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The Something Awful Forums > The Finer Arts > TV IV > Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles - Doing Genisys before Genisys did!
 
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Medullah
Aug 14, 2003

FEAR MY SHARK ROCKET IT REALLY SUCKS AND BLOWS

sticklefifer posted:

This series legit has my favorite TV character death of all time.

Major spoiler: When Derek bites it, it's not lingered on, it's not a big production, it just happens. The Terminator doesn't even break his stride while trying to get to John and Sarah. It was the perfect way of displaying that all it takes is ONE human error, which the machines don't make. It's so abrupt you're not even sure you just saw it, and you ask yourself "Did they really just do that?"

I still use this as an example of how to do a character death right. When i first watched it, I expected it to be either a) a dream sequence, or b) them to go back in time and fix it.

Once I processed it, it REALLY stuck with me. Just so casual, one minute he's there and the next he's gone. No dramatic Game of Thrones dramatic music, just a light switch turning off. That unnerved me more than pretty much anything else I'd seen. Brutal.

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