Self Aware? Really?

Apparently, Skynet achieved this state today.

Anyone being slain by their cyborg in your neighborhood? Seen any riderless motorcycles screaming down the highway?

Just asking ...

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Above, Christian Bale trains hard for the sequel, American Terminator Psycho

Terminator: Salvation was OK

At long last, the new Terminator movie was released this week and while not bad, it was certainly disappointing.

You probably know the general plot by now. Its the future, John Connor has grown up and is fighting in the resistance against the machines. This time around Skynet is up to their old tricks of trying to kill John's father before he can get it on with Linda Hamilton, but they've got a new secret weapon.

Its a fairly solid plot and should carry the movie adequately, but one of the problems is that the filmmakers never go any deeper. Numerous questions are left unanswered and swept under the rug with explosions and nods to the first three movies. Characters are left undeveloped, simply dropped in here or there for no other reason than to move the story along.

You have the terminators we all know and love, but they've added some newer models. Some are OK, but others would be more at home in Transformers 2. We finally see Skynet Headquarters, but it looks more like an oil refinery than the home base of a machine society (remember how awesome the machine city in Matrix: Revolutions was?).

Are you noting the pattern? Lots of "buts". There are a lot of problems with this movie. At the same time I can't sit here and say I didn't enjoy it because I did. I would recommend it to Terminator junkies like myself, but the casual fan probably shouldn't waste their time.

Save Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

I'm not big on the "save such and such show" movements, but seriously, if Fox goes ahead and cancels Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, there should be rioting in the streets. I know what you're thinking: What? Someone writing on a blog called Skynet is a fan of the Terminator show? Who knew!

Seriously though, 99.9% of everything on TV blows. Terminator was the rare exception, probably because they didn't have to invent the story line totally out of thin air. To lose the one truly good show on TV right now would be a real loss.

The last two shows of this season were so mind blowing and well put together that I have some hope they can save the show. Where the hell did John end up? Why did Sarah stay behind? And just what is Katherine Weaver up to? Is she evil or not? You just can't end a show with so many questions.