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Originally Posted by Cipher13 
I think Summer Glau does an awesome job. I can't stand Christina Ricci, and have no idea who Kunis is. Plus, Summer Glau is uber hot.
You know, there's an episode of Firefly here Summer's completely naked. 
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Originally Posted by Chuckit
I would say that, but there's no way I'm missing Dollhouse this fall.
I'll download it and send Joss $3 /episode. He can give half to Eliza, if he wants.
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Originally Posted by Eug
Not really. The numbers are pretty mediocre, which means for a sci-fi series on prime time mainstream channels, the numbers are... pretty mediocre. If you want "stellar", then you'd probably be looking at Star Trek: The Next Generation or X-Files or something.
It's ratings are 1.5 to 2.5 times higher than Buffy:TVS, and Buffy was considered successful and ran for 7 years.
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Originally Posted by Shaddim
It's ratings are 1.5 to 2.5 times higher than Buffy:TVS, and Buffy was considered successful and ran for 7 years.
Buffy was considered successful for The WB, a brand-new network at the time. The WB's standards were somewhat lower than Fox's are.
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Considering, in adjusted dollars, they cost about the same amount of money to make* (this shocked me too) I don't see that there are many differences. If you combine TSCC US and Canadian numbers, it's doing quite well.
* comparing Buffy S7 to TSCC S1
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Originally Posted by Shaddim
Considering, in adjusted dollars, they cost about the same amount of money to make* (this shocked me too) I don't see that there are many differences.
American Idol costs even less than Buffy. Do you think Fox would be happy if it started getting the same numbers Buffy did? Bigger networks have bigger expectations. It's not a question of "Is this doing as well as a show on a much smaller network with a similar budget?" but "Is this doing as well as the average show on our network?"
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Originally Posted by Chuckit
American Idol costs even less than Buffy. Do you think Fox would be happy if it started getting the same numbers Buffy did? Bigger networks have bigger expectations. It's not a question of "Is this doing as well as a show on a much smaller network with a similar budget?" but "Is this doing as well as the average show on our network?"
It is doing better than the average show on their network, it's 25-30th overall. That's counting every show, on every network, all week long.
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I think you guys should fight about it.
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Originally Posted by RAILhead
I think you guys should fight about it.
Fussing can be fun. 
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It didn't hurt her, though -- but it hopefully blew some clothes off. 
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I have a feeling she's going to climb out of that with a good amount of skin missing, and pissed.
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Wow, what a nailbiter that was. I'm so glad mom remembered his birthday.
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What kind of cliffhanger is that? "Can some fire kill a Terminator? Tune in next season to find out! Or just watch any of the movies!"
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So who wants to guess why Cromartie (sp?) decided not to kill Ellison? Is Ellison instrumental in the creation of SkyNet in some way? He recognized the name...
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Originally Posted by Chuckit
What kind of cliffhanger is that?
A writers strike cliffhanger.
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It wasn't really about her getting blown up -- it was more about that guy (can't spell his name) trying to kill one of them as a warning (methinks).
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Originally Posted by RAILhead
It wasn't really about her getting blown up -- it was more about that guy (can't spell his name) trying to kill one of them as a warning (methinks).
Yes, and also the drama that will happen now that a certain cyborg is missing half her skin.
It may cause problems in school.
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Originally Posted by Uncle Skeleton
So who wants to guess why Cromartie (sp?) decided not to kill Ellison? Is Ellison instrumental in the creation of SkyNet in some way? He recognized the name...
I'd figured he wasn't really in assassination mode and he was just killing the people who actually attacked him. But your idea is better.
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i think there are other terminators not yet revealed to us but we have seen them interact with humans in the last oh, few episodes. we know this takes place after episode 2 of the movies and in 2 we had a more advance terminator (liquid terminator) then the ones shown so far in this TV series...something just isn't right, to me, how their interaction with each other and with humans.
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So, latin chick who hung with the forgers a termie or just really, really hard?
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Been inclined to wander... off the beaten track.
That's where there's thunder... and the wind shouts back.
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that would be one i thought of...but i think there is one more.
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i think there is a larger infiltration of terminators than we are being shown. they keep going back to the "fooled you" and other references to how they get around/do things without being detected.
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Originally Posted by residentEvil
that would be one i thought of...but i think there is one more.
Sarkissian?
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Originally Posted by Doofy
So, latin chick who hung with the forgers a termie or just really, really hard?
Termie -- that's why Cameron asked if she needed to kill her, too.
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And what's with that cute chick at John's school? Termie? Or is she the Kate Brewster in this version of events?
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Been inclined to wander... off the beaten track.
That's where there's thunder... and the wind shouts back.
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That's what I've been assuming, yes.
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I've watched most episodes mostly because that's all that's on. But honestly, the acting is sub-sub-par.
The only consolation is the hot guy who plays john connor.
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I was amused that the commercials during this episode advertised the news clip for the new Toronto subway camera monitoring system.
TheStar.com | GTA | Green light for TTC's 11,000 cameras
The TTC now has cameras operating in all stations and 300 buses. By 2011, there will be more than 11,000 blanketing the system.
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and that, ladies and gents, is what we call irony.
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A sure sign the series is gonna be cancelled: Renew FOX's "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" Petition
To: FOX Television
We, the undersigned, feel FOX's "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" has alot of potential, and has creatively improved over the last several episodes of season 1.
The show may not be doing as well as FOX hoped in the ratings, but the buzz online and offline is an indication that the show has a much larger fanbase than indicated with the outdated nielsen system. Every episode has reached Itunes top 5 downloads, which is further proof that more people are watching than shown.
As of the date this petition was created (03.03.08), FOX has not officially cancelled the show, although it has neither been renewed.
Please do not let another quality show suffer with a premature cancellation. Too many quality shows are being cancelled without being given the chance to build a large following.
We hereby petition FOX to renew the show for a second season.
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It certainly shows the expectation from some fans if a "Save X" petition is up before X is even canceled.
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Good show, I'm glad they pretended that Terminator 3 didn't exist cause it's just that terrible. I can't wait for the season to start again.
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Originally Posted by SirCastor
It certainly shows the expectation from some fans if a "Save X" petition is up before X is even canceled.
You know, the next time a sci-fi show premieres on Fox, I think people are going to have a petition ready before it airs.
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Originally Posted by Velocity211
Good show, I'm glad they pretended that Terminator 3 didn't exist cause it's just that terrible. I can't wait for the season to start again.
I pretend that it doesn't exist also
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Originally Posted by Chuckit
You know, the next time a sci-fi show premieres on Fox, I think people are going to have a petition ready before it airs.
X-Files ran for 10 seasons (probably 3 or 4 seasons too long)
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Originally Posted by Uncle Skeleton
Not exactly sci-fi
A war between two alien races with humans stuck in the middle. Not sure what else it could qualify as. Sit-com?
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Originally Posted by Velocity211
Good show, I'm glad they pretended that Terminator 3 didn't exist cause it's just that terrible. I can't wait for the season to start again.
I thought Terminator 3 was reasonably good. (It also got 70% at Rotten Tomatoes.)
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Originally Posted by w8ing4intelmacs
A war between two alien races with humans stuck in the middle. Not sure what else it could qualify as. Sit-com?
But that stuff isn't fiction. I WANT TO BELIEVE!
kidding, I guess I stopped watching that show before it jumped the shark, because I don't remember any of that
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Bump
Did anyone watch it tonight?
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Oh snap. I hope they remembered to set the DVR. 
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Saw it this week. Had to watch it on Fox. I'm not sure if our stations in Toronto bothered picking it up again. (They aired it last year, but I haven't see season 2 advertised.)
Anyways, mostly OK, but there was a lame scene at the end of the episode.
They should have killed her. It would be the most logical thing to do, and the only that thing that really made sense in the context of the show. However it was predictable they wouldn't considering her importance to the show.
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Tonight's episode was pretty good. A little corny with the whole "I love you John, and you love me" bit, but overall pretty good.
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Originally Posted by Eug
I thought Terminator 3 was reasonably good. (It also got 70% at Rotten Tomatoes.)
Are you kidding, Terminator 3 was horrible. The opposing Terminator was much less scary than the liquid metal man. The overall plot didn't make too much sense to me (considering the ending of Terminator 2 at least). It just felt that they just wanted to make yet another Terminator movie.
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I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy every minute of it.
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Originally Posted by OreoCookie
The overall plot didn't make too much sense to me (considering the ending of Terminator 2 at least). It just felt that they just wanted to make yet another Terminator movie.
If you're criticizing that movie in the context of the other Terminator movies, then you should criticize the series for the same reason.
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