Off Topic Hiatus Fodder: other Femmebots and Bear soundtracks we like

Hey, if Logan can write about the LHC, then I'm coming in here to post about one of my favorite returning fall shows, TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES. Season two has just begun on Fox (and you can still see the first episode online via these sources).


Showrunner Josh Friedman just talked to Wired about T:SCC recently...

On parallels to Battlestar Galactica: "I'm a huge fan, I'm just behind a season. It's almost so good and so close to what we're doing, sometimes it's painful to watch. We have a writer on our show who was on BSG the first two years {Toni Graphia-ed.}, and she serves at a checkpoint to make sure we don't cover the same ground. I don't know who the 12th Cylon is and I've threatened to fire people who tell me anything about that show. I like the idea that there are hidden Terminators ... but you have to be careful or else it becomes Where's Waldo?, and a cheap effect. There could be a Terminator that we discover along the way. I can't even remember how many there are on the show right now."

BATTLESTAR GALACTICA music composer Bear McCreary, who also scores T:SCC, is apparently going to be posting throughout the new season much like he did this spring during BSG season 4.0. For his blog post on T:SCC episode 201, he focuses mainly on his collaboration with T:SCC actor and musician Shirley Manson for the show's great cover of "Samson and Delilah." The track is used with rich multi-layered effect, during the season opening sequence -- a kick-ass action scene played without any sound other than this song. (Bear's soundtrack to another show, EUREKA, is also out on CD now by the way.) ETA: here's a seriously low-fi version of the track on youtube.

If you like T:SCC make sure to check out the official production blog, which will be running weekly podcasts, notes from Friedman and his writers room, chances to ask them questions, etc.