20+ years later as an adult every time I crack open a beer:

“Thank God for cold fusion.”

This cutscene is peak Starcraft.
The customized suits, the beer carried with the bomb, the smoking in the visor, and the absolute terror of the Zerg.

Is it just me, or was SC1 way darker and way grittier than SC2?

Favorite starcraft cinematic, could also be argued as the best, and still best cinematic in the history of starcraft.

I like how Starcraft 1 cutscenes had a more atmospheric approach.

I always liked how the Marines in this cinematic had personalized armor. It made them feel like real dudes on a mission.

Its worth mentioning that Metzen himself voiced the marine who dies first. Along with the marines in-game.

Man, I just love the deep Alien-esque atmosphere all throughout the SC1 cinematics.

This intense cinematic stayed in my mind for years. I also loved the design of the armor for the Marines. It matches more to the human body in my opinion and it's simple.

YEAH, GOTCHER' ZERG RIIIIGHT HERE, HEH HEH HEH.

3:26   ..When that marine starts firing that fucking pistol, omfg the hairs on the back of my neck stand on end man.. what a fucking sound !!

I like how the model they used for the regular marine portrait is one of the guys here

Back when SC was dark and gritty. I wish SC2 had stuck with that.
First time I saw this as a kid, it was the little detail of the gunfire getting less and less frequent that gave me chills. You didn't have to see what was happening to know what was happening. A+

I think Terran Marine armor looked better in the original

Here, Blizzard pulled off a cinematic with 1998 technology that was miles better than many they made decades later with much more sophisticated tech.

The camera angles, movement, lighting, pacing...very good cinematography. Shots like the bomb case opening and then we cut to the marine in yellow and see the light slowly rising across his armor. The group standing back to back in a circle while we, the viewers, watch from the ceiling through the rotating fan, the entire room draped in a stark bright/dark contrast...And that's just two single shots from this entire video!

Just shows that pure graphics alone can't beat good design.

"WE'RE HOLED IN, BLOW IT, BLOW IIIIIIIIT!" that line sent chills down my spine when i first saw this cutscene in '98

Still one of the best of their cinematics, hands down.

The soldier without the marine armor looks exactly like the ghost's artwork in the original manual for SC1. They didn't have full body armor at that time and were described as "just" covert operation agents with psi abilities. The manual also states that they were the only ones entrusted with nuclear weapons.

All the stuff with the super elite ghost training was added to the lore after the release of SC1 and the making of this cinematic.

OMG! Guy with white armour has a "bite me" sign on his helmet xD and he got so bite from above! Impossibly ironic xD

3:09 The black & red armour with the muzzle flash lighting effect looks so cool. Miss this old cinematic style of Blizzard.