I think the reason older films look better is mostly because they were shot on film with less margin for error. This meant cinematographers had to plan every single shot, and take into account all the values of lighting, composition, tracking etc. They studied for years specifically on this craft and learned to master the basics and fundamentals. Also, they knew their film history better, with it being more recent at the time. Modern filmmakers would benefit from looking back at past craft and taking the best elements. People are far too concerned with trying to be edgy and cool. A beautiful shot is a beautiful shot and a bad one is a bad one.

@tvdroid22

Жыл бұрын

Even today the best explosions are done on film instead of digital.

@Kickinthescience

Жыл бұрын

@@tvdroid22 well certain superheroes need alot of CGI to pull off the moves and the universe

@ivan4087

11 ай бұрын

yeah like david fincher films are shot worse

@ivan4087

11 ай бұрын

also you watching that blue recolored later version of it. it worse than rare full color original. its on some blu rays

@bsanchez3563

10 ай бұрын

​@@tvdroid22agreed... because if someone is both really good and on the ball they are more twisi probable, to have a sucessful result from their usage of the genuine film tech and magnetic media or if it is all real life created effects not with some... editing or computer animated thing... only because if it is in a 4:3 I feel you can be. Ore underground without being prone fo as rapidly having the wrath of the inevitable... toxicity that stems from when a fanbase becomes overripe/rife with white knights or else some controversy becomes unbearable/or even just a scandal becomes an overshadowing factor for whatever thing it relates to... kind of like at least 2 musicians, I recall hearing about or actors basically it makes the franchise or whatever... become kind of hard to enjoy without it being a unhospitable vibe etc... but yeah for you to do 4:3 aspect ratio, analog or digital and/or hd but on a magnetic form such as ,ini dv or dvhs/Dtheater such as Fast and the Furious, Irobot or other similar titles... and also have high end decks and equipment used but without being used by individuals that still have too much of an issue with not knowing what they are doing... at least not to a point that they have at best a one hit wonder type of success... but rather can continue to somehow someway continue to all the while... you know just with a few years or so for awhile dibble and be dabbling in stuff/things or researching whatever.. and then somehow make use of that from learning of various things and opportunities potentially. Also because it makes it obvious it is not high end production by mere new latest great tech to merely flaunt money aqcuired tech etc from already had stuff... not just pure skill and the small niche of first viewers that dtick through the video or program etc... that by word of mouth becomes more and more known

Right after the Terminator whacks Sarah's roommate (and it believes it's mission is over), whoever wrote the incredibly ironic part 'You're talking to a machine right now' is quite clever.

@shadowcatreacts

Жыл бұрын

Ooo I didn't even realize that! Good writing

@rikuruohomaki3230

Жыл бұрын

The writer would be Cameron, I assume. Cameron's friend William Wisher helped Cameron with the script, un-credited, but I assume this is the type of ironic humor Cameron has an affinity for, like the wedding ring in the toilet scene from Abyss (only on the Abyss Special Edition version), so I assume it's Cameron. Wisher was credited as a co-writer of the book adaptation and also has a co-writing credit on T2.

My favourite part Shadowcat, and a sad fact, it´s when Kyle said that he always wondered what Sarah was thinking at that moment of the picture. And she was thinking of Kyle during that tape record. Lovers across time....

@Serai3

Жыл бұрын

I still say Cameron go that idea elsewhere. Not gonna name the film, in case shadowcat decides to see it, but it was part of a quite popular film a few years before this one.

@slothkng

Жыл бұрын

@@Serai3 it was a twilight zone episode and he had to give them credit

@DavidB-2268

Жыл бұрын

​@Al Lefrancois Outer Limits. The episode was Soldier, written by Harlan Ellison, and starring Michael Ansara.

@Serai3

Жыл бұрын

@@slothkng No. That is not what I'm talking about. I'm referencing the PHOTO and the fact that it forms a time loop. You haven't seen the film I'm referring to, obviously, or you'd remember. (I've known about the TZ episode ever since Cameron HIMSELF admitted it in an interview soon after the movie was released. Then Harlan heard about, called Henry, and Cameron has been furiously backpedaling ever since.)

@brandondetroitfanmichaels4325

Жыл бұрын

​@@Serai3 🍪

Love your comment about Arnold being the perfect person to play this part because it wasn’t scripted that way at all. Reese mentions that the Terminators were infiltration units and James Cameron thought the scary thing about them would be their ability to blend into a crowd and be completely anonymous. To that end, his first choice to play the machine was Lance Hendrickson, who is in this movie as the police lieutenant and also appears in Aliens as Bishop. Everything changed after meeting Arnold, who cannot blend into a crowd at all, but does appear to be an unstoppable force chasing after our heroes. There’ a long running myth that OJ Simpson was considered for the part, but Cameron debunked that a while back. It was apparently suggested by a studio exec and never got past a pitch to Cameron, who immediately shot it down.

@calebmarmon1310

4 ай бұрын

Yeah I think Arnold works as a computer’s idea of blending in. It would still work to an extent, because he appears like a big hulking human. But it adds to that creeping eeriness that he’s blending in just enough to get close to his target. There’s no 4D chess going on. No long term-planning. There isn’t a human-like intelligence in there. Just a single-minded ruthless determination. And anything that resembles human thought exists as a simple imitation to achieve its goal.

Kyle was born after the war. John Connor had around 44 years old when he send Kyle to the past... knowing only himself that he was his father. And Kyle had around 27 only...

i remember when i was a little kid my parents wouldn't let me watch anything but G-rated movies.. but one day i was home sick from school, my mom was out of the house and my dad showed me this movie and said not to tell mom. i remember just being amazed by it.. it was glorious to my little kid brain. as i got older though i noticed how there's a pretty beautiful love story woven in the movie. you gotta admit "i came across time for you, sarah" is a pretty great line!

Always a pleasure watching first timers really getting INTO the movie. T2 will blow you away and you will highly enjoy it.

@shadowcatreacts

Жыл бұрын

I can't wait!!!

@rikuruohomaki3230

Жыл бұрын

​@@shadowcatreacts I love the Special Edition version of T2, even though it does have more down time between action scenes than the regular version. Without going into specifics, it gives more time for humor, some alterations to how terminator tech is presented in the regular cut (at the same time, more cool FX, both CGI and practical), but also, some more dramatic and darker scenes, to flesh out the relationships between characters. It explains better where Sarah is coming from and how it affects the relationship between Sarah and her son and gives foreshadowing to Sarah's actions and the choices she makes. Either way. It's still a good movie. I loved the movie when I had seen the regular version more thsn 10 times. When I saw Special Edition, I still loved the movie, only I also loved the addition of some of those excised scenes.

@Kineticboy2K1

Жыл бұрын

@@rikuruohomaki3230 I had the same experience! I LOVED T2 as a child, the first live-action movie I ever liked, and must have seen it several dozen times. Then when the Special Edition came out it felt like my favorite movie of all time got renewed and I watched it a few dozen more times since then. Absolutely the best version of the movie.

"I used to wonder what you were thinking..." All the feelz.

Arnold is actually a really charismatic guy, and he worked hard to develop his stoic persona and movements to appear more robotic for this film. Loved your reaction, it was fun!

I love the minor little mistakes that were difficult to spot back then but with modern technology they kind of leap out at you. Right after Arnold say the iconic “I’ll be back” line, you see the desk sergeant’s face get lit up by the car’s headlights. But when Arnold’s car busts through the entrance, the car’s lights aren’t even on. 😂

@dmwalker24

Жыл бұрын

That's the one thing in this film that really bugs the crap out of me every time. It's not even like a tech oversight, or a bad effect. They could have just turned the headlights on. I mean maybe they were off because that car wasn't actually running due to safety concerns, but they still could have rigged up some headlights.

@amyjordan195

Жыл бұрын

​​@@dmwalker24 seriously? That's what bothers you? I am always horrified that Kyle spent the whole movie in a homeless man's nasty pants.

@lurkerrekrul

Жыл бұрын

@@dmwalker24 You know what has always bugged the crap out of me? After the truck blows up, a figure staggers out on fire, and collapses on a bare patch of ground. Closeups of the skull don't look like the terminator's skill at all. It looks hollow behind the jaw and doesn't seem to have the little pistons on the side. Then a few seconds later, the terminator rises up from UNDERNEATH some debris. Was there someone else in the truck? Was this a massive continuity goof? Did Cameron just say "Screw it, it'll look cooler if it's under some debris, continuity be damned!"? This has bugged me since the first time I saw the movie. As for the headlights: Maybe they got damaged when the car crashed through the door.

@lurkerrekrul

Жыл бұрын

@Noel McGinnis - Minor mistakes like the missing blade in the X-Acto knife when Arnold raises it up to his eye? I could never figure out why they did that. It's not like you see Arnold put the knife in his eye. From the angle they used, he could have had it several inches from his face and we wouldn't have been able to tell. And if they still felt a real blade was too dangerous, why not make a fake blade out of paper? For the second or so that it's on screen, nobody would have been able to tell the difference. And, while I know it's an iconic line, him saying "I'll be back." never made any sense. The cop wasn't paying any attention to it, and even if he had been, just walking away wouldn't have caused the terminator any problems. Remember, it's a machine, it only interacts with humans when it needs to, otherwise they don't matter to it. Notice that the terminator doesn't ask the man on the phone to move, or even say anything to him. It also didn't kill him because there was no reason to. It killed the gun shop owner because he would have called the police and/or might have had a gun, prematurely ruining the human disguise. It killed the cops in the police station purely to get them out of the way. If the punks hadn't attacked it, it probably would have let them live.

@dmwalker24

Жыл бұрын

@@amyjordan195 I see how that could be an issue as well, but at least the pants don't emit phantom light when off-screen.

So, on the steering wheel thing. I used to think it was just actors over-acting when they'd drive like that, until I bought a car from 1968. That's legit how you have to drive in order to keep the car straight, the suspension is WAY different on older vehicles.

@ebashford5334

Жыл бұрын

Especially going at high speed and dodging city traffic. You're basically constantly drifting the car around everything in that situation.

@RadicalTrivia

Жыл бұрын

​@@ebashford5334Exactly!

@shadowcatreacts

Жыл бұрын

🌈the more you know!🌈 My first thought was definitely overacting lolol

That older movie "look" is likely the use of optical lenses (as opposed to digital) and filters. It really does lend it a sort of organic beauty digital can't do. (The film stock can make a difference too.) If you like this one, T2 is going to blow your mind....

You didn't recognize Kyle played Hicks in Aliens. Michael Bien also did a wonderful job in Tombstone

"I hope she's ovulating" 😂 you are a practical woman

@shadowcatreacts

Жыл бұрын

😆😆 these things need to be considered!

@mosesramirez6021

Жыл бұрын

... and creative sense of humor 🤗

@amberlopez7477

Жыл бұрын

Yes, that's so romantic.

@nativetexan9776

Жыл бұрын

Every time I see Linda Hamilton, I ovulate. LOL

I think the fact that Kyle Reese is John’s father is something called a “bootstrap paradox”.

She’s so badass in the 2nd one

You're right about ovulation only being 12-24 hours, but pregnacy/fertilization can occur several days before and several days after, making chance of impregnating window be approximately 5 - 7 days in the month.

@shadowcatreacts

Жыл бұрын

True! I'm glad she was within the ~7 day window lol

@GrainneMhaol

7 ай бұрын

My grandparents had ten and fourteen children respectively. I'm amazed they got anything done.

I love that everyone predicts Kyle is the father well in advance. It shows good storytelling on Cameron's part (it's not meant to be a big surprise) and it's rewarding for the audience. Also, it's such an established trope of sci-fi at this point.

@michelegraham1181

Жыл бұрын

A few reactioners I've seen for T1 is that they think that Reese actually John Conner. It's pretty funny when they see Sarah and Reese start to kiss.

@thecockerel86

Жыл бұрын

I think it also reflects the cinematic intelligence of your average movie fan nowadays as opposed to the past. Film directors have to work harder to surprise them. Back in 1984/85, when I first saw this movie as a teenager, most of us didn't see the twist coming.

@brandondetroitfanmichaels4325

Жыл бұрын

​@@michelegraham1181 Or when they react to, Luke and Leia being siblings lol

I heard this movie was a run-and-gun film made on a small budget (1 million), yet it was elevated to new heights by James Cameron's vision and skill, transforming it into an incredible and impactful film.

You'll be loving T2, one of the best Action movies ever made! Watch SPECIAL EDITION. T2 has bigger budget (biggest budget ever at the time), bigger setpieces, combination of practical FX and CGI that pushed boundaries back then and still holds up pretty well. If you want a version where Michael Biehn (Reese) makes a cameo in a dream sequence, also, a version with more world building, humor, FX scenes and more human interaction between characters, even some slight changes to story, especially regarding Sarah's mental state and relationship with John, be sure to watch the Special Edition, which restores some of the scenes excised from the theatrical cut. Or if you want a more lean action movie with less pauses between action scenes, but missing out on some of those scenes, then watch the theatrical version. Both versions are great, only slightly different.

The real irony is that the machines could have achieved their objective by not sending the Terminator back at all. John only existed because Kyle was sent back to stop the Terminator. If they hadn't sent the cyborg, Kyle wouldn't have gone, either, and John would never have existed. Also, can we have some appreciation for what a drama queen the Terminator is? That barrier at the police station was just wood and glass; he could easily have punched through it and climbed right in. Did he do the simple, logical thing? NO. He literally FLOUNCED out the door and demolished the whole room with a car, like an entitled sorority girl mad that she wasn't being let into a nightclub. It's a delicious bit of comedy, but hardly anyone seems to get the joke. :P

@michelegraham1181

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, but didn't they need to send one of their Terminators back so that the technology could exist in the first place?

@Serai3

Жыл бұрын

@@michelegraham1181 It makes you wonder how much they even knew about what had happened. Reese said they knew very little, which it seems is what caused the entire time loop in the first place. It's an interesting paradox, thought whether that future would have been averted or just delayed is impossible to know.

@shadesofgold24

11 ай бұрын

There’s an alternative view on this. The future war from the first movie happened and evolved naturally. Skynet was created, future war happened, John Conner rose to be the leader, destroys skynet, sends back Kyle his best soldier. But that John Connor had a different father. Kyle was not his father. The alternate timeline is where t2 exists. Kyle is John’s father now. Skynet was reverse engineered from the T800 from the first. The original timeline no longer exists. Paradox ensues. It could explain the T1000 as well. That in the first movie, the T800 is the newest and most scary threat. The resistance still have a hard time with them. That’s what Skynet sends back. In the new timeline, Skynet gets to the T800 much quicker, that’s why the resistance can capture and reprogram one, and the T1000 is skynets most advanced creation now

@manvirshergill1739

11 ай бұрын

​@@shadesofgold24I disagree, it's a time loop, Kyle Reese was always John's father, remember in the scene where Kyle says to Sarah "it was a chance to meet the Legend, Sarah Connor who taught her son to fight, organise, prepare for when he was a kid" why would Sarah need to train John in the original timeline if she was just married to a random dude and didn't know about the future war.

Shadowcat: "... and Arnold Schwarzenegger killed it ! HE KILLED IT !!" Everyone else: " Yup, he pretty much killed everybody !"

Fun fact, Arnold tried very hard to make sure he said "back" and not "bahk" in this film. I heard that the scene of the terminator walking from the flames came to James Cameron in a dream, and was his starting point.

@rikuruohomaki3230

Жыл бұрын

The story goes, Italian producer had fired him from Piranha 2, his directorial debut, and added new scenes that Cameron did not shoot and did not approve of. So he went to Italy, stayed in a hotel and at night, broke into editing room to re-cut the movie. Only, he had no money for food, so he stole discarded food from hotel room service trays. This resulted in a food poisonimg and a nightmare of a robot, which inspired Cameron to write The Terminator.

@bloodymarvelous4790

Жыл бұрын

Schwarzenegger had trouble with the pronunciation of "I'll", and suggested to Cameron that the line be changed to "I will be back." Cameron was adamant (as he always is) that he wanted the line spoken as he put it in the screenplay.

"OMG. That shouldn't be that easy to do!" You are right. But as strange as it sounds, when this movie was made the shotgun wasn't locked in the squad car. It wasn't until after a major incident (I'm sure you can deduce what that was) they started locking them in the cars. Just a note: I'm sure you are aware, but just in case you aren't, Arnold doesn't really walk that way in real life. He was acting like a robot for the movie. Arnold is actually a pretty capable actor. Sure, he has a strong accent, and it sounds funny. But he has always been cast appropriately for who he is, and many of his movies are gold. Try Conan the Barbarian, or True Lies, or Total Recall, or Kindergarten Cop, or Jingle All the Way. They are all fantastic.

Amazing classic The Terminator directed by James Cameron starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton and Michael Biehn. This is the first film that Schwarzenegger saying his iconic catchphrase "I'll be Back". Thank you Shadowcat great reaction excellent and don't forget reacts Terminator 2: Judgment Day👍👍

When Kyle Reese is glancing through the phone book, he glances over the name "Michael B. Connor." Reese was portrayed by Michael C. Biehn. The names Kyle, Reese, Connell (Michael Biehn's middle name), Connor, and Biehn are all Irish. I think. By all means, correct me if I'm wrong. I point it out because they actually made Reese's partial Irish heritage canon to his character in the later saga. Plus, Michael Biehn is half-Irish, half-German, further connecting him to the character. He also researched the Warsaw Ghetto resistance fighters in order make Reese "vibe" like a real guerrilla fighter. 12:34 That look of sheer hate on Reese's face every time he blasts the Terminator is so satisfying! 13:18 Notice how he introduces himself, even to a civilian, with his name, rank, and serial number, as if it's just second nature to do so. This drives home the point that his whole life has been consumed by war. 20:16 It's a stress laugh. 20:57 That rifle is an AR-18 (Armalite's "forgotten" rifle). There's a punk song by Gang of Four called 'Armalite Rifle'. It's mostly about the AR-18. 21:55 "I want the future to be unknown." ~James Cole (played by Bruce Willis), '12 Monkeys'. James Cole is a lot like Kyle Reese. Michael Biehn and Bruce Willis are both able to play action heroes with realistic human vulnerability. 22:55 All that battle damage has causes his flesh to become gangrenous. That basically means he's a cyborg zombie! Or zombie cyborg. Whichever. 28:53 Remember when Reese said that he'd always wondered what she was thinking at that moment? She was thinking of him! uwu

Funniest line in this movie to me is when The Terminator scrolls through his list of responses when the landlord asks about the bad odor coming from the room and he chooses to say "Fuck you, asshole.

@shadowcatreacts

Жыл бұрын

Such a good moment hahaha

@Rainbow.Pegacorn.Cosplay

Жыл бұрын

@@shadowcatreacts makes me laugh every time

Terminator 2 broke records at its time and is still a top movie in the box office. Compared to todays inflation, Terminator would have made an estimated 1 - 1.3 billion! It’s the 3rd highest grossing movie of its time. can’t wait to watch it with you! It’s definitely a top 3 favorite of mine.

These are legendary movies for a reason. Originally the factory where The Terminator is destroyed was supposed to be Cyberdyne Systems. However, the production ran out of money, and couldn't afford to have the sign on the building. Also, Kyle always wondered what she was thinking about in the photo. She was thinking of him.

The Machines sent the Terminator back in time to Kill Sarah before she gave birth to their enemy. The Terminator not only failed in its mission, it actually *CAUSED* the birth of their enemy. Had the machines done nothing Sarah would never have met Kyle Recce in 1984, because this was at least 16 years before Kyle was even born.

It is an issue of the more advanced technology. In many ways it makes things much more convenient (digital storage vs. film, the ability to do lower quality test runs and fine tune, far easier to make changes in post, etc). With that convenience there is a tendency for some laziness to start to creep in. If you look at top-tier examples of old school hand-drawn animation, the precision is exquisite, because it had to be. Additionally, there is far more emphasis these days on creating a marketable product, than a work of art. It's become much more about churning out a stream of films that will make the required return on investment. I like how Cameron decided to finish the Terminator. Kyle's last act with the bomb, effectively saved the lives of Sarah, and his son. But Sarah had to be the one to push that button in the end. It was a necessary step for her to become who she was meant to be.

The thing I can’t understand about the Terminator franchise is how reactors get told that the first movie is ok but the sequel is awesome. Yes, T2 is awesome, and yes, it is superior to the first movie, but the first Terminator movie is iconic and blew us all away with its premise and execution. It’s like for some people there’s only one decent movie in the franchise.

@shadowcatreacts

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, that's probably why I had low to no expectations for this one. Might've worked in its favour though bc it blew me away!

@sean---the-other-one

Жыл бұрын

@@shadowcatreacts Aside from the hype for T2 (which it will live up to), not only do you have fans with misleading opinions on the original Terminator movie but you get wildly different opinions on all the movies afterwards. Definitely decide for yourself whether you continue on past T2, but one thing that may help you understand the furore over the further sequels is a thing I only discovered in recent years. I saw all the theatrical versions, and to me, whilst I thought T3 was a bit weak and a bit of a cash grab, I’ve enjoyed all the sequels. I could understand people having a problem with T3, but couldn’t understand why for some people they absolutely hated all of them and thought they were all unnecessary. Then in the last couple of years I discovered that T2 had a different ending (or maybe two) depending on which cut you watch. That discovery brought it all into sharper focus. I won’t say much more here so I don’t spoil it for you in case you haven’t yet seen T2, but it won’t matter. Whichever version you see, as long as you are aware that the other ending(s) exist and what the general difference is, you’ll be able to get a clearer idea of the fans’ emotional states and whether to pursue more sequels or not.

when the terminator is in the gun shop some people wonder why there were no trigger locks on the guns. trigger locks weren’t even common at this time and they weren’t legally required in new gun sales until after the Jonesboro, AR school shooting

ShadowCat, thank you for being willing to share some of the things you're thinking. It sounds simple, but you would be saddened to remember how many obstacles people endure to be themselves and comment on what they think. Thank You again for being on the positive side of internet influence. Hugs.

Actually, Arnold was brought in as a possible Kyle Reese, but he knew that the role of the Terminator would be better for him.

Brad Fiedel's soundtrack is very underrated. He also did Fright Night & T2

Arnold was a bodybuilder & I remember seeing him compete, before getting into movies. He was quite a specimen; WOW! Was all I could say.

Arnold's back in Terminator 2 as there are multiple identical copies of him in the future. The terminator chassis is a T-800 and the "Arnold" skin makes it a model T-101. T-102 etc. are the same T-800 chassis with a different skin. Terminator 2 was made 6 years after the original with a huge increase in budget - $6 million for the original, $100 million for the sequel. Translated to today's dollars that's roughly $17 million to $200 million, and most of that increase is right there on screen.

This is one of Schwarzenegger's earlier film roles, and he was still a little wooden, or robotic, naturally, so it helped with the role. If you want another really good early Arnie movie, Conan the Barbarian was one of the best (there were others, but a fairly short list) fantasy movies going until the Lord of the Rings era.

As a 14 year old at the time I was too young to get in to the theaters to see "The Terminator" when it first came out, but when it came on the cable movie networks the year after year... I want to say early August... I was REALLY looking forward to it. I was a reader of Starlog and Muscle and Fitness magazines so I was already familiar with a fair bit of the look of the Terminator and the movie, but when I saw it, when my parents were out one night, I... WAS... BLOWN... AWAY ! It became my third favorite movie at the time and since has upped just a little to my second favorite (if I get ties lol).

1. Linda Hamilton ROCKED. She's really built in T2. Must watch next. 2. Along with Lance Henriksen/Vukovich and Michael Biehn/Reese also played in Aliens as Bishop and Hicks respectively. 3. You caught the "baby daddy" thing faster than anyone so far.😎 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.

The Terminator getting his eyebrows burned 🔥 off from the explosion just prior to punching 👊 through the windshield to grab Sarah was a great idea on the makeup department. This makes the Terminator look all the more intimidating and not quite human. Much like an unstoppable Frankenstein monster!! -OG

Kyle said John's father died before the war.

@kathygonzalez1413

Жыл бұрын

🤔🤔

A guy in college punched through a thick double paned dorm stairway door. He almost died from the blood loss. He damaged nerves and loss basic use of his arm for a long time. It ‘may’ have been permanent. All from being drunk and stupid.

The reason you think older movies look better than many newer movies is because older movies were shot on film and a lot of newer movies are shot digitally. Although that’s not as much of an issue now, in the early 2000’s digital cameras could not achieve full dynamic range, meaning they couldn’t reproduce rich blacks and other colors so a lot of the colors looked washed out. A good example of this are the StarWars prequels; especially episode 1 & 2, the colors are weak giving those movies a cartoonish look. But the Original Trilogy and the Sequel Trilogy were shot on film, so all the colors are rich giving the movies a more cinematic feel.

Sara ending the terminator is the beginning of the legend.

9:52 yes finally someone said it. I had that same Walkman with the orange speaker covers. You could hear everything around you.

The guy that shoots up the underground in Reese's dream is Arnold's lifelong friend and also a Mr Olympia competitor, Franco Columbu!

I get it. You were laughing at the audacity of driving a car into a police station. Without hesitation.

Once upon a time.... Memes didn't really come about as a way of mocking things that were cringey and bad, memes came about from the lasting power of truly great/memorable things finding ways to permeate throughout and become a part of culture far beyond their initial reach. (In my opinion, anyhow!^-^) 😊🤭🤭😁

Yessss, one of my favorites! So glad you watched

Time to watch Terminator 2

Some of my favorite Schwarzenegger films: Terminator 1 and 2, Total Recall (sci-fi action), and True Lies (action comedy co-starring Jamie Lee Curtis).

Burnin' In The Third Degree by Tahnee Cain and the Tryanglz...one of my all-time favorite songs and certainly my favorite 80s song ❤️

It's cool the way movie producers can make things like this look so real

Great Reaction,btw did you know that this is James Cameron's break out movie that put him on the map? You can't even really see how Low Budget this film actually was. Yeah Arnie is great, which is funny since he was originally suppost to play Kyle Reese. Also not a very Fun Fact: One of the actors originally suggested to play the Terminator was OJ Simpson, but ironically nobody believed he could be taken seriously as a cold-blooded killer, Yikes!😬

@Pixelologist

Жыл бұрын

I think Arnie WANTED to play Reese and did audition for the part....but I'm pretty sure that Cameron never thought about giving him that part.

@shadowcatreacts

Жыл бұрын

OOF that would have totally ruined the movie in hindsight 😣 James Cameron dodged a bullet w that one!

I fully agree about cinematography in the 80s vs now. Much more subtlety and nuance in every regard.

Of all the reactions I've seen i think you're the 1st and only person to recognise that there are ppl currently living in such horrid conditions thru no fault of their own

You would also enjoy "Conan the Barbarian" circa 1982, which was Arnold's first Blockbuster film.

Having lived in the 1980s and the 2020s, I'm not disappointed that we haven't moved ahead 50 years. I'm disappointed that we seem to have moved backwards 50 years. Today we are closer to the norms of 1932.

Another awesome reaction. 21:20 to 21:30 the construction of whatever is happening in the Background does the Terminator theme with metal clanging. IT'S WILD! It's funny that you mentioned Arnold's casting because James Cameron originally cast him as Kyle because 'the Terminator' was supposed to be an infiltration machine that should have looked more normal and less 'super swole'. That way it could blend in with the public and not stand out. After meeting with Cameron and reading more of the script they both decided to switch it up. A great change in casting, if you ask me. I can't wait to see your reaction to T2. The TV show, Sarah Connor Chronicles, was one of my favorite shows and would be the next thing I recommend to watch if you decide to continue with The Terminator after T2. Much love.

@keithmays8076

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Originally they wanted O.J. Simpson to play the Terminator but they nixed it thinking He was "too nice." Irony

@shadowcatreacts

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Thanks Steve!! I truly can't picture Arnold as Kyle haha. He IS the Terminator

The original concept of this film was Cameron wondering what would a Michael Myers (Halloween) type unkillable monster look like in sci-fi. With the technology he'd be even more unstoppable. This makes Terminator a horror film with sci-fi in it. However, most people think it's the other way around; sci-fi flick with elements of horror. This was the film that MADE James Cameron. With a tiny budget, he made miracles. I mean, dig that cheesy music throughout, except for the iconic Terminator theme. The film grossed over 10x its budget at the box office, and Cameron has been flying high ever since.

9:00 Now _this_ was a case of fortune working out well for one of the main characters. She's just connected a few dots. First, she's just noticed that, at the time this phone book was printed, there were two other women in LA named "Sarah Connor." Second, she's picked up on the fact that both women have been killed _that very day._ Third, she's picked up on the fact that they've both been killed in the _very_ sequence they're listed in the _phone_ book. Fourth, she's picked up on the fact that, following that sequence, she's next. She's never had to be on guard for threats to her life, but she is now.

7:43 - Ginger had her own show, "20 minute workout". Very popular at the time.

Kyle Recce always wondered what Sarah was thinking when the picture he fell in love with was taken. He would have been shocked to discover she had been thinking of her late lover, Kyle Recce. Perhaps that is why he was so drawn to her.

Just found your channel. I have no idea why you cried either but the whole reaction was great. You're a natural. I think an 80's horror you would enjoy is "The Thing"

@shadowcatreacts

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Thanks Dan!! ☺️

Did u recognize the first guy killed? Bill Paxton. Also in Cameron movies, aliens, Titanic, true Lies, reese is in aliens, and the abyss.

Arnold took inspiration for his performance from an earlier film with killer androids, Westworld. The same one that the recent HBO series was based on. Yul Brynner played an android gunslinger who share's that same sense of unstoppable forward motion that the Terminator does. Screenplay by Michael Crichton, and if I had a nickel for every time Michael Chrichton wrote a movie about a massively ambitious theme park dependent on advanced technology that ends up being too complex to ever hope to control, so things go bad and people die, I'd have two nickels, but it's weird it happened twice. In some other timeline, they went with their original casting idea for the Terminator instead of Arnold. No telling how O.J. Simpson would have portrayed a robotic killing machine.

This was massively entertaining. I am quite familiar with folks stress laughing, but stress tears is a new thing for me. I am torn between a sense of guilt from deriving pleasure out of your tears and a hope that you will be under some more stress on camera in the future. :)

I'm sure I'll fade into a sea of voices saying this, but I cannot wait for you to watch the next one. Don't watch any trailers, don't read the summary description, don't look at any photos, go in as blind as you can.

The fact that it is also actually film matters too. No way around it. Digital is sharp and precise, but our eyes are analog, and actual film just looks better. Also, as mentioned, they had to plan more to make the shots as good as they could.

24:30 The way I remember it is that sperm lasts for up to 4 days ... and it is even split with male sperm swimming faster but only living for 2 days and female sperm being slower but living longer (it's either this version or the other way round). tl;dr If you "keep a calendar" AND add a safety margin, you could "have fun" without the chance to get pregnant ... but mother nature WANTS women to get pregnant and thus they are "more willing to mate" when they can get pregnant.

@kathygonzalez1413

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Damn 😂

James Cameron actually wrote Terminator and sold rights to the franchise for a dollar under the condition he could direct it. He was just starting out as a director and wanted propel his directing career. He didn't know it would be worth over a billion dollars. Might possibly be the best return for an investment ever.

I think this was the first movie that Arnold used his own voice (Conan movies they dubbed him). I thought it was a test run - if the audience couldn’t cope with his Austrian accent, that was OK as he was bad guy.

I'll be back. That was the most efficient way to breach the door and gain access to the inside of the police station

You do know the guy with the spiked hair in the beginning is Bill Paxton right? he played Hudson on Aliens. And became a fairly big star. he died like 7 years ago. And of course you know the muscle dude is Arnold Schwarzenegger. This is the movie that made him one of the biggest stars of the time. Oh, the dude helping Sarah is Hicks from Aliens. And the white cop is the robot in Aliens

You should definitely watch the sequel, but also the other James Cameron films, True Lies, and The Abyss. He never misses and they're all great.

@rikuruohomaki3230

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Then again, he also did Piranha 2, on which he was fired by the producer and not being able to make the final cut. In his defense, like he has said himself, he did make the best movie about flying piranhas ever made. It also had Lance Henriksen, who was Cameron's original choice for the role of Terminator, but ended up as one of the cops in it. Cameron even drew concept drawings with Henriksen as Terminator. Henriksen did get to play an android, eventually, in Cameron's Aliens.

I love the way you customize your censor choice for each movie!🤭🤭💖

I love your appreciation for the visuals of older films. Great reaction.

Hello) Thank you for your constructive reaction to one of the most beloved films in my life since childhood, and I would like to add for reference that the advertising marketing of the film was underestimated, but the quality of the film with the help of word of mouth made it pay off 7 times! And another proof of the recognition of the film is that it is listed in the US National Film Registry)

I like seeing younger people reacting to this. I remember how I reacted to seeing this before the internet existed. But that's how I feel about it.

I saw this movie, Thanksgiving 1984, I was 14. Best Thanksgiving ever.

@kathygonzalez1413

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Cool 👍

When you watch the second movie, please watch the extended edition. Not the "Extreme" edition, but the extended edition.

Was a blast watching this "with" you. Can't wait to see you watch T2. Keep on sis!!🙌🏽

Great reaction! Yeah also written by James Cameron…which is pretty unique for a director!

Cool! pound for pound (budget wise), probably the greatest sci-fi movie ever made.

Yes, I miss 80’s movies for that reason as well. Saw so many in theaters and it hasn’t been the same in a while

This is a good argument for having an unlisted number. Back then. Of course, most women would have just used their first initial in the phone book.

Part of it is the film but also they are less sound stages and no blue screen in older movies. Hell half the outdoor scenes in this were shot without permits. That's what the streets actually looked like in the 80s.

6:27 Now this was 1984. LA's population was a good deal less than it is today, but even so, you would _really_ think there would be a lot more than _three_ women named "Sarah Connor."

T2 is one of those rare gems of a sequel that manages to surpass an already great first one. Do enjoy it.

This movie DOES give "I'll be back." a whole new meaning... Well kinda gives it it's entire meaning...

Another series you may have preconceived notions that will bowl you over is The Lord Of The Rings! Sincerely one of the best stories ever written and the movies are masterpieces!

Man you're reacting to some absolute bangers these days. Keep it up! You're on fire

A reaction I never knew I needed👏🏽👏🏽

Lol I've seen this movie probably 50 times and just realized that "wrong Sarah", the first one that gets executed, is the old lady from Smokin' Aces with the crazy grandson. Side note: If you haven't seen Smokin' Aces you definitely should. Amazing cast. Ryan Reynolds is great but Alicia Keyes and Common...just never knew how talented they were as actors. I think I'll go watch it now actually.

@MATT-2033

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I saw THE TERMINATOR in 1994 and since then have watched it more then 257 times.

"I'm not trying to be dramatic" don't worry. The cyborg is literally ripping out it's eye, that's plenty dramatic

8:32Fun Fact: James Cameron wanted him to play the Terminator originally.

Love the Hypland t-shirt! Looking forward to watching the video

@shadowcatreacts

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Thanks Raz!! 😁

I'm glad you enjoyed it! Can't wait for you to get to see the second one, that one's my favorite!