Terminator Genisys

More Terminator on Terminator Action Spoilers and Such I love [easyazon_link identifier=”B00153ZC8Q” locale=”US” tag=”londonthoug-20″]The Terminator[/easyazon_link].  It’s a damn near perfect film that did a pretty good job of tying up its loose ends.  But not so good a job that it didn’t end up with a few too many sequels. So it’s a bittersweet experience to watch the clumsily re-shot scenes from The Terminator and hear familiar dialogue spoken in odd voices.  The redo of [easyazon_link identifier=”B0037NVM2C” locale=”US” tag=”londonthoug-20″]Judgement Day[/easyazon_link] as the opening credits roll was a pale imitation of Linda Hamilton’s raspy, hate filled voice from T2. But then, this isn’t that…

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Battlestar Galactica:Blood and Chrome

I was never a huge fan of Sci-Fi’s remake of Battlestar Galctica, but I did watch it and I did come to like most of the characters.  The spin-off series, Caprica, about the worlds before Cyclons never made much sense.  Why should anyone care that some idiot billionaire make the Cyclons?  And how did it make any sense that his daughter’s soul was the cause of all their problems? Battlestar Galactica:Blood and Chrome was a damned good pilot.  It had a lot of action, a lot of foreshadowing, and I have no problem with following around a young William Adama…

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