Sarah Connor Chronicles — Why It Died

brumgrunt writes "Sarah Connor was a non-populist, meditative, complex piece of television on a smash-bang, show-me-the-ratings kind of network. The two were never going to get on. Plus: how the Terminator name proved more hindrance than aid."

going out on a limb, here ...

[lambent]

... you're a fanboy, aren't you?

Why it died

[smooth wombat]

Not enough scenes of Summer Glau in a wet t-shirt.

TERMINATED

[CHRONOSS2008]

haha

Re:Sarah who?

[MooseMuffin]

She's that woman your PC searches for with its free cycles.

Re:Sarah who?

[BadAnalogyGuy]

Oh, that must be Maria Ozawa's real name, then.

Re:Watchable show

[Tinctorius]

It'll be back.

Re:going out on a limb, here ...

[Nutria]

I've just gotten tired of Yet Another Uber-Aggressive Fight Babe stories. They've become too common for me to suspend disbelief that there really are that many physically aggressive women in this world that beat up men on a regular basis.

Re:Sarah who?

[Leafheart]

no no no. That would be Samantha Who?, and it got canceled too.

Re:going out on a limb, here ...

[Chrisq]

They've become too common for me to suspend disbelief that there really are that many physically aggressive women in this world that beat up men on a regular basis.

You wouldn't say that if you knew my wife. (please don't tell her I wrote this)

Re:Why it died

[geminidomino]

Not enough scenes of Summer Glau in a wet t-shirt.

More accurately: Not enough of Summer Glau in a wet t-shirt. ;)

Re:going out on a limb, here ...

[sigxcpu]

You have obviously never met my mom.
Or grandmother.
I mean, clearly you don't have any redheads in your family.

Re:tired of...

[TaoPhoenix]

IANYAUAFB.

Cheers was on for 11 seasons.

[royler]

Cliff: Well ya see, Norm, it's like this. A herd of buffalo can only move as fast as the slowest buffalo. And when the herd is hunted, it is the slowest and weakest ones at the back that are killed first. This natural selection is good for the herd as a whole, because the general speed and health of the whole group keeps improving by the regular killing of the weakest members. In much the same way, the human brain can only operate as fast as the slowest brain cells. Excessive intake of alcohol, as we know, kills brain cells. But naturally, it attacks the slowest and weakest brain cells first. In this way, regular consumption of beer eliminates the weaker brain cells, making the brain a faster and more efficient machine. That's why you always feel smarter after a few beers.

Missed Opportunity

[pancakegeels]

Exactly, the sequel should have been a robot going after the Great Great Great Grandad in the Wild West, or Industrial Revolution era Northern England.

Re:going out on a limb, here ...

[sesshomaru]

"Why you red headed Wildcat!" [crimeboss.com]

Re:The babe from Firefly?

[tjonnyc999]

Hmm... It's kinda hard to compare a cutie who can tear a spaceship apart & put it back together, then have a beer with the guys and laugh at stupid jokes, all the while being so frickin' adorable you just want to buy her a pony or something - and a super-killer-tough-chick who seems to have been born with an axe in one hand and a gun in the other. Two different worlds, man, two worlds.

...Summer Glau does need a sandwich, though.

P.S. If you haven't watched "Firefly" / "Serenity" yet, you're missing the best show that was ever on Sci-Fi. Srsly. It's so good that fans bought advertising at their own expense.

Re:Why it died

[Kozz]

I didn't watch the show, but... seriously, that happened? Wet t-shirt? Sounds preposterous.
[citation and photos needed]

Re:The babe from Firefly?

[bobdotorg]

Place this in stark contrast to Lost, where it's clear that there is no long term game plan and they're just trying to keep people guessing for as long as possible. What's the point in guessing if there isn't, and never has been, an answer?

The meandering plot arcs of Lost all make sense when you realize that in the series finale they find Gilligan.

Re:Here, I'll summarize.

[Cornelius the Great]

I don't know, but I'd love to see her get cast as Catwoman in the next Batman movie.

Re:tired of...

[Anonymous Coward]

I Am Not Your Average Under Age Fuck Buddy?

About your sig

[blueZ3]

You know what? You're right

Re:Why it died

[rthille]

http://xkcd.com/580/ [xkcd.com]

I about fell out of my chair at the end of that strip...

Re:You left off the second half of that.

[bitt3n]

The "very complex plot with many main characters" collapses because there is nothing else to carry it.

A well written series would not have that flaw.

maybe the robots realized that if they killed him, then he would not have thwarted their evil plans, so they would never have been sent back in time in the first place, which would enable him to live long enough to save humanity?

Re:You never watched did you?

[cayenne8]

"Im starting to wonder if Summer Glau is cursed. We will see with the next series she is in that is absolutely fantastic and get's canceled. Third time is the charm right?"

What else has she been in? I'd not heard of her till this terminator show.

Re:You never watched did you?

[ArcherB]

What else has she been in? I'd not heard of her till this terminator show.

Never heard of Firefly?

Please turn in your geek card at the door on your way out.

Thank You.

Re:going out on a limb, here ...

[shadwstalkr]

I've seen every episode, and I still say the show sucked

Then why in the world did you watch every episode?

Re:going out on a limb, here ...

[Anonymous Coward]

This seems to be modded "funny", but there's a considerable amount of truth behind it. I mean, after decades of take-no-prisoners tough-as-nails fight babes in every other movie released, kick-everyone's-asses battle-hardened makes-no-mistakes girls in every other print and internet comic out there, a glut of "strong" yet still one-dimensional "perfect" female characters in TV shows whose sole purpose seems to be a portable deus ex machina whenever the writers need to work out women issues they have, it all just...

*yaaaaawn*

Hm? I'm sorry, what were we talking about? I just bored myself out of my train of thought.

Re:going out on a limb, here ...

[Anonymous Coward]

Thats a pretty small wookie...

Re:Why it failed.

[nyctopterus]

Yeah, who'd watch a TERMINATOR show to see terminators? Damn plebs!

Re:Here, I'll summarize.

[general_re]

Because the terminator traveling across country hitting up county courthouses for birth certificates isn't nearly as interesting.

Could be.

This week, on Terminator: The Registrar Chronicles:

(ring)
"County Clerk's Office, how may I help you?"
"I need ze birth certificate for Sarah Connor"
"Are you a parent or next-of-kin?"
"Negative."
"We'll need some documentation that you're the parent or next-of-kin to provide birth records to you."
"I'll be back..."

Re:Here, I'll summarize.

[dzfoo]

>> Kind of like how there only needed to be one Highlander movie.

But there was only one. There can be only one.

      -dZ.

Re:You never watched did you?

[thrillseeker]

so ... the question is ... a maryannbot or a gingerbot?

Re:You never watched did you?

[Anonymous Coward]

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