How To Make "Sarah Connor" More Like "Sopranos" - io9 Comments

How To Make "Sarah Connor" More Like "Sopranos"

FunkyJ — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 05:06:44 PST

Why stretch the show over 5 or 6 years?

I think the BEST television series is the one that is written like a movie, with a definite beginning, middle and end.

Too many series lose the plot, lose focus, and lose main actors and characters and just become a sad mess of their once greatness when stretched out over too long.

Also, if you write it with an ending in mind, you can finish the series quickly and give the loyal audience a proper sense of completion when it inevitably gets canned by the studios when they think ratings are too low.

FunkyJ

How To Make "Sarah Connor" More Like "Sopranos"

F_Gwynplaine_MacIntyre — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 20:06:59 PST

Any time a character obtains fake I.D. (from any source except the government) that actually WORKS -- i.e., the I.D. is accepted by databases -- the story automatically jumps the shark. Scripts could get away with this before 9/11 -- and it still works in stories taking place BEFORE 9/11 -- but not afterward.

F_Gwynplaine_MacIntyre

How To Make "Sarah Connor" More Like "Sopranos"

TheN — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 11:55:10 PST

The writer's strike, it burns no?

@ ENCEPHELANETREPAIRHELPERGUY: Nice one.

TheN

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Synthaxx — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 02:11:09 PST

How about we just have episode after episode of Summer kicking everyones ass.

Somehow that never gets old.

Synthaxx

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Ben — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 22:00:07 PST

The Resistance learned to make some pretty hot fembots, so Johnny must learn SOMETHING. I'm thinking the porn episode is a good place to showcase his new skills.

Ben

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MilesFromNowhere — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 15:10:46 PST

DOA: Move on people.

MilesFromNowhere

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elizamulcahy — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 15:06:23 PST

@arachnophilia: I was freakin' 9 years old, and I knew how to clear a browser cache.

...of course, I also had a nerdtastic dad, but still!

elizamulcahy

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Eac_o_System — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:17:19 PST

Bada bing.

Eac_o_System

How To Make "Sarah Connor" More Like "Sopranos"

Charlie Jane Anders — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 11:49:59 PST

@luke.i.am.ur.mother: You know, I also felt like nothing much happened in episode 2... but it had so many great moments strung together that I decided I didn't care.

Charlie Jane Anders

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atomsmasher — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 11:41:49 PST

Not bad the ideas were pretty good. i was wondering if there was a way to get past the freak of the week thing.

atomsmasher

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Lord Necros — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 11:15:21 PST

or how about one GOOD episode?
i am quite disappointed with the latest episode. nothing frigging happens. SPOILERS: Sarah gets fake ids. whoop de frickin do. thats it. nothing happens in the episode. if the next few episodes manage this same craptacular pace, i'm betting that this show would never be taken up for another craptacular season. and i wouldn't watch it either, which of course will be worse for it. a pity though, i like me some moving pictures of Summer on me monitor.

Lord Necros

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arachnophilia — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 11:05:07 PST

john connor wasn't a very good hacker if he didn't understand clearing browser caches in 1997. i'm sure at least some of the readers here were on the web back then. i know i was, and it was a relatively routine task when using public computer labs.

arachnophilia

How To Make "Sarah Connor" More Like "Sopranos"

indemnitypop — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 10:51:03 PST

So develop the characters, consider their motivations, and introduce new ones. Sounds perfect. Do it!

indemnitypop

How To Make "Sarah Connor" More Like "Sopranos"

EncephelanetRepairHelperGuy — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 10:47:33 PST

With Edia Falco as Roomba

EncephelanetRepairHelperGuy

How To Make "Sarah Connor" More Like "Sopranos"

robotstephe — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 10:45:40 PST

@aspiringexpatriate: Yeah, but sadly, not THIS John Connor. And she's a "different kind of Terminator."

What the hell does that mean? She eats chips?

robotstephe

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aspiringexpatriate — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 10:33:14 PST

Or what if they start the resistance before the robots take over. Which means Mr. FBI agent has to have SkyNet build smarter robots to fight this anti-robot resistance which means that by sending the resistance back in time they're really the reason that SkyNet comes back into existence post T2.

That would be cool.

And the porn episode is key. I mean, Summer Glau is like a robot slave to John Connor. Every adolescent male's dream.

aspiringexpatriate

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Ben — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 09:30:43 PST

We'll need at least one musical episode - perhaps a dream sequence, with T-1000 Rockettes or something fun. Think Letterman and Cameron getting drunk and hammering out a script.

Ben