Article on Summer and TSCC

POSTED BY: Redlava
UPDATED: Monday, February 23, 2009 21:56
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REDLAVA

Wednesday, February 4, 2009 10:06 PM

(A few spoilers)

Doesn't get to indepth, but still a good read. They could have branched out and got into a little more detail on a certain subjects, but it is better than nothing.

http://io9.com/5145575/summer-glau-explains-the-nature-of-robot-love

BLACKBEANIE

Thursday, February 5, 2009 2:14 AM

He carried her audition tape around?
Sounds creepy.

http://www.myspace.com/black_beanie

DREAMTROVE

Thursday, February 5, 2009 2:49 AM

Good stuff. They don't want to give it away. I read another interview with her on this. She's clearly doing all she can to guide the character's development as a complicated individual who is not carrying out a simple program, but has her own take on the situation, and the war, humans and robots. She clearly is not ready to face extinction for the sake of the mission, the way Arnie's Terminator 2 was.

But Friedman is playing it very close to the chest. This was after the end of season one, and she was guessing what was in season 2. One thing she said she wanted to see was more glitches from Cameron. Allison from Palmdale was a great ep, probably the best, I think that it could play out over an arc, and am glad it's coming back. Of course, everything has its limits. I wouldn't mind if this concept swallowed the show, but I also see the dangers: The Wish, Buffy, Season 3, was an awesome ep. we revisit, but Convesations with dead people in Season 7 eats the show, and the series decays rapidly, even though it was a great stand alone episode.

Black Beanie,

It's his job. If he were a pirate, he would carry a treasure map to the job he couldn't take for years. Summer is an asset, not a piece of ass. If you reach that level, cute girls are everywhere. A talent like Summer's is a goldmine. Casting can make or break your show. At the moment, it's close to a one person show, like Lost in Space, but Lena is also very good, and many of the secondary actors are quite decent.

As for hotties, Jessica Alba is a hottie, but she killed Dark Angel for me, because she never sold the role. Keanu is a good looking man, but he is never convincing. Christian Bale may be a freak of nature, or chemistry, but he's a pretty convincing one. Brad Pitt is a good looking man, but he's also a fantastic actor.

TSCC is what it is because it has Summer, the show is almost in danger of collapsing if she leaves. Firefly would have, unfortunately, it collapsed anyway. Sure, it can exist without her, the way X-Files can exist without Duchovny. But it becomes potentially nothing special. For me, the shake up on Monk killed the show, but replacing Tony Shalhoub would definitely do it.

BLACKBEANIE

Thursday, February 5, 2009 12:37 PM

I was just making a joke.

http://www.myspace.com/black_beanie

DREAMTROVE

Thursday, February 5, 2009 1:31 PM

Sorry, it's the eyes :)

FARFLY

Monday, February 23, 2009 9:56 PM

There is a nice commentary about Terminator at:
http://www.fox.com/blogs/terminator/2009/02/22/josh-friedman-almost-sp
oiler-alert/