SCC: Born to Run -- now with actual discussion!

[cofax7]

Some of this is scavenged from comments in various places, if it looks like I'm repeating myself.

Comments

[spectralbovine]

It also makes things too easy to write your way out of a problem if you can just jump them through time to avoid it.
I can see that. Although I just feel like they're not doing that, that they're using the time travel to tell the story rather than as a crutch.

Not to mention the somewhat egregious resurrection of Derek Reese (okay, not literally, but still!)
But it makes it even more fucked-up for John, KNOWING he's going to die. Although, who knows, since there have been so many alternate futures, this Derek might get to stay and live.

[We shall avoid discussing the meta implications of BAG getting a pilot for next year.]
There are none. If the show's renewed, he sticks with it, and the other pilot recasts.

I've read JF's justification
Where?

And yes to everything else!

[cofax7]

If the show's renewed, he sticks with it, and the other pilot recasts.

So is there actually a chance? I thought there was basically no chance.

But that's good to hear, that he would stay with SCC if it comes back. I figured he might go recurring.

Where?

I saw a copy in the comments on life_on_queen's post. She hated the last five minutes and someone copied in JF's blog post about Sarah & mortality.

[spectralbovine]

So is there actually a chance? I thought there was basically no chance.
I've received 70-30 odds against renewal. Fox does like the show.

She hated the last five minutes and someone copied in JF's blog post about Sarah & mortality.
Oh, that. She was responding to me! I thought you meant he wrote something after the finale; that article was in Wired earlier.

[coalescent]

It strikes me that aside from anything else, the ending is a very neat repositioning of the show to potentially make it more attractive to people coming out of Terminator: Salvation who are expecting Future War.

[cofax7]

Gotta say, the movie trailer didn't really sell me, but I'll go if it's an argument in favor of saving the television show.