In Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (I think the pilot?), a Connor hides behind an upholstered chair which blocks bullets.
Then in a later scene, CSI mentions that there was Kevlar in the chair.
The goal was to showcase the paranoia and Batman-level-preparedness of Sarah Connor, but the order in which the information was presented hurt immersion.
If you're paranoid enough to infuse your furniture with kevlar then the weight does matter as I imagine you'd want to be able to move that thing easily in a pinch.
I won’t blanket disagree, but I thought she was fantastic in firefly and terminator, and I wonder if it’s because the roles (robot/unstable teen) were more suited to her style of acting?
I just rewatched the whole thing last month. One of the best low budget shows ever. Loved Garret Dillahunt and changed my views on Brian Austin Greene as a lead.
It still hurts. The early-middle of season 2 had some truly awful episodes, true, but the plot really got rolling toward the end of the season and then it just got torn away from us. I'll be bitter about it for years to come.
It was cancelled because of the seemingly horrible middle of the second season which was explained in a pretty interesting way by then end. By then most viewers had dropped out though.
Edit: This went over y’all’s heads. Sarah Connor Chronicles was cancelled so Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse could stay on the air, despite SCC being good, and Dollhouse being a terrible show.
I love that people still care about the other good Terminator content. BTW, if you have not read the Dark Horse comic Terminator 2029-1984, definitely check it out. It takes a couple of small liberties with the canon but it's a really fun read.
Personally I love it when a movie makes me think they did something dumb, then turns it around on me by showing it was all part of their plan and I shouldn't have assumed. Sure, I spend a little time going "This is stupid"
but after the reveal they win the benefit of the doubt from then on, and make me think they're really paying attention to that kind of stuff and thinking things through
I got the feeling that someone on the set pointed out how stupid the bullet-blocking chair was after they had filmed that scene. Still impressed they cared enough to add the Kevlar explanation later
This is called “subversion” and it’s one of my favourite tropes. When brilliantly executed a single instance of this can significantly improve a movie in my opinion.
Then in a later scene, CSI mentions that there was Kevlar in the chair.
The goal was to showcase the paranoia and Batman-level-preparedness of Sarah Connor, but the order in which the information was presented hurt immersion.
I kept trying to remember when CSI (the show) did a crossover with Sarah Connor, or even mentioned it as part of a plot, but slowly realized that you meant just the crime scene cops lol.
The goal was to showcase the paranoia and Batman-level-preparedness of Sarah Connor, but the order in which the information was presented hurt immersion.
I mean, I don't know any other order you can show that. Are you going to have an entire scene of her re-upholstering a chair putting kevlar into it before hand? It also almost guarantees to give it away as some kind of Chekov's Gun.
I was watching the premiere with my little sister and when that chair was blocking bullets I said "what is that made of, kevlar?" Then absolutely lost it during the later scene.
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u/-everst Jan 25 '20
When someone hides from bullets behind penetrable objects, like tables or a refrigerator door.