Terminator: Sarah Conner Chronicles Episode #1

[Captain Tagon]

I really enjoyed it.

 

[trancejeremy]

So in the TV Show universe, T3 never happens? I didn't want to watch this, because with T3, I figured, what's the point?

 

[Steel_Wind]

So in the TV Show universe, T3 never happens?

Correct.

In the alternative, if it does happen, it happens differently.

 

[Hand of Evil]

It was alright, something I thought that was interesting was the sending back in time of "engineers". But my fear, this could turn into a temporal war and that never works out.

 

[frankthedm]

So in the TV Show universe, T3 never happens? I didn't want to watch this, because with T3, I figured, what's the point?

T3 won't happen this time around since it is an alternate timeline. The point [in world] is someone in the future decided the victory John would obtain following T3 was NOT enough. The fact the Resistance is now in a position of strength to aid the Conners much more than previously is solid evidence there of. They had the surplus resources to send one of their best scientists to the 60's and to send the conner's backup in 2007, so the Resistance is not stretched anywhere near as thin as in the movies.

A shame really, T3 had a wonderful ending, reaffirming

Spoiler

Fate / Time

as self correcting along with a nice view of earth being

Spoiler

nuked

.

The show is entertaining so far, but I fear it will slide into drama as many other sci fi shows do. Also not too keen on injecting superfluous sexuality as done with the T3 terminatrix or the New Buffy-nator.

The attempts to add dramatic delays to the Hunter killer's actions are really, really dumb. It is like the show is trying to milk every second possible. Then to make the unit seem even more malfunctional, His accuracy has been set to "stormtrooper". They could have at least put a few handgun rounds into Johns arms and legs during the parking lot scene to make the threat of this terminator credible.

I

 

[mmu1]

T3 won't happen this time around since it is an alternate timeline. The point [in world] is someone in the future decided the victory John would obtain following T3 was NOT enough. The fact the Resistance is now in a position of strength to aid the Conners much more than previously is solid evidence there of. They had the surplus resources to send one of their best scientists to the 60's and to send the conner's backup in 2007, so the Resistance is not stretched anywhere near as thin as in the movies.

A shame really, T3 had a wonderful ending, reaffirming

Spoiler

Fate / Time

as self correcting along with a nice view of earth being

Spoiler

nuked

.

The show is entertaining so far, but I fear it will slide into drama as many other sci fi shows do. Also not too keen on injecting superfluous sexuality as done with the T3 terminatrix or the New Buffy-nator.

The attempts to add dramatic delays to the Hunter killer's actions are really, really dumb. It is like the show is trying to milk every second possible. Then to make the unit seem even more malfunctional, His accuracy has been set to "stormtrooper". They could have at least put a few handgun rounds into Johns arms and legs during the parking lot scene to make the threat of this terminator credible.

I don't think this Terminator is any less accurate than his predecessors - they're always mysteriously incapable of hitting the main characters despite being able to slaughter the supporting cast at will, and they always - even in T1 - go about their job in stupid and impractical ways. Which isn't a bad thing, since it makes for better action movies than if they quietly stalked John Connor with a sniper rifle or got within 30 feet of him while carrying 100lbs of plastic explosive. The Terminator has been all about dramatic tension over common sense from the very beginning.

 

[Steel_Wind]

Then to make the unit seem even more malfunctional, His accuracy has been set to "stormtrooper". They could have at least put a few handgun rounds into Johns arms and legs during the parking lot scene to make the threat of this terminator credible.

I kinda have to agree with this. I was thinking the same thing as I watched. Even one bullet and another graze would have been worth it.

 

[GlassJaw]

I really hated it. I'm a fan of the Terminator movies but this felt like so much was changed. I'm not sure if this was intended or not (I didn't follow much of the hype) but it really bothered me. Aside from the 3 main characters, I thought the acting and dialogue were pretty poor.

I won't be watching again.

Edit: I will say that it was pretty clever of himself to send back a hottie Terminator (around his same ago and that displayed a surprising amount of "emotion") to protect him. If they ever develop the storyline of the kid becoming "romantic" with the hottie Terminator, I'll definitely tune in again. My guess is that's the secret weapon if ratings go south. Hehe.

 

[DonTadow]

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.

I did too and I thought it wrapped up the series very well considering that it was a finale in a trilogy. I remember writing a review on my blog at the time that it was the best ending to a series we had seen in a long time.

I started off really not liking the idea of the series and i still don't. I just hate how they treat fans these days. This never happened, this never happened, forget about that story. Story's are only there to entertain you, not actually take themselves seriously.

The only terminator i wanted to see after 3 was a 4 where the war has begun. Oh well.

In anycase, after realizign that i'd have to forget about 3, my opinion of the series rose slightly, though its still in muh catagory. From the previous i thought that they were going the route of the terminator always in school with john conners and terminator of the week shows up. As the show progressed it looks like they may be using time travel a lot to avoid the terminators.

 

[Hand of Evil]

I really hated it. I'm a fan of the Terminator movies but this felt like so much was changed. I'm not sure if this was intended or not (I didn't follow much of the hype) but it really bothered me. Aside from the 3 main characters, I thought the acting and dialogue were pretty poor.

I won't be watching again.

Edit: I will say that it was pretty clever of himself to send back a hottie Terminator (around his same ago and that displayed a surprising amount of "emotion") to protect him. If they ever develop the storyline of the kid becoming "romantic" with the hottie Terminator, I'll definitely tune in again. My guess is that's the secret weapon if ratings go south. Hehe.

Yep, the Cylon as a romantic plot hook has been done to death.