Posted on 01/10/2008 8:04:04 PM PST by BurbankKarl
In the wake of the disappointment that was NBC's "Bionic Woman," it's difficult to approach Fox's "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" without the flinching reluctance to trust of the recently brokenhearted. At first glance, the shows have so much in common: the weight of previously successful franchises; cool fighter chicks, some robotic, all capable of engaging in car chases, demolition, gun play or hand-to-hand combat; enemies who appear out of nowhere and threaten the world (as opposed to just wanting to knock over a bank); lots of ominous computer screens, not to mention the need of the heroine to protect a family member (Jaime Sommers' sister, Sarah Connor's son).
But there the similarities end, because although "The Sarah Connor Chronicles" has gadgets aplenty, it has what "Bionic Woman" never quite acquired: a brain and a heart.
Picking up where the feature film "Terminator 2" left off, "Sarah Connor" follows the title character's attempt to keep her teenage son, John, alive so he can become the leader of a band of rebels fighting the Skynet robots who, in 2011, declare war on mankind. Robots who keep sending increasingly upgraded terminator models back in time in an attempt to kill their foe before he reaches adulthood. Trying to figure out how all this works, time- and space-continuum-wise, will give you a headache -- why can't someone from the future just come back and explain how exactly John was able to survive? -- so it's best just to accept the whole conceit on its own terms.
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Anyone working on an A-Team revival?
I'm OK with Summer Glau blowin' stuff up.
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It would have been better to have started where T III left off, after the nuclear war. Between t II & T III, Jon had not seen a terminator in years, which is the time period of this tv show.
I saw the first episode this fall on a preview DVD....it really is a good show....$2 million an episode is what I was told...the only reason it was picked up was because the SKY bought it for airing there also.
Lena Headey who plays Sarah Connor also played Queen Gorgo in 300’.
$2 million budget per episode due to the action sequences, last I heard. You cant have John just talking to the chick terminator for an entire episode.
If they wanted a female star from Firefly, I would have recommended Morena Baccarin:
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Well, Lena Headey... that's more like it!
I saw an ad for it on CTV tonight. Starts Sunday as well.
River is looking all grown up. ;)
I enjoyed Bionic Woman. It was on too late for me that day of the week. Too bad. Wasn’t a must-see though, perhaps 5.5 or 6.0 out of 10.0. I’ll watch Sarah if I have the opportunity.
Completely agree. The “fighting woman star fetish” that Hollywood has embraced is tired, worn out, and boring. It’s completely invaded sci-fi and practically killed the genre.
Ah yes. The best revenge killing scene in years.
There is this whole scene where she is running around an LA freeway naked....strategic camera angles of course....but I was thinking, hey isnt she supposed to be in HS? Someone will complain.
haha..
no she is a robot from the future
Continuity has never been a strength for television spinoffs of movies. However, I like the idea of doing it before Terminator 3 because I'd like to see what made John Conners turn into a wuss that could be beaten up by a girl with a paintball gun in between those two movies.
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