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December 03, 2007

Perfectly cast

I was horrified to learn there is a Terminator television series in the works; visions of the travesty that was Rise of the Machines suggested some further desecration of a great premise (via Agent Bedhead). That was before it registered the show would star Summer Glau, i.e. River Tam of Firefly fame. I would watch paint dry if she was sitting in front of it. No need for such hypothetical martyrdom, however. Judging by the pilot the third film is history and the continuity has been saved from itself. The Sarah Conner Chronicles is not so much a reboot as a rethink; they are calling it a "reinvention". It looks as though they have got everything just right this time.

At the end of “Terminator 2: Judgment Day,” Sarah vanquished the liquid metal Terminator sent from the future to kill her teenage son, John. Sarah and John now find themselves alone in a very dangerous, complicated world. Fugitives from the law, they are confronted with the reality that still more enemies from the future, and the present, could attack at any moment.

THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES reveals what happens when SARAH (Lena Headey, “The Brothers Grimm,” “300”) stops running and goes on the offensive against an ever-evolving technological enemy bent on destroying her life, and perhaps the world. Her son, 15-year-old JOHN CONNOR (Thomas Dekker, “Heroes”), knows that he may be the future savior of mankind, but is not yet ready to take on the mantle of leadership that he’s told is his destiny.

Posted by Ghost of a flea at December 3, 2007 06:57 AM

Comments

I would buy a Summer Glau robot in a heartbeat. If the machines have to take over in order to make that possible, then humanity will just have to pay that price.

Posted by: utron at December 4, 2007 01:01 PM

I for one welcome our robot overlords.

Posted by: Ghost of a flea at December 4, 2007 01:12 PM