*THE TERMINATOR* is CRAZY! (and funny)
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Part 2 is one of the best action movies of all time! 😎👍
It and Fury Road, two best action films
"What is this?"
Harvey Dent "Judgement Day"
I always go back and forth on which 1 is the best
It is Hollywood incarnate. A few tiny flaws, but you've really got to be nit picking to find them.
@@ur_quainmaster7901 I just realized on re-watching that the Terminator shouldn't have been able to find Sarah in the club. They spent a lot of time establishing that it didn't know what she looked like.
I love how Reese said he always wondered what Sarah was thinking about in that photo. And it turns out she was thinking about him.
I never noticed that!!!
Quality.
Maybe exactly because he said it...
Wow I've watched this so many times and didn't even think of that. That's actually a really cool detail. Thanks for pointing that out!
This was probably the weirdest reaction to this movie I've ever seen.
Yep like Natalie is totally not accounting for the fact that it was made in 1984 and was pretty amazing visually for its time.
@@aikighost She does that........ a lot.
@@aikighost is she supposed to act like she’s watching it in the 80s? No right? So…..
@@GoldMegamind perhaps have some idea of context? Meh whatever, all I can say was this reaction weirded me out.
@@GoldMegamind She’s not supposed to do anything, but we can point out how ignorant making fun of 80s low budget practical effects is, when every 200-300 million dollar movie made nowadays looks like a cgi cartoon.
Gotta say, this is one of the more bizarre reaction videos I've seen.
I've observed the following pattern with RUclips reactions to this movie: Those who take the movie seriously from the beginning and find it dramatically compelling (even scary) don't find anything wrong with the love scene. Some even get a little emotional at the thought of a man from a dystopian future falling in love with a woman because of her picture. Those who take a more Mystery Science Theater 3000, wise-cracking approach to the reaction are in a different state of mind when the love scene arrives and can't help but find it cheesy.
MST3K fans know robots should be our friends. :) lol. How I would've loved it if they could've been sent this movie to watch (but no way could they have ever afforded to do this movie). The jokes would've been incredible! X)
@@xzonia1 The guys from MST3K who formed RiffTrax did jokes for Terminator 3 at least.
People who can't get involved with the story because of "old effects" are morons. By that logic, any action/adventure/horror movie made before 1990 would be garbage, which obviously isn't the case. Nobody gives "Star Wars" crap for having old effects. Or those crude "I'm pretending to drive car, even when I'm at the studio" scenes in Hitchcock movies. You're not supposed to focus on the old effects, but the story behind it ffs. Yes, fourth time you spotted that it's not the real Arnold, here have a medal and f*ck off
I found this too.
Nearly all of these old sex scenes come off as cheesy.
One of my very favorite pieces of exposition and creative writing comes from that police interrogation scene. When Silberman is asking Reese about the tech that sent him back and Reese yells, "I didn't build the f*cking thing!" which is great from a sense of reality (why would a foot soldier know this?) and from a writer's stand point, you don't have to try and come up with a bunch of techno babble. I love it.
Makes you realize how painfully bad modern script writing has become.
@@madmandan1982 Eh. Much like at the time, there's a lot of good and a lot of bad.
I especially enjoy how the lead detective is the only one who acknowledges that Reese could be telling the truth.
That was one of my favorite lines in the movie before I was old enough or knew enough about writing to understand why.
@@victor4782 There's actually a deleted scene showing that Traxler telling Reese to protect Sarah(and explains where Reese got the gun from). But Paul Winfield's acting is so great that you can tell from the look on his face that he believes Reese even without that scene in the film.
It's called pacing. If Cameron had spent a bunch of extra screentime building up the relationship, the tension would have been lost. The romance is the heart of the movie, but it's not the main point. The amount of world-building and exposition found in this movie is pretty remarkable, when you also consider there are multiple long chase scenes and dialogue-less action sequences. What makes the movie work is the airtight editing and the complete lack of any extraneous scenes. There's no fat on this one. The reason the climax is so exciting is because the characters and audience have barely had time to rest and thus the relentless nature of the terminator is felt even more.
Yes, its a little hammy, but movie are always about compressing long character arcs into short time periods. From Kyle's perspective, Sarah embodies all that is beautiful and delicate and worth saving, and coming from his bleak, hopeless background, she represents his chance to save the entire world. She is the ultimate woman in his eyes. So it's kind of a no-brainer.
But also interesting is why Sarah would fall so quickly for Reese. It's hinted at that she has her own troubles with men. Finding a guy that isn't some materialistic yuppy, or LA scenester. As anyone who has tried to date in the modern world (same now as it was in the 80s) knows, It's hard to find someone who feels genuine, who isn't just trying to outcompete for their slice of the pie, who sees you as a person. In Kyle, she finds the anti-yuppy. He's damaged and traumatized from his life of pain, but he is honest with her, he's a man of action, he is protective, he pushes through his pain to accomplish his purpose. He loves her, but he doesn't push that on her like some beta-friendzone orbiter. He's willing to die for her whether his feelings are reciprocated or not. In many ways, he's probably the greatest man she's ever encountered. Throw in a few near death experiences and it's not hard to see the sparks fly. They both embody the ultimate partner to each other. Her feminine-yet-strong persona is what inspired Kyle to be the hero he became, and vice versa. Especially when you see Sarah in T2, her whole motivation and relentless nature is fueled by her sadness at losing Kyle. He showed her a part of humanity that was worth saving, that she never saw in the people of 80's LA.
Yea, its quick, but there's reasons the love story works.
Yes Natalie, a lot of this stuff is kind of cliché now, but this is the movie that started so many action movie tropes. This is THE "come with me if you want to live". This is the first "I'll be back". The action and tension were ground breaking. The action films pre Terminator and post Terminator, are two completely different things. Some movies like Terminator (and T2), and the first 2 Aliens films, and Predator had such a huge impact on the genres, that it's impossible to go back and watch them now (even with fresh eyes) and get the same impact from them, because they shifted the entire industry.
It's kind of like music. The Beatle, Zeppelin, The Stones, CCR, etc... impacted music so much that all modern Rock, a lot of Pop, and even a good bit of Country, has so many elements of those bands' sounds, that they've become common place in the sonic landscape. Imagine what it was like to hear them for the first time... That's what watching a movie like Terminator was like on release back in the 80s. We hadn't seen anything like it yet.
You're asking her to think... But she knooooows that she's soooooo smart, and sooooo superior, that... Well you know ? She's just stupid. She stinks Dunning-Kruger' sweat.
It's like the first time I watched "Casablanca." At first I thought, "Wow, this movie is full of cliches." And then I realized that it was the origin of all those cliches, and began to really enjoy it.
Funnily enough, at first I had the exact same thoughts at 3:10 "Why is it always about machines wanting to kill all people, man?" but then I remembered, admittedly, Terminator is hardly the original "evil A.I./robots against humanity" when 2001: A Space Odyssey and the Doctor Who episode "The War Machines" predated it. Not to mention the Cybermen from the latter series and Westworld also being older than Terminator. But man Terminator sure as hell is most iconic for it.
Well it's one of the movies that started the action movie tropes, Die Hard being the other.
Why does Halloween have so many slasher movies cliches?
As for the... suddenness of the love scene, etc. In-universe, if you consider the intensity of the situation, the adrenaline, the emotions, the fact that Reese is fighting to save her from a horrifying threat, I can absolutely see a strong bond and connection developing that quickly! In other circumstances, the relationship may not have bloomed so quickly, or not at all, or it might not have lasted, but, I seriously don't think it's all that unrealistic, allowing for the narrative circumstances.
And, hey, a lot of one-nighters have been built on less, and some of those one-nighters even turned into a life time!
Plus it was over two days of being on the run, and this was the 1st restful moment.
Not to mention in the early 80s for women and men 1 night stands happened quite a bit! If you were in your 20s and 30s you would know!
@@kona883 Not as much as in the late 70's, due to the AIDS scare, although in the early 80's it was still considered a "gay" disease.
This is an action flick, not a romantic movie, it was fast track as every '80s movies back then.
Not to mention that Sarah had been having a really tough time with love. She was frumpy, not "hot" like her roommate (though she could be if she tried) and just burned out and tired of the men that wouldnt' commit to even sticking to a date (her date cancelled on her and it seemed to be a common thing). Then along comes this manly man, who protects her, who's strong, decisive, supporting, capable, fearless, and who is crazy about her and willing to literally die for her.... Well, I think a lot of women would kind of go weak in the knees for that. I know a lot of women in the 80s did.
Damn Nat, breaking out in laughter during the love scene like you did. My group saw this movie, back in the 80s, and we thought it was the most romantic scene ever put in a sci-fi thriller. It was just so beautiful, man. 😢
Nah, even when I saw it as an 80s kid, I thought the love scene felt forced and ham. Weakest part of the movie for me.
Yeah I'm with her on that one. This movie is good, but like a lot of movies from the 80's, the romance felt very forced and rushed. It's the weakest part of this movie and a lot of 80's action movies. The time travel aspect of their relationship makes it conceptually interesting at least though.
@@hdns4 Scientifically, danger escalates libido because it helps ensure the survival of the species. All you movie critics aren't as smart as you all think you are.
They're both traumatized and under these circumstances, I think that the normal barriers preventing people from just shagging whenever there's any sort of attraction would probably tend to crumble. Sarah has just been through hell and he's protected her with his life. Reese has gazed at her photo in the future, thinking of better times and dreaming of the woman his leader told him about, no doubt forming an obsession as he uses her as a form of escapism. So I think it works. It's just that movies like to clumsily force romantic pairings, so we reflexively cringe.
@@carm3d To be fair, romance wasn't exactly one of Cameron's strong suits at the time.
I can honestly say I've never seen anyone laugh like that at Terminator...
@DarkTitan that´s the way you discover a psycho
that´s the way you discover a psycho
It was earned hehe
That's because most reaction videos aren't genuine and they rehearse how they're going to record themselves "reacting" beforehand, for content and views. They may take several attempts before they get the "reaction" that they're satisfied with.
@@danielz1666I don't agree
It's subtle but I love how technology is unintentionally helping the Terminator. Ginger didn't hear the terminator because she had headphones on, The terminator found Sarah at the club because of the answering machine, Terminator using police scanners
"Nat is going for mocking and laughing at the much beloved godfather of 80's action movies..."
"Its a bold strategy Cotton, lets see if It pays off for her.."
*check comments*
"it's not paying off.."
I know you were laughing at the "80's-ness" of it but one of the reasons this became a cult classic is the clever story and attention to detail. When talking about the photo Kyle tells Sarah he always wondered what she was thinking when it was taken. At the end we learn that she was thinking about him. From a movie logic point of view it kinda sorta justifies why he fell in love with her from just a photo. From a time travel point of view that's just cool. You see an old photo from before you were born and what's in the photo involves you in some way.
The "80s-ness" of this movie has aged far far better than the obnoxious quips in the Marvel movies ever will, so comparatively speaking it beats all its competition from modern times
@@ProgressiveRoxx ehh, relatively anyways, nobody can be truly "healthy" in a warzone
never thought of it. nice touch!
@@josephwallace202 Iron Man is almost 15 years old at this point and holds up extremely well. Let's not act like the MCU is still the new kid. It isn't.
@@peacocca190 well maybe if you're also 15 and you've never seen a real movie for adults
Some people, including me, find stop motion in and of itself to be a little creepy. It always remind me of the way insects move.
Literally the only person in the world who would rate 'The Terminator' as a comedy!
I don't know, this chick must be on something illegal, I have no other explanation...
yeah..... sad
@@muldoone6920 hilarious
The first movie didn't have a tremendous budget, and sci-fi movies tend to age badly (there are exceptions, but they tend to). I can see how someone new to the franchise would be taken out of the moment for certain scenes. Also, some aspects of this movie might seem cliche now, but that's only because so many other movies copied it.
@kevinmackey3166 ok but I watch much older movies I take into context the time period the movie was made and I tend to enjoy it. This was right on spot for when it came out. She thought lethal weapon was bad to? Maybe she shouldn't do 80s movies.
I saw this movie in the theater when it came out. I was in the US Army then. When we needed to get a weapon for training or maintenance, we'd have to sign one out from the arms room. The arms room was basically a vault for all the small arms weapons at the barracks. If you needed one, you'd just tell them what weapon you needed, and they'd give it to you. Normally someone would ask for their M-16, but after the movie came out people started asking for a 'phased plasma rifle in the 40-watt range' in their best Arnold voice.
And of course, the armorer would reply with, 'Just what you see pal.'
I was an army Quarter Master when this came out. Nobody got a weapon just by asking, but that was Canada. I can't believe you were so lackadaisical in the US.
That is hilarious, I can see that happening.
I remember the first time I ever saw an armoury. It would actually have been around the same time the terminator released. I'd gone to stay with my uncle who was a warrant officer in the royal military police. He took into the armoury one morning and let me hold the rifles and hand guns. Even let me hold a hand grenade. Looking back I think it was a pretty stupid idea as I was only a nipper, lol.
I'm thinking that might have been at colchester but I'm not 100% on that. He seemed to move around a lot back then. Especially with getting posted to Germany a lot.
The quickness of the love scene makes sense to me since she was suddenly in a life and death situation and that can make a person connect with others more quickly.
Agreed. It's easy to take a comfortable, steady life for granted. But when death suddenly feels like it could catch you at any moment, you start living in the fast lane.
A normal sexual response to all the fight-or-flight adrenaline and hormones in their brains. They could've been killed at any time, so it heightened their physical attraction to each other. And it was the 80's ;-P
I think she should watch "Lady in White" (1988). I've tried mentioning it a few times, but no idea if she has seen those messages. I think she'd love it!
People sleep together after meeting in a bar.
It doesn't have to make sense, is a movie.
Do you have to believe in Cthulhu if you are watching a Lovecraftian horror movie to take pleasure on it?
Don't force yourself to think and to tell her that EVERYTHING on a movie has to make sense in order to feel pleasure when watching a movie, it feels like sort of... "Stockholm syndrome" . The same with the rest.
You're about the only person I can think of who ever thought the Kyle and Sarah love scene was hysterically hilarious.
Yeah, she really felt into the kind of reactors I don't want to "visit" again.
It's more mild comedy to me. A lot of sex scenes are.
I'm sorry that you are blinded by nostalgia but that scene is so corny and forced. It just wasn't properly set up you gotta accept that
@@creesPV it’s totally plausible when you take into account the stress of their scenario.
@@delvictor7570 I very much doubt that being informed that the world as you know would almost literally end in a few years while being chased by a literal death machine would translate to sex after having such a traumatic night. Also I've seen some weird takes in these comments about having someone reveal to you that their whole purpose is to keep you alive and somehow that being enough to immediately fall in love with someone. As if the only reasonable thing to do would be to repay that/show appreciation for that is with sex.
I'm not saying the movie is ruined because of this or that it makes it a bad thing. It's just worth pointing out that it could have not aged that well since you gotta have the romance in the movie and you don't have enough time to develop it.
So it's not weird to me that she would laugh at that
When Natalie was talking about how fast and unnatural the love scene was in this movie, I thought about how much better the movie is with the deleted scenes of the forest. You can find the scene on RUclips, but I've never found a version of the movie that includes it. Basically Sarah runs away and Reese chases her into the forest. While Reese is trying to persuade Sarah that he's trying to protect her, he starts talking about the forest and how he's never seen anything like it. In a brief scene Reese is shown to have a vulnerable and sensitive side as he breaks down crying, comforted by Sarah who starts to understand and believe Reese. It's a scene that makes the movie better and it's a shame it was deleted.
Damn, having never seen that I really wish it had been included in the full release, or at least in subsequent home video releases. The farther we move from 80’s action movies and their tropes, the more these actually good movies need new context to keep standing tall. I didn’t expect her to laugh at it (the stop motion skeleton on the other hand…) but I can definitely see why she did. I never really questioned those scenes as a kid, watching a bunch of 80’s action movies it was just a part of them, but now whenever I go back and watch one the sex scene usually does stand out as being needless (not the case here, but it is still a bit over the top).
Wait, I thought there was a version with that scene included
@@AnuarAzar only fan edited releases. I have one but it's SD.
@@bluebirdsigma that's odd, I remember watching that version on TV
I guess there were a lot of scenes about Kyle not understanding the normal world that were cut.
"I came cross time for you, Sarah." ME: Starts tearing up, Nat: Starts laughing. LMAO
"He's so determined!" Yeah, he's a determinator.
So punny!😆
He’s a determinator! That is honestly one of the funniest things I’ve ever read- I’m dying here
https : // www. youtube. com/watch?v=LgfnSMTqLv8
Her response was so fucking cringey
I think we all thought it in that moment
One of the funniest behind the scenes facts about this movie is that originally the studio wanted a big name actor to play the Terminator. Some potential picks were Mel Gibson and OJ Simpson, but THEY DIDN’T THINK OJ WOULD BE CONVINCING AS A KILLER. I’m so happy they got Arnold, because I can’t imagine what this franchise would have been without him.
The series would have been terminated with number 1
And they offered Arnie the starring role (Kyle Reese), but he deduced that he'd be a better fit in the title role.
Also , OJ would have been found guilty. No way the terminator gets off on murder charge.
There wouldn't have been 'a franchise' ... just this one movie, with some lame-o rendition of a Terminator cyborg! And Cameron might not have gotten to make _"Alien"_ (at least not with any kind of serious budget) ... so he might *never* have climbed to his Olympian-level heights!
That last scene when the kid takes the picture always made me sad. Kyle always wondered what she was thinking about when the photo was taken never knowing she was thinking about him 😢
To me the love scene made perfect sense. Sarah was a person who did not like her life, had terrible luck with dating and was very lonely. Reece only knew death and destruction and grew up as a child soldier to an adult with no experience with women (he says he is a virgin or it is implied, can't remember which) and is obsessed with an image of a beautiful woman.
Add to that that he is her savior and protector against an unstoppable android in an incredibly tense situation and this just sets up the ideal situation, IMO, for something to happen.
I think the most poignant story point is that Kyle always wondered what she was thinking about in that photo and we learn she was thinking about him.
It really is the best
One thing I really liked was that Kyle had always wondered what she was thinking about in the photo he loved so much... and she was thinking about HIM. Very touching.
Girl, it was the 80’s. The world has changed.
"Do other people find this movie as funny as I did?" Only if they're taking whatever you were on! 🙂
Yeah like what was she on to be laughing so much and think this is a comedy? Every other reaction had a proper reaction
@@bigjoeofthe707 theres no right way to react to something. I think she just thought it was cheesy so she laughed about it. We are literally on her channel watching her reaction
Hysteria sells.
You really were a tad on the loopy side for this one :). There is absolutely going to be a severe generational gap here. It's hard for me to even grok the forty-year gap between today and this movie's release. I was a teenager, right in the wheelhouse for this film, and it was, in a word, a game-changer. Here in the vid, you asked, "Why is it always about the machines killing everyone?" The answer is, "Because of The Terminator." Any joke, any meme you've ever heard or seen about a machine war, SkyNet, virtually every line you laughed at... they were all here first. And because the movie became an instant cult classic, it spawned a million imitators and references, all of which cemented it in American culture even BEFORE the sequel hit in 1991. And we didn't even know it for a while, because... no Internet. We knew it when Johnny Carson cracked a Terminator joke on the Tonight Show. Things do change, it seems.
And yeah, the skeleton limping down the hallway LOOKED like stop-motion because it 100% *WAS* stop-motion. Stan Winston effects FTW. :)
But yes, please watch the sequel. It's a real joy to see (and I can't even believe I'm using this term) younger people discover the media, the stories that forged a generation, for good and ill.
Stay Golden... (Have you DONE The Outsiders yet...?)
Terminator definitely falls into the category of movies that feels dated and cliche because it was instrumental in defining the era and creating the trope in the first place.
It’s not a generational thing. There are reactors younger than her who took the film more seriously.
Grok that.
Yeah. Special effects back then weren't what they are today, and this movie had a budget of only $6.4 million. Apparently they had to resort to guerilla film-making, shooting street scenes without permission and just hoping they didn't get into trouble with the law. And it's the first movie James Cameron made (as opposed to working on somebody else's movie), so it's pretty damn impressive. Yes, Star Wars did a better job with its specially effects 7 years earlier, but A) we're talking about the most impressive leap in special effects in the history of movies, so it's not really fair to condemn anything that doesn't measure up to it, and B) once you adjust for inflation, Star Wars had somewhere around 3 times the budget of The Terminator.
@@agresticumbra and that annoys you. Priceless that you take this so seriously. Lol.
The thing I really love about this movie is that near the beginning it makes a promise -- Reese's speech about the Terminator, "It can't be bargained with, it can't be reasoned with; it doesn't know pity, or remorse, or fear; and it absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are dead," and then the climax of the film delivers on that. Both the tanker truck explosion and the pipe bomb are framed as moments of triumph for our protagonists and then no, Terminator doesn't care, it just keeps coming, becoming less of an action movie antagonist and more of a horror monster each time.
Also yes the pace of the "romance subplot" is very silly, especially by modern standards, but I'll give it this -- "Love Theme" from the Terminator score is a great kinda haunting, elegiac piece of music.
its really not that silly. in the 70s people used to have orgies just from doing drugs together. 80s was the era of everyone sleeping together, that's why aids was such a shock. and it hasn't changed all that much since then. Its most hollywood now that's not realistic at all, where people take an entire movie to only kiss at the very end. that is truly unrealistically silly. when you save someones life from a terminator and you're an attractive man its no more "silly" than the fact peoples have one night stands all the time, or sleep with each other after one date, it happens all the time under normal circumstances. So this isn't unrealistic at all, other than the extreme sci-fi situation they are in together.
I don't think you can call it a "subplot" when it's essential to the timeloop/grandfather paradox part of the story.
I’ve definitely never seen anyone laugh like that at the Terminator! I don’t think you’ll be laughing at the sequel, but I guess we’ll see!
Oh, she will.
@@BigMikeKOE Man, I hope not - then the reaction would really ruin it for me. I love the 2nd one and the first one was very good, it just hasn't aged as well.
@DarkTitan Well, I agree, I like both movies quite a lot (but especially T2) - but where she was laughing at the original, I think she is just hung up on the 80's technology for filmmaking and the low budget.
I know what you mean (T2 is arguably even more emotional than the first) but it legitimately has more humorous, fun moments in it, even if sparingly
I know everybody says part 2 is the ultimate, but I love part one the best.
T2 special effects set the standard for the 90s and still hold up quite well (proper blockbuster budget) Considered by many to be the greatest action movie ever made. Definitely a must watch.
There are effects in T2 that would be still be super difficult to achieve today.
Um sir, Jurassic Park set the standard for 90's effects
@@oDTRAINo T2 did it first bro
@@elishawilson5342 But Jurassic Park set the standard. The CGI guys had to do it in secret. No one did CGI in secret after Jurassic Park
@@oDTRAINo who cares about it being done in secret cgi was at many great heights due to T2
They have a Terminator after them and Natalie wants them to take things slow. 🤣
The T-800 is renowned for being implacable, not for being fast.
I'm curious what will Nat think of Genysis. because they took that really slow and stupid.
She'll be a great Jewish mom :D "maaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!"
28:44 That "dying eye" shot is cheap tin foil, a red bulb and a crew member off camera blowing cigarette smoke into the shot. The magic of film making.
Natalie, 'Terminator 2: Judgement Day' has a much bigger budget and it is a great sequel and a must see. It hard for me to see this the same way you do as I saw it upon its release in the cinema, the love story part felt a bit rushed, but that was common in '80s action films, and the animatronics of Arnie in the hotel/motel room weren't the best but at the time they were pretty groundbreaking, I actually like the stop motion used for the metal terminator as it made it more creepy, of course you don't have these things to contend with in the sequel T2 so I think that you'll enjoy it a lot more, but it is necessary to see this one first.
never saw someone laugh so much watching this.. it WAS 1984... and the love scene was supposed to be really impacting because Kyle just admitted he has NEVER been with someone and he came for her because of the photo.. He memorized every line and always wondered what she was thinking... when the photo was taken she was thinking of him .. i do think this is the come with me if you want to live first time and the "I'll be back" is so iconic
Nat nervous laughs a lot. I don't take it personally. I think she gets really amped up watching some of these movies and doesn't know how to channel those feelings, but I find it endearing. I do get why others might be annoyed, but I enjoy her reactions.
This movie was great back in 1991 when I first saw it a few hours before going to see T2 with a friend who was a huge fan of T1 and insisted I see both, and I've loved both movies ever since that day, but I do understand her criticisms of this movie and can't really argue with most of them. I thought the love scene was really well done, but I get why she felt it was rushed. Movie pacing is a big deal, and this movie didn't hit her quite right. Her reaction doesn't change my feelings for T1 in the slightest, but I do appreciate more how my love of this movie has a lot to do with when I saw it for the first time. I think she'll be duly impressed with T2, though. :D
I always love the detail that if you think about the Terminator's vision, that when he looks around after the police officer tells him to wait, he's scanning, checking the structural integrity of the wall, so he can be sure the car will drive through it.
What do you think of the detail of him trying to grab the explosive in the end, and in the next shot, that hand is messed up?
@@dennisonvlee2999 It's an excellent detail. Small. I certainly didn't notice it when I was a kid.
Nope, officially the first and only time I’ve seen someone laugh this much during this movie…. 😮
With the relationship developing so quickly, you must remember the circumstances they're in - a relentless seemingly invincible killer machine from the future is hunting them and it could catch up to them at any moment. It slaughtered an entire station full of police officers with ease, so what chance have you got against it?
Human beings form tight bonds quickly in highly stressful circumstances to both help them cope and because we depend on others to survive.
The romance in this is honestly more believable than a lot of others in films.
On a different topic, the two shots you found jarring were in fact animatronic puppets made by Stan Winston (he done the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park, and the Alien Queen in Aliens), and not actually Arnold. Also, consider this fact - this's budget was 6.4 million USD, which today is around 20-22 million USD. So, considering the budget, and the technology available at the time, what this film achieved special effects wise is brilliant!
Please do part 2 ! Sarah’s character growth from this movie to the next is great and T2 is considered one of the best movies period
Part 2 is probably the best sequel made for a movie ever.
I agree, but stop at Terminator 2.
Having a budget of somewhere around $100 million rather than this movie's $6.4 million helped a lot with the special effects. But considering this is James Cameron's first real movie, shot on such a low budget, it's actually pretty amazing, animatronic head and all. I also prefer it to T2, which has some schlocky commercial elements that really bring it down. It's still good despite that though, and Sarah really gets to shine, but I do feel like the original Terminator has more integrity.
@@blackmoor40k Agreed.
@@jjjones8609 beside ALIENS
O.J. Simpson was considered to play the terminator, but James Cameron thought O.J. was too nice and nobody would believe him as an evil killing robot.
Well, he isn’t a robot…
This one was a low budget cult movie, and for it's time was groundbreaking.
Number two was a big budget blockbuster, and is genuinely one of my all time favourites.
Correction: it was a low-budget but mainstream success. It was one of Arnold's more financially successful movies from the 80's, topped only by Twins and Predator.
according to Arnold, they spent more on catering for T2 than they spent on the entire budget for T1.
It IS stop motion.
This movie was made in the 80s...
What did you expect?
Avengers CGI?
I never had a problem with the speed of their relationship. It didn't exactly form in a normal way. I think saving someone from a Terminator probably has a very strong bonding effect.
I was about to say the same thing "Trauma Bonding" is a thing that happens in dangerous situations. But they REALLY used it as a trope back in the 80's.
But we DID learn from Sandra Bullock in _Speed_ that relationships based on intense situations never last. So there's that.
They didn't have a relationship, if Reece had survived they would have had a relationship, they had a lustful encounter in a motel room not knowing if each of them would survive being pursued by a psycho killer robot. It was funny how awkward and clichéd it was though
@@Apostasy362 Cant argue with that.
they did have a shot lived relatioship...
She was being an idiot. Like the two of them were going to have a six month courtship before they f-cked.
Not gonna lie I was nerd-raging when Natalie was laughing her ass off at the love scene 😡😡😡
I LOVE THAT SCENE 😅
I was the same way. I've gotten emotional and a little teary eyed watching the love scene. Reese has had a miserable, painful life just trying desperately to stay alive from day to day. He has his first ever night of romance. The next morning when he smiles is probably the first time ever in his life.
Well she laughed at the "tears in rain" monologue in Blade Runner too. I guess emotional intensity gets her uncomfortable.
@@davidpax She laughed at that moment? What are we doing watching/subscribed to her channel?
eh, its the weakest part of the movie for me but yeah I can understand where you are coming from.
yeah theres no way it was that funny, such a ridiculous over-reraction
The technology and special effects were great for it’s time. Terminator and T2 are great movies
What's interesting about this movie (and this was pointed out to me years ago in a mag) Is the way 80's tech is used against the characters in the movie. Ginger's headphones prevented her from hearing danger, The answer machine caused Sarah to tell on herself to the Terminator. The Scanner in the police car helped the Terminator find them.
The Terminator used the switchboard to find the Hotel. it was a subtle sign that the machines could kill us already.
Trauma bonding is a thing. Them getting together that fast is one of the most realistic things about this movie. That said, T2 is probably my favorite movie ever, so I highly recommend it!
Trauma bonding is when someone finds it difficult to leave an abusive relationship due to the cyclical nature of it. It's not bonding over shared trauma.
@@toadsmashr - Hey, if "literally" can now be used to mean "figuratively" without being considered wrong, I think we can think of "trauma bonding" as whatever the hell we want.
Who's with me on this?
@@toadsmashr Wow, thank you for pointing that out. I've been calling it the wrong thing for years. Now I can't find the correct term, and it's infuriating. There is a legitimate term for two victims of traumatic events falling in love or dependency, usually with feelings that no one else on earth could possibly understand what they went through except the person they formed this bond with.
@@thirteenthandy It's all good. I just think it's best to abide by clinical definitions and not evolve the language... otherwise, how do we understand the same thing if we use different names?
@@toadsmashr I'll have you know that this topic has now become a full on argument in the Trauma Fiction writing group, lol...
While it was fast from the storytelling point of view, the line "I came across time for you, Sarah" is a great line and an amazing delivery from Michael Biehn.
Extremely underappreciated actor. Wish he would receive his just due
@@joeno-say5504 I agree. And he's been in a ton of great movies, and basically forgotten by many he was even in them. This film, Aliens, The Rock, Navy SEALs, and others. Heck mostly through the 1990s and even in the 1980s, when you needed a guy to portray a military man for an important, but minor role, he was the guy they'd cast. Or at least it feels that way to me.
While I think Biehn is great in this movie, this line always sounded a bit too aggressive and forceful to me. I think it would have worked better if he delivered it with a more quiet, sad tone.
That line always make me cringe horribly! And then the sudden "I love you" right after makes it worse!
Arnold is the BEST AND THE BEAST
Even if you hadn't figured out that Reese as John's dad, it makes sense that the reason he gave Reese a picture of Sarah is so that Reese would know what she looked like. He'd need to know that if he were going to go back in time to protect her.
Something else to consider is that they had a shoestring budget ($6.4 million in 1984; as a comparison, The Empire Strikes Back had a budget of $30.5 million in 1980) for this film, even back in the 80s. They had to be so careful with money that they actually filmed many scenes around 2 or 3 AM without approval to do so. So for the 80s, where CGI was at best extremely rudimentary and unbelievably time consuming and expensive, the fact they were able to do this on such a small budget is actually pretty good.
You'll later see a massive improvement in special effects by the time Terminator 2 comes out (in 1991 with a budget recorded as somewhere between $94 to $102 million) its breaking new grounds with special effects with the T-1000.
The scene between Reece and Sarah in the Motel feels very truthful and real to me..Reece admits his feelings to Sarah because he knows there's a chance he's not going to make it and it does come from alot of prodding from Sarah for him to open up. He is no match for the Terminator. From Sarah's prospective it isn't necessarily a romantic love connection at first, its more of a appreciative love. When someone's one purpose in existence is to keep you alive regardless of their own life and having succeeded to some degree, especially when 30 police officers didn't, how do you process that? How do you repay that? Fact is she would have been dead so many times already without Reece by her side. Wouldn't you grow to love that person under such high pressure life or death circumstances that is laying down their life to save you without a second of regard for their own life? When Reece told Sarah there has never been anyone special in his life and he has never felt any kind of romantic love other than falling in love with a picture of her. It broke Sarah's heart. Her decision to make love to him was more of a compelling sub-concious decision to give something back and in some way to show her gratitude to his devotion to her safety and to show him what it feels like to be loved and to be human. After all he'd done for her, she didn't want him to potentially die a virgin. And then once he said he loved her, it was all she needed to know. In Reece's case his ACTIONS truly spoke louder than his words. The scene in the Motel always makes me cry, no matter how many times I watch it because its just so sad.
I find it realistic because Michael Biehn is a really good looking guy, and Linda Hamilton is a beautiful woman, and when people like that get together, in the prime of their young-adulthood, they often get horny for each other.
But maybe I haven't put as much thought into it as you have.
Yes.. plus let's face it, Reese is handsome, fearless and ripped guy.. who just saved her life multiple times. I mean sure it was fast, but there is a thing called trauma bonding. Sarah knows she could die too, they both could and are very likely to. In the end she says "We loved a lifetime's worth" and I don't find it hard to believe. Lots of people get (and stay) married IRL for a lot less. To me the part where Reese says "I shouldn't have said that" and is mad at himself is particularly touching... in those circumstances, what woman wouldn't fall for him.
Actions speak louder than words, tons of people say "I love you" a thousand times, without ever being capable of loving others than themselves. Risking your life to save someone is the ultimate display of love or friendship (that most of us never receive), that no words can match. Words are meaningless at that point. You just know they care.
THANK YOU. holy shit
I couldn't agree more with your comment, and I had posted a similar comment. I NEVER give thumbs down for reactions! This reaction, I had no choice.
P.S. I have watched dozens of her reactions and I can't understand why she has so many subscribers. Ironically, Ashleigh Burton has destroyed and been very negative about a bunch of my all-time favorite movies. However, I subscribed to her on both my youtube accounts. That is because I can respect her criticisms and honesty, and they almost always are fair. IMO, open-mindedness ("is that even a word"...Michael Scott quote from The Office TV show🤣), honesty, context, content, and fairness are the 5 most important aspects of a reaction video!
I totally agree also. You might read my comment that I just left (above) before reading yours.
As a reactor you should be able to feel anything you want about what you're watching, what you should never do is mock what you're watching, I'm not surprised that almost every comment is about that
Your statement in contradictory. If what she feels is that she finds a particular moment or scene awkward and funny, then she should be able to laugh at it, regardless of whether or not you find that to be "mocking."
I for one am sick of the reaction videos that just pander to the movie and it's fans. Now if only someone would mock Shawshank as being self-important drivel.
@@hdns4 People who look this up on RUclips are fans of the movie. Nobody else wants to to see it. Bashing a movie is good way to make sure they never want to see another reaction from you.
Also it's a classic and rated 8.1 in IMDb. Yeah the 8.1 is not for the special effects so focusing on the effects (repeatedly) is moronic. If someone doesn't like this movie, they probably aren't very smart. It has clever symbolism about the relationship humanity has with technology, all Cameron films are about that, and she totally missed that. It's even more current today than in 1984 actually, due to AI advancements.
Also the speed of their relationship was totally realistic in those conditions. I've had sex much faster (multiple times), with a person who didn't even save my life. And if I knew I was likely to die that night...
@@hdns4 there's nothing contradictory about my statement, you can laugh at something and not shit all over it and make it seem like it's stupid
@@thomasn3882 there's a big difference between liking/hating a movie and acting like it's stupid, I've never seen a reactor belittle a movie they're watching, if that's what you want I'm sure you're in the teeniest of minorities
That awkward moment when you realise real life 2022 Los Angeles is even more horrific than fictional 2029 Los Angeles. o_O
They've been through extremely traumatic experiences together, and end up with an emotional quiet conversation. It's definitely not unnatural that they got together like they did.
glad i'm not the only one who thought it was a little weird she laughed so much. t2 is worth checking out, but i hope that one is at least recognized for the amazing movie that it is
It's hard to watch her reaction. Very cringe
Super fucking weird. Wtf is wrong with her. Yeah the effects are a bit old, 1 mention is enough thank you, preferably 0 because gee, really. They were dated already when I saw it 20 years ago, never bothered me. Doesn't take away from the brilliant script. Also the laughing at the sex scene was very hard to watch. Okay it's a bit cliche, but WTF? She thinks "sliding down a fridge" is funny, WTF? She never had sex? Also "too quick relationship" really now, they were A) trauma bonded B) knew they are going to die within next 24 probably C) he saved her life multiple times, which is alone enough to make any woman open their legs instantly. People IRL have one night stands all the time, without even knowing each others names
I hope she laughs her ass off at T2. The comments section on that will be pure gold.
Yes because no one is allowed to have a different opinion
@@blackraven85_1 I'm literally shaking at the disrespect this zoomer has shown my beloved classic movie! 😡
I have never known anyone to laugh at this movie like you did
IKR, it was strange.
I was kinda troubled by her reaction, actually. But, she did say she was a lil out of it during filming. She's entitled to her opinion and emotions of it.
@@Forkolian Of course she's entitled to it. Doesn't mean we can't find it bizarre
@@Eidlones I totally found it strange also. To the point I almost couldn't enjoy the vid, cause of the laughter in certain parts that shouldn't be laughter. But, people react differently to diff things, and I guess, this was hers 😒
Like, we're probably all movie lovers here, we like movies so much that we look at people watching them just to see what it's like for them. In the 90s that sex scene was considered PURE CHEESE, maybe it still is, certainly I wasn't into movies as much then as I am now, that sex scene was parodied so much in media. It was the one thing about Terminator lots of people laughed at, the epic hand clenching et al. If you look at it is a movie where you really empathise with what's going on, it's rather touching. But most people DON'T do that, a movie is just a superficial thing for them to judge and even if something is downright beautiful if the delivery of it seems cheesy as hell then that's all they'll see.
"Come with me if you want to live." Yes, you have heard that spoken before. Yes, it does come from this scene, in this movie.
Never seen anyone react to it like this lol This is a classic and definitely was perfect for the time. Even the special effects. glad you still watched I was scared of it as a kid lol but this one was kinda intended to be more of a horror then the 2nd hit and changed that but also blew the doors off all action movies and special effects before it! So please definitely watch pt2!
There goes Nat making a mockery of my teenagerdom. This movie was amazing back in the day. Still holds up in most ways.
Fun fact: Kyle never told Sarah exactly what photo he had of her, mostly that he always wondered what she was thinking about when the picture was taken. She was thinking about him at the end there.
That isn't a fun fact. That is understood by anyone who watched the movie.
@@BrocksOnix956 Eh, some folks miss it. It's not a "fun" fact, true, but some folks don't realize the connection if they don't remember the wondering line.
You are correct, it's a stated thing within the film, and it's not fun, but it's not inappropriate to point it out to those who may have missed the significance the first time around.
@@BrocksOnix956 The fact that most people don't know or forget easily is that Sarah has no idea which picture he had of her. The fun fact is that only we know it. Sarah, Kyle and even John never fully know the connection
The Terminator is a slasher horror with one big difference: You get to see the villain in moments of repose. Other slasher villains are supernatural and mysterious, and one key rule to maintain their horror is never to show too much of them onscreen. Freddy Kreuger and Jason Voorhees are essentially the supporting players in their own movies who pop up for vignettes of gory chase scenes. The Terminator does this as well, but you also see screen time of him trying to resolve failure and carry out his next moves. There's comparatively little mystery behind the villain, but that adds to the horror because you know what's chasing the heroes and how it operates.
When your dog barked after the movie and you didn't immediately assume it had spotted a terminator I was a little disappointed 😃
Terminator : this is so hilarious
Tropic thunder : 😳 can't catch myself laughing at those jokes
When I was in third grade, there was a kid in my class who had seen all the age-inappropriate movies because he had a gaggle of older brothers. His name was Michael Horner, and he described "The Terminator" to me in such excruciating detail that 8-year old me had nightmares. Years later, when I finally saw the movie, I was totally unfazed, all thanks to Michael's vivid description of Arnold carving out his own eyeball.
Yeah, we had same kid and he told us that at the end the arm still followed her :D
I saw it in high school with some of my buddies, and one of their older brothers. The older brother was not familiar with Arnold, at all, and said "Wow, I love how they decided to give the evil killer-robot a sinister Nazi accent....."
Why did you doxx me bro we been friends since the third grade !
Fun fact. When Kyle says he always wondered what she was thinking in the photo, he didn't know that what she was thinking about was him. She is on the tape record talking about Kyle when the photo is taken. I always liked that little fact
Near the end when running from the robot, I always am reminded of the old (1930's and 40's) version of the mummy.
Mummy just scrapes along, the heroine runs as fast as she can, yet the Mummy is right behind her the whole time.
Cameron has said he came up with the premise for Terminator during a fever dream he experienced during the release of his first film Piranha II. He woke up and drew a sketch of the upper half of the robot crawling along with a knife. The rest is history.
I'd have a feaver dream too if I directed Piranha II: The Spawning
(I know he quit mid-production)
@@Drforrester31 🤣
Cameron once also joked to a reporter that he stole the idea from some old Outer Limits episode. Then he got sued by famous sci-fi author Harlan Ellison.
Just me who laughed when Natalie said “thank you for explaining”? A Terminator reference she doesn’t even know is a Terminator reference.
That series had some lows but it had some seriously good spots in it. I think making season 2 like 20 something episodes partly killed it (aside from the airing schedule) but I enjoyed Cersei immensely as Sarah.
The close-up Terminator FX were about as good as could be done in 1984 on a $7.5 million budget (about a million of which went to Schwarzenegger). We made allowances for questionable animatronics, puppetry, and stop motion if the rest of the movie ruled. And this movie ruled HARD.
Natalie, you have to remember, we didn't have HD in the '80s, so his face didn't look nearly as bad when it first hit the big screen. Today, with 4K, his fake head looks so fake, but then, still looked fake, but not nearly as bad.
I'm glad I'm old enough to grow up on 80s and 90s movies since it's pretty clear that so many people born later are so much worse at immersing themselves when things don't look perfect. That's an important skill as a viewer since half of the experience of a movie lies in being a good viewer, it's not just the quality of the movie.
What I also notice is that younger generations view romantic relationships entirely differently compared to the 80's.
With that I mean, Reese is now considered "a creep": in another YT reaction, a girl said it was "super creepy" that he had feelings for her by only having seen a picture of Sarah in the future.
I don't think it's because of the way the movie is made... it's more about how world views have changed, and modern generations have the luxury of picking a match from a thousands of candidates... don't consider "love at first sight" to be credible enough I guess.
Practical effects can also hold up to scrutiny better at the resolutions people were watching it in back then.
@@itskittyme I sometimes have the feeling that showing emotions in any way is considered cringe by today's generation. But without emotions, everything becomes bland and soulless.
"It looks nothing like him" when it looks a lot like him for an animatronic🙃🙃🙃 I can't wait to see how well this holds up in another 20 years compared to movies made within the last 10...this movie stands the test of time
Frankly it looked like a slightly modified Michael Myers from an early Halloween set.
Terminator was a low budget, guerilla-style made movie. At the time the industry didn't have a lot of faith in the creators. Terminator 2, however received a HUGE budget and was able to implement cutting edge CGI technology that truly changed the game. Like everyone said, T2 is a MUST WATCH...
"It's like it's in a stop-motion esthetic". Well that would be because it was in stop-motion, they didn't have CGI yet. Lol
Also Natalie never let herself empathize with the characters. She never stopped to actually let herself get into the story. If she had I think she would have found it much more serious and would have laughed far less.
Lots of people do that. Like they can't just get into a story. Kinda sad. It's really cynical.
@silverfoxeater how is that cynical?
Considering that current digital effects technology still can't get human faces right almost 40 years later (excluding deep fakes, perhaps, because the movie industry doesn't seem to use them), I'll take this level of practical effects all day long.
Deep fakes are only good from certain angles in certain lighting conditions. The few shows that have used them are very careful with them. 1984 was well before the explosion of new materials and new techniques for prosthetic effects. They were limited to foam latex for the most part, which doesn't mimic skin very well without a lot of help.
There were almost no digital effects here ... at the time, digital effects were used to (slightly) modify 'ray-gun' style stuff, and even that *cost!* _"Terminator"_ didn't have any sort of budget for much like that; the 'laser-gun'/'plasma-rifles' stuff was as basic as possible. That's why the 'future-battles' stuff was more extensive in T2 ... the budget could afford all the fancy effects-shots!
The implication, imo, was that Reese was a virgin until Sarah. Also, Sarah was caught up in a high-stress chaotic, terrifying, situation, and the man who rescued her, and was protecting her, just confessed his love for her in an abashed sort of way.
The only thing about that motel scene that was jarring, for me, was the stupid "think fast" moment, with the bag of pipe-bombs. They should have cut that from the final.
The robot in the hall, near the end, WAS stop-motion, which is why it looked so janky. They did what they could, for the time-period.
T2 has much better effects, without the primitive puppetry, prosthetics and stop-motion. It's a definite watch, for you.
Yeah remember that they didn't have CGI. Special effects were different. Oh and Sarah was kinda desperate for a real man who wouldn't flake out on her, who was into her instead of standing her up, and along comes this soldier who is strong, capable, fearless, willing to die to protect her and loves her? Yeah lots of women would have fallen for him.
The Terminator is basically a slasher horror movie with such a great sci-fi story backing it that people sometimes miss that's what it is. But if you think about it, the virgin having sex and then dying is also a classic horror movie trope.
What’s funny is I and my family re-watched this on an old VHS, and the fuzziness of the tape plus the slightly off aspect ratio for new T.Vs actually made the special effects and the dummy at 16:50 and 20:28 actually not that bad looking. I made the point and my family agreed afterwards that the super high definition remasters and quality of modern screens make it even more obvious it’s fake.
The stop motion though was still rough, like at 26:40
"Procreation" in a world where two-story death trucks, Laser Drones and 7' Murder-droids could break up the party at any time... It makes sense to me that, Kyle would be of the mindset: "If this is gonna happen, it happens now."
This was most definitely the most...*UNIQUE* reactions to this movie!
She said she was "loopy"...
@@NominePatris agreed, I think it was her mood.
@@NominePatris I was wondering if she had just come from the dentist. ("Is this real life?")
Personally I found it odd the way you laughed as much as you did. But that’s what is amazing about about art everybody views things differently. Yes some of the effects may seem dated but I can only imagine what it must have been at the time of release. But deffo check out T2 which to me has more of a comedic twist in parts.
Meanwhile every dam action today movie is digitally fake, and everyone knows isn't real
I love this channel but I don’t know if I could sit and watch a movie with Natalie IRL lol.
I would kick her out of place to be able to enjoy the rest of the movie... It's been a while that I didn't pass around here, and although I can't remember the last time and why so long, now watching this makes a red flag, I'm close to block the channel from my suggestions. She was unbearable, self sufficient, almost "bully-style"... To me she just prove how stupid she is. She obviously think she's smart in a obscene way, although everything proves that she's not above an uneducated tiktokeuse.
Exact same feelings!
I don't think I could watch a movie with someone who laughs at pretty much everything.
I'm pretty sure she has said she's not someone you want to watch a movie with.
Yes, it was stop motion. That was the technology back then. That's why you thought the Cyborg was moving funny as an exoskeleton machine. -OG
This shows how many reactors I watch cuz I could’ve sworn Natalie had already seen Terminator
Same here.
Surprised me too
I felt the exact same way! When I saw this pop up, I was like "Is this a re-upload? It's not??"
This movie has always felt like a “prologue” for the gloriousness that is T2. Legit one of the greatest action films ever made.
I find it truly amazing that some people have never seen these movies...
29:57: That happens in Terminator: Genisys (2015). Film five. But you have to watch the previous two films first (Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, 2003 & Terminator Salvation, 2009), then Terminator: Genisys (2015) before finally finishing off with Terminator: Dark Fate (2019). Spoiler alert, Arnold's character actually has a proper name in the final movie.
The funny thing about robots is that you can always build more...
"Come with me if you want to live"
"I'll be back"
Cultural touchstones - also, like in SPEED, trauma and stress can lead to rapid physical attraction.
I saw the edited for tv version of this when I was a kid and that was the first love scene I ever saw of any kind. And the “I came across time for you” line hits me every time. Seeing someone laugh at it hysterically is … I dunno. I get that Natalie’s exposure to it is totally different from mine, I might laugh at something serious from the 40s or 50s the same way, but I almost felt like she was laughing at me.
LOL
I've been reading a lot of comments to this video, and I'm just surprised how many people are upset that she laughed at that scene. I loved the love scene in this movie too when I first saw it and ever since, but I smiled when she laughed because I get it. In the 80's, people hopped in bed together for a lot less than a sudden declaration of love from a guy trying to keep you alive, so this scene felt really sweet and romantic to me back then. These days, young people are way more careful and uptight about sex than back then, so this probably did feel really rushed to her and unexpected. Sex sells in the 80's. It's a bit taboo in the 2020's though, especially with the "me too" movement and everyone not wanting to upset anybody. I kind of feel bad for the kids these days, how many hoops they have to jump through just for it to be okay to have sex or say I love you to someone. It feels like they work way harder at relationships than we did in the 80's or 90's. I would say she definitely was not laughing at you, though. I think it just made her nervous.
@@xzonia1 Nothing to feel bad about. Divorce rates have been steadily declining as time has gone on for a reason. "Young people" have seen how their parents and the generations above them played fast and loose with relationships and got burned because of it. The aids scare was certainly a big factor to slowing things down initially in the 80's, but since then there's also just that people have grown up seeing how their parents and/or their friend's parents were rushing relationships and putting themselves into unhappy marriages that either ended in divorce or just continued on for the sake of convenience with neither person ever being truly happy. People are way more careful about relationships today for good reason, and it's proving to be a much more healthy mindset for everyone involved. To put it simply, young people do not _have_ to jump through any hoops as you suggest, they _want_ to take their time because the journey makes the destination so much more worth it (and it gives you much more time to decide if that is even a destination you want with this person).
@@hdns4 I'm glad you're happy with it. Peace. :)
I have watched quite a few reaction videos from Natalie, but this was the first one where I had to give a thumbs-down. Hysterical laughter is not the appropriate reaction for any scene in this movie..
"Emergency number busy"
Remember - when seconds make the difference between life, and death, the police are mere minutes away from getting in their car to come find your corpse.
I have to say Natalie, yours was an unexpected reaction to this film. I've not seen anyone laugh as much from the get go, as it's essentially a serious film about a dystopian future. An AI generated nuclear war followed by the enslavement and attempted extinction of humans. I guess at the time, that fear of the future was more tangible.T2 might be just as funny to you, but it has a pretty horrifying message underneath it all. Stay Gold 🥇
So understand, this was a low budget movie at the time, but thanks to writer/director James Cameron, it had super tight, efficient, and creative script, great practical effects, and created an icon in the character of The Terminator. It launched Cameron's career and put Arnold's movie career into hyper-drive. This is one of the greatest sci-fi movies of all time, and I've never seen someone react like this. I get that what was once innovative, can now feel dated, because you have seen everything that has since copied the original source,.....but if I can make a suggestion, it might work in your favor if you put yourself in the mind-set of the time a film was released. The over-the-top laughing at certain moments shows a inability to put yourself in another moment.
Nah, it's fine. It's easy to be taken aback by someone's lack of familiarity with the time and the importance of this movie's success, but if there's anything this world needs less of it isn't laughter.
@@Ruskad I appreciate the comment. My remarks weren't meant to be taken as an attack on the idea of laughter.
She did start this video by saying she was feeling loopy and out of it, so I think that might be part of why she reacted with as much laughing as she did, but Nat does tend to nervous laugh through a lot of shows, so I didn't find it odd that she laughed as much as she did during this one. You gave a really thoughtful response to her video and good suggestions for her going forward. ❤
@@xzonia1 thanks, I didn't mean it to sound rude.
@@76063co2 No worries! I didn't think you were being rude. I thought it was a thoughtful response.
Fun fact: In the original treatment for the movie, the Terminator takes a knife and slices open the leg of each Sarah, looking for a pin in the bone which Skynet had been able to identify in her medical records. But that pin wouldn't be put there until the factory explosion, so even if he'd found the right Sarah he would have not found the pin.
My favorite part of the reaction was the little "konk" sound efect when they hit Arnold with the truck at the motel. I actually had to rewind to verify I heard it lmao
He has the best pickup line of all time, “I came across time for you.” Nobody could resist that.
Part 2 has some of the same vibes but is the peak of this franchise. Definitely worth the watch.
I always thought the love scene worked because they were in such a desperate situation with only each other. In hiding, fearing for their lives at every moment. 2 young good looking single people decided to smash. It certainly happens in other scary movies a lot. Him being in love with her already wasn't even necessary to make it realistic, but the twist of him being the father made it but extra hard.
And Reece dying is also foreshadowed, when he said to Sarah that John's father died before the war
I think it’s more a product of films of the time. Like you said, it happens a lot in similar movies, but I don’t think it’s necessarily realistic. Similar to the crazy knock-back effect guns have it’s just part of cinema back then. I love this movie, and I think it at least gives a valid reason for the sex (unlike, say, Maximum Overdrive) but I don’t think it’s controversial to say these movies overplayed sex scenes to the point of hilarity. I remember, Far Cry Blood Dragon which is a love letter to 80’s action Sci-Fi has a pre-big battle sex scene where your character (I think) meets, fucks, then separates from a woman in a single cutscene.
The budget for Terminator 2 was over 80 million in 1991, which was the biggest budget for any movie up until that point. The special effects for that movie hold up surprisingly well 30 years on.
Guess I'm not the only one who didn't enjoy Nat's laughing all through this. She did preface she was in a loopy mood. I just wish she had waited to be in the right frame of mind to watch this. It's such a serious and dark film and in no way, shape, or form comedic. When you watch an old film you should try and appreciate it for what it was in the time it was made rather than laugh at the difference in style and limitations of the visual effects. Hopefully you're in a non-loopy mood for T2 which is arguably the best sequel to any film ever.
oh my word its really not that serious. I think these movies are some of the most fully awful things ive ever seen, at least she got a laugh out of them