Terminator TV Show - "The Sarah Connor Chronicles" - "SPOILERS FOR ALL EPISODES"

[IcyNeko]

The only thing on the pilot worth watching... is Summer "River Tam" Glau beating people up. Like she did in Serenity. It's like River Tam came into Terminator Universe. I'm halfway expecting to see Simon.

[TheGreatLordGeorge]

i have never heard of this show, could you perhaps give some background (I know who sarah conner is but know nothing of the show you are talking about)

[the fifth man]

It aired already?

[maneth]

Nope, not yet. But TSW has a great set visit report up. I admit I was dismayed when I heard this was in the works, but reading the report I'm a lot more optimistic.

[AvatarIII]

i've seen some clips on the virgin1 ad's i think it might be alright, i do quite like the terminator series, and i'm glad they are not using the t3 continuity

[Nick-J]

Already seen it quite a while ago, it's about Sarah and her son (lost his name) who are running once again from a terminator, this time helped by a terminator played by Summer Glau, and as many of you might know, it happens after T2

I thought it was quite ok, but wasn't really impressed, it didn't really feel to me as terminator either, but I think I wil watch the other episodes when they come

[AvatarIII]

Already seen it quite a while ago, it's about Sarah and her son (lost his name)

john, john conner

[Daniel Jackson]

i have never heard of this show, could you perhaps give some background (I know who sarah conner is but know nothing of the show you are talking about)

There's this movie series called Terminator comprising of The Terminator, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, and Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines. There's now going to be a TV show this January based on the movies, but only the first two. The TV show ignores the third movie for creativity's sake. However, the upcoming fourth movie will be a continuation of the third movie, not the TV show. There's basically two timelines that could be followed.

Timeline 1
The Terminator
Terminator 2: Judgement Day
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
Terminator 4 (in development)

Timeline 2
The Terminator
Terminator 2: Judgement Day
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (TV show)

[Nick-J]

john, john conner

ah thanks, one would think it wouldn't be to dificult to remember that name

[Oreo]

The show was great, but they are editing out the school shooting part which is lame.

It's really REALLY good, and will have more to do with Sky... whatever the company is called.

And I love the fact that is being made by the T3 people, like all of them, and they are throwing T3 out the window.

[Daniel Jackson]

Isn't it ironic that we're getting TSCC, made by the T3 people, yet TSCC ignores T3? lol

[AvatarIII]

The show was great, but they are editing out the school shooting part which is lame.

It's really REALLY good, and will have more to do with Sky... whatever the company is called.

And I love the fact that is being made by the T3 people, like all of them, and they are throwing T3 out the window.

SkyNet

anyway i guess the continuity of terminator 2 works better for a TV show, there's not much that could happen at the end of T3, as far as i remember, and anyway, does TSCC actually make the events of T3 impossible to come after the series, continuity wise?

[Oreo]

does TSCC actually make the events of T3 impossible to come after the series, continuity wise?

Yes, oh yes.

The show has a completely different time line than T3. It follows T2 with every detail. In T3 Sarah Connor is dead and there hadn't been a Terminator after them since T2. In the first episode there are two Terminators, and she's obviously alive and well.

[AvatarIII]

Yes, oh yes.

The show has a completely different time line than T3. It follows T2 with every detail. In T3 Sarah Connor is dead and there hadn't been a Terminator after them since T2. In the first episode there are two Terminators, and she's obviously alive and well.

fair enough, i seem to be hearing mixed reviews about this, so i'm just going to have to try it out on my own and form my own opinion, best way to do it i guess.

[Daniel Jackson]

Oreo, it's not nice to give out such major spoilers without using spoiler code.

The TV show is ignoring the third movie, Rise of the Machines, because...

Spoiler:

In Rise of the Machines, Sarah Connor is already dead (cancer), and John Connor mentions (through narration) that nothing has happened since the events of Judgment Day (the movie). The movie ended with Judgment Day (the event). A TV show set after T3 would be post-apocolyptic, and a TV show set between T2 and T3 would have to be completely void of Terminator characters and kill off Sarah after a few years. This is why the TV show ignores the T3.

While the TV show ignores Rise of the Machines, the upcoming Terminator 4 will pick up where T3 left off, but set years later.