vaznetti | Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles 1x1

The pilot was shown in a special early Atlantic time slot; right now I'm watching it in the regular Eastern Time slot, too. It is just that good. I have to admit that I went in with fairly low expectations, but I really enjoyed this.

I really have missed seeing women do things on my television set. And yes, by doing things, I really do mean driving cars and trucks, shooting villains, and blowing shit up. And I am so pleased that the meaty interaction is all Sarah and the Terminator (and really, I can see Sarah/Terminator with no trouble at all! The little smile on her face, when the terminator is fighting? very nice!), and that John is such a reluctant hero. And I love the way they fixed the time lag between the original setting and the filming. That was very, very clever.

Scenes I particularly liked:

1. Chief among these, the Terminator stitching up Sarah's shoulder. Even though she appeared to be doing it through her sweater, which cannot possibly be hygenic.

2. The whole bank robbery sequence -- very clever, very well timed. I love the idea of the bank vault as time-travel machine, of sending an engineer back to build the time machine and the weapon.

3. The first day of school stuff -- especially the homeroom scene, with the roll-call and then the attack.

4. The opening, with Sarah's dream.

5. All of them turning up naked in the middle of the freeway. (Which... they tore down the bank and built a freeway? ::handwave::)

6. The recall, not so much "come with me if you want to live," but the "no one's ever safe," at the end.

I like Summer Glau in this a lot, but I also like the woman who's playing Sarah Connor -- she's not Linda Hamilton, OK, but I like that she can be a little vulnerable, still, despite her toughness.

In conclusion, two thumbs up. The next episode is on tomorrow at 9 pm, as I understand it -- that's the regular slot. If you like femslash, you should definitely give this a try.