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| Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles [2008] | ![Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles [2008]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51C1IcYHpfL._SL160_.jpg)
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (based on 11 reviews)
Sales Rank: 195
Category: DVD
Actors: Lena Headey, Thomas Dekker, Summer Glau, Richard T. Jones, Brian Austin Green
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Studio: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Label: Warner Home Video
Format: Pal
Language: English (Unknown)
Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Media: DVD
Number Of Items: 3
EAN: 7321902220130
ASIN: B0013IOE96
Release Date: July 28, 2008 (In 77 Days)
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
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 A very good start :) May 5, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I really recommend this series to anyone who loves the Terminator world.
This series takes a little bit to get going, but once it does you will find yourself totally immersed and excited to see every episode.
Most notable episode is Episode 06 - DUNGEONS & DRAGONS, absolutely fantastic, and Summer Glau who you may remember from Firefly makes an amazing female terminator, I highly recommend this to anyone.
"These are the men that created Skynet." May 3, 2008
8 out of 11 found this review helpful
The Terminator saga is one of the longest running and well created predestination paradox stories in modern science fiction and it is with great care that they have created The Sarah Connor Chronicles.
Set after the events of Terminator 2, the series centres around Sarah's efforts to keep John safe and 'off the radar' while keeping an ever watchful eye out for the Terminators themselves.
John has to deal with growing up, never staying in one pace too long and he feels the tremendous weight on his shoulders and the responsibilities that Sarah is reminding him of.
Help for them arrives in the form of Cameron, a new Terminator sent by John in the future to protect himself in the past.
As the show progresses we begin to see just how complex the paradox has become and the frightening levels which the machines are prepared to go to win.
Not content with sending the T-1000 back, the machines have sent others into the past and their missions are not all about John and the Resistance.
The Resistance themselves appear to have sent their own troops back, some as far as sixty years in order to prepare for the coming war.
Behind all the events in Sarah and John's lives are the investigations of FBI Agent Ellis, who is beginning to piece together the parts of Sarah's past and is coming to understand what she is running from. The best episode for him is in The Demon Hand where he catches up with Doctor Silberman, now played by Bruce Davison, to talk about Sarah's stay in the mental hospital.
The show runs along at a good pace, with carefully thought out scripts and a talent for twists and turns. The most shocking cliffhanger comes in at the end of Queen's Gambit when we discover the identity of one of the Resistance fighters. There are some flashes of the future which begin to explain certain events but while they answer some questions, they give you more to think about. That said, the final ten seconds of the final epsiode 'What he Beheld' are also shocking in their suddenness.
The series is intended as a continuation of Terminator 2 but the writers have already specified that the events from the pilot episode will place the series in a parallel timeline to those events established by Terminator 3 so the remainder of the movie franchise will not have any direct baring on the show.
The three main stars of the show do very well indeed. There was some debate that Lena Headey was not suitable for the role but after a couple of episodes there is no doubt at all that she is Sarah Connor. Thomas Dekker (Zach in Heroes) is well cast as a young John Connor. His interplay with Cameron is excellent and you can see the beginnings of the man that will one day lead the Resistance. Summer Glau is okay as Cameron but sometimes she seems to play the part as either River (from Firefly) or Tess (from The 4400) which is a shame as it almost makes it seem like she cannot bring anything else to her performance. That said, she has a Terminator stare that just makes you want to run a mile.
Due to the writer's strike season 1 only ran for 9 episodes with Pilot, Gnothi Seauton (it means know thyself), The Turk, Heavy Metal, Queen's Gambit, Dungeons And Dragons, The Demon Hand, Vick's Chip and ends with What he Beheld.
So, for fans of the Terminator saga or some good science fiction, The Sarah Connor Chronicles is a must.
 no audible soundtrack April 30, 2008
0 out of 10 found this review helpful
This looks fantastic and the actors look good but I do not know if the say anaything as the speach is unaudible.VIRGIN 1 are too stingy to add on subtitles si I foe one will never understand what the varous episodes.i/e what is the FBI man on about and does Caneron actually utter,
I so looked forward to this SHAME
PRINCE RAFAEL
Great Potential April 28, 2008
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
I would seriously recommend this.
It has a fantastic cast, led by the superb Lena Headey who, as always, hits it out of the park. Great support from both Dekker and Glau. This series has some fantastic potential and season 2 is going to be mindblowing.
Top series all these years on! April 25, 2008
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
I saw the series halfway through and was instantly hooked - I had to see it from the beginning. Then it made more sense, but even before that I was hooked! As for the acting - i'd rather see relatively unknown actors & actresses get a chance (& it's somehow more real too!) rather than giving the fat-cat hollywood types even more of our money! The acting is fine, and talent (especially in the form of appealing looks) lets face it, is not a rare commodity requiring centralisation into the hands of a few. The story is the thing. Though a little hard to follow at times, just play twice to make things all clear. A bit worrying though that there are so many of these apocalyptic type scenarios on offer (I Am Legend, Battlestar Galactica, Day After Tomorrow, etc.) It's all gr8 stuff though! The effects are good but not to the fore, since the story truly stands up on its own! My bro didn't like it though, so go buy/rent/see it for yourself and see what you think! Can't wait for series 2!! It did end with a bit of a cliff-hanger (not fair!)
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