I have no idea where the exclamation point thing started, but it's just a silly way to combine terms.
Both characters may have made the wrong choice there, but I can't blame them for bad decision making given the circumstances.
Even considering how little time they had in with the time jump choices, I still felt it was out of character for both. I can look back over the last quarter of season and see things that sort of lead to that, but I just didn't think they were anywhere near strong enough. I don't feel like the show is ruined or anything because of it, though. I have no doubt the drama we get as a result of their decisions will be very good and the reason they made those decisions will become even clearer.
Lately I've felt that the proper name for this show would have been "The Connor Chronicles."
Dude. Didn't I say don't go there?!!!!!!! ;)
I can see how, if Sarah was your POV character this ending may have sucked royally. I'm a 22 year old male, John Connor pretty much directly represents me here, and the ending was extremely John-centric.
The whole reason I watched this show to begin with is because it was about Sarah Connor — the story of Sarah and John told more or less from Sarah's POV. The show moved away from her POV a bit this season and ending very John-centric makes me think they'll be moving even further away from it next season. So no, that doesn't make me happy at all.
The film franchise has continued on without Sarah... T3 was about John Connor. T4 is about John Connor. So I want my freaking Sarah Connor TV show to keep her central to the story. When they get the balance right, it works for everyone. No one seemed to have any complaints about anyone getting too much focus in the first season. I think the issue with season 2 is they got too character-centric with too many episodes. So it's not that I mind John having a cool story, I just don't want it to be because they tossed Sarah aside. The season 1 approach is what I hope for in season 3.
ETA: hope you didn't just get spammed with all my edits!
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on 2009-04-18 08:57 pm (UTC)Both characters may have made the wrong choice there, but I can't blame them for bad decision making given the circumstances.
Even considering how little time they had in with the time jump choices, I still felt it was out of character for both. I can look back over the last quarter of season and see things that sort of lead to that, but I just didn't think they were anywhere near strong enough. I don't feel like the show is ruined or anything because of it, though. I have no doubt the drama we get as a result of their decisions will be very good and the reason they made those decisions will become even clearer.
Lately I've felt that the proper name for this show would have been "The Connor Chronicles."
Dude. Didn't I say don't go there?!!!!!!! ;)
I can see how, if Sarah was your POV character this ending may have sucked royally. I'm a 22 year old male, John Connor pretty much directly represents me here, and the ending was extremely John-centric.
The whole reason I watched this show to begin with is because it was about Sarah Connor — the story of Sarah and John told more or less from Sarah's POV. The show moved away from her POV a bit this season and ending very John-centric makes me think they'll be moving even further away from it next season. So no, that doesn't make me happy at all.
The film franchise has continued on without Sarah... T3 was about John Connor. T4 is about John Connor. So I want my freaking Sarah Connor TV show to keep her central to the story. When they get the balance right, it works for everyone. No one seemed to have any complaints about anyone getting too much focus in the first season. I think the issue with season 2 is they got too character-centric with too many episodes. So it's not that I mind John having a cool story, I just don't want it to be because they tossed Sarah aside. The season 1 approach is what I hope for in season 3.
ETA: hope you didn't just get spammed with all my edits!