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It's hard to imagine Terminator films without a silent, emotionless, super-powerful killing machine – right? Well, that was true until The Sarah Connor Chronicles shook up the world. Now we are looking at a model of the Terminator, a bad boy who had a super complex set of skills! This was Cameron, who we first meet when she's pretending to be a normal teenager hanging out with John Connor! The fact that the terminator is all "feelings" and even able to shed some tears just messed with how the whole Terminator movie genre was run.
What made this Terminator even cooler was that it wasn't just a mindless killing machine like we'd seen in the original movies. The whole setup with The Sarah Connor Chronicles was meant to flesh out the characters (because sometimes two hours isn't enough) – so she gets feelings, a little personality and yeah, it even ate like a normal human, making it seem like the whole Terminator thing is so much more advanced. She could move like a gymnast, fight like a ninja, and also felt sadness when she was asked about other terminators and what had to be done with them to keep the future safe. Talk about character development! And it all felt like a big upgrade in the terminator story, you know, it just had so much more potential. Plus, this wasn't a Terminator who just wants to obliterate – she was protecting John, almost like a real bodyguard.
It might seem a little confusing, but The Sarah Connor Chronicles showed how a Terminator's abilities changed, and why! This wasn't a dumb "kill" switch for these advanced bad guys, this is all about staying under the radar for as long as possible. It’s hard to believe those Terminator models never did anything like what we saw in The Sarah Connor Chronicles; it seemed so practical. Think about it – if you're going to try to blend into humanity for an extended time, it just seems weird to be totally emotionless, because sooner or later people would be super suspicious, right? I’m looking at you, "Terminator 2's" Arnold!
The truth is, The Sarah Connor Chronicles, because it had this multiple-episode, extended run, gave its terminator a ton of emotional range. I mean, they couldn’t just be robotic with their acting! It made it super relatable, especially for the actors playing these characters, who had to really understand how this robot model had feelings. They created chemistry, gave these bots a different vibe and showed audiences, hey, they’re not just killer machines! They’re a lot more complicated than that.
You know what? The series kind of ends in a really awkward, cliffhanger kind of way! They’ve got a bunch of questions to be answered – like, did Cameron, well, you know, the original model of this “emotion-driven” Terminator – ever get revived? She just ends up getting shut down after this major mission, but her little mind-control chip is still floating around. What if they make another Terminator series or bring it to the big screen! Will Cameron return! And what about John Henry – a cool Terminator model that’s pretty much in a future timeline?
It's kind of frustrating though because the show ended with a huge cliffhanger. And since then, those movies just ignored all of the story and those really cool concepts! What happened to the new terminator models – the more advanced ones? Those things, it’s not a Terminator unless you get all your feelings and emotions to be super powerful, so the future of the “thinking Terminator” remains super hazy, like someone just went and left all of the pieces of the puzzle on a random table. We've been wondering if maybe this whole show, and especially Cameron's role, will somehow be reincorporated. But that feels less likely now than it used to, especially given that those movies haven't exactly been as progressive. The "new model" in those films seems to be going for something simpler, something more like, "Oh hey, just shut off feelings and smash stuff!" But we’re thinking – hey, it would be pretty awesome if it's about time they finally gave this series a second life.
Here’s the big one - if we’re talking about The Sarah Connor Chronicles as the one thing that shifted the world, they probably shouldn’t ever make those Terminator movies with models who aren’t more sophisticated. It's super hard to be excited for those “just-robots” versions because the story just feels super bland. The only exception is Terminator: Salvation. Now, we're not exactly saying it’s the greatest movie in history (and maybe not even the best Terminator film), but it really brought back that futuristic world in such a grand, dramatic way. And yeah, that John Connor guy, I’d say that dude can pull off that serious “future-warrior” feel and keep us entertained for sure!
We all loved The Sarah Connor Chronicles for those more complex relationships and character developments – maybe they need to keep going that direction, or those films are just going to keep feeling a bit robotic, and we might want to just say goodbye to those supernatural, futuristic heroes! They should embrace the evolution of the Terminator model, those feelings and complex decisions that can bring more emotional depth – that's how we stay super engaged with a whole world of time travel, technology, and some big future battles!