81 out of 85 people found the following review helpful:

Unbelievable!

A Customer from middx, 14th August, 2008

Please note that any of the 3 discs can be sent randomly ,so they tell me. They sent me the 3rd Disc first. Didnt watch it obviously sent it right back. They say you have to choose each one at a time if you want it in sequence.

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27 out of 28 people found the following review helpful:

More please!

Mickey Mouse from Dorset, England, 12th May, 2008

Great series that should definitely satisfy fans of the movies. Although there is an increasing lack of action in the later episodes, it's still full of great drama and is highly entertaining. The action in the first few episodes is great and although it doesn't quite meet the standards of the movies, it has the same style and is still top-notch with awesome special effects. The acting is very believable too, with a great connection between Sarah and her son. I would say you need to be familiar with the movies before you watch this series, as the plot refers to events that happened in the films quite alot. The story can get quite deep at times and there are some new interesting ideas for terminator fans. There is the occasional moment here and there that isn't perfect but so what, it's a cool little series and I really enjoyed it. I look forward to the next one.

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27 out of 29 people found the following review helpful:

Terminated

jc1138 from from London, 21st August, 2008

So here we go then, in the wake of a few high concept American TV shows comes The Sarah Connor Chronicles, a spin-off from the Terminator movies. Ignoring the much maligned but entertaining 3rd film we kick off with Sarah & son still worried about the onset of Judgement Day, still pursued by robots from the future, & still protected by a robot from the future. So its pretty much familiar ground for fans. A few new touches have been added, the characters travel from 1999 to the present day, there are more time travellers lurking around (both good & bad) & an FBI agent on the case, but this is a pretty average offering with fx that can't disguise its small screen budget. In fact the whole thing feels limited by the fact that its a TV show. Sometimes it falls into the trap of evil robot of the week (who all seem to be doing bad head-cocking Arnie impressions!) with repetitive robot v robot fisticuffs & although there a couple intriguing ideas their potential is never fully explored. Lena Headey is a decent enough actor but doesn't have the physical presence to really pull off the role of Sarah Connor &, like most of the cast, is unfortunately saddled with terribly clunky dialogue including heavy handed voiceover. Thomas Dekker makes for a pretty bland future saviour & Firefly's Summer Glau doesn't have much to do as the new female terminator sent to protect John (or is she?) At the end of the day this doesn't really add anything of merit to the Terminator mythology (in fact much of it simply endlessly repeats themes that were explored far more successfully in the movies) & therefore is pretty pointless. Even the presence of classic Johnny Cash song The Man Comes Around in the closing episode can't salvage this show which deserves to be terminated.

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18 out of 19 people found the following review helpful:

Poor disc management

Narof from from Shetland, 4th September, 2008

Agree with the other reviews. Disc seem to be sent out randomly. I have had disc 3, which i sent straight back and now i'm getting disc 2. Useless. Not sure why this is any different from the other TV series that get sent in order.

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'Terminator - The Sarah Connor Chronicles - Season 1' (2008)

Statikman from , 13th November, 2009

Great first episodes with a few continuity issues for me.

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Loved it

Dean4hull from , 25th September, 2009

You'll have to be an original terminator fan to enjoy this series otherwise you might not understand or want to understand what this series is about. Made for television, it stilll has some very good special effects and you can easily tag the series on to the original films if you've watched them. I would have loved the original Sarah Connor to star in this film but I imagine she's about 107 now

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brill

WIGGER2K from , 24th September, 2009

Great show , great story , worth a rent anyday of the week.

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The Sarah Connor Chronicles

fatf1ng3rs from , 21st September, 2009

One of my favourire films of all time is the original Teminator it had pace, action and an amazing concept, it had guns and explosions and car chases and 'I'll be back' as one helluva memorable punchline.... If you are looking for something similair I would advise nay order you NOT to get this poor, shoddy poorly acted badly scripted absolute sweat off my genitals of a series!! It lacks everything of any interest to anyone who enjoyed the first film, in fact the terminator films sadly trailed off towards the end and these chronicles just follow those train tracks to the eventual train wreck. 'I'll be back' could be changed to 'It is slack' this kinda sums it up folks ... PS I want those hours back..

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