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#51 2008-01-20 9:44 pm

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Re: Terminator: The Sarah Conner Chronicles

jeff-o wrote:

Yep, divergent timelines is pretty much the only way you can explain the paradoxes in the Terminator series.

Yeah.
I was gonna say, "Have you guys forgotten the lessons in time travel we learned from Samantha Carter? Parallel Universes and all that."

I've downloaded the pilot but haven't watched it yet. Are there actors from the Sci-Fi channel rotating cast? Ben Browder? Don S. Davis?


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#52 2008-01-20 9:47 pm

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Re: Terminator: The Sarah Conner Chronicles

I didn't see Ben Browder or Don S Davis but there definitely were other sci-fi regulars. The guy who plays Braytac on SG1 - and I know I've seen Sarah's husband in other sci-fi shows (though he's not the person I thought he was)


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#53 2008-01-20 10:58 pm

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Re: Terminator: The Sarah Conner Chronicles

I kind of liked it. With all the half-naked women and boob jokes in the pilot, I was kind of afraid this was just another batch of prurient drivel starring hopelessly beautiful, semi-naked people. Like what Smallville has been lately.

But there was more than enough blood, guts, and time-traveling-robot violence to satisfy those of us with more "mature" tastes.

I just hope they don't toss her out any more windows. Slapstick has no place here.

And if they have J.C. make it with a robot, my head asplode.


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#54 2008-01-21 2:47 am

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Re: Terminator: The Sarah Conner Chronicles

dvpierce wrote:

And if they have J.C. make it with a robot, my head asplode.

Been thinking the same thing myself.
I'm wondering where they are going with this "new model." She seems to be programmed in a way to be more human. Perhaps it's kind of a Data "emotion chip" dowhacky.

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#55 2008-01-21 8:44 am

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Re: Terminator: The Sarah Conner Chronicles

I wonder if she is fully functional.


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#56 2008-01-21 8:54 am

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Re: Terminator: The Sarah Conner Chronicles

dvpierce wrote:

And if they have J.C. make it with a robot, my head asplode.

Where do you think the Borg came from?


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#57 2008-01-21 9:07 am

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Re: Terminator: The Sarah Conner Chronicles

dvpierce wrote:

And if they have J.C. make it with a robot, my head asplode.

I also wonder if they're going to try that.  Maybe her primary mission is to collect a "sample" so a clone can be made.


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#58 2008-01-21 9:10 am

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Re: Terminator: The Sarah Conner Chronicles

Sounds like a lame porno on Cinemax.


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#59 2008-01-21 10:56 am

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Re: Terminator: The Sarah Conner Chronicles

jeff-o wrote:

dvpierce wrote:

And if they have J.C. make it with a robot, my head asplode.

I also wonder if they're going to try that.  Maybe her primary mission is to collect a "sample" so a clone can be made.

Well, you can't make a clone from semen though. They could just take some blood and they'd have a good dna sample for a clone.


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#60 2008-01-21 11:04 am

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user wrote:

Sounds like a lame porno on Cinemax.

I hate that half-assed soft core smurf.
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#61 2008-01-21 11:50 am

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Re: Terminator: The Sarah Conner Chronicles

Chickenhawk wrote:

jeff-o wrote:

dvpierce wrote:

And if they have J.C. make it with a robot, my head asplode.

I also wonder if they're going to try that.  Maybe her primary mission is to collect a "sample" so a clone can be made.

Well, you can't make a clone from semen though. They could just take some blood and they'd have a good dna sample for a clone.

Yeah, I realized that after I posted.

Well, in any case, they sure were quick to trust that robot.  She's going to have some sort of ulterior motive I'm sure...


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#62 2008-01-21 12:43 pm

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Re: Terminator: The Sarah Conner Chronicles

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Well, in any case, they sure were quick to trust that robot.  She's going to have some sort of ulterior motive I'm sure...

She's planning to enslave all men.
I don't mind, where do I sign up?


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#63 2008-01-21 2:05 pm

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I wouldn't be shocked if she were 'fully functional'. The reactions of people to the nekkid Arhnuld seems to imply that he is not built like a ken doll down there.


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#64 2008-01-21 2:29 pm

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Re: Terminator: The Sarah Conner Chronicles

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I wouldn't be shocked if she were 'fully functional'. The reactions of people to the nekkid Arhnuld seems to imply that he is not built like a ken doll down there.

In that case I'd hit it.

(The boobed one, not Arhnuld)


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#65 2008-01-21 3:22 pm

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Re: Terminator: The Sarah Conner Chronicles

Chickenhawk wrote:

I wouldn't be shocked if she were 'fully functional'. The reactions of people to the nekkid Arhnuld seems to imply that he is not built like a ken doll down there.

Why would a scientist build a robot that looks like a sexy female, and NOT make her functional?

The first use of humanoid robots is going to be some human-robot loving.


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#66 2008-01-21 3:27 pm

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Re: Terminator: The Sarah Conner Chronicles

But terminators are ... not made by humans...


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#67 2008-01-21 3:29 pm

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Re: Terminator: The Sarah Conner Chronicles

I'll pick Melanie Griffith instead.


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#68 2008-01-21 3:44 pm

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Re: Terminator: The Sarah Conner Chronicles

Chickenhawk wrote:

But terminators are ... not made by humans...

That's true.

But they were made to infiltrate humans... and how can you infiltrate us if you won't make love to us?


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#69 2008-01-21 3:47 pm

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Re: Terminator: The Sarah Conner Chronicles

Don't terminators weigh hundreds of pounds?  I wouldn't want her riding me.  She'd crush my pelvis into little pieces!


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#70 2008-01-21 3:48 pm

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Re: Terminator: The Sarah Conner Chronicles

Yeah, Cherry 2000 is a bit obscure....


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#71 2008-01-21 4:20 pm

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Re: Terminator: The Sarah Conner Chronicles

jeff-o wrote:

Don't terminators weigh hundreds of pounds?  I wouldn't want her riding me.  She'd crush my pelvis into little pieces!

Apparently not. Notice how easily they threw her out of the window.


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#72 2008-01-21 4:32 pm

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Re: Terminator: The Sarah Conner Chronicles

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Don't terminators weigh hundreds of pounds?  I wouldn't want her riding me.  She'd crush my pelvis into little pieces!

Replace the human skeleton with a light-weight frame, without a need for organs, and I'm not sure one would need to weigh more than a human.


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#73 2008-01-21 4:55 pm

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Re: Terminator: The Sarah Conner Chronicles

Bought the pilot and the first episode from iTunes. I really have no basis for comparison as I've been outta the TV loop for years, but I liked 'em.

Pardon me for asking, but what's J.C.?

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#74 2008-01-21 4:57 pm

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#75 2008-01-21 5:02 pm

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Re: Terminator: The Sarah Conner Chronicles

ABigSmall wrote:

Bought the pilot and the first episode from iTunes. I really have no basis for comparison as I've been outta the TV loop for years, but I liked 'em.

Pardon me for asking, but what's J.C.?

The pilot was a free download on iTunes recently.

And both episodes are free on Fox's website, in HD quality.

Do you really need them on your iPod that badly?


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