In light of a renewed second season: I have mixed feelings. How much suffering can the Connor family take? Poor Miss Connor has been fighting walking computers since the early '80's preparing for a distant future- but now that Cameron isn't writing the movies anymore, the future has gotten a lot more complicated. As if being a complex time travel story isn't bad enough. I'm a HUGE fan of the Cameron created Terminator films, the ones made with blood sweat and tears. Anything after that has been wiped away with crisp Benjamins. As we learned with the Back to the Future trilogy, the more time traveling you involve, the more complicated things get.
Season One Review: A year after the events of T2, Sarah Connor and her lead of the resistance in training John Connor have started a new life, but soon they find *another* terminator has found them and of course *another* protector has followed suit. Thus begins the complicated events of the life of John and Sarah Connor. Throughout this 9 episode season series, the Connors must run duck and hide once again with surprises and familiar characters (but not familiar faces) along the way.
Remember Kyle Reese, John's father? He makes an appearance in the later half of the season during flashbacks of the future, but don't expect to recognize him, the actor playing him bears no resemblance to the likes or personality of Michael Bien. In fact, plan on being confused. Very confused. Some of the show's plots are so twisted and knotted that even the biggest fans of the films (knock on wood)will be lost. Don't plan on watching with your girlfriend either- if you think you're lost; imagine how she's going to be if she's only seen "bits and pieces of one of the films." Who's Kyle Reese again? Exactly.
I like the actor who plays John Connor. I think he portrays the character well, not brilliant, but satisfactorily enough that I can just go with. Title character Sarah Connor (Lena Headey) needs to put on about 30 pounds of muscle and lighten her hair (her hair color was WAY off in the flashbacks of her in the hospital). She looks more like a well paid actor than a woman with the weight of the world compressing her spine. Wear less makeup, let your hair fizz, she's way to put together. The Terminator movies were gritty. The Sarah Connor Chronicles are shiny you could fry a egg with it's reflection.
However I have to give kudos to Brian Austin Green who steals the show, particularly near the end of the season finally when he takes John for ice cream in the park. That scene was self-explanatory. Unfortunately the rest of the series has a prerequisite. The biggest payoff about being a fan, however is having seen the extended version of Terminator 2, which shows John and Sarah popping open the top of Arnold's head, a key task in the season finally. That alone gave me hope that season two would be worth it. Let's hope so.
Season One Review: A year after the events of T2, Sarah Connor and her lead of the resistance in training John Connor have started a new life, but soon they find *another* terminator has found them and of course *another* protector has followed suit. Thus begins the complicated events of the life of John and Sarah Connor. Throughout this 9 episode season series, the Connors must run duck and hide once again with surprises and familiar characters (but not familiar faces) along the way.
Remember Kyle Reese, John's father? He makes an appearance in the later half of the season during flashbacks of the future, but don't expect to recognize him, the actor playing him bears no resemblance to the likes or personality of Michael Bien. In fact, plan on being confused. Very confused. Some of the show's plots are so twisted and knotted that even the biggest fans of the films (knock on wood)will be lost. Don't plan on watching with your girlfriend either- if you think you're lost; imagine how she's going to be if she's only seen "bits and pieces of one of the films." Who's Kyle Reese again? Exactly.
I like the actor who plays John Connor. I think he portrays the character well, not brilliant, but satisfactorily enough that I can just go with. Title character Sarah Connor (Lena Headey) needs to put on about 30 pounds of muscle and lighten her hair (her hair color was WAY off in the flashbacks of her in the hospital). She looks more like a well paid actor than a woman with the weight of the world compressing her spine. Wear less makeup, let your hair fizz, she's way to put together. The Terminator movies were gritty. The Sarah Connor Chronicles are shiny you could fry a egg with it's reflection.
However I have to give kudos to Brian Austin Green who steals the show, particularly near the end of the season finally when he takes John for ice cream in the park. That scene was self-explanatory. Unfortunately the rest of the series has a prerequisite. The biggest payoff about being a fan, however is having seen the extended version of Terminator 2, which shows John and Sarah popping open the top of Arnold's head, a key task in the season finally. That alone gave me hope that season two would be worth it. Let's hope so.