The User's Guide to Stalking Carl

I just watched the first episode on C/S! I love it!

First off, SUMMER GLAU. AS. A. TERMINATOR. OH YEAH.

Most adorable killing machine ever. She's got great fighting scenes here, too, and along with Lena Headey as the titular Sarah Connor, mother of the post-robot apocalypse messiah, it's fun to see strong capable women kicking ass in an action series. This is far more fun than Bionic Woman, that's for sure.

Lena Headey, btw, played Queen Gorgo on 300. She's got the attitude of Sarah Connor, but she looks... too thin. I know it's unfair to compare her to Linda Hamilton's Sarah Connor, but I want to see her buffed up. It's ok for Summer Glau to look that way and still kick ass, since she is a deceptively harmless looking killer robot, but Sarah Connor is supposed to be a paranoid survivalist who's been spending her spare time preparing for a robot apocalypse. She should be ripped... But then again Sarah Connor in Terminator 2 had lots of spare time to work out, what with her being in a mental institution and all.

Thomas Dekker as John Connor is ok - he's far lonelier than the T2 John, but then this kid's gone through 5 years of moving around and uprooting than that one. And lost a lot more friends and family too. Thankfully he manages to stay out of the emo range - I'd be annoyed at him if I was - but if he keeps up the drama without growing a pair, I may have to start wishing bad things to happen to him.

I don't know whether to be annoyed or amused that the more the Connors try to get out of the system and cover their tracks, the more they pop up. But then, it is realistic - everyone nowadays has a camphone.

Overall, far more enjoyable than Terminator 3 was. I hope they don't mess up the time-travel, though.