Terminator: Sarah Conner Chronicles Episode #1

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

Well. I can't imagine they would run it in that time slot when new Heroes episodes are actually running.

If they do, well, might as well just go put the money in garbage bags and leave it on the street corner. Chasing the same genre crowd is foolishness.

...this is FOX...

 

[frankthedm]

Umm, its actually up against heroes timeslot. This is on Fox, Heroes is on NBC.

Well. I can't imagine they would run it in that time slot when new Heroes episodes are actually running.

If they do, well, might as well just go put the money in garbage bags and leave it on the street corner. Chasing the same genre crowd is foolishness.

...this is FOX...

They can't flush cash fast enough and they love killing their own shows. I can't be the only person around here with fond memories of WEREWOLF

 

[trancejeremy]

I don't think this really fits the sci-fi demographic, though. It has sci-fi elements, but it's more of an action movie (or series), which is why Fox wanted to team it up with 24 originally, and now has it with Prison Break.

 

[Jamdin]

I enjoyed the two-part series premiere but I hope that cyborg girl does not get hit by a car in every episode. My biggest concern is how long will FOX keep the series around since I also enjoyed other series that were pulled (Werewolf, Dark Angel and Firefly).

 

[David Howery]

hmmm... interestingly, tonight's episode seemed to address the T3 timeline, but the series seems to have destroyed it. Sarah died in 2004, according to tonight's episode, so when they skipped from '99 to '07, they apparently timewarped away all the events of T3... now, that's certainly better than just 'ignoring' it...

 

[Goodsport]

Sarah died in 2004, according to tonight's episode

Actually, on December 4, 2005.


-G

 

[Darth K'Trava]

Well. I can't imagine they would run it in that time slot when new Heroes episodes are actually running.

If they do, well, might as well just go put the money in garbage bags and leave it on the street corner. Chasing the same genre crowd is foolishness.

Not necessarily.

• Not all Sc-Fi fans watch Heroes
• The advent of the TIVO or DVR allows people to record two different programs.
• Subsection to second point: TIVO/DVR allows people to watch one while recording the other for later.

I don't watch Heroes. Never did due to football and have no interest in watching it now. And I can record it while watching something else, then viewing it later. Sci-Fi fans have diverse tastes in what they watch. So, I don't see a problem with going after "the same genre crowd"....

 

[DonTadow]

Umm, its actually up against heroes timeslot. This is on Fox, Heroes is on NBC.

LOL I found that out 5 minutes into 9 oclock.

 

[DonTadow]

hmmm... interestingly, tonight's episode seemed to address the T3 timeline, but the series seems to have destroyed it. Sarah died in 2004, according to tonight's episode, so when they skipped from '99 to '07, they apparently timewarped away all the events of T3... now, that's certainly better than just 'ignoring' it...

I thought something similiar, that the t3 timeline isn't neccesarily ignored it just completely didn't happen because of the time warp (resist rocky horror pun).

In my quest to enjoy the show, i imagine that there are tons of timelines that didn't happen and this may just be one of many. Though considering this theory and the fact that they are making a t4 does that make the series meaningless because still , just like at the end of 3, the war happens.

As for this episode i liked it less than last nights though its still in muh category. I found John's actions kinda silly, particularly him going out by himself and instead of going to a library goes to a computer store and uses the internet. Internet use for newspapers and research was not as public back in 1997 and seemed a bit forward thinking.

Budget wise i know why, but it makes no sense why they aren't sending more shapechanging terminators back. And if the terminator's send a guard for john connors, why don't the other terminators send a guard for the scientist of skynet.

Unfortunately now, it seems its going to get more formulaic and may resemble the claire seens from heroes.

BTW, I hated that bratak had to die. I thought it would have been cooler if he was not a snitch on them. This was bad writing. What the heck was his plan. I am going to send you to my nephew to do some super illegal stuff and then I am going to call the cops and tell of this plan. This way my nephew and you will go to jail and I will probably be killed by his gang friends. When instead all he had o do was call his informant and set sarah up. Far simpler and without all the hood references.

 

[David Howery]

Actually, on December 4, 2005.


-G

I knew there was a 4 in there somewhere....