Comments | roxybisquaint: Dear TSCC season finale,

roxybisquaint

Dear TSCC season finale,

Apr 10, 2009 23:09

Haha. Good one. Okay, I'm ready for the real finale now.

Love,
Roxy

ETA: I'm working on an in-depth post and once that's up I'll be ready to dive into the discussion.

ETA 2: Born to Run discussion post (part 1).
ETA 3: Born to Run discussion post (part 2).

tscc discussion, sarah connor chronicles, things that piss me off, kneejerk reaction

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Hmm motoki April 11 2009, 04:09:42 UTC

I don't know what to think about it. I'm still kind of in shock trying to process ( ... )

Re: Hmm sabaceanbabe April 11 2009, 13:02:17 UTC

Plus is Fox really going to shell out for a bunch of post apocalyptic eps? Those aren't exactly the cheaper episodes to shoot and I think at this point it would be hard enough to get Fox to shell out for some cheaper episodes.

Given that it's the Sarah Connor Chronicles, it may be a way to lessen the cost by following Sarah in our time more than a bunch of post-apocalyptic eps...

Re: Hmm roxybisquaint April 13 2009, 05:16:55 UTC

I'm still processing, so take your time ( ... )

bobmacpharson April 11 2009, 04:41:41 UTC

I would have been perfectly happy with a finale that simply addressed all the remaining mysteries. Up until the last 5 minutes, that's what I was getting, and I was fine with it. After those last five minutes.... honestly, I thought it was an awesome twist. However, I also question the intelligence of setting up season 3 to be a bunch of expensive episodes ( ... )

roxybisquaint April 13 2009, 05:43:24 UTC

it's definitely interesting sending John to the future, but I've been deliberating on what exactly the ramifications of that are or can be. By getting the story at both ends of the timeline (john at one end, Sarah at the other), the time in between them is unchangeable. Nothing John does can change the past and nothing Sarah does can change that future. So I'm leaning more towards the idea that John's time there will be a very short learning experience and then he's going to have to hitch a ride on the nearest time bubble back.

With the John/Cam scene, I am thinking it might have all been manipulation to make sure John was so in love with her that he would follow her/John Henry to the future. I hope not though, because it's already been giving me flashbacks to Jesse's not so clever plot.

spectralbovine April 11 2009, 05:46:26 UTC

Oh noooooooo. I thought it was awesome and insane in the best way.

roxybisquaint April 12 2009, 00:09:17 UTC

I thought it was awesome in the worst way. I'll have more to say later though. I don't hate the show or anything, I was just really disappointed with where they left the characters and left the story, especially given that this could be the series finale. (nooooooooo!)

Anyway, I need to catch up on what everyone else has posted and I need to write up a real post now.

motoki April 13 2009, 19:25:07 UTC

You know, I feel exactly the opposite of this finale vs the BSG one. That one at first I kind of liked it but the more I thought about it, the more it just fell apart for me and the more and more I disliked it until I personally just see it as a great big fail ( ... )

johnnypate April 11 2009, 11:35:14 UTC

I loved it ( ... )

johnnypate April 11 2009, 13:00:06 UTC

If my hypothesis of the finale is correct - that John and the Weaverbot jumped forward in time to the future before the events seen in the original “Terminator” movie, then we saw Derek’s death (for Sarah’s timeline anyway, i.e. in the "Sarah Connor Chronicles"). The Derek we saw at the end of the finale is the Derek we know before future!John has sent back Kyle Reese and before "our" Derek jumped back to meet Sarah - is the Derek that will (in his own personal future) die trying to rescue Savannah.

sabaceanbabe April 11 2009, 13:04:00 UTC

I think you're right, except for that part about "You ever heard of a John Connor?" So things may be kinda the same after this point but they'll also be different.

johnnypate April 11 2009, 14:04:52 UTC

Actually, that strengthens my hypothesis. The John who is the saviour in "Terminator" is friendly enough with Kyle to give him a picture of Sarah. What we just saw the first meeting between Kyle and John. John knows what Kyle must do and how it will happen (which was rather implied in the original film, to my reading of it - why else would John give Kyle a photo of his mother?). John has appeared, reborn through the time bubble (he can no longer go back to "his" Sarah because he's made a jump in a time bubble Sarah wasn't in) to be the saviour of the human race ( ... )

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garyinla April 11 2009, 23:51:51 UTC

C'mon Roxy, I'd love to hear your thoughts on it. Even though we can tell from the title here, and it's not hard to see why, really.

Obviously people are much more inspired to write about something they like, as opposed to what they don't. Still, some of us are fans of your writings here too. You've enhanced my enjoyment of the show this season. Quite a lot actually! And I'm thankful for it.

roxybisquaint April 12 2009, 00:04:35 UTC

Aw, thanks Gary. In fact, I'm attempting to write a real post about the finale right now. I was torn up so badly over it last night that I didn't want to do anything more than a quickie post. Now that I've given it time to breath, I think I'm ready to dive into this one fully.

garyinla April 12 2009, 00:45:57 UTC

That's what I figured, it would take a little time to calm down. I like to see from various POV's.

I enjoyed it and they produced it beautifully as usual, I just don't know where it leaves Sarah's story, and wonder where viewers think it can go from here.

Along with other aspects of the series, I loved this Sarah Connor too. Such a great character.

Sarah motoki April 12 2009, 01:43:28 UTC

Well I think that she would do what she promised John she would do, keep trying to track down and stop Skynet. In this case she'd have to find Kaliba and she's got a big lead with Danny Dyson's disappearance ( ... )

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