Taking in Television

A little blog about TV shows, the changing technology for watching TV, resources for TV show fans, and so forth.

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

I am glad that the Sarah Connor Chronicles staff managed to trudge through a crucial several months of its production with a skeleton staff.

It sounds like the Screen Writers Guild strike made things difficult for those people who were left to work on the show very short-handed. The first episodes have been terrific but in that light they have been just amazing!

The producers, studio, or network - perhaps all three - bringing this show to the public have shown themselves very adept at web technology. The series has its own wiki, Producers Blog, Cast page, and Episode Guide.

They even have a page called the series called Promote This Site. How savvy is that? Pretty savvy!

The show is set in the present. The action takes place a few years before the nuclear apocalypse for the human race. The one that is brought on by Sky-Net when it is prepared to unleash its deadly Terminators upon the remainder of humankind.

John Connor is in high school at the time. He has a sister who, in fact, is really a Terminator programmed to protect him.

John, his mom Sarah, and the female bodyguard cyborg, have all 3 been transported a few years into the future from the time their original present time.

It gave them some brief safety. But it was short-lived, as the head and headless body of the Terminator they killed just before they went through the time portal, came through it with them.

Those parts ultimately reassemble themselves. Then they resume their mission: to kill John.

My favorite character is Cameron Phillips, played brilliantly by the beautiful actress Summer Glau.

Terminator Show Site
Official Sarah Connor Site

I like the way she alternates between totally logical, machine-like statements, expressions, and actions - and completely human ones. Kind of appropriate for a character who is a cyborg - a blend of both man and machine.

You can play around with different models of Terminator by using the link below. Have fun!


Watch the show. Take in the sites. And Take Back the Future!

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