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lifeonqueen) wrote2009-02-14 01:19 am
lifeonqueen) wrote2009-02-14 01:19 am
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TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES
Let us discuss the ways in which "The Good Wound" was awesome:
- Lena Headey breaking my heart
- Lucky still being the cute, earnest guy you just want to trust
- Garret Dillahunt's eerie blend of sincerity and unconscious menace
- Shirley Manson proving that she will cut you if you piss her off (I feel this is implicit in much of Garbage's work)
- Derek Reese's demonstration of a) loyalty and b) better living through plastique
- the way Lena Headey's affect and physicality changed depending on which character she was speaking to
- that the episode's many sloppy wet kisses to Jim Cameron's TERMINATOR and TERMINATOR 2 never sacrificed narrative, character or theme (yes, my show does fan service with integrity)
- while shows like BSG present "strong female characters" only to deconstruct them and tear them down, TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES continues to tell stories about women discovering their own strength and taking control of their own fate, even when faced with seemingly insurmountable challenges
- that even as his good intentions lead him into hell, James Ellison is still the most moral and inherently humane character on the show
- that you can always count on Derek to be a jackass and John a petulant jerk, even as they're both doing the right thing
- that Cameron doesn't know from tough love but that doesn't stop her from dishing it out
- Sheriff Trip
'Nuff said. Best show on TV tonight.
- Lena Headey breaking my heart
- Lucky still being the cute, earnest guy you just want to trust
- Garret Dillahunt's eerie blend of sincerity and unconscious menace
- Shirley Manson proving that she will cut you if you piss her off (I feel this is implicit in much of Garbage's work)
- Derek Reese's demonstration of a) loyalty and b) better living through plastique
- the way Lena Headey's affect and physicality changed depending on which character she was speaking to
- that the episode's many sloppy wet kisses to Jim Cameron's TERMINATOR and TERMINATOR 2 never sacrificed narrative, character or theme (yes, my show does fan service with integrity)
- while shows like BSG present "strong female characters" only to deconstruct them and tear them down, TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES continues to tell stories about women discovering their own strength and taking control of their own fate, even when faced with seemingly insurmountable challenges
- that even as his good intentions lead him into hell, James Ellison is still the most moral and inherently humane character on the show
- that you can always count on Derek to be a jackass and John a petulant jerk, even as they're both doing the right thing
- that Cameron doesn't know from tough love but that doesn't stop her from dishing it out
- Sheriff Trip
'Nuff said. Best show on TV tonight.