The second one is one of my favorite movies ever. The rest of the Terminator franchise are a bit more so-so, but if you're into the setting you should definitely see all of them at least once, if just to make your opinion about them. (The series should be given a chance, but are fine to skip if you lose interest - no major new developments there.)
I've that move dozens of times but never saw the deleted scenes until I looked them up just now. Why in the world did they cut those scenes between Sarah and Reese (Also the one with dying cop)? They would have made the movie much better in my opinion.
After this comment I went and watched them too. Never knew about them. I think the only ones they should have left in were the tickling scene and the final scene showing the factory was Ciberdine Systems. The rest were kind of “TV movie” quality… yes including Kyle’s crying scene.
My favorite part is that Kyle always wondered what Sarah was thinking at that moment of the picture. And it turned out she was thinking of Kyle. Lovers across time.
@SgtSteel1 I think that's the point the original Universe where she originally died doesn't exist anymore each continuous time-travel creates a new universe with the new Sarah and a new Kyle and a new John. With this version of time-travel I don't think we're ever supposed to feel peace which in a way makes sense for this universe and I also think with each continuous Universe Skynet dies a little bit more so in the end the last universe will be no Skynet whatsoever
The sweet thing about Kyle and Sarah is that he fell in love with her seeing her picture as he wondered what she thought about. When, in that moment, she was actually thinking about him and how she loved him.
Kyle Reese was played by the same actor a Hicks in aliens. The policeman at the station was Lance Hendrickson ( however you spell it) he played bishop the android on aliens. The punk terminator kills to get his clothes, was bill Paxton who played Hudson on aliens.
The photo is kind of sweet. Kyle essentially fell in love with her over that picture, saying she seemed sad and he always wondered what she was thinking about in it. The kid took the photo when she was thinking about him. Only we the audience can make that connection.
You're spot-on about Kyle not having seen the world like this. There's a deleted scene where he has a bit of a meltdown about it. Totally worth looking up. And since I know you've seen the sequel it's safe to say there's also a deleted scene at the end of this one that shows that shows that the place Sara crushed the terminator was actually Cyberdine who would go on to make Skynet. So _both_ John and Skynet wouldn't have existed without this time travel. It's a real chicken-and-the-egg puzzle.
My favourite thing about this movie is that it's a *closed loop* . The sequel opens up a whole can of worms, but this movie works perfectly with the time travel creating a closed loop of causality where everything checks out.
@@trequor how? the future that couldn't have existed in the first place changed the past to create itself... that doesn't check out. the past should not be dependent on the future. aka effect before cause.
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@@hzhang1228usually, when there's a paradox like this, I feel the easiest answer is that before the paradox occurred, things were slightly different. Skynet was created by SOMEONE. SOMEONE conceived John with Sarah. Judgement Day happened and John ended Skynet. When Skynet tried to change the past, and John sent Kyle to stop the Terminator, they set the paradox in motion and this timeline is how things settled out.
@@VanDavis you're thinking very linearly. With a timemachine, causality no longer works. Your future self visits you and tells you the winning numbers for this month's lottery, you get rich, go back in time to tell your past self the numbers. Where did you learn about the numbers? Same thing here. Kyle was always sent back, and he was always the father.
OH the Terminator endoskeleton is one of the all time BEST sci-fi props ever... Soooo compellingly realistic... you'd believe it was there the whole time after seeing it after the tanker truck explosion.
27:38 Talk about extinct technology. That camera was a Kodak Kodamatic 960, using Kodak Instant film. Polaroid took one look at this development and sued Kodak for copyright/patent infringement. They succeeded in making Kodak Instant film as absent as the dinosaurs. By coming to terms with Polaroid and keeping Fuji Instant film a Japan-only thing, Fuji Photo Film is the last one standing.
Funny thing is that Arnold played the bad guy and went on to become one of the biggest actors in history, while Michael Bien took the good guy role and pretty much never went anywhere. Sorta like Mark Hamill with Luke Skywalker.
Good question. I live in California and I voted for The Terminator. It was a cool thing to do at the time, but Arnold turned out to be a lousy governor :(
Originally, Arnold was supposed to play the good part. After reading the script, he really wanted to play the role of the Terminator. A good and important decision.
Sorta,, he was explaining everything he wanted the terminator to do. And then James wanted him to be the terminator and convinced him he would make him a star from it.
Cameron's argument was that the Terminator was supposed to look like an average ordinary guy Arnold's argument was Skynet would send back the biggest badest unit it had. Arnold won the argument
On the disc extras, Cameron tells the story of meeting Arnold. The studio was insisting that there be a name in the picture, to draw people. Cameron assumed that Arnold wanted to play the hero part. Cameron was still new, this was his first big movie, so he didn't have enough clout to tell the studio no. So, he figured the only way to keep Arnold from stealing the hero role would be if Cameron pissed Arnold off so bad that Arnold would tell the studio that he didn't want the part. Cameron said that when he left for the meeting, he told his roommate, "I'm on my way to pick a fight with Arnold Schwarzenegger." After meeting him, learning that he wanted the Terminator part, and finding how invested he was in the story, they ended up becoming fast friends.
Exactly. multiple paradox's in this movie. Kyle will exist even though he dies in the past. John knows that not only does someone have to go back in time to protect Sarah in order for John to even exist, but it can only be Kyle. Also John, being the first iteration in his existence overall existence, knows that he will be created again while he still actually lives his current life. AND if John makes it to old age (and events repeat themselves as they would have to in at least one of the possible timelines), he would know that there is likely three of him in existence concurrently. AND this would require J1 to now conceal his identity from J2 and all who may know him, so that J2 can organically arrive at the right decision that allowed him to exist at all. I'm sure there are more paradoxes to consider if I put my mind to it, but it's already making my head hurt.
@@spartanical my question always is this... how was john ever born from sarah before kyle reese shows up? think about it, john is born in the 90's kyle reese isnt even originally born until after the year 2000 something.. and john sends him back. HOW was john ever originally born before kyle was every originally born. does that make sense? use yourself... say your dad comes back in time to sleep with your mom because you sent him back but your dad isnt even born until 2030... how do you exist now then????
@@corygallimore809 Good point, I guess when the terminator goes back in time and John sends Kyle back after him, they create a new timeline where Kyle becomes the father to a different John Connor, They do stress that the future in not fixed and so maybe "Beta John Connor" is not heading for the same future. Things do seem to play-out somewhat differently in the other films from what's described by Kyle in this film. Btw, John was born in 1984 (when this film takes place) or maybe 85 depending on what time of year this is. Kyle wound have been born in the 2000s. Which would make John about the same age as his paternal grandparents!
@@pmickeyny6002 new time line, or "beta john" or not, still doesnt explain how the FIRST john was ever born. Oh well. and yea.. the future isnt the same as kyle said in this movie, because he gets sent back with info.. which just further delays skynets plans (through out the sequels) so that part makes sense.
One of my absolute favourite things about this movie is that Reese fell in love with her from her legend, but also from looking at the picture and wondering what she was thinking of, and what she was thinking of, was him. It will scramble your brain for sure, but it's so sweet and sad!
I ADORE the ending to this movie. Sarah sees the storm coming, clearly a metaphor for the war and she rides into it because she knows she must. Badass.
It's a great metaphor as we all have those moments, nerves crumbling before a monumental task, never easy to steel ourselves and overcome. I am in such a situation now heh
What's also disconcerting is that the old man tells her there's a storm coming with a rather grim face. It's as if he also knows something really bad is going to happen, and it's not just wind and rain.
"How could anyone have elected him after seeing this", is probably the most adorable quote from popcorn to date! Lots of love from Sydney Australia Popcorn! :)
I agree with some of your other viewers. "How could anyone every elect him after seeing this" has to be the best line I have every heard during a movie reaction. You are so sweet, it is adorable.
This was the best reaction to this movie I've ever seen. You were right there with Sarah, feeling everything she was feeling, literally beat for beat, and that was amazing. Instead of being all cynical about watching "some old action movie", you suspended your disbelief and just took the ride. I've never seen anybody else do that before. The Terminator is one of the best, and so are you. So, from now on, every time you post a reaction...I'll be back. :)
“How could anyone elect him after seeing this?" Hey, Cameron's first choice for the Terminator was O.J. Simpson, but ironically, Cameron didn't think he'd be believable as a killer cyborg because of his public persona where he was seen as such a nice guy. lol 😂
I'm thinking Cassie means "elect him governor of California", not "cast him in this role instead of the director's favorite actor". It's simple. After a couple hundred nobodies got on the recall election ballot, Arnold tossed his hat into the ring, somebody coined the title for him as "The Governator," (ie, an unstoppable machine), and the rest was history.
“How can anyone elect him after seeing this?” 😂😂😂😂😂 That has gotta be the funniest thing I’ve heard this year. And Demolition Man is another good scifi watch, that one with Stallone & Snipes.
I always get this hilarious picture in my head of Sarah getting away from the terminator without crushing it. There's half a robot, crawling down the side of the interstate at 9 in the morning, looking for Sarah who's on a plane to Omaha or wherever.
Something subtle that most people miss. Kyle says “I always wondered what you were thinking about in that moment” talking about the picture of her that John, his son, gave to him. When the picture was taken she was thinking about their love. Great story telling...
This film was Arnold Schwarzenegger's first major role. And James Cameron's first major direction. The cast might be familiar. The lead actor, Michael Biehn, who played the main role here (as Kyle Reese), later appeared in Aliens as Corporal Hicks. Lance Henriksen, who played the supporting role of the police sergeant in The Terminator, played the role of Bishop the android in Aliens. Finally - but not least - , the great Bill Paxton (R.I.P) also first appeared in The Terminator. He was the blue-haired punk that the Terminator killed first. He was Private Hudson, the loud-mouthed macho, in Aliens. So Cameron kept his favorite actors for later. Cameron made his breakthrough with The Terminator, not with Titanic or Avatar.
My favorite thing about this movie is that Kyle spent his life wondering what Sarah was thinking about in that picture, and he never knew that what she had been thinking about was him.
I always jokingly said Terminator was the greatest love story ever made. I've said it so long I totally believe it's true, this is a crazy love story when you really think about it.
@@kwdenman I love the movie it's one of my favorites all time, but calling it a great love story? he fell in love with her based on an old Polaroid when she was dead by the time he saw it, modern women would be weirded out by that
I always love that moment in the hotel right before the terminator shows up, when Kyle smiles, honestly that may have been the first time he has ever done that when you think of his history. Kinda sweet non verbal storytelling.
"He's gonna kill them in 3, 2, 1..." "I'LL BE BACK." *Cassie smiles* Even if this is her first time watching the movie, she knows an iconic line when she hears one. 😆😆
To be fair I think this was the only time Arnie played the Bad Guy after this he played the hero and some of the movies were comedy's & child friendly.
@@harrybetteridge7532 Still decent person now. He could stay quiet about everything that’s going on and he puts himself out there. All things considering, he wasn’t that bad.
Fun Fact : The post-apocalyptic scenes were actually shot in my town in northern England. They had to clean the place up a bit first but I think it looked pretty realistic.
I love how Cassie reacts to the machines ("are they alive?") as if she's living in the 80s. You're phone can talk to you, we have self-driving cars (ok ok...not yet perfect ones), AI beats us in strategy games, drones kill people on command...it's not science fiction anymore.
@@RobertMcPhalen It's kind of a philosophical question, but we seem to be on the path to a similar future with an AI becoming self aware and spreading through the internet aka "Skynet".
You know Cass, the most beautiful and melancholy moment in this movie is that ending. Kyle told Sarah that in the picture that John gave her she looked sad, and he always wondered what she was thinking. The ending shows it. She was thinking about you Kyle. She was sad because she lost you. He could never know that and she'd never be able to tell him. 😢
This is a testament to James Cameron's brilliant writing and one of the reasons why i think The Terminator is a better movie than any of the sequels including T2 (which i still think is brilliant)
This was back when a movie with a strong female lead didn't need to tell you it had a strong female lead. The quality of the character development and excellent acting spoke for itself.
And she had flaws which is seriously lacking today. Feminist wonder why no one wants to see their overpowered whamen movies, it's simply put, no real woman can identify with the perfect Mary Sue.
@@spirittammyk Even back then it was pushed in your face, I just think people complain too much either way. There's a pendulum swing, and Hollywood is always going to follow that pendulum swing.
@@kalelvigil1510 there have been a few movies with overly-obnoxious “girl power”, including that last Terminator movie. But I also agree that the whole “Wahh Mary Sue” thing has gotten overblown. I think if Terminator and Aliens came out today exactly as they were, they’d get the exact same blowback from the same people online that complains out all the other movies.
The police lieutenant believes him! In a scene that was cut, it shows the dying lieutenant giving Reece his gun, telling him to keep Sarah alive at all costs.
Then there's the deleted scene where the PCB gets nicked and sent to R&D, with the closing shot showing us the final confrontation took place in a Cyberdyne-owned facility.
Fun trivia: Prior to being cast as The Terminator, Arnold Schwarzenegger watched Westworld (1973), and was amazed by Yul Brynner's performance as a robot in the film. During their first meeting, Schwarzenegger talked to James Cameron about how The Terminator should be played and that whoever plays it shouldn't act like a machine, but be a machine. This convinced Cameron to cast Schwarzenegger as The Terminator.
It's sweet that she was thinking about Kyle when the picture was taken. He had always wondered what she was thinking about when it was taken. She was thinking of him
"How could anyone have ever elected him after seeing this?" Not trying to request a movie or anything, but watch Twins with him and Danny DeVito. He really is an unbelievably charming man when he's not being told to terminate Sarah Connors.
"Twins" was awesome, and I really liked him in "Kindergarten Cop," as well; his chemistry with Pamela Reed (playing his police officer partner), and Linda Hunt as the school principal, were awesome (and the kids were just hilarious).
@Speaker of Thoughts, Free Speech Advocate My wife and I use that line a lot, usually in relation to some spot, headache, or illness which crops up. Imagine our surprise when one of the things DID turn out to be a spot of skin cancer. I'm all right, though...got it taken care of.
@Speaker of Thoughts, Free Speech Advocate The conversation went somewhat like, "It's not a tum...wait, what? That motherf'er IS a tumor? Dayum...well, ain't that some...wait'll I tell my wife!" I have the vocabulary of a well-educated sailor. Usually, I am the grammarian about whom your mother warned, but this caught me a bit flat-footed. 😅
The first two terminator movies, are some of all time favourite movies ever, and I've watched them countless times. But the time line always has baffled me how it works out. Incredible video cassie. Keep being amazing
Which was even funnier when remembering how Arianna Huffington made fun of Arnold during the recall debate for smashing Kristianna Lokken's head into a toilet in Terminator 3 and he still got elected over her
I always tear up at the end when it’s revealed Sarah was thinking about Kyle when her picture was taken. Kyle spent years looking at it and never knew. 🥲
The sequel, Terminator 2, is hands down one of the best action movies ever made. Takes the basis of The Terminator and builds on it in a way that is utterly incredible and surprising. You will love it.
@@dje6719 No, that was Bill Paxton who played Private Hudson, who made that line. Corporal Hicks from Aliens is played by Michael Biehn who also plays Kyle Reese.
Brings me such joy seeing a first time viewer connect the dots in movies that I've seen countless times since I was a kid. Can't wait for your T2 video!
Which begs the question: What DID they eat in the post apocalyptic world? There's no grocery stores; no restaurants. Did they breed chickens and pigs underground? Grow potatoes and carrots?
@@liquidbraino When people are in survival mode they'll get food just about wherever they can. Read some of the stories about soldiers in wars from about as far back as ancient Rome or as recent as WWII, and how THEY ate; when you're desperate enough you can get pretty creative.
@@liquidbraino"Que es este carne?" "Este carne es de rata." "Rat? This is a rat burger?" Vendor nods "Not bad! Matter of fact this is the best burger I've had in years!" "Gracias, Senor." "Prego. See ya later." John Spartan in an exchange with a food vendor; "Demolition Man;" 1987
Kyle Reese was played by Michael Biehn who was also in other James Cameron films -- Corporal Hicks in Aliens and The Abyss. Bill Baxton (one of the punks at the beginning) was one of the Marines in Aliens, and Lance Henriksen (the second senior police office) was Bishop in Aliens. Interesting fact.. Arnold was originally sent the script and asked to play Reese. In a brilliant decision he asked to play the machine.
'Terminator' is a perfect great 80s action movie, but honestly I feel like its true purpose was to set things up for 'Terminator 2', which is one of the greatest action films of all time (and was made in the early 90s with much better special effects technology, a bigger budget, and a better soundtrack). Also, Michael Biehn (who played Kyle Reese) is one of the most underrated actors of all time.
As far as I know, the scenario of T2 was originally intended for T1, but they just couldn't make it this way due to technological limitations. If you look closely, the main plot line is basically the same between T1 and T2, so it could be considered as a remake.
Terminator 2 is a kids film.. There's no threat. T-1000 looks good but Arnold had the presence and look in the first movie to make him more menacing and way more of a threat.
@@philipwaller9477 This one was better. Second one was flashier, and much more 'Hollywood', but too much so, at the expense of a soul. My theory is Schwarzenegger was too much of a star, and an ego, by the time of T2 to leave his ham-fists off the story. So he's back, but he's the hero (made no sense), spouting every cliched one-liner in the book (just the sort of thing 'Ahnold' would think was the coolest, cleverest ever). The kid was annoying. And they all lived happily ever after (complete with corny 'thumbs up' heroic sacrifice by the big meathead). Pure cheese. It wasn't terrible, but 'the best ever' is way too much.
Exactly. Michael Biehn was great in Tombstone as Johnny Ringo, and as a Navy SEAL commander in Navy SEALS with Charlie Sheen, in the Abyss with Ed Harris and The Rock with Sean Connery.
The heartbreaking moment for me is that Reece has spent years wondering what sara was thinking about in the picture and at the end we find out she was thinking of him.
I was 14 when this came out. For the day it was pretty good special effects. I remember being freaked out, especially when the terminator was removing the bullets from itself. I've seen all the terminator films all were pretty enjoyable. Great reaction!
The craziest thing about this movie is that Skynet created itself as well as John. Skynet sending the Terminator back into the past was how skynet was created in the first place, from the remains of the Terminator. John was only ever born because Kyle was sent back to protect Sarah from the Terminator. Its the Terminator paradox.
As much as I love the second movie, it really messed up the whole series. The whole point of the plot in the first movie was that the future couldn't be changed. T2 changed that and made the Terminator universe have time travel more Back to the Future style. The recovered terminator wasn't how Skynet came into being, it just jumped Cyberdyne's tech forward faster than it developed the "first" time, according to T2's logic. Like I said, I love T2, one of the best action movies of all time, but it's plot is one of the biggest reasons why all the sequels didn't measure up to the first two, in my opinion. If they had stuck with the time travel logic of the first movie, I think it would have been so much easier for the writers to make progressive sequels leading up to the end of the war with the machines.
@@RikoguSnow Hmm i don't know. It wouldn't have been Skynet if they hadn't used the remains of the first terminator. There is no evidence to suggest that Skynet would have been created without it. If there was some sort of A.I created without the remains of the first Terminator there is also no evidence it would have become self aware. The problem is, was the plot of T2 the actual plot of the story from the start or was it thought up after the first movie. Because there was no book the movie was based on its hard to know the writers intentions. It was a rip off of an outer limits episode which was an adaptation of a short story called Soldier from Tomorrow.
@@RikoguSnow Actually there’s a cut scene from the original Terminator movie where Cyberdine staff hide the terminators remains from the police. The paradox of Skynet being created from the Terminator’s remains were in the first movie but cut only because its timing drew focus away from Sarah’s triumph;
@@TomMagiatzis I'm not sure if you are trying to argue against my point or not, but regardless of whether or not you factor in the deleted scene that doesn't change my point at all. My point was that T2 established that recovering the terminator remains jump started technological advancement. With or without the deleted scene, everything in the first movie suggests that the timeline could not be altered with time travel.
I actually love this techno music, even more than the sequels. It’s so distinctly from this bygone age during the ‘80s and perfectly befitting the bleak post nuclear robot apocalypse feel, yet also working perfectly with the chase scenes through late night LA where you get the desolate sense that even though there are other people around they largely don’t care.
Also, in 1984 it didn't sound as much like video game music to general audiences because home video game systems weren't as widespread yet; the NES didn't even launch in test markets in North America until a year after this movie hit cinemas, for instance. Earlier systems like the Atari consoles had even simpler chiptune music.
Terminator's power source could keep "him" functioning for many years (as per the novelization). Odds are, one way or another, "he" would catch up to them even if they chose to flee to Outer Mongolia. 😕 🙂
"Aliens" was James Cameron's next film after "The Terminator." Several actors from "The Terminator" appeared in "Aliens", like Lance Henriksen, Bill Paxton and Michael Biehn, who played Hicks in "Aliens" and Kyle in "The Terminator".
Robert Patrick is such a great actor. I recently saw the 2nd with my GF. She loves The Faculty (with Robert) and watching the 2nd which was the first time for her, was awesome because I started to see a slight horror aspect to it because the T1000s abilities are very..scary and versatile
For the love of god if you end up watching the sequel, it's critical that you DON'T watch any trailers! Go in as blind as possible, and you're sure to have an incredible ride :)
One of the best things about Cassie is that she is so unspoiled, she experiences movies exactly as the filmmakers intended, thats why she is a delight to watch. I agree, DONT WATCH ANY T2 TRAILERS
@ 8:56 ..."How could anyone ever elect him after seeing this???" The LOL acronym really applied on that line! I actually laughed out loud at that comment!!!
Lucky, this is my favorite movie of all time. I used to ride a big wheel in preschool and pretend I was Arnold. Must have been amazing to see in theaters. Sadly I wasn’t alive to do it
CASSIE has seen ALIENS before watching TERMINATOR but didn't realize Hicks from Aliens is Kyle in Terminator 😂 At 28:34 she says she doesn't who the guy played Kyle is.
"He just killed him! Is he a bad guy?" Yes, yes he is ... And yes, we still have phone books. I get an updated one every few years. My number is unlisted, though. As for not liking the music, it set the ominous mood for the film. This was basically a horror film masquerading as a sci fi jaunt. And this movie was such a hit, that there was a company that made sunglasses that kicked themselves. They turned down having their product in this film, and Oakley stepped up. They sold a bunch of shades after this film became a hit in the theatre and on home video. Edit: I will add my voice to those who say that you should watch the 2nd film, then stop.
Terminator 3 has one of the best motorcycle/car/truck/crane-with-wrecking-ball chase sequences ever. Worth watching just for that scene alone. There are some pretty great, quotable lines, too.
Cassie, what I love about your channel is seing your genuine and innocent reaction when you watch a movie I love. It's so precious! Almost makes me wish I could forget all of them so I could see them again for the first time...
24:32 Fun fact, that shot of the Terminator rising from the flames was in fact the nightmare that James Cameron had while he was brainstorming movie ideas. He saw a machine, not of this current era, rising from hell and getting ready to slaughter him. He woke up and he was inspired to write the script for this movie.
That happened when he got sick with I think malaria will finishing piranha 2. He had almost nothing to do with that movie. However, the contract specified the movie needed an American Director. He was kind of just there. if it wasn't for that crap fest movie there would be no Terminator.
Michael Beihn is great at playing that character. Terminator, Navy Seals, The Abyss, Tombstone.... the more you watch, the more you'll see him and how good he is as a B actor.
Don’t forget Aliens as well. I first saw him in The Fan with the legend herself, Lauren Bacall. If he could hold his own sharing the screen with one of Hollywood’s immortals then you knew he was gonna be top class in his own right. Supremely underrated actor who’s much more than just appearing in action films.
20:00 Welcome to the concept of the Bootstrap Paradox. Yes, John always knew that Reese was his father. Of course, Reese was about twenty-five years younger than him, which was a bit freaky for him, I imagine.
The original Terminator was considered a low budget film- costing around 7 million dollars at the time it was made. That is why the terminator chassis stop motion at the end looked a bit cheap. They probably couldn’t afford to shoot the effect at the full 24 frames per second to make the animation look smoother. Terminator was a low budget flick, and its sequel, Terminator 2, was (at the time) the most expensive film ever made. The technological innovations in T2, by ILM, led directly to the tech needed to make the CGI dinosaurs in Jurassic Park.
In the 80s as a kid that unstoppable stop motion Terminator "skeleton" closing in terrified me. Of course this generation grew up in Cgi ocean. They used stop motion for Star wars imperial walkers and the last battle of the Thing movie. But sadly it was cut short. Also terrifying.
@@riveraharper8166 I agree. You may have been like me, growing up watching Harryhausen. Stop motion was real to us. Even not at a high frame rate, it was more believable than most the CGI that came after this movie.
@@naldow8555 don’t get me wrong, I have no problem with the stop motion. It is just that out of the rest of the film, it suffers the most because of their budget constraints. If the budget had been higher, they could have had more time animating. Time is money, especially for animation.
THANK YOU for reminding us how the director brilliantly keeps us in the dark for 20 minutes at the start of this movie about what is going on but your asking questions made me realize that is the beauty of seeing this movie for the first time (ONLY) - that bit of creativity was lost on me ever since then!
This is my first reaction of yours that I'm seeing, and you are such a gift to filmmakers! Your willingness to invest, to immerse in the story and feel what the characters are feeling - even if sci fi is not your thing, even if it's from 1984 and shows its age in the technical aspects - is awesome. I think Terminator is one of the best sci fi films ever made, but often, non-fans can't suspend their disbelief enough to appreciate it, so I appreciate your coming to the film with an open heart. I'm looking forward to more.
Recently stumbled across this channel and instantly hooked. I've seen this movie and many of these movies millions of times since childhood and watching these reactions is like discovering these films for the first time again, and for some reason it's hitting me right in the feels. Thank you so much for these reactions! I am eagerly awaiting T2! T2 was my first "grownup" movie as a kid and I can't wait to watch it with fresh eyes again!
Imagine as an adult watching your dad grow up, especially knowing his fate. And the best way to deal with the lingering horror left by this movie is to watch the sequel as soon as possible.
Michael Biehn is the actor who played Kyle Reese, you can also see him in "Aliens" "The Abyss" among other movies. He has a cameo in Terminator 2, but the directors cut only, in the theatrical version it was cut.
13:27 Its funny you should say that Cassie, cause in a deleted scene, right after they escape from the police station and wake up the next morning, Reese has a mental breakdown after seeing what the world was once like. You called it right.
“What if the pieces started assembling themselves again?”
Skynet “That’s not a bad idea...”
Cassie skynet has access to the internet and is watching your reaction videos
@@woodchup Damnit its her fault...
I came here for this comment. XD
Terminator 2: “Hold my beer.”
Get ready for the T-1000, T-X and T-3000
Get ready for Terminator 2 - One of the best movies ever made!
I agree the second one is awesome
The second one is one of my favorite movies ever.
The rest of the Terminator franchise are a bit more so-so, but if you're into the setting you should definitely see all of them at least once, if just to make your opinion about them.
(The series should be given a chance, but are fine to skip if you lose interest - no major new developments there.)
@@daemonblackfyre2.049 Except for the kid...with that squeeky voice I kinda wanted him dead by the end. I know, kinda harsh, sorry.
I remember the CGI for T2 being considered cutting edge at that time.
PIB, somebody on your Patreon must have told you that the second movie is better than the first one.
"This world must be blowing Reese's mind."
In a deleted scene he breaks down crying because the world was so beautiful. He wasn't used to it.
I've that move dozens of times but never saw the deleted scenes until I looked them up just now. Why in the world did they cut those scenes between Sarah and Reese (Also the one with dying cop)? They would have made the movie much better in my opinion.
After this comment I went and watched them too. Never knew about them. I think the only ones they should have left in were the tickling scene and the final scene showing the factory was Ciberdine Systems.
The rest were kind of “TV movie” quality… yes including Kyle’s crying scene.
"I'm not supposed to see any of this."
I didn’t know that 🤯
wow, they should have left that in.
“Laser naked guys” had me in stitches 😂 I’ve never heard them described that way and the world is now better for it! 😂😂
The Terminator's alternate title could be: Laser Naked Guy Vs. Laser Naked Guy
“How could anyone have elected him after seeing this??” I died laughing
Slogan: Vote for the Governator!
Hahaha I know
He was playing a character. Simple as.
I did too !! That was funny as hell, I had to pause because my eyes filled with tears. LMFAO
Lol
My favorite part is that Kyle always wondered what Sarah was thinking at that moment of the picture. And it turned out she was thinking of Kyle. Lovers across time.
What the fuck my mind just got blown
I came across time for you , I love you Sarah I always have . One of the best romantic lines in cinema
It's paradoxical, that was the only thing I never liked about this.
@SgtSteel1 I think that's the point the original Universe where she originally died doesn't exist anymore each continuous time-travel creates a new universe with the new Sarah and a new Kyle and a new John. With this version of time-travel I don't think we're ever supposed to feel peace which in a way makes sense for this universe and I also think with each continuous Universe Skynet dies a little bit more so in the end the last universe will be no Skynet whatsoever
It's so beautiful
The sweet thing about Kyle and Sarah is that he fell in love with her seeing her picture as he wondered what she thought about. When, in that moment, she was actually thinking about him and how she loved him.
Damn... Never thought about it that way
love across time lol
@@Maxxburn101 Interstellar love across time and dimensions lol
That's very poignant. And yes, she was.
Yep he fell in love with her looking at a picture where she was thinking about him.
Kyle Reese was played by the same actor a Hicks in aliens. The policeman at the station was Lance Hendrickson ( however you spell it) he played bishop the android on aliens. The punk terminator kills to get his clothes, was bill Paxton who played Hudson on aliens.
Also Lance Henriksen was originally cast in the lead role as The Terminator.
@@DOCTORFREEDOM I know im late but Lance Henriksen also played Weiland in Aliens vs Predator.
@@DOCTORFREEDOM *considered, not cast.
Well, James Cameron did direct Aliens - so same director too right?
You forgot Vasquez in Aliens also played the foster mother in T2.
"He's not nice, he's killing innocent people" - Of course I'm a Turrrminator.
I got a Purrminator at home, trust me people are falling for him left and right..... ;)
That's the name of the movie!
I believe it's spelled "Tuhhhminatuhh"....
Lmao
Best line. Da uuuzeee nien millimedah.
The photo is kind of sweet. Kyle essentially fell in love with her over that picture, saying she seemed sad and he always wondered what she was thinking about in it. The kid took the photo when she was thinking about him. Only we the audience can make that connection.
Probably the saddest, yet most beautiful parts of the movie.
In fact, "Sad yet beautiful" is a pretty good summation of the story.
only after the fact
In all my years as a fan I never put those details together.
Sarah also must really love him too, she did the dirty with him after wearing bum pants for the whole time.
Pretty sure Sarah can make that connection as well.
“Do these two laser naked guys know each other?”
Quite possibly the best question ever.
I am laser naked guy #1. I didn’t know him.
She asks the best questions in the most hilarious, but innocent, ways XD Ahahahahahaha!
I'd say you just beat me to it but I'm obviously watching this late.
But I believe she meant 'lightning naked guys'. Details, Cassie...details.
You're spot-on about Kyle not having seen the world like this. There's a deleted scene where he has a bit of a meltdown about it. Totally worth looking up. And since I know you've seen the sequel it's safe to say there's also a deleted scene at the end of this one that shows that shows that the place Sara crushed the terminator was actually Cyberdine who would go on to make Skynet. So _both_ John and Skynet wouldn't have existed without this time travel. It's a real chicken-and-the-egg puzzle.
My favourite thing about this movie is that it's a *closed loop* . The sequel opens up a whole can of worms, but this movie works perfectly with the time travel creating a closed loop of causality where everything checks out.
@@trequor how? the future that couldn't have existed in the first place changed the past to create itself... that doesn't check out. the past should not be dependent on the future. aka effect before cause.
You don`t know how often this loop has gone of and changed the past->changed the future->changed the past->changed the future->changed the past->changed the future->changed the past->changed the future->changed the past->changed the future->changed the past->changed the future->changed the past->changed the future->changed the past->changed the future->changed the past->changed the future->changed the past->changed the future->changed the past->changed the future->changed the past->changed the future->changed the past->changed the future->changed the past->changed the future->changed the past->changed the future->changed the past->changed the future->changed the past->changed the future->changed the past->changed the future->changed the past->changed the future->changed the past->changed the future->changed the past->changed the future->changed the past->changed the future->changed the past->changed the future->changed the past->changed the future->changed the past->changed the future->changed the past->changed the future->changed the past->changed the future->changed the past->changed the future->changed the past->changed the future->changed the past...and then there are all these futures without a past...what happens to them?😱@@hzhang1228
@@hzhang1228usually, when there's a paradox like this, I feel the easiest answer is that before the paradox occurred, things were slightly different.
Skynet was created by SOMEONE.
SOMEONE conceived John with Sarah.
Judgement Day happened and John ended Skynet.
When Skynet tried to change the past, and John sent Kyle to stop the Terminator, they set the paradox in motion and this timeline is how things settled out.
@@VanDavis you're thinking very linearly. With a timemachine, causality no longer works. Your future self visits you and tells you the winning numbers for this month's lottery, you get rich, go back in time to tell your past self the numbers. Where did you learn about the numbers?
Same thing here. Kyle was always sent back, and he was always the father.
Always loved how Arnold gradually looks more and more like a machine as the movie goes on.
And in T2 he becomes more “human” as the film progresses
OH the Terminator endoskeleton is one of the all time BEST sci-fi props ever... Soooo compellingly realistic... you'd believe it was there the whole time after seeing it after the tanker truck explosion.
Kyle fell in love with a picture of Sarah that was taken when she was thinking about how much she loved Kyle.
And while she was pregnant with his baby
haha, I didn't notice that.
I never thought about that before..🤙
27:38 Talk about extinct technology. That camera was a Kodak Kodamatic 960, using Kodak Instant film. Polaroid took one look at this development and sued Kodak for copyright/patent infringement. They succeeded in making Kodak Instant film as absent as the dinosaurs. By coming to terms with Polaroid and keeping Fuji Instant film a Japan-only thing, Fuji Photo Film is the last one standing.
Funny thing is that Arnold played the bad guy and went on to become one of the biggest actors in history, while Michael Bien took the good guy role and pretty much never went anywhere.
Sorta like Mark Hamill with Luke Skywalker.
"How could've anyone have elected him after seeing this!?!"
You are so unintentionally funny! And consistently too! The BEST one liners!
Yeah lol, that was hilarious.
I also liked "why don´t they just fly to Hawaii?" very much ;-)
Good question. I live in California and I voted for The Terminator. It was a cool thing to do at the time, but Arnold turned out to be a lousy governor :(
I laughed so hard at that :)
Even Arnold, actually ESPECIALLY Arnold would have laughed like hell if he had heard this.
Originally, Arnold was supposed to play the good part. After reading the script, he really wanted to play the role of the Terminator. A good and important decision.
Sorta,, he was explaining everything he wanted the terminator to do. And then James wanted him to be the terminator and convinced him he would make him a star from it.
Cameron's argument was that the Terminator was supposed to look like an average ordinary guy
Arnold's argument was Skynet would send back the biggest badest unit it had.
Arnold won the argument
@@jamesricker3997 Glad he did! I mean, if there ever was a killer robot motherfucker, it might as well look like an Austrian hunk of meat
On the disc extras, Cameron tells the story of meeting Arnold. The studio was insisting that there be a name in the picture, to draw people. Cameron assumed that Arnold wanted to play the hero part. Cameron was still new, this was his first big movie, so he didn't have enough clout to tell the studio no. So, he figured the only way to keep Arnold from stealing the hero role would be if Cameron pissed Arnold off so bad that Arnold would tell the studio that he didn't want the part.
Cameron said that when he left for the meeting, he told his roommate, "I'm on my way to pick a fight with Arnold Schwarzenegger."
After meeting him, learning that he wanted the Terminator part, and finding how invested he was in the story, they ended up becoming fast friends.
And OJ Simpson was supposed to be the bad guy but Cameron said he didn't see him as a killer 🤣
"I don't like the music."
Awww... The soundtrack is some iconic 80's synth...
The soundtrack is one of the best parts!
I like it personally but like… it is kinda dated 😂
@Speaker of Thoughts, Free Speech Advocate very true
idk what she's on about. The music is brilliant.
Well, good taste in anything is still important.
"I'm not good at this"
Predicts John's crazy paradoxal conception
And a bunch of stuff that hasn't happened yet which I won't specify!
Exactly. multiple paradox's in this movie. Kyle will exist even though he dies in the past. John knows that not only does someone have to go back in time to protect Sarah in order for John to even exist, but it can only be Kyle. Also John, being the first iteration in his existence overall existence, knows that he will be created again while he still actually lives his current life. AND if John makes it to old age (and events repeat themselves as they would have to in at least one of the possible timelines), he would know that there is likely three of him in existence concurrently. AND this would require J1 to now conceal his identity from J2 and all who may know him, so that J2 can organically arrive at the right decision that allowed him to exist at all.
I'm sure there are more paradoxes to consider if I put my mind to it, but it's already making my head hurt.
@@spartanical my question always is this...
how was john ever born from sarah before kyle reese shows up?
think about it, john is born in the 90's
kyle reese isnt even originally born until after the year 2000 something..
and john sends him back.
HOW was john ever originally born before kyle was every originally born.
does that make sense?
use yourself...
say your dad comes back in time to sleep with your mom because you sent him back
but your dad isnt even born until 2030...
how do you exist now then????
@@corygallimore809 Good point, I guess when the terminator goes back in time and John sends Kyle back after him, they create a new timeline where Kyle becomes the father to a different John Connor, They do stress that the future in not fixed and so maybe "Beta John Connor" is not heading for the same future. Things do seem to play-out somewhat differently in the other films from what's described by Kyle in this film. Btw, John was born in 1984 (when this film takes place) or maybe 85 depending on what time of year this is. Kyle wound have been born in the 2000s. Which would make John about the same age as his paternal grandparents!
@@pmickeyny6002 new time line, or "beta john" or not, still doesnt explain how the FIRST john was ever born. Oh well.
and yea.. the future isnt the same as kyle said in this movie, because he gets sent back with info.. which just further delays skynets plans (through out the sequels) so that part makes sense.
TERMINATOR 2 is one of the greatest action movies of all time! Please watch!
I fourth it. One of my favorite movies
Considered by many to be THE best.
I fifth that! One of the greatest movies ever!
t3 is the best ;)
@@neogeo1670 "t3 is the best ;)"
There are only two Terminator films, heathen.
One of my absolute favourite things about this movie is that Reese fell in love with her from her legend, but also from looking at the picture and wondering what she was thinking of, and what she was thinking of, was him. It will scramble your brain for sure, but it's so sweet and sad!
Same thing happens in “Somewhere In Time.”
I ADORE the ending to this movie. Sarah sees the storm coming, clearly a metaphor for the war and she rides into it because she knows she must. Badass.
It's a great metaphor as we all have those moments, nerves crumbling before a monumental task, never easy to steel ourselves and overcome. I am in such a situation now heh
Reese says to her he always wondered what she was thinking when that photo was taken. She was thinking about him.
@@AlexG1020 Oh my god I never thought of that! That's so sad and romantic!
And without putting the roof up on her convertible too.
What's also disconcerting is that the old man tells her there's a storm coming with a rather grim face.
It's as if he also knows something really bad is going to happen, and it's not just wind and rain.
"Don't you love watching movies with me?!"
Yes, yes we do.
Aye :D. I did indeed say "Yes, that's why we do!" :D
Get some girlfriends dorks
@@pacifiedbeaumonte My girlfriend like to watch these too. 🤷
Yes we do, although love might be a bit of an understatement.
"How could anyone have ever elected him after seeing this?"😁
The Cassie-isms just get better and better.😁
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I just about choked when she said that.
She does have some of the best lines...ha.
my favorite is still from Halloween, "FASHION A HANGER!"
@@joeandmaryclairemcnair3032 😂😂My favourite from Halloween was
"Next to a pumpkin?" 😂
@@thehalfeatendoughnut1798 Ha!
When this first released in theaters, I went back several times to see it. It's my favorite romance movie of all time... even in 2029.
"How could anyone have elected him after seeing this", is probably the most adorable quote from popcorn to date! Lots of love from Sydney Australia Popcorn! :)
Well he killed all those people over 10 years before he was elected. People just forgot. LOL
I spat out my coffee at that quote, it was so cute. LOL
lmao yeah, I had a good laugh at that. Priceless
I think that about Politicans today all the Time ...
Oh! Perth says hi, Sydney (waves). Be safe over there buddy!
The actor who played Reese, Michael Biehn, was in Aliens. He played Corporal Hicks, Ripley's love interest.
Yes. I wonder if PIB figured that out later.
He also played Johnny Ringo in the movie Tombstone
And nutball Lt Coffey in The Abyss
@@tonysimmonds6161 perfectly played by Michael on each occasion.
And he had a bit part as a bounty hunter in The Mandalorian.
I love The Terminator so much. Such a well-crafted, exciting movie with great acting, writing, characters and directing. Fantastic.
“I’ve never seen a movie with Arnold…”
Oh my God, watch “True Lies”. That movie has you written all over it.
YES!!!!
-- Have you ever killed anyone?
-- Yeah, but they were all bad.
you're fired
THIS. An awesome movie.
came here to say this 💯
I agree with some of your other viewers. "How could anyone every elect him after seeing this" has to be the best line I have every heard during a movie reaction. You are so sweet, it is adorable.
Still better than Gavin Newsome!
Kind of a dumb comment tbh
This was the best reaction to this movie I've ever seen. You were right there with Sarah, feeling everything she was feeling, literally beat for beat, and that was amazing. Instead of being all cynical about watching "some old action movie", you suspended your disbelief and just took the ride. I've never seen anybody else do that before. The Terminator is one of the best, and so are you. So, from now on, every time you post a reaction...I'll be back. :)
You're a dork. You're wife needs help with the dishes and garage, marshall
@@pacifiedbeaumonte No wife, no garage. But, you're right. I am a dork, and I really need to get on those dishes. :P
@@BruGaleen yeeesshh
“How could have anyone elected him after seeing this?”😂😂 I just love this!!!☺️
I wish she had kept the part in where Reece says "He can't be reasoned with, he can't be bargained with, he doesn't feel pity or remorse".
@@williegordon9236 So, ... republican?
@@CorneliusSchwarzensteinremember what side is for abortion
@@christophercurtis5007 Killing a pregnant woman isn´t abortion.
@@christophercurtis5007 which side is against a woman's rights on her body?
“How could anyone elect him after seeing this?"
Hey, Cameron's first choice for the Terminator was O.J. Simpson, but ironically, Cameron didn't think he'd be believable as a killer cyborg because of his public persona where he was seen as such a nice guy. lol 😂
Yah....really nice guy....eh...this really shows how little your public persona and what you show towards people really means...
Back then OJ was not believable as a killer ... Still aint though. Hes just ra9ist. I dont think he killed any1
@@planetfourthreich3022 How? His blood was all over the crime scene. It is THE most obvious crime ever committed
I thought the original choice for the Terminator was Lance Henrickson, and Arnold was supposed to play Kyle Reese
I'm thinking Cassie means "elect him governor of California", not "cast him in this role instead of the director's favorite actor".
It's simple. After a couple hundred nobodies got on the recall election ballot, Arnold tossed his hat into the ring, somebody coined the title for him as "The Governator," (ie, an unstoppable machine), and the rest was history.
"He's killing innocent people"
Of course he is, he's a terminator
"Of course. I'm a Terminator"
-Terminator 2: Judgement Day
AKA: The best movie ever.
5:14
@@markvarley2962 wHy?
@@dilz2467 body count. They had to have one person killed per million dollars spent to make the movie. Some kind of accountant thing.
No. Didn't you pay attention to the video? He's a laser-naked guy.
“How can anyone elect him after seeing this?” 😂😂😂😂😂
That has gotta be the funniest thing I’ve heard this year.
And Demolition Man is another good scifi watch, that one with Stallone & Snipes.
They watched terminator 2. That’s how.
I know he murdered all those people, yet people still voted him Governor, maybe they liked his take no shit personality?
And after the christmas movie with the struggle to get his kid a toy? After it?
yeah, i mean... How anyone can not?
somebody put me back in the fridge!
I always get this hilarious picture in my head of Sarah getting away from the terminator without crushing it. There's half a robot, crawling down the side of the interstate at 9 in the morning, looking for Sarah who's on a plane to Omaha or wherever.
I'll bet the crawling terminator would keep everyone obeying the speed limit.
"Do the two naked laser guys know each other?" This is why I'm now a subscriber.
Lol! I know, right?
She got me with "How could people elect him after seeing this?!?".
Same! She seems so honest. Some reaction channels you get the feeling they're playing it up. Not this one.
Someone should send that to James Cameron.
Seriously.
"do these two laser naked guys know each other?"
Little know fact, "Laser Naked Guys" was the production name during filming.
Dibs on the band name.
You beat me to it 🙂
Something subtle that most people miss. Kyle says “I always wondered what you were thinking about in that moment” talking about the picture of her that John, his son, gave to him. When the picture was taken she was thinking about their love. Great story telling...
Same thing happens in “Somewhere In Time.”
Who would miss that?
This film was Arnold Schwarzenegger's first major role. And James Cameron's first major direction. The cast might be familiar. The lead actor, Michael Biehn, who played the main role here (as Kyle Reese), later appeared in Aliens as Corporal Hicks. Lance Henriksen, who played the supporting role of the police sergeant in The Terminator, played the role of Bishop the android in Aliens. Finally - but not least - , the great Bill Paxton (R.I.P) also first appeared in The Terminator. He was the blue-haired punk that the Terminator killed first. He was Private Hudson, the loud-mouthed macho, in Aliens.
So Cameron kept his favorite actors for later. Cameron made his breakthrough with The Terminator, not with Titanic or Avatar.
My favorite thing about this movie is that Kyle spent his life wondering what Sarah was thinking about in that picture, and he never knew that what she had been thinking about was him.
I always jokingly said Terminator was the greatest love story ever made. I've said it so long I totally believe it's true, this is a crazy love story when you really think about it.
@@kwdenman it's a tragic story of a poor robot trying his best to save his people from destruction
@@kwdenman I love the movie it's one of my favorites all time, but calling it a great love story? he fell in love with her based on an old Polaroid when she was dead by the time he saw it, modern women would be weirded out by that
I always love that moment in the hotel right before the terminator shows up, when Kyle smiles, honestly that may have been the first time he has ever done that when you think of his history. Kinda sweet non verbal storytelling.
"He's gonna kill them in 3, 2, 1..."
"I'LL BE BACK."
*Cassie smiles*
Even if this is her first time watching the movie, she knows an iconic line when she hears one. 😆😆
Interesting.
Yeah I noticed that
@@bananaempijama you noticed what? did you also miss the intro where she says that she is familiar with that line from pop culture?
“How could anyone have elected him after this?” Made me laugh so hard. Thank you
"How could anyone have ever elected him after seeing this?"
Lol, you're the best
To be fair I think this was the only time Arnie played the Bad Guy after this he played the hero and some of the movies were comedy's & child friendly.
@@harrybetteridge7532
Still decent person now. He could stay quiet about everything that’s going on and he puts himself out there. All things considering, he wasn’t that bad.
In Arnie's voice "Cocainum!"
@@harrybetteridge7532 victor freeze -batman and robin and unless you wanna count digital imaging then there is genesys
@@harrybetteridge7532 you forgot Mr Freeze!
Fun Fact : The post-apocalyptic scenes were actually shot in my town in northern England. They had to clean the place up a bit first but I think it looked pretty realistic.
lol
😆
Where abouts in northern England was it
@@wetalknonsense6036 Anywhere
Lol realistic
I love how Cassie reacts to the machines ("are they alive?") as if she's living in the 80s. You're phone can talk to you, we have self-driving cars (ok ok...not yet perfect ones), AI beats us in strategy games, drones kill people on command...it's not science fiction anymore.
None of those things you listed are even remotely conscious.
@@winstonmarlowe5254 Define consciousness.
@@RobertMcPhalen It's kind of a philosophical question, but we seem to be on the path to a similar future with an AI becoming self aware and spreading through the internet aka "Skynet".
th-cam.com/video/EezdinoG4mk/w-d-xo.html
@@Krucifus what boston dynamics and AI are doing..and what elon musk fears is more Metal gear solid series. The gekko's and the AI system.
25+ years later…and this movie is still terrifying.
You know Cass, the most beautiful and melancholy moment in this movie is that ending. Kyle told Sarah that in the picture that John gave her she looked sad, and he always wondered what she was thinking. The ending shows it. She was thinking about you Kyle. She was sad because she lost you. He could never know that and she'd never be able to tell him. 😢
@Romanogers4ever no, won`t :)
This is a testament to James Cameron's brilliant writing and one of the reasons why i think The Terminator is a better movie than any of the sequels including T2 (which i still think is brilliant)
This was back when a movie with a strong female lead didn't need to tell you it had a strong female lead. The quality of the character development and excellent acting spoke for itself.
A sad truth.
And she had flaws which is seriously lacking today. Feminist wonder why no one wants to see their overpowered whamen movies, it's simply put, no real woman can identify with the perfect Mary Sue.
Calm down, you're preaching to the choir here, yes fire is not.
@@spirittammyk Even back then it was pushed in your face, I just think people complain too much either way. There's a pendulum swing, and Hollywood is always going to follow that pendulum swing.
@@kalelvigil1510 there have been a few movies with overly-obnoxious “girl power”, including that last Terminator movie. But I also agree that the whole “Wahh Mary Sue” thing has gotten overblown. I think if Terminator and Aliens came out today exactly as they were, they’d get the exact same blowback from the same people online that complains out all the other movies.
The police lieutenant believes him! In a scene that was cut, it shows the dying lieutenant giving Reece his gun, telling him to keep Sarah alive at all costs.
Where can I find that clip?
That’s crazy I never ever heard of that
Then there's the deleted scene where the PCB gets nicked and sent to R&D, with the closing shot showing us the final confrontation took place in a Cyberdyne-owned facility.
And that was probably cut because of the same reason.
@@watsonsd1 th-cam.com/video/hMSpmIYjXAg/w-d-xo.html
Fun trivia: Prior to being cast as The Terminator, Arnold Schwarzenegger watched Westworld (1973), and was amazed by Yul Brynner's performance as a robot in the film. During their first meeting, Schwarzenegger talked to James Cameron about how The Terminator should be played and that whoever plays it shouldn't act like a machine, but be a machine. This convinced Cameron to cast Schwarzenegger as The Terminator.
It's sweet that she was thinking about Kyle when the picture was taken. He had always wondered what she was thinking about when it was taken. She was thinking of him
No.
@@eatsmylifeYT uh... yes?
@@schnubbel76 NO. Stop being so gay.
@@eatsmylifeYT NO i won't.
@@schnubbel76 Then don't. Nobody's forcing you. If you're happy being gay then I'm happy for you.
"How could anyone have ever elected him after seeing this?"
Not trying to request a movie or anything, but watch Twins with him and Danny DeVito. He really is an unbelievably charming man when he's not being told to terminate Sarah Connors.
"Twins" was awesome, and I really liked him in "Kindergarten Cop," as well; his chemistry with Pamela Reed (playing his police officer partner), and Linda Hunt as the school principal, were awesome (and the kids were just hilarious).
@@ex-navyspook Kindergarten Cop is an essential movie :) So good!
@Speaker of Thoughts, Free Speech Advocate My wife and I use that line a lot, usually in relation to some spot, headache, or illness which crops up. Imagine our surprise when one of the things DID turn out to be a spot of skin cancer. I'm all right, though...got it taken care of.
@Speaker of Thoughts, Free Speech Advocate The conversation went somewhat like, "It's not a tum...wait, what? That motherf'er IS a tumor? Dayum...well, ain't that some...wait'll I tell my wife!"
I have the vocabulary of a well-educated sailor. Usually, I am the grammarian about whom your mother warned, but this caught me a bit flat-footed. 😅
"He really is an unbelievably charming machine" FTFY
This is TRULY one of the greatest films to ever come from the 80's and in the sci-fi genre as a whole. NEVER gets old!
The first two terminator movies, are some of all time favourite movies ever, and I've watched them countless times. But the time line always has baffled me how it works out. Incredible video cassie. Keep being amazing
"HOW COULD'VE ANYONE EVER ELECTED HIM AFTER THIS?!"
I'm dead. You stay you Cassie
This got quite the guffaw from me as well. =D
that took me by complete surprise as well ^^
That reaction killed me. I just love how invested Cassie is in the films she watches.
I laughed so hard my back hurt.
Which was even funnier when remembering how Arianna Huffington made fun of Arnold during the recall debate for smashing Kristianna Lokken's head into a toilet in Terminator 3 and he still got elected over her
That “low speed” chase with the crippled Terminator pursuing the crippled Sarah through a factory is a movie classic!
right after she said it wasn't scaring her, she looked horrified during the crawl 😂
@@juliusperseus8612 bruh
I always tear up at the end when it’s revealed Sarah was thinking about Kyle when her picture was taken. Kyle spent years looking at it and never knew. 🥲
IKR! Such a great detail!
Yeah, that's a brain buster.😀👍
The sequel, Terminator 2, is hands down one of the best action movies ever made. Takes the basis of The Terminator and builds on it in a way that is utterly incredible and surprising. You will love it.
Terminator 2! Terminator 2! We want Terminator 2!
I wasted every earned dollar to watch this every weekend in the theater when it was released 🤭🙈
@@danikasilva9906 That`s not a waste at all :-D
T2 was ground breaking at the time for it's special effects!
amen!!!🙏🙏🙏🙏🦾🦾🦾
24:50 I actually love the use of stop motion, I think it gives it a creepier vibe than cgi.
“I liked the hero, I don’t know who he was…”
Having watched your Aliens review immediately before this, that line cracked me up.
Game over man Game over! that line?
@@dje6719 No, that was Bill Paxton who played Private Hudson, who made that line.
Corporal Hicks from Aliens is played by Michael Biehn who also plays Kyle Reese.
Ha! I just watched her Aliens reaction before watching this one too. I thought the same thing.
@@crankenstein20 However Bill Paxton is one of the punks from the observatory.
@@radwolf76 True, I think he’s the one the terminator takes the jacket from.
Brings me such joy seeing a first time viewer connect the dots in movies that I've seen countless times since I was a kid. Can't wait for your T2 video!
"He's probably never had a cheeseburger" That's why we're here - top commentary!
In one of the deleted scenes, Sarah tells Kyle exactly this -- except it's a hot dog instead of a cheeseburger.
Which begs the question: What DID they eat in the post apocalyptic world? There's no grocery stores; no restaurants. Did they breed chickens and pigs underground? Grow potatoes and carrots?
@@liquidbraino When people are in survival mode they'll get food just about wherever they can. Read some of the stories about soldiers in wars from about as far back as ancient Rome or as recent as WWII, and how THEY ate; when you're desperate enough you can get pretty creative.
@@liquidbraino"Que es este carne?"
"Este carne es de rata."
"Rat? This is a rat burger?"
Vendor nods
"Not bad! Matter of fact this is the best burger I've had in years!"
"Gracias, Senor."
"Prego. See ya later."
John Spartan in an exchange with a food vendor; "Demolition Man;" 1987
Kyle Reese was played by Michael Biehn who was also in other James Cameron films -- Corporal Hicks in Aliens and The Abyss. Bill Baxton (one of the punks at the beginning) was one of the Marines in Aliens, and Lance Henriksen (the second senior police office) was Bishop in Aliens.
Interesting fact.. Arnold was originally sent the script and asked to play Reese. In a brilliant decision he asked to play the machine.
'Terminator' is a perfect great 80s action movie, but honestly I feel like its true purpose was to set things up for 'Terminator 2', which is one of the greatest action films of all time (and was made in the early 90s with much better special effects technology, a bigger budget, and a better soundtrack).
Also, Michael Biehn (who played Kyle Reese) is one of the most underrated actors of all time.
As far as I know, the scenario of T2 was originally intended for T1, but they just couldn't make it this way due to technological limitations. If you look closely, the main plot line is basically the same between T1 and T2, so it could be considered as a remake.
Terminator 2 is a kids film.. There's no threat. T-1000 looks good but Arnold had the presence and look in the first movie to make him more menacing and way more of a threat.
Second that for Michael Biehn. It was great to see him in an episode of The Mandalorian, season 2, episode 5, The Jedi.
@@philipwaller9477 This one was better.
Second one was flashier, and much more 'Hollywood', but too much so, at the expense of a soul.
My theory is Schwarzenegger was too much of a star, and an ego, by the time of T2 to leave his ham-fists off the story.
So he's back, but he's the hero (made no sense), spouting every cliched one-liner in the book (just the sort of thing 'Ahnold' would think was the coolest, cleverest ever).
The kid was annoying. And they all lived happily ever after (complete with corny 'thumbs up' heroic sacrifice by the big meathead). Pure cheese.
It wasn't terrible, but 'the best ever' is way too much.
Exactly. Michael Biehn was great in Tombstone as Johnny Ringo, and as a Navy SEAL commander in Navy SEALS with Charlie Sheen, in the Abyss with Ed Harris and The Rock with Sean Connery.
'He's probably never had a cheeseburger' 😂😂 I just love the random thoughts that pop into your head.
But in the novel he did have a slice of pizza.
The heartbreaking moment for me is that Reece has spent years wondering what sara was thinking about in the picture and at the end we find out she was thinking of him.
I think he knew somehow, it's why he was drawn to her in an instant.
I was 14 when this came out. For the day it was pretty good special effects. I remember being freaked out, especially when the terminator was removing the bullets from itself. I've seen all the terminator films all were pretty enjoyable. Great reaction!
Best thing Arnie ever did . Being a robot with few lines was perfect for him at the time
The craziest thing about this movie is that Skynet created itself as well as John. Skynet sending the Terminator back into the past was how skynet was created in the first place, from the remains of the Terminator. John was only ever born because Kyle was sent back to protect Sarah from the Terminator. Its the Terminator paradox.
As much as I love the second movie, it really messed up the whole series. The whole point of the plot in the first movie was that the future couldn't be changed. T2 changed that and made the Terminator universe have time travel more Back to the Future style. The recovered terminator wasn't how Skynet came into being, it just jumped Cyberdyne's tech forward faster than it developed the "first" time, according to T2's logic.
Like I said, I love T2, one of the best action movies of all time, but it's plot is one of the biggest reasons why all the sequels didn't measure up to the first two, in my opinion. If they had stuck with the time travel logic of the first movie, I think it would have been so much easier for the writers to make progressive sequels leading up to the end of the war with the machines.
@@RikoguSnow Hmm i don't know. It wouldn't have been Skynet if they hadn't used the remains of the first terminator. There is no evidence to suggest that Skynet would have been created without it. If there was some sort of A.I created without the remains of the first Terminator there is also no evidence it would have become self aware. The problem is, was the plot of T2 the actual plot of the story from the start or was it thought up after the first movie. Because there was no book the movie was based on its hard to know the writers intentions. It was a rip off of an outer limits episode which was an adaptation of a short story called Soldier from Tomorrow.
You’re right about the double paradox. That’s the genius of the writing.
@@RikoguSnow Actually there’s a cut scene from the original Terminator movie where Cyberdine staff hide the terminators remains from the police. The paradox of Skynet being created from the Terminator’s remains were in the first movie but cut only because its timing drew focus away from Sarah’s triumph;
@@TomMagiatzis I'm not sure if you are trying to argue against my point or not, but regardless of whether or not you factor in the deleted scene that doesn't change my point at all. My point was that T2 established that recovering the terminator remains jump started technological advancement. With or without the deleted scene, everything in the first movie suggests that the timeline could not be altered with time travel.
Reese never knew that she was actually thinking of him in that picture. Pretty sad ending actually.
That's a part of the movie that is one of the most beautiful and tragic things ever written into a film.
I recall thinking the same thing. A nice little twist.
Poignant
Such a classic.40th anniversary this year! I also love the music, especially the tech noir club scene.
"How could anyone elect him after seeing this?"
Funniest stuff I heard this week.
Agreed, I HOWLED at that line LOL
Clearly she needs to see his other movies
I laughed out loud so hard!
"Two laser naked guys know each other!!??" was just as HILARIOUS!!!
well.. he was called governator..
I actually love this techno music, even more than the sequels. It’s so distinctly from this bygone age during the ‘80s and perfectly befitting the bleak post nuclear robot apocalypse feel, yet also working perfectly with the chase scenes through late night LA where you get the desolate sense that even though there are other people around they largely don’t care.
I totally agree. The soundtrack fits this movie like a glove. Brad Fiedel did a great job in creating this dystopian sounding score.
It's too good and creeped her out!
80s Sythwave. Can't beat it.
Also, in 1984 it didn't sound as much like video game music to general audiences because home video game systems weren't as widespread yet; the NES didn't even launch in test markets in North America until a year after this movie hit cinemas, for instance. Earlier systems like the Atari consoles had even simpler chiptune music.
Exactly. This movie and Escape From New York proved you didn't need traditional orchestra themes to create memorable music.
Best line: "Why don't they just fly to Hawaii or something?" Lol
Terminator's power source could keep "him" functioning for many years (as per the novelization). Odds are, one way or another, "he" would catch up to them even if they chose to flee to Outer Mongolia. 😕 🙂
Golden Ager nerd power-level 100%.
@@lewstone5430, nerds rule!
Can you imagine the Terminator trying to get through an airport metal detector???!😂😂😂👍
@@goldenager59, the power pack was designed to run continually for 120 years!
"How could have anyone ever elected him after seeing this?" I almost choked on my pop corn hahaha!!!
"Aliens" was James Cameron's next film after "The Terminator." Several actors from "The Terminator" appeared in "Aliens", like Lance Henriksen, Bill Paxton and Michael Biehn, who played Hicks in "Aliens" and Kyle in "The Terminator".
and don't forget Vasquez, though we don't see her in Terminator until the sequel
Bishop too
Michael Biehn was also the head Navy SEAL in The Abyss, another Cameron film.
@@jodonnell64 He was also the head Navy Seal in The Rock.
@@SenseiDonGraham AND he was in the movie called "Navy Seals" from 1990
She is a sunshine child, we must protect her and show her the sequel.
As long as she ignores the rest of them. They are awful
I hope she watches the director's cut.
Robert Patrick is such a great actor. I recently saw the 2nd with my GF. She loves The Faculty (with Robert) and watching the 2nd which was the first time for her, was awesome because I started to see a slight horror aspect to it because the T1000s abilities are very..scary and versatile
She is indeed very pure
Just the sequel. There are no more. None. Just like Star Wars.
For the love of god if you end up watching the sequel, it's critical that you DON'T watch any trailers! Go in as blind as possible, and you're sure to have an incredible ride :)
And, most importantly, stop after T2!
@@Henrik_Holst, yes, absolutely, stop!
@@Henrik_Holst yes to that.
You have to stop there are no movies in the series after one and two, no others (rocking back and forth in the corner.)
One of the best things about Cassie is that she is so unspoiled, she experiences movies exactly as the filmmakers intended, thats why she is a delight to watch. I agree, DONT WATCH ANY T2 TRAILERS
@ 8:56 ..."How could anyone ever elect him after seeing this???" The LOL acronym really applied on that line! I actually laughed out loud at that comment!!!
As a teenager in the 80s I remember seeing this in the theater and it was mind blowing at the time. The hair was awesome.
Lucky, this is my favorite movie of all time. I used to ride a big wheel in preschool and pretend I was Arnold. Must have been amazing to see in theaters. Sadly I wasn’t alive to do it
"laser naked guys" yes. They named the movie wrong.
Would've certainly attracted a different audience!
CASSIE has seen ALIENS before watching TERMINATOR but didn't realize Hicks from Aliens is Kyle in Terminator 😂 At 28:34 she says she doesn't who the guy played Kyle is.
Lol!
@@hughjorg4008 She also watched the beginning text crawl and still didn't seem to understand it was a time travel movie
@@Escapee5931Sounds like a premise for a gay porn for sure.
"He just killed him! Is he a bad guy?" Yes, yes he is ... And yes, we still have phone books. I get an updated one every few years. My number is unlisted, though. As for not liking the music, it set the ominous mood for the film. This was basically a horror film masquerading as a sci fi jaunt. And this movie was such a hit, that there was a company that made sunglasses that kicked themselves. They turned down having their product in this film, and Oakley stepped up. They sold a bunch of shades after this film became a hit in the theatre and on home video.
Edit: I will add my voice to those who say that you should watch the 2nd film, then stop.
1) Paper-based phone books still exist; 2) By all means, 🚫 after T2!
No, no he isn't a bad guy.
He's a bad machine. ;-)
@ He's a machine programmed to be the bad guy.
Terminator 3 has one of the best motorcycle/car/truck/crane-with-wrecking-ball chase sequences ever. Worth watching just for that scene alone. There are some pretty great, quotable lines, too.
"Its so weird anybody could just see your address?" You realize that you can do the same thing with Google, right?
OMG watching your reactions to this movie... felt like the first time I watched it! Awesome. You had me jumping, and laughing throughout. Thank You!
Cassie, what I love about your channel is seing your genuine and innocent reaction when you watch a movie I love. It's so precious! Almost makes me wish I could forget all of them so I could see them again for the first time...
24:32 Fun fact, that shot of the Terminator rising from the flames was in fact the nightmare that James Cameron had while he was brainstorming movie ideas. He saw a machine, not of this current era, rising from hell and getting ready to slaughter him. He woke up and he was inspired to write the script for this movie.
Huh, I assumed he was dreaming about a couple of old Harlan Ellison "Outer Limits" episodes 😂
That happened when he got sick with I think malaria will finishing piranha 2. He had almost nothing to do with that movie. However, the contract specified the movie needed an American Director. He was kind of just there. if it wasn't for that crap fest movie there would be no Terminator.
God this reminded me of how good Terminator is. just basic story structure wise it's perfect. and Having Sarah save herself at the end. So well done
Well...aside from the whole time travel paradox thing...
@@RealityIsTheNow i guess i mean more that the story structure is perfect. Its the kind of script thats so tight you could teach it in film school
Thank Harlan Elllison.
@@catherinelw9365 i will
Kyle Reese's character exists due to the time loop paradox. John Connor knows Kyle is his father - that's precisely why he gives him the photo of her.
"I've never seen an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie before... except for the christmas one". If ever there was a classic Cassie line....
Indeed
PUT THE COOKIE DOWN
She has to watch Conan The Barbarian now!! 🤣❤😀
I love Jingle All the Way!
@@matthewdunham1689 I don’t think her innocence could handle it… me on the other hand, I think I’ll watch it again.
Michael Beihn is great at playing that character. Terminator, Navy Seals, The Abyss, Tombstone.... the more you watch, the more you'll see him and how good he is as a B actor.
He had the most patriotic lines as the SEAL team leader in The Rock!
Michael Biehn is always awesome whenever he shows up.
Don’t forget Aliens as well. I first saw him in The Fan with the legend herself, Lauren Bacall. If he could hold his own sharing the screen with one of Hollywood’s immortals then you knew he was gonna be top class in his own right. Supremely underrated actor who’s much more than just appearing in action films.
Don't forget about Aliens.
B Actor? You mean supporting actor.
20:00 Welcome to the concept of the Bootstrap Paradox. Yes, John always knew that Reese was his father. Of course, Reese was about twenty-five years younger than him, which was a bit freaky for him, I imagine.
26:00
That jumpscare is legendary, it made me feel bad and laugh at the same time for you 😂
The original Terminator was considered a low budget film- costing around 7 million dollars at the time it was made. That is why the terminator chassis stop motion at the end looked a bit cheap. They probably couldn’t afford to shoot the effect at the full 24 frames per second to make the animation look smoother.
Terminator was a low budget flick, and its sequel, Terminator 2, was (at the time) the most expensive film ever made. The technological innovations in T2, by ILM, led directly to the tech needed to make the CGI dinosaurs in Jurassic Park.
In the 80s as a kid that unstoppable stop motion Terminator "skeleton" closing in terrified me.
Of course this generation grew up in Cgi ocean.
They used stop motion for Star wars imperial walkers and the last battle of the Thing movie. But sadly it was cut short. Also terrifying.
@@riveraharper8166 I agree. You may have been like me, growing up watching Harryhausen. Stop motion was real to us. Even not at a high frame rate, it was more believable than most the CGI that came after this movie.
I remember Jason and the Argonauts, the stop motion didn't bother me none, i liked it. I liked it in T1 to
@@naldow8555 Me either. I loved it. I felt there was more life in those stop motion monsters than there was in... well, CGI shit up to this day.
@@naldow8555 don’t get me wrong, I have no problem with the stop motion. It is just that out of the rest of the film, it suffers the most because of their budget constraints.
If the budget had been higher, they could have had more time animating. Time is money, especially for animation.
"How could anyone ever have elected him after seeing this??" Best line I've heard all week! LOL
THANK YOU for reminding us how the director brilliantly keeps us in the dark for 20 minutes at the start of this movie about what is going on but your asking questions made me realize that is the beauty of seeing this movie for the first time (ONLY) - that bit of creativity was lost on me ever since then!
This is my first reaction of yours that I'm seeing, and you are such a gift to filmmakers! Your willingness to invest, to immerse in the story and feel what the characters are feeling - even if sci fi is not your thing, even if it's from 1984 and shows its age in the technical aspects - is awesome. I think Terminator is one of the best sci fi films ever made, but often, non-fans can't suspend their disbelief enough to appreciate it, so I appreciate your coming to the film with an open heart. I'm looking forward to more.
Recently stumbled across this channel and instantly hooked. I've seen this movie and many of these movies millions of times since childhood and watching these reactions is like discovering these films for the first time again, and for some reason it's hitting me right in the feels. Thank you so much for these reactions!
I am eagerly awaiting T2!
T2 was my first "grownup" movie as a kid and I can't wait to watch it with fresh eyes again!
Imagine as an adult watching your dad grow up, especially knowing his fate.
And the best way to deal with the lingering horror left by this movie is to watch the sequel as soon as possible.
Michael Biehn is the actor who played Kyle Reese, you can also see him in "Aliens" "The Abyss" among other movies. He has a cameo in Terminator 2, but the directors cut only, in the theatrical version it was cut.
Don't forget about Tombstone.
James Cameron clearly saw potential in Michael Biehn throughout the 80s.
13:27 Its funny you should say that Cassie, cause in a deleted scene, right after they escape from the police station and wake up the next morning, Reese has a mental breakdown after seeing what the world was once like. You called it right.