The past weekend, Fox teamed up with Yahoo TV to give everyone an early look at the new science fiction series. I was curious and decided to take a peek. I'm glad I did, although I was disappointed that they were not offering it with a full screen option. I had to settle for watching it in a little window, and at a low bit rate. I guess they want to make sure that people will still tune in to the television premiere to see it a little better.
Anyway, I liked it. I am not sure exactly how it will fit into the timeline that has already been established, but I am curious to see how the series plays out. Well, that is if Fox gives it some time to stretch its legs.
If you are reading this for spoilers, you might as well stop right now since there are plenty of people who have not seen it and I do not want to ruin it for them. Well, that and the fact that it has been a couple of days since I've seen it and many specifics have already departed my sieve-like mind. Besides, I am looking forward to the television broadcast, as many of you probably are (apprehensively or not).
Let me start by taking a look at the cast. Stepping into Linda Hamilton's sizable shoes (meaning her importance, not her actual shoes—I have no idea what size those are) is Lena Headey. She is coming off her starmaking performance as Queen Gorgo in 300 (I know she has done many other things, but she gave a strong performance that got her noticed by a much larger audience). Her performance in the pilot is quite good, although a bit softer than Linda Hamilton on the big screen. Taking over for Edward Furlong as John Connor is Thomas Dekker, whose highest profile role came during the first season of Heroes. I think he looks good for the part, although I cannot say I got a good feel for his take on the character here. I am going to have to see the pilot again, and a few more episodes to see him develop.
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