Top Ten Reasons It’s Good to be Sarah Connor
By Melissa Voelker
As I ready myself to watch the premier of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles on Fox this January, I think it is necessary to take a look back at what we the viewing public have seen of Sarah Connor’s life so far. Apparently she is an important enough figure that we are all dying to know more about her or else why would they be giving her an entire series? (A question that has been in my mind since first hearing that it was even a possibility.)
So after re-watching the first two Terminator movies and really studying the events of this character’s life, I think I have come up with the best and worst things about being Sarah Connor. I’m not sure I’ve learned yet why anyone needs to see a whole TV show chronicling her every day existence, but maybe that will come with the series. Although after seeing previews, maybe not.
TOP TEN REASONS IT’S GOOD TO BE SARAH CONNOR
1. Kyle Reese, soldier of the future and father of her child, is pretty darn hot (hey, we all saw him naked and his butt was NICE.) She could be saved from the first terminator by someone a lot less attractive but luckily for her (and us, since we did have to see him naked) he is a hottie.
2. Speaking of Reese, this guy isn’t just Sarah’s protector and the guy who happens to knock her up, but he is also madly in love with her. In fact, he loves her so much he went on a one-way trip through time buck naked for her. Some guys won’t even go to a chick movie for their girlfriends, and this guy sacrifices his life (and dignity – he could have popped naked out of the time warp thing into the middle of a classy ladies Bridge game, after all) for someone he has never even met before. That’s the kind of love that is so intense it’s kind of scary. Sexy, but scary.
3. Sarah Connor has the stomach of a champ. All of that racing around in speeding cars and out of control cars and exploding cars and not once does she lose her lunch. I consider that pretty impressive, as I would have been spewing all over the place.
4. Luckily for Sarah she is not one of those women who needs fertility treatments to get pregnant. She has one night for the father of her child to knock her up and hence make sure the savior of mankind will in fact be born to be the savior of mankind, and BAM! It happens in one shot.
5. Sarah is pretty good as a feminist role model. Even though she knows the name of her baby’s daddy, she still gives him HER last name.
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6. Even though at one point she goes a little off the deep end and tries to assassinate someone who hasn’t really done anything to be assassinated for, she is still considered the good guy. She shoots that Miles Dyson guy in the arm, terrorizes his family, and ends up getting him killed while blowing up Cyberdyne labs and is STILL considered the heroine. Not just anyone can get away with that kind of behavior, but Sarah Connor does.
7. She learns some handy new skills throughout her Terminator adventures, like how to blow up buildings, assassinate people, pick the locks on handcuffs, beat up on security guards, and more. These are pretty bankable skills when you are trying to raise the leader of the future.
8. She does manage to survive attacks from two different ultimate human killing machines, even though it eventually makes her nuttier than a Snickers bar. It’s still an accomplishment though.
9. After listening to his pretentious BS through two movies and putting up with him being a total jackass, Sarah sticks it (literally) to that dumb criminal psychiatrist.
10. Being the mother to the savior of humanity sure trumps being the mother of some regular old honor student.
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About Melissa: By day a mild-mannered tv station receptionist, by night a fighter of crime and corruption in the dirty streets of Spokane, WA . . . or maybe not so much. More like a hyperactive, anal-retentive daytime receptionist and a melodramatic, hyperactive nighttime fangirl who only wishes she could be a fighter of crime and champion of justice (except that would lead to getting my super costume all dirty and I hate doing laundry.) Though my intent has always been to write bestselling novels and live a life of wealth and luxury, putting my talents for snarkiness and word doodling together while letting my geek flag fly suits me just fine – for now.
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I actually could give two craps about Sarah Connor…
I’m watching this show for Summer Glau. Have you seen that poster where you see that half her body is a machine?! Yeah. Badass.
Will you be reviewing the Sarah Connor Chronicles when it starts?
I will be doing the reviews, mainly because I’m interested to see what insanely ridiculous directions they decide to take the story and how far off track they get from the original idea. I am excited that Summer Glau will be in another show, and for her sake I hope it works out because she deserves to be on a good program. But I don’t really expect great things with this premise.
Yeah, see, my problem is: I do expect good things. I expect so many good things I’m not sure the writers can deliver according to my expectations. Because I am such an advocate of this mythology: since I first saw the films, my interest WAS the Connors. I loved Sarah’s relationship with John, which is certainly without precedent in the genre. And I have some serious love for the stylistic conventions and themes that found a home in T1 and T2.
I’ve been following this series’ production from day one. That’s a lotta self-imposed hype. I’ve seen the pilot already, and while not mind-blowing, it has, wait for the word: potential.
So, cautious optimist here.