How excited are you about Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles?
I'm only a little excited by it because I think it's going to suck. Before I get into my gripes about it- I'll say this: I'm excited about this because Sarah Connor is the hottest milf in all milf history. Yes, that's right, I said THAT. And ohkay, that's only half the reason I'm excited- the other half is because I love the Terminator series. When I first saw the advertisements on the city buses, my first reaction was that it was going to be awesome! And then I went home and watch Terminator and T2 twice a day for month. (JK!)
How much of a coincidence is it that it premieres tonight, on the day of my birth? Pretty coincidental!
Anyway, if Arnold were involved in this, I'd probably have a little more faith in the project. But honestly, I think it's going to end up pissing me off.
Lena Headey as Sarah Connor doesn't quite convince me that she's a badass like Linda Hamilton did. She at least should be a little bit more buff. She's not nearly angry enough, strong enough, and at one point she seems downright soft when she begs the good robot to "help me help my son."
The guy who plays John Connor (Thomas Dekker) is as usual pretty scrubby. Not much to say about him.
Maybe my biggest misgiving about this show is the "friend from the future." A female cybernetic organism disguised as a high school girl. And she seems to be as annoying as a high school girl. Of course, she was developed as a marketing scheme to pull in the girls as well as the boys. However, she's totally WEAK. Even less badass looking then the show's Sarah Connor. And she actually gets to say "Come with me if you want to live." I guess I'm just super faithful to the T-101. I also have had enough of these tough girl shows (coughANGELcough) featuring pretty faces/hot bodies who can't act. Least convincing character of the whole show.
The one saving grace for the show is the evil robot. I guess you can't really go wrong with that though.
So I guess I'll be back- either eating my words or being even more angry about the show after I watch it tonight.
-Calamity Jane
The Salvage Bar said...
First, I'm glad you all loved the 'Algorithm March.' I have been pretty happy with it through the first three episodes. Lena Headey is not a gym mistress like Linda Hamilton was, but she is an older, sharper, and more colorful Sarah Connor. Also, they've taken a big story risk by completely accepting the continuity of the three movies; we know that Sarah will return to the past and inevitably die of cancer, and that SKYNET's rise and the death of billions is just as inevitable. What they are fighting for is to delay events as long as possible, to give John and the few people who know the truth time to prepare. The happy part, if there is one, is that future-John is every bit as canny with his use of foreknowledge as SKYNET, and his victory over the machines also seems extremely likely.
calamityJANE said...
I'm not really happy with it at all. I can't say it was bad but I guess that's more of my loyalty to the Terminator name.
I haven't even watched the third episode nor do I plan to watch the fourth. I just don't have a reason to develop an attachment to it. I think their Sarah Connor is a poor character and I might actually hate the new cybernetic organism played by Summer Glau. I feel a little bad because it sounds like I'm not giving them a chance but I just think it's the same old hot sci-fi TV show babe over and over again.
In any case, I guess I just have better things to do!