My wife and I went to see this at the theater when it came out. I had no idea what it was about other than that Arnold was in it. We went out to eat and just decided to catch a movie and I picked it because Arnold was in it. Had no idea what to expect. Was blown away. It was so damn cool in 1984.

The first "Terminator" was the scariest of all the Terminator films, and this scene is one of the main reasons why. It was really basically an '80s slasher film with a futuristic/sci-fi bent. I watch it every Halloween.

This scene was both terrifying and freaking hilarious. "I'll be back" instantly iconic.

Reese actually saved that detective’s life by rendering him out cold.

I just noticed how big of a difference in communication skills there is between the T1 T800 & the T2 T1000: T800 walks in to the police station, expressionless, asks a couple polite questions but delivers them so machine-like that they come off as rude, and when denied his request he goes straight into a shooting spree. T-1000 walks up to John Conners house, smiling, asks a couple of polite questions to and makes small talk with John's foster parents, gains their full confidence & gets all questions answered, proceeds to look for his target again. Communication. Very important.

T1 and T2 were on a whole different level when it came to details, atmosphere and story telling. You can watch both movies hundreds of times and still pick up something you didn't know was there or just missed.

I like that there is no recoil on the shotgun. It’s so unnatural but makes perfect sense considering he’s a robot.

I really love when the robot turns its head to the electric panel at 1:51, such a robotic way, like Arnold could have improvised that

Man when you're 14 and watching the Terminator at your local theater in 1984, life doesn't get any better. (Great memory)

The psychiatrist distracted by his pager as Arnie was walking in was unreal and I loved how they brought the same psychiatrist back into T2

You know this is old school when you see the cop doing paperwork in number 2 pencil.

I love the original more than T2. The original really demonstrated just how unstoppable and scary the Terminator really is.

I love the deleted scene where Kyle and Sarah come across a dying Traxler who gives Kyle his sidearm and tells him to protect Sarah. He may not 100% believe Kyle's story but he also saw this "man' barge into the station and gun down over 2 dozen cops and nothing stopped him. Wish it was left in the final cut.

Imagine if he actually sat on the bench and waited.

@1:38 I love that his vision is in slow motion showing how fast he's processing everything

The 80s. We had something in that decade. This movie’s awesome and used to terrify me as a kid. That chilling music played as the terminator executes all the threats/bystanders is typical of an 80s action/horror/sci-fi movie

This movie is so good. I remember watching this with my dad for the first time when I was like 6. The pure 80s vibes is legendary

Arnold's acting was superb. I repeat every bit of this scene countless times to see him making the moves of a machine.

"Watch him!" *Immediately gets knocked out.* Dude... You had ONE job.

I love how he analyzes the structural integrity of the window/wall right before “I’ll be back.”

No recoil when he shoots the spaz, show us how strong the t800 is. Perfect detailing by James Cameron.

One of the best scenes in the franchise! Music once he enters after using the car as a battering ram and Sarah's look of utter despair as T800 shatters her illusion of safety in the endless nightmare. Never to be duplicated!

Imagine if he said “ I’ll wait “

3:45 was the start of the best cinematography.

That psychiatrist was lucky that he left the police station.

Just think of the damage he could do with a phased plasma rifle in the 40-watt range.

I was 8 when I saw this movie. This is still my definition for "unstoppable".

"Gonna be a while, wait, there's a bench over there" Every Sergeant at the front desk in every police station ever

By knocking that cop out, Kyle Reece saved that cops life. He should be forever grateful Reece man handled him.

Cameron preferred T2. He thought The Terminator was unsophisticated. As much as I love both, I don’t think T2 had a scene that matched this. It was just brilliant.

"Hey" pew pew pew Terminator turns around: Right Arm: BRRRRRRRRR! Left Arm: BOOOM!

The Terminator was an influential film to the Sci-Fi genre, in influencing other movies in Sci-Fi. James Cameron brings us an astounding work of film that will leave you surprise and the thrill of a lifetime. ❤

3:17 Arnold spins perfectly like a robot and you can hear the sound of machinery when he does so. Amazing FX attention to details that makes all the difference.

1:15 > Shotgun with machine-gun sound 1:16 > Machine-gun with shotgun sound Somebody at the editing department lost their jobs when this hit the cinemas back in the day

Guy walks into a police station at night with dark sunglasses on and it’s just totally normal.

The scene where Sarah sees him coming out of the elevator and is immediately terrified in T2, is one of my favorite parts of the series.

When you're a high level character, and you're replaying earlier levels for XP and coin mining

That doctor left just in time 😂

0:26 I love the detail they put in, of the Terminator analyzing the structural integrity of the reception window and how much force it would need to break in. Then it says, "I'll be back."

Such an amazing movie, and it's even better how Arnold's acting fit this movie so well. This and Predator are on my list of all time favorite movies.

That was a hard working cop. Just sitting there alone, doing his paper work even though no one was watching him. He was probably the one all the other cops cheated off of. He will be missed. Rip.

0:22 Terminator’s CPU: (“Man, this f•••in’ guy. Where the hell is sh-Oh, oo….. oh ooo! Yes…. Yes!!!…. OH YEAH!!!!….. “) 0:32

This scene scared the 💩 outta allot of people when they first saw it. They think Police Stations are safe.

Love the part when it shows the terminators POV and he sees everything happening in slightly slow motion (like 70% of normal speed) Explains how he has such quick reflexes. Like he's always in "bullet time" mode where he's moving at normal speed but everything else is moving slower

To be fair, Kyle Reese saved that dudes life by knocking him out

When Arnold walks, we can feel the weight of his T800 frame... What an acting.. ❤️

That riff when Kyle and Sarah start running thru the station is freakn awesome! 80s Synthesized!!! #T1

They don't make them like this anymore😢

That chase music riff is amazing. Absolutely simplistic and to the point. Unbelievable 3:55

The controlled bursts of the rifle in full auto and the dual wield… chilling.

This scene is pure badass from Arnie

Man what a year 1984 was. Terminator, Ghostbusters, Beverly Hills Cop, Gremlins, Karate Kid, Temple of Doom and A Nightmare on Elm Street all came out that year!

I love that sound track when he rescues Serah , it’s sounds so 80’s and nostalgic to me

I'm sure he figured when he said *😎 "I'll be back" ,* He meant a hour or so, Right. *Not 30 seconds!! 🤣* Arnold Plays this 💯%!! 🏆

That emotionless stone cold face of Terminator always gets me 😂😂

One of the best scenes from this movie! I love how it shows absolutely how RUTHLESS The T-800 is by steamrolling through multiple additional targets as he searches the police station for his Priority 1 target makes this terrifying to great effect

*I remember being in the cinema for T2 and the scene at the Galleria when Arnie said to John Connor 'Get Down' and protected him as the T1OOO started shooting, I remember the whole cinema just erupting and was mindblown because everyone thought Arnie was the bad guy and T1OOO was the good guy 'Cop' Everyone just went crazy, especially when Arnie keeps walking towards T1OOO shooting him with the Shotgun. To this day since then, I've never been at the cinema since watching a movie and heard such a reaction from a packed cinema. Everyone was convinced that Arnie was the bad guy trying to kill John Connor and when he wasn't it was crazy. Everyone was gobsmacked.💯%*

One of the best movies ever made. Use to scare me watching it as a kid!

This movie will stay forever in my heart

That cop was so fixated on his beautiful handwriting he could've dodged the T800's car in time before it crashed into the station.

Me destroying the Daily Bugle after Spider Man: No Way Home!!! 🔥

In the script, Cameron references a sling, worn by the T-800 to carry his rifles. This dual wield is badassery through and through.

This movie was more of a horror genre than sci-fi. It's like a relentless ghost seeking revenge at all costs.

He's a friend of Sira Kanah...

I will be back……

*The only reason Dr Silverman survived this scene was because of his damn Pager. He didn't even realize how close he was to death with the perfect timing of his exit and the exact timing of the Terminator's entrance 💯*

1:51 Wow that head turning looks so robotic never saw that

0:02 This subtlety is critical, and up until Terminator 2 you'll know why.

Every GTA players wish to destroy the entire police force in game

This is the best part of the movie

0:52 light on his face, and the car have no lights on :P

The best movie of the saga. This scene shows us all the power of a terminator, cold, and without pity. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

I went to see this when it came out I looked in the news paper ( we had to do that back in the 80's) worth every minute of it

2:42, I fucking love that scene! Arnold's face expression is priceless... he looks like a perfect automatic machine. Arnold fits perfectly on that character! MASTERPIECE! OBRA MAESTRA! MEISTERWERK!

When 4K goes back in time to 1984.

My first memories of this film were the posters that were up in my local town that I used to see on the front of my local cinema, as I rode my bike. I was 9. I was encapsulated by the image but knew I was too young to ever watch whatever it was, and would never be allowed into the theatre anyway to find out. It was 1984 and we couldn't afford a video player until 1988. A year later, I somehow managed to rent this film out. It still remains the best movie I have ever seen.

arnold is the terminator...nobody else could play this role any better...imagine if burt reynolds was casted for this role

That feeling that you cannot hide, that he will find you wherever you are, that feeling used to scare me so much when I first saw this movie as a kid.

Looking back, T1 is by far the best entry in the series to me. T2 is great as an action movie but not akin to what Aliens was to Alien imo. It even goes a bit campy sometimes. T1 is so much more believable in a number of aspects. The weapon handling, intonation and mannerisms of Arnie all have you thinking the terminator could be real and is utterly unstoppable. T2 feels a lot "safer" in that regard, you know in the end that the day will be saved. In T1 it all hangs by a thread and The Terminator truly cannot be bargained or reasoned with. The T1000 is more advanced yes, but seems less terrifying somehow and it shows it sometimes (pretends to be open) open to reason. ("I wouldnt worry about him". "I know this hurts" etc)

Funny to think that Arnold originally didn't want to say his iconic line, complaining he couldn't manage a contraction like 'I'll' with his thick accent (and then doubling down with the argument that a machine wouldn't use such a contraction either). It was only thanks to Cameron pushing him to just do the best he could that both he and this series gained their immortal motto.

I miss the 80's really effin bad. Terminator and Terminator 2 are two of my all time favorite movies of any genre. Thank you for sharing this with us.

"It appeared, after a few moments, he indeed came back."

I love how doctor Silverman is a thread in 3 films

GTA cheating at police station

I love how in 1:25 arnold's shotgun is having sounds of an automatic rifle instead lol 😂 other than that this movie scene is pure perfection

2:50 the T800 with that shotgun is just insane!

"I'll be back" An iconic quote that sums up the character perfectly

The first film is untouchable...Gritty, relentless masterpiece. I love T2, but this is the better film.

The music in this scene is so dark and really helps set the tone. Especially in the beginning before he attacks, that slow beat is almost foreshadowing

The best for me and of the top 5 sci-fi films 🎥 of all time ❤ along with Robocop 1 , Blade Runner, Star Wars Empire Strikes Back and Back To The Future

I luv the 80s where no one ever has to reload.

>1:13 >1:16 >1:25 >Aim a Spas 12 Shot Gun >Audible burst fire heard Who the did the sound mixing for the guns? Always bugged me lol.

Saw this in 1984 with my bro in Waikiki theatre in Honolulu, what a great memory and the movie was awesome!

I was blown away by this film as a kid. I was an Arnold fan sincerely Conan. I wasn't sure if I'd like seeing him as the bad guy. He ruled this film. And it wasn't as if he were bad or evil. He was just a machine following its programming which made it even more badass

My favorite of the whole franchise and my favorite James Cameron movie. Such an intense, brutal action movie that's basically perfect honestly.

This and the disco scene are my favorite. Pure action, no over the top cgi and effects, it somehow feels so much more real than the movies we get today.

This scene is brutal but brilliant. Up until this point the Terminator only killed one offs here and there. Then he wipes out an entire police station. Hammers home the point that he can’t be stopped. The T-1000 in T2 charades as a cop so no need to kill a bunch of them, but a scene like this in today’s world would be very controversial.

I'm gonna keep coming back until someone remembers seeing Richie.

Loved all of Arnold's movies. Terminator, Predator, White Lies, Jingle All The Way, just to name some.