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"Terminator" and "Jericho"--Science Fiction as a Preparedness Motivational Tool
The new science fiction television show "Terminator:
The Sarah Connor Chronicles" will premiere in the US on Sunday
(January 13, 2008) at 8 p.m. (and will be repeated the following evening.)
Thenceforth, it will air on Mondays at 9 PM.
I watched an early reviewers'
edit of the
pilot episode, and I was impressed--particularly with the special
effects.
Oddly,
I found
the Terminatrix "Cameron" played by Summer
Glau
more captivating that the lead characters--Sarah Connor and her son John.
(You may remember Summer Glau as "River Tam" from the short-lived but highly-acclaimed "Firefly" television
series and its spin-off "Serenity" movie.)
I also thought that Richard
T. Jones --who plays the FBI agent "Ellison" did a great
job. In my opinion Jones absolutely nailed it with
his
delivery of his "Its
the
robots!" explanatory monologue. (The character
name is doubtless an homage to sci-fi writer Harlan Ellison.)
All in all,
the shows has a great cast. I hope that the script writing holds up as
the series progresses.
(Hopefully
it won't degenerate into one Terminator peril/chase and McGyvered escape
after another.) I have hopes that this series (along with "Jericho"),
will in some small way help get people to "think outside the
box" about
the fragility of our modern society and motivate them to prepare for more
inimical times. But perhaps I'm putting too much faith in the "bread
and circuses" TV-viewing
crowd. OBTW, for anyone that wants to chat about either series, there is
both
a The
Sarah Connor Chronicles Yahoo Discussion Group and a Jericho Yahoo
Discussion Group. Both of these are edited by a SurvivalBlog reader.
Also BTW, I should mention that "Jericho" will
return to the small screen on Tuesday, February 12th.
