Comments on: Women & Robots – Review of Sarah Connor Chronicles

By: Ide Cyan

Ide Cyan — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 06:21:46 +0000

…after two episodes: the show’s much stronger than the Bionic Woman remake so far, but it’s even more like BSG, in that the female human leader potentially has cancer!

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By: Naamenblog

Naamenblog — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 19:30:41 +0000

Ide – It’s definitely better than the Bionic Woman remake judging by the pilot. All your points are good and I agree with them, although if Sarah remains the leader of her motley crew and takes them down when they get up in her face it’ll redeem some of my issues with the casting. As for the robotic angle yeah I’m not happy about that or the posters that showed Summer Glau disassembled in some ways I just thought that it was so sexualized and fucked up that it almost put me off the show entirely. There’s a part of me that wonders if the writers are allowing Sarah to be so in control and competent because she’s supposed to be slightly unhinged, as if there’s no other way for a woman to have agency. Only time will tell but for now I have some hope for the show.

Liz- It is so good, there are some scenes that are small yet entertain me to no end because of the way they portray Sarah’s competence and almost ruthlessness. I’m hoping it stays good and doesn’t slide so badly downhill as so many shows with lead women seem to do because the writers/directors/whoever doesn’t know how to write women without reducing them to caricatures.

By: Liz

Liz — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 08:10:06 +0000

The ass-kicking and craziness sure sounds good!

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By: Ide Cyan

Ide Cyan — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 21:00:32 +0000

They changed the name from The Sarah Connor Chronicles to Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles to better draw in casual fans of the franchise who wouldn't necessarily remember the lead female character's name, I guess. I will definitely be tuning in to watch. I haven't seen more than the trailers and a few online clips for this yet, but it looks like it could be better than the Bionic Woman remake. (It would have a difficult time being worse.) One thing troubles me, though, is looking at the cast list on Wikipedia: there are five listed characters. Three of them are male, and two are female. And half of those female characters are robots. That's like the cast of Battlestar Galactica all over again. (The presence of a male Terminator making it slightly less tilted in breakdown, though, with a smaller ensemble, it seems like Sarah's conversations with other female characters will mostly be with the female Terminator.)