ETA: In case anyone wanted to know, the title of tonight’s episode, “Gnothi Seauton,” means “Know thyself” in Greek. It was kind of the underlying theme of the episode, and what Sarah was talking about in her voiceovers.
I think I’ve posted three times in the last 24 hours. That may be a record, even for me.
Anywho, what can I say? New TV — and awesome new TV at that — makes me prolific.
The overnight ratings are in for the Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles pilot and they are early-LOST caliber. Eighteen million people tuned in to watch Lena Headey and Summer Glau thrown down in spectacularly bad-ass fashion. Granted, there has been so little new television due to this god-awful and pathetic strike, so it’s probably not much of a no-brainer that even the dubious would tune in, but still — it’s definitely a promising start for FOX’s latest series.
I think I have an advantage over a cadre of viewers. You know to whom I’m referring: the Terminator faithful. As Jared and Jim said in their comments on my last SCC post last night, they were bothered by continuity problems between the movies and the TV show. I, however, am blissfully unburdened by similar concerns because I have only seen T2, and I barely remember it. I do remember thinking Linda Hamilton was horribly unfeminine and Arnold Schwarzenegger was way too robotic. (I know, I know, that was the entire point, but still.)
The series creators have already said that this re-imagining of the original concept takes place after the conclusion of T2, but T3 never happens, and they plan on taking the TV show in its own direction.
I like the series much better than I remember the movie. Lena Headey manages to be tough and determined to overthrow Skynet while still retaining an alluring femininity. Summer Glau is already being hailed as SCC’s break-out star, and I like that Cameron, while a “tin man,” is far from the unemotional mass of robotics that Schwarzenegger’s character was. Is it realistic? Er…is a computer network overthrowing humanity realistic? Was anything that happened in Alias realistic? It’s television, people. Fiction. Fantasy. Entertainment.
I love this show. Immensely. Can’t wait to see how the remainder of the woefully short season unfolds.
