The Sarah Connor Chronicles

[fullygoldy]

Wow!  Is anyone else watching this?  I'm loving that two of the three leads are STRONG women who kick butt.  Some of the writing is a bit obvious, but the action and FX are good so far.  I'm loving the "Tin Man" but then again, Summer Glau perfected this character type (awesome/disconnected/complex) in Firefly, and she's pretty fine to look at too.  Lena Heady is no Linda Hamilton, but then, who is?  She's still tough as nails, and believable as a mom desperately trying to protect her son.  Thomas Dekker was recently seen on Heroes, and he's a beliveable teenaged boy too - albeit a bit more communicative than my own.  

It's gotta be weird to jump 8 yrs into the future - everything seems really similar on the surface, but so much has happened and changed.  Not knowing what 9/11 is for example.  You expect to come up against things you don't know with a big time change, but one where people you knew are still alive has got to be just weird.  I'm interested to see how they keep the discontinuity present.  It would be a shame to drop it after just the first two eps.

Anyway, I'm just glad there's going to be something interesting to look at on Monday nights.  I guess they got all this in the can before the writers' strike.  Good on them.

Comments

[bzdchris.livejournal.com]

I watched the first hour and decided I'm just not enough of a fan to continue. The effects are really good, the characterizations good too, but the tension makes me, well, too tense. I really liked Linda Hamilton's toughness and I think Heady does a good job with it too, but I was never a Terminator fan so I'll stick with Antiques Roadshow and No Reservations on Mondays, alas. Glad you're enjoying it though!

The Sarah Connor Chronicles

[kinzokutaka.livejournal.com]

I haven't seen this yet, but it's something I definitely want to catch -- most likely on DVD. I love Summer Glau, and I used to be a big Terminator fan, so it seems a good fit. It's too bad Thomas Dekker had to leave HEROES because his agent found out his character was gay, but at least he got the job he left HEROES to secure.

[oakwind.livejournal.com]

We also really enjoyed it. I have always had a thing for Summer Glau :) We commented on the similarity with this role and hers on Firefly though in this one she doesn't have sudden strange emotional responses or go off the deep end, at least not yet.

It will be interesting to see how they develop the show. Hopefully it won't be a move every episode as terminators catch up with them.

2nd try.

[emorog.livejournal.com]

lj is not working well today i guess. i just failed to post my comment and suggested i "go back to correct the problem and repost." uh huh. yeah okay.

(remembering to copy it first this time, i said something like:)
Thanks for reminding me. i saw a trailer for this a while back but didn't bother to notice when it would be starting. It sounds like i'll like this ... next monday.