One thing so many seem to miss is when Kyle is talking to Sarah about the picture of her that John gave him. He makes the comment about her looking sad and wondering what she was thinking about, when in reality, the picture was taken while she was thinking about him and his death 🥺 Just to clarify, I'm saying most people overlook ONE SENTENCE Kyle says when discussing the picture. He says she looked a little sad and always wondered what she was thinking. She was thinking about him being dead. Of course everyone understands the picture taken at the end was the one given to Kyle by John. I'm simply referring to the statement about wondering what she was thinking about to make her look so sad.

It’s so refreshing to see a reaction where NONE of the storyline is known up front. It’s become such a part of our culture I thought everyone knew pieces. Reminds me of seeing it for first time.

First Kyle said he's from a possible future. Second, there are not two Kyles at any point. Kyle is born. He grows up. He goes to the past and dies in the past. Then years later, Kyle is born. His personal timeline is linear even though he dies years before he's born.

Michael Biehn does not get credited enough for his acting, he killed it in two of the best movies of that era, The Terminator and Aliens.

Giving the picture to Kyle wasn't wierd. Even if John Connor didn't already know Kyle was his father Kyle still needed the photo so he knew what she looked like. Otherwise he might not have gotten to the correct Sarah Connor on time to save her. Remember Sarah makes a recording at the end of the movie for her unborn son. In the recording she says Kyle Reese is John's father.

6:03 Victoria: "What is he doing?" All of Us Watching: "He's Terminating"

If this movie blew your mind, Terminator 2 will implode it.

They call it a Bootstrap Paradox. You have to go back in time to make the events of the future happen. It's like picking yourself up by your own bootstraps.

Easiest way to resolve the Kyle Paradox is in this movie, he hasn't been born yet. That's why Kyle of the future can come back without running into a duplicate. He's younger than John Connor.

I love that the reaction to obvious stop-motion is "oh that's cool!"

Terminator is amazing. T2 is also a beloved classic, but I've always really liked this first one.

I am truly amazed that this movie is still entertaining new generations. I was in shock when I saw this movie in the 80's. But it's very surprising that it still holds up so well.

When you said "why does he have blood?" In the original Terminator storyline the Terminator had a set of organs including a small heart to pump blood to his flesh to keep it alive. When Reese shot him with the shotgun it destroyed his heart so from then on he was decomposing. That's why the janitor asks if he has a dead cat in there.

Definitely shocking that in a movie called The Terminator that Arnie is terminating people left and right. So much for truth in advertising... That said, do NOT watch the trailer for T2 before you watch the movie...

I'm one of the few that will take the original over T2. (Not saying T2 isn't great) I just prefer the entire vibe and tone in this film. Definitely a sci fi/ horror. Then you got the 80s synth all throughout , plus linda hamiltons hair! Such a great film that still holds up especially with how low budget it is.

Victoria looked like she wanted to hurl during the eyeball scene😂😂😂😂😂

Originally James Cameron wanted OJ Simpson to play the role of the TERMINATOR but changed his mind saying, "He's too much of a nice guy to play the role of a ruthless killer." 😳🤦 Tom Selleck, Mel Gibson, Lance Henriksen and Sylvester Stallone were considered as well. Bruce Springsteen, Michael O'Keefe, Tommy Lee Jones, Christopher Reeve, Scott Glenn, Sting, and Matt Dillon were considered for Kyle Reese. Lea Thompson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jessica Harper, Melissa Sue Anderson, Rosanna Arquette, and Lisa Langolis were considered for Sarah Connor.

Wow, I've never seen anyone who thought Kyle was Sarah's son. That's a trippy theory. 😆 The whole time travel thing is a trip enough though. Definitely watch T2, like ASAP.

Terminator 2-Judgement Day is considered the best sequel ever. A MUST SEE *****

I swear some of the best movies came out of the '80's and '90's. Thanks for your reaction.

As soon as they settled on "he's her son" i lol'd and the video got instantly better.

Don’t try and wrap your head around the time travel paradox. As Sarah says at the end of the movie “a person could go crazy thinking about this.”

Kyle was the first hero us born in the 80s met a real tough brave man, he has inspired me my whole life. Great video girls I look forward to terminator 2 also find the deleted scenes with Kyle's ghost.

The original and best Terminator film. A true classic.

Terminator 1 is a brilliant film, it could’ve been just another shoot’em up action movie but it has a lot of depth and suspense. Arnold is terrifying in it, probably the definitive performance of his career.

John in the future knows who his father is so he sends him back so that he can be born

There are 6 total Terminator movies and a spin off TV show. T2 is on the list of sequels that are arguably better than the original. Movies 3-6 vary in quality but none reach the heights of the original.

When John gives Reese the photo in the future he knows Reese is is father from Sarah's recorded message. That's why he gives her the photo. That's why he sends Reese. Reese just never understands that his love for John isn't from his strength as a leader as much as it is the fact that John would have always been Reese's flesh and blood. A subconscious connection that possibly even transcended time to the mother of his child. Feeling a connection to that photo because she was literally his destiny and perhaps had gone back thousands of times in a temporal loop because even after Reese dies in 1984 he will be destined to see her again and again...and again. If time travel were real I'd think it makes perfect sense that deep down Reese felt a connection to the photo. Her sadness in it was literally because of him. The connection was there even if he couldn't understand it.

I love how you two are constantly wrong during this movie. That's exactly how we were back in the 80s when it first came out. You two just made the perfect reaction video.

Yes. The Terminator's eye brows did get burned 🔥 off in the explosion prior to his punching 👊 through the windshield. I think the makeup department did a fabulous 👌 job here and the script in making that decision. With no eye brows, his cranial looks more protruded. Like he's not quite human. Like he's an unstoppable Frankenstein monster. Exactly the image you want to portray in this film to make him scarier! -OG

He always wondered what she was thinking about when the picture was taken. Turns out, she was thinking of him.

Directors cut of T-2, will fill in a few points on the terminator.

Terminator and Terminator 2. Are awesome. There is a Terminator 3 rise of the machines, Terminator Salvation, Terminator Genisys, and Terminator dark fate. You will have a hard time finding anybody who will genuinely recommend anything beyond terminator 2.

this movie could be done in an endless loop.kyle will be born in a few years and 30 years later,when john is a young man,he will send kyle back to this year,to save his mom 🙃. you need to watch T2,to continue this story.all others after that are different timelines.but still entertaining.

LOL @23:58 "I have to admire that... what a wonderfully programmed thing to just keep going no matter what" *bites lip*

We don't know how many years Reese had that photo NOT knowing she was thinking of him the very moment that picture was taken. :D

23:53 That Terminator ... he's not half the man he used to be. 😁

2:46 The guy in the gun shop has been in many things (although usually as a minor character) he was in both the Gremlins movies, for example. 4:05 Good call, H 7:05

"It's his mom" LOL! I was like, "Umm...can't wait to see your faces in 5 minutes". Wasn't disappointed!

Fun fact: James Cameron wrote and directed "The Terminator". He was a truck driver when he saw "Star Wars", and decided to quit his job and pursue movie-making. I don't know how "The Terminator" was financed or distributed, but Cameron did not bother to get the public filming permits that usually are necessary. That is why a majority of the movie takes place at night. They would film scenes in public places in the middle of the night, and then get away as quickly as possible.

How did you not get that John Connor sent his own father back to save Sarah so that he would be born? Part 2 is absolutely gonna blow your minds! lol Cool reaction though ..thanks guys

Terminator 2: Judgement Day is a must watch and one of the best sequels ever made. There are actually 6 movies and a television series. If you want to start an argument on the web, just ask if anything after Judgement Day is worth watching. I'll start. Ignore 4 and 5, watch 3 only to prepare you for the series, watch the series, then watch Terminator 6: Dark Fate.

There is a drinking game that you have to drink every time the Terminator kills someone. The police station scene is a whole beer, at least.

"You can't take your clothes with you when you time travel.' "Hey! I'm all for it.' 🤣🤣🤣😭😭

Some of these actors ended up in the Alien franchise.

Arnold when he first appears is at the Griffith Observatory in Hollywood . Most of these shots were taken in Los Angeles . As well as the gun store. That's near the movie studios . You should try other Arnold movies like : Conan The Barbarian & Conan The Destroyer .

Watching you trying to figure things out just shows how smart the film is. It feeds us clues and makes us ask questions, but the questions keep changing. Who are these guys, what do they want, why does Arnie keep killing people, is Reese a good guy, why is everybody after Sarah, and finally how will they escape ? We get pulled into the action without even realizing it

12:05. “So, his bones are metal, or something?” It’s like, oh my gaud, the most eighties valley chick to say!😂

As far as Terminator goes , there's more sequels .

You need to watch Terminator 2 also. Its really good.

Just as a quick note: Kyle always wanted to know what she was thinking about in the photo. She was thinking of him.

Fun fact. OJ Simpson was supposed to play the Terminator, and Arnold was going to play the Kyle Reese role. However, they went off OJ because they didn't think he'd be convincing as a killer in the film, and Arnold wanted to be the terminator instead, so that's how ended up with this version of the film. Can you imagine how much different this movie would've been if OJ had been the terminator, and Arnold would've been Kyle? XD

"Terminator 2" is definitely a must-watch sequel!

Now on to the greatest sequel ever made, besides Weekend at Bernie's 2.

8:15 the cop who gets knocked out by the terminator is Brad Fidel he did the soundtrack for this movie. He was knocked not killed because Brad didn't want his mom to see the movie if he was killed.

Terminator 2 isn't only one of the best sequels in a franchise, it is literally one of the greatest movies ever made

I saw this in the theater in '84. Imagine seeing it on a big screen with theater sound.

Yeah, that confused me a bit, to be honest. Sarah and Kyle were about 7 seconds into making out and you guys were still like, "MAYBE we were wrong about that being her son." haha As for Kyle's future now that he died, nothing changed. Just because someone dies after going back in time doesn't mean they're never going to be born. Something like that would only happen if he killed himself in the past (which is where you get into weird time stuff). Kyle Reese was born around 2003 (about 19 years from when this film takes place (1984)) and then he went back in time to 1984 where he died. So after this film he will be born again, just as he always was, in 2003 and if things happened as they happened before would travel back in time in 2029. Getting into the whole idea of how John Connor was born in the first place if it required Kyle Reese going back in time is where you start to run into weird time stuff. My guess is that things went a bit different before where he either had a different father (and wasn't the same exact kid) or there was another reason Kyle Reese was sent back and just happened to fall for Sarah and impregnate her with John. That would then be a different timeline in which John would become a hero which would cause the machines to send someone back to kill Sarah. I don't know if that was ever actually explained. And I'm sure it's been said a dozen times by now but Terminator 2 is the next step you HAVE to take. Much bigger budget and in many of our opinions and even better movie (which is rare for sequels). A lot of people have big opinions on any Terminator movie after that and I'm sure there will be plenty that tell you not to bother with the rest. I'm usually from the camp of "Make up your own mind about the movie". Plus, I know you guys weren't 100% impressed with the effects of this movie but also keep in mind this was about 40 years ago that they were making this. That's a long time when it comes to special effects in movies. They still weren't doing a ton with computers to create special effects so a lot of things were still practical. Also, Victoria's reaction to the terminator taking his eye out is the type of reaction I'd picture if I showed up for a blind date with someone. Probably why I don't do them. :P

Just for clarification. Reese is John's father. John knew this which is why he gave Reese the photo. If Reese doesn't go back in time for Sarah John is never born.

Kyle always wondered what she was thinking about when that picture was taken. She was thinking about him. But he never knew it.

OMG!!! Watching your refusal to figure out who Reese is was excruciating!!!!!! ROFL!!!

You guys are gonna love T2

Almost all of the effects in this movie are in-camera practical effects. The reason Arnold entered the uncanny valley in that self-surgery scene is that the head was actually a robot.

Took you awhile to figure out Arnold wanted to kill Sarah even after killing 2 other Sarah's, her roommate thinking it was her and after pointing a gun at her head, he literally said his name is Kyle Reese and John sent him back and you thought he was John Connor, huh 🤔

The point of the “Arnold terminator” is to be an infiltration unit. to blend in with humans and kill them when they let their guard down. So the reason they have blood, skin, hair, etc is to pass for human. The “lore” of the terminator films is that they have multiple looks and can look like anybody. In this film we only see the Arnold Model.

This is what my father calls a "blood-and-gutser". And a San Francisco Chronicle movie critic fully expected dreck... Only to find himself on the edge of his seat, enthralled by an updated, good old-fashioned chase film.

Yes the man following her in the dirty Mac is the good guy

Ok whew, NOW I understand why you were so creeped out when Sarah and Kyle got together haha! That was a different read for, but it's good to be wrong sometimes...

The Terminator and Terminator 2 might be the best told stories in cinema history. James Cameron is a genius. As legendary as T1 is, T2 is on a new level!! New sub :)

Yes. This movie creates a paradox. They all do. It's a time loop. Sarah gives birth to John, John sends Kyle back, Kyle knocks up Sarah, repeat. If it doesn't happen, it would break the space-time continuum.

I would give anything to watch this movie for the first time again. There are so many points that don't make sense until it gets explained (often seconds later). There's these two guys looking for the same person. One starts killing Sarah Connors methodically, the other seems to know her and just stalks her. Then one of these guys is gunned down and he gets up again, followed by a POV shot of a machine. Later, even though The Terminator doesn't feel pain, he limps after getting run over by the truck. After his flesh is burned off, you see his left heel is damaged. And then there's the infinite time loop. John Connor couldn't have been born if Skynet didn't send back a Terminator, because there would've been no reason to send Kyle Reese back. There's a deleted scene that showed that the place where Sarah terminates the Terminator was Cyberdyne Systems. It's a beautifully written movie, expertly executed. Terminator 2: Judgment Day is a distant second story wise for me, because it screws with the infinite time loop, though the ending is left ambiguous, there's still a definite suggestion that the future has been changed. That puts us in Back to the Future time travel theory where you can change the course of events. The Terminator didn't have that. The events are inevitable. Whatever you do is what has always been done. Which is the only thing that makes sense. Else, who was John's father the first time? In The Terminator there is no first time. In Terminator 2: Judgment Day there must have been.

I've never seen someone watch this without knowing the main plot points, it's really taking me back. You HAVE to watch T2 now if you don't know the plot of that either.

Either ms brown hair saw this movie before when she was five or she’s one helluva smart 🍪 cookie!!!!!! Guessing in advance! Not even flinching for the arm surgery!!!!! Both of you are super entertaining to watch!😂😂😂

Y'all were cracking me up 🤣😂😂😂 when you had John confused with his Dad 😂🤣😂

In the alternate version, Reese first travels back too far in time and invents the peanut butter cup causing a time loop paradox.

That's all fine and well. But I saw this film 38 years ago and have wondered ever since: Has anybody resolved the precise familial relationship between Kyle Reese and John Connor? Maybe you can help without mentioning Sarah Connor. These early Terminator movies are iconic for my son; he's 40 years old. He thinks the answer to my question, nature of the relationship between the two, is unknowable because of time travel, and that's how the lore intends it. Maybe you, or somebody in your audience, has arrived at a different explanation than my son offered In the end, I'm sorry; I guess this is just beyond my pay grade🤣 Love the reaction 👍👍 Liked and subscribed✌

Not just one sequel, but a whole bunch of them. And an entire TV series that came after this.

"Why is he moving like that?" The limp occured when he was hit by the semi.

The reason the terminator looks more than a little 'uncanny' during the scenes where he performs repairs/surgery on himself and replies to the landlord is that they used an animatronic head. The movie being made in 1985 just means that animatronics weren't advanced enough yet too look or behave realistic enough to rival what can be seen in later movies like Jurassic Park. This movie also had a pretty small budget of $6.5 million, so they couldn't spend a lot of money on the practical effects. Your question about why the terminator has blood and tendons and such is also answered in the scene with the landlord, as you can see flies starting to gather on his rather pallid face, as well as hear the landlord mention how his apartment is starting to smell. The organic tissue is dying from the physical trauma he's received, blood loss from getting shot multiple times, burns and such. The point of the terminator is to blend in, so the organic tissue needs blood in order to stay healthy rather than looking and smelling like it's dead and rotting.

I can't wait for your reaction to Terminator 2, considered the best sequel ever made.

Hey girls!!! Greetings from Finland!!! Cannot wait to see your reactions to Terminator 2 judgement day!!! "I'll be back" 😎

Reese hadn't been born yet as of 1984, so his future self getting killed in '84 didn't affect his future existence since he never interacted with anyone other than Sarah. He was still born when and wherever he was born (probably some time in late 90s or early 2000s).

He absolutely will NOT stop.

Delightful how Hannah and Victoria's different expressions complement one another for a wonderful movie reaction. In 2029 John Connor will be 44 when he sends Reese back. John is maybe 14 or so years older than his father Reese. As John's dad told mom, Sarah, one possible future. Ladies provided the best reaction to the romance scene.

Kyle Reese is NOT the leader of the resistance named John Conner. There were friends in the future and John sent Kyle back to save John's mother. Probably didn't know his friend was his father.

The discussion (confusion) about going back in time here reminds me of Brian Lumley's novel "Necroscope". The title character can see people's "life-lines" as a sort of red line running from their birth to the future. The line ends when the person dies. He is confused by the main villain, whose life, as he psychically envisions it, is not a straight line, but curves back at one point and curves forward again, like a loop-de-loop in a rollercoaster. (Then it ends.) At the end of the novel the villain is sent back in time, and ironically his past self kills him before he can explain.

thats his mom lol

Why would you girls think Sarah Connor would make love to her own son? Kyle Reese was sent by John Connor to protect Sarah so that he would be born. You girls are hilarious 😂. Fun reaction vid

Bill Paxton (One of the punks at the start) and the actor who plays Kyle, both were in Aliens together.

Cyberdyne systems model 101. Commonly known as the T-800 model terminator. An upgrade of the original T-600's, designed for superior infiltration. The T-800's main upgrade is the presence of a suit of human skin, capable of simulating natural human responses such as sweating, bad breath, and the like. The exceptions being there's no blood vessels, ergo, the thing can't bleed. When in combat, the T800 drops the facade and doesn't bother with avoiding damage, simply allowing whatever hits it to decimate the skin suit while continuing to fight. The endoskeleton is the hard part.

"Come with me if you want to live" -- that line will also be back.

The best reaction to this movie ever. Also, probably the coolest cat ever. 🐈 His/her colors are amazing.

The original “ I’ll be back “

"You're Terminated fucker!" Is one of the greatest line in cinema! 💪😎💪

Lol loved this movie but part 2 is my favorite!!! Ladies you gotta see that also!!! You would love it!!!

Great reaction, glad y’all enjoyed it. Terminator 2 is awesome and rewatchable multiple times. The rest of the sequels you can skip, but definitely see T2.

The eye sence freaked us all out was awsome

Nerd warning! Colt didn't make a long slide at the time. He is using an AMT hardballer, the sidearm used in the Hitman video games and movies by Agent 47.

You shouldn't think too much about the paradox situation. In reality, every time the time move from the present, to the moment John Conner sends back his father, there will be yet another Kyle Reese in the present (1986), so eventually there will be an infinite number of Kyle Reese persons, trying to save Sarah Connor. Time travel paradox is a bitch! Btw., it looks like you're recording yourself in interlaced video. You should change your camera settings to record in progressive, e.g. 1080P vs 1080i.

Hannah, my favourite movie of all time !!!!