Terminator: Sarah Conner Chronicles Episode #1

[Steel_Wind]

Well - I wasn't sure what to expect from this. I was hoping it would be good - but I was entirely prepared for it to suck.

And after the first episode, I'm still not sure; I think the jury's out.

The series departs from T3 and obviously treats that movie as if it never happened. Sarah Conner does NOT die of leukemia in 1997.

While ditching the script and events described in T3, happily, the show otherwise embraces the mythos developed in T1 and T2. I think that's a good thing, writing wise.

Without giving anything away, the acting from the core trio seems quite decent and there are no complaints there.

Beyond that, we have an Arnie style Model Terminator who is wooden and kinda iffy. Then again - so was Arnie, so that's not a serous knock.

The recurring FBI character I'm not so sure about - and there are elements of "1 hour Drama" to his character and his apparent role in the plot - so I think the jury is still out. If the whole thing is going to spin off into Cheese World - the main attack will be from his character I think (setting aside the alternative cheese-o-rama of the budding romance with John and "Cameron" - as I'm prepared to see where that goes).

For all that, it was good enough that i would say that I enjoyed it and will tune in for the next episode. It's not yet "appointment TV" - but I'm hopeful that it might become that.

Worth a watch to see if it's your thing.

 

[Cthulhudrew]

I more or less checked out after the opener, myself. It screamed "forced dramatic tension" and just generally gave me the vibe that that was going to be the M.O. of the series.

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

Honestly, I expected it to be absolutely terrible.

It wasn't.

Now, it wasn't amazing or anything...but I think I'll keep watching. If anything, it at least has a good Terminator vibe.

The one thing I didn't like was something I knew was coming, the ignoring of T3. I actually LIKED T3. But oh well, that's all good. It would be basically impossible to do the series while having it and T3 both in the same continuity.

 

[Brown Jenkin]

I am still not sure of Summer Glau as an actress. I so wanted to see her at Gen Con to see if she really acts or just plays herself. So far I have just seen her in Firefly, Mammoth, and now Sarah Connor Chronicals. In all of these she comes of as stiff and depressed. Now for both Firefly and Sarah Connor chronicals this seems to work for the character and in Mammoth, well it was a Sci-Fi Saturday night movie so I never expect good acting even from good actors.

 

[Banshee16]

Not bad....I'm still unsure...I'm a little confused though. They went to 2007...but what year were they in when they started?

I'm going to give the next episode a try tomorrow. It's not like there are many shows I'm interested in at the moment.

Just getting into Prison Break, but I'm on like episode 9 of Season One, so I won't be able to get into this season any time soon.

Banshee

 

[hero4hire]

Not bad....I'm still unsure...I'm a little confused though. They went to 2007...but what year were they in when they started?

It stated that it was 1999 about 3 times.

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

Not bad....I'm still unsure...I'm a little confused though. They went to 2007...but what year were they in when they started?

One of the subtitles on the location thing had it as 1999.

Also, I believe it was mentioned that it was five years since the last Terminator attack. Was 1995 the setting for T2? Its been a long time and I'm too lazy to look things up.

 

[Darth Shoju]

I am still not sure of Summer Glau as an actress. I so wanted to see her at Gen Con to see if she really acts or just plays herself. So far I have just seen her in Firefly, Mammoth, and now Sarah Connor Chronicals. In all of these she comes of as stiff and depressed. Now for both Firefly and Sarah Connor chronicals this seems to work for the character and in Mammoth, well it was a Sci-Fi Saturday night movie so I never expect good acting even from good actors.

She was pretty good in The Unit.

 

[Darth Shoju]

I thought it was alright. I'm already watching too many shows, so I doubt I'll be keeping an eye on it, but if I see it while surfing I'll switch it over as background while I'm on the computer. It didn't suck, certainly, but as much as I loved T1 and T2, the time paradoxes that they introduced are tough to swallow at times. Unfortunately this show doesn't seem to have a way to avoid them, either.

Meh, not bad. Not great.

 

[BadMojo]

She was pretty good in The Unit.

Yeah, Summer Glau was very good in "The Unit" and not at all like her characters in Terminator or Firefly.

I thought it was pretty good, considering it was a first episode of the series. I'll certainly watch it, especially since there's hardly anything else worth watching on TV right now. Lena Headey certainly has enough intensity and general bad-assness, which goes a long way for a show called the "Sarah Connor Chronicles".