So I just started watching the Sarah Connor Chronicles online yesterday because, for a reason I can't quite remember, I was curious as to whether it was any good. I can now say, after watching the entire first season, that I am hooked.
Don't get me wrong, there are still things about the continuity that bug me. I can be a real stickler for dates and how much time has passed. (Like the fact that, according to the SCC, Kyle Reese was 8 years old on Judgment Day, when in T1 he states that he did not see the war, but rather grew up afterward. Or how about T2 taking place 2-3 years before the 1997 Judgment Day, but at the start of the show it is 1999 and only two years have passed since T2? You know, just little details like that.) And I know it was only the first season, but I was dying for some kind of reference from John or Sarah about the good Terminator from T2, especially since John was so attached to him. Still, I thought it was cool how Silberman referenced that scene in T2 where they come for Sarah at Pescadero. (I love that scene, by the way... Sarah taking Arnold's hand... hell, I just love the whole damn movie.)
My point is, despite some of those contunuity flubs that I've seen, I still really enjoyed watching the series so far, and I will most likely make it a point to watch it once it starts back up in a few days. The Terminator movies (1 and 2, at least) are some of my very favorite movies, and I feel like the show stays true to a lot of the feel of the movies. As a Kyle Reese fan, I was happy to see him mentioned more than once, and actually even show up multiple times in flashbacks and as a kid. I guess I'm looking at this show like a piece of incredible, off-the-charts fanfic. You know, the kind that blows your mind and makes you hungry for more. The AUs that you know don't quite fit with the real timeline, but you still want to know what happens, and the characters are still true to the originals. While I miss Linda Hamilton's presence as Sarah, I think Headey does a pretty good job, and I enjoy watching Dekker's take on John.
Overall, I am pleased with the show. (But I still hope the new Terminator movie doesn't follow off of either the show or T3, simply because both have screwed up the timeline. And yes, I know I'm being picky.)
If only they could play the music from the movie in the show! That would be just amazing.
Oh yeah, almost forgot about my new dragon eggs! (And I did not even know the purple one had cracked. Joy!)
Pretty colors :D
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Don't let me start with all the continuity goofs. As much as I love T2, I really wish it hadn't taken the direction that it did and that the subsequent Terminator movies would have dealt with Sarah and John becoming the leaders of the future without the deployment of Killer Robots from the future. :sigh:
Personally, I would have loved the Sarah Connor Chronicles if it had dealt with Sarah just after the first movie and how she transformed from the waitress to the mother of the future.
Despite all that, I think the TV show is OK-ish. I won't lose any sleep if I miss an episode but what I do see is quite interesting and entertaining.
I would also have loved to see that transformation from waitress to mother of the future. It's a shame they didn't handle that - it would have made it easier to avoid continuity errors, and with ten years to work with, they could have done a lot. I think Headey is much more suited for playing Sarah in that transitional period, personally. But then again, most people want action and explosions, and apparently you can only have those things when there are killer robots from the future. :P
It's a good show. There are times when I wonder if the writers actually watched the first two movies all the way through; but when I look at it like it's a work of fan fiction, (which is basically how I think of it,) I can pardon some of the mistakes.
I need a Terminator icon now. ;)
Yeah, Terminator is all about canon-retconning, isn't it? :p
The way I see it - or tell myself, which is more accurate - is that the only canon is the first movie while the sequels and TV show are "What ifs?" like Star Wars Infinities.
I can't wait for the new movie and at the same time I am extremely worried about it. John Connor the Elder is practically a mythological creature - larger than life and twice as natural. I don't know if anyone could ever make him come real on the screen.
I got a lot of my Terminator icons from
Edited at 2008-09-22 07:27 pm (UTC)