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Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles - Extreme Critic

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: Complications

November 19th 2008 00:05


Something that I love about it this show is its capacity to make you think. Human nature, psychology, or life in general. This was one of those episodes. Its main objective was to be thought provoking.

I loved how they touched on what they may have changed in the future. Even if we were able to see into the future it would be a constantly changing thing, because nothing is set. The whole Fischer sub plot was very cool, I thought. How they found the future Charles Fischer and brought him face to face with the present Charles Fischer.


I loved the reference to the first Terminator movie when John finds the Polaroid picture of his mom. And did any one catch the reference to Blade Runner with the turning over a tortoise on its back thing? Being a fan of the movie, I loved that.

One other thing that i like about this show in general is that, so far it seems, they do not waste a single episode. Every episode is put to good use. Some shows will have what is known as "filler" episodes, where nothing really happens. But from what I've seen this show has yet to do that.
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Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: Mr. Ferguson is Ill Today

November 12th 2008 00:10


Wow, this was a wicked cool episode. Sure, I've seen it done before, but it's very hard to pull off. They did a really good job pulling it off. I especially liked the scene with Sarah in the trunk of the car. I loved how every different story overlapped some what, but each time it's told from a completely different point of view. It was very ambitious of Daniel T. Thomsen (writer) and Michael Nankin (director) to approach the episode the way they did.


Everyone did a fantastic job acting wise, although the scene at the very end when Sarah loses control and ends up crying in John's arms. It seemed very forced and lost the emotional impact it should have.

Another reason I really liked this episode it because it is a turning point for two story lines. One is Ellison's, who is starting to figure out how deep this all goes and what his role is in what is to come. Another is Riley's story line. John now has no choice than to explain everything and hope she doesn't freak out, or make up some lie that she will see right through. It's also the end of a character arc as well, leaving the door open for a new villain.
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Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: Brothers of Nablus

November 5th 2008 00:38


Well this was the first episode of the season that has been a little disappointing for me. It was a pretty poor script, in my opinion. The dialogue was still up to par, but it was a poorly crafted script.

A lot of the situations that happened were pretty weak, I thought. Like how Cromartie and John ended up at the same grocery store. I mean, yeah, it could happen, but talk about slim chances. There were several close calls between John and Cromartie, but it was not as intense or suspenseful as it should have been.

I'm also not really digging the new story line with Derek and this Jesse chick. I get that she is lying to Derek about why she came to the past, but she just isn't that interesting of a character. Not right now anyway.

When Riley(Leven Rambin) was first introduced as a character I predicted that she would be an important addition to the story. Well, I think I was probably wrong. There could still be a big twist and stuff, but right now looks like she is just supposed to be some girl that John can hang out with so he can have some normalcy in his life.
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Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: The Tower is Tall But the Fall is Short

October 22nd 2008 01:00


In my review of the last episode I talked about the rumors that the show was close to being canceled. Well, FOX has quickly shown those rumors to be utterly false when they ordered the show for a full season. Personally I am glad because this is turning out to be a very good show


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Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: Goodbye To All That

October 8th 2008 05:32


I've been hearing a lot of reports that this show is dangerously close to being canceled. I really hope this isn't true because this show has so much potential. But that hasn't stopped FOX in the past. Does anyone remember Firefly and the severely under appreciated Point Pleasant. At least they've had the good sense of extending their order from 13 episodes to 22 episodes for Fringe However, hearing talk of cancellation gets me thinking about the show's end game. How DOES Josh Friedman see the show ending. I mean, I honestly can only see the show ending the same way as Terminator 3 did or something similar to that. To end it in a completely different way would be nonsense


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Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: Allison From Palmdale

September 30th 2008 19:28


Summer Glau really stood out this week in her performance. She basically had to play three different people. The terminator, before she was reprogrammed, Alison from Palmdale, and a memory lost Cameron. It was a very impressive performance. It reminded me of that episode of Angel where Amy Acker had to play both Fred and Illyria. However I am kinda unclear on what happened with the memory loss thing. Did she just suddenly get it back at the end of the episode


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Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: The Mousetrap

September 23rd 2008 04:27


This was an okay episode, in my opinion. We get a lot of cool things that happen, but it seemed to lack the intensity of the last few episodes. We get to see more of Riley and I am getting very interested in her character, she is not just some girl John met at school


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Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: Automatic for the People

September 16th 2008 03:46
John makes a new friend. Is Cameron jealous?


This show is really shaping up to be something great. It has really stepped it up and it continues to do so every episode. We get several great glimpses into the future and some more great action


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Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles 2nd season premier

September 9th 2008 03:12


The 2nd season premier picks up where the 1st season finale left off and we get a really nice slow motion intro set to music. I thought the intro was very creative but it went on too long and left you wanting the action to get back to full speed


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