Terminator: TSCC=soon to be terminated
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Thomas Dekker admitted that John was the one that killed Sarkissian in an interview with TVGuide. It's one of the things that are helping to shape the character this season.
Is STJ counting the 9 years John time hopped over? because despite whatever his ID says, according to the data available on screen, he's only turned 16 a couple days ago which was maybe a week after the pilot when he claimed that the job was too hard and he wanted his mommy to save the world because he wasn't up to it(Please imagine Luke Skywalker pleading with Aunt Beru to charge the Deathstar trench and blow up the death star for him because it's too hard and he's afraid and he's a whiny little hebitch... If that is, she hadn't been murdered by stormtroopers near the beginning of Episode IV?) , and basically this show is not running at the same rate as real time since there only seems to be minutes or hours between each episode if they don't completely bleed together that. like with Lost, by season 5, time would only have seemed to have passed a month after they arrived in LA and the future in the pilot even though the supposed episode buy for this season is HUGE.
I thought John Connor was supposed to be fifteen at the beginning of the series. Thomas Dekker is just too old to play fifteen. The producers should have known the old saying, "Never send a man to do a boy's job."
DWF however tells us John was 21, and Thomas Dekker is 20, and asks how Dekker could be too old. I've given up watching (I must have had dyspepsia when I wandered into the thread?) so I didn't argue. But if John is supposed to be 21 yet he's still in high school, there's no way that ninny could be the John Connor.
DWF however tells us John was 21, and Thomas Dekker is 20, and asks how Dekker could be too old. I've given up watching (I must have had dyspepsia when I wandered into the thread?) so I didn't argue. But if John is supposed to be 21 yet he's still in high school, there's no way that ninny could be the John Connor.
Because TSCC starts following the events of Terminator 2, it specifies that John was 15 during those events, and that he celebrated his 16th birthday during the first season finale (What He Beheld).
Regarding Thomas Dekker's age, it is not unusual for actors to play characters who are significantly younger than themselves (for example, Keiko Agana was 27 years old when she began portraying the character of Lane Kim on Gilmore Girls [an 11-year age difference between herself and her character], and Alyson Hannigan and Nicholas Brendan were 23 [Alyson] and 26 [Nicholas] years of age, respectively, at the time they began portraying the characters of Willow Rosenberg and Xander Harris on Buffy the Vampire Slayer [both Willow and Xander were supposed to be 16 at the start of the series, meaning that there was a 7-year age difference between Alyson and her character, and a 10-year age difference between Nicholas and his character]).
John should, technically, still be going to school, but now that they are once again trying to lay low, and given the change in his attitude, he's no longer going consistently.
Regarding Thomas Dekker's age, it is not unusual for actors to play characters who are significantly younger than themselves (for example, Keiko Agana was 27 years old when she began portraying the character of Lane Kim on Gilmore Girls [an 11-year age difference between herself and her character], and Alyson Hannigan and Nicholas Brendan were 23 [Alyson] and 26 [Nicholas] years of age, respectively, at the time they began portraying the characters of Willow Rosenberg and Xander Harris on Buffy the Vampire Slayer [both Willow and Xander were supposed to be 16 at the start of the series, meaning that there was a 7-year age difference between Alyson and her character, and a 10-year age difference between Nicholas and his character]).
John should, technically, still be going to school, but now that they are once again trying to lay low, and given the change in his attitude, he's no longer going consistently.
I have to bow out, since I haven't seen the episodes in question. I can only say that in my eyes Dekker doesn't act (can't?) like a sixteen year old. But the character is written as too immature for a military prodigy.
I don't think casting older actors as teens works nearly as well as producers like to think though.
I don't think casting older actors as teens works nearly as well as producers like to think though.
Considering how tiny he was in Honey I shrunk the Kids (The series) it's pretty obvious he's ready for his social security cheque.
How come it's more believable when a ten year old stomps a robot?
How come it's more believable when a ten year old stomps a robot?
Prisonbreak is made for idiots and Terminator doesn't quite know who it's made for. It's all about catering, stringing and pandering to a receptive demographic.
The latest season of Prisonbreak is essentially classic 60s Mission Impossible meets that awful Speed movie. It's not very good, but it does get the blood racing because there's a sense of urgency you believe in that stuff is in the balance.
I like Terminator, but it is quite dull.
The latest season of Prisonbreak is essentially classic 60s Mission Impossible meets that awful Speed movie. It's not very good, but it does get the blood racing because there's a sense of urgency you believe in that stuff is in the balance.
I like Terminator, but it is quite dull.
I like Terminator also, can't wait for the movie next summer, but the show is dull, hence its not appointment viewing for me...and apparently less people each week.
TVGuide is reporting that Fox is, despite the low numbers, happy with the hold that Terminator has shown to the core viewers and against stiff competition.
On TerminatorFiles Josh Friedman posted recently that they've been pretty much guaranteed the back nine episodes.
Interesting; if this is true, I wonder when they'll air (since Dollhouse is taking TSCC's current slot come January).
We'll just have to see how the ratings go through the end of the season. I'd be interested in seeing where it levels out. My bet is at 4 million viewers.
SyFyPortal.com just reported the FOX may announce T:TSCC's cancelation as soon as next week. It's a shame really; I kind of enjoyed watching it for a while. But a surprise this is not.
http://syfyportal.com/news425418.html
http://syfyportal.com/news425418.html
It had a huge push at Comic Con this year also. I for one wasn't part of that hype but it sure seemed a large enough amount of people were gung ho for the show. I guess it was just those people and they didn't represent what the rest of us thought.
Which is that its a mediocore show.
Which is that its a mediocore show.
While I do enjoy the show, the players and so forth I really can't contradict the idea that so far it hasn't been "oh. wow" entertainment. Yesterday's episode, for example, was pretty throw away.
If it's true hopefully they'll get a few episodes to wrap things up.