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!
“and am willing to give it a chance”
I’ll paint a wall and then watch the paint dry.
“You watch the door while I make the pancakes.”
“Come with me if you want to live.”
“But I don’t want to wear a puffy shirt!”
How Shakespearean!
All right...line 3 wasn’t said in the last two episodes. It’s coming next week, along with “I had a pony.”
well, there are only six more episodes...
I guess you can sit home and watch American Idol for the next year.
“I guess you can sit home and watch American Idol for the next year.”
No, please. Not that!
It's the first time I ever saw her with her hair washed!
She's quite the babe. In fact, the whole show is quite the "babe-fest."
Bill McCuddy asked if Summer could "take him" in a bar fight... If he had ever seen the bar fight scene in "Serenity," and knowing that Summer did nearly all the stunts (except for 1 or 2, I believe), he'd know for sure!
Mark
That's not on Fox... It's on Fox News and it's been playing for a number of years now...
Mark
“Can we start with the part where Jayne gets knocked out by a 90 pound girl? Because that’s *never* getting old.” - Wash from the movie "Serenity"
(and he just happened to be talking about River Tam, the character played by Summer Glau!)
Mark
Well, at least the Sarah Connor premise is an old one. T-2 came out in the early 90s and many were refering to Sarah Connor as Sarah Contra because she was buffed and ready to kick some hind quarters.
Best thing about the movie. Linda Hamilton's character and performance were well thought out and effectively presented. She deserves a lot of credit as an actress, IMO.
SPOILER:
When Sarah Connor saw that thing in the mirror, it gave me the creeps.
This series might have potential.
I must have blinked, or not realized something, what did she see in the mirror? Where was it in the show (beginning, middle, end)?
I would think that having a mom that looked that hot would create “issues” in some 18 year old guys
Last night was good. They have clever writers.
Did you see the scene in the bamboo grove?
She's facing a moral dilemma and trying to chart course through unknown waters.
I must have blinked, or not realized something, what did she see in the mirror? Where was it in the show (beginning, middle, end)?
It was during her little "date" with geek-boy.
By the way, I think she's pursuing the wrong strategy here.
Instead of destroying all this technology, she ought to be embracing it, learning it, and mastering it.
It happened so quickly, it was hard to tell.
There's got to be some irony there. A Sky network is picking up The Terminator series.
No joke.
And just wait until Summer Glau's "character" starts to explore her "feelings" [her "emotional subroutines" as it were].
Hubba. Hubba.
Well, I must agree about Summer. And frankly, if I’m gonna watch a show where stuff gets blown up and bad guys get whacked . . . I want to see a good looking woman do it.
Hey, I like women.
A Blazing LOL!
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