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Under The Terminator's Skin
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Original Release Date:
1984
Original Running Time:
107 minutes minutes
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Fanedit Running Time:
15 minutes minutes
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Synopsis:
From the future comes the Terminator. His mission: eliminate Sarah Connor. In the balance, life or death of the human race.
Intention:
To tell the condensed story of The Terminator with a modern, ethereal twist.
Other Sources:
All but one track from Mica Levi's incredible soundtrack to the film, Under the Skin.
Special Thanks:
Neglify and Matrixgrindhouse for managing this fantastic project.
Release Information:
- DVD
- Digital
Special Features:
"MP4" is through Vimeo
Editing Details:
I wanted to make a 15 minute version of The Terminator along the lines of the hauntingly great 2014 film, Under the Skin. So I've used that film's soundtrack to entirely replace the Brad Fidel's original Terminator score. Like I said I've used all but one track from Under the Skin. Because of the nature of that film's score, I sometimes have more than one track playing at a time (I think at one point there are three or four tracks going all at the same time) - don't worry, it works. I've also had to condense my source film, The Terminator. This was easier said than done. I don't want to spoil anything, but I'll just say that I'm glad that I figured out a way to shorten the film without having to follow the film's narrative exactly.
Under The Terminator's Skin
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Faneditor Name:
Original Movie/Show Title:
Genre:
Franchise:
Part of:
Fanedit Type:
Original Release Date:
1984
Original Running Time:
107 minutes minutes
Fanedit Release Date:
Fanedit Running Time:
15 minutes minutes
Additional Links:
Synopsis:
From the future comes the Terminator. His mission: eliminate Sarah Connor. In the balance, life or death of the human race.
Intention:
To tell the condensed story of The Terminator with a modern, ethereal twist.
Other Sources:
All but one track from Mica Levi's incredible soundtrack to the film, Under the Skin.
Special Thanks:
Neglify and Matrixgrindhouse for managing this fantastic project.
Release Information:
- DVD
- Digital
Special Features:
"MP4" is through Vimeo
Editing Details:
I wanted to make a 15 minute version of The Terminator along the lines of the hauntingly great 2014 film, Under the Skin. So I've used that film's soundtrack to entirely replace the Brad Fidel's original Terminator score. Like I said I've used all but one track from Under the Skin. Because of the nature of that film's score, I sometimes have more than one track playing at a time (I think at one point there are three or four tracks going all at the same time) - don't worry, it works. I've also had to condense my source film, The Terminator. This was easier said than done. I don't want to spoil anything, but I'll just say that I'm glad that I figured out a way to shorten the film without having to follow the film's narrative exactly.
Under The Terminator's Skin
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Trusted Reviewer reviews
Overall rating
9.2
Audio/Video Quality
9.0
Audio Editing
9.0
Visual Editing
10.0
Narrative
9.0
Enjoyment
8.0
The unnerving score of Under the Skin combined with The Terminator. I thought that both the scene and score selection was spot on and fit well together, that the narrative was clear, and that the chase scenes actually had more tension to them than they did in the original. Only critique, fairly minor: I would've spent a little less time on the final chase to allow for more plot before then.
Overall rating
9.0
Audio/Video Quality
10.0
Audio Editing
8.0
Visual Editing
10.0
Narrative
8.0
Enjoyment
10.0
I was not - and am still not - sure what Dom’s purpose was with this.
For a straight up experience, it can be a challenge, any stray dialogue is muffled throughout.
The replacement audio predominates, a heavy, slow wash of industrial.
I modified my expectations and began to view this as a film from the Terminator’s POV.
It’s perspective, the soundtrack fellow robots would reference, their priorities which might differ wildly from those of fleshy humans.
If so, then this is audacious, brilliantly original.
Not that there is much in the way of narrative, yet what would an android care about narrative?
For a straight up experience, it can be a challenge, any stray dialogue is muffled throughout.
The replacement audio predominates, a heavy, slow wash of industrial.
I modified my expectations and began to view this as a film from the Terminator’s POV.
It’s perspective, the soundtrack fellow robots would reference, their priorities which might differ wildly from those of fleshy humans.
If so, then this is audacious, brilliantly original.
Not that there is much in the way of narrative, yet what would an android care about narrative?
User Review
Do you recommend this edit?
Yes
Format Watched
DVD
Overall rating
8.5
Audio/Video Quality
7.0
Audio Editing
9.0
Visual Editing
10.0
Narrative
8.0
Enjoyment
9.0
Terminator has a very basic plot, which makes it a perfect candidate for a short film. The editor has done a great job. Nothing feels rushed, there are no jarring cuts and everything flows as if the film had always been this length. The limited dialogue and choice of music serve well in maintaining tension.
I dropped a point for audio editing because I felt that the dialogue could have done with being a bit louder. The music often drowned it out, but then again, that may have been the editor's intention.
Video quality was slightly pixelated. This wasn't too much of a problem for the most part, but it became very noticeable during shots of the exploded truck.
Narratively this was generally fine, although it was slightly odd that Sarah goes from cowering and confused ("please don't kill me") to suddenly trying to save Kyle's life.
All in all though, this is a good edit. Many memorable parts of the film have been seamlessly blended into something nugget sized. Well worth a watch.
I dropped a point for audio editing because I felt that the dialogue could have done with being a bit louder. The music often drowned it out, but then again, that may have been the editor's intention.
Video quality was slightly pixelated. This wasn't too much of a problem for the most part, but it became very noticeable during shots of the exploded truck.
Narratively this was generally fine, although it was slightly odd that Sarah goes from cowering and confused ("please don't kill me") to suddenly trying to save Kyle's life.
All in all though, this is a good edit. Many memorable parts of the film have been seamlessly blended into something nugget sized. Well worth a watch.
User Review
Do you recommend this edit?
Yes
Format Watched
DVD
Overall rating
9.3
Audio/Video Quality
9.0
Audio Editing
8.0
Visual Editing
10.0
Narrative
10.0
Enjoyment
10.0
I'll start by saying that Under The Skin has been one of my favourite films of 2014. I like my science-fiction weird and my horror creepy and unsettling, and I'm always a fan of films that use music as an integral part of the overall experience, so for me it was a 3/3 hit.
This edit is a successful experiment in using the oppressively strange and almost hostile soundtrack from UTS to provide a very different feel to Terminator 1. Coupled with some seamless visual cuts, the original release of T1 is effectively condensed into a single nightmarish sequence of events.
If I had any criticisms they would lie on the audio editing front - not in how the new music is handled, but because I couldn't help feeling that either more sound effects or fewer would be required (with the latter option almost certainly involving a lot more work to try and find suitable cues in the music and match them to the on-screen events). However, this is a minor bugbear and not a big deal.
Overall, a fresher and more gripping take on the Terminator franchise than anything the official releases have provided since T2, IMO.
This edit is a successful experiment in using the oppressively strange and almost hostile soundtrack from UTS to provide a very different feel to Terminator 1. Coupled with some seamless visual cuts, the original release of T1 is effectively condensed into a single nightmarish sequence of events.
If I had any criticisms they would lie on the audio editing front - not in how the new music is handled, but because I couldn't help feeling that either more sound effects or fewer would be required (with the latter option almost certainly involving a lot more work to try and find suitable cues in the music and match them to the on-screen events). However, this is a minor bugbear and not a big deal.
Overall, a fresher and more gripping take on the Terminator franchise than anything the official releases have provided since T2, IMO.
User Review
Do you recommend this edit?
Yes
Format Watched
Digital
(Updated: November 01, 2014)
Overall rating
8.2
Audio/Video Quality
6.0
Audio Editing
8.0
Visual Editing
10.0
Narrative
9.0
Enjoyment
8.0
Audio/Video Quality: 6
Not terribly good, a bit blocky and compressed but in a way that added to the grungy feel.
Visual Editing: 10
Genius. Seemlessly taking footage from all across the film and splicing it all together into one chase sequence. If this was my first watch I'd never guess that hadn't always been like this. I loved the "nasty" looking saturated Grindhouse feel to it all.
Audio Editing: 8
The new music was a superb and refreshing change lending this an avant-garde style. I'd have liked much more added SoundFX though because when it was used, it was awesome. e.g. the running-down-the-alley sequence; It sounded like both a Grindhouse soundtrack and the dream-like artificial soundtracks of Sergio Leone.
Narrative: 9
There isn't much character but that didn't matter as I like Sarah and Kyle already from countless views of the source... but the simple chase-narrative worked a treat.
Enjoyment: 8
With HD visual to show off the new colour-timing and filmFX and more of the same great added soundwork this would be a 10/10. It's still a hell of a ride though!
Not terribly good, a bit blocky and compressed but in a way that added to the grungy feel.
Visual Editing: 10
Genius. Seemlessly taking footage from all across the film and splicing it all together into one chase sequence. If this was my first watch I'd never guess that hadn't always been like this. I loved the "nasty" looking saturated Grindhouse feel to it all.
Audio Editing: 8
The new music was a superb and refreshing change lending this an avant-garde style. I'd have liked much more added SoundFX though because when it was used, it was awesome. e.g. the running-down-the-alley sequence; It sounded like both a Grindhouse soundtrack and the dream-like artificial soundtracks of Sergio Leone.
Narrative: 9
There isn't much character but that didn't matter as I like Sarah and Kyle already from countless views of the source... but the simple chase-narrative worked a treat.
Enjoyment: 8
With HD visual to show off the new colour-timing and filmFX and more of the same great added soundwork this would be a 10/10. It's still a hell of a ride though!
User Review
Do you recommend this edit?
Yes
Format Watched
DVD
User reviews
9 reviews
Overall rating
8.5
Audio/Video Quality
8.8(9)
Audio Editing
8.2(9)
Visual Editing
9.3(9)
Narrative
7.6(9)
Enjoyment
8.2(9)
Overall rating
9.5
Audio/Video Quality
9.0
Audio Editing
10.0
Visual Editing
10.0
Narrative
9.0
Enjoyment
10.0
This edit succeeds quite well in telling the story of "The Terminator" in the most succinct way possible, and is almost seamlessly done, blending the film's two car chase scenes into one. The score is perfect, and the slight murkiness of the video quality actually compliments the score quite well.
Minor narrative quibbles aside-- (to paraphrase the-scribbling-man: "it was slightly odd that Sarah goes from cowering and confused "please don't kill me" to suddenly trying to save Kyle's life") --I was on the edge of my seat throughout, even though I saw "The Terminator" countless times!
I highly recommend!
Minor narrative quibbles aside-- (to paraphrase the-scribbling-man: "it was slightly odd that Sarah goes from cowering and confused "please don't kill me" to suddenly trying to save Kyle's life") --I was on the edge of my seat throughout, even though I saw "The Terminator" countless times!
I highly recommend!
User Review
Do you recommend this edit?
Yes
Format Watched
Digital
(Updated: June 14, 2022)
Overall rating
8.6
Audio/Video Quality
8.0
Audio Editing
8.0
Visual Editing
9.0
Narrative
9.0
Enjoyment
10.0
As a huge fan of Mica Levi's score, and both films, I was excited to watch this. It lived up to what I expected. An introspective, stark, but definitely coherent short narrative (with an incredible score) about a Terminator hunting it's prey. Great work! Thanks for sharing!
User Review
Do you recommend this edit?
Yes
Format Watched
Digital
(Updated: December 13, 2014)
Overall rating
8.4
Audio/Video Quality
9.0
Audio Editing
10.0
Visual Editing
9.0
Narrative
6.0
Enjoyment
7.0
I absolutely adore Terminator 1, and I really like Terminator 2, but all the other sequels didn't do it for me.
I was intrigued to see this experiment of telling the story of Terminator 1 as a short-movie. As an experimental short-movie I think it works and I like the new music, it gives it a more ethereal atmosphere.
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The narrative works for the short movie. The explanation for the terminator wanting to kill her: "I didn't do anything", "But you will", makes it work for the short-movie, but it's lacking something crucial when it isn't told what she will do that causes all this timetravel. In some way it relies on the viewer already knowing the story of Terminator.
This 15-minute-movie also shows greatly that for a real movie more time is needed to give scenes their emotional impact. For example at the end when Sarah Connor's protector Kyle died, it had no impact for her as she met him just a few minutes ago. And when the terminator was pressed down by the machine she had that exhausted look on her face and a certain hate and rage in her eyes and a triumphant feeling of accomplishment but in this movie it wasn't earned at all and so the emotional payoff was not there.
--------Spoiler-warning-end-------
Still I recommend it because this works as an experimental short movie and the editing is done really well and because of the interesting and eery music used.
I was intrigued to see this experiment of telling the story of Terminator 1 as a short-movie. As an experimental short-movie I think it works and I like the new music, it gives it a more ethereal atmosphere.
----Spoiler-warning----------
The narrative works for the short movie. The explanation for the terminator wanting to kill her: "I didn't do anything", "But you will", makes it work for the short-movie, but it's lacking something crucial when it isn't told what she will do that causes all this timetravel. In some way it relies on the viewer already knowing the story of Terminator.
This 15-minute-movie also shows greatly that for a real movie more time is needed to give scenes their emotional impact. For example at the end when Sarah Connor's protector Kyle died, it had no impact for her as she met him just a few minutes ago. And when the terminator was pressed down by the machine she had that exhausted look on her face and a certain hate and rage in her eyes and a triumphant feeling of accomplishment but in this movie it wasn't earned at all and so the emotional payoff was not there.
--------Spoiler-warning-end-------
Still I recommend it because this works as an experimental short movie and the editing is done really well and because of the interesting and eery music used.
User Review
Do you recommend this edit?
Yes
Format Watched
Digital
Overall rating
9.7
Audio/Video Quality
10.0
Audio Editing
10.0
Visual Editing
10.0
Narrative
9.0
Enjoyment
9.0
Terminator 1 is the first movie I ever watched, still remember the old VHS I used to rewatch a million times as a kid (with the sex scene expertly taped over with Horlicks commercials by my dad). This edit does a great job of summarizing the film into 15 mins by using ingenious cutting techniques and great scene selection. I love the foley/original audio tracks being so clear, not sure if they were recreated or if it was a clear center channel, but it sounds pitch perfect. The new music is good, certainly appropriate for the atmosphere and is a worthy alternative to Fidel's iconic score.
All in all, a great edit to revisit for a fan, an a very interesting alternate look at T1. Nice work!!
All in all, a great edit to revisit for a fan, an a very interesting alternate look at T1. Nice work!!
User Review
Do you recommend this edit?
Yes
Format Watched
Digital
Overall rating
8.3
Audio/Video Quality
9.0
Audio Editing
8.0
Visual Editing
8.0
Narrative
8.0
Enjoyment
9.0
Dom brilliantly retells the original 1984 film, capturing most of the major details and driving it all to the haunting "Under the Skin" score. The music is integrated so well, I actually had to check to make sure he wasn't just using the original soundtrack!
Dom is able to play the movie mostly silently, telling nearly the entire tale with visuals alone, which makes Sarah's story all the more visceral and nightmarish.
The only plot element left out is the issue of John Connor's parentage. But considering the kind-of creepy way it played out in the original movie, maybe that isn't such a bad thing. Perhaps Dom is implying that in this alternate history, John actually has a different father!
I feel bad not giving this edit the full highest marks. There's nothing that it does wrong; it's just that a couple of the other shorts in this consecution were so inventive that I had to rate them even higher, so I had to indicate a slightly different level of enjoyment. But there's nothing that I would have told Dom to do differently.
If you love the original films, this is a must-see!
Dom is able to play the movie mostly silently, telling nearly the entire tale with visuals alone, which makes Sarah's story all the more visceral and nightmarish.
The only plot element left out is the issue of John Connor's parentage. But considering the kind-of creepy way it played out in the original movie, maybe that isn't such a bad thing. Perhaps Dom is implying that in this alternate history, John actually has a different father!
I feel bad not giving this edit the full highest marks. There's nothing that it does wrong; it's just that a couple of the other shorts in this consecution were so inventive that I had to rate them even higher, so I had to indicate a slightly different level of enjoyment. But there's nothing that I would have told Dom to do differently.
If you love the original films, this is a must-see!
User Review
Do you recommend this edit?
Yes
Format Watched
Digital
