Best Thing About "The Terminator?"
No, it wasn't Arnold Schwarzenegger or even the cool robot at the end ... it was Linda Hamilton.
I know this sounds a little batty but if you watch her performance in the first movie and in the second, it is almost like they are not the same person. She was pretty easily dismissed in the first movie because it was assumed she was just that 'type' of girl - kind of like Matthew McConaughey, only better to look at.
But in the second one, she just goes nuts. I think T2 is easily dismissed because any time the hoopla is about the liquid metal rather than the story, you know you have trouble. But it would have been a lot worse if it had that annoying kid and no Linda Hamilton. And The Terminator still stands the test of time in a big way.
As a younger guy, I assumed it was because Michael Biehn but as I have watched the movie in later years my thinking slowly changed.
Why do I bring this up? Because the people at CHUD have some discussion on the upcoming TV series, "The Sarah Connor Chronicles."
The possibilities are endless. Sure, you can start off with her having to learn to basically defend herself against thugs on a weekly basis while corporate teams hunt for her as a recurring theme - but eventually they will introduce a Terminator, and it can really go nuts from there.
Let's keep our fingers crossed. There are good examples of TV versions of movies, like "Buffy" and there are bad examples - namely, everything else.
I know this sounds a little batty but if you watch her performance in the first movie and in the second, it is almost like they are not the same person. She was pretty easily dismissed in the first movie because it was assumed she was just that 'type' of girl - kind of like Matthew McConaughey, only better to look at.
But in the second one, she just goes nuts. I think T2 is easily dismissed because any time the hoopla is about the liquid metal rather than the story, you know you have trouble. But it would have been a lot worse if it had that annoying kid and no Linda Hamilton. And The Terminator still stands the test of time in a big way.
As a younger guy, I assumed it was because Michael Biehn but as I have watched the movie in later years my thinking slowly changed.
Why do I bring this up? Because the people at CHUD have some discussion on the upcoming TV series, "The Sarah Connor Chronicles."
The possibilities are endless. Sure, you can start off with her having to learn to basically defend herself against thugs on a weekly basis while corporate teams hunt for her as a recurring theme - but eventually they will introduce a Terminator, and it can really go nuts from there.
Let's keep our fingers crossed. There are good examples of TV versions of movies, like "Buffy" and there are bad examples - namely, everything else.
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