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Local magazine (8 Days) interviews Thomas Dekker
Apr 25 2008, 4:57 AM EDT
Hey, I'm from Singapore. Our local gossip magazine 8 Days posted a review of TSCC and featured an interview with Thomas Dekker. Though the reviewer only managed to get 3.5 stars, the review was very much positive. Also, so far,only the first 3 episodes have aired been aired locally. The review mentions that there isn't a very strong plot - and we know that the plot will be even more intriguing in later episodes - so the reviewer would probably have given a higher rating if it was written at the end of the seasonNevertheless, that's not the main point. Here's the review first: "Tuesdays were starting to look very empty when the excellent Damages ended. That was before we caught the opening episode of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. It picks up from where the movie T2 left us. And it seems we never left the cinema. Wham! Bam! Thank you ma'am! The high-octane action begins from the get-go as houses, schools, cars and bank vaults blow up unapologetically within the first 40 minutes. The ma'am in the line of the fire is Sarah Connor (300's Lena Headey). Those familiar with Terminator lore know she's the "mother of the future", whose 15-year-old son John Connor (Thomas Dekker, who played Claire's geeky bud Zach in Heroes Season 1) is destined to lead the human resistance against the renegade machines. Being the mother of a teenage son is hard enough. Sarah gets it - in Ben's Stiller's memorable phrase - a googillion times worse: protecting her son from killer cyborgs and suspicious FBI agents, she's institutionalised, framed for murder, suffers from recurring nightmares, and is houded more frequently than Kiefer Sutherland in 24. There's even a younger, sexier version of Arnie here: Cameron (Summer Glau) is a teenage fembot John sends from the future to serve as his bodyguard, bank robber, Unabomber and other convenient whathaveyous to pump up the carnage potential 2 out of 2 found this valuable. Do you?
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1. RE: Local magazine (8 Days) interviews Thomas Dekker
Apr 25 2008, 5:00 AM EDT
--continued from above--Terminator, the TV show, delivers pulsating big-budget thrills hardly seen on the small screen, leaving you so breathless you may not appreciate that HEadey brings a Pacific Ocean of emotions to her role as a desperate mother on the edge, or notice that the frustrating dynamics of a mother-and-teenage son relationship have been well scripted. The action could also cause you to overlook the befuddling chronology of the series, but who follows the Terminator mythology for realism anyway? We hope nothing gets in the way of the relentless pow-wow. Nothing would devastate the show more than a pubescent human-fembot romance between John and Cameron. There's already Battlestar Galactica for that kind of inter-species coupling." 3.5 / 5 stars **review ends here** Definitely agree with the reviewer on the last few lines lol Anyway, here's the interview with Thomas. 2 out of 2 found this valuable. Do you? |
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2. RE: Local magazine (8 Days) interviews Thomas Dekker
Apr 25 2008, 5:06 AM EDT
------15 MINS WITH THE FUTURE SAVIOUR OF HUMANITY------Actually, it's just Thomas Dekker, 20, who plays John Connor in Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. 8 Days: How many times have you watched the Terminator movies? Thomas Dekker: I don't want to (say)...it's embarrassing now that I'm on the TV show. But I've got the videos since I was about 11. When I first heard they were doing this TV show, I thought, "Oh my god, it's going to be terrible, watered down, cheap, repetitive, and that they were cashing in (on the movies)." That was probably what the rest of the world thought, too. Then I sat down with the writers and producers and the creative team and (found out) it's important and meaningful. 8 Days: Should we expect action every week like in the movies? Thomas Dekker: The films were about protecting John, about being on the defensive from these terminators. The TV show is about being on the offensive - we're trying to stop this future apocalypse from happening at all. So there are terminators, there is action, there are fight scenes, there are cars blown up, there's all that stuff. It's not like we blew all the money on the pilot and then we don't have any action in the rest of the series. It is a very action-heavy show. 8 Days: Why do you think the story has lasted so long? Thomas Dekker: The idea is very relevant, scary. We are very run by technology, and it is a little frightening. It's a fight for humanity, it's a fight for the soul. It's great because it is high action, yes, but it's also a very emotional idea. Everyone loves this Sarah and John Connor thing. It's about this maternal instinct to protect your child that I think so many people can identify with. 2 out of 2 found this valuable. Do you? |
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3. RE: Local magazine (8 Days) interviews Thomas Dekker
Apr 25 2008, 5:08 AM EDT
--continued--8 Days: You're the star of a hot new TV show, and you're still so young. Are you afraid that it will all come crashing down? Thomas Dekker: Absolutely. What is frustrating is because I'm 20, and because I'm now the leading guy on this TV show, I think there's an automatic assumption of a lack of intelligence. It just happens because a lot of other young actors my age have really messed up. A lot of us are having to reap the trouble of that. 8 Days: Has Schwarzenegger seen any of the episodes? Thomas Dekker: I don't know. I hope he has and likes it. The only thing that we know from people is that Linda Hamilton (the Sarah Connor in the movies) really likes Lena Headey and thinks she's a great actress. --yup interview ends here-- Glad to know that Thomas Dekker shares sentiments that the masses of Terminator fans here do :D 2 out of 2 found this valuable. Do you? |
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4. RE: Local magazine (8 Days) interviews Thomas Dekker
Apr 25 2008, 11:59 AM EDT
Thanks for the articles :-)And I know I'm in the minority, but I'm with you on the "please no John-Cameron romance" thing! 1 out of 1 found this valuable. Do you? |
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5. RE: Local magazine (8 Days) interviews Thomas Dekker
Apr 25 2008, 5:41 PM EDT
You're very much welcome!
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