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fembuckI'm continuing to love this show. Seriously, I'm so happy it's good.
There's probably more than could be said, but I'm sleepy so I bid you all adieu!
LENA HEADEY!
1. Summer Glau rocks. Like many people I think that for me Cameron has been "awww schmoopy, you so cute with your big eyes and robotic walk" since the beginning of the series, but this episode Cameron freaked me the hell out in an awesome way. She was very unsettling (and hot) for most of the episode, which is really how we should be feeling about her more then "awww, so cute *pinches cheeks*".
For that reason the scenes with Cameron and Charley were actually some of my favorite in the episode. "Little girl, you freak me.....the hell out," indeed Charley. Indeed.
I don't think for a moment that Cameron is going to betray Sarah and John, but with the "Sometimes they go bad. No one knows why," line, and the chopping up Terminator's, and the slipping microchips into her pockets, Cameron really made me uncomfortable for the first time and I give major kudos to Summer for that.
Also, Cameron standing in the doorway in her jumpsuit after blowing away the Terminator that went bad was like the hottest thing ever. *looks around for cold water*
2. Kyle is pretty.
3. Future!John is interesting. I was interested to see that he seemed to be revered and respected by his soldier's but not really loved by them. He was like this mystically shadow-y figure that operated from the depth who everyone knew about and was in awe of, but it was a cold, aloof sort of wonder. The "John doesn't have any friends" line was very telling too. Innnnnnnteresting.
Also, I wonder if it means anything that they had Dekker playing John during the "Look! It's a time travel room!" scene? Was it just because Derek was all drugged up and the future was merging with his present, or is a fairly young John in the future who has maybe jumped a head a lot, or was it just a cheap stand-in because they haven't hired anyone for Future!John yet? *scratches head* I'm guessing it's because Derek was drugged up though since we've seen an older John in the movies, and they've just hired Christian Bale to play a manly John in the next movie (though I realize that movie will likely have little to nothing to do with the show).
4. As much as I liked Charley, I'm glad that there is no lingering romance plot between him and Sarah. I won't have to cringe every time I see him now.
5. Lena is so cute. When Sarah was talking about Kyle and his kind eyes and had that smile on her face I was just like "awwwwww". She was like a sixteen year old girl.
6. I was actually very pleased with the reveal that it was Derek who killed Andy. Derek didn't really seem that badass despite his stubble and tattoos, so I was pleased to see that he was the one that did it. It's also interesting that the first thing he did upon meeting Sarah was lie to her about not killing Andy.
7. So, who thinks that Cameron-model Terminator's were in the Torture Chamber of Classical Music? *raises hand* I'm thinking brainwashing was going on since they let the men go. Also, I'm very interested to know what was up with the music. Was there a human involved in whatever was going on?
8. BRING BACK TARISSA! I miss her.
For that reason the scenes with Cameron and Charley were actually some of my favorite in the episode. "Little girl, you freak me.....the hell out," indeed Charley. Indeed.
I don't think for a moment that Cameron is going to betray Sarah and John, but with the "Sometimes they go bad. No one knows why," line, and the chopping up Terminator's, and the slipping microchips into her pockets, Cameron really made me uncomfortable for the first time and I give major kudos to Summer for that.
Also, Cameron standing in the doorway in her jumpsuit after blowing away the Terminator that went bad was like the hottest thing ever. *looks around for cold water*
2. Kyle is pretty.
3. Future!John is interesting. I was interested to see that he seemed to be revered and respected by his soldier's but not really loved by them. He was like this mystically shadow-y figure that operated from the depth who everyone knew about and was in awe of, but it was a cold, aloof sort of wonder. The "John doesn't have any friends" line was very telling too. Innnnnnnteresting.
Also, I wonder if it means anything that they had Dekker playing John during the "Look! It's a time travel room!" scene? Was it just because Derek was all drugged up and the future was merging with his present, or is a fairly young John in the future who has maybe jumped a head a lot, or was it just a cheap stand-in because they haven't hired anyone for Future!John yet? *scratches head* I'm guessing it's because Derek was drugged up though since we've seen an older John in the movies, and they've just hired Christian Bale to play a manly John in the next movie (though I realize that movie will likely have little to nothing to do with the show).
4. As much as I liked Charley, I'm glad that there is no lingering romance plot between him and Sarah. I won't have to cringe every time I see him now.
5. Lena is so cute. When Sarah was talking about Kyle and his kind eyes and had that smile on her face I was just like "awwwwww". She was like a sixteen year old girl.
6. I was actually very pleased with the reveal that it was Derek who killed Andy. Derek didn't really seem that badass despite his stubble and tattoos, so I was pleased to see that he was the one that did it. It's also interesting that the first thing he did upon meeting Sarah was lie to her about not killing Andy.
7. So, who thinks that Cameron-model Terminator's were in the Torture Chamber of Classical Music? *raises hand* I'm thinking brainwashing was going on since they let the men go. Also, I'm very interested to know what was up with the music. Was there a human involved in whatever was going on?
8. BRING BACK TARISSA! I miss her.
There's probably more than could be said, but I'm sleepy so I bid you all adieu!
LENA HEADEY!
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Date: 2008-02-19 10:49 pm (UTC)Also, now I'm rather curious how you'll integrate Sarah's loathing of Cameron in the TV series into your fic series (or if you'll just ignore it. I wouldn't mind ignoring it, hah.)
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Date: 2008-02-19 11:05 pm (UTC)Eh, I didn't really love this episode. I think I liked it better than "Heavy Metal", but not by much. It did introduce some interesting plot points that could became exciting later on, and I did actually like a few scenes like Charley and Cameron in the garage, and Cameron rescuing Derek in the future. But yeah, the future scenes really weighed the episode down. It was a huge mistake to devote so much of the episode to a character we'd only met the episode before and to Charley. Like, WTF?
And what's with all the terminator/robot hating on Cameron?? With all this "you're so different so your eeeeeeevil and I'm terrified of you and we must exterminate every last piece of you at all costs" attitude, no wonder Skynet is so desperate for self-preservation.
Yeah, it's kind of like on BSG with how the humans are such unrelenting assholes that you totally understand why the Cylons want to killinate us out of existence.
I mean, Charley being freaked out I can kind of understand. He didn't exactly see Cameron at her best, and she clearly disliked him which wouldn't have endeared her too him.
Derek I'm not that surprised by either, especially since I suspect Derek is a totally douchebag. I mean, the other people in John's camp seemed to have adjusted themselves to the idea of working with reprogrammed Terminator's. Then again, if a Cameron-model tortured Derek, which I think is likely, his hatred is kind of justified or at least more understandable.
Sarah's behavior is what really surprised me.
Also, now I'm rather curious how you'll integrate Sarah's loathing of Cameron in the TV series into your fic series (or if you'll just ignore it. I wouldn't mind ignoring it, hah.)
I won't ignore it. I'll probably go the "Sarah was having a no good, very bad day" route, with some self-loathing mixed in there for good measure. Like, through Charlie's eyes she sees how she feels she should react to Cameron but doesn't. And I'll probably have Cameron be a little cold with her which will hammer home the fact to her that Cameron isn't just some piece of machinery she can take her bad moods out on.
I think the series is gonna have to branch away from canon pretty soon though. I might wrap it up soon and then just do single-shot episode fics.