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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lol!
I thought the pilot was interesting, but that's about it.
FWIW, one of the writers of "Journeyman" is the wife of Dennis Miller's sidekick, "Sal".
No, wrong genre Cicero.
SCC is Sci-Fi, Terminator IV is a reality TV show that airs every day.
Regards,
TS
Yea, but there are some Freeper Gals who compare rather favorably - yourself included.
Regards,
TS
Sick of “cool fighter chicks”? Me, too. Unless they undress.
I’’m sick of “cool fighter chicks.” How about some dudes
blowing stuff up.
I watched Bionic Woman for about 15 minutes before I realized what it was. The main character came off like a feminazi from hell and seemed to get off on her new found ability to beat the crap out of men .... hmmmm, wonder why it flopped.
As far as fem-fatales, it is way overdone to the point where 98lb women may actually believe they can fling a 280lb man across the room. Hollywood loves showing women as superior to men in fight scenes and they know the young male adult will watch anything with guns, bombs, and hot young female bodies. Besides that target audience, this is but one more reason why men are walking away from movies and TV to pursue other interests.
As a rule, I don't watch any of these reboots. Enough already with reliving our youths. Let's see some new movies and TV shows, not endless retreads.
So I say to the Bionic Woman... “I don’t care about your bionic eyes, arms and legs...You know which parts I’m interested in! Unscrew ‘em and let me borrow them for a couple of hours...”
Been watching Quarterlife? that is different
Reveal for Battlestar Galactica, Season 4: Hillary is the twelfth Cylon model.
Cylons kill people in large quantities.
This model kills people by instituting government-controled healthcare. There is seduction involved, but don't expect to be kissed. Not that you would want to be in this particular case.
It’s feminism’s approach to entertainment, and it’s everywhere.
Strong and tough women, wussified and oafish men - it’s the latest version of the “mis-matched buddy cop”.
I tell ya, no flies on that kid.
>>and they know the young male adult will watch anything with guns, bombs, and hot young female bodies.<<
But men don’t like women that can kill them - lol
That’s why these shows are doing so poorly. The writers think that feminism sells, but it really doesn’t.
That’s why Lena Headly’s character from ‘300’ was so dynamic. She was strong and bold, but she was also submissive and loving to her husband. She didn’t try to overshadow him or dominate.
And, IMO, that’s what appeals to a male audience more.
According to the ‘trivia’ section on the IMDB.com page:
>>This series ignores the events depicted in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003) and considers it non-canonical.<<
So, that’s how they get around the gaping plot-holes. Instead of creatively writing a dynamic plot to co-incide with the trilogy, they just scrap it and do whatever they want. Ridiculous.
And of course they will do it in liniar time rather that just going back and wiping out John Conor's great grandmother. Duh!
There is a truth to it though - women who are exceedingly beautiful and powerful (money and or influence) are extremely dangerous!
So what is this “sowed the seeds of her own destruction” comment then?
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