Those who have followed the Terminator stories into the television show The Sarah Connor Chronicles will not be disappointed by this second, but unfortunately last season of the series. Tackling time travel, religion, man versus machine, ethics and relationships, this series generated much discussion and even more questions among its fans.
An observant viewer after watching Season Two of The Sarah Connor Chronicles pointed out that it must be very comforting to tattoo aficionados everywhere to see these decorative statements will still be enormously popular in the future.
Derek Reese (Brian Austin Green) sports some amazing designs, and one must suppose that he got them in his own time, as he wouldn’t have an opportunity to stop and get them while running with Sarah and John.
In Season Two, Sarah (Lena Headey) and John (Thomas Dekker) are still running, with Cameron (Summer Glau) perhaps no longer on their side. John has to make a decision whether to deactivate Cam in spite of her pleading that she has “run a test” and is okay, and then reactivates her to the distress of Sarah and Derek.
This is an interesting season, John matured by what he has experienced, becomes more active in the fights and flights that are necessary to keep the Connors alive. A new social interest for John poses some difficulties, not only with their identities, but with Cameron. Can an AI feel love? Is Cam good or bad? And there is another group chasing them, besides the machines.
It would have been very interesting to see how the story progressed from this years season ending. As with all the Terminator family this season leaves us with questions about our lives and lifestyles and perhaps some ominous feelings about the future of humanity.
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles - The Complete Second Season DVD, is presented in a single box holding six discs containing all 22 episodes and a nice selection of specials. Presented in widescreen, the running time is 946 minutes with audio in English or Portuguese, and subtitles in English, French, Portuguese, Spanish or Thai. And then there are the specials.
First up is a nice booklet, sixteen pages of photos from the series with program notes and a synopsis for each episode. There is an eight part featurette series titled “The Continuing Chronicles” which contains, “Write the Future” the writing process of the series, “Conceptualization” the problems and the successes behind the visual effects of the series. “Blood and Metal” takes a look at the creation of realistic looking wounds for the AI cybernetic creatures.
“Designing Destruction” reveals the sets which are a combination of real places and futuristic constructs. “Choreographing Chaos” details the work of a team composed of the stunt coordinator, the second unit director, and the special effects supervisor. “War Stories” is a collection of season two’s most exciting moments. “Setting the Tempo “ allows the viewer to see the work that goes into the musical score for the series with composer Bear McCreary.
And finally there is “Motivations” which has the cast and producers analyzing their choices in how to play the characters or how they were written or directed. On top of these featurettes there is a gag reel, and commentaries. There are additional featurettes on “Cameron goes Bad,” and a “Cameron vs. Rosie” rehearsal for a big fight scene.
We will miss the terrifying strength of character and beauty of Lena Heady’s portrayal of Sarah Connor, as well as the equally intriguing and adept performance of Summer Glau as Cameron. All of the cast members were excellent, but these two women were exceptional in their abilities to transcend personal beauty and give us characters that were so heartbreakingly real.
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles - The Complete Second Season is now available at Amazon. As of yet, there is not a release date for this version of the DVD in the UK. Visit the DVD database for more information.
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