Most of the time I have to really ponder these prompts, but for once, a pick came to me in mere seconds. While this stunningly engaging series ended as well as it could considering, something I greatly admire the writers for pulling off, to this day I lament not being able to see what would have happened next.
On the plus side, though... Lena Headey went on to a well-deserved career-making gig, so...
You know, while the trailer here heavily emphasizes the action elements of the show, for me, it was always the quiet moments that got to me the most. The ep that I've watched more than any was the one where Cameron is damaged in an explosion and reverts to her primary terminator programming. Finally taken down after apparently managing to self-repair her programming, John is urged to destroy her by his mother and uncle-- with frankly, perfectly good logic-- and he doesn't.
That scene-- where he hands her his gun, and allows her to point it at him... "Do you still want to kill me?" She hesitates, genuinely deciding, fighting her basic encoded instincts-- and hands the gun back to him, answers, "No."
No longer just a slave to her programming... a lesson to us all.
I could so handle a movie-- or several-- as a continuation of this series.
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Date: 2020-09-28 02:27 pm (UTC)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkIyHSitUMc
On the plus side, though... Lena Headey went on to a well-deserved career-making gig, so...
You know, while the trailer here heavily emphasizes the action elements of the show, for me, it was always the quiet moments that got to me the most. The ep that I've watched more than any was the one where Cameron is damaged in an explosion and reverts to her primary terminator programming. Finally taken down after apparently managing to self-repair her programming, John is urged to destroy her by his mother and uncle-- with frankly, perfectly good logic-- and he doesn't.
That scene-- where he hands her his gun, and allows her to point it at him... "Do you still want to kill me?" She hesitates, genuinely deciding, fighting her basic encoded instincts-- and hands the gun back to him, answers, "No."
No longer just a slave to her programming... a lesson to us all.
I could so handle a movie-- or several-- as a continuation of this series.