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List Price: $29.98 | | Label: Warner Home Video
Salesrank: 3315
Released: August 19, 2008 |
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MPAA Rating: Unrated
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
The mother of all destiny. Her son, the future leader of mankind. Their protector, a terminator from the future. Together they must take back the future as Sarah Connor (300's Lena Headey) prepares her son to fight the war against machines determined to annihilate the human race. The clock is ticking. Can they stop Judgment Day? The man-vs.-machine tale that's thrilled millions gets a reboot in this series set after the events of Terminator 2: Judgment Day. Now the battlefield has shifted to the present. Will John Connor (Heroes's Thomas Dekker) seize his destiny? Will a cell phone salesman's chess program evolve into Skynet? Can the sweet but deadly cyborg (Summer Glau of Firefly) be trusted? Answers – and the fight for the future – are here and now.
Description of Terminator - The Sarah Connor Chronicles - The Complete First Season:
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles is the weekly TV series based on the hit action/sci-fi movie franchise that made Arnold Schwarzenegger a star. Lena Headey (300) plays the title character, the mother who bears the burden of raising--and protecting--the future salvation of mankind, her teenage son, John (Thomas Dekker, Heroes). As explained in both of James Cameron's Terminator movies (this series considers the third film, Rise of the Machines, not part of its mythology), the computer system Skynet has taken over future Earth, and an adult John Connor is the leader of the human resistance, causing the robots to send android assassins--called Terminators--back in time to kill John before he can become a hero. John's would-be assassin--introducing himself as a substitute teacher named Cromartie (Garret Dillahunt)--tracks him down, but John gets a fighting chance with the surprise arrival of a benevolent Terminator (Summer Glau, Firefly) named Cameron (get it?), who declares, "Come with me if you want to live" (another nod to the movies).
Thus begins an uneasy partnership among Sarah, John, and Cameron, with Sarah not trusting Cameron and Cameron trying to carry out her mission (some of her deadpans are hilarious) and John caught in the middle (lucky John!). The trio time-travels ahead to 2007 but still can't escape the relentless Cromartie, and also dogged by an FBI agent (Richard T. Jones) who thinks Sarah Connor might be more than just a fugitive. And while the series' fierce action looked like it might slide into a simple Chase of the Week formula, things got interesting with our heroes' discovery of a chess machine called the Turk that might be the first incarnation of Skynet, and a surprising addition to the team (Brian Austin Green). Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles debuted on Fox in January 2008, and the midseason start and the writers' strike kept the season to a mere nine episodes. But it was picked up for a full second season in 2008-2009. --David Horiuchi
Terminator - The Sarah Connor Chronicles - The Complete First Season Reviews:
Can't wait for the second season! 
2009-11-06 - I am about half way through this season so far, having just bought it. I was curious as to how this series was, since I never heard anything about it other than they had made one. It was on sale so I purchased it...
Boy, am I glad I bought it! It is a load of fun and action and the drama's pretty good too! The actors and actresses all fit their roles well (while she is a good actress, the Lena Headey playing Sarah Connor is too skinny - Sarah, especially in the 2nd movie was way buff because she was preparing for war - this lady just looks like all the other way too skinny hollywood women trying to look tough. I find it really hard to believe that being so thin she could be as physically strong as she is portrayed to be, but eh, that's Hollywood/America these days). Oh, and like someone else mentioned in their review: some of the filming quality/cuts were very shaky/jumpy and abrupt which is distracting but not so bad that it ruins the show. Hopefully they fix this problem in the second season.
I AM disappointed the season is so short - but they have done such a good job on it. I am just hoping the second season will be as good. If you like sci-fi and the Terminator movies you should definitely enjoy this. It is a blast! It expands on the Terminator world too, which I always enjoy - things they don't go into detail on in the movies they can explore here. Definitely worth the price of the sale price, however for it being such a short season (only 3 discs, totalling 9 "hour" long episodes)I wouldn't pay over $20 for this. $15 would be ideal, but I paid $18.99 which wasn't bad - less than the price of most 2 hour movies (and this is about 6.5 hours long total).
A short but otherwise credible effort (without the liquid metal)
2009-10-29 - This season comprises only nine episodes, so it might seem as though it's over before it really gets started. But, after having watched many shows with 26 episodes per season and wishing some of those episodes hadn't been made (Star Trek: The Next Generation, for example), this show comes across as tightly written and focused. A shorter season forces the writer(s) to make every episode great. When you've got to bang out 26 episodes, you're bound to get some clunkers, which isn't the case here.
The show starts with Sarah and John Connor hiding in middle America, where they live with Sarah's unsuspecting boyfriend, a nice guy who knows nothing about Sarah and John's past. Pretty soon, a "bad" Terminator rolls into town and attempts to take John out at his high school, where he's helped by a "good" Terminator, played by Summer Glau. That pretty much sets up the start of the show, with the Connors and the "good" Terminator taking flight. I won't spoil the story for you, but only say that the pace picks up from there.
Screenwriter Josh Friedman has done a good job fleshing out the gap between Terminators 2 and 3 here. Lena Headey (Sarah), Thomas Dekker (John), Summer Glau (Good Terminator), Richard T. Jones (FBI agent), Garrett Dillahunt (Bad Terminator), and Dean Winters (the boyfriend) all do a fantastic job. Glau is especially convincing in one episode where she contemplates killing one of John's high-school friends. Most surprising is Brian Austin Green of "90210" fame. He plays Kyle Reese's older brother and appears to have matured from his younger days into a solid actor.
I didn't see any cool liquid-metal action in the first season. Maybe in season two.
Consider me gobsmacked 
2009-10-11 - This is sheerly astounding television. I can barely believed they fit as much as they did into a nine episode season. At this price, you shouldn't even think twice. A great show with a great DVD box set.
great
2009-10-01 - we enjoyed this so much and can't wait to get the next season. it can in good condition and a good price thank.
Very good
2009-09-12 - Arrived on time and as described.
I'm sure I reviewed this before. I think Amazon is making mistakes.
