Brian Damage
01-19-2008, 12:41 PM
5. It's action packed. Every couple of minutes has a scene with somebody getting shot, punched, or run over with a car.
4. It's well acted. The actors who play Sarah (Lena Headey) and John (Thomas Dekker) are both quite good. I will say, however, that the gal (Summer Glau) who plays the terminator protecting the two of them comes off a little awkward. What's hard to fathom is how she can turn on a normal-sounding voice in a pinch, but then has to revert back to the robotic voice and blank stare, which is almost as bad as Vicki from "Small Wonder."
3. The story is faithful to the original movies.
2. The details are also consistent with the films. Dogs still hate terminators, and time travel still comes with nakedness. The kid using his cell phone to take a video of the nakedness was a nice touch and very much with the times.
1. Although the show relies heavily on the action sequences, it also has a lot of really interesting ideas. For instance:
-A terminator poses as a substitute teacher and stabs through his own leg to get to a concealed gun.
-A time machine is located in a bank. It appears as if the characters are robbing the place, but in reality they're locking themselves into the safe to travel to the future.
-A terminator, who has his head blown off, hides his stolen human head with a helmet, finds his head at a man's home, kills the guy, and puts his head back on.
4. It's well acted. The actors who play Sarah (Lena Headey) and John (Thomas Dekker) are both quite good. I will say, however, that the gal (Summer Glau) who plays the terminator protecting the two of them comes off a little awkward. What's hard to fathom is how she can turn on a normal-sounding voice in a pinch, but then has to revert back to the robotic voice and blank stare, which is almost as bad as Vicki from "Small Wonder."
3. The story is faithful to the original movies.
2. The details are also consistent with the films. Dogs still hate terminators, and time travel still comes with nakedness. The kid using his cell phone to take a video of the nakedness was a nice touch and very much with the times.
1. Although the show relies heavily on the action sequences, it also has a lot of really interesting ideas. For instance:
-A terminator poses as a substitute teacher and stabs through his own leg to get to a concealed gun.
-A time machine is located in a bank. It appears as if the characters are robbing the place, but in reality they're locking themselves into the safe to travel to the future.
-A terminator, who has his head blown off, hides his stolen human head with a helmet, finds his head at a man's home, kills the guy, and puts his head back on.