Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: A declaration of love

[laceblade]

Yes, I shamelessly steal other people's posts when they are amazing, in the hope that others might read it, and feel the same way.

By coffeeandink, and I don't know what to add except that I agree with everything she says about this show. PEOPLE, PLEASE WATCH IT!!

I want to say something passionate and convincing about Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, something that will convince you all that this is the BEST SHOW ON TELEVISION, that will make you watch it, that will reprieve it from the imminent danger of cancelation, something about the prominence of women and women relating to women and women not talking about men and about the uncharacteristic depictions of men too, and the casual presence of characters of color in the main cast and among the significant supporting characters, about how it has a sympathetic non-othered transgender character in a one-off, about how in its episodes set in Mexico the Mexican cops aren't corrupt and venal they're just pretty smart guys doing a good job, about how the secondary characters and one-offs all feel so fully rounded and human, about how the second season is even better than the first, about how it WILL BREAK MY HEART if I don't see the long-term arcs building to fulfillment, about how this is Buffy's true heir in the complicated examinations of networks of affinity, affection, and circumstance and the conflicts between community and individuality, about how it's about ordinary, mixed-up people becoming heroes and heroes having feet of clay and still walking forward on them anyway, about how it's not perfect but god it's trying, about about about about.

But I can't. I just love this show too much to be coherent about it. WATCH IT.

[Her original post is here.]

Comments

[balladsofmirth.livejournal.com]

you know, i have been meaning to watch this show for quite some time. i just might do it over the holiday break. thank you for posting about this.

[snowystingray.livejournal.com]

Not that I really need a new fandom or anything (I've been working on my annual TV in Review post for 2008 and am slightly staggered by exactly how much TV I managed to watch this year, and by the fact that my number of fandoms has just about quadrupled within that same amount of time), buuut... I have sort of kept this show on my radar because it has several actors I know and love, it's scifi therefore I feel obligated to support it, and it just looks well-produced in general. And now my curiosity has been extra-piqued, I feel like I have to start watching it! Hmmm... I'm not sure when/if I'll get the chance to catch up, but I think I'll probably add it to my to-do list. How much (if any) familiarity with the films is required?

[mystickeeper.livejournal.com]

I would certainly recommend watching the first two Terminator movies.

In its favor, the first season is only 9 episodes long, or something like that.

[lavendersleeves.livejournal.com]

I'm acutely embarrassed to admit I've never seen these movies. Unfortunately, downloading them might prove impossible, and renting them already is. So. #*$@) blu-ray.

[mystickeeper.livejournal.com]

Well, they DO explain things and you won't be totally lost. I think you can definitely watch the series without having seen the movies, but if you're really paranoid about it, I'm sure there are extensive Wikipedia entries and shiz.