Greg and I just finished Season One of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.This show has some really cool stuff going on! I'll try not to throw out any spoilers, of course.
First off, Summer Glau as Cameron is fantastic! She's such a pretty girl (and I don't say that often!) She pulls off the whole deadpan "Terminator" speak so well! It's also so difficult to tell what's going on with that character. Some of the things she says are either heartwarming in that she wants to understand humanity so much, or chilling in that she's learning that much on how to "blend in." I'm never sure if I want to hug her or if I should be afraid of her!
From past installments in the storyline, we know that the T100 (Arnold's character) developed rudimentary emotions by the end of the second movie. (The Terminator: "I know now why you cry, but it is something I can never do.") There's something touching about Cameron trying to teach herself ballet. I liked that scene a lot.
Brian Austin Green's character is also quite interesting. First off, that boy has a BODY! And tattoos are HOT, in my book, anyway. On one hand, he's John's uncle, so there's a big desire to trust him just on those credentials. On the other, he's been through a lot in the war with the machines. He's been known to lie in the series, as well. The scene where he takes John to the park to see young Derek and Kyle playing baseball is an awesome scene. It broke my heart when John handed Kyle his ball back!
Now, in general, this series seems to create a lot of paradoxes, but it always has. John learns about the machines from experiences as a child messing with the T100 and with Cameron. He is working to avoid the whole thing from happening at all, however, if it doesn't happen, then his father never went back in time, and he was never born. The machines never existed to go back in time, so there would be nothing for him to learn so much with! This shit could really make my head spin!
So... yeah. This is what I've been doing with my time since we're out of Doctor Who and Torchwood episodes to watch for a while. Mo and I were watching Farscape together for a while, but since he's seeing someone, he doesn't come and visit as much as he used to. I guess that's good for Mo and all, but I am in serious sci fi deprivation, here!
Anyone else have any series that they can recommend? Any you wanna get together and watch with me? I'm not much for Lost, but there's a series called The Dollhouse coming out from Joss Whedon that looks really good!
Comments welcome, as always.
The time travel paradox fucks with my mind in this show, but I kind of love it anyway. Seriously, though, I even had to skim over your explanation of the time paradox -- my brain just won't accept it. :)
ReplyDeleteDollhouse sounds like it's already in a bit of trouble. That doesn't bode well, but I do trust Joss in the end.