Scary Robots By Sarah Stegall Copyright © 2008 by Sarah Stegall Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Mondays on Fox, 9 PM “Dungeons and Dragons” Written by Ashly Edward Miller & Zack Stentz Directed by Jeffrey Hunt “He’s not a guy. He’s a scary robot.” — Cameron I think one of the things I like best about the Sarah Connor Chronicles is the fact that Fox is treating this franchise with so much respect. And by “treating with respect”, I mean “spending lots of money”. Every episode so far has been a mini-movie as good as anything you’d see at the local cinema—explosions,…
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Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: “Heavy Metal”
Like Mother, Like Son By Sarah Stegall Copyright © 2008 by Sarah Stegall Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Mondays on Fox, 9 PM “Heavy Metal” Written by John Enbom Directed by Sergio Mimica-Gezzan A series based on a cheesy movie franchise really has no right to be this good. Terminator gets better every week, and if at times it presents us with standard action sequences or relies on well-worn tropes of character and story arc, that only means it has hit the standards set by some of the best television there is. The series debuted with a couple of slam-bang episodes and…