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What Reese is Thinking—>“Okay, must not ruin the mood. I just gotta keep facing this way. If I turn around and see her 80s hairdo I’m gonna burst into inappropriate laughter and no more nookie for me.”
What Sarah is thinking—>“OMG, what was that noise?! Oh, just my hair cracking.”
Feathered hair doesn’t crack! It ruffles.
Depends on how much AquaNet is in there… 
I just want to wish everyone a Happy Constitution Day today.
How do I know it’s Constitution Day today? Because my kids got a note that they were supposed to dress in red, white and blue today.
On this momentous day let’s all remember Audra’s famous words from Podcast#93: “Grandpa Goo is kind of like the Constitution of the United States in that it’s all about how you interpret what is said.”
http://forum.galacticwatercooler.com/showpost.php?p=19542&postcount=20
Strangely I discussed the Constitution in my American History class. Then when we read the date in the text one of my students yelled out hay that is today. Well at least someone was paying attention. 
What Hair is thinking>> I’m gonna jump off Sarah’s head and pounce right onto reese
Basher Tarr says Happy Constitution Day (and “Pay me in cash.”)
I totally want a scooter. I think a bike might be too heavy for me in case it fell over, but a scooter… Hey, the girl you’re stalking, does she look anything like Sandra Oh on her bike in Sideways? If so, protect your head at all costs.
Yay! Thank you. I love Roman Holiday. If I’d had any ovaries, I would’ve rented a scooter when I was in Rome for an entire semester as an undergrad. But it was against the rules. :rolleyes:
That is hilarious!!!
Don’t listen to Chuck! The bird feeder just came down last weekend because of the possibility of catching some of Hurricane Ike. There are four-inch nail spikes poking through the fence all over the place. Come back, birdies!!
Wow, I got quoted for a patriotic purpose! I concur, happy Constitution Day! My favorite amendment? One.
What Reese is thinking: Booooiiiiiingggg!
What Sarah is thinking: What did he mean, “through all the dark years?”
What Hair is thinking: Booooiiiiiingggg!
Well, amongst my close acquaintances I’m known to have an soft spot for obsession. So no, in my opinion it’s not creepy. In today’s vernacular, Sarah is the ultimate cougar! and one has to applaud that, doesn’t one?
My only concern with the whole thing is that until the Police Station Shootout (what a terrific shoot 'em up!) she wasn’t sure Reese was even lucid. So pretty much less than 24 hours after they meet under very suspect circumstances, there’s boink-age. Of course, it probably helped that they’re both hot (you have to understand the hair was the norm at the time–my hair is too curly it wouldn’t smooth out like that or I would have had a 'do just like that) and of course, “the line” was awesome. Oh and the ultimate killer machine is constantly hunting you and trying to kill you. That might inspire a boinkfest.
Pffffssppprtt (spit take) OMGs, that is great.
Sarah’s thinking “Dark years? Hmm…maybe he wants me to dye my hair black?”
My new favorite expression!
My favorite amendment? One.
I’m a big fan of the 21st. 
Except for the whole “being dead and requiring access to time travel equipment to consummate his lust” part.
My only concern with the whole thing is that until the Police Station Shootout (what a terrific shoot 'em up!) she wasn’t sure Reese was even lucid. So pretty much less than 24 hours after they meet under very suspect circumstances, there’s boink-age. Of course, it probably helped that they’re both hot (you have to understand the hair was the norm at the time–my hair is too curly it wouldn’t smooth out like that or I would have had a 'do just like that) and of course, “the line” was awesome. Oh and the ultimate killer machine is constantly hunting you and trying to kill you. That might inspire a boinkfest.
As much as I approve of boinkfests, having one while fleeing a killer robot from the future seems like a very bad idea…
Now THAT’s a patriotic fellow!
Don’t forget Apollo Creed !
Yeah, and let’s not forget Annyong…
Hi all,
actually GWC podcast #117 is an excellent opportunity to pen my thoughts on the Terminator franchise. Below is my own posting on another board
http://www.terminatorfiles.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=23092&highlight=#23092
I think I struck everyone dumb by the sheer insight of the Terminator mythos (yea, it’s not often i’m this shamelessly narcissistic) but I offer to copy and paste (ad verbatim; because i’m too frakking lazy to edit) some points below for further discussion
[i]hi all,
i’ve just joined. In case you’re wondering, this is also my nick on the battlestarforum. I’ve always loved the terminator franchise, esp when T2 came out with that G’n’R soundtrack, You could be mine, which i still think it rocks to this day! Anyways, here are some story ideas/arc/insights which I find are lacking in the overall Terminator mythos :
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The Terminator - the scariest of them all. especially when you’re 4-5 year old when you first see the Terminator endoskeleton. Having lived in the 80’s, I think what gave the movie the chill factor was the very real threat of nuclear annihiliation during the cold war. The names Kruschev & Gorbachev have no emotional resonace to the youth of today, but I note that 9-11 was mentioned in passing in the Sarah Connor Chronicles (the SCC). I think wat gives the franchise the edge is that it’s keyed into the affairs of the day, something the SCC should cover more.
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I think I stopped being a fan a while back when one stops to think about the whole logistics of the whole story premise. How does the human resistance harvest food; manufacture weapons; provide training & manpower for it’s soldiers, technical education for the techs, and general education for the whole population? And do all these in a post-apocalyptic world where evil robots are trying to hunt humans to extinction? One can only suspend disbelief for so long…
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I read in the T2 novelization that there was some animosity between the luddite soldiers and the techs who help bring Kyle Reese back in time. Kyle’s brother, in the SCC, is a glaring example of a luddite. I think that time is good dramatic tension that is not really played out in the franchise. I also gather that what makes John Connor a good leader in his position, is that he’s both a soldier & a tech. In the SCC, this is characterized by John Connor being able to speak the obligatory techno-babble. (e.g. he speaks to Sarah about “the Singularity”)
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I got this idea from BSG actually, but what if the human resistance created a “good” computer sentience to counter the “evil” skynet sentience? What if Cameron was built by the good robots?
I also have this theory that the time machine was built by humans, hence the caveat on having skinjobs (it’s a BSG reference, I hope you guys are open to code-switching) only to pass through the time bubble was designed to slow the machines down.
5)) Lastly, I have to ask this as a BSG fan : who would win in a battle ? The re-imagined Cylon humanoids, Centurions & Raiders vs The various Terminator models, H-K units, and those other tanks & flying things ?
well, i hope you guys have a good one, y’all~! Pls reply soon.
cheers
Kevin[/i]
your thoughts, please? :):p;):eek:
I’m looking forward to the next 'cast…T2. I remember seeing it at the movies, and one of the biggest surprises to everyone (an audience actually reacting to a movie, yes, it used to happen before everyone was too scared to clap, laugh, or shout “Yea!” when something cool happened)…when the T2 took off after John Connor’s dirtbike, on foot ! “Holy crap, this one is fast !” People were taken completely by surprise, having only Arnold’s original clunkbot to relate to. At least half the theater went “Whoa!”, and people turned to each other in happy disbelief.
Another bit of genius in this flick, incorporating ‘the mall’ into the story…kids at the mall, playing video games…gone very, very wrong. It was near the beginning of the whole ‘Mall Rat’ thing with kids, I think, hanging out at the mall, and throwing the terminators in there was so cool…the back hallway showdown between the the T’s, with poor incredulous John in the middle. We saw there that Arnold was going to have his work cut out for him bigtime. And very cool soon thereafter that the bystander’s photos from the mall were matched up with the police station camera photos from T1, a nice link to the original there !
Some of the biggest laughs of course, the reintroduction of our favorite useless shrink, Dr Silberman. The moment he came onscene knowing laughter filled the room, and a few groans. (‘Oh no’ type groans, not GalaxyRanger type groans, IYKWIM). Sarah Connor really didn’t care for him much, either.
I guess what really makes T2 special is it’s the rare sequel that matches and even beats the original. The memory of the lower budget T1 could have easily been ruined by the Hollywood “Throw money at it” sequel syndrome. But not this time. T2 built upon T1 perfectly, storywise, and the effects blew everyone away as well. Just a well done movie, imho.
Don’t know if this was addressed, but concerning whether the Terminator was ‘fully functional’ given the lack of metal struts in his ‘swinging bits’, it makes more sense not to have any metallic parts there if he was trying to mimic human form, because humans are actually one of the few primates without a baculum…
Just got done listening to the podcast, and I’m still very confused about the timeline thing - I understand that it’s a loop, but how the hell did it happen the FIRST time around?!!! It just seems that the first time Sarah would have had to get pregnant with someone other than Reese - a man from the future sent by her son.