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A rather entertaining little show which is playing on digital here in the UK currently. Based on the Terminator films and continuing on a few years down the road from where Terminator 2 left off we're once again following the adventures of mighty Sarah Connor and her son John who is fated to be the saviour of the human race in a post-apocalyptic future where Artificial Intelligence is bent on wiping out pretty much all the hairless primates it can find.
A little time-travel MacGuffin propels Sarah and John into the world of 2007 alongside a re-programmed Terminator called Cameron (played by Firefly's Summer Glau who gets to expand her range from crazy killing machine to impassive killing machine who "learns about Humanity").
I'm finding it a lot more enjoyable than the initial trailers led me to think I would. The concept of both sides sending forces back into the pre-Judgement Day era on various missions has some strong possibilities if played properly (both sides trying to alter the future to get the best result).
Sarah Connor doesn't look much like her Linda Hamilton incarnation, however Lena Headey is a good replacement. John Connor is all sulky and rebellious (but continually trying to get out from under his Mother's shadow and grow into the future Leader of Humanity figure he's supposed to be). We also have an FBI agent who's chased Sarah in the 90's and is back on the case, plus a Terminator whose followed them through the timestream (well, his head did) and is also hunting them.
Cameron, the "friendly" Terminator is great, although the concept of the emotionless cyborg who learns about Humanity is a big ol'sci-fi cliche it is being carried quite well. I am enjoying the current theme of all Terminators being just as difficult to kill as they were in the films, basically Cameron has to do all the real work whilst the others let off vast amounts of ineffectual gunfire.
Sarah and John are trying to deal with the fact that Cameron has an innate tendency to settle problems by killing people and is showing creative levels of independance (unlike Big Arn, she won't obey John because he's not "her" John).
Bad points: Well, Kyle Reese's brother just turned up (tres convenient). Plus, the concept of vast numbers of Terminator sleeper agents (some of whom have been programmed to think they are Human!) is more than a little Battlestar Galactica.
Other than that, it's all gravy. |
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