Come with me if you want to live

The 2 night premiere event of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles has, well, premiered.
I've been hearing about this since July and can't say I was terribly interested. I wasn't quite raised on the Terminator series (though I know there are people who would swear T2 is the action movie, and a triumph for James Cameron) so I didn't see what the fuss was about.
Fortunately, my ignorance kept my expectations of the show low and I was able to take it in free of anticipation. The opening of Part 1 with Sarah's apocolyptic dream sequence was kickass. The effects weren't anything too spectacular, but there's something about seeing someone's skin burn off as they transform a mechanized killing machines that makes you want come back for more.
Another thing that makes you wanna come back for more is the bare ass of the esteemed, talented, beautiful Summer Glau. Not to be superficial, I have great respect for Summer and the work she does. I probably don't need to point out the obvious by saying she's ideal for this show, but I will. Her mad dancing skills make martial arts a joy to watch. Playing a robot is never easy, but as she showed us with the not-totally-there River Tam, she can use a character to critique aspects of humanity that we all take for granted and give a different perspective on the silly things we do.
So much to say, I'm a Summer Glau fan and she's more or less the reason I think I'll come back to the show.

An interesting connection I made watching it, though, was that the main cast has all had projects related to comic books. Check it out:

- Lena Headey was Queen Gorgo in Frank Miller's cute little 300 movie. She also played the Penny in what would have been the televised version of the Luna Brothers' comic Ultra.

- Thomas Dekker was Zach, Claire's homosexual confidante and only real high school friend on the primetime superhuman drama Heroes.

- Summer Glau was, of course, River Tam on Joss Whedon's beloved[/deeply and often mourned] Firefly and its feature film Serenity. Since Serenity, Joss has written a couple of comic books based on the crew's adventures that take place before Serenity but after Firefly: Those Left Behind and Better Days (coming this March).

So the moral of today's entry: Watch The Sarah Connor Chronicles! Even though it has a slight PrisonBreak tinge to it, I try to tune that out. Since FOX has next to nothing going for it at this point, I don't worry much about it's lifespan.
When Warner Bros. announced they were through with making movies with female leads, I was shall we say, disheartened? I think that makes this show more important now than ever. The lead is not only a woman, but a mother, and as we all know, mother's are one of the most common occurring and special heroes known to humanity. If this one does catch on, maybe heroine leads will start up again. And if this one doesn't do it, Dollhouse will.