# The Sarah Connor Chronicles (Hey nerds: Summer Glau is involved) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 8, 2008, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sarah-connor-chronicles-hey-nerds-summer-glau-is-involved/432743 "2008-01-08T16:26:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2008, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sarah-connor-chronicles-hey-nerds-summer-glau-is-involved/432743/1 "2008-01-08T16:26:25Z")
So, I’m pretty intrigued. Supposedly, Summer Glau is a Terminator sent back to protect John Connor. I’m not sure where or how this fits into the whole trilogy, but as a fan of the franchise, I’ll be checking it out this Sunday. When I first heard about it, I thought that it was a piece of junk to plug in because of the writer’s strike, but it’s been in production for a couple years now. For me, no TV show is going to get by on special effects or action sequences, though. I’m hoping there’s something to the characters and storyline. Not holding out a lot of hope for that, but we’ll see. Anyone else looking forward to it? FOX has always been a littler better at promoting their sci-fi than other networks, so there’s that. ---
**Author:** ![brewha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@brewha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brewha)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2008, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sarah-connor-chronicles-hey-nerds-summer-glau-is-involved/432743/2 "2008-01-08T17:03:51Z")
I’ll give it a chance. I’m not expecting much, but I’ll tune in on Sun. So, River is a robot? That explains alot! ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2008, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sarah-connor-chronicles-hey-nerds-summer-glau-is-involved/432743/3 "2008-01-08T17:14:48Z")
I knew I’d seen Summer Glau before, but until now, I thought that was Amy Acker. I like the line in the promo: “I call shotgun!” “I call 9 millimeter!” ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2008, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sarah-connor-chronicles-hey-nerds-summer-glau-is-involved/432743/4 "2008-01-08T17:20:25Z")
I’ll check it out. Previews look good, and I’m a Terminator fan. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2008, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sarah-connor-chronicles-hey-nerds-summer-glau-is-involved/432743/5 "2008-01-08T17:27:01Z")
Good choice. She can kill people with her brain. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2008, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sarah-connor-chronicles-hey-nerds-summer-glau-is-involved/432743/6 "2008-01-08T17:45:56Z")
Should be very cool. Hope they don’t screw it up. Their Tivo promotion pissed me off though. We were able to download the pilots of shows like Bionic Woman and Chuck. So yesterday I see a new Tivo option for something like “Preview Sarah Connor Chronicles.” I eagerly selected it but all it did was take me to the screen where I could schedule a season pass. No preview at all, not even a short clip. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![ArizonaTeach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/45deac/32.png) [@ArizonaTeach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArizonaTeach)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2008, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sarah-connor-chronicles-hey-nerds-summer-glau-is-involved/432743/7 "2008-01-08T17:59:07Z")
Watch it. It’s surprisingly good. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2008, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sarah-connor-chronicles-hey-nerds-summer-glau-is-involved/432743/8 "2008-01-08T18:25:06Z")
Is it set in the 1990s or are they just ignoring the known dates of the films? ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2008, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sarah-connor-chronicles-hey-nerds-summer-glau-is-involved/432743/9 "2008-01-08T18:34:12Z")
[QUOTE=Otto] Is it set in the 1990s or are they just ignoring the known dates of the films? [/QUOTE] Spoiler for the end of the first episode: The show is initially set 2-3 years after T2 (John is said to be 15). Sarah, John and Cameron (Glau’s character) end up jumping forward to 2007 at the end of the pilot episode, thus bypassing Terminator 3 and establishing TSCC as a different continuity from the films. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2008, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sarah-connor-chronicles-hey-nerds-summer-glau-is-involved/432743/10 "2008-01-08T18:36:57Z")
When? What channel? ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2008, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sarah-connor-chronicles-hey-nerds-summer-glau-is-involved/432743/11 "2008-01-08T18:38:26Z")
So, not reading the spoiler, is the series set in the 1990s? ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2008, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sarah-connor-chronicles-hey-nerds-summer-glau-is-involved/432743/12 "2008-01-08T18:45:45Z")
[QUOTE=Contrapuntal] When? What channel? [/QUOTE] Sunday the 13th. On FOX. Either 8 or 9. Might be a two-night “premiere”. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2008, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sarah-connor-chronicles-hey-nerds-summer-glau-is-involved/432743/13 "2008-01-08T18:51:43Z")
[QUOTE=Trunk] Sunday the 13th. On FOX. Either 8 or 9. Might be a two-night “premiere”. [/QUOTE] Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2008, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sarah-connor-chronicles-hey-nerds-summer-glau-is-involved/432743/14 "2008-01-08T18:55:25Z")
[QUOTE=Otto] So, not reading the spoiler, is the series set in the 1990s? [/QUOTE] It kicks off 2 years after the events of T2, in another words, before T3 happens/ed. Saying anything more voids the spoiler above. ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2008, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sarah-connor-chronicles-hey-nerds-summer-glau-is-involved/432743/15 "2008-01-08T19:04:15Z")
Maybe it’ll be as good as [this](http://xkcd.com/311/). ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2008, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sarah-connor-chronicles-hey-nerds-summer-glau-is-involved/432743/16 "2008-01-08T19:54:11Z")
[QUOTE=Trunk] Anyone else looking forward to it? FOX has always been a littler better at promoting their sci-fi than other networks, so there’s that. [/QUOTE] No. There comes a point where a franchise has been beaten to death and Terminator reached that point a while back. I don’t want to reward Fox for being unoriginal so I’m going to avoid watching this show. Marc ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2008, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sarah-connor-chronicles-hey-nerds-summer-glau-is-involved/432743/17 "2008-01-08T20:27:56Z")
[QUOTE=MGibson] No. There comes a point where a franchise has been beaten to death and Terminator reached that point a while back. I don’t want to reward Fox for being unoriginal so I’m going to avoid watching this show. Marc [/QUOTE] 3 movies is beaten to death? Or by “a while back” do you mean it was beaten to death at T2? Not a fan of Batman, Spiderman, Superman, X-Men, Die Hard, Pirates of the Carribbean then? ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2008, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sarah-connor-chronicles-hey-nerds-summer-glau-is-involved/432743/18 "2008-01-08T21:38:34Z")
[QUOTE=MGibson] No. There comes a point where a franchise has been beaten to death and Terminator reached that point a while back. I don’t want to reward Fox for being unoriginal so I’m going to avoid watching this show. Marc [/QUOTE] Actually, the first episode is way better than T3 and sticks better with the continuity from T1+T2, without having to retcon too much. It’s tv, so production values aren’t as high, but the storytelling is certainly a lot better than T3. I mean, it’s not groundbreaking or anything, but with the damn strike, it’s not as if there’s a lot of first run tv to watch and it’s certainly on par with most of the other new shows of the season. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2008, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sarah-connor-chronicles-hey-nerds-summer-glau-is-involved/432743/19 "2008-01-09T16:42:15Z")
[QUOTE=Trunk] 3 movies is beaten to death? Or by “a while back” do you mean it was beaten to death at T2? Not a fan of Batman, Spiderman, Superman, X-Men, Die Hard, Pirates of the Carribbean then? [/QUOTE] The Terminator movies had a nice little story to tell and they told it. Terminator was a self-contained story but the sequel was also pretty good. Terminator 3 was completely unnecessary, didn’t add anything to the franchise, and wasn’t a very good movie for that matter. So far as I’m concerned they told their story and it’s time to move on to other things. That’s just my take on it. If you happen to enjoy the show that’s ok. Though it’s on Fox so I might not grow too attached. Marc ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2008, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sarah-connor-chronicles-hey-nerds-summer-glau-is-involved/432743/20 "2008-01-09T17:00:56Z")
[QUOTE=MGibson] The Terminator movies had a nice little story to tell and they told it. Terminator was a self-contained story but the sequel was also pretty good. Terminator 3 was completely unnecessary, didn’t add anything to the franchise, and wasn’t a very good movie for that matter. So far as I’m concerned they told their story and it’s time to move on to other things. [/QUOTE] FWIW, the show pretends that the third movie never happened, which is probably a good thing. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sarah-connor-chronicles-hey-nerds-summer-glau-is-involved/432743.md?page=2)