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There are no more good terminator movies afterwards. Even though you watched the theatrical version and not the director's cut, it's still a great action movie that still holds up 30 years later.
Just like the Terminator keeping on coming back! The many iterations make every watch a different vicarious one-time and worthwhile watch! 🤖 🎬 Just like life's moments they're here then they're e gone, whatever may be afterward...
I hope you play the fantastic Terminator: Resistance game which came out a couple years ago. The game is set in the Future War flashbacks prior to Reese coming back in time. Many consider it to be canon and better than all the bad sequel films.
I recently saw an old interview with someone ... might even have been Cameron... talking about Robert Patrick's running. Apparently he was so fast that they kept having to repeat the initial garage-motorbike chase scene because the stunt driver (on the bike) was sure he could accelerate fast enough to stay ahead, but Patrick kept catching up to him and tapping him on the shoulder, so they'd have to re-set and delay Robert Patrick initiating his run to keep him from catching up to the accelerating bike!
True, but it got crushed. Like the chassis of the first one got completely crushed which didn't survive to the sequel. I imagine the chip only survived because it was housed in the chassis itself providing protection.l
I guess it does not matter that much. It is a kinda advanced arm, but there is not much to it. The real deal is the chip inside its head. The less damaged it is, the easier it is to learn from its technology. Thats what they managed to salvage from the first model from Terminator 1.
@@binho2224exactly. The arm is just a nice bit if material science advancement and yeah if some body finds it they might get rich( assuming cyberdyne hasn't already patented it) but its the chip that leads to AI
@@ianbunn8982 it's really cool, when you look carefully at the prop arm in the Cyberdine vault you can see its been a bit mangled and half crushed. The elbow joint in particular has been squashed along its length. Attention to detail 🤌
Just in case you didn’t see the comment before. An interesting little bit of trivia is that Linda Hamilton suffered permanent hearing loss as a result of the elevator shootout scene when she forgot to put her earplugs in. Also Robert Patrick, who played the T1000 was a sprinter and actually had to slow down when chasing John on the motorcycle because he kept catching him
More to it, as Robert Patrick also "studied" some animal behaviour to prep for the role (head movement, and so on, eagles mostly). - Linda's sister was there too, playing her "double" - During the scene when Arnold is entering the "pub/club", he was wearing shorts, one of those tropical ones (can be seen during "behind the scene" footage) - Some of the club members (ladies) were employee of Arnold, from his company - Janette Goldstein is there too (Vascuez from Aliens movies), as a stepmother of John - Arnold Schwarzenegger was given a slightly used Gulfstream III airplane (worth about US $14 million) by producer Mario Kassar, for accepting the role in this film. The same producer as in his Total Recall movie. - Arnold salary = $15 mil US - Linda Hamilton received weapons training from former Israeli commando Uzi Gal and personal physical training from Anthony Cortes for three hours a day, six days a week for thirteen weeks before filming. Under both, she trained intensely with weapons and weights, and learned judo and heavy military training techniques. Plenty more I guess...
I attended community college and the math teacher looked exactly like Robert Patrick. You guys would have freaked out lol. Btw I did confirm, it wasn't him lol.
Good observation. In fact thats why a lot of action stars wear sunglasses when shooting sequences are involved: 1. It makes the character look cooler, but 2, it hides the fact that the muzzle flashes and smoke from the blanks are making the actor blink every time the trigger's pulled.
@@blueroninstudios another actor who is brilliant at this is Kate Beckinsale. She put in range time before shooting the first Underworld film and managed to nail it
Everyone brought their A-game when they made this film. So awesome. Robert Patrick as the T-1000, Linda Hamilton as the hardened machine-killing mother Sarah Connor - once just a regular 80s girl trying to find a guy and waiting tables. The visual FX guys, James Cameron, the editor(s), the score, the writing, everyone just totally rocked it so hard.
Schwarzzy is a good terminator, Robert Patrick is "hold my beer" level. If you did not read it yet, yes it was him running, and he was so fast that they had to shoot it again because he was catching the bike. He trained to run breathing with the nose, not to blink while firing, not ever looking at the weapon to reload an manipulate it and so on, very dedicated to the role, and really, he killed it.
Absolutely, he put in 120% When shooting the scene in the psych hospital, where he encounters the barred door, there was a problem. Due to a prop mixup Linda Hamilton broke the lock for real, and they couldn't get the door open. In the end Robert Patrick dislocated his entire body at a cellular level and just morphed through the bars. It was such a good performance they used it as the final footage.
Actually, If You look at the first shootout scene, at the arcade, You can see Robert Patrick blinking while firing.It's a "blink and You'll miss it" moment (😋) and maybe they fixed in later versions, but I remember seeing it.
There were 2 sets of identical twins used in this movie. The first one was the security guard, Don & Dan Stanton, at the coffee machine and when the T-1000 morphs into Sarah at the end. That is Leslie, Linda's identical twin sister.
They also used Linda Hamiltons twin in the mirror scene in the directors cut when they are swapping the cpu direction so he can learn. It's not actually a mirror at all. The from behind shot is Linda, Edward and an Arnie prosthetic head and the "reflection" is Arnie and Leslie. Very creative.
In the Director's Cut version, you also see Leslie Hamilton in a scene where John and Sarah are removing the CPU from Arnold's head to reprogram it for some reason that I don't recall ATM. The scene shows Arnold's Terminator sitting in front of a mirror, which was actually him seated in front of the mannequin of himself and Sarah removing the cpu from his head, with Linda on one side and Leslie on the other making it appear like Sarah's image was reflected in the mirror
T3 is still a sequel all they did was postponed it 1990 cyber dime still existed after 2 and gotten more contracts from military and other tech companies it was inevitable 3 movie falls in line with first 2
Sarah suffers from severe PTSD. The first movie alone was horridly traumatic. Being hunted by the first Terminator, her friend being murdered, her mother murdered, a police station full of officers meant to protect her murdered, and losing Kyle, being left to raise John alone. Then the nightmare we saw her have was a nightmare that she'd have every single night. Getting taken away from her son who she's meant to protect, locked away and being told she was crazy, constantly drugged abused, and gaslight because what happened with the first Terminator got covered up, and she was told she was lying. She had the weight of the world on her shoulders and had to do whatever it took to make sure John was prepared for what he had to become, including being in hard conditions and situations for over 13 years. She's someone who had to learn to be a soldier in order for her son to be able to save humanity, even if it meant losing hers. She's a hero, but a very tragic one...
Odd thing about this movie is that the Terminator learns to become more human, whil Sarah starts out very stoic and robotic, emotionally closed off because of all the PTSD. It took the act of nearly killing Dyson and his family that reminded her that she's still human, and capable of not only great violence in defense of humanity, but also capable of very deep emotion.
@@blueroninstudios Yeah. It was purposeful to have The Terminator adapting to be more human while Sarah's became cold and merciless. Even the way she's lighting up Dyson's house, there's no emotion. Then, while she's walking through Dyson's house, you hear the Terminator's theme in the background, emphasizing how Sarah ended up becoming the thing she feared and was meant to help destroy. Can't be reasoned with. She wasn't feeling pity or remorse, and she wasn't planning on stopping until Dyson was dead. But she did it to try and save the 3 billion lives, the world, and her humanity kicked back at the most crucial moment. A moment that she knew that if she crossed it, she probably wouldn't come back from it. She saw herself in Dyson, someone completely oblivious to what was going on, being chased and about to be murdered for their significant role in something that hadn't even happened yet, just as she was in the first one...
@@blueroninstudios it's such a great indicator the James Cameron and/or William Wisher have solid experience with psychological trauma and its effects. I was 11 when this came out and starting to tackle my own trauma damage. Sarah Connor's responses struck a lot of familiar bells for me, along with similar roles in other films
Morgan freeman voice over: "I would like to say that all the terminator movies after T2 are good. I would like to say they weren't just cash grabs. But this is real life."
Honestly, I give them credit for trying something new with salvation even though the movie was lackluster. All the others are just the same thing as 1 and 2 except done poorly. Salvation tried something different, and they deserve credit for that
It's because they failed to capitalize on the progression of time believe it or not. It's not necessarily about trying to outdo what came before, it should've been about bringing the story full circle. Ending the Loop with progressing time in the universe into the future war time. It still leaves the series open to be exploited with multiverse nonsense but leaves the original story intact. Instead they focused on the time travel thing and making weird jokes. Trying to Modernize it with Genisys and failing hard. Whatever the hell Dark Fate was.
I think she's referring to statues of Atlas carrying the world on his shoulders. Did she see Fight Club? They rolled a big artwork ball into a building.
16:29 "Did he know Reese said that?" I think that the implication is that John programmed him to say that to Sarah so that she would recognize that it's what Reese said to her, know who sent this Terminator and to trust him. Edit: I originally wrote that Reese programmed him and was corrected and acknowledged my mistake in the replies, but don't want to keep getting corrected because people aren't reading the replies.
Yeah, the T1000 mannerism is very subtle. When he is interacting with humans that are not the targets (foster parents and John's friend), he is close to human mannerism, showing a better infiltration method. "Human" Mode so to speak. But when he aquires the target (aka John), he goes full Terminator Mode and his entire demeanor changes.
Its a pity with T5.. The first 15 minutes are so good, then it just turn to crap. T4 is sort of good, but it really need a bit or recuting and... probobly a name change. T3 isn´t bad, but it provide nothing that T2 already did. T6 is just shit. Sahra conner cronicles is actually very good
Linda Hamilton is in a number of episodes in the Resident Alien tv series where she is in charge of tracking an alien hiding as a human. Pretty funny actually!!!
@@exile220ify Well granted, the T3 have a fairly decent first act. Its not really master class, but serviceable. THe third act is quite good. The second act is just auwfull. Its kind of annoying when the core of the movie is the bad part. Its hard to enjoy the really quite good end when the middle was so porly preformed. I get it would be possible to just cuts bitts from T3, T4 and T5 and rework it into a pretty good T3.
@@matsv201 T3 is a piece of crap. Almost every scene is wrong, I mean look at it. There is a scene when T-850 catches a bullet between it's teeth. There is a scene when John Connor is surprised about an obvious thing ever, that machines are made on a mass production line. There is a scene when John argues with T-850 and by small talk he forced a Terminator to change it's program. They ruined the plot completely by saying that Skynet must happen, so "No Fate" concept from T1 and T2 was ruined at that point. They put tons of jokes, "funny lines", fight in a toilet between sexy ladyminator and Arnie clownminator. I can find some good things about T4, T5 and even T6. But not in T3. This is the worst garbage sequel I have ever seen in my life and I saw a lot bad sequels (MK: Annihilation for example). It's a good parody of Terminator, it may makes someone laugh few times, but if someone takes it seriously - in my opinion that's probably not possible to make a worse Terminator than T3.
12:28 He is a T-800 which is a type of Terminator mass-produced by Skynet. He is a T800 CSM-101 (Cyberdyne Systems Model 101) the "101" part means the tissue skin was based upon "Arnold" so yes, these T800s look like Arnold. (In T1, Kyle's flashback had a future Terminator - in the "photo scene" - played by Franco Columbu, he was a CSM-102 model of the same T800 series - he is a T808 - with a different appearance.)
There's a wonderful Robert Patrick cameo in Wayne's World when he, dressed as a motorcycle cop, pulls Wayne over, shows him a photograph, and asks "have you seen this boy?" Wayne freaks and drives away.
Greatest movie ever made. I have - no exaggeration - watched this at least 100x in my life. I LOVE seeing people watch it for the first time. This was a superb reaction.
So, just of bit of context from an old guy who remembers...The first Terminator movie came out in 1984 when Schwarzenegger was not a big star and Terminator 2 came out in 1991. In the seven years in between the two films, Schwarzenegger had become a mega star. I remember the first time I saw an ad on TV for Terminator 2 it was like "oh, cool they're making another Terminator movie. I wonder who will be in it?" and then they reveal Arnold at the end of the trailer and WOW! The excitement was HUGE! Also, the CGI technology to do the "morphing" effect was a new thing and it blew people away back in 1991. I remember Michael Jackson's music video for his song "Black or White" came out that same year and used a lot of the morphing effect (and it also blew people away at the time). ruclips.net/video/n5b_nIzdvfI/видео.htmlsi=Q1MXq-ea5AfVqNr6
Cameron did actually use that morph effect in the Abyss from 1989. ruclips.net/video/XSLQ_94R4sc/видео.html They took it to another level in T2 though. ILM were behind most of the amazing effects from that era. It was used even before that in the movie "Willow" from 1988. Also ILM. ruclips.net/video/IKzbsDG58pc/видео.html
@@mojojojo6292 To add to what you said, Cameron tested the effect in the Abyss because he'd been waiting 9 years up to that point so that he could finally make the Terminator sequel that he wanted. One of the wisest delay decisions in Hollywood history imo.
they REALLY messed up the european trailers, because they spoiled that arnies Terminator is the protector in it. I hated that so much because as i see people today watching it for the first time without the trailers, that intended plottwist was extremely powerful for an action movie
I just wanted to comment in case anyone hasnt said so already but, the actor of the T1000 underwent training to not blink, EVEN WHEN FIRING LIVE FIREARMS, and to run without expression - to include NOT flaring his nostrils to increase oxygen intake because cyborgs dont need air! Absolutely amazing! Glad you enjoyed it!!
Fun bit of autistic trivia: years ago I worked on a paper studying instinct and reflex re-training techniques. One of the many data packs was an experiment on flinching at gunfire. They removed a lot of technical variables (calibre, recoil, blanks vs live, muzzle flash, etc) as well as timing and environment factors (surprise at unexpected noises, being watched, etc) and came up with a few conclusions. 1) experience with and processing of past trauma made a huge difference in the majority of subjects. People with childhood trauma that they had addressed had nerve control comparable to battle hardened soldiers, even with little to no shooting experience. 2) control of flinching at gunfire mostly boiled down to how the person perceived firearms in general and/or the firearm they were shooting with. Viewing it as a tool, something to learn the use of, take precautions with, master skills with, etc showed huge reductions in instinctive flinching and other untrained reactions; as compared to people who had an emotional connection to them, be it fear, disgust, love, passion, etc. This gelled with other past studies into tool use, emotions to objects, etc. Or, TL;DR, if you remove emotion from your firing drill, and treat it as technical mastery of an object you understand and respect, its a hell of a lot easier to retrain yourself not to blink 😁
The way Sarah chewed out John for coming to rescue her from the mental institution, it set up the later bookend where Sarah was so grateful that he’d come to stop her from killing Miles Dyson. Then she repeated Reese’s words to her, “I love you John, and I always have.” And he answered, “I know,” and hugged her. That scene perfectly resolved a dilemma behind all of John’s resentments of his upbringing: Did she really love him as her son, or just as a responsibility she had to train the future savior of humanity? Here we saw their love reaffirmed, as mother and son.
10:00 Trained on purpose to run without breathing same time, also Robert Patrick was actually so fast that they had to accelerate the "motorcycle-rig" in the scene. Clip on youtube about Robert Patrick T2 audition is epic, hire this man NOW.
So cool to be able to just stop there and say "Yep, I'm scared it's just a downward spiral from here, I don't think it gets better than that" I envy that!
Robert Patrick was an elite track runner. In fact, during the first few takes of the motorcycle chase in the garage, he was actually running too fast and caught up to the bike.
The reason the T-1000 is reluctant to change into Sarah himself until he's forced to is because he was damaged by the freezing and couldn't trust himself to do it properly. It's made more clear in the Special Edition(s).
The worst thing about 3 to Dark Fate is they contradict the "no fate but what we make" message of 1 and 2. In the first 2 Skynet's creation and Judgement Day can be and are stopped. But from 3 it's a pointless "Nothing anyone does to try to stop Judgement Day matters because Skynet's getting created and it's coming."
@@Xehanort10 the opening for that is the thankfully physically paradoxical concept itself of going back on one's own timeline and endless loop of the future making the past making the same future...if you understood the reference from a certain cinematic universe...
Good to see you had such a fun time watching this movie! I think the death scene of Dyson (Joe Morton) is one of the best I have ever seen. Apparently he had been in an accident a few years prior to filming this where he sustained a collapsed lung among other injuries. He showed James Cameron what his breathing was during that time and they put it into the movie. It was nice to hear you say that you recognized Joe Morton from Eureka. It seems to me so few people even know that show exists and it is very entertaining in my opinion. I think it is hard to comment on whether or not to continue a movie series. Because opinions are subjective and not everyone enjoys the same thing. I have seen it happen where a community warns reaction content creators to not continue a series and when they did they had a blast. I personally can not even remember what really happens in Terminator 3 and I am quite certain I have seen it, so to me it was a forgettable one. Hope you can work out a sustainable schedule soon and good luck with the RUclips algorithm.
James Cameron didn't just create two of the best action films of all time, but also two of the best sequels of all time! Also, "I've got a dinner to go to, I can't cry." Oh boy...
James Cameron once claimed that his story was finished on the 2nd film! The first 2 parts were perfect, in the 1st Schwarzenegger terminator there was an absolute villain, without pity and compassion, in the 2nd a reprogrammed terminator who fights on the side of good, who was able to understand the price of human life! It was epic and the perfect ending! 🙂
Met him at a bar in Studio City, in 2000, he was walking in just ahead of us as we got there, he held the door open for us. We all recognized him though my friend was a regular, he and Edward exchanged 'their usual' greetings and handshake then my friend introduced him to us, (not us to him). Edward was, by all accounts, sober at that moment, he was very nice and unexpectedly attentive to us. Unfortunately, within just an hour or so, he had morphed into a rather unpleasant drunk. I, we, were disappointed and sympathetic. A few hours later my friend asked me to help him convince Edward into letting me take him home. It took me the stereotypical amount of carrying him with one arm to get him to my car even though he was a good number of inches shorter than me and couldn't have weighed more than 150lbs, it still took both hands and arms to get him into the car. He was a sloppy and rather annoying drunk, especially during his last games of pool, but in the 15 minute drive to his house he somehow managed to revert back to his more respectable self who I met some 4 hrs earlier. When I walked him to his door he thanked me for not making a reference to T2 during/after the elevator ride, which made me chuckle. As let me use his keys to open the door, he looked me straight in the eye and apologized for being an ugly drunk, which caught me off guard, then he put out his hand which I felt privileged to shake and we both said thanks simultaneously. I may have lost some respect and admiration for him during the evening, but I never held it against him and after he asked me "you can find your way back? (to the bar), I said, yes, I'll be fine... it was great meeting you and I wish you the best". He paused unexpectedly and simply said "I appreciate that". I said an extra "good night" and he said the same back and slowly shut the door. It was sad to hear things didn't get better for him over the next decade as I really did hope things would get better for him.
@richcarrCCC Money makes things a bit more difficult. It took three od's and three strokes for me to finally get clean and sober. You gotta do it for yourself, and it's possible three and a half years now, and I'm finally in a normal setup. Thanks for that share.✌️
Fun fact: Robert Patrick (Bad/Cop Terminator Actor) was quite an accomplished long-distance runner. During the sequence where he chased John on his dirt bike, he actually had to hold himself back as he out paced John on foot. All the while keeping his mouth closed to keep selling the idea that he was a machine. Simply incredible performance. Also, you can absolutely "Twirl" lever action firearms to chamber a new round from the buffer-tube. It's not ubsurdly hard to do, but Arnold clearly practiced a fair bit to accomplish it so cleanly. They just don't make 'em like they used to. Terminator 2 is a bonified classic, no doubt. I'd highly recommend you watch the Director's Cut as well. I saw that version much later than the Theatrical, and it adds tons of neat detail that really help glue the plot together. I never watch the Theatrical anymore as it's simply inferior to the ladder.
Well, imma repeat my previous comment then just in case : At 9:39 you can see a tourist with a surprised look taking pictures of Arnie. This tourists is played by the same actor who played a cop in part one, whose car Terminator taken after knocking him out. If im not mistaken, Cameron confirmed in one of the older interviews, that this is not a coincidence. This is the same cop, and he's surprised because he recognizes the terminator.
I went to see this movie when it first came out (with my mum, a bit of a Sarah Connor herself), and have since rewatched it countless times. How have I only just noticed that Sarah gets an injury to her right thigh in the third act, in the exact same spot where she got an injury to her left thigh in the third act of The Terminator? These movies just keep on giving, decades later.
32:58 The first movie only had a budget of $6.5 million. Terminator 2 had a $100 million budget, which goes a long way towards explaining why the prosthetics, animatronics and other special effects, both practical and computer-generated, look so much better.
Robert Patrick is the actor who plays the T1000. Yes, hes amazing in this film. He trained for 4 months to get in peak shape before filming. So thats why he could do all those difficult scenes as well as he did. Robert has been in so many things over the last 40 years. His most recent appearances were in Peacemaker, Night Agent, 1923, and Reacher. T2 is a masterpiece, that after 33 years STILL holds up today. This film revolutionised CGI used in films. T2 is a legendary classic. You can watch the others, but they dont come close to 1 and 2. One last thing. The arm doesn't really make a difference, because they cant do anything with that. Its the chip that powers the Terminators that is needed. That was thrown into the molten steel by John, and of course the good T800's chip, when he went into the steel too.
With respect to the remaining arm, two points: It might help with certain technologies like whatever metal they're made of, but an arm probably contains no microchips. And while it's never addressed in any of the movie cuts, the novelization does have John and Sarah remember to dispose of the arm afterwards.
41:00 Remember, this movie was shown in theaters in year 1991. There were no "just CGI" at that time. This movie was the second movie to have *any* CGI and that was just the T-1000 liquid metal parts. The first Hollywood movie with CGI was also by James Cameron, The Abyss.
not entirely accurate. Westworld (1973) had a bit of CGI and is considered the 1st feature film to use it. There were a couple of 'sort of' CGIs before it but that was the first big film. Several more movies in the 70s and 80s used some CGI (Star Wars says 'hi'), not the least of which was Disney's TRON (1982). Absolutely tons of CGI in that one.
@@dubbleplusgood I don't count TRON as CGI because the movie didn't try to replace animatronics or physical stop motion models with computer graphics unlike T2 or Abyss. TRON did use SFX for sure. Do you have a source for the claim that original Star Wars movies (episodes 4-6 in modern naming) did have computer generated graphics? I wasn't aware of anything more complex than miniatures with stop motion capture + manual / handcrafted film retouching.
Flight of the Navigator in 1986 had a bunch of CGI, including metal morphing effects. Nowhere near as sophisticated as the huge leap forwards that T2 or The Abyss was, but the suggestion that T2 was the second movie to have any CGI is pure myth-making.
Hi LiteWeight Reacting I just wanted to reach out and let you know how much your channel means to me, especially your reaction to Terminator 2: Judgment Day. It’s my absolute favorite movie in the Terminator series, and seeing it through your eyes has honestly made my day. You bring such an amazing energy and fresh perspective that I can’t help but watch over and over-it’s honestly brilliant! I recently came out of the hospital after a life-changing and life-threatening situation, and it’s been a tough journey. But watching your reactions has been such a source of comfort and joy during this time. Knowing I can rely on your content to lift my spirits and bring a smile to my face has meant the world to me. So please, keep doing what you’re doing because you have a forever supporter right here! Thank you so much for everything. Your reactions are a bright spot that I truly look forward to. Can’t wait to see what you react to next! All the best, Reacher
You're unfair. The third's the silliest, Salvation a epic SF, Genesys the very worse (casting's totally off) and Dark Fate a descent attempt to go forward The TV-show's stellar There's good ideas in every parts
The rest of the movies can be skipped. T3 for example is just a retread of T2. BUT the TV series "Terminator: The Sarah Connor chronicles" is definitely worth watching. It only lasted 2 seasons and ended on a cliff hanger. It was a great show that just never took off.
The show was reasonably successful, but Fox were cutting costs at the time. The main reason it got axed was because it was expensive, and Fox cut it in favour of renewing a cheaper show.
Not just a cliff hanger, the mother of all cliff hangers. I think it literally had me floored. Absolutely wouldn't let that put anyone off, the series was really clever.
One of my favorite movies of all time. It's great that you caught the thing where he doesn't blink because I didn't even notice that until a friend pointed it out to me fairly recently. Fun fact about when the T-1000 was chasing John on foot: Robert Patrick (The actor playing the T-1000) had trained to run like that. Not blinking while he ran, not panting, running as stiffly but fast as possible. He got so good at it that they kept having to reshoot scenes because he would keep catching up with the bike. The man is amazing.
In the chase scene at the mall, Robert Patrick trained his sprinting and breath control so regularly and effectively for this scene, that they had to re-shoot it multiple times as he kept catching up to the motorbike with ease, in the final cut he had to run slower so he didn't catch up.
A few years ago, there was a lot of women stating that there were no female action stars and that Captain Marvel was the very first. This really irked me because helloooo? Sarah Connor? Ellen Ripley? They dont come more badass than those two, all while retaining their femininity!
Sarah Connor is only second to Ellen Ripley from Aliens. Respect to Jenette Goldstein, who played John's foster mom and PVT Vasquez from Aliens as well (badass supporting female). Also Milla Jovovich (Resident Evil) and Uma Thurman (Kill Bill).
those twats know nothing mate. Captain Marvel was very shallow, badly written and terribly acted. There are tons of badasses besides those two but I agree that they are the pinnacle of feminine heroes. Let me see how many I can list from the top of my head... Milla Jovovich - Alice in Resident Evil ( or Leeloo in 5th element ) Carrie Ann Moss - Trinity in Matrix Carrie Fischer - Leia Organa in Star Wars Natalie Portman - Padme Amidala in Star Wars Kate Beckinsale - Selene in Underworld Uma Thurman - The Bride in Kill Bill Angelina Jolie - Lara Croft in Tomb Raider Jennifer Garner - Sydney Bristow in Alias Gina Torres - Zoe Washubre in Firefly/Serenity Summer Glau - River Tam in Firefly/Serenity ( or Cameron in Terminator The Sarah Connor Chronicles ) Morena Baccarin - Adria in Stargate Amanda Tapping - Samantha Carter in Stargate Rachel Luttrel - Teyla Emmagan in Stargate Atlantis Katie Sackhoff - Starbuck in Battlestar Galactica There are probably around a 100 more. Marvel has nothing on these ladies. Brie Larson wasn't even a naughty thought yet when some of these women were already kicking asses and taking names.
Think it like this, Sarah is a broken and lost person right now who's hyper fixated in survival due to her experience with the with Arnold's previous fight. In it way, it made her more calculated and machine at least to the level of a actual cyborg... She "HAD" to become this person. So seeing Arnold now, Not only does it bless her with exposure therapy as her limbic system has a chance to be around him and adjust to him not being a threat which allows that trauma to finally ease off but, John teaching Arnold's new self how to be human allows Sarah herself to pull back on being so dang cold, allows her to be human again. I absolutely loved that about this film it was so perfect 😀 And I love your film reactions oh my God, you give us an experience not just a reaction. You're so caring and you get into this films oh my goodness it's such a breath of fresh air from normal day life. I just hope you've found yourself the same kind of release that we've found in you ❤️ We love you, we love your family. Please don't ever change and know that we're with you till these wheels fall off. Don't push yourself, take breaks as needed and just be you. Much love ❤️❤️❤️ oh and thank you so much for putting in the effort to get this reaction back up so soon. 😊👍
Loved your reaction to this absolute classic. T2 is up there as one of the greatest action/sci-fi movies of all time. Looking forward to your next vid. Cheers! 👍
3:15 "Staring into my soul" - fun fact, the red glow in the Terminators' eyes are actually an older (not that old in the 80's) type of nightvision equipment, called ACTIVE Infrared, ie. casting an infrared - invisible to human eye - beam on the area. A bit of realism which makes the Terminator more tangible, more fearsome - and makes the newer ones' blue glowing eyes ridicolous ☠
I rewatched this reaction again and I just noticed that when Sarah attempted to kill Dyson, it was the children trying to protect thier parents. Danny (the son) was trying to use himself as a shield to protect his dad, and John came in to stop Sarah from crossing a line of no return: killing a human. That was kind of touching to notice, especially with the emotion you added.
Fun fact: Robert Patrick trained himself to run while breath as little as possible to make his character looked more robotic. Plus he had to redo the run multiple times during that bike chase scene as he kept caught up with the bike as he ran. Hence in the movie, he had to slow down his running speed abit.
GREAT catch early on about the T1000 not blinking. He never blinked during the entire movie. Also, the only time the two terminators spoke to each other was on the phone when Arnold imitated John and the T1000 imitated John's foster mother, Janelle. Finally that was the T1000 actor running, not a stunt double. He trained to run like a sprinter (no upper body movement) and he also trained to breathe through his nose as he sprinted.
7:22 What Sarah said at the beginning about 2 Terminators being sent was extremely clear. One was sent to kill her before she gave birth and on was sent to kill John.
I personally wouldn’t be butt hurt if you checked out Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines(2003) but also check out Predator(1987), Predator 2(1990), Alien(1979), and Aliens(1986).
Probably the most important scene in the director's cut that really, really should've been in the theatre version, is a scene from the garage where they patch up the Terminator and spend the night. Everything else they left out is fine; good scenes that add some flavour, but doesn't really change much story telling-wise. They open up the Terminator's head and exposes it's cpu, and flip the switch from read-only to learning. Also, Sarah tries to kill the defenceless Terminator, but John convinces her not to, marking her first actual acknowledgement of him as the leader he is to become and his right and capacity to make judgement calls for himself (and others), by himself. This marks a noticeble shift in the dynamic and trust between the two of them for the rest of the movie, that's much harder to explain without the scene. Also, it's (obviously) from that point on, that the Terminator begins to learn things, both from observing his surroundings and from John's little lessons.
When T1000 was running behind John on the motorcycle - it is the actor himself. And there was one "problem" with that: he ran too fast! James Cameron asked Robert Patrick to run slower
Best movie ever made! "Because if a machine, a Terminator, can learn the value of human life, maybe we can too."" I love every piece of it! Thanks god they didn't make the mistake to produce more of them after this masterpiece.
Food poisoning from bad Pork! He had a full sensory hallucination that a metal monster with red glowing eyes was crawling up His body with a knife trying to slit the poor dude's throat... James was paralyzed with fear. Must've been some extra Hellish fever! He did an amazing drawing of it and it became the base for The Terminator. People need to take more culinary risks these days...😅
T2 is rightfully held up as being the best of the franchise. Because T2 was so good, and so many people literally grew up watching the first two movies and taking them so seriously... a lot of those people dislike the third movie... HOWEVER! As someone that did not have my childhood shaped by the first two movies, I actually really, really like the third one. It's a lot more funny and plays around with the callbacks from the first two, which I love (and is a lot of why fans of the first two dislike it), and it really brings everything full circle to (I think) a satisfying close. It has its epic, dramatic, sad moments like T2 does, so I think you'd really like it. It's worth watching while 1 and 2 are fresh in your head because a lot of people that grew up with the first 2 had over 10 years to build up a possible 3rd movie in their head that was never going to live up to their expectations. Then there was years and years of complaining from people that held impossible expectations, which shaped the negative opinions of others (which I'm sure you'll see in the comments). For you, I think it'd be as satisfying as it was for me. It's fun. After that, you can honestly give all of them a miss except for Dark Fate. Dark Fate is weaker than the first 3, but better than the ones that came after them. It's also interesting as a retrospective soft reboot of the series and also plays around with nostalgia in fun and interesting ways. It's part of that trend of reviving old franchises for new audiences that we've been seeing for a while (Force Awakens, Ghost Busters Afterlife, Indiana Jones 5, etc.) Except it came out at the tail end of most of that and learned a few lessons from failed attempts. It also brings back most of the original cast in various ways and kind of acts as a send-off for them, since a lot of the other movies used different actors over the last couple decades. But yeah, I'd recommend 3 and Dark Fate.
Dark Fate is nonsense. Cameron deliberately made the film so bad so that no one else would milk the franchise. But the 3rd film is better than many people say about it.
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THANK YOU SO MUCH to everyone who’s watched multiple times!!!
There are no more good terminator movies afterwards. Even though you watched the theatrical version and not the director's cut, it's still a great action movie that still holds up 30 years later.
Just like the Terminator keeping on coming back! The many iterations make every watch a different vicarious one-time and worthwhile watch! 🤖 🎬 Just like life's moments they're here then they're e gone, whatever may be afterward...
@@thenerdwholovesentertainme1721 True. Not worth watching anything after this one
@@RichardHead23 lol wrong
I hope you play the fantastic Terminator: Resistance game which came out a couple years ago. The game is set in the Future War flashbacks prior to Reese coming back in time. Many consider it to be canon and better than all the bad sequel films.
To this day my 81 year old Dad will randomly walk up to me and stop me, "I need your clothes. Your boots. And your motorcycle."
OMG! That is amazing. 🤣🤣👍👍
He forgot to say please.
@@DaveMcIroy *I got randomly thrown onto our kitchen stove, forgetting who first forgot this was supposed to be a skit DAD WTF*
That is AWESOME!!!
@@DaveMcIroy Literally laughed out loud at this. Thanks for that.
Robert Patrick as the T-1000 is one of the greatest physical acting performances of all time.
I recently saw an old interview with someone ... might even have been Cameron... talking about Robert Patrick's running. Apparently he was so fast that they kept having to repeat the initial garage-motorbike chase scene because the stunt driver (on the bike) was sure he could accelerate fast enough to stay ahead, but Patrick kept catching up to him and tapping him on the shoulder, so they'd have to re-set and delay Robert Patrick initiating his run to keep him from catching up to the accelerating bike!
Lol I love the shoulder tap
Bobby Budnick saved humanity by distracting the T-1000 in the arcade.
A true American hero 🇺🇲
He a real one for sure
And Donkey Lips nowhere to be found.
The one who saved humanity.
It makes me wanna fart.
Just so you know, 98% of reactors don't notice that they left the other arm. Good catch!
True, but it got crushed. Like the chassis of the first one got completely crushed which didn't survive to the sequel. I imagine the chip only survived because it was housed in the chassis itself providing protection.l
I guess it does not matter that much. It is a kinda advanced arm, but there is not much to it. The real deal is the chip inside its head. The less damaged it is, the easier it is to learn from its technology.
Thats what they managed to salvage from the first model from Terminator 1.
@@binho2224exactly. The arm is just a nice bit if material science advancement and yeah if some body finds it they might get rich( assuming cyberdyne hasn't already patented it) but its the chip that leads to AI
@@ianbunn8982 it's really cool, when you look carefully at the prop arm in the Cyberdine vault you can see its been a bit mangled and half crushed. The elbow joint in particular has been squashed along its length. Attention to detail 🤌
@@Krucifus Watch again. Some reactors mentioned arm
Just in case you didn’t see the comment before.
An interesting little bit of trivia is that Linda Hamilton suffered permanent hearing loss as a result of the elevator shootout scene when she forgot to put her earplugs in.
Also Robert Patrick, who played the T1000 was a sprinter and actually had to slow down when chasing John on the motorcycle because he kept catching him
After the thursday concert I lost my ear protection and the concert on friday I so wished I had some. And that wasn't nearly as loud as that was.
Important to note as well, that he taught himself to run and breathe only through his nose. And, to not flicnh when he fired the gun
More to it, as Robert Patrick also "studied" some animal behaviour to prep for the role (head movement, and so on, eagles mostly).
- Linda's sister was there too, playing her "double"
- During the scene when Arnold is entering the "pub/club", he was wearing shorts, one of those tropical ones (can be seen during "behind the scene" footage)
- Some of the club members (ladies) were employee of Arnold, from his company
- Janette Goldstein is there too (Vascuez from Aliens movies), as a stepmother of John
- Arnold Schwarzenegger was given a slightly used Gulfstream III airplane (worth about US $14 million) by producer Mario Kassar, for accepting the role in this film. The same producer as in his Total Recall movie.
- Arnold salary = $15 mil US
- Linda Hamilton received weapons training from former Israeli commando Uzi Gal and personal physical training from Anthony Cortes for three hours a day, six days a week for thirteen weeks before filming. Under both, she trained intensely with weapons and weights, and learned judo and heavy military training techniques.
Plenty more I guess...
What
@@TekFreqhe blinked once in the first encounter with John. The actor who played him says it still bugs him.
39:49 "Arnie killed it!"
Arnie: "Of course. I'm a Terminator."
"Does he blink?"
Actually Robert Patrick trained himself not to, even when using his dummy firearms during his scenes. He did it very very well.
I came to say this
I attended community college and the math teacher looked exactly like Robert Patrick. You guys would have freaked out lol. Btw I did confirm, it wasn't him lol.
Good observation. In fact thats why a lot of action stars wear sunglasses when shooting sequences are involved: 1. It makes the character look cooler, but 2, it hides the fact that the muzzle flashes and smoke from the blanks are making the actor blink every time the trigger's pulled.
@@blueroninstudios another actor who is brilliant at this is Kate Beckinsale. She put in range time before shooting the first Underworld film and managed to nail it
@@heffatheanimal2200 it shows on camera definitely
Everyone brought their A-game when they made this film. So awesome. Robert Patrick as the T-1000, Linda Hamilton as the hardened machine-killing mother Sarah Connor - once just a regular 80s girl trying to find a guy and waiting tables. The visual FX guys, James Cameron, the editor(s), the score, the writing, everyone just totally rocked it so hard.
Schwarzzy is a good terminator, Robert Patrick is "hold my beer" level. If you did not read it yet, yes it was him running, and he was so fast that they had to shoot it again because he was catching the bike. He trained to run breathing with the nose, not to blink while firing, not ever looking at the weapon to reload an manipulate it and so on, very dedicated to the role, and really, he killed it.
Absolutely, he put in 120%
When shooting the scene in the psych hospital, where he encounters the barred door, there was a problem. Due to a prop mixup Linda Hamilton broke the lock for real, and they couldn't get the door open. In the end Robert Patrick dislocated his entire body at a cellular level and just morphed through the bars. It was such a good performance they used it as the final footage.
Actually, If You look at the first shootout scene, at the arcade, You can see Robert Patrick blinking while firing.It's a "blink and You'll miss it" moment (😋) and maybe they fixed in later versions, but I remember seeing it.
There were 2 sets of identical twins used in this movie. The first one was the security guard, Don & Dan Stanton, at the coffee machine and when the T-1000 morphs into Sarah at the end. That is Leslie, Linda's identical twin sister.
They also used Linda Hamiltons twin in the mirror scene in the directors cut when they are swapping the cpu direction so he can learn. It's not actually a mirror at all. The from behind shot is Linda, Edward and an Arnie prosthetic head and the "reflection" is Arnie and Leslie. Very creative.
In the Director's Cut version, you also see Leslie Hamilton in a scene where John and Sarah are removing the CPU from Arnold's head to reprogram it for some reason that I don't recall ATM.
The scene shows Arnold's Terminator sitting in front of a mirror, which was actually him seated in front of the mannequin of himself and Sarah removing the cpu from his head, with Linda on one side and Leslie on the other making it appear like Sarah's image was reflected in the mirror
Damn I didn't know that! I just looked it up and apparently Leslie Hamilton died in 2020 😢
@Hydrograd57 Yeah, unlike Linda, Leslie Hamilton worked in a hospital and was exposed to covid
T3 is still a sequel all they did was postponed it 1990 cyber dime still existed after 2 and gotten more contracts from military and other tech companies it was inevitable 3 movie falls in line with first 2
Sarah suffers from severe PTSD. The first movie alone was horridly traumatic. Being hunted by the first Terminator, her friend being murdered, her mother murdered, a police station full of officers meant to protect her murdered, and losing Kyle, being left to raise John alone. Then the nightmare we saw her have was a nightmare that she'd have every single night. Getting taken away from her son who she's meant to protect, locked away and being told she was crazy, constantly drugged abused, and gaslight because what happened with the first Terminator got covered up, and she was told she was lying. She had the weight of the world on her shoulders and had to do whatever it took to make sure John was prepared for what he had to become, including being in hard conditions and situations for over 13 years. She's someone who had to learn to be a soldier in order for her son to be able to save humanity, even if it meant losing hers. She's a hero, but a very tragic one...
Odd thing about this movie is that the Terminator learns to become more human, whil Sarah starts out very stoic and robotic, emotionally closed off because of all the PTSD. It took the act of nearly killing Dyson and his family that reminded her that she's still human, and capable of not only great violence in defense of humanity, but also capable of very deep emotion.
@@blueroninstudios Yeah. It was purposeful to have The Terminator adapting to be more human while Sarah's became cold and merciless. Even the way she's lighting up Dyson's house, there's no emotion. Then, while she's walking through Dyson's house, you hear the Terminator's theme in the background, emphasizing how Sarah ended up becoming the thing she feared and was meant to help destroy. Can't be reasoned with. She wasn't feeling pity or remorse, and she wasn't planning on stopping until Dyson was dead. But she did it to try and save the 3 billion lives, the world, and her humanity kicked back at the most crucial moment. A moment that she knew that if she crossed it, she probably wouldn't come back from it. She saw herself in Dyson, someone completely oblivious to what was going on, being chased and about to be murdered for their significant role in something that hadn't even happened yet, just as she was in the first one...
@@blueroninstudios it's such a great indicator the James Cameron and/or William Wisher have solid experience with psychological trauma and its effects. I was 11 when this came out and starting to tackle my own trauma damage. Sarah Connor's responses struck a lot of familiar bells for me, along with similar roles in other films
It's only appropriate that she wears Reese's coat.
He had the gun in the box of roses and the song playing before that scene was a Guns’N Roses song.
33 years without me noticing that, wow!
“I don’t know how you could do that again.”
Narrator: They could not do that again.
Morgan freeman voice over: "I would like to say that all the terminator movies after T2 are good. I would like to say they weren't just cash grabs. But this is real life."
Honestly, I give them credit for trying something new with salvation even though the movie was lackluster. All the others are just the same thing as 1 and 2 except done poorly. Salvation tried something different, and they deserve credit for that
It's because they failed to capitalize on the progression of time believe it or not. It's not necessarily about trying to outdo what came before, it should've been about bringing the story full circle. Ending the Loop with progressing time in the universe into the future war time. It still leaves the series open to be exploited with multiverse nonsense but leaves the original story intact. Instead they focused on the time travel thing and making weird jokes. Trying to Modernize it with Genisys and failing hard. Whatever the hell Dark Fate was.
“You know how statues have big balls?” …. Omg I am laughing endlessly
Maybe Teegan is a closeted agalmatophiliac 😁
Isn´t that the first thing you think about when thinking about statues? Me neither.
I think she's referring to statues of Atlas carrying the world on his shoulders. Did she see Fight Club? They rolled a big artwork ball into a building.
16:29 "Did he know Reese said that?"
I think that the implication is that John programmed him to say that to Sarah so that she would recognize that it's what Reese said to her, know who sent this Terminator and to trust him.
Edit: I originally wrote that Reese programmed him and was corrected and acknowledged my mistake in the replies, but don't want to keep getting corrected because people aren't reading the replies.
Well future John programed him to say that, but yes
Or, a possible neural memory upload thing. Not entirely implausible, what with time traveling cyborgs??
@@keeperofnecronomicon Thanks, yes, I should've said that John had him programmed to say those specific words to her because Reese said them.
The Reese from the future timeline had already been sent back to 1984 so he couldn't have been involved in the reprogramming of the T800.
Stop introducing your bad head canon into the comments. The movie clearly states that John reprogrammed the t800.
"Does he blink? I don't think he's blinked a single time yet."
I've seen this movie many times and never noticed that. Good catch.
actually, he does flinch while shooting the handgun in the mall. If you look close you can see it...
It does blink and act more human, when it interacts with humans.
@@Jaydogg222the actor says that blink still bugs him
She didn't become a monster going after Tyson... she became a Terminator. Sarah realized killing him would make her no differant than a machine.
Yeah.A lot of people miss that.
except that unlike terminator we humans are not run by program so yes she would be a monster, a murderer of an innocent man
@@Ciffer-1998 We are run by programs.We get up each day to go to work to earn money to pay taxes and buy insurance.We're programmed from birth.
Dyson..."Iron" Miles Dyson
Tyson chicken
Yeah, the T1000 mannerism is very subtle.
When he is interacting with humans that are not the targets (foster parents and John's friend), he is close to human mannerism, showing a better infiltration method. "Human" Mode so to speak.
But when he aquires the target (aka John), he goes full Terminator Mode and his entire demeanor changes.
"Uncle Bob's getting his ass beat." Hilarious reaction. I love your reactions. You are so much fun to relive my favorite movies with. Stay awesome.
T1 & T2 are absolutely stellar.
In hindsight, if I'd stopped watching after T2, I wouldn't have regretted the decision.
Its a pity with T5.. The first 15 minutes are so good, then it just turn to crap. T4 is sort of good, but it really need a bit or recuting and... probobly a name change.
T3 isn´t bad, but it provide nothing that T2 already did. T6 is just shit.
Sahra conner cronicles is actually very good
Linda Hamilton is in a number of episodes in the Resident Alien tv series where she is in charge of tracking an alien hiding as a human. Pretty funny actually!!!
@@matsv201 Agreed mostly although I think I rate T3 higher than you. Sarah Connor Chronicles was AWESOME!
@@exile220ify Well granted, the T3 have a fairly decent first act. Its not really master class, but serviceable. THe third act is quite good.
The second act is just auwfull. Its kind of annoying when the core of the movie is the bad part. Its hard to enjoy the really quite good end when the middle was so porly preformed.
I get it would be possible to just cuts bitts from T3, T4 and T5 and rework it into a pretty good T3.
@@matsv201 T3 is a piece of crap. Almost every scene is wrong, I mean look at it.
There is a scene when T-850 catches a bullet between it's teeth.
There is a scene when John Connor is surprised about an obvious thing ever, that machines are made on a mass production line.
There is a scene when John argues with T-850 and by small talk he forced a Terminator to change it's program.
They ruined the plot completely by saying that Skynet must happen, so "No Fate" concept from T1 and T2 was ruined at that point.
They put tons of jokes, "funny lines", fight in a toilet between sexy ladyminator and Arnie clownminator.
I can find some good things about T4, T5 and even T6. But not in T3. This is the worst garbage sequel I have ever seen in my life and I saw a lot bad sequels (MK: Annihilation for example). It's a good parody of Terminator, it may makes someone laugh few times, but if someone takes it seriously - in my opinion that's probably not possible to make a worse Terminator than T3.
12:28 He is a T-800 which is a type of Terminator mass-produced by Skynet. He is a T800 CSM-101 (Cyberdyne Systems Model 101) the "101" part means the tissue skin was based upon "Arnold" so yes, these T800s look like Arnold. (In T1, Kyle's flashback had a future Terminator - in the "photo scene" - played by Franco Columbu, he was a CSM-102 model of the same T800 series - he is a T808 - with a different appearance.)
There's a wonderful Robert Patrick cameo in Wayne's World when he, dressed as a motorcycle cop, pulls Wayne over, shows him a photograph, and asks "have you seen this boy?" Wayne freaks and drives away.
I saw this when I was way too young and to this day there's nothing scarier to me than Robert Patrick running.
you probably already know this but they didn't speed up the film to make him look faster. He's actually a fast runner so those shots are legit.
I also was way too young... but it was not the T-1000 - it was the possibility of nuclear war that gave me nightmares afterward.
it was the nuke scene that got me
I was, like, five when I first saw it and I'd always look away when the T-800 shows his endoskeleton to Dyson.
8:10 Yep...get it..?Guns & Roses. The song John was playing on his boom box was by Guns & Roses.
You are the only person I've seen mention that.😅
@@ear52069x I was about to comment that, too. :D
The first two films and the underrated TV show are the only ones you need when it comes to Terminator. You can blissfully ignore the rest.
Yeah well.. T3 is decent. Not as great as we thought it would be but you know Aliens 3 ain't that amazing either compared to the first 2.
I think there are no great “3” films and only Karate kid 3 and rocky 3 are worth watching.
The Sarah Connor Chronicles is really up there with the first two films. I still miss the show.
@@Chorleypie return of the king , back to the future, return of the jedi, toy story 3, last crusade, thor ragnorok, dark knight rises ...
@@flerbus I'll take your word for toy story and back to the future. Loved Ragnorok but like the others, it didn't have "3" in the title
Greatest movie ever made. I have - no exaggeration - watched this at least 100x in my life. I LOVE seeing people watch it for the first time. This was a superb reaction.
So, just of bit of context from an old guy who remembers...The first Terminator movie came out in 1984 when Schwarzenegger was not a big star and Terminator 2 came out in 1991. In the seven years in between the two films, Schwarzenegger had become a mega star. I remember the first time I saw an ad on TV for Terminator 2 it was like "oh, cool they're making another Terminator movie. I wonder who will be in it?" and then they reveal Arnold at the end of the trailer and WOW! The excitement was HUGE!
Also, the CGI technology to do the "morphing" effect was a new thing and it blew people away back in 1991. I remember Michael Jackson's music video for his song "Black or White" came out that same year and used a lot of the morphing effect (and it also blew people away at the time). ruclips.net/video/n5b_nIzdvfI/видео.htmlsi=Q1MXq-ea5AfVqNr6
Cameron did actually use that morph effect in the Abyss from 1989. ruclips.net/video/XSLQ_94R4sc/видео.html They took it to another level in T2 though. ILM were behind most of the amazing effects from that era. It was used even before that in the movie "Willow" from 1988. Also ILM. ruclips.net/video/IKzbsDG58pc/видео.html
@@mojojojo6292 To add to what you said, Cameron tested the effect in the Abyss because he'd been waiting 9 years up to that point so that he could finally make the Terminator sequel that he wanted. One of the wisest delay decisions in Hollywood history imo.
they REALLY messed up the european trailers, because they spoiled that arnies Terminator is the protector in it. I hated that so much because as i see people today watching it for the first time without the trailers, that intended plottwist was extremely powerful for an action movie
@@AlbertWalzer Same for American trailers. We all got screwed in that respect
The first morphing in a movie was in WIllow in 1988.
Im almost mid 30s. And I’ve never noticed the dog barking when the terminator goes to the house to ask for a picture of john!? Wow!! 🎉
I loved how much you got attached to the terminator over the course of the reaction
Thank you 😊
@@LiteWeightReactingyou are the best ☺️👍. I‘m New Here and i love your Videos ❤️💐🌸
Maybe like more, but dislike so much bigger. You RUclipsrs stop fucking talk and annoying,or stop everything.
I just wanted to comment in case anyone hasnt said so already but, the actor of the T1000 underwent training to not blink, EVEN WHEN FIRING LIVE FIREARMS, and to run without expression - to include NOT flaring his nostrils to increase oxygen intake because cyborgs dont need air!
Absolutely amazing! Glad you enjoyed it!!
Fun bit of autistic trivia: years ago I worked on a paper studying instinct and reflex re-training techniques. One of the many data packs was an experiment on flinching at gunfire. They removed a lot of technical variables (calibre, recoil, blanks vs live, muzzle flash, etc) as well as timing and environment factors (surprise at unexpected noises, being watched, etc) and came up with a few conclusions.
1) experience with and processing of past trauma made a huge difference in the majority of subjects. People with childhood trauma that they had addressed had nerve control comparable to battle hardened soldiers, even with little to no shooting experience.
2) control of flinching at gunfire mostly boiled down to how the person perceived firearms in general and/or the firearm they were shooting with. Viewing it as a tool, something to learn the use of, take precautions with, master skills with, etc showed huge reductions in instinctive flinching and other untrained reactions; as compared to people who had an emotional connection to them, be it fear, disgust, love, passion, etc.
This gelled with other past studies into tool use, emotions to objects, etc.
Or, TL;DR, if you remove emotion from your firing drill, and treat it as technical mastery of an object you understand and respect, its a hell of a lot easier to retrain yourself not to blink 😁
Interesting! Hipe you find the video “ Josh fires an automatic rifle” (comedian Josh Widdecombe) - I would be just like him. Worse.
Speaking of Machines, watch Robocop. It's a really fun movie.
But extremely violent
Id buy THAT for a dollar!
One of my favorites
@@apollozid 1987 obviously.
@@apollozideven a question 😅
The way Sarah chewed out John for coming to rescue her from the mental institution, it set up the later bookend where Sarah was so grateful that he’d come to stop her from killing Miles Dyson. Then she repeated Reese’s words to her, “I love you John, and I always have.” And he answered, “I know,” and hugged her. That scene perfectly resolved a dilemma behind all of John’s resentments of his upbringing: Did she really love him as her son, or just as a responsibility she had to train the future savior of humanity? Here we saw their love reaffirmed, as mother and son.
I can see why you were a Teacher... You are VERY Smart! Great reaction as always!! :)
The only comment I'll re-write is, I love your new word of the day : Anxcited. It covers so many situations! 😂
10:00 Trained on purpose to run without breathing same time, also Robert Patrick was actually so fast that they had to accelerate the "motorcycle-rig" in the scene. Clip on youtube about Robert Patrick T2 audition is epic, hire this man NOW.
In fact he was at the end forced to slow down, so he couldn't reach the motorcycle.
So cool to be able to just stop there and say "Yep, I'm scared it's just a downward spiral from here, I don't think it gets better than that"
I envy that!
I've only ever seen the first two, and I'm 60. Never had an inkling to watch any of the others.
@liteweightgaming Robert Patrick was a collegic sprinter before movies. He was a very fast runner.
I noticed that when Sarah told John that she loved him and always has is the same thing Kyle told Sarah in the first movie
Glad this was re-uploaded quickly because I didn't get to watch it yesterday! 💙
I love it that u cry at everything shows you've got real heart ❤
Saw this for the first time on cinema theatre 33 years ago. A real Classic sci-fi /action movie 😃😎🎞👍
Robert Patrick was an elite track runner. In fact, during the first few takes of the motorcycle chase in the garage, he was actually running too fast and caught up to the bike.
The reason the T-1000 is reluctant to change into Sarah himself until he's forced to is because he was damaged by the freezing and couldn't trust himself to do it properly. It's made more clear in the Special Edition(s).
I remember how many people were impressed at how buff Linda Hamilton got for this movie. It made for a believable character transition from T1 to T2.
It's all downhill after T2. :(
The worst thing about 3 to Dark Fate is they contradict the "no fate but what we make" message of 1 and 2. In the first 2 Skynet's creation and Judgement Day can be and are stopped. But from 3 it's a pointless "Nothing anyone does to try to stop Judgement Day matters because Skynet's getting created and it's coming."
@@Xehanort10 the opening for that is the thankfully physically paradoxical concept itself of going back on one's own timeline and endless loop of the future making the past making the same future...if you understood the reference from a certain cinematic universe...
Nope
The fifth one is not so bad IMO
@@dogmeat7582 oh c'mon, "pops"?
Good to see you had such a fun time watching this movie! I think the death scene of Dyson (Joe Morton) is one of the best I have ever seen. Apparently he had been in an accident a few years prior to filming this where he sustained a collapsed lung among other injuries. He showed James Cameron what his breathing was during that time and they put it into the movie.
It was nice to hear you say that you recognized Joe Morton from Eureka. It seems to me so few people even know that show exists and it is very entertaining in my opinion.
I think it is hard to comment on whether or not to continue a movie series. Because opinions are subjective and not everyone enjoys the same thing. I have seen it happen where a community warns reaction content creators to not continue a series and when they did they had a blast.
I personally can not even remember what really happens in Terminator 3 and I am quite certain I have seen it, so to me it was a forgettable one.
Hope you can work out a sustainable schedule soon and good luck with the RUclips algorithm.
James Cameron didn't just create two of the best action films of all time, but also two of the best sequels of all time!
Also, "I've got a dinner to go to, I can't cry." Oh boy...
James Cameron once claimed that his story was finished on the 2nd film! The first 2 parts were perfect, in the 1st Schwarzenegger terminator there was an absolute villain, without pity and compassion, in the 2nd a reprogrammed terminator who fights on the side of good, who was able to understand the price of human life! It was epic and the perfect ending!
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This kid's had a crazy Hollywood movie life . No wonder he became an addict , Terminator 2, Pet Cemetery 2, American History X.😮
Met him at a bar in Studio City, in 2000, he was walking in just ahead of us as we got there, he held the door open for us. We all recognized him though my friend was a regular, he and Edward exchanged 'their usual' greetings and handshake then my friend introduced him to us, (not us to him). Edward was, by all accounts, sober at that moment, he was very nice and unexpectedly attentive to us. Unfortunately, within just an hour or so, he had morphed into a rather unpleasant drunk. I, we, were disappointed and sympathetic. A few hours later my friend asked me to help him convince Edward into letting me take him home. It took me the stereotypical amount of carrying him with one arm to get him to my car even though he was a good number of inches shorter than me and couldn't have weighed more than 150lbs, it still took both hands and arms to get him into the car. He was a sloppy and rather annoying drunk, especially during his last games of pool, but in the 15 minute drive to his house he somehow managed to revert back to his more respectable self who I met some 4 hrs earlier. When I walked him to his door he thanked me for not making a reference to T2 during/after the elevator ride, which made me chuckle. As let me use his keys to open the door, he looked me straight in the eye and apologized for being an ugly drunk, which caught me off guard, then he put out his hand which I felt privileged to shake and we both said thanks simultaneously. I may have lost some respect and admiration for him during the evening, but I never held it against him and after he asked me "you can find your way back? (to the bar), I said, yes, I'll be fine... it was great meeting you and I wish you the best". He paused unexpectedly and simply said "I appreciate that". I said an extra "good night" and he said the same back and slowly shut the door.
It was sad to hear things didn't get better for him over the next decade as I really did hope things would get better for him.
@richcarrCCC Money makes things a bit more difficult. It took three od's and three strokes for me to finally get clean and sober. You gotta do it for yourself, and it's possible three and a half years now, and I'm finally in a normal setup. Thanks for that share.✌️
Fun fact: Robert Patrick (Bad/Cop Terminator Actor) was quite an accomplished long-distance runner.
During the sequence where he chased John on his dirt bike, he actually had to hold himself back as he out paced John on foot. All the while keeping his mouth closed to keep selling the idea that he was a machine. Simply incredible performance.
Also, you can absolutely "Twirl" lever action firearms to chamber a new round from the buffer-tube. It's not ubsurdly hard to do, but Arnold clearly practiced a fair bit to accomplish it so cleanly.
They just don't make 'em like they used to. Terminator 2 is a bonified classic, no doubt.
I'd highly recommend you watch the Director's Cut as well. I saw that version much later than the Theatrical, and it adds tons of neat detail that really help glue the plot together. I never watch the Theatrical anymore as it's simply inferior to the ladder.
Well, imma repeat my previous comment then just in case :
At 9:39 you can see a tourist with a surprised look taking pictures of Arnie.
This tourists is played by the same actor who played a cop in part one, whose car Terminator taken after knocking him out.
If im not mistaken, Cameron confirmed in one of the older interviews, that this is not a coincidence. This is the same cop, and he's surprised because he recognizes the terminator.
I don't know if he's the 1L19 cop in T1 but he is the Director of Photography for this movie.
I went to see this movie when it first came out (with my mum, a bit of a Sarah Connor herself), and have since rewatched it countless times. How have I only just noticed that Sarah gets an injury to her right thigh in the third act, in the exact same spot where she got an injury to her left thigh in the third act of The Terminator? These movies just keep on giving, decades later.
I'm inxcited to see this reaction too! 😆
This is the theatrical cut, the director's cut is 2:33:26 long.
The director’s cut ending is also very bad.
Fun fact: They ACTUALLY filmed that helicopter going under the bridge those mad lads!
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The first movie only had a budget of $6.5 million. Terminator 2 had a $100 million budget, which goes a long way towards explaining why the prosthetics, animatronics and other special effects, both practical and computer-generated, look so much better.
'I cannot self terminate. You must lower me into ze steel' - Best line in movie history.
Now, watch Robert Patrick (T1000) again in Cop Land. Sylvester Stallone, Ray Liotta & Robert De Niro. Incredible cast in that movie.
And Harvey Keitel too.
Fun fact #2: They actually filmed two Sarah Connors. They hired Linda Hamiltons twin sister for that scene
Robert Patrick is the actor who plays the T1000. Yes, hes amazing in this film. He trained for 4 months to get in peak shape before filming. So thats why he could do all those difficult scenes as well as he did. Robert has been in so many things over the last 40 years. His most recent appearances were in Peacemaker, Night Agent, 1923, and Reacher. T2 is a masterpiece, that after 33 years STILL holds up today. This film revolutionised CGI used in films. T2 is a legendary classic. You can watch the others, but they dont come close to 1 and 2. One last thing. The arm doesn't really make a difference, because they cant do anything with that. Its the chip that powers the Terminators that is needed. That was thrown into the molten steel by John, and of course the good T800's chip, when he went into the steel too.
Not recent, but Patrick is best known, outside of T2, from the X Files
@@lizardkingof1968 Id say hes more famous now because of Peacemaker.
@@peterlenham3180 ...never mind, did some research...that show is a strong no go for me...😂
@@lizardkingof1968 Why?
@@peterlenham3180 ...I am not a fan of comic movies (DC or Marvel)...too much cgi...cgi bugs my eyes and gives me migraines 😐
With respect to the remaining arm, two points: It might help with certain technologies like whatever metal they're made of, but an arm probably contains no microchips. And while it's never addressed in any of the movie cuts, the novelization does have John and Sarah remember to dispose of the arm afterwards.
41:00 Remember, this movie was shown in theaters in year 1991. There were no "just CGI" at that time. This movie was the second movie to have *any* CGI and that was just the T-1000 liquid metal parts. The first Hollywood movie with CGI was also by James Cameron, The Abyss.
not entirely accurate. Westworld (1973) had a bit of CGI and is considered the 1st feature film to use it. There were a couple of 'sort of' CGIs before it but that was the first big film. Several more movies in the 70s and 80s used some CGI (Star Wars says 'hi'), not the least of which was Disney's TRON (1982). Absolutely tons of CGI in that one.
@@dubbleplusgood I don't count TRON as CGI because the movie didn't try to replace animatronics or physical stop motion models with computer graphics unlike T2 or Abyss. TRON did use SFX for sure.
Do you have a source for the claim that original Star Wars movies (episodes 4-6 in modern naming) did have computer generated graphics? I wasn't aware of anything more complex than miniatures with stop motion capture + manual / handcrafted film retouching.
Flight of the Navigator in 1986 had a bunch of CGI, including metal morphing effects. Nowhere near as sophisticated as the huge leap forwards that T2 or The Abyss was, but the suggestion that T2 was the second movie to have any CGI is pure myth-making.
@@Ylyrra Great info! I stand corrected.
I grew up on this movie and I showed it to my son when he was 7 and he absolutely loved it. This movie will go on for generations.
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Your worries are absolutely warranted. It only goes downhill from here on out.
You're unfair. The third's the silliest, Salvation a epic SF, Genesys the very worse (casting's totally off) and Dark Fate a descent attempt to go forward
The TV-show's stellar
There's good ideas in every parts
Linda Hamilton (sarah) is actually a twin, and her sister played some of the parts in this, especially when there were 2 Sarahs at the end.
Robert Patrick Greatest villain of all time
I'm also a side sleeper. I had back surgery a few months ago, and I couldn't sleep while in the hospital. It was agony, so I understand.
The rest of the movies can be skipped. T3 for example is just a retread of T2. BUT the TV series "Terminator: The Sarah Connor chronicles" is definitely worth watching. It only lasted 2 seasons and ended on a cliff hanger. It was a great show that just never took off.
The show was reasonably successful, but Fox were cutting costs at the time. The main reason it got axed was because it was expensive, and Fox cut it in favour of renewing a cheaper show.
Not just a cliff hanger, the mother of all cliff hangers. I think it literally had me floored. Absolutely wouldn't let that put anyone off, the series was really clever.
One of my favorite movies of all time. It's great that you caught the thing where he doesn't blink because I didn't even notice that until a friend pointed it out to me fairly recently. Fun fact about when the T-1000 was chasing John on foot: Robert Patrick (The actor playing the T-1000) had trained to run like that. Not blinking while he ran, not panting, running as stiffly but fast as possible. He got so good at it that they kept having to reshoot scenes because he would keep catching up with the bike. The man is amazing.
Yes they used twins for some scenes and yes Linda Hamilton has a twin, sadly she died years ago.
What? I didn't know she'd died. Man.
@@ldkinbote Yes her twin died
In the chase scene at the mall, Robert Patrick trained his sprinting and breath control so regularly and effectively for this scene, that they had to re-shoot it multiple times as he kept catching up to the motorbike with ease, in the final cut he had to run slower so he didn't catch up.
A few years ago, there was a lot of women stating that there were no female action stars and that Captain Marvel was the very first. This really irked me because helloooo? Sarah Connor? Ellen Ripley? They dont come more badass than those two, all while retaining their femininity!
Sarah Connor is only second to Ellen Ripley from Aliens. Respect to Jenette Goldstein, who played John's foster mom and PVT Vasquez from Aliens as well (badass supporting female). Also Milla Jovovich (Resident Evil) and Uma Thurman (Kill Bill).
those twats know nothing mate. Captain Marvel was very shallow, badly written and terribly acted.
There are tons of badasses besides those two but I agree that they are the pinnacle of feminine heroes. Let me see how many I can list from the top of my head...
Milla Jovovich - Alice in Resident Evil ( or Leeloo in 5th element )
Carrie Ann Moss - Trinity in Matrix
Carrie Fischer - Leia Organa in Star Wars
Natalie Portman - Padme Amidala in Star Wars
Kate Beckinsale - Selene in Underworld
Uma Thurman - The Bride in Kill Bill
Angelina Jolie - Lara Croft in Tomb Raider
Jennifer Garner - Sydney Bristow in Alias
Gina Torres - Zoe Washubre in Firefly/Serenity
Summer Glau - River Tam in Firefly/Serenity ( or Cameron in Terminator The Sarah Connor Chronicles )
Morena Baccarin - Adria in Stargate
Amanda Tapping - Samantha Carter in Stargate
Rachel Luttrel - Teyla Emmagan in Stargate Atlantis
Katie Sackhoff - Starbuck in Battlestar Galactica
There are probably around a 100 more. Marvel has nothing on these ladies. Brie Larson wasn't even a naughty thought yet when some of these women were already kicking asses and taking names.
@@neutchain7838 I'd add Emma Peel to that list. And her time was a good bit before everyone else on it so far 🙃
What about Zoe saldana in that list and Scarlett Johansson
Let's be honest Ripley and Sarah are the only two that count
Think it like this, Sarah is a broken and lost person right now who's hyper fixated in survival due to her experience with the with Arnold's previous fight. In it way, it made her more calculated and machine at least to the level of a actual cyborg... She "HAD" to become this person. So seeing Arnold now, Not only does it bless her with exposure therapy as her limbic system has a chance to be around him and adjust to him not being a threat which allows that trauma to finally ease off but, John teaching Arnold's new self how to be human allows Sarah herself to pull back on being so dang cold, allows her to be human again. I absolutely loved that about this film it was so perfect 😀
And I love your film reactions oh my God, you give us an experience not just a reaction. You're so caring and you get into this films oh my goodness it's such a breath of fresh air from normal day life. I just hope you've found yourself the same kind of release that we've found in you ❤️ We love you, we love your family. Please don't ever change and know that we're with you till these wheels fall off. Don't push yourself, take breaks as needed and just be you. Much love ❤️❤️❤️ oh and thank you so much for putting in the effort to get this reaction back up so soon. 😊👍
“ I can’t cry. I have a dinner after this..” uh oh…
Loved your reaction to this absolute classic. T2 is up there as one of the greatest action/sci-fi movies of all time. Looking forward to your next vid. Cheers! 👍
Notice how the terminator’s smile was the same as John’s
Good spot! All the times I have watched this and I never caught that!
3:15 "Staring into my soul" - fun fact, the red glow in the Terminators' eyes are actually an older (not that old in the 80's) type of nightvision equipment, called ACTIVE Infrared, ie. casting an infrared - invisible to human eye - beam on the area.
A bit of realism which makes the Terminator more tangible, more fearsome - and makes the newer ones' blue glowing eyes ridicolous ☠
Like Aliens, another James Cameron flic, this is how you do a sequel to an already really good movie and improve upon it. 😊
I rewatched this reaction again and I just noticed that when Sarah attempted to kill Dyson, it was the children trying to protect thier parents. Danny (the son) was trying to use himself as a shield to protect his dad, and John came in to stop Sarah from crossing a line of no return: killing a human. That was kind of touching to notice, especially with the emotion you added.
Robert Patrick (the actor who played the T-1000) actually held his breath whenever he ran because machines don't breath. That's dedication to a role.
The behind the scenes of how Robert Patrick auditioned and approached the role of the T-1000 is fascinating. They're on RUclips abs worth the watch.
In my opinion none of the sequels from here are worth the trouble, but I wouldn't blame you for checking some out purely for curiosity.
Fun fact: Robert Patrick trained himself to run while breath as little as possible to make his character looked more robotic. Plus he had to redo the run multiple times during that bike chase scene as he kept caught up with the bike as he ran. Hence in the movie, he had to slow down his running speed abit.
GREAT catch early on about the T1000 not blinking.
He never blinked during the entire movie.
Also, the only time the two terminators spoke to each other was on the phone when Arnold imitated John and the T1000 imitated John's foster mother, Janelle.
Finally that was the T1000 actor running, not a stunt double. He trained to run like a sprinter (no upper body movement) and he also trained to breathe through his nose as he sprinted.
Rewatching for engagement 💜💜
Robert Patrick also held his breath while shooting his sprinting scenes, Shows how committed to the role he was. Just a great villain!
7:22 What Sarah said at the beginning about 2 Terminators being sent was extremely clear. One was sent to kill her before she gave birth and on was sent to kill John.
Many reactors react quickly to that "WHAT 2 TERMINATORS?!" so they miss the next clarification and that spoils the surprise because they look for 2.
I don't know why "Uncle Bob's gettin' his ass beat" cracked me up so much.
I personally wouldn’t be butt hurt if you checked out Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines(2003) but also check out Predator(1987), Predator 2(1990), Alien(1979), and Aliens(1986).
Probably the most important scene in the director's cut that really, really should've been in the theatre version, is a scene from the garage where they patch up the Terminator and spend the night. Everything else they left out is fine; good scenes that add some flavour, but doesn't really change much story telling-wise.
They open up the Terminator's head and exposes it's cpu, and flip the switch from read-only to learning. Also, Sarah tries to kill the defenceless Terminator, but John convinces her not to, marking her first actual acknowledgement of him as the leader he is to become and his right and capacity to make judgement calls for himself (and others), by himself.
This marks a noticeble shift in the dynamic and trust between the two of them for the rest of the movie, that's much harder to explain without the scene.
Also, it's (obviously) from that point on, that the Terminator begins to learn things, both from observing his surroundings and from John's little lessons.
Holy crap you have to watch Robocop.
@@StarlordSevenThe Original Robocop is 🐐
When T1000 was running behind John on the motorcycle - it is the actor himself. And there was one "problem" with that: he ran too fast! James Cameron asked Robert Patrick to run slower
Best movie ever made!
"Because if a machine, a Terminator, can learn the value of human life, maybe we can too.""
I love every piece of it!
Thanks god they didn't make the mistake to produce more of them after this masterpiece.
I really love how emotionally invested you get in these films.
3:15 The idea for the original film came from a nightmare James Cameron had.
Food poisoning from bad Pork! He had a full sensory hallucination that a metal monster with red glowing eyes was crawling up His body with a knife trying to slit the poor dude's throat... James was paralyzed with fear. Must've been some extra Hellish fever! He did an amazing drawing of it and it became the base for The Terminator.
People need to take more culinary risks these days...😅
And what he stole from Harlan Ellison lol
@@jrlonergan6773 What, like 3mins worth of Kyle Reese's arrival scene?
Pure masterpiece! Graat reaction, glad you enjoyed!!
All the following movies are fun, none as good as first 2 but still a blast all the same 🙏
There are only two Terminator movies. Saying otherwise is the worst form of heresy.
To be fair, 2 movies and a decent re-imagining TV show, the one with Summer Glau.
@@bararobberbaron859 No
@@khatack 3 is a decent Terminator movie and I'm tired of pretending otherwise
@@TheUndyingCrystal no it isn't.
I liked all of them. Who are you to tell me different ?
T2 is rightfully held up as being the best of the franchise. Because T2 was so good, and so many people literally grew up watching the first two movies and taking them so seriously... a lot of those people dislike the third movie... HOWEVER! As someone that did not have my childhood shaped by the first two movies, I actually really, really like the third one. It's a lot more funny and plays around with the callbacks from the first two, which I love (and is a lot of why fans of the first two dislike it), and it really brings everything full circle to (I think) a satisfying close. It has its epic, dramatic, sad moments like T2 does, so I think you'd really like it. It's worth watching while 1 and 2 are fresh in your head because a lot of people that grew up with the first 2 had over 10 years to build up a possible 3rd movie in their head that was never going to live up to their expectations. Then there was years and years of complaining from people that held impossible expectations, which shaped the negative opinions of others (which I'm sure you'll see in the comments). For you, I think it'd be as satisfying as it was for me. It's fun. After that, you can honestly give all of them a miss except for Dark Fate. Dark Fate is weaker than the first 3, but better than the ones that came after them. It's also interesting as a retrospective soft reboot of the series and also plays around with nostalgia in fun and interesting ways. It's part of that trend of reviving old franchises for new audiences that we've been seeing for a while (Force Awakens, Ghost Busters Afterlife, Indiana Jones 5, etc.) Except it came out at the tail end of most of that and learned a few lessons from failed attempts. It also brings back most of the original cast in various ways and kind of acts as a send-off for them, since a lot of the other movies used different actors over the last couple decades. But yeah, I'd recommend 3 and Dark Fate.
Third movie was mid at best to me. But to be fair it had some really big shoes to fill, with how good 1 and 2 were.
Dark Fate is nonsense. Cameron deliberately made the film so bad so that no one else would milk the franchise. But the 3rd film is better than many people say about it.