@@Palomar23 Yeh mate every day aswel! I was actually 4 when it came out and ever since it's been my favourite film! It's not a gory film is it just a lot of guns n stuff! I mean the bit where he pokes his eye out is probably a bit gory but even when I was little I knew it wasn't real 👍🏻
@@Palomar23 Sweet! Me and my daughter have just watched it tonight actually because in the game Fortnite they have just added the terminator as a skin!! How cool is that! So she wanted to watch the film and she's 10 too like you were when you watched it 👍🏻
See this is what the new Terminator films are missing. Tension. I love the shot where Sarah accidentally knocks down her drink and misses the Terminator just at the right time.
@Dennis " " " Yeah - what's cool about this film is not only is Kyle _just_ in time to stop the Terminator from slaughtering Sara but that she's also saved by myriad tiny chance events like this. It's like you need both skill _and_ luck to avoid death, here.
@@enma9359 well even in the sequels with a good terminator, the updated model was still incredibly dangerous unlike dark fate where the rev 9 gets manhandled by an augment and an aged out dated t 800 and isn't a threat unless it double teams you or the plot requires it to be strong enough in 1v1
I've always loved Kyle's combat methods against the Terminator. He knows he can't go head-on with it so he strikes it like a large cat would - with hit and run tactics and from angles it wouldn't expect.
@@AbcAbc-sp1od Don't some of those movies have lore explaining how and why? Like the Matrix with their free the mind, and Captain America with his serum and shield?
As a kid that scene at 1:20 where she bends over to pick up the glass right as the Terminator walks by and looks past her was always so awesome. He moves through the crowd like a shark moving through a coral reef.
When you consider this movie was made on a shoestring budget with a director who was almost completely unknown to the public at the time, it's pretty impressive.
Everytime I watch any scene from this movie, I'm convinced he's a terminator. I don't see the arnold the actor here, at all. He does the role too good. Way too good.
@@bradsmith0889 I'd argue even scarier is Franco Columbu, one of Arnold's best friends and also a Mr. Olympia, as the Infiltration Terminator in Reese's Flashback to the grim darkness of the future. As soon as the dogs spotted him he just started ripping with that autocannon.
I watched it yesterday (lost count). It's aged very well, considering it's 40 years old now. Only thing about it that feels outdated is the stop-motion T-800 at the end, it's very rocky and artificial by today's standards.
I love how the way Sarah knocked down her drink and she looked down and The Terminator looked towards her direction and he didn't see her! Then she looks up and sees Reese. That was so wonderful!
I wonder what he was programmed to do after he had killed her, if he had managed to do that?. Chill out and spend his days by the beach? Become an MMA Champion? Popstar? Who knows?.
01:54 The moment the terminator spotted Sarah, the music & ambience are super terrifying to listen to as the Terminator locks on to her, ready to strike the killing blow.
Did the terminator identify Kyle I heard somewhere that he did a check on the man of the face who was shooting at him and confirmed it was a resistance fighter?
It's cool because the police are doing what would normally be a good job- that _is_ a good way to avoid a normal attacker- but the problem is so outside what they can deal with, or even think of, that they only make things worse.
Even in a world without a T100 you're not safe in a public place. If some stalker were to hack her up most people today would just break out their cell phones to record...
They're probably not trained on how to handle a perp who doesn't care about being ID'd because he's planning to cause a time paradox and then cease to exist.
Arnold’s performance isn’t given enough credit as it should be, he literally nailed the cold, killer cyborg role down pat including his movements, his scowl, and using his weapons.
It was also the last few moments of peace and serenity in Sarah Connors life. The moment the T-800 walked up and pointed that long slide 1911 at her head. Her life went into a spiral no one would ever imagine.
If you listen carefully, you can hear the impact of the bullets to the metalic skeleton. That is amazing attention to detail from the sound engineers and the director.
@@JoeZocktGames yeap. The dvd onward had different sound effects, updated if you will. For example, originaly the Terminators pistol sounded more like Dirty Harrys magnum. Later they changed that and gave it a more unique and more memorable sound imo
@@Sagevil To each their own, personally I despise the sound of the AMT Hardballer in the 5.1 remix, it’s only a few steps removed from a laser sound effect. It’s not bad on its own, but it sounds out of place there, too futuristic. I get that the T-800 is from the future so perhaps making his weaponry sound a bit more advanced was a creative choice to reinforce that idea, but he’s using contemporary weapons, it’s weird. Actually I’d say that a fair few of the modern gunshot effects sound extremely out of place, especially for a film made in 1984. There are some improvements in the sound editing in small places, but I consider it inferior overall, it doesn’t have the punch or the grit of the mono mix.
The way Arnold acts when firing, reloading and walking with the Uzi is probably the most robotic he ever appears in the entire series. You can see by the way he moves he’s trying to give the illusion that he’s a machine under that skin.
he practiced that for months on his own volition, also how to fire and load guns without looking or blinking. its probably one of his best acting performances.
It's weird but I actually think the opposite, when compared to T2. He is showing too much emotion and body expression in some sequences. However, the precinct scene he was much better. Of course, this was the first time and he had perfected it by the time the sequel came.
The film score for The Terminator is pure perfection. 2:05 Those eerie strings combined with something menacing, metallic and industrial in the background. Gives me chills every time.
Without getting into detail, this scene should be shown as an example in film school. The music, the slow shots, the people dancing... all makes up for a perfectly made scene.
i disagree some. the scene in general is good, but for example the way that the terminator takes a measured, slow shot at sarah, giving kyle plenty of time to pull his shotgun and get people out of the way, is very silly and distracting. I also dislike many of his mannerisms in this film, although I suppose I shouldn't use future films as a reference for that. But still frequently he is not nearly "robotic" enough. I know, that's saying a lot when we are talking about ahhnald
@@NeaonBHB Well, Skynet would have a database of sorts on how people acted around that time, and programmed it accordingly. And they do point out in 2 that Terminators are capable of learning (although the function is disabled normally), and we see some evidence of this later on when he tells the one guy to fuck off, repeating word for word the response he got when he demanded the clothes from the punks at the beginning. The one gripe I have, is a universe one: While the T-800 doesn't stick out too badly in the 80s, it stands out like a sore thumb in the future. The average person would be massively emaciated from a lack of decent food, probably suffering from the effects of the radioactive fallout to some degree, and would just be weak as hell looking in general. However, these things look like they're perfectly healthy and built by comparison. You'd think they'd be easy to spot by that metric.
I love everything about Arnold as a Terminator, the way he casually breaks the guys hand without losing focus on his search, his ice cold demeanor when he sees Sarah, his non reaction to getting shot... all perfect.
@115madmax look at everyone arround them, their were all in shock and knew that he wasnt playing and wouldnt hesitate to hurt them if they came close to him, a human natural instinct
Fun fact: Lance Henriksen, the actor who plays Detective Hal Vukovich in this clip, was originally supposed to play the part of the Terminator. James Cameron's concept for the character was basically that an Infiltrator unit would look like an everyman, wholly unremarkable, able to blend into a crowd effortlessly. There was even some early concept art that showed half Henriksen's face with the other half being that of the iconic T-800 endoskeleton. However, when Schwarzenegger was brought in to audition for the part of Kyle Reese, the human resistance member and protagonist, Arnold took one look at the script and immediately insisted that he play the part of the Terminator instead. James Cameron was initially hesitant, since a massive Austrian bodybuilder isn't exactly inconspicuous, not to mention that he was counting on Schwarzenegger's star power and draw as the "good guy" from his success with Conan the Barbarian. Still, he let Arnold read for the role, and of course he absolutely nailed it. They retooled the movie, and Henriksen was relegated to a much smaller supporting role as a police detective investigating the Sarah Connor murders. Lore-wise, they explained the T-800's size as the latest revision in a long line of attempts by Skynet to create the perfect Infiltrator unit. For a time, it was producing the T-600 line, which were massive (twice the size of Arnold) and had rubber skin. These were easily spotted, even from a distance. However, starting with the 800 series, Skynet was able to miniaturize the chassis of the endoskeleton enough so that it could conceivably pass for a human (albeit a very big one), and even figured out how to give it living tissue. Arnold's T-800 was the first series to successfully pass as an Infiltrator and to be able to survive Time Displacement. As for Henriksen, James Cameron always felt a twinge of guilt over reducing his role in the original Terminator film, so he ended up casting the actor to play Bishop, the benevolent android in the movie "Aliens" (1986). The part became iconic in its own right.
The concept of the ordinary-looking Terminator was carried into Terminator 2, where the actor for the T-1000, Robert Patrick, wasn't an imposing bodybuilder type like Arnold. Instead, he looked like an average fit yet unremarkable police officer which made him blend in better.
No on gives credit to T-101 for courtesy of giving Kyle time to react. If he just jumped onto Sarah and crashed her throat instead of wasting time on reloading that Uzi, Kyle wouldn't have managed to do anything about it. This seems to be the only illogical moment if T1... Actually same with the first attempt. All he had to do was to grab her quickly by throat and crush it.
I genuinely believe this is Arnold Schwarzenegger's finest acting work. He was PERFECT for this role and his character is a source for nightmares. I genuinely couldn't see another Hollywood star in this role.
Yeah, his monotone voice is oddly similar to the simple speech symphyses programs that existed at the time. He speaks JUST like a robot would. His body builder physique really gives the impression that he is a strong machine.
Originally, they wanted him to play the role of Kyle Reese, but when they sent him the script he figured he'd be better as the machine. Obviously an amazing decision as the role was perfect for him at the time -- less dialog, menacing, etc. and Biehn made a more relatable hero and romance.
The look of fear on Sarah when her Reese look at one another.She thinks that Reese is going to kill her,and is totally unaware of the Terminator.This scene really couldn't have been done any better!
It's mirrored in Terminator 2 when John is being chased by the T-1000 and runs into the T-800, he immediately recognizes it as the Terminator but up until that point we don't know which is the bad one.
Michael Biehn nailed the role. I know and so does everyone that Arnold is perfect Terminator but for me Kyle was best thing really. He really sold a traumatized soldier who doesn't understand ''our'' world, how could he? He did great in this movie
He was born to play military roles. He pulled off Hicks superbly and in a more villainous role, he played Lieutenant Coffey in The Abyss (who was a Navy SEAL that went more and more insane as the movie went on).
@@FallouFitness_NattyEdition I am absolutely not saying anything negative about Michael. He is my favorite action star and seems from interviews like a genuine awesome gut. There are some moments and interviews he's talked about his alcoholism and how it impacted his career, family etc. I've struggled with that disease for years and it's no joke. He will always be iconic and I'm happy he landed the roles he did at the time and he's a director now which is cool AF.
1:48 is so badass. You realize he just scanned the entire place and couldn't find her. Then his programming locked into the only place she could possibly be after the fact. This scene is insanely well done.
Exactly. T2 started to include plenty of nonsense and took away the original's atmosphere almost completely, and the sequels always tried to copy the wrong movie, except for Salvation.
@@fistoftulkas7335 You're obviously not a Terminator fan if this how stupid you sound. The sequel was literally character development and shows why John fits as a leader in the future you stupid, dumbass trolling bot.
@Főfasírozó You're so full of shit and you don't even realize it. If you'd get off your fucking high horse and come back down to Earth, you'd also realize that generalizations are bullshit and the one who's generalizing is stupid. The Whole "Amuricans err soo duurrmb" trope is a stereotype. Get with the times you pretentious ingrate! Also, Terminator 2 IS a classic and Is almost as good as the first Terminator.
He has experience fighting machines ever since he was a kid, and just like machines they can break or malfunction.. he probably hit Arnie in some vital gear spot which caused his system to short out like that temporarily
I feel like the character and actor are so underrated. For me, Reese is the heart of the films. Without his self-sacrifice, there would be no resistance movement because John Connor would not exist (although he doesn't even know just how much he gave to the movement). His emotional and sexual chemistry with Linda Hamilton is so palpable and yet wisely underplayed. They aren't slobbering on each other every time things quiet down, they are stretched thin and trying to survive. It's what makes their love scene so believable; it's urgent, desperate, and so intense that no more scenes of them in that way need to be shown (although I would not have minded lol). Watching this film as an adult, it really does transcend the genre of sci-fi thriller and has moved into simply classic film making for me.
I've seen this masterpiece dozens of times by now, yet I didn't notice until recently the sheer amount of detail that went into these scenes. The very first time that Kyle shoots the T-800, he shot it in the shoulder, JUST as the T-800 squeezed the trigger and fired off a round. The physical impact of the shotgun blast to its shoulder was powerful enough to stop even the T-800 from killing Sarah right then and there. Kyle saved Sarah at the very last second. Not only that, but if you watch it frame-by-frame, we can clearly see the glimpse - the extremely quick / blink-and-you'll-miss-it - electrical discharge from the T-800's shoulder as it got shot there (even in the original theatrical release - in all of the releases). I didn't notice the blue electricity coming out of the shoulder until recently. Kudos to everyone who worked on this film. That is some very telling and important detail work.
Yes - well spotted indeed! Another example of the hard work that went into this scene is the one second or so shot of the Terminator on the bonnet of the Cadillac punching through the windshield. Schwarzenegger was actually on a stationary car at this point but to create the illusion of movement, the brick wall behind was moved at speed (or rather, a piece of board with a brick wall painted on it!) So much work and planning goes into even a split second of screentime, it's what makes a well-crafted movie worth watching.
@Jeremy Shaw The first shot is at the wrist, we can see it if you put the speed at 0.25 the jacket has a hole at the level of the wrist due to the impact of the Shotgun, moreover later the T-800 repaired this damaged part in his hotel room.
While creators of newer films even failed to include basic characteristics of characters from original movies. Even the terminator itself. In T1 and T2 it is strongly established that T-800 is very vulnerable to shocks caused by high caliber shells or when its hit in his head strong enough. This his primary weakness that allowed Kyle to keep him away from Sarah till very end of the movie. In T2 he loses every fist fight precisely because at some point he's hit hard enough to be stunned and unable to do anything for quite a while. He went uncionscious in the supermarket. In the first steel works fight he was so confused he didn't realise T-1000 put his hand into cogs untill it was far too late. Later on he takes a beating by metal bar and this makes him so confused he's unable to react for over a minute. That's why he ended being crushed and bent by metal rail. Compare that to newer movies, where he takes totally unreal hits that should have shredded him to pieces, and but they have no effect on him. Another important characteristic was that overheating would shut him down as shown in T1. In TS not only this was ignored, also the director apparently was a primary school dropout, as he didn't hear of materials thermal expansion.
Indeed. Arnold is very charming as a person, so he's got this 'sunshine' all over him in most of the movies he plays in - being the good guy. His charms somewhat distract you from the notion that you got this full muscle, armed to the teeth, relentless guy running around mowing down people ( the bad guys ) left, right and center. No charms here, just this brutal, big, invincible hulk of a 'man' dispatching people with cold precision. Scary! And very, very cool as a visual.
Yep! Think about this, if back then you told James Cameron that one of the sequels would be more focused on pointless characters, Arnold's terminator character now sells drapes for a living and John Connor gets killed off in the first 30 seconds, he would've laughed in your face and told you to get lost. What on earth went wrong...
Not about how much, but rather how well it is done. The problem with CGI is that it gives people the ability to seem 'perfect'. Which is why we perceive it as 'fake' so easily. Practical effects on the other hand can look very imperfect and hence perceived as more 'real', but this means it could potentially flop completely and look horrendous too.
The audible metallic "clang" sounds of Reese's shotgun rounds hitting the Terminator's metal endoskeleton are just another example of James Cameron's brilliant forethought and planning for this film. This film was a sleeper hit for reason. There are just so many facets to it
This was added later, it wasn't in the original mono soundtrack. If you like that little detail, I bet you didn't notice when thr Terminator was aiming the laser at Sarah's head and Kyle hits him with the first shotgun blast, the terminator actually fires a shot right next to Sarah's head. If you play it in slow-mo, you can see the muzzle flash from the longslide 45. It took me all these years of watching this scene over and over again to notice that very minor detail.
@@ck4181 you are correct. I remember watching this masterpiece over and over on VHS as a kid and I know for a fact that those metallic sounds were added for the DVD release.
This was only 7 years before the second one, but the culture and aesthetic seems more different between them than 1991 does to now. All that 80's stuff.
I always love the detail that the shotgun is literally blasting the T-800 away because it's just pure metal and the kinetic force is knocking it back. Had it been a human, they would've dropped to the ground at the first shot.
Slow down play back speed... At 3:26-3:27 when reese shoots terminator a 2nd round...you first see sparks come from Arnies left shoulder area. Its 2021 and I have never noticed that. Brilliant
For a movie that is nearly 4 decades old, this film has aged very well and looks like something that could have been made much more recently than 1984.
@@myfavoritegames8805 Yeah that makes sense. Low frame rate stop motion which is in robocop as well. But this whole scene and most of the film is not out of place in modern times.
@@bryanl3659 it looks 80’s, but it’s high quality. Most films from this time looks dated. The main threat of a T1 in the 80’s would still be a threat today. Unlike most horror films.....that’s what OP meant.
I love how they gave the audience bits a piece of the terminator. Like you knew he wasn’t quite human but as the movie went on you started to see more of the machine side. Perfect example they didn’t show his infrared vision until the ally scene, the with the eye and arm surgery we got a little bit more of what he really is and so on and so on.....fucking great story telling you don’t see shit like that in movies anymore.
They knew when to have self restraint in order to give the movie an engaging protagonist, movies nowadays usually tend to blow there load too early, so nice observation
Perfect attention to detail. You see his hair and eyebrows burned when he goes through the fire. Then the shot to his forearm, the eye after the shootout between the cars and the crash, and you see the glowing red eye behind the windshield when he's chasing them with the truck, awesome stuff. And then during the movie you see his skin slowly decaying and rotting away, becoming pale with dark lips and looking like a zombie, absolutely terrifying.
1:21 - 1:30 one of Camerons genius moments that sets him apart from the amateurs. He knew how to create suspense and unique scenes. Perfect use of slow-mo.
Not only that, but you can very faintly hear the notes of the "metallic drone" under the soundtrack, like the T-800 is this Jaws-like figure passing through the crowd.
James Cameron was YEARS ahead of his time... if you think about the most iconic parts of this movie that drives the horror and tension throughout the entire film are things we ACTUALLY debate about or struggle with today... When this movie was made the idea of "autonomous warfare" was a distant fantasy, and don't forget this was also made YEARS before columbine ever happened... fast forward almost 40 years later and today the US military has an entire, widely used sector of drone warfare both on the ground and in the air, and one of our biggest civil struggles is the advent of mass shootings by crazed gunmen.... this movie was essentially about both of those things through the lens of a tech noir thriller, which is probably one of the reasons why this masterpiece holds up so well and still feels so terrifying today.... perhaps even MORE SO today than it did in '84, because in 2020.... the concept and technology honestly doesn't feel that far fetched anymore.
Not only that but it is widely expected by experts that by the early 2030s a good portion of the US military will be robotic, automated with advanced AI. Today many Western, Asian military tanks, vehicles and devices are either human free and autonomous or semi autonomous. The machines and Skynet itself were somewhat primitive in the original Terminator, using the now defunct equivalent of DOS software.
that’s…. insane to think about. it’s remarkable how well this movie still holds up today. if it weren’t for the obvious style of the 80s, you could argue this movie was newer.
I know Arnold's part was beyond iconic in this movie and helped define his career but to me Michael Bien was the better actor in this movie. His portrayal of a gritty futuristic soldier was perfect and his scenes with Linda Hamilton were intimate and powerful with some damn good dialog. How the hell they both didn't win oscars for their performances is beyond me. This movie is timeless
To be fair, he had no idea on what they were dealing with. I mean, it made sense he thought she wouldn't be killed in a public place with people everywhere. Seriously, what killer with any common sense would pull out a gun like that to just to kill one person in a crowd with so many witnesses around?
the way arnie moves his head to the side at 2:54 is so perfect.. exactly like a terminator. little nuances like that sell it. literally born for the role. amazing movie.
I watch this movie at 9 and the T-800 terrified me to death especially when it rose back after all those shots like nothing happened but by far this was the best terminator movie for me T2 is good but my favorite is T1
That's one thing I liked about T1, terminator wasn't fashion snob like in sequels and all that happened or was done was because of practicality. Ran through fire -> new haircut, eye surgery -> sunglasses to cover robot eye etc.
@@YoStu242 Right. In T1 his look was by accident. In T2 the terminator basically became a vain action hero instead of the single objective, relentless killing machine he was originally meant to be. But giving the T-800 and T-1000 more "style" did make them more efficient infiltrators though.
The way Arnie moves from 3:11 to 3:17 is unbelieveble. You can really imagine thats exactly how a programmed killing machine underneath his skin would move, the response time, the pose, the stance. Utterly amazing, and pure horror. It just gets better as the movie ages.
Indeed! I love the poses and movements in this scene and especially that lowered stance pose...I might have emulated it decades ago, hehe. I'd guess he had a good sense of choreography from his bodybuilding background...no idea how much of it came from elsewhere. Anyways, unforgettable stuff.
This version of the Terminator was actually scary. Arnold really captured the machine having no emotion and just straight up hunting and killing to achieve the objective.
Those cat reflexes of Reese’s impressive, dude is damn near animalistic after being battle hardened in despair of the future war. Often overlooked but Kyle actually caused the T800 model more problems in one on one gun fire head to head than the t1000 did to same model in T2
I think the T-1000 gave the T-800 quite a bit of trouble, the difference was that the T-800 was just an obstacle to the T-1000 so it would always go back to hunting John. Remember that in their first encounter, the T-1000 threw the T-800 through a few walls and then just left him there to go back to hunting John.
@@heySTUPIDass in every scene where the t101 is strapped and goes head to head with the t1000 he comes out on top. In the motorcycle chase first meeting it explodes t1000s truck. At the mental institute Arnold holds him off. After cyberdyne t101 bodies him with assault rifle and forcefully takes his vehicle off road and finally at the steel mill finishes him with grenade. What you said bs. But Kyle hit and run tactics always caused him trouble
Makes sense. Kyle would have known exactly where the terminator’s weakest points were, and would have aimed there. Whereas terminators were never programmed to kill other terminators, so they wouldn’t necessarily know the weak spots to aim for.
The thing that's impressive about this is that Arnold's grip is so strong that the Uzi barely has any recoil with the blanks really giving off the impression that it's a machine holding it
@@kostis007Duh, it's a film. The point is that in the universe of the film, it's firing real bullets, and being able to hold an smg like that takes some strength.
Really wish his career took off and he became an even bigger star. He's perfect for roles where you need a tough-as-nails soldier but is still relatable to your average person (as he isn't ultra-fit and jacked up to unbelievable proportions).
The whole scene is amazing (and the whole movie, in fact), but the second part where Kyle shoots at the Terminator is just mind-blowingly realistic! Michael Biehn is super badass firing the shotgun, and Schwarzy is very robotic with the sound effects of bullets hitting metal!
"You're in a public place so you'll be safe until we get there. Stay visible..." He unknowingly gave the worst advice to someone being chased by a Terminator. I love how both of those statements are proven to be false in a matter of moments.
That's the genius of how this movie presents the Terminator to us. At first we hope Sarah will be safe in a public place. This scene proves it false. Then we hope the police can keep Sarah safe. The police station scene proves that false. Then we hope so long as Sarah & Kyle stay hidden, Sarah will be safe. The phone call scene with "Sarah's mom" proves that false.
That look on Kyle Reeses face at 1:43... nobody, and I mean NOBODY could've pulled that off better than Michael Biehn. This movie is absolute perfection.
In lesser hands I don't think we would have gotten a film like this featuring such a drawn-out scene. Cameron really plays up the slow-motion effect, driving home the reality that these are the last seconds of innocence before hell breaks loose.
It’s like after Star Wars, all 3 of the main cast were suddenly in the limelight. But only Harrison Ford really went on to have a great career. Mark Hamill just stuck to his voice acting. Carrie Fisher too wasn’t anywhere close to Ford in terms of success. It’s sad because Michael Biehn is a very talented actor and I really like him. But he is just known for playing military roles in James Cameron movies.
This is probably one of my favourite sequences in film. I love how this scene builds tension, from the way the club music rises as the Terminator walks in, to the shot of him just missing Sarah in the crowd (still one of my favourite shots in cinema), to Sarah seeing Kyle sitting at the bar and the way their gazes meet through his reflection in the glass before the Terminator turns around and clocks her. I also think that the Terminator's Tech Noir outfit is a severely underrated look even though the biker leathers and sunglasses are more iconic.
Do you know what the scariest part is that no one probably thinks of first, and what other Terminator movies don’t really show (aside from T-1000 and TX). If you ever imagine yourself being in a situation like this, where a T-800 is pursuing you and you think you can just escape it in a mall or something by just running away. Remember, the Terminator can probably run just as fast as you, or maybe a bit slower if you’re an athlete, but it never gets tired. You eventually will.
I love how after the T-800 crushes the bouncer's hand, the booth lady goes to check on him, we see the people at the front sneak in one at a time, one after the other. Damn that is just good details! This movie will never stop giving, it's too much.
It's actually refreshing to see Arnie in something that's not the leather that the rest of the series would default to in every sequel. Good ol' grey M65 jacket!
Yeah? It wasn't authentic military? I tend to spot M65s and though they're as common as dishwater (not to say I don't love 'em), authentic vintage ones in good nic are rare. I'd LOVE to have a grey in my size (XS-short), but I assume it wasn't a military-produced colour. But obviously some good-quality military-spec civilian garments got made (seen one worn in Japan - asked the dude who said he'd got it "somewhere in America"...) I also assume the jacket here _wasnt_ punk-altered when it was new? Geek rant ended.
@Mike - oh _hell_ _yes_ he did. But sadly if _I_ tried to adopt the T2 look in daily life I'd end up looking like the kind of dude who frequents men's restrooms in rural England, so it's the M65 jacket for me...
I know T2 gets most of the attention and accolades, but I still think T1 is well worth watching due to good direction and Arnold's menacing, almost eerily silent portrayal of an unstoppable threat. It may be lower budget, but damn if they didn't use it to maximum effect. I actually like this club scene, with the neon lights, it almost gives off a cyberpunk atmosphere.
I could so genuinely watch The Terminator every day and never get bored of it. I think T2 is just as good but the relentless action of T2 could get overwhelming after a while; but this first film is just such a perfect marriage of so many different genres. It's quiet and intimate but also bombastic and audacious, it's deeply human and romantic while also being such a pulse-pounding horror-thriller. It's even maybe the only time-travel movie I can think of off rip where the paradox is the point and not just a plot hole. Truly one of the greatest movies of all-time.
Yeah, one of the best parts of T1 is the grittiness. The sequels beyond T2 lack it. There was a scene in Terminator Salvation set in the post-apocalyptic future, and everyone's hair is combed really nicely. It sharply took me out of the kind of post-apocalyptic gloom that was hammered home in the flash-forward scenes of T1 where humans are warming themselves by trashcan fires just before the T-800 infiltrates and the scene ends with Sarah Connor's picture burning.
1:40 When Kyle Reese turns to look at her, it is a truly terrifying scene, Sarah's paranoia increases, after hearing the news that a second Sarah Connor was brutally murdered, then she leaves the restaurant and that suspicious man begins to follow her, she She enters the nightclub and then realizes that this suspicious man also entered there and stalks her. He is very scary.
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The bit where Arnold walks past in slow motion , is just perfect. The music, everything.
It's my favourite film ever since I was 5 years old!!
@ksrnate you watched this when you were 5?
@@Palomar23 Yeh mate every day aswel! I was actually 4 when it came out and ever since it's been my favourite film! It's not a gory film is it just a lot of guns n stuff! I mean the bit where he pokes his eye out is probably a bit gory but even when I was little I knew it wasn't real 👍🏻
@ksrnate wow, I’m only 14 years old and watched this movie when I was about 10. Good for you mate
@@Palomar23 Sweet! Me and my daughter have just watched it tonight actually because in the game Fortnite they have just added the terminator as a skin!! How cool is that! So she wanted to watch the film and she's 10 too like you were when you watched it 👍🏻
See this is what the new Terminator films are missing. Tension. I love the shot where Sarah accidentally knocks down her drink and misses the Terminator just at the right time.
@Dennis " " " Yeah - what's cool about this film is not only is Kyle _just_ in time to stop the Terminator from slaughtering Sara but that she's also saved by myriad tiny chance events like this. It's like you need both skill _and_ luck to avoid death, here.
basically this movie shift its genre from horror to more action focused in sequel later
@@enma9359 well even in the sequels with a good terminator, the updated model was still incredibly dangerous unlike dark fate where the rev 9 gets manhandled by an augment and an aged out dated t 800 and isn't a threat unless it double teams you or the plot requires it to be strong enough in 1v1
And Epstein didn’t kill himself
This film was considered a horror film in the 80s.
I've always loved Kyle's combat methods against the Terminator. He knows he can't go head-on with it so he strikes it like a large cat would - with hit and run tactics and from angles it wouldn't expect.
Better than modern action movies, where one guy/woman beats up ten soldiers all at once with nothing more than karate kicks lol.
Kinda like that scene when he knocks out a tank during the future war
After all he did say that John Connor taught him how to turn them into junk
@@AbcAbc-sp1od Don't some of those movies have lore explaining how and why? Like the Matrix with their free the mind, and Captain America with his serum and shield?
@@Celestial_Wing yes, some movies do. But in terminator, Kyle is supposed to just be an ordinary human.
As a kid that scene at 1:20 where she bends over to pick up the glass right as the Terminator walks by and looks past her was always so awesome. He moves through the crowd like a shark moving through a coral reef.
John Connor sent that Pepsi bottle back in time to save Sarah
Right? The Trynglz track is an all timer too.
Canada Dry.@@uuuultra
Don't forget the sound production there, how the music sorta washes out, then as soon as she spots Reese it becomes synthesized with the score.
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When you consider this movie was made on a shoestring budget with a director who was almost completely unknown to the public at the time, it's pretty impressive.
And he was dirty poor too. His mother would mail him 2 for 1 vouchers for McDonald's.
He'd eat one burger and save the other for the next day 😅
I think this movie budget was like 4 million? that is insane, it looks as good as any big budget movie from that era.
@@ViktorKruger99 Just over 7 million
@@paradigm_sh1ft532 more 6,5 for the actual movie, not counting all the other costs.
Not sure if it's true but I read somewhere he sold the script for a dollar if he could direct it
People always reference Arnold saying "come with me if you want to live", but in reality it was Kyle who said it first
T2 is the popular one.
@Ganiscol Well im T2 all the way. its the same with Aliens for me. made something good to great.
I didn't know about the "people always" part.
kyle reese the goat
My theory is that John Connor says it first in the future when he rescued Kyle as a kid.
This scene was brilliant. I like how Arnold really moves like a machine.
Everytime I watch any scene from this movie, I'm convinced he's a terminator.
I don't see the arnold the actor here, at all.
He does the role too good.
Way too good.
@@bradsmith0889 I'd argue even scarier is Franco Columbu, one of Arnold's best friends and also a Mr. Olympia, as the Infiltration Terminator in Reese's Flashback to the grim darkness of the future. As soon as the dogs spotted him he just started ripping with that autocannon.
@@MrSfxer no way. It's 2021 and I just learned he's a terminator. wow.
i’m a friend of sarah connor i was told that she was here may i see her please
Fun Fact: James Cameron wanted to film a Mass Murdering Terminator so he is the camera man.
The original Terminator is one of the best science fiction movies of all time. It still holds up.
And it was stolen from Harlan Ellison
I watched it yesterday (lost count). It's aged very well, considering it's 40 years old now. Only thing about it that feels outdated is the stop-motion T-800 at the end, it's very rocky and artificial by today's standards.
@@johnpark7972 it isn’t just the special effects it’s the story overall. It doesn’t feel dated.
@@johnpark7972 Well duh, it's 40 years old.
Technically it's a fantasy film. Science Fiction means that what is being shown on screen could actually happen one day in the near future.
Love the way the Terminator glides through the crowd like a shark
I love how the way Sarah knocked down her drink and she looked down and The Terminator looked towards her direction and he didn't see her! Then she looks up and sees Reese. That was so wonderful!
@@231mac Get off your pedestal ya cretin
231mac someone whos ”normally” looking for people turns their head around and looks everywhere.
@@231mac who cares lmao
me too...amazing scene...sadly this mode of make "terminator's movie" is die :(
And to think this helpless Sarah became a badass at the end of this film. Excellent character development.
Nicholas Chen yeah like in RDR2 Sadie Adler loses her husband, joins Dutch’s gang and becomes a badass and kills the scumbags who murdered her husband
Dark Demonik hey come on if anyone was a feminist in that movie it was grace
Keep imagining the one from Dark Fate time traveling and then meeting up with her younger self. And then killing herself
Looking at you Rey...
@@unarmilion457 But I think Sarah was still used to help promote that ideology when it wasn't even necessary.
I absolutely LOVE the transition from 80's music to The Terminator theme slowly dominating. Still gives me goosebumps.
80s and Terminator two of the best things together
Naturally. The Terminator was a horror movie after all.
I wonder what he was programmed to do after he had killed her, if he had managed to do that?. Chill out and spend his days by the beach? Become an MMA Champion? Popstar? Who knows?.
@@macman975 They programmed him to bury himself in the desert and hibernate until Judgement Day. This is mentioned in one of the books.
@@tothandrei which book, do you know ?
Michael Biehn as Kyle Reese is simply an unbeatable dude...
I reckon his role as Corp. Dwayne Hicks in Aliens is pretty badass as well! State of the badass art, in fact! 😂
He's the 🐐
Right? See also: firing a sawed-off shotgun in a crowded room. He didn't hit a single innocent bystander!
Straight aura bro honestly
" ooh look darling its Johnny Ringo the fastest gunslinger since wild bill " now I really hate em
I love how every time Kyle lands a shot you can just see the sheer hatred in his face, really gives off what Skynet did to him
Everybody’s got a face they make, and Kyles truly displays his hatred for the machines with that expression
Absolutely nailed it, there's pure hatred there.
01:54 The moment the terminator spotted Sarah, the music & ambience are super terrifying to listen to as the Terminator locks on to her, ready to strike the killing blow.
@@danskyl7279 yes soo creepy and terrifying🙉🙄👽
Did the terminator identify Kyle I heard somewhere that he did a check on the man of the face who was shooting at him and confirmed it was a resistance fighter?
‘You’re in a public place, so you’ll be safe …. But stay visible’ I love the detail of the Lieutenant unknowingly aiding the T-800 in finding Sarah.
It's cool because the police are doing what would normally be a good job- that _is_ a good way to avoid a normal attacker- but the problem is so outside what they can deal with, or even think of, that they only make things worse.
Even in a world without a T100 you're not safe in a public place. If some stalker were to hack her up most people today would just break out their cell phones to record...
@@saltyreviews1848
Yeah no kidding.
@@saltyreviews1848 That unfortunately would most likely happen...
They're probably not trained on how to handle a perp who doesn't care about being ID'd because he's planning to cause a time paradox and then cease to exist.
1:20 The way the club music fades while transitioning to the menacing walk and stare of the Terminator as he spots his target is a cinematic wonder.
Indeed, great cinematography
Gives me goosebumps everytime.
Arnold’s performance isn’t given enough credit as it should be, he literally nailed the cold, killer cyborg role down pat including his movements, his scowl, and using his weapons.
@Leandro Aude Took me years to realize he actually gets the shot off, intended or not it adds to the impending doom once he does zero her.
It was also the last few moments of peace and serenity in Sarah Connors life. The moment the T-800 walked up and pointed that long slide 1911 at her head. Her life went into a spiral no one would ever imagine.
If you listen carefully, you can hear the impact of the bullets to the metalic skeleton. That is amazing attention to detail from the sound engineers and the director.
This was added later in a re-release on DVD, the original version did not feature those impact sounds.
@@JoeZocktGames yeap. The dvd onward had different sound effects, updated if you will. For example, originaly the Terminators pistol sounded more like Dirty Harrys magnum. Later they changed that and gave it a more unique and more memorable sound imo
@@JoeZocktGamesSmart decision.
@@Sagevil
To each their own, personally I despise the sound of the AMT Hardballer in the 5.1 remix, it’s only a few steps removed from a laser sound effect. It’s not bad on its own, but it sounds out of place there, too futuristic. I get that the T-800 is from the future so perhaps making his weaponry sound a bit more advanced was a creative choice to reinforce that idea, but he’s using contemporary weapons, it’s weird. Actually I’d say that a fair few of the modern gunshot effects sound extremely out of place, especially for a film made in 1984. There are some improvements in the sound editing in small places, but I consider it inferior overall, it doesn’t have the punch or the grit of the mono mix.
@@horrorfanandy4647Do you get to choose, like if you own the DVD/Blu-Ray??
The way Arnold acts when firing, reloading and walking with the Uzi is probably the most robotic he ever appears in the entire series. You can see by the way he moves he’s trying to give the illusion that he’s a machine under that skin.
Well it's no illusion to me
He moved so Inhumanly precise "robotically" that I forgot that he's just a human actor .
He is , right ?
You can tell he really spent time getting those movements down right . he moves perfectly
he practiced that for months on his own volition, also how to fire and load guns without looking or blinking. its probably one of his best acting performances.
It's weird but I actually think the opposite, when compared to T2. He is showing too much emotion and body expression in some sequences. However, the precinct scene he was much better. Of course, this was the first time and he had perfected it by the time the sequel came.
Fascinating. It's almost like that's his actual job description!
The film score for The Terminator is pure perfection. 2:05 Those eerie strings combined with something menacing, metallic and industrial in the background. Gives me chills every time.
U nailed it!!
Too right
...all all the '80s rock!! BEST MOVIES, BEST MUSIC and BIG HAIR ALL OVER THE FREAKING PLACE!!! LOL
Without getting into detail, this scene should be shown as an example in film school. The music, the slow shots, the people dancing... all makes up for a perfectly made scene.
James Cameron is pure Genius!
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 I agree with you 100%
At 2:29 when Sarah freezes, great shot!
i disagree some. the scene in general is good, but for example the way that the terminator takes a measured, slow shot at sarah, giving kyle plenty of time to pull his shotgun and get people out of the way, is very silly and distracting. I also dislike many of his mannerisms in this film, although I suppose I shouldn't use future films as a reference for that. But still frequently he is not nearly "robotic" enough. I know, that's saying a lot when we are talking about ahhnald
@@NeaonBHB Well, Skynet would have a database of sorts on how people acted around that time, and programmed it accordingly. And they do point out in 2 that Terminators are capable of learning (although the function is disabled normally), and we see some evidence of this later on when he tells the one guy to fuck off, repeating word for word the response he got when he demanded the clothes from the punks at the beginning.
The one gripe I have, is a universe one: While the T-800 doesn't stick out too badly in the 80s, it stands out like a sore thumb in the future. The average person would be massively emaciated from a lack of decent food, probably suffering from the effects of the radioactive fallout to some degree, and would just be weak as hell looking in general. However, these things look like they're perfectly healthy and built by comparison. You'd think they'd be easy to spot by that metric.
Arnold’s movements when he’s tearing up Tech Noir with the uzi are so robotic! Always loved this scene.
Ikr that still scares me to this day. Imagine you are being hunted like that.
If you pause it at 2:51 and go frame by frame, you can see Arnold looking not-so-robotic (very goofy face) for 6 frames.
new terminator movies are missing random civilian kills
I love everything about Arnold as a Terminator, the way he casually breaks the guys hand without losing focus on his search, his ice cold demeanor when he sees Sarah, his non reaction to getting shot... all perfect.
His face is sort of shit pants tho at 2:42 like wtf just happened lol
It makes sense for him not to react to getting shot
1: he doesn’t feel pain as a machine
2: your shooting titanium it won’t do much or any damage
Yup what a terminator should be. A cold machine
@115madmax look at everyone arround them, their were all in shock and knew that he wasnt playing and wouldnt hesitate to hurt them if they came close to him, a human natural instinct
Fun fact Arnold was originally offered the part of reese but after reading the script begged for the terminator part
Fun fact: Lance Henriksen, the actor who plays Detective Hal Vukovich in this clip, was originally supposed to play the part of the Terminator. James Cameron's concept for the character was basically that an Infiltrator unit would look like an everyman, wholly unremarkable, able to blend into a crowd effortlessly. There was even some early concept art that showed half Henriksen's face with the other half being that of the iconic T-800 endoskeleton.
However, when Schwarzenegger was brought in to audition for the part of Kyle Reese, the human resistance member and protagonist, Arnold took one look at the script and immediately insisted that he play the part of the Terminator instead. James Cameron was initially hesitant, since a massive Austrian bodybuilder isn't exactly inconspicuous, not to mention that he was counting on Schwarzenegger's star power and draw as the "good guy" from his success with Conan the Barbarian. Still, he let Arnold read for the role, and of course he absolutely nailed it. They retooled the movie, and Henriksen was relegated to a much smaller supporting role as a police detective investigating the Sarah Connor murders.
Lore-wise, they explained the T-800's size as the latest revision in a long line of attempts by Skynet to create the perfect Infiltrator unit. For a time, it was producing the T-600 line, which were massive (twice the size of Arnold) and had rubber skin. These were easily spotted, even from a distance. However, starting with the 800 series, Skynet was able to miniaturize the chassis of the endoskeleton enough so that it could conceivably pass for a human (albeit a very big one), and even figured out how to give it living tissue. Arnold's T-800 was the first series to successfully pass as an Infiltrator and to be able to survive Time Displacement.
As for Henriksen, James Cameron always felt a twinge of guilt over reducing his role in the original Terminator film, so he ended up casting the actor to play Bishop, the benevolent android in the movie "Aliens" (1986). The part became iconic in its own right.
Love it. Great insight.
That’s probably why he and Michael Biehn r in Aliens
Lance Henriksen As Terminator? Ok That Sounds Kinda Unique:))
The concept of the ordinary-looking Terminator was carried into Terminator 2, where the actor for the T-1000, Robert Patrick, wasn't an imposing bodybuilder type like Arnold. Instead, he looked like an average fit yet unremarkable police officer which made him blend in better.
bishop !! ..aliens ..and they also were considering OJ simpson of all people lol... and cameron first wanted arnold to play kyle
1:18 no one gives credit to that bottle, it practically saved humanity.
Good catch
That's why I drink Canada Dry to this day.
As well as the dog barking at the Terminator which alerted Reese and Sarah that he was out there
No on gives credit to T-101 for courtesy of giving Kyle time to react. If he just jumped onto Sarah and crashed her throat instead of wasting time on reloading that Uzi, Kyle wouldn't have managed to do anything about it. This seems to be the only illogical moment if T1...
Actually same with the first attempt. All he had to do was to grab her quickly by throat and crush it.
I always drink Canada Dry, it saved the world or delayed the world destruction, if you go by the sequels.
I genuinely believe this is Arnold Schwarzenegger's finest acting work. He was PERFECT for this role and his character is a source for nightmares. I genuinely couldn't see another Hollywood star in this role.
Yeah, his monotone voice is oddly similar to the simple speech symphyses programs that existed at the time. He speaks JUST like a robot would. His body builder physique really gives the impression that he is a strong machine.
He's not really acting. He's being Arnold and that's perfect for his role here.
Agreed, eventhough he has acted in other fantastic movies, Terminator is his Opus Magnum.
That's because you can't see JOHN CENAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!👋
Originally, they wanted him to play the role of Kyle Reese, but when they sent him the script he figured he'd be better as the machine. Obviously an amazing decision as the role was perfect for him at the time -- less dialog, menacing, etc. and Biehn made a more relatable hero and romance.
The look of fear on Sarah when her Reese look at one another.She thinks that Reese is going to kill her,and is totally unaware of the Terminator.This scene really couldn't have been done any better!
Got that right!
It's mirrored in Terminator 2 when John is being chased by the T-1000 and runs into the T-800, he immediately recognizes it as the Terminator but up until that point we don't know which is the bad one.
@@intiorozco5063 Having Arnold kill his victims here before Sarah did kill some of the suspense as to who's the villain.
Right poor girl was terrified
Reese is one of the bravest soldiers in any action movie.
He really puts himself in harm's way.
for me he is the most badass soldier in cinema! the guy literally faced a killing machine.
@@FernandoSousa-rd6gk Corporal Hicks is his equal.
@@FernandoSousa-rd6gkHe volunteered as well didnt he, what a hard ass. They did him wrong in The Rock, part was too small for a man of his standing.
@@Rickyrickytan-1 I've always felt this way too. The only part of the Rock I didn't care for. He should have gotten more of a role.
He’s a fucking gladiator.
Michael Biehn nailed the role. I know and so does everyone that Arnold is perfect Terminator but for me Kyle was best thing really. He really sold a traumatized soldier who doesn't understand ''our'' world, how could he? He did great in this movie
His facial expressions when shooting at the Terminator are picture perfect!
He was born to play military roles. He pulled off Hicks superbly and in a more villainous role, he played Lieutenant Coffey in The Abyss (who was a Navy SEAL that went more and more insane as the movie went on).
Michael Biehn never got the credit he deserved and it's a shame because he was a solid actor.
@@FallouFitness_NattyEdition I am absolutely not saying anything negative about Michael. He is my favorite action star and seems from interviews like a genuine awesome gut. There are some moments and interviews he's talked about his alcoholism and how it impacted his career, family etc. I've struggled with that disease for years and it's no joke. He will always be iconic and I'm happy he landed the roles he did at the time and he's a director now which is cool AF.
He made the character Kyle Reese more memorable and brought realism to the character
Michael Biehn is so underrated. He was also great in Aliens.
Great in Aliens? Great? He fell asleep! 😉
@@DarthBias1Somebody wake up Hicks
He was also great in the Abyss
1:48 is so badass. You realize he just scanned the entire place and couldn't find her. Then his programming locked into the only place she could possibly be after the fact. This scene is insanely well done.
Well yeah he’s a robot 🤖
@@abolisher He's commending the movie's ability to accentuate that fact.
idk about all that lol. he was just rescanning. unless we see a shot of his terminator vision. still great scene tho
Yes he immediately saw there was someone he had not scanned in the first pass.
It’s too bad she wasn’t in the bathroom and arnies just walking around the bar till last call
3:35 "Come with me if you wanna live." The first time of that classic Terminator phrase
Back when it actually had impact before T2 turned everything into a cliché.
@@holden6104 agreed I live T2 and it'll always be a classic but it was already the beginning of the end for the franchise
Exactly. T2 started to include plenty of nonsense and took away the original's atmosphere almost completely, and the sequels always tried to copy the wrong movie, except for Salvation.
@@fistoftulkas7335 You're obviously not a Terminator fan if this how stupid you sound. The sequel was literally character development and shows why John fits as a leader in the future you stupid, dumbass trolling bot.
@Főfasírozó You're so full of shit and you don't even realize it. If you'd get off your fucking high horse and come back down to Earth, you'd also realize that generalizations are bullshit and the one who's generalizing is stupid. The Whole "Amuricans err soo duurrmb" trope is a stereotype. Get with the times you pretentious ingrate! Also, Terminator 2 IS a classic and Is almost as good as the first Terminator.
I love that so much, the club music fading out and the Terminator theme picking up as he spots her? Holy shit this movie is a goddamned masterpiece.
has a well deserved 100% rating from Rotten Tomatoes.
Such a masterpiece, you can tell Cameron put everything into it and took his time. And Brad Fiedel is a just a gem.
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2:15 That drawing sequence is so tense and badass, still amazed 35 years later
That slowmo is very badass.
And music omg.
3:59 And action Music from analog gear in 80s makes this movie so idk. Unbeatable!!!
Not a hint of CGI to be seen, either. I'd take it a step further......I think we've lost something. My GAAWD this was good!
G-man du lendemain Amen brother
Damn. Kyle is a freakin badass. I never gave him enough credit when I was a kid. Nobody knocks a terminator out like that. He's so fast too.
Back when Terminators were actually scary, Reese still juking tf out of them with ease.
He has experience fighting machines ever since he was a kid, and just like machines they can break or malfunction.. he probably hit Arnie in some vital gear spot which caused his system to short out like that temporarily
And he's the leaders father
I feel like the character and actor are so underrated. For me, Reese is the heart of the films. Without his self-sacrifice, there would be no resistance movement because John Connor would not exist (although he doesn't even know just how much he gave to the movement). His emotional and sexual chemistry with Linda Hamilton is so palpable and yet wisely underplayed. They aren't slobbering on each other every time things quiet down, they are stretched thin and trying to survive. It's what makes their love scene so believable; it's urgent, desperate, and so intense that no more scenes of them in that way need to be shown (although I would not have minded lol). Watching this film as an adult, it really does transcend the genre of sci-fi thriller and has moved into simply classic film making for me.
@@DarlingNikki2 well said bro totally agree
“ hey that guy didn’t pay “
Arnold : Talk to the hand
Where the hell did she even come from.. she kinda just, appeared
FlyyinHigh420 *😂😂😂😂 i wached like 10 time and still dident Get Where she come from*
Omg just like a ghost!
FlyyinHigh420 she was the girl at the booth, she comes out from the back side.
@@buddatree I think she's from LA
1:20
Like a shark hunting for its prey, he slowly passes by, ready to strike at any moment. I love that detail
I've seen this masterpiece dozens of times by now, yet I didn't notice until recently the sheer amount of detail that went into these scenes. The very first time that Kyle shoots the T-800, he shot it in the shoulder, JUST as the T-800 squeezed the trigger and fired off a round. The physical impact of the shotgun blast to its shoulder was powerful enough to stop even the T-800 from killing Sarah right then and there. Kyle saved Sarah at the very last second. Not only that, but if you watch it frame-by-frame, we can clearly see the glimpse - the extremely quick / blink-and-you'll-miss-it - electrical discharge from the T-800's shoulder as it got shot there (even in the original theatrical release - in all of the releases). I didn't notice the blue electricity coming out of the shoulder until recently. Kudos to everyone who worked on this film. That is some very telling and important detail work.
Damn you have a sharp eye sir
Yes - well spotted indeed! Another example of the hard work that went into this scene is the one second or so shot of the Terminator on the bonnet of the Cadillac punching through the windshield. Schwarzenegger was actually on a stationary car at this point but to create the illusion of movement, the brick wall behind was moved at speed (or rather, a piece of board with a brick wall painted on it!) So much work and planning goes into even a split second of screentime, it's what makes a well-crafted movie worth watching.
@Jeremy Shaw
The first shot is at the wrist, we can see it if you put the speed at 0.25 the jacket has a hole at the level of the wrist due to the impact of the Shotgun, moreover later the T-800 repaired this damaged part in his hotel room.
he weighed 200 kg or so so yep kyle had to be smart as he was.
While creators of newer films even failed to include basic characteristics of characters from original movies.
Even the terminator itself. In T1 and T2 it is strongly established that T-800 is very vulnerable to shocks caused by high caliber shells or when its hit in his head strong enough. This his primary weakness that allowed Kyle to keep him away from Sarah till very end of the movie. In T2 he loses every fist fight precisely because at some point he's hit hard enough to be stunned and unable to do anything for quite a while. He went uncionscious in the supermarket. In the first steel works fight he was so confused he didn't realise T-1000 put his hand into cogs untill it was far too late. Later on he takes a beating by metal bar and this makes him so confused he's unable to react for over a minute. That's why he ended being crushed and bent by metal rail.
Compare that to newer movies, where he takes totally unreal hits that should have shredded him to pieces, and but they have no effect on him.
Another important characteristic was that overheating would shut him down as shown in T1. In TS not only this was ignored, also the director apparently was a primary school dropout, as he didn't hear of materials thermal expansion.
One of the reasons that we love this masterpiece is seeing arnold as a villain.
Another was Around the World in 80 Days 🤣🤣 He played the greedy Prince Hapi 🤣🤣 But he was a lot sweeter there
How about as Mr. Freeze from Batman and Robin?
@@alextv2944 well that's not a masterpiece but a guilty pleasure
@@jackinthebox9161 Let's kick some AISSS!
Indeed. Arnold is very charming as a person, so he's got this 'sunshine' all over him in most of the movies he plays in - being the good guy. His charms somewhat distract you from the notion that you got this full muscle, armed to the teeth, relentless guy running around mowing down people ( the bad guys ) left, right and center.
No charms here, just this brutal, big, invincible hulk of a 'man' dispatching people with cold precision. Scary! And very, very cool as a visual.
When the Terminator was horror instead of action comedy
Last two Terminator movies are fuckin' joke...
LGBT-1000
Yep! Think about this, if back then you told James Cameron that one of the sequels would be more focused on pointless characters, Arnold's terminator character now sells drapes for a living and John Connor gets killed off in the first 30 seconds, he would've laughed in your face and told you to get lost. What on earth went wrong...
@Leeroy Jenkins Great... Now if I ever watch T3, I won't be able to stop thinking about the bathroom fight differently D:
@@berner legendary comment
It deserves an award or something
1:42 I love how the music here gradually gets more and more intense as Arnold slowly realizes where Sarah Connor is
When will hollywood realise that no amount of cgi will make for a riveting scene? This is so simple but it was brilliantly orchestrated.
tell that to all the cgi action films that broke world records
Ok boomer
Not about how much, but rather how well it is done. The problem with CGI is that it gives people the ability to seem 'perfect'. Which is why we perceive it as 'fake' so easily. Practical effects on the other hand can look very imperfect and hence perceived as more 'real', but this means it could potentially flop completely and look horrendous too.
HA clearly didnt watch Terminator 2
@@connorbranscombe6819 Melting men. Seems like something makeup can create.
The audible metallic "clang" sounds of Reese's shotgun rounds hitting the Terminator's metal endoskeleton are just another example of James Cameron's brilliant forethought and planning for this film. This film was a sleeper hit for reason. There are just so many facets to it
Agreed
This was added later, it wasn't in the original mono soundtrack. If you like that little detail, I bet you didn't notice when thr Terminator was aiming the laser at Sarah's head and Kyle hits him with the first shotgun blast, the terminator actually fires a shot right next to Sarah's head. If you play it in slow-mo, you can see the muzzle flash from the longslide 45. It took me all these years of watching this scene over and over again to notice that very minor detail.
@@ck4181 you are correct. I remember watching this masterpiece over and over on VHS as a kid and I know for a fact that those metallic sounds were added for the DVD release.
I always liked that sound as well as the sound of the shotgun
I just hear the shots and the reloading
This was only 7 years before the second one, but the culture and aesthetic seems more different between them than 1991 does to now. All that 80's stuff.
Yep we went from a Synthwave 1984 and Grunge 1991 to a Tik Tok 2021
Terminator's soundtrack is far superior to T2's. It's aged better for me.
@@carrauntoohil86 , I disagree completely. T2's soundtrack has way more timeless sounds to it. T2 sounds like Brad Fiedel instead of the 80's synths.
@@kylereese5869 you forgot alternative in 2001
@@kylereese5869 Bruh I love how you said grunge for 1991 because it reminded me of being a kid loving T2 and listening to GNR and grunge music.
I always love the detail that the shotgun is literally blasting the T-800 away because it's just pure metal and the kinetic force is knocking it back. Had it been a human, they would've dropped to the ground at the first shot.
Michael Biehn should of been a bigger star. He’s great in every movie he’s been in.
Ehhh...not all of them
@@thejanusproject32 i've only seen him in T1. What else has he done?
@@killian9314 i have seen him in aliens
@@muralikrishnannair6603 he was in Aliens?, wait... he's corporal Hicks!?
A1pha Ch3rnovak Aliens, The Abyss, Jade, Tombstone, The seventh sign, The Rock, Navy Seals, K2, Time Bomb, Rampage.
This is my favourite scene in movie history. It's just perfect in every way, the music, the angles, the slow mo, the expressions... just flawless.
This scene, and first contact gun scene in predator both insanely good
really? and what about the fact that T has actually killed Sarah before being shot? replay at 0.25
@@NKomarov yeah I just saw it didnt notice before
The song also makes this perfect !
Slow down play back speed...
At 3:26-3:27 when reese shoots terminator a 2nd round...you first see sparks come from Arnies left shoulder area.
Its 2021 and I have never noticed that.
Brilliant
For a movie that is nearly 4 decades old, this film has aged very well and looks like something that could have been made much more recently than 1984.
No it doesn’t. This looks like 1984 production value all the way. The sequel on the other hand has marvelous production
@@bryanl3659 Contrarian spotted. Nothing about this screams dated, other than the lack of over production in modern films that gets dated fast.
@@skorpers Animatronics looks pretty odd imo. Otherwise T1 still holds on to me to this day.
@@myfavoritegames8805 Yeah that makes sense. Low frame rate stop motion which is in robocop as well. But this whole scene and most of the film is not out of place in modern times.
@@bryanl3659 it looks 80’s, but it’s high quality. Most films from this time looks dated. The main threat of a T1 in the 80’s would still be a threat today. Unlike most horror films.....that’s what OP meant.
One of the top 5 sci-fi movies of all time along with Robocop , Blade Runner , Back to Future and Star Wars
And if I could add, Alien. Really great sci-fi movies are few and far between. Terminator is one of the greats!
Blade Runner good but not even close
Aliens 2 is the best movie of all time in any category
Star Wars ? Hm. There's nothing scientific about it. A tech fairy tale, I would say.
@raymondbrereton3298 does that rebut the fact that this is a tech fairy tale?
I love how they gave the audience bits a piece of the terminator. Like you knew he wasn’t quite human but as the movie went on you started to see more of the machine side. Perfect example they didn’t show his infrared vision until the ally scene, the with the eye and arm surgery we got a little bit more of what he really is and so on and so on.....fucking great story telling you don’t see shit like that in movies anymore.
They knew when to have self restraint in order to give the movie an engaging protagonist, movies nowadays usually tend to blow there load too early, so nice observation
Perfect attention to detail. You see his hair and eyebrows burned when he goes through the fire.
Then the shot to his forearm, the eye after the shootout between the cars and the crash, and you see the glowing red eye behind the windshield when he's chasing them with the truck, awesome stuff.
And then during the movie you see his skin slowly decaying and rotting away, becoming pale with dark lips and looking like a zombie, absolutely terrifying.
what it* really is
Not he*
marvel has done a decent job with that kind of storytelling. up until bp and cap marvel
Alex L , fr
1:21 - 1:30 one of Camerons genius moments that sets him apart from the amateurs. He knew how to create suspense and unique scenes. Perfect use of slow-mo.
When he made this movie he was an amateur
@@FP194 The best amateur of his time.
@@Grandmaster_Dragonborn before we lost him to his ego.
Not only that, but you can very faintly hear the notes of the "metallic drone" under the soundtrack, like the T-800 is this Jaws-like figure passing through the crowd.
Now he's a fool
The part where Sarah ducks and Arnold passes by with the music fading out is my favorite part of this whole scene. This movie is a fucking masterpiece
exactly! simply awesome
A masterclass in tension building.
Tech-noir is the perfect description for this movie.
James Cameron was YEARS ahead of his time... if you think about the most iconic parts of this movie that drives the horror and tension throughout the entire film are things we ACTUALLY debate about or struggle with today... When this movie was made the idea of "autonomous warfare" was a distant fantasy, and don't forget this was also made YEARS before columbine ever happened... fast forward almost 40 years later and today the US military has an entire, widely used sector of drone warfare both on the ground and in the air, and one of our biggest civil struggles is the advent of mass shootings by crazed gunmen.... this movie was essentially about both of those things through the lens of a tech noir thriller, which is probably one of the reasons why this masterpiece holds up so well and still feels so terrifying today.... perhaps even MORE SO today than it did in '84, because in 2020.... the concept and technology honestly doesn't feel that far fetched anymore.
PhantomSavage The idea of computers vs mankind wasn't anything new when this film came out.
I like how you used Tech-Noir in your review. Nice.
Not only that but it is widely expected by experts that by the early 2030s a good portion of the US military will be robotic, automated with advanced AI. Today many Western, Asian military tanks, vehicles and devices are either human free and autonomous or semi autonomous. The machines and Skynet itself were somewhat primitive in the original Terminator, using the now defunct equivalent of DOS software.
Who wrote the story?
It was Sophia Stewart, same lady who wrote The Matrix.
3:27
love how you can hear the clank of the shots hitting metal
Me and my father still watch T1 and T2 now and then.
Timeless masterpiece.
I’ll never forget the first time I seen the movie as a kid because it was with my dad and it was on a Thursday in May which is the date reese landed 😂
I used to play the T2 video game in the arcade with my dad back in the day, when we scored high, we signed "JES" and "DAD"
Even tho I'm 31 when me and my dad watch this he still skips the sex scene😕
Abeses.la.dan.por.cable.mi.biejo.le.dise.le.hombre.de.fierro.😁
*Certified Introvert* "Me...still watch T1 and T2 now and then."
Are you a caveman?
Hard to believe this masterpiece will be 40 years old next year.
that’s…. insane to think about. it’s remarkable how well this movie still holds up today. if it weren’t for the obvious style of the 80s, you could argue this movie was newer.
Can’t believe the early 80s are now over 40 years ago
@@christophertrujillo719세월은 정말 유수와 같네요 80년대는 그립기만 하구요..
I know Arnold's part was beyond iconic in this movie and helped define his career but to me Michael Bien was the better actor in this movie. His portrayal of a gritty futuristic soldier was perfect and his scenes with Linda Hamilton were intimate and powerful with some damn good dialog. How the hell they both didn't win oscars for their performances is beyond me. This movie is timeless
I love all the main characters equally. Kyle Reese is definitely my favorite from the future and this is my favorite terminator.
Always loved and appreciated Kyle Reese’s character. Still love Michael Bien’s performances in other films, especially Aliens and Tombstone.
Policeman: "Now listen Ms. Connor, and listen carefully. You're in a public place, so you'll be safe until we get there......"
T800: Wrong.
BAM!
Then later he says “You’re in a building full of cops , you’re perfectly safe.”
Shotgun Blast 💥
To be fair, he had no idea on what they were dealing with. I mean, it made sense he thought she wouldn't be killed in a public place with people everywhere. Seriously, what killer with any common sense would pull out a gun like that to just to kill one person in a crowd with so many witnesses around?
T800: ROW!
One of the most kickass shotgun scenes ever.
I love the pure rhythm of those final shotgun blasts - poetry. Very satisfying.
the way arnie moves his head to the side at 2:54 is so perfect.. exactly like a terminator. little nuances like that sell it. literally born for the role. amazing movie.
My god, the sheer horror on Sarah's face when T800 rose again after taking all those shots...
Yeah, back in the days where Terminators were actually scary, and considered a threat. Like the one in this movie and the T-1000 from T2.
@Fluke Yeah, that sounds about right.
@Fluke when I was 9 years old I watched Terminator 2 and I wasnt scared at all, it was just like another action movie
I watch this movie at 9 and the T-800 terrified me to death especially when it rose back after all those shots like nothing happened but by far this was the best terminator movie for me T2 is good but my favorite is T1
Who would have thought a terminator was such a drinker...
Arnie lost his eyebrows after running through the fire lol.
He also changed his haircut for the rest of his life
That's one thing I liked about T1, terminator wasn't fashion snob like in sequels and all that happened or was done was because of practicality. Ran through fire -> new haircut, eye surgery -> sunglasses to cover robot eye etc.
@@YoStu242 If only Tim Miller added those aspects to 2019's Terminator "3".
He got so much scarier when his hair changed and his eyebrows got burned off
@@YoStu242 Right. In T1 his look was by accident. In T2 the terminator basically became a vain action hero instead of the single objective, relentless killing machine he was originally meant to be. But giving the T-800 and T-1000 more "style" did make them more efficient infiltrators though.
The way Arnie moves from 3:11 to 3:17 is unbelieveble.
You can really imagine thats exactly how a programmed killing machine underneath his skin would move, the response time, the pose, the stance.
Utterly amazing, and pure horror.
It just gets better as the movie ages.
did you know that arnold ended up garnering a compliment on weapons handling in a magazine for the movie.
Absolutely! Is not Arnold at all it is a t800 100%
Indeed! I love the poses and movements in this scene and especially that lowered stance pose...I might have emulated it decades ago, hehe. I'd guess he had a good sense of choreography from his bodybuilding background...no idea how much of it came from elsewhere. Anyways, unforgettable stuff.
This version of the Terminator was actually scary. Arnold really captured the machine having no emotion and just straight up hunting and killing to achieve the objective.
Those cat reflexes of Reese’s impressive, dude is damn near animalistic after being battle hardened in despair of the future war. Often overlooked but Kyle actually caused the T800 model more problems in one on one gun fire head to head than the t1000 did to same model in T2
I have always said, I favor T1 over T2 because man vs machine/monster is more compelling than machine(monster) vs machine(monster).
I think the T-1000 gave the T-800 quite a bit of trouble, the difference was that the T-800 was just an obstacle to the T-1000 so it would always go back to hunting John. Remember that in their first encounter, the T-1000 threw the T-800 through a few walls and then just left him there to go back to hunting John.
Wrong. The T-1000 completely disabled the T-800 head to head. Incomparable
@@heySTUPIDass in every scene where the t101 is strapped and goes head to head with the t1000 he comes out on top. In the motorcycle chase first meeting it explodes t1000s truck. At the mental institute Arnold holds him off. After cyberdyne t101 bodies him with assault rifle and forcefully takes his vehicle off road and finally at the steel mill finishes him with grenade. What you said bs. But Kyle hit and run tactics always caused him trouble
Makes sense. Kyle would have known exactly where the terminator’s weakest points were, and would have aimed there.
Whereas terminators were never programmed to kill other terminators, so they wouldn’t necessarily know the weak spots to aim for.
The Terminator is a classic horror film with a heavy sci-fi sheen. It's structurally perfect.
The thing that's impressive about this is that Arnold's grip is so strong that the Uzi barely has any recoil with the blanks really giving off the impression that it's a machine holding it
It's only a 9mm and that model has a rather slow rate of fire (500 rpm)
Arnold spent hours and hours at gun ranges prior to filming
Blanks have way less recoil.
@@kostis007Duh, it's a film. The point is that in the universe of the film, it's firing real bullets, and being able to hold an smg like that takes some strength.
@@kostis007 We are discussing a movie bro
40 years ago and still one of the best scenes ever made ...hey hollywood, compete with this
Let´s be honest guys: Can you imagine this film without Arnold Schwarzenegger?
No we can’t
I'm sure someone will get the bright idea to reboot it with The Rock
@@McMeatBag I like The Rock but i don't think he Will take the role as serious as Arnold.
Maybe not this one but the 2 is necessary
@Mikael Donoso no way.His accent was box office gold.
When he walks past her first and misses her the subtle change in music to signify it, then then the full change. Brilliantly done
Kyle Reese, one of my all time favourite characters.
Played by one of the greatest rising stars of the 80s, Michael Biehn.
@@dannythomas417 He was fantastic in Aliens and The Rock as well.
Really wish his career took off and he became an even bigger star. He's perfect for roles where you need a tough-as-nails soldier but is still relatable to your average person (as he isn't ultra-fit and jacked up to unbelievable proportions).
fuck outta here brit
@@SoldierOfFate Nah they all become dicks when they get too famous. It's better that way. We appreciate him that's enough.
1:04 nice touch seeing Kyle sneek in after T800 entered
I never realized until now 👀
I never noticed that. Thank you
Wow! So that's how he got in. I thought he snuck in from the back door.
Good Eye.
This is my favorite part of the film. Where Kyle catches Sarah's eye and the music fades and that drone noise comes in. Gives me chills.
Doyal Gilman I feel the Same buddy
Exactly I wanted to say
Arnold and his "UZZIHH NEIN MELEMETAH"
Lol
😂😂😂😂
😅
🤣
You nailed it 😂
At 0:55 “Hey, that guy didn’t pay!”
Cruuuuunch!!
Still hasn’t paid...
TALK TO DA HAND!
Talk to the hand.
Talk to the hand
The whole scene is amazing (and the whole movie, in fact), but the second part where Kyle shoots at the Terminator is just mind-blowingly realistic! Michael Biehn is super badass firing the shotgun, and Schwarzy is very robotic with the sound effects of bullets hitting metal!
"You're in a public place so you'll be safe until we get there. Stay visible..."
He unknowingly gave the worst advice to someone being chased by a Terminator. I love how both of those statements are proven to be false in a matter of moments.
That's the genius of how this movie presents the Terminator to us. At first we hope Sarah will be safe in a public place. This scene proves it false. Then we hope the police can keep Sarah safe. The police station scene proves that false. Then we hope so long as Sarah & Kyle stay hidden, Sarah will be safe. The phone call scene with "Sarah's mom" proves that false.
That look on Kyle Reeses face at 1:43... nobody, and I mean NOBODY could've pulled that off better than Michael Biehn.
This movie is absolute perfection.
He looks like a tormented angel
The scene from 1:20 to 1:30 with that slow-motion, angle and sound filter is just wonderful, brilliantly done.
In lesser hands I don't think we would have gotten a film like this featuring such a drawn-out scene. Cameron really plays up the slow-motion effect, driving home the reality that these are the last seconds of innocence before hell breaks loose.
Seen this scene 58 times now, never gets boring.
It's truly a phenomenal scene, a master of suspense
Dude they just don't make em like this anymore. Thirty years later and this movie is still iconic from start to finish.
@TheFallenRuler still a great sequel though.
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It's been 40 years bro...
@@drizzle092 movies can still be good so many years later.
Same can be said about the early "alien" movies... such gold.
It makes me very sad knowing Michael Biehn did not become a huge star after starting in three James Cameron films.
He's still everybody's favorite 80's movie commando.
It’s like after Star Wars, all 3 of the main cast were suddenly in the limelight. But only Harrison Ford really went on to have a great career. Mark Hamill just stuck to his voice acting. Carrie Fisher too wasn’t anywhere close to Ford in terms of success.
It’s sad because Michael Biehn is a very talented actor and I really like him. But he is just known for playing military roles in James Cameron movies.
How’s he supposed to reach stardom if they keep killing his characters?
Walter Kovacs Sean Bean reached stardom and still dies in every movie he’s in!
Hey, he got to be McNeil in Tiberian Sun, that's pretty big (at least it was to tons of little kids in the 90's lol).
1:17 The plastic bottle that saved the world.
It's kinda bullshit because T 800 should have been able to still ID her from the mirror reflection when she lifted her head
Looks like he's aiming at a very small person in the thumbnail
Salt ahh you beat me to it
Well Sarah is sitting down
Little person: I'll bet you would.
(Moves head slightly and shoots the Terminator)
Generic Egg (throws money) sorry about the mess (walks awkwardly away)
Was going to say the same thing
Imagine if Reese shotgunned a dude that was just going to hit on her
Even though he visibly pulled a gun out on her 😂
@@rainierogarcia8564 hey it's LA.
And thus,end the life of john connor before he evem exist
You can´t walk around fucking people. Why?
Nah he obviously seen the laser scoped hand cannon...Terminator was holding.
This is probably one of my favourite sequences in film. I love how this scene builds tension, from the way the club music rises as the Terminator walks in, to the shot of him just missing Sarah in the crowd (still one of my favourite shots in cinema), to Sarah seeing Kyle sitting at the bar and the way their gazes meet through his reflection in the glass before the Terminator turns around and clocks her. I also think that the Terminator's Tech Noir outfit is a severely underrated look even though the biker leathers and sunglasses are more iconic.
Do you know what the scariest part is that no one probably thinks of first, and what other Terminator movies don’t really show (aside from T-1000 and TX). If you ever imagine yourself being in a situation like this, where a T-800 is pursuing you and you think you can just escape it in a mall or something by just running away. Remember, the Terminator can probably run just as fast as you, or maybe a bit slower if you’re an athlete, but it never gets tired. You eventually will.
Even if you migrated yourself to a different country, and if you left so much as a ticket receipt
It will never stop hunting
This movie scared the shit out of me as a kid.
Yeah same I think I was six years old when I watched it
And I'm watching it again 2nite
The only scene that scared me was after the Terminator loses his flesh and is walking (Or liming rather) Towards the door in the factory.
Me too!
Me three
I love how after the T-800 crushes the bouncer's hand, the booth lady goes to check on him, we see the people at the front sneak in one at a time, one after the other. Damn that is just good details! This movie will never stop giving, it's too much.
This is probably my favorite movie of all time, and I did not notice that. Thank you!
I never noticed. LOL
This movie keeps surprising me everytime
Linda Hamilton's performance in these movies is so underrated. Especially for T2, she should've gotten an Oscar nomination.
James Cameron actually did campaign for it but as we know he was unsuccessful
@@reptongeek Didn't know that, thanks for sharing. At least he tried!
I think she was pretty good in T2 but in this movie she is just ok.
I dunno, she was really bad at the police station when the guns go off.
Sarah Connor in T1 and T2 is my favorite character arc in cinema
3:13 That robotic movement with the Uzi still scares me to this day.
💯
This scene alone is better than the whole of Terminator Dark Fate.
This scene alone is better than Disney Star Wars....
@lol shut up you're opinion is trash
@sam hehehehehehe someone thinks they're cool
@sam Hi you trolly person you :)
Lol I think that can be said for any scene from terminator 1 and 2
That music transition from club music to horror sounds when Terminator finds out Sarah, is just amazing. One of the best scenes in the movie
It's actually refreshing to see Arnie in something that's not the leather that the rest of the series would default to in every sequel. Good ol' grey M65 jacket!
M65 punk costume, this exist in real life but is so rare jacket, i found one in my hole life.
Yeah? It wasn't authentic military? I tend to spot M65s and though they're as common as dishwater (not to say I don't love 'em), authentic vintage ones in good nic are rare. I'd LOVE to have a grey in my size (XS-short), but I assume it wasn't a military-produced colour. But obviously some good-quality military-spec civilian garments got made (seen one worn in Japan - asked the dude who said he'd got it "somewhere in America"...)
I also assume the jacket here _wasnt_ punk-altered when it was new?
Geek rant ended.
@@edwardcatt2399 yes it original military but with leather in back
C'mon. You know Arnie ROCKED T2's full black leather suit.
@Mike - oh _hell_ _yes_ he did. But sadly if _I_ tried to adopt the T2 look in daily life I'd end up looking like the kind of dude who frequents men's restrooms in rural England, so it's the M65 jacket for me...
I know T2 gets most of the attention and accolades, but I still think T1 is well worth watching due to good direction and Arnold's menacing, almost eerily silent portrayal of an unstoppable threat. It may be lower budget, but damn if they didn't use it to maximum effect. I actually like this club scene, with the neon lights, it almost gives off a cyberpunk atmosphere.
I love the way he flies over that counter...obviously experienced at fighting terminators.
I can’t believe Kyle Reese went through all of this without a monster energy drink, really shows his resilience
Hehe, Kyle was just as much machine as the Terminator. He seemed he didn't sleep or eat much.
EXTREME !!!!!
Imagine if he did.. He might even still be alive lmfao..
Kyle pstd was probably so strong n his nerves was so shot he probably incapable of chilln or sleepin....man was raised in an apocalyptic war....lol
@@seventhkeyomegasghost8233 He had a little sleep the night he arrived just after he stole a car and listened to the stars on the radio.
I could so genuinely watch The Terminator every day and never get bored of it. I think T2 is just as good but the relentless action of T2 could get overwhelming after a while; but this first film is just such a perfect marriage of so many different genres. It's quiet and intimate but also bombastic and audacious, it's deeply human and romantic while also being such a pulse-pounding horror-thriller. It's even maybe the only time-travel movie I can think of off rip where the paradox is the point and not just a plot hole. Truly one of the greatest movies of all-time.
Yeah, one of the best parts of T1 is the grittiness. The sequels beyond T2 lack it. There was a scene in Terminator Salvation set in the post-apocalyptic future, and everyone's hair is combed really nicely. It sharply took me out of the kind of post-apocalyptic gloom that was hammered home in the flash-forward scenes of T1 where humans are warming themselves by trashcan fires just before the T-800 infiltrates and the scene ends with Sarah Connor's picture burning.
1:40 When Kyle Reese turns to look at her, it is a truly terrifying scene, Sarah's paranoia increases, after hearing the news that a second Sarah Connor was brutally murdered, then she leaves the restaurant and that suspicious man begins to follow her, she She enters the nightclub and then realizes that this suspicious man also entered there and stalks her. He is very scary.