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Print'Sarah Conner Chronicles' Looks Promising
News Type: Event — Mon Jan 14, 2008 11:27 AM EST
Sarah, John and Cameron set out to destroy Skynet.
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At a time when many of our favorite programs are airing the last of their original programs in the wake of the writer's strike, mid-season replacements are a welcoming reprieve to the start of reruns. Among the newcomers is Fox's Terminator: The Sarah Conner Chronicles.
****The following might contain spoilers****
After seeing the premier last night, I am cautiously optimistic. The pilot did an excellent job of transitioning you from the Terminator 2: Judgement Day movie to modern day.
I've seen the two terminator movies. While I liked them, they aren't movies I watch over and over again. In fact, I can't remember the last time I'd seen either of them. As we sat down to watch Sarah Conner I began to wonder if I shouldn't have broken out the DVDs of the movie and rewatched them so I'd be caught up for this series.
My fears were for nothing. The pilot, which picks up in 1999, fills in the details of the movie. For those who don't remember, when another cyborg makes an attempt on her son's life, Sarah broke out of the mental institute she was in and went in search of Miles Dyson, the inventor of the Skynet, the computer that controlled the machines that take over the world on Judgment Day, August 29, 1997. Although Skynet was destroyed, Sarah is accused of killing Miles.
The pilot starts out two years after judgment day. Computers haven't taken over the world. Sarah and John are still laying low with aliases (the last name Reese -- as in John's real father's name). But they are getting comfortable in their lives here. Sarah is engaged; John is fitting in at school. But this life is the calm before the storm.
A new cyborg has been sent after John. The war with the machines has not been prevented, just delayed. Skynet is built by someone else.
Sarah (Lena Headey), who has instilled the belief that 'no one is ever safe' into her son, must now grapple with the fact that she has not been able to stop the war from occurring. Does she continue to run – from the cyborgs, from the FBI – or does she stand and fight?
Thomas Dekker (Heroes' Zach) does an excellent job of portraying John as a 15-year-old with a lot on his mind. Not only is he dealing with the trials of youth, but he must bear the weight of being the world's savior while living a life on the run. And did I mention that the cute girl at his new school that he thought liked him turned out to be another terminator, one sent to protect him?
It's nice to see Firefly's Summer Glau back in fighting action as Cameron, an updated cyborg and John's protector. Not only can she kick butt, but she holds valuable information about the future. In fact, in the final scenes of the pilot she helps Sarah and John travel to September 2007 in an effort to once again destroy Skynet.
We'll they succeed? Will the terminators find John now that he's traveled eight years into the future? What about FBI agent James Ellison (Richard T. Jones), will he still be hunting Sarah? For that matter, is her fiancé Charley (Rescue Me's Dean Winters) still pining for Sarah?
I'm looking forward to finding out more. You can read a recap of this episode at Fox. The next episode airs tonight.
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{"commentId":1361522,"authorDomain":"vacelts"}
Let's just hope that Fox gives this show a fighting chance.
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#1 - Mon Jan 14, 2008 11:41 AM EST{"commentId":1361576,"authorDomain":"deatienza"}
At this point I don't think they have a choice, what with the strike. I bet they're wishing they had shot the rest of the Drive episodes now!
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- 4 votes
{"commentId":1361593,"authorDomain":"vacelts"}
{"commentId":1362058,"authorDomain":"thevineofhob"}
I bet they're wishing they had shot the rest of the Drive episodes now!
At first I thought Drive was kinda a joke, but it may have been decent if given a shot.
In the mean time I'm treating this Terminator series as an eight episode miniseries and not expecting anything else.
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- 1 vote
{"commentId":1362082,"authorDomain":"vacelts"}
{"commentId":1362106,"authorDomain":"thevineofhob"}
That's why I usually stick to NBC, they don't cancel anything (well, except for Studio 60...). Hell, they may even bring back Friday Night Lights for a third season. Fox would have canceled that after 4 episodes.
This was actually the first non-sports show I've watched on Fox this season. The network has broken my heart too many times that I just can't trust them anymore.
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- 1 vote
{"commentId":1362117,"authorDomain":"vacelts"}
{"commentId":1362234,"authorDomain":"STatWar"}
I'm still upset about Arrested Development, Futurama, and Firefly getting canceled on Fox. They really don't know how to keep good shows on the air.
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- 2 votes
{"commentId":1362246,"authorDomain":"vacelts"}
{"commentId":1361610,"authorDomain":"vacelts"}
While I watched the Terminator and T2, I wouldn't call myself a die-hard fan. For those of you that are, how would you rate this series in terms of continuing the Terminator mythology?
{"commentId":1361610,"threadId":"202769","contentId":"1226122","authorDomain":"vacelts"}
- 1 vote
#2 - Mon Jan 14, 2008 12:12 PM EST{"commentId":1361681,"authorDomain":"ombra"}
It looks interesting. They haven't mucked up the whole story line too much and they've kept the flavor of the movies.
So far they haven't tried to remake it into a story about teenage angst.
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- 1 vote
{"commentId":1361828,"authorDomain":"charlie-b"}
I don't think they're taking that direction. Hopefully the show will focus on Lena Headey and her intense portrayal of Sarah as the title suggests. Introducing her ex and the detective also hints at the show being aimed more towards adults who grew up with this franchise.
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- 1 vote
{"commentId":1362010,"authorDomain":"vacelts"}
{"commentId":1361949,"authorDomain":"stepheneighmey"}
Well, this might well turn out to be an okay show, but they will absolutely ruin it if they continue to show as many commercials as they did last night. I mean, come on, it seemed every 7 minutes, there were 10 minutes of commercials. It infuriated me enough that I will not be watching it live tonight. I'll record it on my DVR and FF through all the commercials, which is what I should have done last night.
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- 1 vote
#3 - Mon Jan 14, 2008 1:47 PM EST{"commentId":1362016,"authorDomain":"vacelts"}
{"commentId":1362076,"authorDomain":"thevineofhob"}
So Summer Glau was hot and could easily be a poor man's Jessica Alba (especially if Alba continues to make bad Romantic Comedies with Dane Cook and even worst horror movies), and Lena Headey was pretty nice looking too (and only 14 years older than her "son" in the series), but Thomas Dekker is already making me wish for the death of John Connor he is so annoying.
In a show like this where the main characters will be facing death multiples times during each episode it is utterly key that the producers make sure that each main character is likable so that we don't start to wish for their deaths. Hot chicks and special affects only get you so far on television...
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- 1 vote
#4 - Mon Jan 14, 2008 2:13 PM EST{"commentId":1362098,"authorDomain":"vacelts"}
{"commentId":1362126,"authorDomain":"thevineofhob"}
I learned that rule after watching Smallville for so long until I realized that I felt that following weekly was more of a choir than anything. The early seasons were really good, but they ended up adding too many characters I could care less for and changed too many old characters that I just kept rooting for some to die. Then I stopped watching.
The same thing happened with 24 last season, I keep hoping Jack would need to sacrifice himself. But I'll give that one more season since the producers have already said they will change a ton of @!$%# around for the seventh season.
Also on Heroes, especially in the 2nd season there were far too many characters I wanted to die, and I actually cheered when they killed the one twin knowing he'd never be annoying again.
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- 1 vote
{"commentId":1362160,"authorDomain":"vacelts"}
{"commentId":1362218,"authorDomain":"thevineofhob"}
touché
Though, that's basically how I feel. There are a half dozen more episodes of Friday Night Lights, maybe an episode or two of Boston Legal left and then Terminator. So it's all I got.
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- 1 vote
{"commentId":1362265,"authorDomain":"vacelts"}
{"commentId":1362333,"authorDomain":"thevineofhob"}
Well, they need them. What are we, half way into the season and the team has only played five whole games. Never mind that they only played 13 games last season when it takes 16 to reach the Texas State Championship game in real life :-)
{"commentId":1362333,"threadId":"202769","contentId":"1226122","authorDomain":"thevineofhob"}
- 1 vote
{"commentId":1362391,"authorDomain":"vacelts"}
{"commentId":1362489,"authorDomain":"thevineofhob"}
Good point, it is a show about a Texas High School football coach with some morals :-)
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- 1 vote
{"commentId":1362520,"authorDomain":"vacelts"}
{"commentId":1365428,"authorDomain":"ramonlo"}
I gave up on Smallville many moons ago. The last season of 24 started out with a lot of promise but then it seemed like the writers were just grasping at straws (reintroducing the Prez and First lady--what happened to them?, the annoying as hell Milo and CTU girl, etc. It was a huge let down from the season prior.
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- 1 vote
{"commentId":1365584,"authorDomain":"vacelts"}
{"commentId":1371507,"authorDomain":"ramonlo"}
I've read that the creators of the show realized how crappy the sixth season was and promise something better. I hope they're in a different location. I mean, how many more times can CTU be infiltrated by a mole? Or accessed through sewers???
I'm holding out hope. I hope you find it in your heart to give it another chance! :)
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- 1 vote
{"commentId":1371602,"authorDomain":"vacelts"}
{"commentId":1362428,"authorDomain":"SVForbes"}
I was not home last night.
Thank you for the review. I was curious about this show.
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- 2 votes
#5 - Mon Jan 14, 2008 3:32 PM EST{"commentId":1362451,"authorDomain":"vacelts"}
{"commentId":1362481,"authorDomain":"SVForbes"}
Can't.
Keep us posted. :)
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- 2 votes
{"commentId":1362522,"authorDomain":"vacelts"}
{"commentId":1363011,"authorDomain":"darkknightjrk"}
Yeah, I was pleasently surprised about the Sarah Conner Chronicles. The idea of them travelling forward through time was a twist I didn't see coming either.
Also, I love Summer Glau *brushes off browncoat* so I was interested to see her in another sci-fi show.
Definately going to see the next episode.
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- 1 vote
#6 - Mon Jan 14, 2008 6:11 PM EST{"commentId":1363023,"authorDomain":"vacelts"}
{"commentId":1363994,"authorDomain":"kirklennon"}
I've seen the two terminator movies. While they're fine, they aren't movies I watch over and over again. They're just so ... dated
The two? I've seen the first two Terminator movies too, and definitely wouldn't watch over and over. However, Terminator 3 is a different story. It's one of the few movies that I'm literally almost always in the mood to watch. Maybe it's just the presence of Claire Danes, but I would be perfectly fine watching it, then watching it again the next day. Maybe even the next. It just doesn't get old. This isn't to say it's a great movie, but I'm strangely drawn to it.
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- 1 vote
#7 - Tue Jan 15, 2008 12:23 AM EST{"commentId":1364875,"authorDomain":"vacelts"}
{"commentId":1367977,"authorDomain":"kirklennon"}
I haven't actually seen the series yet (I did manage to swallow a tablespoon full of cinnamon that night, however), but the pilot is now a free download on iTunes. I downloaded it earlier (mostly due to Summer Glau), but haven't had a chance to watch it (Macworld keynote took precedence over all else).
{"commentId":1367977,"threadId":"202769","contentId":"1226122","authorDomain":"kirklennon"}
- 1 vote
{"commentId":1368282,"authorDomain":"vacelts"}
{"commentId":1375552,"authorDomain":"kirklennon"}
I just got finished watching the pilot. I thought it was excellent. It's got the same fresh feel as T3, but still has those wonderful, nostalgic Terminator moments. One thing was odd though: the scene where Sarah, John, and Cameron travel to 2007 and, of course, come out of the sphere naked. John seemed unnaturally comfortable. I realize he just narrowly escaped death and has some important stuff to consider, but he's just standing there naked with a hot chick ... and his mom. At age 15, I can't really think of a situation that's more uncomfortable. At any rate, I'm definitely going to set up the DVR to record this series.
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- 1 vote
{"commentId":1376040,"authorDomain":"vacelts"}
{"commentId":1365603,"authorDomain":"vacelts"}
You can catch the recap of the second part of the premiere here.
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- 1 vote
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