Sinewav Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 I just got done watching the pilot... I really liked it. How did everyone else feel about it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobaltstarfire Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 I've only seen a comercial... I don't think I could watch it though cause I'll forever associate that one actress with River Tam from Firefly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broken Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 pseudo spoliers: (if you care) (intro-dream-thingy) I was like, WTF? This is horrible. The lady who plays Sarah C is awful, boo! (actual first part of the stroy/ exposition) *leaves room to go play pokemon* (about 30 min. into the story) Hey, that hot school chick is pretty hot and weird. I think this means something. (5 min. later) Hey, I bet that teacher is going to try something (1min later) I was totaly right, lol! (rest of the episode) hey, pretty cool. Great special effects and such. I wonder how long until this becomes stale? ------------------------ Pretty much my though process. Maybe being a telelvision show will allow the screenwriters to give more depth to the characters from the movies. It looks like the will be (lots of?) time travel, so maybe that gives writers free reign to do whatever the hell they want with the timeline Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinewav Posted January 14, 2008 Author Share Posted January 14, 2008 Maybe it's just me being an epic level fanboy, but she was my favorite part of the show. River Tam + Kicking the crap out of a Terminator = Instant geekgasm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirie Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 I actually forgot that it was on. Whoops. D: I will try to catch again though, if they repeat it. Show looked pretty cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyne Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 I forgot it was on too. Oh well... reruns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinewav Posted January 14, 2008 Author Share Posted January 14, 2008 Well, the second part of the pilot is on tomorrow night (Monday) at 9pm Eastern. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobaltstarfire Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 Well I can't really judge it, I just have issues with watching things when I already strongly associate one of the actors present with an entirely different character. Maybe if I get bored, and this thread shows its worth watching I'll start hijacking the rec room tv to check it out though. Of course (was her name Summers?) works REALLY well for actiony scenes, so I'm sure her kicking the crap outof stuff is fun to watch even if the association to River is stuck there for all eternity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirie Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 Well I can't really judge it, I just have issues with watching things when I already strongly associate one of the actors present with an entirely different character. I agree. Every time I saw the commericals, I would always think of Zach from Heroes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baleshadow Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 I almost turned it off after the retarded intro, but I'm glad I kept watching. It was decent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleck Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 The fact that I know she later dies of cancer or something at some random point and basically serves no purpose in the end greatly reduces my interest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vivi22 Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 The fact that I know she later dies of cancer or something at some random point and basically serves no purpose in the end greatly reduces my interest The series apparently throws Terminator 3 out the window, so her dying of cancer has no bearing on it. I saw the leaked pilot a couple of months back, and it seemed pretty good. I don't know if the pilot they aired was changed at all since I didn't get to see it, but there was certainly potential for something that's worth watching in the long run. Hopefully they manage to do something interesting with it and keep it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Pezman Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 Gotta see the damn movies first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwaltzvald Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 Gotta see the damn movies first. You haven't seen them... SHAME on you for not seeing them before.... It's almost obligatory to have seen both, if not at least just seen either T2: Judgement Day or the original Terminator. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I-n-j-i-n Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 I actually thought it was borderline 'very good'. All the early reviews in TV-websites rated it pretty highly and my reaction is on par. The action and the general feel isn't actually too far from the Terminator movies and it looks like the plot gels into place between the T2 and T3 movies. As far as first episodes go, I actually liked it a bit more than Heroes, so it's a good sign. I just hope they can keep at it, but the writer and director do have a good reputation behind them so it's not an impossibility. The fact that I know she later dies of cancer or something at some random point and basically serves no purpose in the end greatly reduces my interest Except it wasn't random. In the movie, John says it clearly that Sarah died fighting the invasion all along. Though I don't think they explored that very deeply in the movie. Also, a lot of things in the Terminator canon aims toward inevitability anyway. It's just the journey itself that changes. Sarah still dies of terminal illness no matter what she does to influence it, John will still be the savior of mankind, Terminators will still wreak havoc, etc. The Terminator series has never been something like Back to the Future where the future changes at a whim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleck Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 Sarah still dies of terminal illness no matter what she does to influence it, John will still be the savior of mankind, Terminators will still wreak havoc, etc. The Terminator series has never been something like Back to the Future where the future changes at a whim. That is exactly my point. Instead of doing stupid prequels and midquels that show things we pretty much already knew was going to happen OR doing silly alternate timelines why not make a new sequel that shows new things happening Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hale-Bopp Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 I'm not even sure why a tv series had to be made, especially taking place during the time period that it covers. The movies pretty much covered it all. I watched the premiere and thought it was kind of meh. This would have been really kick ass like 10 years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I-n-j-i-n Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 But that's my point. It doesn't really seem to matter if we know the outcome or not. That's not really the selling point of the series apparently, since they are pretty adamant about there being only one outcome to it all. Also, a Terminator sequel will shed light on how John Conner saves humanity in the future too. We know it's going to happen. We just don't know how. I don't see how this TV series is any different. Showing what happens inbetween seems plenty fresh to me. Though actually, I wouldn't mind alternate-endings and actual spinoffs where the future actually changes either. I really wonder what the rumored, three new Terminator movies will cover with this one timeline. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hale-Bopp Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 Here comes a terminator to kill John. Here comes another one to save him. Mom and son run like hell. Rinse. Repeat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XZero Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 I didn't watch it (no interest really), but I was curious: why is it a mid-season show? If it's the 'Year's most anticipated series' as Fox has been saying, why not release it in September; after all, it's not like they knew about the writers' strike back then. So if this comes out at this point, would that indicate that it wasn't considered good enough to air in the true beginning of the season, or was it legitimately a new production slated to begin mid-season? (I'm not trying to insult the show, especially since some of my favorite shows were mid-season pick-ups; I'm just kind of curious given their furious advertising.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I-n-j-i-n Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 Fox released a lot of high profile shows in January though. Prison Break, 24, American Idol, etc. It's just the way they do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rambo Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 Unless the governator's in it, why bother? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I-n-j-i-n Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 So it looks like they're killing off many of the former contacts found in Terminator 2 now. I thought the terminator putting himself together was hilarious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darklink42 Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 Well, they solved the problem of her dying of cancer (sort of), so it looks like the writers did their homework. I'm actually kinda liking the show so far. As far as I can tell though, it looks like they are going to totally retcon the third movie out of existence (Probably better that way, I wasn't a fan.) All I can say it's fun watching so far, and since that's all I really expected out of it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I-n-j-i-n Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 Well, they solved the problem of her dying of cancer (sort of), so it looks like the writers did their homework. I'm actually kinda liking the show so far. As far as I can tell though, it looks like they are going to totally retcon the third movie out of existence (Probably better that way, I wasn't a fan.) All I can say it's fun watching so far, and since that's all I really expected out of it... It's too early to even hint that a retcon is planned. For all we know, they could end up back in time or this is just an alternative timeline, not some total retcon. Also, the story right now fits the idea of inevitability in the Terminator timeline. There is no escape to Sarah Conner's fate and for all we know, they may end up in the same timeline as T3 by the time it's all over. If anything, they might just mess around with the actual specific time the events occur. I did think T3 left too little to the imagination with Sarah's death coming so soon after T2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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