was mostly known for period pieces at the time; The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996) starring Geena Davis and directed by her then husband, Renny Harlin, the very capable action movie director of Die Hard 2, Cliffhanger, etc. Also Universal Soldier: Regeneration (2009) and Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning (2012), both directed by John Hyams, son of director Peter Hyams, who up to then was a documentarian. Hyams gained a good grasp of how to shoot action while making The Smashing Machine, a documentary about an MMA fighter. The first Universal Soldier (1992) might be necessary only for context, but the middle 3 films in the franchise can be skipped, as Regeneration and Day of Reckoning are considered "alternative sequels". The last two films are hyper violent but there is a sombre meaning and subtext to it that ensure it is not gratuitous, a quality missing from a lot of action movies.
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
Yeah, there are actually loads who think the first Terminator movie is the very best of them all. I'm not arguing the T2 being excellent too, they're just so very different. I love them both!
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!
7:32 "OMG, he wasted her!" Chandra, she was terminated.😉 Yes, T2 is great, but I guess I'm in the minority that likes this original better. I must've been 8 or 9 when I saw it at home on HBO or VHS. Those red eyes when it's crawling after her near the end stayed with me! I like the suspense aspects of the original more than the action aspects of 2. Same with "Alien" and "Aliens". Thanks for the reaction. I love that these 'old' movies from back in my day are getting rediscovered.
Trivia: The Terminator that infiltrates the underground base in the second flashback sequence was played by a close friend of Arnold's from his body building days called Franco Columbo.
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!
The actor who played Miles Dyson in T2 is also in a criminally unknown film from 1996, Lonestar, directed by John Sayles. Described by Wikipedia as a neo-western mystery.
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.
I can't believe you guys have never seen The Terminator. It's arguably the greatest low-budget sci-fi monster movie ever made. Then Terminator 2 is arguably the greatest sequel and action film ever made.
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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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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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."
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.
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.
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.
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.
“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
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."
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
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".
“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
Of note; the terminator gets run over by the same type of truck as the toy he runs over near the beginning 😯
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!
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.
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...
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.
"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
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.
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.
Funny how all three 'thugs' were played by actors who had very successful careers.
Awesome! I love how well Jordan avoids giving away spoilers. Great job! ❤
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.
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.
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.
So many iconic lines in this one. "I'll be back" and "You're terminated" are part of culture now
"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.
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!
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'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.
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!
"Oh my god. He's just going to kill everyone."
Of course. He's a Terminator.
I actually like this one more than the second.
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."
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.
of course, the paradox is, if Skynet had succeeded in killing Sarah, then they wouldn’t have needed to send back a Terminator to kill her 😂
Did you learn nothing from the Hulk!
Or. If Skynet hadn't sent a terminator back, the resistance wouldn't have sent Kyle back, there wouldn't have been a John Conner to defeat Skynet.
The factory at the end was originally meant to be revealed as Cyberdyne Systems when the camera pulled back, but they didn't have the sign when it came to shoot the sequence. While not cannon (until T2), Skynet ensured its own existence by sending the terminator back through time.
„Nice night for a walk, eh?“
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? 🤔
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.
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. 😊
Channel is growing so quickly. Happy for you guys.
Yes, the sequel is one of the greatest scifi films ever made. But what it gained in larger budget and spectacle, it lost the gritty dark vibe of the original. I love the dirty rawness of this film.
this year , The terminator, Ghostbusters, Beverly Hills Cop ,Nightmare On Elm Street will celebrate 40 years of release.
The first 3 are great movies.
@@paulmartin2348Not a fan of the OG Nightmare?
This year also is the year the terminator will be developed.
Sarah Connor in 1984: "I'm not stupid. They can't make things like that yet."
Kyle Reese: "Not for about 40 years."
Though we managed to live through 1997 without Skynet being created, we also didn't get flying cars or hoverboards in 2015. So you win some and lose some I guess.
When Reese was describing the photo, he says he wondered what she was thinking in that moment. She was thinking about him.
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.
'like old-school Nike shoes.' ... as Marty McFly's 'uncle' in 1955 might say 'They're brand new!'
Can't wait to see Chandra's reaction to T2!!! SOOOOO GOOD!!!
25:11=They are using an old TV as a campfire to stay warm at night, since the TV no longer works.
Fun thing also is, that Kyle said, that he wish to know what she was thinking in this picture. - She thought about him.
Terminator 2 was a huge hit at the box office and a great sequel. But this is the better film without a doubt. A classic
agree to disagree, but i go in from the perspective of studios seeing this is nothing more than a b movie sci fi horror movie, not the blockbuster franchise the movie created. Just imagine how incredible the first film would have been, had the producers had even 1/4 of the faith they did with Terminator 2 in terms of a production budget, even with 80's era editing tech and much heavier use of practical effects over digital effects.
@@dustinherk8124 I love T2 dont get me wrong. But the idea and story behind T1 is so original. T2 basically copies the idea....just with a bigger budget and more action.
I just prefer the original that's all. Each to their own
This film is actually the reason Aliens was made by James Cameron. He had asked 20th Century Fox about directing a sequel to Alien, but so far he hadn't directed a huge studio production, so he had to first prove he could make a successful film. He was able to make his own movie, The Terminator, and if it were successful and made back it's money, then he would be allowed to get his chance at Aliens. The budget was 6.4 million to make Terminator, but it's box office was 78.3 million. After Terminator and Aliens, James Cameron would be one of the biggest Directors in Hollywood, making hit after hit with huge budget blockbusters.
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
The reason why the T-800 looks so cool in T1 is the fact it was a puppet with puppeteers.
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.
Fun Fact: At the start, The Terminator crushed a toy truck with its car. That scene was there to enforce the fact that the character was the bad guy, as previously Schwarzenegger only played good guys in his previous movies,
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."
"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.
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.
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.
God Damn... That stache... I am like... 10 seconds in and all I see is this amazing stache...
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
No, he tore his heart out.
Awesome reaction guys. My ranking of Terminator movies:
T1 and T2 >>>>>>> T4 and T5 >>>>>> T3 and T6
i only ever got toys, and few of them, for Christmas' and birthdays as a kid so the only reaction i ever had to Arnie driving over the toy truck is " what kind of asshole spoiled kid just leaves his toys in the street like that ?!"
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.
@11:37...it's accurate. 911 as a phone thing didn't exist in LA until October of 1984.
Recognized the photo. ✓
Appreciated the effects. ✓
great reaction
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.
You have to keep reminding yourself that this is 40 years old. The effects were cutting edge at the time. And yes, I saw this in 1984.
Am I the only person who still thinks the '80s were 10 years ago in my head?
@@paulmartin2348we’re not in the 80’s now?
The Arnold puppet was garbage in 1984. But, there was no other way.
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.
This movie is not necessary to understand T2, but it does provide important context to the story. Sarah's fear is far more justified when you know she knows how impossible they are to destroy.
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.
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
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
My favorite continuity error I can never unsee is of the 3 addresses in the telephone book,none are the address of the first Sarah Connors house
Terminator 2 is up there with Aliens as the best sequel of all time.
Nothing beats nor will ever beat The Empire Strikes Back as the greatest sequel in history. In fact it frequently wins greatest film ever in polls and surveys.
@@JCG52577T2,Aliens,The Dark knight,The winter Soldier>>>>>>>>>>>>> star wars 5. Take your head out of nostalgia dude
@@mattmurdoch6720Nostalgia has nothing to do with it, dude. People consistently put Empire as the best Star Wars film and one of the best science fiction/fantasy films of all time. Considering it directly follows another landmark film in A New Hope, that makes it by definition one of the best sequels of all time.
This movie has three people from the Aliens. The late Bill Paxton as one of the punks, Michael Biehn as Kyle Reese and Lance Henriksen (Bishop in Aliens) as one of the detectives.
Try to not forget to get the "extented cut" for Terminator 2 ;)
Chandra's reaction is GOLD! 🤣👍🤭 She's going to love T2! 😁
Until box office success earned him the luxury of making big budget films, James Cameron (and his then wife / producer Gale Anne Hurd) knew how to do more with less, a resourcefulness that was honed while working for Roger Corman. There isn't enough appreciation for how this enduring 40-year old classic was made on a measly budget of $6.4M (compared to the box office return of $78M) by a little known director who wasn't yet 30 during production. It's a filmmaking masterclass on how to rely on good storytelling, not flashy FX, to sell an otherwise implausible story of time travel and cybernetic killing machines.
As for action movie recommendations, I would suggest a few that other reactors have not paid attention to: Hanna (2011) featuring a teenaged Saoirse Ronan and deftly directed by Joe Wright who was mostly known for period pieces at the time; The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996) starring Geena Davis and directed by her then husband, Renny Harlin, the very capable action movie director of Die Hard 2, Cliffhanger, etc.
Also Universal Soldier: Regeneration (2009) and Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning (2012), both directed by John Hyams, son of director Peter Hyams, who up to then was a documentarian. Hyams gained a good grasp of how to shoot action while making The Smashing Machine, a documentary about an MMA fighter. The first Universal Soldier (1992) might be necessary only for context, but the middle 3 films in the franchise can be skipped, as Regeneration and Day of Reckoning are considered "alternative sequels". The last two films are hyper violent but there is a sombre meaning and subtext to it that ensure it is not gratuitous, a quality missing from a lot of action movies.
James Cameron was born in 1947 and so would be 37, the same age as Arnold Schwarzenegger at the time when they made terminator
@@MDBowron His birthday is listed (at least according to Wiki) as August 16, 1954 and development / production on Terminator started around 1982.
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
Yeah, there are actually loads who think the first Terminator movie is the very best of them all. I'm not arguing the T2 being excellent too, they're just so very different. I love them both!
Ayyyy, Julia Stiles reacting to The Terminator?? Now this I've gotta see!!
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!
the second movie may have been the Great Sequel, but this one was the Great Beginning! I can't say it any better!
7:32 "OMG, he wasted her!" Chandra, she was terminated.😉 Yes, T2 is great, but I guess I'm in the minority that likes this original better. I must've been 8 or 9 when I saw it at home on HBO or VHS. Those red eyes when it's crawling after her near the end stayed with me! I like the suspense aspects of the original more than the action aspects of 2. Same with "Alien" and "Aliens". Thanks for the reaction. I love that these 'old' movies from back in my day are getting rediscovered.
he always wondered what she was thinking about in the picture... she was thinking of him
Trivia: The Terminator that infiltrates the underground base in the second flashback sequence was played by a close friend of Arnold's from his body building days called Franco Columbo.
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!
"Is that Frank Zappa I hear?" Whether it was or not, you got me. Subscribed.
The "clink" in the theme song was compiser Brad Fidel hitting a metal pot with a wooden spoon
The actor who played Miles Dyson in T2 is also in a criminally unknown film from 1996, Lonestar, directed by John Sayles. Described by Wikipedia as a neo-western mystery.
He was also the Brother from Another Planet.
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.
I can't believe you guys have never seen The Terminator. It's arguably the greatest low-budget sci-fi monster movie ever made.
Then Terminator 2 is arguably the greatest sequel and action film ever made.