Filmmaker reacts to The Terminator (1984) for the FIRST TIME 

That also can be similar to Alien and those two movies!

@@JamesVSCinema To be fair, "Alien"'s budget was 2.5 times "Terminator"'s.

@@wratched Absolutely true.

Well said!

"Tech-noir" is also the name of the club Sarah hide in to call the cops :)

I've never seen that deleted scene. Sounds amazing. Do you know where can I see it?

Absolute legends ✊🏼

@@SteveBrant55 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-p8uP3-e7Mio.html

I'm gonna have to raise a protest - Henrikson was 'killed' by Ripley or the escape pod crashing. Pedantry on my end, I know.

@@samovarsa2640 I like to think he actually survived since I've decided to disavow any of the Alien and Terminator movies after the first sequel.

Absolutely mesmerizing as Johnny Ringo in Tombstone!

He's fantastic in The Abyss

@@ScientificallyStupid he is fantastic on everything

Affirmative!

Always elevates what could be really bland "hero" roles. The guy is intense.

From what I’ve been hearing, that’s what it sounds like!

@@JamesVSCinema I actually really like T3 and it isn't a big drop in quality like the McG directed on and the other forgettable sequels

Just stick with this and part 2 after that the franchise goes down hill fast.

The last 30 minutes of T3 are great, and I like Salvation for taking the risk of going past Judgement Day. Was it perfect, by no means, but it was miles better than the abominations that came after.

They're diminishing returns, for sure. T3 has some great moments and ideas, but overall it undermines the core themes of the first two movies in a way I have trouble forgiving.

Well said.

Absolutely agree. Especially right now during Halloween season

I never thought about it but you're right. It replaces sharp and blunt weapons with guns and vehicles. Technically, he's not that different from Jason Vorhees on paper. An immortal killing machine in the form of a man who shows no mercy.

That's awesome. Your mom sounds like a bad ass. Respect to her, and to you, fellow brat!

your mom is a certified badass

Must have been uncomfortable watching the sex scene, dude.....my condolences.

@@paulcurran4786 I’m really biased towards T2 and didn’t watch T1 for the longest time. So when I saw where the scene was headed I was like, “Uh yeah, we skipping this.” Lmao

@@REChronic54 Haha, i'd say u took the right option, no one needs that image in their head 👍

Exactly haha! Happy I was able to give it a proper sit down from start to finish now that I’m even older too!

Arnold also says "I'll be back" in practically every movie he's done after this. So people were hearing the catchphrase from other movies too.

@@WhiskyCanuck This is true, but that was just one example, right? Did you catch that James had heard the line "come with me if you want to live" before? He recognized the line, but hadn't seen The Terminator before. That's what I'm talking about.

or referencing SkyNet when talking about ai or even computer bugs in general.

@@rsrt6910 Yeah the famous "SkyNet's The Limit" from Don Toblerone's movie...

i had to tape over the red light on my stereo. kept waking up thinking it was the terminator

@@MegaDunzo :D

It's one of a kind

Appreciate the info g!

Agreed, though there was another version with added scenes but original ending, that version does not have one scene added, it was on dvd few years back. Having said that theatrical is safe bet, go for it.

But the "mirror scene"...

Thank you! For some reason lots of people prefer the extended cut, but the theatrical cut is tighter and far superior.

Co-signing the Theatrical Cut.

Stay tuned my friend!

@@drakocarrion Salvation had potential but squandered it. What's interesting is that every new Terminator sequel/reboot/etc. we get makes Salvation better in relation to the whole series.

So vibey haha.

Yeah, Salvation really is the only solid entry after T2, despite the hate it gets. But pretty much the only necessary film in the series after the Terminator is T2.

I feel like if Salvation had a more destroyed city setting like all of the flashbacks we saw it'd have been more accepted by fans. They took the lazy approach by filming in just desert to save money.

I actually really disliked Salvation, all except for Anton's performance of young Kyle (fabulous casting, RIP). The rest of it could go hang as far as I was concerned. I hated that most of the story focused and not on people from that time period surviving, like Kyle, instead focusing too much on that other guy who was sent there to infiltrate. The audience has zero buy-in with that guy. I had gone my entire life praying for a Futurewar movie, there was a guy down the road from us where we lived who had a whole piece of property filled with dead cars that he put all over there just to annoy the neighbors, and my bro and I used to go in there at night dressed up in our best Futurewar outfits and run around yelling about terminators and shooting our super soakers at each other, it was even better because the neighbor had German Shepherds barking at us. I had built it up in my head as this thing, and when I got it I was really let down. I actually enjoyed Rise of the Machines most out of the newer ones. I'm not entirely sure why except for partly I think it was because I think the kid they cast to play adult John was a solid young actor I had enjoyed in other movies, like Man Without a Face. I liked that he looked like he could be Kyle's son, and I enjoyed Claire Danes in a lot of stuff before then. I absolutely despise the Genysis one, I think that new guy who's trying to play Kyle absolutely had no concept of how to capture the character, and made him just this one note bullyboy. The only thing I liked about it really was the concept that they might have healed the damage, created a new timeline, yadda I read a script online back in the late 90s early 2000s sometime, that somebody had written and tried to sell, that would honestly have been absolutely fantastic a way to wrap up the series, but they made Rise of the Machines instead. Which is fine, nobody ever takes up spec scripts I guess, but it was really amazing. The most recent one with Jim Cameron back in the seat was decent, but not fantastic or anything.

Exactly. No appreciation for what it takes.

No offense, but the comparison to Indiana Jones doesn't hold up; Spielberg was already famous for directing 'Jaws,' and 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind,' and Harrison Ford had starred in one of the most successful sci-fi movies ever. Cameron's previous (and first) movie was "Piranha 2, The Spawning,' and his biggest star was an Austrian bodybuilder who had starred in 'Conan the Barbarian.'

@@jwesley235 Also, as both Spielberg and George Lucas themselves said, they intended it to be filmed in the style like a B movie. We see this same pattern in both these franchises: first movie was B while the later ones kept upping production value. (If anything the B quality, or whatever it was Spielberg and Lucas both considered “B quality” persisted in Indiana Jones for longer, since Temple of Doom was more similar to Raiders in that respect than it was to Last Crusade. Terminator went high production value right with T2, in effects, in music.)

I’ve always made this argument - it really is the peak success of the preoccupations of the 80’s B movie.

Corman is also noted for personally mentoring other directors of the “New Hollywood” period, including Scorsese, FFC and George Lucas, and he encouraged them to focus on telling a good story with a small budget rather than worrying about special effects and all. He had a big hand in starting their careers!

@The movie kingdom T.L.G Jaws was not a B movie. Maybe you don't know what that word means.

Absolutely!

he has a way of making sure the movie never leaves your subconscious. to this day I can pull quotes and detail specific scenes from t2 effortlessly.

Millennium was great! such a shame it's not on any streaming service

@@megsley I know. I’m surprised it isn’t on Disney+ given X-files is and they were both owned by Fox. I have it on DVD except I’m missing the first disc to season 3. Wasn’t in the packaging, didn’t have receipt; watched it many months after purchase. Never have been able to find a season 3 in the used DVD stores

He also ripped it off from two episodes of the Outer Limits :P

@@AlexG1020 Terminator is a rip-off of the Twilight Zone the same way that Alien is a rip-off of Planet Of The Vampires. In other words, there are kernels of commonality, but the differences in overall story and execution are so significantly different that the similarities are practically irrelevant. It's a vastly overstated case.

@@andrewforbes1433 How you handle that legally for copyright purposes is "inspired by". Theres a reason Cameron payed the author out in a settlement. I dont think its bad as they say good artists borrow great artists steal.

Halloween fanerdic here. I remember thinking that the Terminator reminded me of Michael Myers. Then, a couple people told me that it's a well known fact because Cameron did an interview stating Carpenter's Halloween was also a big inspiration for this movie. The music seems to be fairly obvious, but if you look at elements of the Terminator character, he really does have many traits of Michael Myers -- getting back up after seemingly being taken out, plus his silence, stealth, indestructibility, and eeriness; including Myers' aversion to dogs because they give him away when he's trying to remain unseen to his victims

@@LA_HA One reason (among many) that the non-Cameron sequels don't work is that they don't employ the horror techniques that Cameron uses so well.

Fire ass line.

Hahaha that’s such a dope memory!

T2 outdoes the original in terms of budget and some awesome set pieces. But I'll always feel like Terminator is the better film. It has a more compelling emotional impact to it, plus all of the ideas were original in it. Both are very good, but Terminator is just a notch above the sequel.

@@chrisw3024 Agreed! T2 is great, it's bigger and more expensive, but T1 will always be my favourite.

Much love my brotha. Cheers for this one!

Cameron got his start in film working on set & production design for Roger Corman. So, he learned how to make things look good on a budget. He put that knowledge to good use in this film.

3 and 4 were joyless cash grabs and have one or two interesting moments, but nothing redeamable... 5 and 6; however, are woke trash and you'd be better off watching movies made from really bad fan fiction.

I love a good stnth score. The recent horror Seance has one and it definitely gives throwback vibes even though its set in current times.

Being shot on film instead of digital has it's appeal as well

Dad and his mates at University College in at the University of Melbourne rented it in ‘87 or so, they loved it for being good low budget sci-fi with a good story.

Similar. Saw it at the cinema without knowing anything about it in advance. Just happened to be what was on that weekend. Reaction was wow!

When you have watch Terminator 2 skip the 3 and watch, The Abyss, by James Cameron, it is where the CGI used in T2 started.

T2 is even better

next terminator react to filmmaker:)

Finished Arcane. Enjoy Jinx! Can I call her a good actress???

Very good! Love your channel, man 😁 You MUST was the second film which is also by James Cameron, but everything after that is not and kinda bleeks in comparison 😅 Love from Norway!

100% I love the part when he turns and spots her. It's as if, in that initial moment, the terminator almost has some kind of emotion or hate towards her.

hahaha, I loved that scene! Conan is another childhood favorite of mine. Terminator will always come out on top though.

He needs to see Conan for no other reason than the " what is best in life" scene.

I think the camel-punch was "Destroyer".

Well, except for the fact that the Terminator can’t go back in time to kill Sarah Connor before she gives birth to John Connor because then there would be no reason to send a terminator to the past to kill Sarah Connor.

I've heard it said that part of the genius of this film is that it's shot a lot like a slasher movie, and the characters - especially the cops - actually do *all the right things in order to survive and defeat a slasher.* The trouble is, they think they're in a slasher movie, but they're actually up against an unstoppable killer android.

Much love Lauren

I also prefer T1 but I had nightmares as a kid over the end scene when the terminator is chasing Sarah lol.

🙏🏽♥️

I would like to think he would have kept killing Sarah Connors until his batteries died

@@tahitifan100 There were only 3 Sarah Connors in the phone book, and Linda Hamilton's was the last.

Ayyy much love to the folks in Germany, that’s what’s up!

I remember seeing concept art of Lance Henriksen as the Terminator, looks cool! He would have blended in even more I think, since Arnold's terminator was a big, hulking man.

@@adi1582 and that's how we got Bishop(Aliens).

I've read they didn't want Arnold because he couldn't speak English well at the time. The solution was to cut a lot of the dialogue which ended up giving him a more determined, machine aurora.

It makes more sense since terminators are meant to be for infiltration and Arnie hardly blends in. But his presence is so much of what makes this work it's hard to imagine anyone else in this role

I'm imagining a feel more like the T-1000

My feelings exactly. While I do agree that *_T3_* does fall off a bit in comparison with the previous installments, I still liked it overall, especially as a closing of this sci-fi story with that incredibly ballsy ending. Personally, that's where I close off *_The Terminator_* story, as a trilogy. So yeah, please react to *_T3_* when you can, James.

Appreciate this comment a lot Carlos! Seriously cheers brother!

Hahaha appreciate you brother 😂 can’t wait to check the second one out!

LMFAO! Please it to me if you do hahaha