The HeldenFiles Online » Sarah Connor Chronicles

More "Sarah Connor"

Rich Heldenfels — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:29:49 +0000

Official announcement this morning:

TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES (T:SCC) has been picked up for the 2008-2009 season.

The explosive, season-ending cliffhanger left CAMERON (Summer Glau) rocked by a car bomb and SARAH CONNOR (Lena Headey) close to locating an important Skynet component. Viewers were left with unanswered questions regarding DEREK’s (Brian Austin Green) true intentions and JOHN’s (Thomas Dekker) fate as the savior of mankind. These questions and more will be answered in season two of TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES.

The show currently ranks as the No. 1 new scripted series this season among Adults 18-49. The action packed series represents an exciting reinvention of the “Terminator” film franchise, in which the strong and intrepid Sarah discovers that protecting her son and stopping the rise of the machines is more difficult than she had ever imagined.

Sneak Peek at "Sarah Connor Chronicles"

Rich Heldenfels — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 14:41:04 +0000

About a week ago I posted my thoughts about "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles," based on the first two episodes. If you don't want to wait for its premiere to tell me how wrong I am, Fox is offering an online preview. Here's the announcement:

In anticipation of the two-night premiere of TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES Sunday, Jan. 13 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) and Monday, Jan. 14 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT), FOX will offer fans a one-time-only preview of the pilot episode of the new Warner Bros. Television series exclusively on Yahoo! (http://tv.yahoo.com).

The commercial-free preview of TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES will be available for free streaming on Yahoo! for a 24-hour period beginning Friday, Jan. 4 at 9:00 PM PT/Midnight ET. The premiere will also feature an exclusive introduction by Lena Headey (Sarah Connor).

"Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles"

Rich Heldenfels — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 02:07:07 +0000

Linda Hamilton as Sarah Connor: One Tough Woman

See the picture above? THAT's Sarah Connor. Tough and more than a little scary. Small, maybe, but look at the arms. (Remember her working out in "T2"?) You can see the relentlessness, the fury that could help turn a boy into a brilliant leader of men and women, a protector of humanity.

Which is why Lena Headey is such a disappointment in "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles," which premieres Jan. 13 on Fox. …

I have seen both the Jan. 13 and Jan. 14 episodes and the one on the 14th is an improvement, generating some real suspense and giving more depth both to young John Connor (Thomas Dekker) and especially to Cameron Phillips (Summer Glau), a reprogrammed Terminator sent back to help Sarah and John. In fact, as I griped about "Bionic Woman," "Sarah Connor" looks like one of those shows where a supporting character is more interesting than the one in the title.

I don't know how deliberate that is, but it is puzzling to see Headey's Sarah Connor as such a tortured, less than brutal character. After all, Headey was plenty tough in "300," and that would seem to make her a natural for this Connor — especially considering that the TV series takes place after the mayhem in "T2." Has she gotten soft? Is she burnt out? Is she supposed to Christine Lahti in "Running on Empty"?

Which isn't to say the show is lousy. The first episode is rather weak, overdosing on action and struggling to get to the point where the series can really start in the second episode. The second episode settles into a more thoughtful and suspenseful place, although with ample action. By its end, as I said, Cameron has become quite interesting, almost enough to keep me watching.

But the show is still theoretically about Sarah Connor, and it is there that it is most flawed.