Some of you may have watched "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" last night on FOX.
I liked it pretty well - it's certainly better than "The Bionic Woman" while operating on a similar concept.
The gist of it is that Sarah Connor, John Connor and their pet terminator "Cameron" are out to save the world and prevent Skynet from becoming self-aware on August 29, 1997March, 2003July 24, 2004 April 21, 2011.
Of course the best thing about the show is Summer Glau going all River Tam on people.
She's the good terminator in the show, so once again she gets to play the low-affect hottie who can kill you without even blinking.
There are several problems with the show:
Lena Headey's "Sarah Connor" is far less damaged a personality than the Linda Hamilton depiction in Terminator 2.
She lacks the bitterness and paranoia, and also the wiry physique so many found compelling.
She doesn't seem disturbed.
The character is also written to be less competent than in the second film - the Sarah Connor of T2 was a wily and resourceful, whereas the new version seems more like a soccer mom on the run.
I didn't care for that.
And while I love Summer Glau, it's a little annoying that these two powerful female characters are both played by such slender women.
In Dark Horse Comics' 1990 Terminator series, the terminators were all drawn as quite massive, including the female, who had a bodybuilder's physique.
While placing such tremendous strength in the body of someone as slender as Summer Glau may be interesting from a story perspective, it throws off the balance of the plot.
The Schwarzenegger terminator doesn't have to resort to violence to intimidate people - he intimidates them just by looking at them and uses violence when he wants them dead.
Every time Summer Glau's terminator wants something from someone, she'll have to stage a demonstration, which makes her strength far less useful.
I think you're letting your preferences cloud your judgment. Remember that Terminators are supposed to be infiltrators. They really shouldn't stand out.
Beyond that, I was real curious going into the show how they were going to avoid tripping over their own cannon. But by changing the date of Judgment Day, does that me that the events in T3 never happened?
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2008-01-14 17:45:00
I_Am_Not_Herbert, I read an interview that said this is a timeline without T3. That doesn't bug me too much, you play with time travel you're bound to find alternates.
My biggest concern isn't with the show per se, but that if it lasts long enough, the timeslot is up against Heroes. Then it would get crushed in the ratings.
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2008-01-14 22:04:16
I must find an image of these comics you speak of...
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2008-01-14 22:26:49
...I think it would've been better had Arnold faced off a more muscular woman like, say, Chyna in her prime or, even better, Stallone as the other Terminator!
That would've been amazing!
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2008-01-15 00:36:09
So who do you think is tougher? Summer Glau Terminator? Kristanna Loken Terminator? Sarah Corvus? Or Major Kusanagi? :wink:
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2008-01-15 03:09:05
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I think you're letting your preferences cloud your judgment. Remember that Terminators are supposed to be infiltrators. They really shouldn't stand out.
I second and third that. Especially on the whole Summer as a Terminator thing. I'd be more afraid of a slender chick pounding me around than some semi-buffed/buffed up chick pounding me around.
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2008-01-15 08:01:46
Being that it's on FOX, a network notorious for pulling the plug on new shows that just leave the gate, this series better pick up storyline steam and thus ratings fast.
Otherwise, what few episodes have been created, will end up as re-runs on Sci-Fi's morning-afternoon slot.
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So who do you think is tougher? Summer Glau Terminator? Kristanna Loken Terminator?
No contest, Kristanna Loken - utterly ruthless, she'd take out Summer Glau without batting an eye.
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2008-01-15 13:20:43
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No contest, Kristanna Loken - utterly ruthless, she'd take out Summer Glau without batting an eye.
That's because Loken's Terminatrix was the most advanced model out of all of them.
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2008-01-15 13:53:55
Deadly Pixxxie wrote:
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No contest, Kristanna Loken - utterly ruthless, she'd take out Summer Glau without batting an eye.
That's because Loken's Terminatrix was the most advanced model out of all of them.
Don't know about the nerd stuff, but Loken's got a proper physique.
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Deadly Pixxxie wrote:
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No contest, Kristanna Loken - utterly ruthless, she'd take out Summer Glau without batting an eye.
That's because Loken's Terminatrix was the most advanced model out of all of them.
Don't know about the nerd stuff, but Loken's got a proper physique.
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Ok, moving aside from PREFERENCES AND FETISHES....
Kristanna Loken's Terminator was the TX, which was the most advanced model out of all of them, in terms of just flat out killing and brutality.
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2008-01-15 19:06:01
Deadly Pixxxie wrote:
Kristanna Loken's Terminator was the TX, which was the most advanced model out of all of them, in terms of just flat out killing and brutality.
Plus the TX could make its boobs get bigger at will.
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Plus the TX could make its boobs get bigger at will.
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Yep. Always a good distraction when killing someone.
"Look here"
'huh?'
*BANG*
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2008-01-16 16:12:29
Just a heads-up: the pilot episode is now available for FREE from the iTunes store. I don't know how much longer it'll be free, but it looks like they'll be offering subsequent episodes for $1.99 each.
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2008-01-16 18:11:01
Lingster wrote: "...it's a little annoying that these two powerful female characters are both played by such slender women."
Geez, looking at the poster, that gal, Lena Heady, looks downright anorexic!
