well, i would consider myself a fan of the Terminator series of films, and would always be keen to see the continuance or perpetuation of the series, but i have mixed feelings about this development. some sort of TV series based on, or rather acting as a continuance of, the films?
i believe this starts in the USA relatively soon, depending on this whole writers’ strike one would assume. i must say they are doing some rather attractive, if not aggressive, advertising for it!
whereas the first Terminator film is a science fiction classic, i do hold some reservations about how celebrated T2 is or was. everyone declares it a “masterpiece” and immediatley quotes the special effects. yeah, the special effects were awesome – groundbreaking then, and still stunning today some 15 years later. the problem, however, is that the plot was weak, the script was awful and the concepts were, by and large, flawed in comparison to the original. Terminator 3 is the only actual “proper” sequel in terms of plot, development and so on. For some inexplicable reason, however, most seem to slam it.
as T3, if you will, is the most recent entry and didn’t go down as well as it could have, one suspects this TV series idea will have an awful lot of scepticism to overcome before it is accepted. the constraints of TV means that the content might not be as strong as the films, and the budgets, one would assume, will be distinctly lower.
erm, a big factor in the relative success of the films that, you would assume as a given, will be absent from this TV show is a certain ex-Austrian called Arnie. as he was The Terminator, irrespective of foes presented, i am not sure how much momentum will be generated for an Arnold-free Terminator. let’s face it, the indestructable, all conquering cyborg was far more interesting than Sarah Connor or her offspring in the films.
if, as the posters suggest, this is going to be humans vs machines all the way through, then that could cause all sorts of problems. for a start, and the ***SPOILER STARTS*** must go here, Sarah Connor was dead before the war of the machines, according to T3. how will they engineer it so that she is all of a sudden alive to commence battle, or will we have sporadic, and possibly ridiculous time travel incidents of Terminators popping in to try and battle her? ***SPOILER ENDS***
it is somewhat obvious to say that a “wait and see” approach is required with this one, as no one will be seeing it for a couple of months at best! i certainly hope that it turns out to be decent, but i am not building up too many expectations.
be excellent to each other, or, if you will,
i’ll be back...........................
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