So, I watched the premier of TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES’.
I have to admit that I’m not a fan of the movies. I think they're ok but I wouldn’t go out of my way to see them. That said I did like ‘TTSCC’. The writing was tight, the actors were very natural in their roles and, most importantly, the story made sense. The writing team, UNION YES!, is using the slower pace of television to their advantage.
Thomas Dekker make us feel the frustration of being John Connor-future leader of humanity who just wants is to be the one thing most teens wish they weren’t: normal. FBI agent James Ellison is the soul of professionalism, but will the mystery of Conner’s 8 year absence crack that starched exterior as Richard T. Jones hinted at the LACON? Ah, and Cameron, Summer Glau’s scene stealing droid, who I’ve dubbed the ‘Model T’ unit, is just the right touch of naive and ruthless in a delectably sexy package, but the writers gave their all to the title character.
Lena Headey needs all her thespian skills to juggle the complexities of Sarah Conner. She is called on to be strong, loving, suspicious, cold blooded, vulnerable… etc… etc… This is a dream role for any actor and Lena seems to have put it all on like a favorite old coat. I think the line the sums up her character the best was when she told Cameron that she didn’t know her because she was not the same person she was in the past. I feel she was speaking to the audience letting them know that this show will follow it’s own path and not be a slave to the continuity of the movies. To which I say, "Good!" I can think of few shows that held so close to the original material while fully breaking from it.
But I fear this great writing may be their downfall. Which I will explain in my next installment.
-CJ
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