The Terminator - Full Reaction

"How could anyone have elected him after this? ... I hate him."

Clay F

Good observation about the picture. Back when this movie was released, I had a crush on her.

Clay F

I've been trying to go back and watch your full reactions when I watch a movie again, and this one came up today! Glad you enjoyed it, though you said you didn't like the music much. Oddly enough, the music is a very deliberate choice by James Cameron to have it all be synthesizer, "industrial" sounding music to further cement the atmosphere of the machines and take away human touches, especially once Sarah and Kyle escape the nightclub. Next up, watching your full reaction to T2! :)

Rick Moreno

So the theory as I understand it is that Sarah probably had a son named John with the guy who stood her up and that John went onto be a pretty good soldier, raised by a single mother, probably went into the military as one of his only career paths and that John would survive, meet Kyle Reese and send him back to protect Sarah. Then the second time that happened Kyle fell in love with Sarah and told her all about her son John. Sarah would then give birth to Kyle’s son who would be a different John, John B. This film is at least the 3rd time this has happened.

djKENTO

Just rewatched it and I have to say, the 5.1 mix is a masterclass of taking mono and ripping it to surround. The sounds maintain their punch but also let you know where they are in the space. Felt super immersive.

djKENTO

I had such a crush on Michael Biehn (Kyle Reese). I love when he was telling her about the picture and wondered what she was thinking about at that moment and then we learn that she was actually thinking about him when the picture was taken.

Tara

One of the rare times the original mono soundtrack is better. I believe anyway.

RJ MacReady

What's funny is this movie actually has loads of famous scifi actors it.

Lucifer Moon

Terminator is on Playstation store for free for anyone who needs it

Scott

Make sure you watch the Ultimate Cut or Special Edition of Terminator 2 (Its as important as the blade runner cut)

Mikey

Kyle Reece is Hicks from Aliens if you hadn't noticed :) .... Fine reaction!!! terminator 2 and 3 are great ...4 i didn' like!!

Stefanescu Gabriel-Tiberiu

HI. My first post but been following you for quite some time. Loved your reaction. Also really like how you keep your mind open to these movies where your prior thoughts woukd have been that you would not enjoy watching it. As for this movie in particular I will highly recommend you watching the next terminator movie as it will answer most of the questions that you had at the end of watching The Terminator. As far as Reece, yes he will be alive in the future because he is born later on possibly even after the nuclear war occurs. As for time travel, don’t feel bad it is a very difficult concept to grasp. But you pretty much said what actuslly happens. So Reece goes back in time to father John Connor. Without John, Reece cannot go back 8n time to do this. But since John was there in the future, what happened in the past ALREADY had happened. So sending Reece back in time from the future keeps what happened in the past “ stable”. By doing si he is not changing the future but more or less preserving the future as it has already happened by the time Reece gets to go back in time. I know i know it hurts my brain trying to think about it and even more so trying to explain it. Thank you for another great video to watch from you. Eric

Eric Serrano

Only seen Jingle All the Way bahahahahaha, that broke me.

Luis Rodriguez

I fully agree. There's T1, T2... and then the only worthy successor is the sadly cancelled TV show "The Sarah Connor Chronicles".

Frankie

Loved the reaction !! This movie was great, but Terminator 2 is fantastic !! - It's widely considered to be one of the best movie sequels and one of the best sci-fi movies ever made.

EveryThirdNotThursday

I have not seen the Directors cut but I have seen the extra scene at the garage and it was really good.

Björn Von Knorring

If you watch the second movie, I would highly recommend you watch the Director's Cut, highly recommend that. There is some great stuff that was cut that really adds to the story, by a lot.

Mr. Killeverything

Why do you find the movie awful?

Marcus Asaro

As far as I'm concerned there are only two Terminator movies; the first two. After that... nope, never happened my memory of them has been erased!

Shawn Anderson

Hi I’m a new subscriber and this was my first full reaction video/watch along. Really glad you got chance to see this the second one is amazing. But not sure if someone has already pointed this out but the guy with the blue hair at the beginning was Hudson (Bill Paxton from Aliens. And Kyle Reese was Hicks in Aliens as well. Looking forward to seeing what you think of Blade Runner as it’s one of my favourite Sci-Fi’s

Dean Holt

Ahh you're right. Ok I recant what I said🤭. Special Edition all the way!!

☆C~H~A~N~D~L~E~R☆

You might not have read my comment through. I specifically said for her to avoid the "Director's Cut," which is a cut that has the inferior cheesy ending. However, if she watched the "Special Edition," it essentially would be an extended cut of the movie, but it retains the ending that everyone likes with its more ambiguous tone.

WastedPo

Chandler, the "special edition" has many of the deleted scenes intact, but I believe it retains the ambiguous "highway ending" that most people - including Cameron himself - prefer. The "Director's Cut" would be a mistake, as I believe it has the "playground ending" that no one likes.

WastedPo

Edited: Yes I vote Special Edition as well over the theatrical

☆C~H~A~N~D~L~E~R☆

James Cameron had nothing to do with Terminator Salvation either. The only sequel after T2 Cameron has hands on writing was "Dark Fate" (which is how they got Linda Hamilton to return) and we know how that turned out. But I see your point about Salvation. I liked that one as well. After Salvation, they lost me.

Mr. Writhms

I refuse to watch the theatrical cut. DC is preferred. Hell even a scene with somebody returning for a few min made the whole version worth while. More added stuff to make some scenes make more sense. Just a better version 100%. If you're a real fan of the series, DC is the way to go.

☆C~H~A~N~D~L~E~R☆

I think T3 is hot trash personally. (I don't mean any offense to anyone who likes it.) My brother likes it. I just dont think its cannon. It's not James Cameron's story. The only Terminator movie that really tried to do something other than just copy the original formula is salvation. I think that is the only one that lives up to the first 2 in its aesthetic as well. But again its not perfect and many people hated on it because of christian Bale yelling at a grip being recorded and leaked.

Nick Kessler

Same lol. I guess its starting to show its age.

Patrick Toscano

"How could anyone ever elected him after seeing this?!" lol, that was great!

Nick Kessler

T3 is pretty good on its own. It's downfall is coming after the great T2. People compare it too much.

Mr. Writhms

I never really noticed before Cassie pointed it out. The music score for this movie IS pretty bad. LOL Some parts sound like cat walking across an old Casio keyboard. (Except for the theme song, of course)

Mr. Writhms

I agree with Michael. In fact if you watch the deleted scenes that make up the directors cut With the audio commentary on he explains why he cut the scenes and all of them are cut for a reason and make it a better movie. The director cut is just a studio thing to sell more copies. (Not all director cuts) just saying this is one of those.

Nick Kessler

Sarah Conner in her glory = spoiling. Sorry if I’m being uptight.

Nick Kessler

Please watch t2 but none of the other ones except maybe terminator salvation .

Nick Kessler

I have to disagree. The DC does a number on the pacing, which is pretty generally agreed on. Great if you've already seen it but as a first time watch, definitely go theatrical.

Michael Larsen

can’t wait

Cassie

Randall Gerdes

I take being called weird as a compliment. :-) I agree with Cathrine. Good writing trumps special effects, big stars and high production values 9 times out of 10 in my opinion. I won't go into the reasons why I dind't like Terminator 2, cause that could spoil it for Cassie and others watching it for the first time. But in short I felt the story was better in the first. But each to their own. :-)

Tobias Eiken

Please watch the Directors Cut version of T2 when you do watch it. Love the monumental and cheesy but practical effects this movie had. Before CGI took over.

☆C~H~A~N~D~L~E~R☆

No, Andrew, it’s the writing. The first one was taken from a Harlan Ellison story called The Soldier From Tomorrow. Ellison sued Cameron for stealing his work. Ellison is considered one of the best sci fi writers and it shows in this film. The second one is good, but I found it more pretentious and I didn’t like some of the characters. I never watched any more of the franchise. I don’t need high production values or over the top acting to appreciate a movie. A good plot, excellent writing and good acting satisfies me. I can let my imagination handle the rest.

Catherine LW

I wasn't exactly doing that but I guess I should start.

Brandon Gibbs

Now you have to watch at least the first sequel^^ ... you'll like it Im sure

Guillaume HUET

Todays movie-audience have such problems grasping a simple time travel-paradox:-D

Björn Von Knorring

Everyone, when thinking about how John has to send Reese back, only thinks about him fighting there. But These people forget that John also sent him back to... entertain... his mum. That's even more creepy!

Dioskur

Excuse me

MatthewBrown74m

Good god man! Buy a period and comma keys for your keyboard!

Jonathan

That’s one of the best reactions to the 1/2 Terminator getting up for the last time, I’ve ever seen.

Andrew Hogan

Well, it certainly destroyed Adam and Eve….

Andrew Hogan

Important point, you wonder how many movies that’s screwed with, audience-wise and monetarily.

Andrew Hogan

You’re both weird

Andrew Hogan

That’s Demolition Man, lol

Andrew Hogan

Haha yes all else makes up for the music. And it's worth it for the combo of this movie and the second movie :D

Lee Salvemini

James Cameron had trouble finding financing the movie and had to have a bare bones budget. Another problem was his ideas we too advanced for what CGI could do in the early 80s. Showcasing Schwarzenegge's intelligence: he tried to get the line changed from "I'll be back" to "I will be back" because he knew advanced A.I. wouldn't use contractions. Lol and because he had a hell of a time saying "I'll".

Fireteam Joker

Oh, now you NEED to watch Terminator 2 :P

Michael Larsen

Also when you watch Blade Runner watch the Final Cut

Matt

I am glad you enjoyed this cassie it's very enjoyable watching you watch terminator it's a great movie james Cameron best also Kyle was played by the guy who play hicks in aliens. also fun fact: the inspiration for James Cameron to make this movie was Halloween;)

MatthewBrown74m

Bill Paxton…the only man to be killed by the Terminator, the Predator and an Alien 😁

Michael Barootian

Really hope you watch Terminator 2, you'll love it. Great story, great cast, great soundtrack, and the special effects in T2 were amazing for its time.

Eric Denney

Michael Biehn (Kyle Reese) is in one of the movies I really can't wait for you to see. The abyss. I have a feeling you'll like it way better than blade runner.

Michael Lynch

This is definitely a throwback! Terminator 2 I have seen countless times but I have only seen the first one once, when I was a kid. So, it was nice to revisit it, and all of the parts I forgot. You're right Cassie, the music is pretty bad... and the fx were pushing it but it's literally been decades since I am seen it and was nice to see it again(almost) for the first time. While I agree the music was bad, there was hints of the theme song from the second which was cool. And, it was cool to see hints of who Sarah Connor will be... That was a lot of fun, thanks! Also... I could stop laughing after my personal favorite Cassie quote of the year... "How could have anyone ever elected him after seeing this?!?" :D

MattN

The white detective was the Android in alien. You have got to see Terminator 2. It is widely considered to be the best action movie of all time.

Michael Lynch

I laughed so hard when she called them naked laser guys 😂 I'm not going to be able to watch this anymore without that popping in my head

Ronny Boss

So the music was great in making you feel dread from them being hunted and it kept you on the edge of your seat

Michael Lynch

You sir are now one of the cool kids, this is probably one of the best communities I've came across, and I hope you have a good time here 😄

Ronny Boss

Mind the spoilers please

Patrick Flanagan

When this came out in the 80’s and we went to see it, all of us girls loved Kyle Reece too! 😍

Catherine LW

No, it's not just you, the music is pretty wack.

LuMarq

No, you’re not alone. I’m a minority here too because I like the first one best.

Catherine LW

“…two naked laser guys?” 😆

Catherine LW

Please do Kingdom of Heaven (Directors Cut). That along with Last Samurai are my favorite sentimental movies

Danny P

Also, I would say, while they are fun movies for a flick, Terminator gets... eh... well... worse after the second one. They kind of lose the plot. 1 and 2 are what are considered the best of the bunch. 2 defiantly is a hit. But, 3 and on are wonky as wonky gets.

LordGrailKnight

John Conner Knew from the get go that his father was kyle reese, yes. Sarah told him. But It had to happen so that the future, where they win, happens.

LordGrailKnight

I was going to say the same thing, this is definitely a predestination time paradox movie. In addition to John's birth, the terminator hand actually gives rise to Skynet, fulfilling it's own creation. PS: Watch Terminator 2, it's a rare instance of a sequel being as good if not better than the original.

Robert C

Kyle Reese was played by Michael Biehn who also played Hicks on Aliens. But yeah you gotta watch Terminator 2, one of the best sequels ever.

Matt

he's only had rat burger

christopher brown

More romantic than Titanic.

Mitchell Bowker

"How could somebody of elected him after this?!" (best reaction ever) Answer?Because of the 2nd movie, thats why XD

LightsCameraJake

Hi Cassie. Are they the Hobbit DVD/BluRays on your dresser or is it a JRR Tolkein box set that includes all the LOTR and Hobbit movies?

Brian McGovern

Aren’t you watching along with your own copy or stream? Why do you need the sound if you’re watching along with your own copy or stream? 🤔

Catherine LW

LOL "How could anyone have elected him after watching this?" That cracked me up.

Brian McGovern

Its turbo time. Points to whoever knows where that is from.

LightsCameraJake

I think the real innovative genius of James Cameron is that he made Terminator for only $6.4 million and Aliens for only $18.5 million (Wikipedia). (Considering that, for scale, mainstream movies currently spend nearly that much just producing the theatrical trailers.)

Uncle Phoenix

I've always said to my friends who ask me what my favorite love story is and I say Terminator. His declaration of stating he came across time for her is amazing and I'm proven a bit correct by your reaction. Loved it

Prophet2272

I love this movie, but the sequel is my favorite by far, especially Linda Hamilton's portrayal of Sarah in that, since it kinda rivals Sigourney Weaver's Ripley as one of the most badass action heroines of that era of movies.

AzraRillian

I find this movie absolutely awful, but your reaction made it better

Hannah Mather

Apple will be the end of us all.

William

Gotta watch T2 now. It's rightly lauded. A great movie.

Darren Gibson

Cassie, when you watch Terminator 2, please do NOT watch the "Director's cut." I think that one has the ending that James Cameron originally shot, but later changed his mind on. It's certainly not the superior ending. (For those wondering, the ending I want her to avoid is the heavy-handed playground one.) Please watch either the "Special Edition" or the "Theatrical Cut."

WastedPo

I could still barely hear ya know and I don't think copyright issues happen every time.

Brandon Gibbs

Why would you want the sound up? I dont like it because then if my copy is not 100% exactly in line then there is an echo.

Hannah Mather

She will get dinged with the sound too.

Catherine LW

The next one is the only one worth watching in the series. It got stupid and crazy after that. Hollywood got to it.

Jason Allen Wolcott

Yeah I understand this movie must've been very scary for you at first seeing Arnold kill those innocent people but that was only because he was playing an evil cyborg. Also next time when you watch Terminator 2 next, I know you're worried about copyright issues but can you at least keep the sound up?

Brandon Gibbs

I've seen this movie probably a dozen times and this is the first time I noticed that Bill Paxton was one of the 3 thugs in the beginning. I Guess you see something new every time. Oh one of those detectives was the android in Alien Cassie in case you have figured it out yet. Another wonderful reaction looking forward to T2.

softshoes

So, when do we get to Terminator 2?

Texas Anla'Shok

James Cameron directed Aliens (which is why a couple of the same actors were in it)

christopher brown

Also I often have seen people seem to assume cuts get made in movies because they were not a good enough scene or disrupted flow etc? That can be true, but it seems in actuality most often its simply because movie execs were stricter on runtime - even in modern movies. So most cut scenes tend to actually add a LOT, and Cassie is always wanting more back story and explanation, so those could be some fun additional vids, dont see people doing that too often do you? like follow up react on cut scenes from movies and so on.

Luetin

This is a great point. It would be fun for patreon viewers to see the extras for some of these films; cut scenes, behind the scenes, etc...

Jon Johns

Somebody wake up hicks.

Jon Johns

Lol

Jon Johns

I agree, T2 is just fantastic. Not so sure it is as good w/o watching the 1st for both reference, and comparison?

Jon Johns

Welcome Owen! I hope soon, Cassie will post a 'comprehensive' list of films she's seen for all of us to reference when making suggestions...

Jon Johns

That was fun, now we have Terminator 2 to look forward too

Mr. Killeverything

Enjoyable to see your adapting thoughts to this as per usual - an interesting note is that around the 48 min mark, you noted 'is this world blowing Kyle's mind?' If you go and search to find the cut scenes from this movie, there is a scene which was not included in the original movie, where Kyle has a full meltdown because he cant cope with seeing the beauty of the natural world, its a shame it wasn't included as its a pretty interesting scene as he's helping to convince Sarah about her importance and why she shouldn't give up. There is an even more interesting cut scene from the end of this, but I dont want to really mention about it as its somewhat spoilery. All I would say is that people seem to get very confused about Sarah and John Connor's ability to change the future, seems to be a lot of confusion about the Time Travel in these first two movies, which is weird because its pretty straightforward. You're definitely getting your head around time travel more - its not as complex as you think, you're getting it but because it can be a little headache inducing, its like you're almost trying to overthink it, sometimes in time travel especially with time loop events there's no actual clear answer because its dealing with things we cant know, or that are paradoxical, but thats just part of it. In this movie, its what is known as a closed time loop, Ive discussed time travel in that post about Arrival before now. Basically this and the second one are reasonably plausible in as much as the suspended disbelief of time travel in movies is a thing. After the first two Terminators, the time travel aspect is not even really worth thinking about - its just hollywood nonsense to enable them to keep making movies, and thats about as much thought as it deserves.

Luetin

In the immortal words of Beavis or Butthead; "These effects aren't very special". :-D Jokes aside, I loved this movie when it came out, and still enjoyed it, but I was shocked how bad the effects looked a couple of decades later. I remembered them as amazing. Ditto for the music. This is the only Schwarzenegger movie I like. He was made for the role. A wooden actor playing a machine. I didn't care for the follow up, but I know I'm in a huge minority there. :-)

Tobias Eiken

Hopefully you watch Terminator 2 and Blade Runner 2049 because both are some of the greatest sequels ever

Matt

A classic movie without any doubt. It really reached the stratosphere with terminator 2 though. T2 is one of the best sequels made.

James Ayres

The first couple movies are easy to u derstand but it get super complicated as far as time travel goes with the sequals and the prequels. Had to look up what was going on In the later movies but it all clicks as you watch them.

LightsCameraJake

It's been a he of a long time since I've seen this and I'm watching it again with this lovely lady right hurr. One of my fave movies, matter a fact I think the second one is even better, All I have to say is, just you wait. XD

LightsCameraJake

best quote from this video, when Reese is explaining to Sarah what his future is like. "He's probably never had a cheeseburger" - PiB

ron young

The sequel to this was my all-time favorite action movie for long time... until "Mad Max Fury Road" came along. Terminator 2 is definitely a MUST see. 😎 And please watch it with your sister. 😁

Mr. Writhms

I agree with your time travel paradox confusion and not liking the cheesy 80s techno music during action sequences (although the actual theme song in the intro is a classic). I think you'll really enjoy the sequel. It's widely considered one of the best science fiction/action movies ever and a much better film in every way than this one, which was a surprise hit at the box office despite mixed reviews when it came out.

Jeff I.

SO. The time travel stuff! Let me see if I can unravel this knot: This story is an example of what is called a predestination paradox, also known as a closed loop. In this story, the evil computer, Skynet, tries to alter history in 2029 by sending a Terminator back to kill Sarah Connor in 1984, to prevent John's birth. In doing so, Skynet actually CREATED the circumstances by which John was born in the first place. So history was not changed, because the two time travelers, Kyle and the Terminator, had ALWAYS been a part of history. History required their sudden appearance in 1984 in order to proceed on course. Kyle dies in 1984, but a few years later he's born and lives his life until he vanishes in 2029, flying back through time. This story implies that time travel can't change history, because it's all already happened, and if you go back, you were always back there, always a part of history, even if you weren't recorded in the history books. There's a deleted scene from this movie where Sarah suggests almost the exact same thing you do, that they should find out where this evil computer in the future is built and stop it from being built, but Kyle flat out refuses. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTG8CV4N4Ek After this movie came out in 1984 and was a big hit, James Cameron's next directing job was ALIENS. Some of the actors in TERMINATOR show up again in that movie. Michael Biehn, who played Kyle, was cast as Corporal Hicks, the Marine who takes over after their first battle with the Aliens. Lance Henriksen, who played the white police detective who you said looked familiar, was cast as the "artificial person" Bishop. And one of the punk rockers who got killed by the Terminator in the opening scene was Bill Paxton, who came back in ALIENS as Private Hudson.

Patrick Flanagan

Always makes me tear up, not even kidding.

Patrick Flanagan

Cassie: "Another naked guy? Another time travel movie" She's run out of tropes, :)

Allen Bond

Rich Campbell

free full length movie on YouTube to watch along with: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7_qI6_mIXc

ron young

This was a low-budget movie that really became a massive success. But the sequel was definitely a cultural and special effects touchstone for its time. Plus, a much better movie.

Alex Villarreal

This movie is a classic and I can't wait to watch the reaction. However Terminator 2 is legendary and some argue the best sequal action movie ever made.

DarkJokester

Thank you Cassie I am a new youtuber subscriber and new patreon of yours my first video I watched while at the same time coming across your channel was the last samurai video such a great film. The terminator is another good film one that I grew up with alongside James Bond 007.🙏😊❤️♥️🍿🍿🍦🍨🍧

Owen Williams