@yt45204 - Exactly... it's such a shame that we never got that Danny DeVito action film we all longed for in the 1990's when he was in his muscular prime.
Imagine someone who only knew hardship and pain in a ravaged future, and the only beauty he saw was a picture of John's mother. It's not as weird as one would think.
Again Kyle doesn't realise that in that photo she's thinking of him, he falls in love with Sarah through everything John says about his mum and the photo, but in the photo she's in love with him, so yes while it might be weird he fell in love with one picture (in one vain of thinking) he fell in love with Sarah who was already in love with him in the picture
@@JSSTyger Chillout, dude. How does my comment prevent anyone from enjoying Terminator? And I didn't say anything about liking T2 "better". If anything I said that she will like it just as much as the first film.
@@x_trio_3_po333 Look at every single Terminator reaction video. Someone always does the plug for T2 and its always one of the top comments. It looks like people coming there just to get them to react to Terminator 2.
When Kyle fell in love with Sarah thru a picture, I guess he was drawn to her. They were destined to be together. Their lives forever intertwined thru a time loop. Soul mates across time. It’s depressing how Kyle mentioned how sad Sarah looked in the pic. He always wondered what she was thinking about. He had no idea that she was thinking about him. 😢
@@ambybambiboo Kyle told Sarah he was always wondering what she was thinking in that photo. And then when it was taken she was thinking of him. Very bittersweet.
@39Hundred - Except he didn't fully know that - that this is some kind of destiny and so on. He was definitely attracted to her, as a mother of John Connor, as somebody that only could hear the stories about John's mother, and seeing the photo all the time... but he didn't know at that point that he was going to be his father (John's). He actually never knew that at this point in time (as he dies before knowing that). I would also say that she wasn't fully thinking just about him at the point when photo was taken, which was probably 3-4 months after Kyle Reese has been killed by the Terminator (or more, considering the size of her pregnancy in the car, and outside at the petrol station). Also I think she didn't know that it was that particular photo that Kyle Reese was refering too, when he was mentioning the photo of her. For her it was just another random photo at this point in time. I would assume that she was also thinking about the "storm" that is comming, the baby, Terminator(s), end of the world, or the future that can be changed, and what will happen next and so on...
Other viewers have criticized Kyle Reese for his "creepy" behavior here and there. They dont seem to understand Kyles character. Kyle was being very suspicious at first. He may be a little crude at first. Kyle may seem very obsessed with Sarah. Although, he didnt just fall in love with Sarahs picture. "It was a chance to meet the legend, Sarah Connor." But people need to realize where Kyle comes from. He has probably never had the time to develop any healthy relationship. Hes had to live the coldest, most calculated and strategic lifestyle imaginable. Kyle has come from h**l on Earth, quite literally. Its the worst / hardest kind of survivalism. IMO, Reese is a very underrated and overlooked hero in film history.
And don't forget Kyle comes from a world where good manners obviously have low priority. He's used to fight all his life and expects everyone else to be just as determined.
Yup. He knew it was a one-way trip, and that he wasn't coming back. Also, he probably knew he'd die protecting her. How many of us would die for someone we knew was a legend and needed a self-sacrifice to save them? Kyle probably never had a clue he'd end up John's father.
what kind of dating experience could Kyle possibly get after Judgement Day? Even if you found someone you were romantically interested in, you can't go out for dinner and a movie when you're fighting killer robots and trying to keep the human race from being wiped out. - You can't blame anyone that comes from an environment like that, and expect them to follow "proper" dating/romance procedures. No way can they be held to those standards, that's unrealistic and unreasonable. Sarah herself said that she and Kyle loved a lifetime in one night, so if she's cool with Kyle's "romance" then who are we to judge?
Except for the frequent use of the Telephone Books, answering machine, phone boothes, 80's hair styles, beeping pagers, Walkman radio, indoor smoking, and writing paper police reports. If the film were to be made today, all of those things would be missing.
A little detail I love when sarah calls the answering machine and the terminator turns to the sound: the laser dot has zero jitter at all, like its held on a tripod or machine mount rather than a human hand
2:12 Body double for Arnold in 1984? Nope.😁(A few years earlier, in the movie Conan, they could only use a body double for the distant scenes because of Arnold's appearance. It may seem strange nowadays but at that time, apart from professional bodybuilders, there were not many people with such a muscular appearance, and Arnold stood out even among the professionals.)
yet, didn't they use Arnold's weightlifting training partner for the part of the t-800 terminator that infiltrated Kyle Reese's hideout that saw his picture of Sarah be burned? --- Same robot underneath, but the 101 series ( that we saw in T and T2, and yes T3 ) they all look like Arnold. - The other infiltrator that just happens to look like Arnie's training partner in real life? that's a different series for the flesh covering, but again, same model terminator robot underneath.
@@thomasrickelman5468 Yes, the one you see from 28:19 is Franco Columbu (1941-2019), Arnold's (almost) all-time training partner and best friend. He played the role of the 'T800 CSM-102'. (Cyberdyne Systems Model 102. Arnold was the Model 101 of the same T800 series.) In the infiltrator mode gameplay of the game Terminator: Resistance, the Terminator looks quite similar to Franco Columbu as he looked in T1, which is obviously not a coincidence.
He did his own stunts, too. He seriously injured his back in the scene where he's climbing a rock mount to escape the dogs. One of them grabbed hold of Conan, causing him to fall backward.
What i like about characters from movies per 2010, is that altough Kyle Reese grew up in one of the worst imaginable worlds he is not complaining to be a victim, but instead he fights with everything he's got.
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....
yes, and OJ Simpson didn't play the part of the killer cyborg as he was considered "too nice"... no one would ever believe that OJ Simpson could EVER kill someone...... So it went to Arnie instead.
@@thomasrickelman5468 - also those three guys that Arnold is asking for clothes: one is Bill Paxton, the other is Brian Thompson, on the right hand side (who played a bad guy in "Cobra" with Stallone, or a famous bounty hunter in X-Files). Also the "Terminator" that is entering the shelter with people in it, and is starting shooting (in one of dreams/memories that Kyle Reese (Michael Biehn) is having) > is Franco Columbu - friend of Arnold, and long time bodybuilder too. And in Terminator 2 of course - just in case if she is going to watch it later on > the step mother of young John is Janette Goldstein, who also played Vasquez in Aliens (1986, also a Cameron movie). Edit: spelling/grammar
@@IdealUser - it was Harlan Ellison story mostly (or fully). The story goes like this: in or around 1984 someone tells Harlan Ellison that they think the script for The Terminator sounds similar to his script for an Outer Limits episode called "Soldier" which Ellison had actually adapted from his own short story, "Soldier Out of Time." The stories deal with a guy from the future who ends up on some contemporary 20th century streets. What happened next (according to Ellison almost exclusively) was that the production company in question - Hemdale - started avoiding Ellison’s inquires to see a script. Eventually, after sneaking into an advance screening of the film, Ellison determined that there were enough elements of Terminator similar to both "Solider" and to another Outer Limits he wrote, "Demon With a Glass Hand" to make a case against Terminator director James Cameron and Hemdale Studios. Most damning, though, was a quote from James Cameron - which was supposed to have appeared in a magazine called Starlog - in which the director gave an interview about The Terminator ahead of its release. When asked where he got the idea from, he said: "I ripped off a few Outer Limits segments." Anyway, it doesn't matter much now. At that time it was (and stil is) an classic movie in itself.
Within the movie timeline, Kyle would be born a little after the events of the movie, survive the nuclear war, and then meet up with his son not knowing who John is. Kyle wondered what Sarah is thinking about when the picture was taken. She was thinking about him. Love finds a way to make a mini-time jump.
Everyone thinks, how can Kyle be in love with Sarah, just because of a photo?. Keep in mind that Kyle comes from the future, he knows absolutely everything about Sarah, what she did, he knows "the legend", so he knows Sarah very well. And besides, she is pretty. 😜
In 2029 "That car works ? ". Actually petrol and diesel degrade after 6 months even if stored correctly so all these movies where they use cars long after an apocalypse (like The Walking Dead) are inaccurate.
Actually that was a thing in the Walking Dead spinoff Fear the Walking Dead. There they solved that by that a prepper organization had a crude oil storage and build some kind of DIY oil refinery. In Walking Dead Daryl Dixon you can see cars converted for wood gas.
Modern petrol and diesel degrade after 6 months. Older cars were a lot more tolerant about fuel quality and any early 80s or earlier car can be relatively easily converted to run off something you'd produce out of a prohibition-era moonshine still. Maybe not smoothly, but it's not like they're going to be picky drivers. People keep engines going in some pretty awful conditions on fuel of dubious quality in plenty of countries, and keep them going for decades. This isn't just some vehicle abandoned at the side of the road (which absolutely would be in no state to drive).
Almost in the first scene with the three guys, the blue haired is Bill Paxton, a very well known actor who appeared in Titanic, Aliens or Twister, among another ones.
Another suggestion I'd recommend is the 1987 American sci-fi dystopian action movie The Running Man, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Richard Dawson, and Jesse Ventura. It's a fun, if a little goofy and cheesy, action movie with a great 80's villain, with Richard Dawson as evil game show host Damon Killian. It's about a man framed for a crime and forced to be on a game show where he's hunted by professional killers. It's a fun one based on a Stephen King book and one of the only movies that makes a mention of my hometown of Bakersfield, California.
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."
19:11 Gee Amber, thanks for the visual. 😝 That was a good reaction, Amber. You're now primed for Terminator 2. The opinions are divided on the rest of the series, but I see nothing wrong with the 3rd one, it advances the story pretty well.
Great reaction Amber! Definitely watch Terminator 2. It's one of the greatest sequels of all time. It is a bit more action oriented than the first one, but I think you'll enjoy it. Make sure you watch the theatrical release. The director's cut adds some additional scenes, but they don't do much for the story and can make the pacing drag a bit. It also has a rather horrible ending that test audiences hated. The theatrical version has a much better final scene that won't make you hate the ending.
Please watch the second one!!!! Just go in blind. Don't read any information...only that T2 changed the whole movie industry. So fantastic it was. Good Luck!
@@LukeLovesRose, second was good from an sfx point of view, but rushed & filled with a tonne of massive goofs. It was also a prime example of where more was actually less, a lot less.
@@GGGritzer Youre totally wrong about T2. There are so many great achievements in the movie you have no idea. And im not just talking about the effects. T2 is still being studied for its cinematic achievements in film school
I'm really glad you like the movie. I say this whenever someone watches the first movie, but I think it's important and it's really just neat, at least to me. I think the movie is even more amazing when you realize that this movie had basically _no_ budget. That's why the look of the Arnold puppet is a bit--dodgy. James Cameron has proved--starting with the sequel to this very movie--that given the money, he _will_ make a movie look good, and make everything look fitting. It's also important to note that time was a problem, particularly with the stop-motion segments. The Terminator skeleton puppet wasn't given to the stop-motion team until almost the very last minute, so they had less than a _quarter_ of the time to take their measurements, make a model, and film it than they should have had. As such, the stop-motion scenes aren't as great as they could have been. It's too little money and too little time. As for the time shenanigans--well, the franchise doesn't keep it straight; how time travel "works" varies from movie to movie, sometimes even in the same movie. That aside, how it works, here, is pretty straightforward. It's a stable time loop. Reese went back to protect Sarah because he was more or less goaded into volunteering by John, because Kyle had gone back to save his mother before he was born. It sounds weird, I know, but to make sense of it you have to start wrapping your head around the idea that effect can precede cause. As for how it "works" with Kyle being a young man in the past, think of it like moving around in your apartment or house. You're in the kitchen, then you go into the living room. That you're in the living room now doesn't change the fact that you were just in the kitchen. Similarly, Kyle unaliving in 1984 doesn't mean he wasn't born in 20XX. From _his_ perspective, he was in 2029 yesterday, even though from _our_ perspective he won't have been in 2029 for forty-five years. Both perspectives are "right", which can be a real tough one to wrap your head around, I know. That aside, I'm fully on-board with the "watch the sequel" train. It really is considered as good, some even consider it much better, than the first. Also, as I alluded to, it had a bigger budget and a lot more time, so everything looks positively stunning. Everything _after_ the second movie is where things get argumentative in the fanbase. Everyone loves the first two, but from there on it's a mixed bag. Between a handful of movies and a television show, plots are picked up and thrown away, the physics of pretty much everything vary based on the movie or show, and in general it's--frankly, it's a mess. Personally, I suggest to just ignore the franchise after the sequel, save for _Terminator: Dark Fate._ The movies and series get really weird, contradict each other and themselves, and generally are just a mess, as I said. _Dark Fate,_ however, was made specifically to take place after the first sequel, _Terminator 2: Judgment Day,_ so it thoroughly ignores all that chaos, plus it was created with direct involvement by James Cameron. Personally, I feel it's a very good third movie to follow the first two. That said, you're going to get a lot of people arguing for or against the entire franchise, so really, it's up to you, of course. Alllllll of that aside, if you like time travel movies, I have two to suggest: _Primer_ and _Predestination._ Both feature stable time loops rather heavily, but go in somewhat different directions with them. I do suggest to look up absolutely _nothing_ about _Predestination._ There is no way to get any information without really spoiling the movie, so just make sure you have the one starring Ethan Hawke and you'll be fine. 🏳🌈🖖
I remember the old vhs my dad had of the Terminator taped off the TV and taped a newspaper cutout to the side that had a list of Annie's entire script 😊
11:19 In the early days of 911 in Los Angeles, dispatch rooms were often understaffed and overworked, especially in the 1980s when the city's violent crime rate was at an all time high.
At this point in 1984, Kyle Reese hasn't even been born yet. John Connor is legitimately older than his own dad. If Kyle had never gone back to 1984, John would never exist and if the Terminator had never gone back to 1984, the technology used to create Skynet would have never existed. It's a huge paradox. Trying to wrap your head around time travel can drive you insane, lol.
1. Linda Hamilton ROCKED. She's really built in T2. "Terminator 2 Judgment Day" is the action movie GOAT. 2. Lance Henriksen/Vukovich, Michael Biehn/Reese and Bill Paxton/punk also played in "Aliens" as Bishop, Hicks and Hudson respectively. 3.We have limited AI now. So does China.😱😱 4. If this wasn't a movie the ammunition would not have been available on the gun shop counter. 5. Ginger's boyfriend Matt must be a lousy lay if she needs rock and roll to "rock and roll". 6. Watching people react to the eye operation is worth watching this all by itself. 7. THAT'S a bitch slap.
yet, didn't they use Arnold's weightlifting training partner for the part of the t-800 terminator that infiltrated Kyle Reese's hideout that saw his picture of Sarah be burned? --- Same robot underneath, but the 101 series ( that we saw in T and T2, and yes T3 ) they all look like Arnold. - The other infiltrator that just happens to look like Arnie's training partner in real life? that's a different series for the flesh covering, but again, same model terminator robot underneath.
@@thomasrickelman5468 To my understanding, Franco Columbo was Arnold's training partner. I don't know who played that other terminator, but if you can figure it out, and if he did train with Arnold I'd like to know. Thanks for the input.
i iwsh i could give more than one like! i saw this in theater when it came out, i was in high school. it was awesome, and ALL of us were quoting arnold constantly! Glad to have you back, you have the most wonderful and honest reactions, keep up the great work.
This is a great and fun movie. A pretty original concept that mixes genres of science fiction, horror, and noir. I highly recommend checking out the sequel, Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
Hi, it's great you've seen this sci-fi classic, it's just so good. As is it's incredible sequel Terminator 2 - the GOAT sequel! Please react to that asap. Production on the first movie got put back several months and in that time director James Cameron wrote Aliens! I'm subscribed to your channel :)
The Terminator is a masterpiece and has fantastic actors in the film including Bill Paxton he was one of the punks it was his first film i think and the one that looks like Arnold Schwarzenegger was a punk two but i can't remember his name
Thank for for playing another one of Big Arnold's movies Sweetheart. I really, really enjoyed it very, very much. Have a Blessed Day. Adios. PS: You gotta lot of Class. Thank God.
One interesting thing to note is that while this movie and its sequel are nearly identical story-wise, their genre is different. You have a great horror film in this one, and a great action film in the second.
The really great action movies have a good story and likable characters to give the action meaning. T2 really took the concept of the first and knocked it out of the park. Revolutionary effects that still look good to this day, awesome characters, great story - really looking forward to your reaction!
G'day Amber thank you for letting me watch thus film with you even though I've watched the movie umpteenth times it's good seeing shows with other people's perspective . There is a movie I've just discovered it's called " God told me to " 1976 horror sci fi the premise looks good . Anyway Amber thank you
This is so awesome, instant subscribe! Love your sassy responses, had me laughing during the chase scene in the tunnel and when the tanker blew up! Do Terminator 2 next, it's good! Hope you'll do more classic action & war movies!
This is my first time watching one of your reactions, and I will say this. You make great faces! That has always been one of my clues to a great person to hang out with. My quote was always "you gotta make great faces!" So I'm definitely subscribing. Plus, you know lizard care! I have a Leopard Gecko and a couple tree frogs!
I don't recommend the frogs. They are nocturnal so you NEVER see them. I had to put up a motion activated night vision camera to make sure they were alive. Both were rescues that were transported on plants to New York City from Florida. But, honestly, if I weren't just trying to rescue them, I wouldn't want to own them. They are tough pets. I would like to get a nice, simple beardie.
Another time travel movie you might enjoy is called Somewhere in Time. It stars Jane Seymour and Christopher Reeves, the guy who played Superman in the 80's movies.
Id say the 1st one is more of a horror film and the 2nd one is more action but ive always enjoyed the first one the best out of all the terminator films.
a picture...and the savior of humanity, your idol & leader, talking her up to you... then "someone has to go back in time to save her or humanity dies"
It's better than not running! 9:22 A house-mate of mine had a bearded dragon. It just needed a basking rock, a heat lamp and some food, crickets and leaves. I saw the second one first, so I already knew, but you twigged that Kyle was going to be John's father faster than a lot of reactors.
You're gonna love Judgement Day!! I'm not a big fan of these movies but admittedly the sequel is definitely a truly superior sequel among all films I've ever seen. 5 star rating. Enjoy. 😎🇺🇸
About your question involving Reese being John's father and the timelines my theory is that someone else presumably the man Sarah was dating was John originally John's Father but by traveling through time Reese and the Terminator created an alternate timeline leading to Reese being the father.
5:39 every time I watch this movie and I see that Toy Truck I always saw that as foreshadowing Terminator 2: Judgment Day that didn't come out till 1991 After doing research: As the cyborg's stolen car rolls to a halt outside an average-looking house, the front tire crushes a small toy truck - foreshadowing a later action scene in which the Terminator commandeers an articulated truck during a chase.
The Terminator and the sequel Terminator 2: Judgment Day (one of the best sequels in cinematic history, and even better than the original, in my opinion) certainly hold up very well in this day and age. In fact, they are even more relevant nowadays with the emergence and rapid development of artificial intelligence; Sky Net and the dawn of malicious machines are right around the corner!
I love this movie probably one of my favorite movies of all time and plus it came out the same year I was born 1984 😉 the actual release date of this movie was October 26th 1984
5:27 I played this part over and over cuz of how funny it is. Scenario: Husband: Babe I'm back from my Trip come pick me up from the airport Wife: I'm watching a movie Husband: I don't care what you're doing. come and get me.
No body double for Arnie. Arnold had absolutely no issue with full on nudity.
And good luck finding an Arnold body double. I had a full time job at the time otherwise I would have done it.
@yt45204 - Exactly... his twin is just a tiny bit shorter, and a little less muscular than Arnold is. But other than that, they look identical!
I mean, if you look that good, why not
I mean who the fuck would even be capable of doubling Arnie in his prime anyway?
@yt45204 - Exactly... it's such a shame that we never got that Danny DeVito action film we all longed for in the 1990's when he was in his muscular prime.
5:25 "He's just killing everybody".
TERMINATOR: Of course. I'm a Terminator.
I guess I just figured if he was programmed to kill a certain person he wouldn't care about killing others lol
@@ambybambiboo A Terminator will kill anyone that gets in the way of completing it's mission.
She's going to have to watch T2 to get that line. And it looks like she has, so....
Amber considering watching T2.... me thinking "She'll be back"
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Defo need to watch T2@@ambybambiboo
@@jaws848 And T1/T2 extended versions
Ur right!
Imagine someone who only knew hardship and pain in a ravaged future, and the only beauty he saw was a picture of John's mother. It's not as weird as one would think.
The photo, plus everything John told him about her over the course of time.
Again Kyle doesn't realise that in that photo she's thinking of him, he falls in love with Sarah through everything John says about his mum and the photo, but in the photo she's in love with him, so yes while it might be weird he fell in love with one picture (in one vain of thinking) he fell in love with Sarah who was already in love with him in the picture
"Get one of them car compactor thingies."
Sarah: Thanks Amber I'll try that.
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Amber: "I had a lot more fun with The Terminator than I thought I would!" A statement that you will definitely repeat when watching "Terminator 2".
I'm excited!
Every single time someone posts a rection to The Terminator, someone has to say "you'll like T2 better". You can't let people enjoy this one.
@@JSSTyger Chillout, dude. How does my comment prevent anyone from enjoying Terminator? And I didn't say anything about liking T2 "better". If anything I said that she will like it just as much as the first film.
@@x_trio_3_po333 Look at every single Terminator reaction video. Someone always does the plug for T2 and its always one of the top comments. It looks like people coming there just to get them to react to Terminator 2.
When Kyle fell in love with Sarah thru a picture, I guess he was drawn to her. They were destined to be together. Their lives forever intertwined thru a time loop. Soul mates across time.
It’s depressing how Kyle mentioned how sad Sarah looked in the pic. He always wondered what she was thinking about. He had no idea that she was thinking about him. 😢
And losing him was the reason she was sad
@@ambybambiboo Kyle told Sarah he was always wondering what she was thinking in that photo. And then when it was taken she was thinking of him. Very bittersweet.
@39Hundred - Except he didn't fully know that - that this is some kind of destiny and so on. He was definitely attracted to her, as a mother of John Connor, as somebody that only could hear the stories about John's mother, and seeing the photo all the time... but he didn't know at that point that he was going to be his father (John's). He actually never knew that at this point in time (as he dies before knowing that).
I would also say that she wasn't fully thinking just about him at the point when photo was taken, which was probably 3-4 months after Kyle Reese has been killed by the Terminator (or more, considering the size of her pregnancy in the car, and outside at the petrol station).
Also I think she didn't know that it was that particular photo that Kyle Reese was refering too, when he was mentioning the photo of her. For her it was just another random photo at this point in time. I would assume that she was also thinking about the "storm" that is comming, the baby, Terminator(s), end of the world, or the future that can be changed, and what will happen next and so on...
Other viewers have criticized Kyle Reese for his "creepy" behavior here and there. They dont seem to understand Kyles character.
Kyle was being very suspicious at first. He may be a little crude at first. Kyle may seem very obsessed with Sarah. Although, he didnt just fall in love with Sarahs picture.
"It was a chance to meet the legend, Sarah Connor."
But people need to realize where Kyle comes from. He has probably never had the time to develop any healthy relationship. Hes had to live the coldest, most calculated and strategic lifestyle imaginable. Kyle has come from h**l on Earth, quite literally. Its the worst / hardest kind of survivalism.
IMO, Reese is a very underrated and overlooked hero in film history.
And don't forget Kyle comes from a world where good manners obviously have low priority. He's used to fight all his life and expects everyone else to be just as determined.
Yup. He knew it was a one-way trip, and that he wasn't coming back. Also, he probably knew he'd die protecting her. How many of us would die for someone we knew was a legend and needed a self-sacrifice to save them? Kyle probably never had a clue he'd end up John's father.
what kind of dating experience could Kyle possibly get after Judgement Day? Even if you found someone you were romantically interested in, you can't go out for dinner and a movie when you're fighting killer robots and trying to keep the human race from being wiped out. - You can't blame anyone that comes from an environment like that, and expect them to follow "proper" dating/romance procedures. No way can they be held to those standards, that's unrealistic and unreasonable. Sarah herself said that she and Kyle loved a lifetime in one night, so if she's cool with Kyle's "romance" then who are we to judge?
This movie aged really well. It was a bit low budget and the special effects were cheap. That doesn't matter now.
This was the first time I noticed the wire pulling the truck just before it blew up.
The SFX were genius level for the time. I saw it on release and it was mind boggling, particularly the Endoskeleton.
Except for the frequent use of the Telephone Books, answering machine, phone boothes, 80's hair styles, beeping pagers, Walkman radio, indoor smoking, and writing paper police reports. If the film were to be made today, all of those things would be missing.
@@x_trio_3_po333 gee, how insightful
I wouldn't mind if Cameron went back and George Lucas'd a couple of things. Like the stop-motion robot at the end. And the rubber face.
A little detail I love when sarah calls the answering machine and the terminator turns to the sound: the laser dot has zero jitter at all, like its held on a tripod or machine mount rather than a human hand
2:12 Body double for Arnold in 1984? Nope.😁(A few years earlier, in the movie Conan, they could only use a body double for the distant scenes because of Arnold's appearance. It may seem strange nowadays but at that time, apart from professional bodybuilders, there were not many people with such a muscular appearance, and Arnold stood out even among the professionals.)
That makes sense 😂
yet, didn't they use Arnold's weightlifting training partner for the part of the t-800 terminator that infiltrated Kyle Reese's hideout that saw his picture of Sarah be burned? --- Same robot underneath, but the 101 series ( that we saw in T and T2, and yes T3 ) they all look like Arnold. - The other infiltrator that just happens to look like Arnie's training partner in real life? that's a different series for the flesh covering, but again, same model terminator robot underneath.
@@thomasrickelman5468 Yes, the one you see from 28:19 is Franco Columbu (1941-2019), Arnold's (almost) all-time training partner and best friend. He played the role of the 'T800 CSM-102'. (Cyberdyne Systems Model 102. Arnold was the Model 101 of the same T800 series.) In the infiltrator mode gameplay of the game Terminator: Resistance, the Terminator looks quite similar to Franco Columbu as he looked in T1, which is obviously not a coincidence.
He did his own stunts, too. He seriously injured his back in the scene where he's climbing a rock mount to escape the dogs. One of them grabbed hold of Conan, causing him to fall backward.
What i like about characters from movies per 2010, is that altough Kyle Reese grew up in one of the worst imaginable worlds he is not complaining to be a victim, but instead he fights with everything he's got.
You will get good views with this, even more with the sequel probably. Its nice seeing you grow as a channel because you are a good reactor.
Thank you so much ☺️
Amber: "The machines are lazy too?"
Amber: "Oh, he left because he wanted to make them look crazy"
"Dangle swangin'" haha... I'm using that in my next conversation
Haha. Do it!
Good film..one of the best in the science fiction genre..in my pinion
The greatest low-budget sci-fi horror film ever made as far as Im concerned
@@LukeLovesRose, without a doubt.
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....
a few years prior to filming this, Arnold was considered to be "the world most perfectly developed man"
yes, and OJ Simpson didn't play the part of the killer cyborg as he was considered "too nice"... no one would ever believe that OJ Simpson could EVER kill someone...... So it went to Arnie instead.
Steve Reeves, Reg Park, Frank Zane, Sergio Oliva, or Lary Scott have entered the chat...
@@thomasrickelman5468 - also those three guys that Arnold is asking for clothes: one is Bill Paxton, the other is Brian Thompson, on the right hand side (who played a bad guy in "Cobra" with Stallone, or a famous bounty hunter in X-Files). Also the "Terminator" that is entering the shelter with people in it, and is starting shooting (in one of dreams/memories that Kyle Reese (Michael Biehn) is having) > is Franco Columbu - friend of Arnold, and long time bodybuilder too.
And in Terminator 2 of course - just in case if she is going to watch it later on > the step mother of young John is Janette Goldstein, who also played Vasquez in Aliens (1986, also a Cameron movie).
Edit: spelling/grammar
This is Cameron's HALLOWEEN if you think about it. Arnold is very much in the mold of Michael Myers as the Terminator.
It's know that Halloween was a partly an inspiration to the Terminator.
@@IdealUser - it was Harlan Ellison story mostly (or fully).
The story goes like this: in or around 1984 someone tells Harlan Ellison that they think the script for The Terminator sounds similar to his script for an Outer Limits episode called "Soldier" which Ellison had actually adapted from his own short story, "Soldier Out of Time." The stories deal with a guy from the future who ends up on some contemporary 20th century streets.
What happened next (according to Ellison almost exclusively) was that the production company in question - Hemdale - started avoiding Ellison’s inquires to see a script. Eventually, after sneaking into an advance screening of the film, Ellison determined that there were enough elements of Terminator similar to both "Solider" and to another Outer Limits he wrote, "Demon With a Glass Hand" to make a case against Terminator director James Cameron and Hemdale Studios.
Most damning, though, was a quote from James Cameron - which was supposed to have appeared in a magazine called Starlog - in which the director gave an interview about The Terminator ahead of its release. When asked where he got the idea from, he said: "I ripped off a few Outer Limits segments."
Anyway, it doesn't matter much now. At that time it was (and stil is) an classic movie in itself.
The first 2 are classics, the kind of movies I never get tired rewatching them
you'll like the next one even more...
(but I would stop there it's a perfect ending & the others aren't as good anywayz)
Within the movie timeline, Kyle would be born a little after the events of the movie, survive the nuclear war, and then meet up with his son not knowing who John is.
Kyle wondered what Sarah is thinking about when the picture was taken. She was thinking about him. Love finds a way to make a mini-time jump.
Everyone thinks, how can Kyle be in love with Sarah, just because of a photo?. Keep in mind that Kyle comes from the future, he knows absolutely everything about Sarah, what she did, he knows "the legend", so he knows Sarah very well. And besides, she is pretty. 😜
I love this woman
Terminator 2 is up there with Aliens as far as how good a sequel it is.
Aliens is a much better sequel than the bloated T2 was....................
In 2029 "That car works ? ". Actually petrol and diesel degrade after 6 months even if stored correctly so all these movies where they use cars long after an apocalypse (like The Walking Dead) are inaccurate.
Actually that was a thing in the Walking Dead spinoff Fear the Walking Dead. There they solved that by that a prepper organization had a crude oil storage and build some kind of DIY oil refinery.
In Walking Dead Daryl Dixon you can see cars converted for wood gas.
Modern petrol and diesel degrade after 6 months. Older cars were a lot more tolerant about fuel quality and any early 80s or earlier car can be relatively easily converted to run off something you'd produce out of a prohibition-era moonshine still. Maybe not smoothly, but it's not like they're going to be picky drivers. People keep engines going in some pretty awful conditions on fuel of dubious quality in plenty of countries, and keep them going for decades. This isn't just some vehicle abandoned at the side of the road (which absolutely would be in no state to drive).
Almost in the first scene with the three guys, the blue haired is Bill Paxton, a very well known actor who appeared in Titanic, Aliens or Twister, among another ones.
Bill Paxton.... hmmm... Terminator... True Lies... Commando. Seems Bill and Arnold may have been friends (RIP Bill Paxton).
I cant believe I didnt realize that was Bill Paxton
I always liked the stop-motion animation when the T800 was chasing them in the warehouse 😂
It makes it creepier in my opinion 😂
He knows her... very much. John told him enough to know her.
Go watching Terminator 2 (Special Edition) 2h36m.
Another suggestion I'd recommend is the 1987 American sci-fi dystopian action movie The Running Man, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Richard Dawson, and Jesse Ventura. It's a fun, if a little goofy and cheesy, action movie with a great 80's villain, with Richard Dawson as evil game show host Damon Killian. It's about a man framed for a crime and forced to be on a game show where he's hunted by professional killers. It's a fun one based on a Stephen King book and one of the only movies that makes a mention of my hometown of Bakersfield, California.
The Lynyrd Skynyrd tune, "Honky Tonk Night Time Man" also mentions Bakersfield in the beginning of the song. And yes, Running Man was a fun movie!
Ooooh, I like that concept for a book/movie. I'll have to look into that one.
Also Robocop
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."
19:11 Gee Amber, thanks for the visual. 😝
That was a good reaction, Amber. You're now primed for Terminator 2. The opinions are divided on the rest of the series, but I see nothing wrong with the 3rd one, it advances the story pretty well.
Haha. Sorry for the visual. I'm excited for T2
Fun reaction ❤ T2 is top tier.....
the bighaired roommate had some kind of exercise show on cable in the 80s...she is in amazing shape
Great movie
I'll be back 😄😄😁😁 Thanks for the post Amber 🥰🥰😍😍
Thanks for watching it!
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"Look at the volume on that hair." Hair salons were big with chicks in the `80s!
Great reaction Amber!
Definitely watch Terminator 2. It's one of the greatest sequels of all time. It is a bit more action oriented than the first one, but I think you'll enjoy it. Make sure you watch the theatrical release. The director's cut adds some additional scenes, but they don't do much for the story and can make the pacing drag a bit. It also has a rather horrible ending that test audiences hated. The theatrical version has a much better final scene that won't make you hate the ending.
Kyle said he always wondered what Sara was thinking about in that picture. Turns out she was thinking about him.
Please watch the second one!!!! Just go in blind. Don't read any information...only that T2 changed the whole movie industry. So fantastic it was. Good Luck!
^ Exactly
T2 was well done, wasn't as good as this one though.......................
@@GGGritzer Thats your opinion.
@@LukeLovesRose, second was good from an sfx point of view, but rushed & filled with a tonne of massive goofs. It was also a prime example of where more was actually less, a lot less.
@@GGGritzer Youre totally wrong about T2. There are so many great achievements in the movie you have no idea. And im not just talking about the effects. T2 is still being studied for its cinematic achievements in film school
In the original release and on VHS, naked Arnold was blacked out, but modern technology is more...revealing.
I say let the dangles swang
I'm really glad you like the movie. I say this whenever someone watches the first movie, but I think it's important and it's really just neat, at least to me.
I think the movie is even more amazing when you realize that this movie had basically _no_ budget. That's why the look of the Arnold puppet is a bit--dodgy. James Cameron has proved--starting with the sequel to this very movie--that given the money, he _will_ make a movie look good, and make everything look fitting.
It's also important to note that time was a problem, particularly with the stop-motion segments. The Terminator skeleton puppet wasn't given to the stop-motion team until almost the very last minute, so they had less than a _quarter_ of the time to take their measurements, make a model, and film it than they should have had. As such, the stop-motion scenes aren't as great as they could have been.
It's too little money and too little time.
As for the time shenanigans--well, the franchise doesn't keep it straight; how time travel "works" varies from movie to movie, sometimes even in the same movie. That aside, how it works, here, is pretty straightforward. It's a stable time loop.
Reese went back to protect Sarah because he was more or less goaded into volunteering by John, because Kyle had gone back to save his mother before he was born. It sounds weird, I know, but to make sense of it you have to start wrapping your head around the idea that effect can precede cause.
As for how it "works" with Kyle being a young man in the past, think of it like moving around in your apartment or house. You're in the kitchen, then you go into the living room. That you're in the living room now doesn't change the fact that you were just in the kitchen.
Similarly, Kyle unaliving in 1984 doesn't mean he wasn't born in 20XX. From _his_ perspective, he was in 2029 yesterday, even though from _our_ perspective he won't have been in 2029 for forty-five years. Both perspectives are "right", which can be a real tough one to wrap your head around, I know.
That aside, I'm fully on-board with the "watch the sequel" train. It really is considered as good, some even consider it much better, than the first. Also, as I alluded to, it had a bigger budget and a lot more time, so everything looks positively stunning.
Everything _after_ the second movie is where things get argumentative in the fanbase. Everyone loves the first two, but from there on it's a mixed bag. Between a handful of movies and a television show, plots are picked up and thrown away, the physics of pretty much everything vary based on the movie or show, and in general it's--frankly, it's a mess.
Personally, I suggest to just ignore the franchise after the sequel, save for _Terminator: Dark Fate._ The movies and series get really weird, contradict each other and themselves, and generally are just a mess, as I said. _Dark Fate,_ however, was made specifically to take place after the first sequel, _Terminator 2: Judgment Day,_ so it thoroughly ignores all that chaos, plus it was created with direct involvement by James Cameron. Personally, I feel it's a very good third movie to follow the first two.
That said, you're going to get a lot of people arguing for or against the entire franchise, so really, it's up to you, of course.
Alllllll of that aside, if you like time travel movies, I have two to suggest: _Primer_ and _Predestination._ Both feature stable time loops rather heavily, but go in somewhat different directions with them. I do suggest to look up absolutely _nothing_ about _Predestination._ There is no way to get any information without really spoiling the movie, so just make sure you have the one starring Ethan Hawke and you'll be fine.
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I remember the old vhs my dad had of the Terminator taped off the TV and taped a newspaper cutout to the side that had a list of Annie's entire script 😊
Ambybambiboo "If no one's told you this today, I Love you." (Peter Monn)💙
11:19 In the early days of 911 in Los Angeles, dispatch rooms were often understaffed and overworked, especially in the 1980s when the city's violent crime rate was at an all time high.
At this point in 1984, Kyle Reese hasn't even been born yet. John Connor is legitimately older than his own dad. If Kyle had never gone back to 1984, John would never exist and if the Terminator had never gone back to 1984, the technology used to create Skynet would have never existed. It's a huge paradox. Trying to wrap your head around time travel can drive you insane, lol.
Weirdly enough, it's one of the reasons I like time travel movies. Lol
@@ambybambiboo Me too! Check out a movie called "Totally Killer". It's a time travel slasher movie that came out last year. It's pretty good.
1. Linda Hamilton ROCKED. She's really built in T2. "Terminator 2 Judgment Day" is the action movie GOAT.
2. Lance Henriksen/Vukovich, Michael Biehn/Reese and Bill Paxton/punk also played in "Aliens" as Bishop, Hicks and Hudson respectively.
3.We have limited AI now. So does China.😱😱
4. If this wasn't a movie the ammunition would not have been available on the gun shop counter.
5. Ginger's boyfriend Matt must be a lousy lay if she needs rock and roll to "rock and roll".
6. Watching people react to the eye operation is worth watching this all by itself.
7. THAT'S a bitch slap.
I didn't even realize that was Bill Paxton
Great reaction from the gorgeous Amber.
Thank you!! 😊
Very entertaining reaction. Terminator 2 is well worth watching.👍
Would have been a hard time, no pun intended, to find a body double for Arnold! But your initial reaction was priceless!
yet, didn't they use Arnold's weightlifting training partner for the part of the t-800 terminator that infiltrated Kyle Reese's hideout that saw his picture of Sarah be burned? --- Same robot underneath, but the 101 series ( that we saw in T and T2, and yes T3 ) they all look like Arnold. - The other infiltrator that just happens to look like Arnie's training partner in real life? that's a different series for the flesh covering, but again, same model terminator robot underneath.
@@thomasrickelman5468 To my understanding, Franco Columbo was Arnold's training partner. I don't know who played that other terminator, but if you can figure it out, and if he did train with Arnold I'd like to know. Thanks for the input.
Great reaction. And we both have mothers who use copious amounts of Aquanet.
i iwsh i could give more than one like! i saw this in theater when it came out, i was in high school. it was awesome, and ALL of us were quoting arnold constantly! Glad to have you back, you have the most wonderful and honest reactions, keep up the great work.
Thank you so much ☺️
This is a great and fun movie. A pretty original concept that mixes genres of science fiction, horror, and noir. I highly recommend checking out the sequel, Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
31:33 technically, Kyle was born in 2003 😊
So he's younger than me 😂
@@ambybambiboo Me too 😅
Fun fact, Arnie was about half the size and shape in this movie compared to his Mr Olympia Prime just a few years prior.
Hi, it's great you've seen this sci-fi classic, it's just so good. As is it's incredible sequel Terminator 2 - the GOAT sequel! Please react to that asap. Production on the first movie got put back several months and in that time director James Cameron wrote Aliens! I'm subscribed to your channel :)
Definitely watch T2.
@@ambybambibooExcellent! I'll look forward to your reaction to it :)
Nice reaction.
Thank you 😁
This movie, perhaps more than anything else, contributed to the modern public's worry over AI.
I can see that.
The Terminator is a masterpiece and has fantastic actors in the film including Bill Paxton he was one of the punks it was his first film i think and the one that looks like Arnold Schwarzenegger was a punk two but i can't remember his name
Thank for for playing another one of Big Arnold's movies Sweetheart. I really, really enjoyed it very, very much. Have a Blessed Day. Adios. PS: You gotta lot of Class. Thank God.
One interesting thing to note is that while this movie and its sequel are nearly identical story-wise, their genre is different. You have a great horror film in this one, and a great action film in the second.
John her son never knew who his father was either
I magine a place having a $4.50 cover charge today...
Great Reaction, looking forward to T2 and at 6:50 for Kyle it's Tuesday.
hi amber there are six terminator movies you will enjoy them all.
Hello 😊
"Dangle"😂
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Subscribed the moment you said "dangle swangin'" LOL!!!
Haha. Thank you 😂
The really great action movies have a good story and likable characters to give the action meaning. T2 really took the concept of the first and knocked it out of the park. Revolutionary effects that still look good to this day, awesome characters, great story - really looking forward to your reaction!
RIP Bill Paxton (The thug in the beginning with the blue hair. Stared in Twister)
Aqua Net was the number one choice of big hair rockers everywhere.
“ in a 100 yrs who’s gonna care .?”
...I ain’t gonna care by the end of the shift !!!!
Lol 😂😅🤣 ur hilarious !
G'day Amber thank you for letting me watch thus film with you even though I've watched the movie umpteenth times it's good seeing shows with other people's perspective . There is a movie I've just discovered it's called " God told me to " 1976 horror sci fi the premise looks good .
Anyway Amber thank you
Thank you for watching!
This is so awesome, instant subscribe! Love your sassy responses, had me laughing during the chase scene in the tunnel and when the tanker blew up! Do Terminator 2 next, it's good! Hope you'll do more classic action & war movies!
Thank you so much!
This is my first time watching one of your reactions, and I will say this. You make great faces! That has always been one of my clues to a great person to hang out with. My quote was always "you gotta make great faces!" So I'm definitely subscribing. Plus, you know lizard care! I have a Leopard Gecko and a couple tree frogs!
I've always had a very expressive face. Lol. I used to have a leopard gecko. I really want some frogs too.
I don't recommend the frogs. They are nocturnal so you NEVER see them. I had to put up a motion activated night vision camera to make sure they were alive. Both were rescues that were transported on plants to New York City from Florida. But, honestly, if I weren't just trying to rescue them, I wouldn't want to own them. They are tough pets. I would like to get a nice, simple beardie.
T2 you will not regret it
35:56 Behind the Scenes Fact: for this scene the reason why they shot at the torso is cuz under it are the people puppeteering it
Thank you for the great reaction!
Thank you!
Another time travel movie you might enjoy is called Somewhere in Time. It stars Jane Seymour and Christopher Reeves, the guy who played Superman in the 80's movies.
Id say the 1st one is more of a horror film and the 2nd one is more action but ive always enjoyed the first one the best out of all the terminator films.
Best movie of the history.
Awesome reaction! You’re going to love T2
a picture...and the savior of humanity, your idol & leader, talking her up to you...
then "someone has to go back in time to save her or humanity dies"
34:11 Behind the scenes fact: James Cameron used a miniature Tanker for this scene
It's better than not running!
9:22 A house-mate of mine had a bearded dragon. It just needed a basking rock, a heat lamp and some food, crickets and leaves.
I saw the second one first, so I already knew, but you twigged that Kyle was going to be John's father faster than a lot of reactors.
You're gonna love Judgement Day!! I'm not a big fan of these movies but admittedly the sequel is definitely a truly superior sequel among all films I've ever seen. 5 star rating. Enjoy. 😎🇺🇸
Definitely gonna be checking out the second one
About your question involving Reese being John's father and the timelines my theory is that someone else presumably the man Sarah was dating was John originally John's Father but by traveling through time Reese and the Terminator created an alternate timeline leading to Reese being the father.
"his dangle wangel" 😆
5:39 every time I watch this movie and I see that Toy Truck I always saw that as foreshadowing Terminator 2: Judgment Day that didn't come out till 1991
After doing research: As the cyborg's stolen car rolls to a halt outside an average-looking house, the front tire crushes a small toy truck - foreshadowing a later action scene in which the Terminator commandeers an articulated truck during a chase.
The Terminator and the sequel Terminator 2: Judgment Day (one of the best sequels in cinematic history, and even better than the original, in my opinion) certainly hold up very well in this day and age. In fact, they are even more relevant nowadays with the emergence and rapid development of artificial intelligence; Sky Net and the dawn of malicious machines are right around the corner!
6:48 - Yes, right now in Gaza.
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Where exactly would you find a body double for Arnie?
Great review of an excellent film, can't wait for T2. Happy Easter :)
Kyle Reese is my favorite character and he says come with me if you want to live
This was one of the best reaction videos I ever seen for T1! You have good reactions and judgements of different scenes. Made it fun to watch.
i recommend the Abyss (1989)
Good reaction can't wait till T2.
I love this movie probably one of my favorite movies of all time and plus it came out the same year I was born 1984 😉 the actual release date of this movie was October 26th 1984
5:27 I played this part over and over cuz of how funny it is.
Scenario:
Husband: Babe I'm back from my Trip come pick me up from the airport
Wife: I'm watching a movie
Husband: I don't care what you're doing. come and get me.