Comments on: Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: The Mousetrap http://www.pinkraygun.com/2008/09/23/terminator-the-sarah-connor-chronicles-the-mousetrap/ "Seven or eight quick ones and then you're out with the boys to boast and brag..." - Elizabeth, Young Frankenstein Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:40:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Robin http://www.pinkraygun.com/2008/09/23/terminator-the-sarah-connor-chronicles-the-mousetrap/comment-page-1/#comment-18702 Robin Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:27:13 +0000 http://www.pinkraygun.com/?p=3419#comment-18702 <i>"Sarah was an overprotective badass who was willing to do whatever it took to keep her son safe. If that meant commanding Cameron the girl-bot to watch John’s every step or packing up and leaving town at the moment she smelled trouble, then that is what Sarah would do."</i> This brings up one of my biggest gripes with the overall plot arc. Shouldn't Sarah protecting and training John include training him to protect himself? Like, with martial arts and weapons practice and stuff? Maybe if he wasn't quite so helpless in combat situations she wouldn't be so incredibly overprotective and worried about him all. the. damn. time. [/logic] “Sarah was an overprotective badass who was willing to do whatever it took to keep her son safe. If that meant commanding Cameron the girl-bot to watch John’s every step or packing up and leaving town at the moment she smelled trouble, then that is what Sarah would do.”

This brings up one of my biggest gripes with the overall plot arc. Shouldn’t Sarah protecting and training John include training him to protect himself? Like, with martial arts and weapons practice and stuff? Maybe if he wasn’t quite so helpless in combat situations she wouldn’t be so incredibly overprotective and worried about him all. the. damn. time. [/logic]

]]> By: Teresa http://www.pinkraygun.com/2008/09/23/terminator-the-sarah-connor-chronicles-the-mousetrap/comment-page-1/#comment-18630 Teresa Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:49:03 +0000 http://www.pinkraygun.com/?p=3419#comment-18630 It's funny...I, too didn't love this episode, but I disagree with you entirely as to why! :) The time-travel stuff never bothered me, mostly because the whole point of Terminator IS time-travel. Time travel isn't real...so talking about it's mechanics in terms of what could or couldn't "actually" happen seems like a futile exercise. Also, I LIKE that John isn't whiny anymore. He's getting older, and he's spent his whole life doing what his mother told him. The only way he's going to develop into the future freedom-fighter that saves the human race from Terminators is by making his own decisions - and yes, sometimes mistakes. At the same time, the whole point of this particular show, too, seems to be Sarah dealing with letting go of her son. She has to, at some point, learn that protecting him doesn't mean controlling him. That he's a "big boy", and her job is to teach him to fend for himself, then at some point, let him go. My problems with the episode: 1) Riley is a whiny, obnoxious bitch. No WAY John would be interested in her. He's only "dating" her, because he's trying to take his mind off the fact that he's actually in love with his robot protector. 2) MELODRAMA. The whole "Charley's Wife" thing was sap-tastic. Way too much "drama" for my liking on this show. This is a mother-son show, and a show about robots and saving the future. I don't need it devolving into a soap opera. 3) As cool as I thought it was to have Shirley Manson on this show, she's really not doing anything for me. Liquid terminator...yay! But...they should've had a much cooler (and better) actress play her. It’s funny…I, too didn’t love this episode, but I disagree with you entirely as to why! :)

The time-travel stuff never bothered me, mostly because the whole point of Terminator IS time-travel. Time travel isn’t real…so talking about it’s mechanics in terms of what could or couldn’t “actually” happen seems like a futile exercise.

Also, I LIKE that John isn’t whiny anymore. He’s getting older, and he’s spent his whole life doing what his mother told him. The only way he’s going to develop into the future freedom-fighter that saves the human race from Terminators is by making his own decisions – and yes, sometimes mistakes. At the same time, the whole point of this particular show, too, seems to be Sarah dealing with letting go of her son. She has to, at some point, learn that protecting him doesn’t mean controlling him. That he’s a “big boy”, and her job is to teach him to fend for himself, then at some point, let him go.

My problems with the episode:
1) Riley is a whiny, obnoxious bitch. No WAY John would be interested in her. He’s only “dating” her, because he’s trying to take his mind off the fact that he’s actually in love with his robot protector.

2) MELODRAMA. The whole “Charley’s Wife” thing was sap-tastic. Way too much “drama” for my liking on this show. This is a mother-son show, and a show about robots and saving the future. I don’t need it devolving into a soap opera.

3) As cool as I thought it was to have Shirley Manson on this show, she’s really not doing anything for me. Liquid terminator…yay! But…they should’ve had a much cooler (and better) actress play her.

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