Sarah Connor Chronicles & some Rangers too
i am a sucker for action movies. it is one of the completely un-girly things about me. i go gaga over guys like John McClane and Cameron Poe, The Terminator, and Martin Riggs, especially towards the end of the movie when they are at their peak dirt and bloodiness. There is something about it that screams sexy to me. One of my favorite movies to watch is Terminator. Well, Terminator 2, because i like it better than i like the first one (which my boyfriend says is blasphemous) because it has Eddie Furlong in it, and the first time i saw the movie i was a little kid, and seeing a younger person in a movie was something i could relate to. As i just said, i first saw this movie when i was relatively young. My brother, sister, and i used to watch it (along with Fried Green Tomatoes) just about every time we visited one of our Uncles in Kearny, NJ. I love The Terminator, i love the second Terminator, and i love the third Terminator.
So the other night after i picked my beloved daddy up from dialysis and we came home and he put on The Sarah Connor Chronicles, i didnt object, i sat down and watched. I knew that the show had premiered the previous day, but figured i may as well see what was going on. My dad filled me in on the basic plot that i missed, so that i could follow what was happening. Eventually, i watched the first episode online so that i could get a better picture.
Being the snob that i am when it comes to things like remakes and reinterpretations i was still a little wary, even though i had approved of the second episode. I must say, though, that i rather like the series and will definitely either be tuning in, or catching the episodes online once Heroes comes back (because i am a dedicated Heroes fan). Speaking of Heroes, one of the main characters of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles is someone that i definitely recognized from the first season of Heroes. John Connor is played by cutie Thomas Dekker who also played Zach, friend and confidant of ‘miracle grow girl’ Claire. I did love him as Zach but i dont know how i feel about him as John Connor. I might just have to get used to it, cause i am oh so used to the boy version being played by Furlong and therefore have too much of a presumptuous mind.
The part of Sarah Connor, mother and drill sergeant to the future leader of the resistance, is played by Lena Headey. I think she plays the part she was cast well also…but again i’m hung up on the fact that she doesnt doesnt seem like Sarah Connor to me. This time i blame it entirely on Linda Hamilton who is the only Sarah Connor that i have ever known. But Headey does manage to put across the same wonderful mix of hard ass with a heart of gold determined to prepare her son for the trials ahead.
Summer Glau…is simply wonderful. I saw her in Serenity and loved her, and i love her here. there is something about the actress, who plays Cameron Phillips (shock! A Terminator with a name) that makes her a chameleon. She slips right into the roles she is cast, making the viewer believe that she really is constructed out of steel and can break your bones with a glare.
The basis of the new series, so far, is that though Miles Dyson is dead and buried and (when the show starts) it’s been two years since the Cyberdine fiasco, Terminator Assassins come after John again. John and Sarah Connor have been living, for the past six months, with Sarah’s new fiance, who she abruptly leaves. A mean ass Terminator tracking Sarah and John find them and launches an attack. This is where Cameron makes her move and helps them escape. Sarah and John learn what we learned in the third Terminator movie, that even though they thought they averted judgement day in the second movie, they only postponed it. The new date set for the apocolypse is April, 2011. At least they have time, since they are in 99. Jump to 2007, literally.
I dont want to give away too much of the series, because i feel it is definitely worth something checking out. Right now the first two episodes are available to watch at fox.com and it airs on Monday nights at nine. But some other things that arent key to the plot, i would still like to talk about.
I really love how the television show doesnt completely ignore the movie. It doesnt pretend like there wasn’t a whole lot of backstory to go through, and they didnt rewrite the movies either. The characters stayed the same characters, even though they are now played by different actors. In the first episode, they talk a lot about things that happened in the past (aka movies one and two), and they even take a visit to the Dyson household.
The drive of the characters hasnt changed. Sarah Connor still knows that it’s all about the mission, that the person who has to live is John. he is the one that matters. John is still a teenager, and though knows his destiney still gets scared about if he’ll be able to be a huge military hero.
They use recognizable trademark Terminator music! this thrilled me to no end. I smiled like a freak when i heard the familiar music and thought that it was a great touch. I mean, if it’s not broke, dont fix it…ya know. But…they do also have some newer versions of the old stuff, which i liked as well. They only slightly modified it and didnt mess with the integrity of it all. It really did make me smile…because i hear the music play in my head when i see the evil terminator, and to have it coming out of the stereo speakers as well means that i’m not the only one who has the connection.
All in all, i like the show. I’m gonna try and catch it every week (which is something i really have to try at because i watch like, two- now three) television shows. So…go watch it.
in other news. The Rangers beat the Sabres last night, thanks in part to Sabre-turned-Ranger Chris Drury. I am a true blue ranger fan…and was so happy because they really havent been doing that well lately. They had won on saturday night, against the Canadiens…but that was to be expected because i was at that game with jon, and the rangers have yet to lose a game when we are in our season seats. they lost tuesday to the penguins…but winning last night makes me smile. GO RANGERS!!!
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