The Terminator (1984 original)...what do you young people think of it? (theater, scene)

[madison999]

I was about 6 when this came out, probably saw it for the first time a couple years after. It was mind blowing, especially the eye scene.

Watched it last night for the first time in many, many years. Still held up well, overall. The only truly bad parts are the machine at the end.

So younger people, like under 25 or so...what do you think of this movie and how old were you when you first saw it? Does it still hold up to you?

[Mark S.]

I first saw it in my early teens. Loved it then. Love it now. Loved T2 as well. After that, all subsequent Terminator movies were varying degrees of awful. I did like the TV show though.

All my kids are under 25. The boys love it. The girls like it.

[Master Jay]

Oh how I'd LOVE to walk into a gun store and ask for a

PHASED PLASMA RIFLE IN THE 40 WATT RANGE!

I mean, they obviously didn't have them in 1984.

But this IS 2021.... who knows?

[AFtrEFkt]

This falls under the category of "80s classic" and it's really the only movie in the franchise I'll make time for, but probably won't anymore. Just seen it too many times.

It was a better story when the Terminators were merely killer machines. The liquid metal and its capabilities are just...outlandish.

[TamaraSavannah]

Originally Posted by Master Jay

Oh how I'd LOVE to walk into a gun store and ask for a

PHASED PLASMA RIFLE IN THE 40 WATT RANGE!

I mean, they obviously didn't have them in 1984.

But this IS 2021.... who knows?

Even without the pandemic, I imagine one would pay an arm and a leg and then some for a Uzi these days.

Don't quite remember if I saw that flick in the theater or by a VHS. I do recall thinking, somehow, for some reason, that it was some kind of cheesy love story when it first hit the streets, of Sarah feeling up the Terminator's muscles and saying what a real man he was......somehow got that image in my mind.

As far as itself goes, well, it is best if one was a child of the 80s to really appreciate that whole scene. Seriously, if you are looking at it just for the toys, just for the lack of technology that one has now, without the feeling of nuclear war hanging over one's head, you're missing a lot.

EDIT: And, of course, we all wondered if Mr. "Tate" (T-8(00)) with his secondary rifles and Kurgan (Highlander) with his SWORD were at opposite ends of the hallway of the same hotel..........

[Bill790]

Originally Posted by madison999

So younger people, like under 25 or so...what do you think of this movie and how old were you when you first saw it? Does it still hold up to you?

How about the young at heart? I saw it at the theater in my early 20s and loved it. And it still holds up. I even have the original movie poster.

Originally Posted by Master Jay

PHASED PLASMA RIFLE IN THE 40 WATT RANGE!

"Hey, just what you see here pal."

Originally Posted by AFtrEFkt

It was a better story when the Terminators were merely killer machines. The liquid metal and its capabilities are just...outlandish.

Right. Nothing outlandish in the original.

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[anthony_c55]

I love the original and its creepy horror movie vibe (and kind of B movie look too).

[Master Jay]

Bill790, good call!

Now WHAT is the follow up to THIS one???:


HEY BUDDY, YOU GOT A DEAD CAT IN THERE?

Lol

[Master Jay]

TamaraSavannah,

Oh I could SURE do WITHOUT that slow motion love scene!!!!!!!!

[AFtrEFkt]

Originally Posted by Bill790

Right. Nothing outlandish in the original.

I draw the line at a puddle of silver "goo" that morphs perfectly back into humanoid form — all the way to the eyelashes and crow's feet, if there are any — from its imperceptibly camouflaged waxed floor peek-a-boo state.