[X] My Assistant

[Malicant]

At least she might be freed of that abominable series to get some serious work done.

[Daddy's Litt...]

I am not the demographic for this show, which might already answer my question, but if the terminators are built with the idea of 'passing for human' but what sort of computer designs a unit to look like an underage teen female? infiltrating cells of pervo sex predators?

Not any more. Most vending machine owners realized 'hey, people can pick these locks with a bic pen!' and have since upgraded. The vending machines at my office both have the tri-lock (I know I misquoted the company name) which are pretty tough to pick. I haven't tried it for obvious reasons, however. I picked the circular lock on my computer fairly easily (although since I winged it and don't actually have a circular pick, it was not as fun when I realized I had to pick it again to close it and be able to insert it in my computer).

What sort of place do you work in where picking the lock on the vending machines as a way to pass the time?

[Spike]

I missed something, the last episode I saw had them either shoot the dude with the little girl hostage or hack all the street cameras with Cameron (or something...) then I tuned in the next week and the show was gone. I missed explody stuff.

Of course, I also have missed two weeks in a row of Reaper since they finally got done with reruns, damnit! How can I be so bad, there is only the two shows?

[Wounded Ronin]

I am not the demographic for this show, which might already answer my question, but if the terminators are built with the idea of 'passing for human' but what sort of computer designs a unit to look like an underage teen female? infiltrating cells of pervo sex predators?

Heh heh, a mechanical nut cracker.

[Arethusa]

Strictly speaking, Summer Glau is 27 years old.

[swirler]

the shooting the guy with the little girl was the last episode. the exploding happened at the end.
I personally liked the show. There were some things that weren't perfect. The "normal girl beginging" thing for Cameron then the 'take me to your leader" -ish stuff later was odd, but it makes sense that she would only be able to keep it up in little bits. And hey, it was still entertaining and I didn't fall asleep during it, which is more than I can say for a certain show that people love and I have yet to figure out why. I also like that John is finally getting a chance in something to step up and be what he is destined to become, unlike his two movie portrayals.

and as far as why a young woman terminator? why not? they would diversify, it's part of the danger of them. You never know who is and who isn't.

[nezumi]

What sort of place do you work in where picking the lock on the vending machines as a way to pass the time?

I didn't pick the locks on the vending machines, but I did try to buy and pick locks similar to them so I'd know how they work. No one seemed to mind if I picked locks on my lunch break, as long as they were my locks. The vending machine though, the machines were getting picked elsewhere and the companies generally upgraded all machines rather than picking and choosing. If you've ever seen one of those machines getting refilled, you'd know how they have layers of steel, internal doors and so on to keep people from breaking in.

[Spike]

I was just remembering seeing a massive showdown between Cromartie (Stupid name tricks for the lose!) and the FBI swat team, but I had a fight with my GF over dogfood and missed most of the gunfight and everything after.

[Daddy's Litt...]

I know having women Terminators can make you more paranoid. Look at Battlestar Gallactica and they had a female Terminator in T-3. But Glau might be 27 in real life but she is portraying a teen. A competant woman might be allowed into the councils of leading rebels but a teenage girl?

[swirler]

I know having women Terminators can make you more paranoid. Look at Battlestar Gallactica and they had a female Terminator in T-3. But Glau might be 27 in real life but she is portraying a teen. A competant woman might be allowed into the councils of leading rebels but a teenage girl?

If she seems like she has been beaten and looks in need of a "hero" they would. Vulnerable and hot trumps paranoid most of the time.
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[Moon-Hawk]

A competant woman might be allowed into the councils of leading rebels but a teenage girl?

You....you believe that, don't you?

Vulnerable and hot trumps paranoid most of the time.

QFT

And finally:

If women had any idea, even for a second, how we really looked at them, they would never stop slapping us.

[swirler]

QUOTE (Larry Miller)
If women had any idea, even for a second, how we really looked at them, they would never stop slapping us.

so true its beyond true
ultra-true even

[Hocus Pocus]

looks interesting

[Backgammon]

So, they cancelled it. There will be no Season 3 of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.
http://film-book.com/terminator-the-sarah-...-been-canceled/

BOOOOOOOO!

[Tiger Eyes]

So, they cancelled it. There will be no Season 3 of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.
http://film-book.com/terminator-the-sarah-...-been-canceled/

BOOOOOOOO!

Gah, now my day is totally ruined. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/frown.gif)

[Necro Sanct]

Nothing new in the land of Fox. It is a shame as the show was entertaining enough. The first season (9 episodes): 18.3 (premiere) to as low as 7.12 with 8.29 for season finale. The second season: 6.34 (premiere) to as low as 2.96 with 3.60 for the series finale. The WGAE strike probably contributed to the massive lose in returning viewers for the second season. The move to Friday can not be expected to be pulling in anything except the fans who most likely have no social activities to attend that night. Suffice to say that is usually a very small number compared to the other nights of the week. While the Terminator franchise has left various things open, it is a downer that the series ended with no real closure to many aspects of it.

Dollhouse will be the next thing cut as the audience was probably very similar for both shows. 4.715 for the premiere with the lowest being the season finale with 2.75.

The big question is what show will they put into that slot instead. I will go with an entertainment show skewed to the highest broadcast view age range. It's not like the average core viewer that provides the Mon-Thurs ratings are even watching shows during broadcast times on Friday. Most likely the larger portion of views for Friday shows end up being from DVR or the web, both of which are usually not factored in.

[SincereAgape]

Saw Terminator Salvation last night. Nice action. Decent characterization. Not as bad as the reviews have been saying. The franchise is a good one, with a lot of good stories to be told. Potentially.

Christian Bale did well as John Conner. Would have liked to see more interaction between the Kyle Reese and John Conner characters instead of following the other male lead.

[Backgammon]

I have a plot question from Salavation that's been floating in my head -

[ Spoiler ]

So the Resistance intercepts communication saying Kyle Reese is going to be killed by Skynet.

Why would Skynet want to kill Kyle Reese? They have no idea he's the one that's going to father John Connor. How could they?! There's no record of who John's father is, certainly none that survived Judgement Day.

[Bob Lord of Evil]

Too bad about them canceling the series, I really liked it. I think that it was in a rotten time slot though. Way too much competition on Monday nights, of course that is thinning out somewhat since the powers that be canceled "Chuck". Hopefully "The Big Bang Theory" will keep going!

[hyzmarca]

Too bad about them canceling the series, I really liked it. I think that it was in a rotten time slot though. Way too much competition on Monday nights, of course that is thinning out somewhat since the powers that be canceled "Chuck". Hopefully "The Big Bang Theory" will keep going!

Chuck hasn't been canceled.

Funny thing, a Terminator series was an incredibly stupid idea, but it turned out to be pretty good and I'm very disapointed that they canceled it.

[Malicant]

I have a plot question from Salavation that's been floating in my head -

[ Spoiler ]

So the Resistance intercepts communication saying Kyle Reese is going to be killed by Skynet.

Why would Skynet want to kill Kyle Reese? They have no idea he's the one that's going to father John Connor. How could they?! There's no record of who John's father is, certainly none that survived Judgement Day.

There is no explanation. The plot has been rewritten, on the fly, a lot. Massive plotholes and leftovers from the original script are everywhere. Ignore it, you do not even want to know how it looked before Bale started to fuck it up. Enjoy the explosions, there is nothing else to the movie.

[SincereAgape]

There is no explanation. The plot has been rewritten, on the fly, a lot. Massive plotholes and leftovers from the original script are everywhere. Ignore it, you do not even want to know how it looked before Bale started to fuck it up. Enjoy the explosions, there is nothing else to the movie.

Amen. It's the entire "Back to the Future" type argument. Because Arnold and Reese went back in time in the first two movies, I believe anything is up for grabs in terms of plot.

[Backgammon]

Actually, saw it again today, because my wife hadn't seen it so I went with her.

Ok, so I know it doesn't make sense because nobody cared to make it make sense, but here's another hole I figured out.

Skynet wants to kill Connor. Very badly. They want to kill Reese, and they built Marcus, because they want to kill Connor.

Problem is, Skynet doesn't even know who Connor is at this point. He's juts a commander among many - nobody special yet. Skynet evolves on the same timeline as everyone else - Connor only becomes a problem when he becomes grand leader of the resistance and starts really kicking ass. At the time of he movie, he's nobody. Skynet wouldn't give two shits about him.

Now, to counter this, I figure it is possible Future Skynet sent back agents in the past to brief Past Skynet on what's happening in the future. So Past Skynet would be aware of things they normally wouldn't know - that this Connor dude is going to be a problem in the future.

However, while that would neatly and plausibly explain why Skynet wants to kill Connor, it would not explain wanting to kill Reese. There is no way - none - that Skynet can ever become aware that Reese fathered Connor. No agent sent in the past ever found that out, and none survived to wait for the emergence of Skynet to upload data for future needs.

[Bob Lord of Evil]

Chuck hasn't been canceled.

Funny thing, a Terminator series was an incredibly stupid idea, but it turned out to be pretty good and I'm very disapointed that they canceled it.

I read on MSN that NBC had cancelled it. Now, doing a Google search it may or may not be cancelled? Well...duh!?!

[hyzmarca]

I read on MSN that NBC had cancelled it. Now, doing a Google search it may or may not be cancelled? Well...duh!?!

No, it's been renewed.