Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
January 14th, 2008
The first part of the Terminator premiere aired last night on Fox, with the second part airing tonight. I have to say, I was pleasently surprised.
It would be very easy to serve us up some regurgitated Hollywood crapulence, and they could have easily chosen to go the route of “terminator of the week” by having a new terminator appear week after week to give chase. But they clearly have set their sights much higher.
First, Summer Glau as the good terminator is not only HOT, but perfect for the role and the three main characters all mesh well.
I was particularly impressed with some interesting plot points, like the resistance from the future procuring a safe deposit box in order to have some nice hardware AND a time-travel device ready for their use.
Another nice touch was that the writers could have either set the characters in 1999 or 2007 and left it at that, but they didn’t. Instead they used both years in a fantastic way that should provide some very nice storytelling aspects down the road. By traveling from 1999 to 2007, the FBI and anyone else after them now knows they have suddenly reappeared after having vanished for 8 years. And of course certain things have happened during that time that the three main characters are not aware of.
This show should be a very good ride. Hopefully they continue the good quality and it doesn’t degenerate.
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