Summer Glau's new show: Sarah Connor Chronicles

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UPDATED: Sunday, April 20, 2008 12:50
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AGATSU

Wednesday, February 20, 2008 10:53 AM

I think the show is okay... I've only seen both versions of the pilot yet, and it's exactly what you'd expect, story and layout-wise (Sarah and John on the run, accompanied by a "good" Terminator (yummyummyummy), an FBI Agent on their trail etc... could get interesting, but I doubt it's gonna be brilliant. I guess I wouldn't even keep on watching if not for - sigh - Summer.
I got a few gripes, though - first of all, Sarah wearing a mini skirt in the opening scene. Now I don't know if you remember Sarah from T2, but she was one kick-ass gal, all muscled up and soldier-like, and she dressed accordingly. So my first thought was "That's supposed to be Sarah Connor?". Bad start. I guess some producer at Fox wanted to make the show "sexier".
The storyline was kinda boring and expected except for the time travel thing - I mean, if ANYONE were told to come up with a storyline for a Terminator TV series, I guess 90% would come up with what they cooked up.
Then there's a logical error that made me roll my eyes when the Terminator takes 5 minutes to take the safe door apart piece by piece when it can be opened from the OUTSIDE with that wheel, so all he'd have had to do was turn the f-ing wheel, but nooo, let's take the door apart for the sake of suspense.
Lastly, the T800... now I didn't expect Arnie, but the actor they chose didn't impress me in the slightest, I'm afraid.

I'll keep watching the series for Summer and hope I'm going to get positively surprised by the whole thing over time.

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MUGGI

Wednesday, February 20, 2008 7:07 PM

This week's episode was the best so far IMO! Not so many glaring errors and finally some INTRIGUE.

My only nitpick this week, as someone over at Whedonesque also noted: a mother with Type O blood can't have a kid with Type AB. So, either Sarah is not Jon's mother, or they didn't fact-check. Given the history, I'm betting lack of fact-check. They could have gotten away with just saying, "Sarah, you're the wrong bloodtype. Hey, let's test Jon!"

The homages to the real Terminator films were nice and not generally overdone. The rubber-skinned Terminator was a GREAT touch. "There's a storm coming" was pushing it.

Still, by far their best effort. Hopefully a sign of things to come.

FREDGIBLET

Wednesday, February 20, 2008 8:05 PM

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Originally posted by Smaug:
TSCC is the same way... I am enjoying it. Summer being one of the few things that isn't a problem with the show. But I am mostly disappointed... because it COULD be great, and I am hoping it still can be). But they started out with so many plot holes and bad writing and messing up cannon.. only to finally show a glimmer of promise here or there.. but then to only drop the ball again.

Oh well.. it IS only the 5th episode... I still have hope it can get better, if it doesn't get cancelled before then.

Pretty much agree with this, I like the show more than T3 but not as much as T2, I think there's a lot of potential that isn't being taken advantage of. Again it's early though, there's been plenty of shows where the first season falls considerably short of the later developments, I just hope that it gets the chance to develop and actually succeeds in developing itself.

While I'm on the topic, my prediction for the season or at least the next few eps, Cameron will begin acting erratically and disobeying orders, paranoia will grow (fueled by uncle Reese), until there is either a complete break (Cameron gets kicked out) or a near complete break (no one trusts her anymore). In the season finale (or possibly at the end of this particular sub-arc if it isn't the main season arc) Cameron will demonstrate that what she was doing is part of her mission from Future John and beneficial to the cause and she will be accepted back into the fold.

ZEEK

Thursday, February 21, 2008 8:21 PM

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Originally posted by Muggi:
This week's episode was the best so far IMO! Not so many glaring errors and finally some INTRIGUE.

100% agree. This one was by far the best. It had a lot of action and some intrigue to it. I was horrible at following who was who in the future. I thought they could have done better at choosing some actors who looked different from each other enough that the audience could tell who was who.

I'm guessing everyone else is assuming the music in the basement of that place had something to do with cameron. My guess is she has some mind reading abilities or something. The Reese guy probably feels responsible for their base being stormed because Cameron got the info out of him.

Does it seem like Cameron is gathering up parts for potential repairs or upgrades? I just don't get why she would torch the other terminator if that was the case. At least her mission has me somewhat interested.

MUGGI

Thursday, February 21, 2008 9:10 PM

I'm a LITTLE scared by the preview of next's week show..it says Cameron starts taking ballet lessons to track down someone they're looking for...

If they do it well, it will be a nice use of their actor's skills, but it could get crowbarred for just the same reason.

lil scared. Just have to wait and see.

ASARIAN

Thursday, February 21, 2008 9:39 PM

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Originally posted by Muggi:

This week's episode was the best so far IMO! Not so many glaring errors and finally some INTRIGUE.

Agreed. This was the first episode that, from time to time, I was actually caught up in.

The twerp, other than looking whiney a lot, contributed nothing. And Sarah was her usual unpleasant self again. But the rubber-skinned Terminator was, indeed, a great touch. And I liked the underground tunnel stuff somehow, as well as the glimpe we got into the development of the time-machine thingy. And Summer acted great again. Also, though I freely admit to not fully 'getting' the music, it was intriguing nonetheless.

Who knows, with the strike being over, perhaps they can now gather enough writers to turn this thing around. It really doesn't have to be doomed. After all, there's no fate but what we make for ourselves. :)

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FREDGIBLET

Thursday, February 21, 2008 11:50 PM

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Originally posted by Zeek:
At least her mission has me somewhat interested.

To be honest Cameron is really the main reason why I'm watching still and I do mean Cameron not Summer (though I imagine most other actresses wouldn't play the part as well). To me the writing for Sarah and John has probably been the worst, both of them seem too far off of their T2 personas for me to really accept them and the differences aren't improvements. Cameron on the other hand has lots of interesting unanswered questions and behaves like she should. I too am very interested in finding out her mission parameters and seeing the development of her character.

As a side note, am I the only one who decided to buy the Ultimate Edition DVD of T2 because of TSCC? I can't wait to see the 18(?) extra minutes of footage from T2.

NOX

Thursday, February 21, 2008 11:53 PM

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Originally posted by ecgordon:
I find it highly illogical for those who didn't discover the 'verse until the movie to be criticizing those of us who did watch the series when it was originally on the air. Where were you then? We may be able to lay the blame on the FOX execs who didn't give it a good timeslot, refused to air the pilot first, altered the order of the other episodes, and generally under-promoted the show. However, it is people like you who were not watching it that caused its cancellation, not those of us who were watching and trying desperately to get the attention of others.

Just like to say, Im 19, and English. I have sci-fi channel now, but I didn't at the time. I am not allowed to criticise you on anything because I couldn't find out about firefly until after serenity? Im sorry but that sounds so elitist that my brain might fall out. Yes I realise this is my first post here, I have been lurking waiting for a situation where I could actually provide a relevant response.

ASARIAN

Friday, February 22, 2008 1:28 AM

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Originally posted by Nox:

I am not allowed to criticise you on anything because I couldn't find out about firefly until after serenity?

They say never to criticize someone 'fore you walked a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them... you're a mile away! :)

Seriously, though, didn't say 'not allowed'; said 'illogical'. Telling veteran Browncoats they haven't done enough would be like me faulting Einstein for not having licked quantum mechanics yet: it's not that I'm not allowed to say it, but I would certainly look silly doing so, as the man already left his marks in the field, whereas I have not at all.

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I'm sorry but that sounds so elitist that my brain might fall out.

Like the Capissen 38 engine, these things happen. :) But here's a flat fact: the Impossible was Done by the Fandom-That-Was, not by the Fandom-That-Wasn't. Can't say as I feel a need to blame the latter for their absence; but sure as I know anything, I know this: I won't blame the former for their presence!

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I have been lurking waiting for a situation where I could actually provide a relevant response.

The 'Verse offers second chances. :)

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ECGORDON

Friday, February 22, 2008 3:34 AM

I was directing my comments to TheMarked, who was criticizing Browncoats for not having done enough to keep the show on the air or get it picked up by another network. Obviously, if you were not aware of the show at the time it originally aired there was nothing you could have done about it. Just don't trash those of us who did try what we thought were the right things only to fall short. That would be as silly as blaming Joss Whedon for not doing enough simply because he couldn't get another network interested in the series.

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