That’s what happens when you build an audience and build their confidence in you. I’m totally in AMC’s pocket right now, because they’ve put out enough shows that amaze me that when they announce a new show I give it a shot, even if it’s not necessarily a subject I normally find interesting their track record is good enough to give them a few hours. Because the broadcast networks are so scatter shot I don’t have that kind of confidence in any of them. No matter how many good shows Fox greenlights I don’t assume they’re next one will be any good, because for every Terminator they put on they also put on a Glee and an American Idol.
There were a couple of interesting things to Terminator, but I stopped watching after only a few episodes because of one nagging question.
How can a man who is emasculated by the two women protecting him ever turn out to be the leader of the free world? I remember an old Bugs Bunny cartoon that opened with printed words on the screen. "The Klondike - where men are men and women are women. (A darned good arrangement!)"
I miss that arrangement.
I did the same thing. I didn't watch The Walking Dead when it first started because the zombie-genre wasn't really my thing (or my husband's). Well, we were bored one summer weekend, and Netflix had the first season of The Walking Dead available, so I asked him if he wanted to watch it. I got this look, like, "okay, she has finally gone completely around the bend". But, I convinced him that I had read great reviews, and people seemed to like it; and, anyway, if we really don't like it, we can turn it off and never watch it again.
He sighed and said, okay --- and, we got hooked. It is now one of the few shows we look forward to every week. Same with Breaking Bad. I really wasn't interested in this show because of the subject matter; but, we both like Bryan Cranston (my husband is of the opinion that he will do anything for his "craft"). So, Netflix again, and, again, we are hooked.
AMC really is putting out some good stuff. Interesting stuff; but, adult stuff.
Making the whole Terminator thing into a show was just bad. So the issue I had with the show was that it redundantly repeated the theme for many episodes emphasized in the films. When is this John ultimately going to really fight for himself? I ran this question repeatedly in my head as I watched it. Stand up for once, and perhaps you’ll realize that you don’t need some random Terminator chick or not, and your Mom to babysit you every step of the way. I do respect mothers, but the level of actually standing up for himself was disappointingly less than I expected. I will admit, for a TV show, it was a great dazzle of special effects, but the plot felt reused from the movies.
There is no doubt, Vince Gilligan is now the best showrunner in the business.