Comments on: FOX Renews Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

By: Feelings of White » Terminator Season 1

Feelings of White » Terminator Season 1 — Sat, 10 May 2008 21:33:43 +0000

[...] grow brighter, and perhaps for a bit of ice cream and Johnny Cash. Update: Terminator has indeed been renewed for 13 episodes. Wish Granted! Filed under tv and tagged review, terminator, testpoint. Follow [...]

By: Maria

Maria — Thu, 01 May 2008 19:36:32 +0000

Still very excited although the news is a bit old. Summer is kinda my rolemodel so I’m looking forward to her kicking some butt!

By: Maria

Maria — Thu, 01 May 2008 19:36:32 +0000

Still very excited although the news is a bit old. Summer is kinda my rolemodel so I'm looking forward to her kicking some butt!

By: Ginger

Ginger — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:45:36 +0000

They might have a sequence with her in full terminator/robot frame for part of the episode because the fire burned off all her skin, but I think they’ll have her back to normal looking girl by halfway through the episode or sooner.

By: Ginger

Ginger — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:45:36 +0000

They might have a sequence with her in full terminator/robot frame for part of the episode because the fire burned off all her skin, but I think they'll have her back to normal looking girl by halfway through the episode or sooner.

By: Raijin

Raijin — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 07:28:26 +0000

^ Cool. I feel more people in the media should have picked up on it. Everyone however used the “She’ll be back” line. Of course it was asking for it.

By: Raijin

Raijin — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 07:28:26 +0000

^ Cool. I feel more people in the media should have picked up on it. Everyone however used the “She'll be back” line. Of course it was asking for it.

By: swm1955

swm1955 — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 07:24:08 +0000

I’m really happy they will be back! I love that show! And the hot combat chassis Cameron.

By: swm1955

swm1955 — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 07:24:08 +0000

I'm really happy they will be back! I love that show! And the hot combat chassis Cameron.

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:49:36 +0000

Frank/Raijin, I liked the content so much I wrote a post on it. It’s too good, and not everyone reads the comments Thank you!!

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:49:36 +0000

Frank/Raijin, I liked the content so much I wrote a post on it. It's too good, and not everyone reads the comments Thank you!!

By: FrankJ

FrankJ — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:49 +0000

For those of you curious about Raijin’s trivia about T:TSCC, here is the dialogue from the Pilot.

Sarah Connor: How long have you been looking for us?
Cameron: Seventy three days.
Sarah Connor: And the war?
Cameron: The Skynet Missile Defense system goes online April 19th, 2011…declares war on mankind and triggers a nuclear apocalypse two days later.

Somebody at FOX has a really cool sense of humor.

By: FrankJ

FrankJ — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:49 +0000

For those of you curious about Raijin's trivia about T:TSCC, here is the dialogue from the Pilot.

Somebody at FOX has a really cool sense of humor.

By: Maria

Maria — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 22:08:48 +0000

Although it’s great news the 13 episode order scares me a bit. We only had 9 superb episodes so I was expecting a full second season containing at least 22 episodes. If Prison Break gets 22 we should at least get the same. If TSCC airs in the fall it will go up against Heroes which has basically the same fanbase. When 24 returns in early ’09 Prison Break will be it’s lead-in instead of TSCC which already was proned to be 24′s lead-in this year.

By: Maria

Maria — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 22:08:48 +0000

Although it's great news the 13 episode order scares me a bit. We only had 9 superb episodes so I was expecting a full second season containing at least 22 episodes. If Prison Break gets 22 we should at least get the same. If TSCC airs in the fall it will go up against Heroes which has basically the same fanbase. When 24 returns in early '09 Prison Break will be it's lead-in instead of TSCC which already was proned to be 24's lead-in this year.

By: Andrea

Andrea — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:59:22 +0000

Raijin:

It’s so nice to see “judgment” spelled right. I just have to say hats off.

By: Andrea

Andrea — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:59:22 +0000

Raijin:

It's so nice to see “judgment” spelled right. I just have to say hats off.

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:21:32 +0000

Raijin, that’s a FABULOUS random piece of info. I doubt it’s random at all that FOX passed judgment on that day!

Now back to exploring the needless heartache

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:21:32 +0000

Raijin, that's a FABULOUS random piece of info. I doubt it's random at all that FOX passed judgment on that day!

Now back to exploring the needless heartache

By: Raijin

Raijin — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:15:46 +0000

A random piece of info: Today (April 21st)is Judgment Day in TSCC lore.

By: Raijin

Raijin — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:15:46 +0000

A random piece of info: Today (April 21st)is Judgment Day in TSCC lore.

By: Raijin

Raijin — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:09:40 +0000

Prison Break got 22 episodes with lower numbers… Oh well, I just hope the show does well.

If it were up to me I’d put behind something huge like American Idol and leave it there. All the ratings drama is such a needless heartache.

By: Raijin

Raijin — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:09:40 +0000

Prison Break got 22 episodes with lower numbers… Oh well, I just hope the show does well.

If it were up to me I'd put behind something huge like American Idol and leave it there. All the ratings drama is such a needless heartache.

By: Bill Gorman

Bill Gorman — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:50:51 +0000

FrankJ and Andrea, My guess is that the renewals of a lot of shows from this year are going to be greeted with a certain amount of wariness because of the unique (writer’s strike) situation.

I think the attitude of “Well, it did pretty well in the winter/spring of ’08 when everything was all screwed up, but how will it do in a normal season?” will often be the case.

By: Bill Gorman

Bill Gorman — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:50:51 +0000

FrankJ and Andrea, My guess is that the renewals of a lot of shows from this year are going to be greeted with a certain amount of wariness because of the unique (writer's strike) situation.

I think the attitude of “Well, it did pretty well in the winter/spring of '08 when everything was all screwed up, but how will it do in a normal season?” will often be the case.

By: FrankJ

FrankJ — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:10:18 +0000

I’m wondering about the 13 episode buy too. Probably means FOX is taking a wait and see approach. Hopefully they’ll buy more as long as the show is doing good.

By: FrankJ

FrankJ — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:10:18 +0000

I'm wondering about the 13 episode buy too. Probably means FOX is taking a wait and see approach. Hopefully they'll buy more as long as the show is doing good.

By: Andrea

Andrea — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:00:04 +0000

I wonder what the order of 13 means?

By: Andrea

Andrea — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:00:04 +0000

I wonder what the order of 13 means?

By: Mike G

Mike G — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 22:35:16 +0000

Good. I’m happy that at least one of the shows I liked from this past season is returning. Definitely hoping for a full 22 episodes. These 9 installments at a clip are driving me nuts!

By: Mike G

Mike G — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 22:35:16 +0000

Good. I'm happy that at least one of the shows I liked from this past season is returning. Definitely hoping for a full 22 episodes. These 9 installments at a clip are driving me nuts!

By: Tony

Tony — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 16:26:43 +0000

Very good news indeed but still not official. Oh, we’re not worried about Cameron being hurt but if Summer will be portraying her. Another Terminator got blown up and he repaired himself but came back as another actor, so that’s why the fans are worried.
Oh, Lena Headey = HOT

Summer Glau = HOTTER

By: Tony

Tony — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 16:26:43 +0000

Very good news indeed but still not official. Oh, we're not worried about Cameron being hurt but if Summer will be portraying her. Another Terminator got blown up and he repaired himself but came back as another actor, so that's why the fans are worried.
Oh, Lena Headey = HOT

Summer Glau = HOTTER

By: K8ie

K8ie — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 01:28:09 +0000

WHOO and HOO.

The delay is probably contract-related but it could be FOX being buzz-savvy and keeping the show in the entertainment columns. Uncertainty generates more discussion than certainty: QED the posts on this site.

As for the UGO rumour – The Halcyon Company owns the rights to future Terminator projects outright. They bought out all of Carolco’s remaining rights (including some to TSCC) last May. They seem to be financing T4 with money from private equity (like Legendary Pictures – who cofinanced Superman Returns, among others) and WB is just the NorthAm distributor, so it wouldn’t be WB shutting down the production. The production did cancel plans to shoot in Hungary following the dollar’s dive agains the Euro and relocated to New Mexico, where they were reportedly casting extras last week. For a production to fall apart at that stage, without any of the kind of negative buzz something like Justice League or that Nick Cage Superman got, would be highly unusual.

By: K8ie

K8ie — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 01:28:09 +0000

WHOO and HOO.

As for the UGO rumour – The Halcyon Company owns the rights to future Terminator projects outright. They bought out all of Carolco's remaining rights (including some to TSCC) last May. They seem to be financing T4 with money from private equity (like Legendary Pictures – who cofinanced Superman Returns, among others) and WB is just the NorthAm distributor, so it wouldn't be WB shutting down the production. The production did cancel plans to shoot in Hungary following the dollar's dive agains the Euro and relocated to New Mexico, where they were reportedly casting extras last week. For a production to fall apart at that stage, without any of the kind of negative buzz something like Justice League or that Nick Cage Superman got, would be highly unusual.

By: Jim

Jim — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 00:56:16 +0000

^Funny, I always use UGO for videogame stuff rather than for movie “rumors”…

Thanks for the tip Robert!

By: Jim

Jim — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 00:56:16 +0000

^Funny, I always use UGO for videogame stuff rather than for movie “rumors”…

Thanks for the tip Robert!

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 00:50:04 +0000

Jim, I don’t trust these kinds of sources generally and I think (not sure) the copyright battle was resolved long ago. Probably typical blogger rumor mongering!

There is a “source” for the rumor though, and I’d say its this one.

I have no idea on its authenticity.

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 00:50:04 +0000

Jim, I don't trust these kinds of sources generally and I think (not sure) the copyright battle was resolved long ago. Probably typical blogger rumor mongering!

There is a "source" for the rumor though, and I'd say its this one.

I have no idea on its authenticity.

By: Jim

Jim — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 00:39:02 +0000

About Terminator 4 movie, news has not been good…

“According to latest rumors from Hollywood, production of the latest Terminator film series was stopped, blah blah blah…” Source: http://www.javno.com/en/bestseller/clanak.php?id=141829

How can this developement affect how many episode we are going to get for the next season?

By: Jim

Jim — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 00:39:02 +0000

About Terminator 4 movie, news has not been good...

"According to latest rumors from Hollywood, production of the latest Terminator film series was stopped, blah blah blah..." Source: http://www.javno.com/en/bestseller/clanak.php?i...

How can this developement affect how many episode we are going to get for the next season?

By: FrankJ

FrankJ — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 22:56:09 +0000

Bill, come on…it’s a hyper-alloy combat chassis. And you call yourself a fan…

Seriously though, I don’t get the worry over her either. You should see the fan boards. You’d have thought they killed her off, or FOX was using this opportunity to get rid of Summer and get another actress. Like the show would have been as popular without her, or renewed!

Robert, I agree. I’m assuming the deal was FOX getting a good price per episode, and Warner Brothers gets good press running up to their movie. There’s even rumor of a plot tie-in. That’s sort of why I suspect SCC is getting a full season too. The movie comes out next year. By the way any news on the DVD release? I’m assuming Warner will want that out as soon as possible so they can make up for the FOX discount early.

By: FrankJ

FrankJ — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 22:56:09 +0000

Bill, come on…it's a hyper-alloy combat chassis. And you call yourself a fan…

Seriously though, I don't get the worry over her either. You should see the fan boards. You'd have thought they killed her off, or FOX was using this opportunity to get rid of Summer and get another actress. Like the show would have been as popular without her, or renewed!

Robert, I agree. I'm assuming the deal was FOX getting a good price per episode, and Warner Brothers gets good press running up to their movie. There's even rumor of a plot tie-in. That's sort of why I suspect SCC is getting a full season too. The movie comes out next year. By the way any news on the DVD release? I'm assuming Warner will want that out as soon as possible so they can make up for the FOX discount early.

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 21:54:05 +0000

Frank my (very, very speculative) theory on FOX’s coyness is this: they’re somehow trying to extort cash from Warner Brothers (US Distributor of Terminator 4 movie) and it’s just “Yeahhh, we’re not sure if we’re going to bring it back” posturing to get Warner Bros to try to encourage FOX more.

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 21:54:05 +0000

Frank my (very, very speculative) theory on FOX's coyness is this: they're somehow trying to extort cash from Warner Brothers (US Distributor of Terminator 4 movie) and it's just “Yeahhh, we're not sure if we're going to bring it back” posturing to get Warner Bros to try to encourage FOX more.

By: Bill Gorman

Bill Gorman — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 21:43:40 +0000

I don’t understand the worry over Cameron’s condition.

That looked to be a very ordinary low velocity explosion in the car. Nowhere near enough to damage her hyper-alloy chassis.

A bit of tissue regrowth, which we know is possible in the storyline, and she’s good as new!

By: Bill Gorman

Bill Gorman — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 21:43:40 +0000

I don't understand the worry over Cameron's condition.

That looked to be a very ordinary low velocity explosion in the car. Nowhere near enough to damage her hyper-alloy chassis.

A bit of tissue regrowth, which we know is possible in the storyline, and she's good as new!

By: FrankJ

FrankJ — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 21:29:49 +0000

I love how Ausiello’s saying FOX declined comment. Their coyness with this show is just annoying as anything.

But there’s enough info from sources floating around out there though that I think this is about as good as it’s going to get until the official line-up is released.

Taking a guess at your three questions, Robert, I’ll say –

– Mondays 8e/7c as the lead-in for a new drama
– 22 episodes
– Summer/Cameron will be all healed in time to go shopping for a prom dress.

By: FrankJ

FrankJ — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 21:29:49 +0000

I love how Ausiello's saying FOX declined comment. Their coyness with this show is just annoying as anything.

But there's enough info from sources floating around out there though that I think this is about as good as it's going to get until the official line-up is released.

Taking a guess at your three questions, Robert, I'll say --

-- Mondays 8e/7c as the lead-in for a new drama
-- 22 episodes
-- Summer/Cameron will be all healed in time to go shopping for a prom dress.

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 20:58:19 +0000

@dearme there haven’t been a throng of people calling for Miss Guided’s renewal, but if it happens I’d put her picture up.

@Andrea if you click the “She’ll be back” link above there is some homage to Lena H., and I agree she is a total babe.