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WTF TSCC - The Intro

May 25, 2012 00:44

I was working on another WTF TSCC video when that generic narrator from the early season 2 opening titles popped into my head. The thought of that voice saying "Sarah Fucking Connor" amused me, so I made a little clip of it. That caused mission creep. I set aside the video I was working on and decided to have more fun with the intro. Since I'd ( Read more... )

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So *that* is what you've be up to... tackdriver56 May 25 2012, 22:18:11 UTC

Thanks for the chuckles.

I guess the intro has been one of those things that I've either mined for clues, or suspended disbelief over. I mean, could JF have really been f*ing stupid enough to say that *Skynet* sent Cameron back to save John Connor? WTAF!?

That being said, I can't support the abuse being heaped on John. Only Season 3 will reveal if he truly deserves this kind of abuse.

I REALLY liked your first f*ing montage...

Re: So *that* is what you've beEN up to... (gosh) tackdriver56 May 25 2012, 22:19:08 UTC

(I need a vacation)

The key to parody is exageration roxybisquaint May 26 2012, 00:48:45 UTC

The season 1 intro was actually the one that said Skynet sent Cameron back to protect John. It would've a huge spoiler given away right at the start, which I doubt they intended. Despite that flaw in the wording, I thought it was a decent intro.

The season 2 intro just sucked all around. It didn't make much sense because it presented John as the main character with Sarah, Cameron and Derek as supporting players. Oh hi, audience, you're watching the Sarah Connor Chronicles. Let me introduce your main character: John Connor. I don't know anyone who liked it.

I didn't intend this little video to be a statement on John Connor, though. I was just having fun. But since we left the series with John ditching the fight against Kaliba/Skynet to jump to an unknown future to try to retrieve a cyborg he'd fallen for, it made sense to me to make him be the one who causes all the destruction. If I'd had more dialog to work with, I might've heaped a hell of a lot more abuse on John! >:D

Re: The key to parody is exageration tackdriver56 May 26 2012, 01:48:48 UTC

My brain is running in several different directions about this. With a 17-year-old in the house, I can assure you that "Yes, the world DOES revolve around them": their safety, their education, their struggle for control. Even when it's about Sarah, raising the Future Leader of Mankind, it's very much about John.

Still, you're right: John arriving amid the ruins of Zeira Corp, amidst a band of resistance fighter, means he *did* screw up, and no-one left behind was able to stop Judgement Day. So Sarah screwed up too.

If there's any possibility of fixing that, he needs to go back and set things right, or send his "pawns" back to do it.

Where was I? Oh, yeah, falling asleep. Sorry.

S3, post-BTR, is surely the world where John will put to the test the concept of whether a human (Alison Young), can ever really be replaced. Or whether he can *prevent* her from being replaced.

Re: So *that* is what you've be up to... roxybisquaint May 26 2012, 01:28:27 UTC

I just had a thought about Cameron, Catherine Weaver and John that somehow grew from my reply to you. It's been so long since I had anything TSCC to discuss that I'm not sure if it's new or something we've discussed before. I'll ponder and make a fresh post later if I think it's new and/or discussion-worthy.

Re: So *that* is what you've be up to... tackdriver56 May 26 2012, 01:50:37 UTC

New crack theories! I can't wait!

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