Comments on: Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles – Born to Run

By: Robin

Robin — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:22:18 +0000

I don't mind the multiverse time travel. Maybe I've just watched enough Stargate that I'm used to slightly-alternate universe stories, but I like watching the characters I've gotten used to in new and interesting situations. If nothing else, it gives the actors something different to play, which usually gets them jazzed and results in a really good performance.

As far as plot twists go, I agree that Team Weaver being good guys wasn't terribly surprising. But John choosing Cameron over Sarah was. As was the new future where Kyle is leading the resistance. I'm hoping it gets picked up so they can explore the implications of that further.

By the by, the new "old-school" terminator in this week's episode was the same one that was after Savannah last week. It was played by Jeffrey Pierce of the woefully ignored Charlie Jade that SciFi banished to a timeslot in the middle of the night after only two weeks on Friday evenings. If you can get ahold of it on DVD, check it out. [/shameless plug of unrelated show]

By: Melissa

Melissa — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 22:33:50 +0000

I was pretty irritated by the way Derek's death was handled all around. First we see him killed off which is actually upsetting if you liked the character. And then just when you get used to the idea of him being gone, POOF, he is back in an alternate reality future. It almost negates the feelings we had watching him die because obviously death means NOTHING in this series. People die and then pop up again in a different timeline, or they are in the future but dead in the past which makes no sense, or they just time jump over their deaths so they don't have to worry about them. It gets to be a bunch of nonsense after a while.

By: WolfenM

WolfenM — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:46:18 +0000

I hate time travel. I really do, despite my love for Doctor Who. Time travel parasoxes are such a mess. And when you do it too oftenh, like here, then what difference does anything anyone does make when it can all be altered so easily?

I was serioulsy pissed about Derek being killed off in the previous episode. Granted, I knew full well that he was already and AU of himself the moment he jumped back, and therefore there would still be one of him, but rally, that's half of *why* his death bothered me. Yes, if there's another season, I'm thrilled that they will have a reason for BAG to still be on the show, but it's not the Derek we've come to know and love. It's a different character, no matter how similar — all that beautiful characterisation, poof, gone. So I'm still pissed — he was my fave character, and I still saw plenty they could have done with him. *sigh*

Definitley thought the John/Cameron seen was smokin hot, tho.