The Terminator The Sarah Connor Chronicles
charxyliThe Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
http://urllio.com/r2tjdSet after the events in <a href=">Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), Sarah Connor and her son, John, try to stay under-the-radar from the government, as they plot to destroy the computer network, Skynet, in hopes of preventing Armageddon.
This series is set after the events of <a href=">Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991). After the sacrifices of Dr. Miles Dyson and T-800 Model 101 Terminator, the Connors find themselves once again being stalked by Skynet's agents from the future. Realizing their nightmare isn't over, they decide to stop running and focus on preventing the birth of Skynet. With the aid of Cameron Phillips, a beautiful girl who has a mysterious past also linked to the future; Derek Reese, a Tech-Com soldier from the future whose past is linked with the Connors; Riley, a beautiful schoolfriend of John; and FBI Agent James Ellison, who was assigned to capture the Connors but joins them after his own encounter with one of the machines. They begin a quest to stop the United States military and a shadowy conspiracy from the future from creating the program that will stop at nothing to bring humanity to an end.
SPOILERS<br/><br/>Many people have taken great pains to point out the supposed inconsistencies and plot holes in this series, and have put a great deal of effort into making themselves sound intelligent while doing so. I am here to rubbish their feeble attempts at criticism.<br/><br/>Point 1: the Terminator cyborgs' targeting systems are designed for use with laser weapons. Bullets travel in spirals, not laser straight lines. Terminators' use of projectile weapons is improvised, they are neither programmed nor well adapted for it, therefore their incompetence in the use of such weapons is appropriate. Furthermore, both John and Sarah are well trained at dodging gunfire. That is why it is perfectly feasible for them to escape the assault of a Terminator which is using primitive projectile weapons.<br/><br/>Point 2: Terminators utilise artificially intelligent algorithms and subroutines within their overall programming to enhance their ability to mimic human behaviour. Prior to the events of the pilot episode, Cameron would have given highest priority to assimilating the maximum number of such algorithms and subroutines applicable to her first social encounter with John. She would have done this by eavesdropping on these kinds of encounters between random humans, perhaps initiating several herself, as a trial and error exercise. She would have rehearsed the prospective encounter countless times, perfecting it. That is why she was so convincing when she first met John. In other situations, which she would not have rehearsed so well, her inexperience at behaving like a human would become evident.<br/><br/>Point 3: the 'Cromartie' chassis incorporates a detachable head module which has its own power source and remote control capability. Similar powers are displayed by the "liquid metal" T 1000 chassis, which can reassemble itself over remote distances (see 'T2'). This similarity is an example of CONSISTENCY within the fictional Terminator universe. Anyone who accepts "liquid metal" but not 'Cromartie' needs to run an introspective diagnostic on his or her logic system.<br/><br/>Point 4: the unstable lifestyle Sarah and John Connor lead is virtually guaranteed to take them through several character phases. Under such extreme stress, even schizophrenic changes of personality would be credible. If John and Sarah were to look, sound and feel exactly like their 'Judgement Day' counterparts, this series would be nothing more than a small screened rehash of the film. You may not like the character development's direction, but you cannot deny that it is innovative. Any dimwit could set the Connor characters in stone. This series dares to develop them, and I applaud such artistic courage.<br/><br/>Point 5: all time travel stories are inherently preposterous, as they inevitably have paradoxes. Paradoxical events may be accepted as fictionally possible, provided that they occur within a sufficiently sound, and preferably entertaining, storytelling framework. Critics are entitled to the opinion that this series is not entertaining. However, those who refuse to accept the paradoxes of the series after accepting all those in the films show an obvious bias, and really should not bore the rest of us with their worthless criticism.<br/><br/>I like my SF hard, so take my word for it: there is nothing wrong with the scientific background or plotting of this programme. The method and science behind Cromartie's regrowing his exoskin comes to mind, as I found this sequence particularly well thought out and entertaining. And that is just one example of why, along with 'Firefly', this is the best SF series to come out after 2000. While I cannot guarantee that you will enjoy it as much as I do, I confidently advise you to ignore all the braindead detractors, incompetent nitpickers and amateur critics.
The original Terminator movies (T1 and T2) were iconic masterpieces in their genre so lets see what the TV series got right and wrong.<br/><br/>Season 1 (spoiler-free):<br/><br/>I think the pilot episode was OK. We got the idea what the tone is gonna be, it introduced us the major roleplayers and had some action.<br/><br/>Overall the acting was decent. To be honest I really don't understand the hate towards Lena Headey (Sarah), I think she portrayed the strong willed, but troubled mother who wants the best for his son really well. An other strong performance was shown by Summer Glau (Cameron) no wonder she got a nice fanbase because of that.<br/><br/>I think all the actors were chosen well, except for Garret Dillahunt (Cromartie). Lets face it, the most menacing Terminator of all time title goes to Robert Patrick (T-1000 from T2) and compared to him every "bad robot" is just a weak complement.<br/><br/>Season 2 (watch out spoilers here):<br/><br/>So the oldschool formula in a TV series is this - End the finale with a cliffhanger. For some reason they put the good stuff into the beginning of the first episode of season 2.<br/><br/>Cameron goes rogue because of an explosion and tries to kill John. The whole episode is about Sarah and him running from the berserk Terminator. Now I have to say that this episode had one of the most powerful and well written scenes I have ever seen.<br/><br/>They manage to trap Cameron and John is about to remove her chip. First she says John not to do it because she repaired herself then she literally starts begging him not to do it. First time we see actual facial expressions from Cameron and she does the job so well that at this point I am sure a big part of the audience was confused whether she tells the truth or not. And then she unexpectedly cries out "I love you and you love me!". I am like WHAT? If don't get it why this line is so genius let me explain. She didn't just say "I love you" - this also could have been dismissed as a lie to let his guard down - she also said "you love me". At this point we know the future John sent back Cameron to protect himself, but there is nothing going on between them in the present. So your brain automatically starts to think - what did happen between him and her in the future? Maybe she really is telling the truth? Eventually this leads John reactivating instead of killing her. The scene can be seen on youtube under this title "John/Cameron Love Scene". I think the scene is so good that its worth watching even if you don't intend to watch the series.<br/><br/>And here is my problem. THEY NEVER EVER GO ANYWHERE WITH THIS. This could have been used as a great base material to humanize the terminators and make the whole Terminator franchise more than just a "good humans vs bad robots" thingy. They make attempts with introducing us an AI which learns about human morality but there was so much potential gone to waste.<br/><br/>Season 3:<br/><br/>Well as we know it never happened since it never got a green light. I think the reason leading to this was the story-wise mostly pointless Season 2. Season 2 should have been 9 episodes long (13 tops) focusing on things like what makes us humans, are we better than the robots, can robots and humans live and coexist in peace etc...<br/><br/>Then Season 3 could have been focusing on a showdown where John is facing the decision to wage a war or find a way to make peace.
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