Blu-Ray Review: Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles The Complete Second Season

Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles The Complete Second Season Blu-Ray

Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles The Complete Second Season Blu-Ray Edition

Sarah Connor (Lena Heady) will do anything to protect her son John (Thomas Dekker), the future savior of the human race. The machines know about John, and have been sent back to terminate him before Judgment Day. There is also Cameron (Summer Glau), a machine sent back to the past to protect him. But Cameron seems to have another agenda as well. And joining the team on a regular basis this season is John’s uncle Derek Reese (Brian Austin Green).

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The Official Star Trek Magazine Issue 21 Excerpts

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The latest issue (21) of The Official Star Trek magazine is on sale now. Keep reading for 3 extracts from the magazine featuring David Gerrold, sound designer Ben Burtt, and Armin Shimerman!

David Gerrold discusses the origins of “The Trouble With Tribbles”

My original intention for “The Trouble With Tribbles” was to demonstrate
that not every problem a starship captain might have to deal with would be a
big problem, threatening the safety of the galaxy. Once in a while, the
little problems could be just as annoying. At the beginning, I had no idea
that “The Trouble With Tribbles” was a laugh-out-loud comedy. I thought we
were doing quiet whimsy, but moment by moment the comedic opportunities
started piling up.

Prior to this episode, we’d seen only hints that William Shatner could be a
great comic actor. The giveaway moment was the storage compartment scene. I
had written in the outline and the script that the tribbles fall on Kirk’s
head. I had always assumed that at some point, Shatner would say, “This
makes my character look too silly,” and I was prepared to have him step
aside just before the tribbles fell. But William Shatner has always been the
consummate professional and I believe he was eager to show off his comic
abilities as well. The moment when he is up to his neck in tribbles, when he
gives Dr. McCoy a very annoyed look – that’s equal to any expression that
Oliver Hardy ever gave to Stan Laurel at his most exasperated.

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