Comments on: Play Terminator on Facebook http://comicsworthreading.com/2008/08/15/play-terminator-on-facebook/ Independent Opinions on Comics of All Kinds Sun, 19 May 2013 19:13:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: John http://comicsworthreading.com/2008/08/15/play-terminator-on-facebook/comment-page-1/#comment-97539 John Sat, 16 Aug 2008 13:09:53 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2008/08/15/play-terminator-on-facebook/#comment-97539 I really love this show. There is a lot more depth than you might think, and if you can, watch it from the beginning. There really is a whole lot happening, and from the start you can see the sacrifices the characters are forced into making.

You also see the love the mother and son have for each other, despite the difficulties they face. The family dynamic becomes much more interesting over time as Summer’s character becomes, essentially, another member of the family.

The characters are in a seemingly impossible situation, being hunted down by time travelling cybernetic beings who can disguise themselves as humans, and have the knowledge of an ever changing future. Also in this series, the Terminators are branching out, and actually using strategy.

Sarah just wants her son to be safe, John just wants to be a normal teenager, and Cameron just wants a heart. (Yes, Tin Man reference.) The true beauty of the show is in the characterisation, and the actors do it right. How many of us would continue a fight that doesn’t seem to end, that comes back just when you thought it was over

Imagine trying to be a mom or a teenager or just a normal human being when any minute of the day you can find yourself under attack, and you know that unless you do everything in your power, the world as you know it will disappear in a flash?

I cannot recommend this highly enough.

Cheers, JOHN :0)

]]> By: David Oakes http://comicsworthreading.com/2008/08/15/play-terminator-on-facebook/comment-page-1/#comment-97533 David Oakes Sat, 16 Aug 2008 01:21:28 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2008/08/15/play-terminator-on-facebook/#comment-97533 Sarah gets a lot of lengthy monologues exploring the existential horror of knowing the future, which are actually better than I am describing. The kids get a lot of TV stereotype kids bits that could have been cribbed from “Dawson’s Creek” or the like. Which provides an odd disconect when Summer goes all Schwartzenegger and blows stuff up.

But they blew up my High School in the first episode, so I am a fan for life.

]]> By: James Schee http://comicsworthreading.com/2008/08/15/play-terminator-on-facebook/comment-page-1/#comment-97532 James Schee Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:24:15 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2008/08/15/play-terminator-on-facebook/#comment-97532 I actually liked it. Yes there is a LOT of action. Yet there is some character stuff there too. Not just the “teach the robot to be human” either.

Summer is really good in this too.

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