While I do like Summer, I think I would prefer a Nathan Fillion model. 
Actually, I would like the ānaked Nathan Fillion sitting on a rockā modelā¦
No Spatterson, you just want naked Nathan Fillion! 
Opening with (not) shocking dream sequence = boo. They justified it with the exposition. But stillā¦
āClass dismissedā = boo.
āHalf an hour. One bag. And the guns. Iāll go make pancakes.ā = okay, that was amusing.
And there was another good line, but I forget it.
āI am different.ā = boo. Why not add in, āā¦ Because I know how to loveā?
The future resistance sent an engineer back in time to work on the vault? Why not just have your agent open a safety deposit box or six instead?
I think itās cool how this Terminator moves like the morphing T-1000 in T2. Guy did his homework.
I wonder if this model, like the last female Terminator, can make her boobs grow, too.
Sorry, that was uncalled for. Iām still frackinā p*ssed about Terminator III. T2, for me, is as good as movies get. Or close. Itās one of those artistic and technological moments where things might get fancier after it, but theyāll never match its raw content. Iāll take T2 over the Jurassic Parks (boo) and the Matrix movies (which, donāt get me wrong, are fine) any day. T3 just stank on ice. Maybe the biggest squandered opportunity in the history of motion pictures. A terminator with morphing breasts that can telekentically manipulate motored vehicles? Boo-hiss. Crane scene? Boooooring. And I still canāt believe they kept that seven-year-old ātalk to the handā joke. I generally donāt believe in hating, but Iāll make an exception for T3.
Back to TV: Am I the only one who has trouble getting excited about all the gunplay and explosions in the first episode? I know Iām supposed to suspend my disbelief, but neither Connor or the Terminatress is gonna get killed in the first episode. Come on.
Glad they brought the boyfriend back. Heās one of those guys whoās gonna get the right role one day, and people will be like, āWow, heās good.ā
Okay, after seeing both days Iāll say this.
Itās got some great casting, editing, cinematography and production values; good writing and acting (mostly); and some interesting plot prospects.
Itās got promise, but the kind that is easily screwed up.
Itās gonna take some clever and skilled people to make this work over the long haul, but right now Iām kinda rooting for it.
I feel it may be a guilty pleasure like season 1 of Prison Break.
Oh yeah, thatās it! Think my husband would mind?
Nope sorry, nopeāGet me an Angelina Jolie Model (hot AND quite adept with the weaponsā¦no not THOSEā¦you people are sick! Although Iām sure sheās quite good with those too) - call her the T-1-Hotness.
Perhaps a Jessica Alba model (ala Dark Angel)?
Hell - as long as it aināt the Grandpa Goo model - cuz he wonāt do anything except sit around and tell you how bad stuff is gonna get.
Ok I just watched them and was very impressed! So we shall see if the rest of the season is just as good and that Fox does not cancel it!
I found myself missing Arnie. Those goons they got to play the tincans just didnāt measure up. No one delivers a one-liner like Arnie, the Henny Youngman of action flicks. Who else could deliver a line like, āHello cutie pieā and not lose credibility? (different film, I know)
āHasta la vista, BABY.ā
I realized this morning that my wonderful wifey had Tivoāed the first two shows, so after breakfast I checked the show out. I must admit I was very surprised. I liked it ! The effects hold up, and the writing was not brain-damagingly bad, (a la Bionic Woman). The actors donāt drag you out of the story (a la Bionic Woman)ā¦ok, ok, sorry, but BW was disappointing and I seem to be holding a grudgeā¦I do miss Arnie, of course, but yes, the actors playing the cyborgs do have the moves down for the most part. Summer Glau (sp?) wouldnāt be my dream choice, Iāll forever be a Sarah M Gellar fan when it comes to watching a yummy babe kick butt, vampire or otherwise, with A Jolie a close second. All in all I think this one deserves a look and Iāll be keeping my fingers crossed for continuing goodness.
Come to California. Living under his rule will cure you of that really fast. (A couple of weeks ago he unveiled his budget with over a billion dollars in education cuts. āHasta la vistaā? Donāt I wish!)
Fraking Microsoft shillā¦
Opposed to popular belief, as a sci-fi geek, I am quite capable of separating my fantasy and reality. Actors and politics, donāt get me started. I say to thee, āStay with what you do best!ā I just watched the recent Cruise debacle. Itās like inbred royalty all over again. But thatās religion. Ugh, religion and politics, what witches brew am I stirring up? Anywho, Cruise reminds me of the facist dictactor who looked like the Chaplin tramp.
I just saw the first episode (yay free download on iTunes) and I must say this looks pretty sweetā¦ Forgive me when I say I havenāt seen the moviesā¦ (its on my list of things to doā¦ I swear!) However, the show looks pretty awesome so farā¦ Summer Glau? Yes pleaseā¦ and of course, show music is by our ownā¦
Bear McCreary! (sp?)
Hey Galacticrew, you should totally get hm back on the show againā¦ Iām sure you guys would have a lot to talk about now with him doing two awesome shows!
havenāt. seen. the. movies ??? Yikesā¦skip number three, but go rent the first two, and pretend itās 1984.
I am digging this new show. It could only be better if Sci-Fi (or whomever) makes āCapricaā!
SSWA,
Timbuck
Which cave do you live in? Is Osama there?
Last weekās Entertainment weekly made an interesting point about how one of the showās angles is showing how two strong women help turn Nancy-boy John Connor into a leader of men. And I like that.
Still havenāt finished part two of the debut, but Iām liking how theyāve just surrendered some continuity points to go buck-wild with the possibilities of the travel concept, and make it the universe the playing field for a big temporal chess game.
Anyone wanna talk about best time travel movies in a separate thread? 'Cuz I have strong (positive) feelings about T2, 12 Monkeys, and ā yes ā Bill & Tedās Bogus Journey. And what was the time travel movie Sean mentioned a couple 'casts back, the one where a guy can see two minutes into the future?
I am really enjoying the series so far, although I thought the pilot episode was noticeably stronger than the second episode. (Which is too bad, since they will be in our āpresentā from here on out. Well, weāll see.) I must say, I have never seen any of the Terminator movies, and primarily checked this out because it was new scripted science fiction ā but I was pleasantly surprised at how quickly the writing brought me up to speed on what I needed to know; I loved the action sequences (especially in the school ā what a literalization of an adolescentās feeling that the teacher āhas it in for youā or āis gunning for you,ā eh?) and thought they were fine, especially for what can be done on TV budgets/constraints; and, yeah, Iād like a Summer Glau model, too. Now I need to go back and watch the movies to appreciate it even more ā but, unlike most of the viewing audience, I guess, I will have this Sarah and John Connor stuck in my mind as the models to which to compare the film cast!!
I hope it does well, especially if the strike lingers on ā my fear is, like other sci-fi (and other) shows, a continuing strike will mean it doesnāt really have a chance of surviving.
If thereās a 'bot coming back for me, make it a Daniel Craig model! (Although Nathan Fillion would be fine too.)
For those who havenāt seen the Terminator movies, I highly recommend them. I admit, even though I saw T2 when it came out, it was only last year that I first saw the first movie. But it was great! (And yes, it helps to pretend itās 1984.) When T2 came out I had sort of a crush on Eddie Furlong (the young John Connor) but couldnāt get past his bad-boy image - among my eleven-year old friends, that is. I loved that long-on-top hair back in '91. 
Havenāt seen any of the new series, but Iāll try to check it out.
Lady D - Education cuts?? Ugh - little else gets me that angry, but Iāll leave it a saying, Iām with you on that one.
Odd. Itās listed as free on the ITMS home page, but when you click through itās listed as $1.99.