Only Better… Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

Only Better… Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

Jan 15

I watched the new Terminator television series these past two nights – I wasn’t anticipating it though. I knew it was coming, but the calendar wasn’t circled. In fact, if it hadn’t been for the office Terminator fan bursting into the lounge (where I was happily watching a re-run of something on Discovery – I think it was that show with the sextuplets), I would have missed it.

And in short, I liked it ok. I didn’t hate it. I did run through the Terminator timeline mantra with the others, trying to sort things out, and while I’m disappointed they didn’t stick to their guns and leave the story in 1999 (thus putting it nicely between the second and third movies), it did not fill me with the same disgust some hardcores have been expressing online.

However, I did think it odd that time-traveling soldiers from the future opted for the cheeky Hang In There kitty poster as a Terminator proof disguise for their wallsafe (which sticks out into the alley, apparently) – after all, it is 2007. Surely they could have been a bit more topical. But where they dropped the ball, I picked it up and ROFL’d for hours.

See above.