Tying in with the “I LOVE YOU!” speculation/questioning… Maybe she really IS pregnant. In the first trimester, the hormones make some women’s head go all spacey.
Yeah, that’s it. Definitely pregnant. In the future, John Connor uses time-travel technology to get everybody laid. His mom, his friend, himself. No wonder he’s recognized as such a leader.
Cop out. And unless they start giving me more substantial Summer Glau, not sufficient.
Eh my brother (who’s getting a security clearance) told me they can give you a temp one in 2-10 days, and that’s for the tech support job he’s in. Not sure what it would be for a janitor.
I think you could make arguments about the HS aspect. . .seems to me keeping John locked up for 18 years would be as great a mistake. He does need to be around people if he’s expected to be this great leader. Using HS is ridiculously cliche, but then, there isn’t exactly much else to use.
And btw, I have this theory. I think it’s intrinsically impossible for either the machines or the humans to win. Since if they stop the resistance in the past, they no longer ever had the need to develop time travel in the first place. And if the humans stop the machines in the past, then the machines would never exist. So it’s kindof like a cycle, and time travel incidents where one group wins over the other can simply never happen. Only the ones resulting in stalemates can exist, since it maintains the status quo (except for pushing the doomsday date further and further ahead).
Joe
That’s likely because Bear McCreary does both shows 
Joe
My impression is that John simply cleaned it and it was fine. There was no real repair involved. One reason why it was so incredibly stupid for him to turn her back on, since he hadn’t really done any repair at all.
difference in budget between TV and movies. The most recent episode had probably the worst morphing I’ve seen since the mid-'80s.
There’s a rather large difference between 2d and 3d morphing. 2d morphing is a rather easy matter (in comparison) of image convolutions that “morph” between two video feeds or still images; 3d morphing actually requires multiple models (only 2, if your lucky and you can get a fluid simulation to work, more if you actually have to do it manually). I thought they did a fairly good job with this, personally; getting it to blend with the actor at the beginning/end of the morphing I imagine must be especially annoying.
Agreed. I think she’s trying so hard to affect an American accent that she forgets to act…
You know, I just don’t get it, she seems believable to me. . .I must just be able to suspend disbelief more easily or something.
Seriously, there need to be some more people here that think that this series is a bunch of craaaaaaaaaaaaap. I don’t know what’s more overrated, this or Heroes. It’s a disgrace to the movies in so many ways.
But I guess the reason why almost noone here dislikes it is because if you don’t like something, you simply don’t go to the length of posting about in a forum. Except when you are so enraged about it that you have to vent somewhere. There has to be some kind of rule about that.
So, what are my negative points you ask?
In short:
-Writing
-Acting
-Directing
-Melodrama
-“Jokes”
-References
-Plot
Would you like it just as much if it weren’t a spinoff of one of your favorite franchises? I doubt it.
Would I like it? Probably.
But I’ll keep watching. Just like Heroes. It remains entertaining, even if it’s painful.
enjoy
That’s the “Lucas Rule.”
You hit it on the head. I have watched every episode and they are all starting to feel the same. If they do not inject some seriously good plot twists into this, I am going to stop watching.
The way I see it: No, it’s not BSG or Firefly. The acting is wooden and the dialogue is clearly written by a pack of drunken rabid monkeys. No, it’s not perfection. But this is FOX. Did we really expect perfection from FOX? Did I expect 1/10 of perfection from FOX? No, not even that. I’m happy just to have a scripted sci-fi show on TV.
There are plenty of other things on TV that are also utter crap. I’d rather watch sci-fi crap than non-sci-fi crap. Frankly I’m glad to have Terminator: SaChro, rather than “When Koalas Attack” or “Who Wants to Marry a Millionaire Shemale”.
I guess so-so Sci-fi is better than another reality show, especially the kind that Fox puts out, but it just seems like such a good license as Terminator could have been and should have been better. If I was producing the show, I would write a show killing off the worst of the actors and introduce new characters that will hopefully be more interesting and better acted. The writers really need to find some new layers of complexity to the show or it will not get renewed.
While it might be the same thing every week, I really ejoy it. Its still better then most of the stuff on tv.
well, I have list. wonderful beautiful lists.
Current shows that I watch:
The Office
House MD
Simpsons
Family Guy
South Park
Pushing Daisies
Desperate Housewives (less interesting theme, but still better than Heroes
Heroes (still better than SCC)
SCC (still better than Knight Rider)
Knight Rider (we’ll see about that)
Hierarchie FTW!
oh and FYI, best series ever: Gilmore Girls!
There I’ve said it. Not even a joke. People just don’t get it.
cheers
Gilmore Girls, hmmmm, best series ever, hmmmmm, no, I can’t agree. Everyone has their own tastes. For me, picking one series would be very hard. House is a great series. The Simpsons is an institution, but they clearly have some seasons were the quality took a dip.
If I had to pick one series, LOST has hooked me. The way they play with flash backs and flash forwards, the plot twists, and so on, is great. If someone would have told me a show was going to have ton of flashbacks, I would have said they are insane, but LOST makes it work. The acting is generally solid and the pacing is usually good.
Episode 3 of this season…hmmmm…
The Hubs hated it. He says it was "all over the place. I actually liked it. I liked seeing some of Cameron’s backstory, though there could have been more explanation as to how she was created from Allison. It was creepy and sad seeing Allison struggling to escape and survive in that aircraft carrier / prison. I personally thought the wide shot where you saw that it was an aircraft carrier was pretty cool.
So, what’s with Cameron now? She’s going all haywire. She told that half-way house woman that she’s going to “kill John Connor and hang his head on a pike for all to see.” Yeah, I can see why the lady would call the authorities. Great. Now, they’ll be looking for her. The family just can’t stay under the radar, not even when they aren’t being chased by another terminator. Sigh. Yeah, they’re starting to look like morons and wtf with John not telling his mother that Cameron was missing. I get that he’s all “willful teenager” right now but COME ON. I’m wondering where this is leading. Cameron also told that woman she is “an infiltrator.” Apparently in the future she was designed to infiltrate the Connor camp because she looks like Allison Young…ok. So what was Allison Young’s significance? (“Cameron” told Allison–“I can see why he chose you.” Is “he” John or someone else?) Is Cameron currently in infiltration mode, waiting to kill John or is she going back and forth? John knows something’s up because of the obvious lie she told at the end of the episode about the necklace. There were a lot of interesting developments in the Cameron storyline, in my opinion.
OK, Sarah and the neighbor…an OK “b” story. I see that the complication there is having the cop hanging around. Thus, Sarah is encouraging the neighbor that she can “do it on her own.” So wrong. Sarah does so much ends justifies the means stuff…I honestly never know which moral code she’s going to use from one week to the next. I get that she’s conflicted, but I’d like her to be less wishy-washy, personally.
Shirley Manson’s face/make-up is still bugging me. She just looks–weird. I can’t get over it. Maybe it’s the HD, maybe not. I’m so distracted by her looks that I barely pay attention to what is actually going on in her scenes. Oh, but…hey, HOW did she get a DAUGHTER? Who’s side is she on? WTF??? Am I right?
Some grittier dialog would be nice too. Personally, I think it would have been great if Sarah told her ex that his wife’s death would be a blessing, because if she had to live through the human apocalypse that is to come if she and John don’t stop it ahead of time, she’d rather be dead. Or something like that.
episode 4. just saying
OK, then…episode 4. 
I’m leaning that way, but I’ll reserve judgement until they do something with the Cameron backstory and the about-to-pop neighbor (or not)
Shirley Manson’s face/make-up is still bugging me. She just looks–weird. I can’t get over it. Maybe it’s the HD, maybe not. I’m so distracted by her looks that I barely pay attention to what is actually going on in her scenes.
boy am I with you on that one. I keep thinking, is Sean kidding??? he does have a thing for good accent, though. she has a perpetual look of vague distaste, as if there’s a constant, unpleasant odor in the vicinity.
It Seems To Me There Are A Lot Of Haters Of This Show.i Dont Get It Maybe My Standards Are Lower But I Really Enjoy This Show.i Wasnt Sure If It Would Even Be Picked Up For This Year And Now I Think I’ll Be Happy If They Get The First 13 Episodes Aired.i Really Look Foward To It Every Monday And I For One Think Its Really Improved Since Last Year.oh And Just To Add Fuel To The Fire … I Love Shirley Manson
Welcome aboard, Wattman.
It’s been iffy the first couple episodes this season. I’ve dropped it for now, to be honest. But it inherently holds promise, I just hope it steps up to that promise. Keep me informed.