by Iain Blair

Just saw the new “TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES”  Fox show and yes – there’slots of tough girls kicking ass on TV these days (Bionic Woman etc.) but none come close to the hard-core women in this spin-off from the great Terminator films (I was on the set of “T2” but Jim Cameron has nothing to do with the TV series). The story starts when Sarah (Lena Headey) stops running and goes on the offensive against an enemy bent on destroying her life, and perhaps the world. Her son, 15-year-old John (Thomas Dekker), knows that he may be the future savior of mankind, but is not yet ready to take on the mantle of leadership that he’s told is his destiny. John finds himself inextricably draw nto Cameron (Summer Glau), an enigmatic and otherworldly student at his high school, who soon proves to be much more than his confidante - she assumes ther ole of Sarah and John’s fearless protector. The show also features some verycool  visual effects by the award-winning company Zoic Studios (CSI, Eureka, Pushing Daisies, Cold Case,Criminal Minds). Jim Lima, Zoic Studios VFX Supervisor for TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES, was responsible for designing the digital elements of the show, and worked hand-in-hand with the show creators to design the new model of the Terminator (And no – the Governator isn’t even missed). Lima and his team have been charged with creating over 400 shots for the pilot and between 25 and 100 cinematic level visual effects shots per episode from the invisible to photoreal, stylized environments. Check it out.

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