April 16, 2009 - The next few weeks look to be tense ones for fans of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. On the heels of EW.com's Michael Ausiello reporting the show is cancelled, those associated with the series say this is still not the case. FOX announces their 2009-2010 schedule on May 18th at the Upfronts, and it continues to look like we won't know the official announcement until that week.
Like so much else they days, the rebuttals to the cancellation stories are coming via Twitter. io9.com points out a recent Twitter update by Terminator writer Ashley Edward Miller, who says, "Time for Ausiello's semi-annual SCC termination report. False again. (Remember "sets were destroyed" report? Now you know context, people)." Miller is referring both to times in the past when Ausiello believed the show was not continuing (including mid-way through Season 2) and also reports unrelated to him saying the proof that the show was cancelled was that the sets have been torn down.
Fans of the show know this was a dubious statement, given the only permanent sets the show had recently were for Catherine Weaver's office, and based on the events of the Season 2 finale, those probably wouldn't be needed again.
Terminator showrunner Josh Friedman meanwhile Twittered, "Waiting for Michael Ausiello to tell me what I'm supposed to do now with my career."
As for where Season 3 could go, a new interview with Brian Austin Green sheds some light on that. [Spoiler Warning for those who haven't seen the last two episodes of Terminator - though if so, what are you doing reading this article? Some fan you are!]
Green tells Comic Book Resources, "The third season is going to be incredible, if it happens. There were no intentions of this being a series finale. It was absolutely a season finale. There's a plan where this can go and it's so good."
Season 2's stunning conclusion had John Connor travel to the future, where he encountered Green's character, Derek Reese, who had been killed in the present - along with John's father, Kyle Reese himself. Green elaborates, "You have this episode where John Connor travels to a future where John Connor never existed. I don't know if people completely get it because we work on a string theory, which we've dealt with during the season.
We dealt with that with Jessie, in the future that she came from there was Charles Fisher, who tortured everyone. In the future I came from, he never existed. I don't remember him. We were still together within these parallel futures but they were still different and they still had their own paths. This is the same concept. For John Connor to travel to a future where he never existed, where Kyle Reese never left, where Derek and Kyle are still fighting side by side, where Allison (the human Cameron was based on) is still very much present, what becomes of John? What better situation for somebody to grow up in and become the future leader than that? Than to be fighting in what he's been trying to prevent? Not just being the top dog, being listened to for everything, but having to actually listen and follow." Green also explains that he's in second position on the pilot he's filmed, The CW's Body Politic, meaning if that series is picked up while Terminator is also renewed, he stays with Terminator and the other series recasts his role. Green reveals Josh Friedman came to him and explained how Derek would be killed in episode 21 of Season 2, and also how he'd be back in episode 22, thanks to John's time travel adventure – the fact that he was also filming a pilot helped add to the illusion that he was definitely off the show, but that was never the case.
The actor had a lot of praise for the shocking manner in which Derek was killed, telling CBR, "I love the way he went out. I love that Josh made the choice that he did. He wanted him to go out like a warrior, like a fighter. There wasn't this big, long, drawn-out thing where everyone's crying saying, 'Derek no, stay with us, don't go.' I'm not pounding on my chest, bleeding and coughing. That's the reality of war. When people die in war it's not glamorous, it's not very heartfelt. For the most part it's immediate, it's loss and you move on. I love the fact that Sarah, being a warrior, did just that. She took his wallet, took his gun and moved on because it's what you have to do. I think it was really brave and really exciting."
Alright my fellow Sarah Connor fans, let's try to keep hope alive here and cross our fingers... because we all need that third season, right? This show is too awesome to die.
Source: IGN.com
Oh the confusion!. 0_o
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