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Discussion: Does Lena measure up to Linda Hamill?
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 Wild-Kat |
Does Lena measure up to Linda Hamill?
Feb 5 2008, 1:47 AM EST Now that we've given her a few episodes, do you think that Lena measures up to big-armed, tough girl, Linda Hamill? 8 out of 10 found this valuable. Do you? |
 minnieb79 |
RE: Does Lena measure up to Linda Hamill?
Feb 5 2008, 2:00 AM EST I just posted a thread about this. My consensus? She has potential, but she needs to step up the bad-assness. 3 out of 4 found this valuable. Do you? |
 whoframedrudy |
RE: Does Lena measure up to Linda Hamill?
Feb 5 2008, 3:55 AM EST I think Lena is terrific. She's reinvented Sarah Connor. Sarah's character has more depth now -- her son is older so that relationship is more complex, and she has to sustain our interest over a series instead of a two-hour movie. So she couldn't just be a paramilitary assassin just smoking suckas left and right. Plus with Cameron handling the ass-kicking, there's room for Sarah to be more poetic. She was changed by the experience with Dyson -- she was ready to just snipe him and get it over with in T2, but now she's not so sure of the cause and effect of just sniping people left and right. But Lena's got enough ultra-bad do-not-mess in her for me. 3 out of 3 found this valuable. Do you? |
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Xenomorphine Xenomorphine |
RE: Does Lena measure up to Linda Hamill?
Feb 5 2008, 4:34 PM EST She's fine, but the original characterisation had this sort of relaxed self-confidence, which this one doesn't. It came out in the scenes such as deciding to kill Dyson and so on. Do you find this valuable? |
 sidspappy |
RE: Does Lena measure up to Linda Hamilton?
Feb 5 2008, 4:44 PM EST Different charaterizations, due to two actresses bringing different outlooks to the character. The writers are also responsible, and rightly so, for bringing more depth to the character. The angst, but not anger (Hamilton was ANGRY in T2) takes center stage here. As was stated, the writers have split off the physicality from the emotion, with Cameron doing the kick-ass. Now, Heady does the quintessential voiceover just as well and powerfully as Hamilton ever did. I like Lena Heady. I've got this deep-seated attraction for foreign actresses who can pull off American accents well. I guess it's that seemingly effortless duality that thrills me. PSYCHO!!! Um...I digress. Sorry. 2 out of 2 found this valuable. Do you? |
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wolfenstien wolfenstien |
RE: Does Lena measure up to Linda Hamilton?
Feb 5 2008, 5:01 PM EST "Different charaterizations, due to two actresses bringing different outlooks to the character. The writers are also responsible, and rightly so, for bringing more depth to the character. The angst, but not anger (Hamilton was ANGRY in T2) takes center stage here. As was stated, the writers have split off the physicality from the emotion, with Cameron doing the kick-ass. Now, Heady does the quintessential voiceover just as well and powerfully as Hamilton ever did.As far as an actress... I see her doing a very good job. As far as her being a hottie.... She tips the scales when it comes to Linda Hamilton.... Sorry, thats how I feel... I never was really attracted to Linda Hamilton... But this Lena chick.... damn she fits into a pair of jeans nicely! 3 out of 4 found this valuable. Do you? |
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sarah'spal sarah'spal |
RE: Does Lena measure up to Linda Hamilton?
Feb 5 2008, 7:37 PM EST I think she is great . As the show develops I think we are seeing a little more of the toughness that Linda brought to the role. Last night showed more of her ability to be a badass. I like her and she her comfort with being Sarah Connor seems to be growing. 3 out of 3 found this valuable. Do you? |
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BigKurz BigKurz |
RE: Does Lena measure up to Linda Hamilton?
Feb 6 2008, 12:22 AM EST Yea. I never thought I'd say this...but I REALLY like her as Sarah--especially now that she's getting edgier. I'm enjoying the casting very much. Thomas is also impressing me a lot--stepping up into a "leadership" profile much more than I think Furlong ever would have been able to do. 3 out of 3 found this valuable. Do you? |
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lenalover lenalover |
RE: Does Lena measure up to Linda Hamilton?
Feb 17 2008, 8:53 PM EST I think that Lena Headey is doing a great, great job. No offense to Linda Hamilton but you also have to remember that Linda Hamilton's role was about almost 20 years ago and I think that the roles are very different now on tv then back then. Plus, she has help with Summer as Cameron the new helper and I think that with her helping Sarah/Lena has a better chance with being Sarah then Linda did with John Connor because now she can also start an emotional relationship that Linda didn't really express in the movies. Yes, they are both the characters who need to defend their son but I think that if Lena and Linda were to duke it out, Linda I'm sorry but I think that Lena could probably kick your ass plus Lena is soooo hot 3 out of 3 found this valuable. Do you? |
 t888 |
RE: Does Lena measure up to Linda Hamilton?
Feb 17 2008, 9:27 PM EST linda hamiltons sarah conner and Lena Headeys conner are two different people. Hamiltons character is really phycotic, while Headeys is a little bit more forgiving. 2 out of 2 found this valuable. Do you? |
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yourtallness yourtallness |
RE: Does Lena measure up to Linda Hamilton?
Feb 18 2008, 8:42 AM EST Lena is way hotter and sweeter than Linda. But Linda portrayed the psychotic trigger-happy Sarah Connor better I think. Then again, Lena's Connor has had the time to recover, ponder on the Dyson incident, spend some time with her son, and even if that's on the run I guess it's better than being trapped in a mental institution, as she's more in control. Plus I don't think she expected an other Terminator attack after supposedly stopping the apocalypse in T2. In this light, a more civil Sarah may be justified. However, Lena needs to step up as the pressure rises and expose a tougher persona as the series progresses. Do you find this valuable? |
 bear34 |
RE: Does Lena measure up to Linda Hamilton?
Feb 18 2008, 11:03 AM EST I don’t look at as one actress doing a better job then the other, I look at the Sarah Connor character of Linda Hamilton in T1 and T2 and Lena Headey in SCC as a character that’s grows with each movie/show. The Sarah in T1 is young and scared. She has just found out that a cyborg killing machine from the future wants to kill her, that’s bound to freak you out. I know I would probably soil myself once or twice if that happened to me. The Sarah in T2 is angry. She tried to do the right thing and get help from the authorities and for her troubles she gets labeled a nut, has her son taken away from her and gets locked up in a mental institution. Come hell or high water she is going to protect her son, even if she has to shove a knife through your heart to do it. The Sarah in SCC has had time to come to grips with the insanity that is her everyday life and learned from the past, she’s savvier and more poised. 3 out of 3 found this valuable. Do you? |
 HK103 |
RE: Does Lena measure up to Linda Hamilton?
Feb 18 2008, 11:06 AM EST I think psychotic Sarah Connor would get really old really fast in a TV series. T2's Sarah was fairly one-dimensional which is fine for a 2 hour action stomp. She needed a new 'softer' side to the character. 2 out of 2 found this valuable. Do you? |
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Xenomorphine Xenomorphine |
RE: Does Lena measure up to Linda Hamilton?
Feb 18 2008, 2:13 PM EST You need to watch that film again, if you don't remember her showing a softer side. :) Do you find this valuable? |
 LadyTerm |
RE: Does Lena measure up to Linda Hamilton?
Feb 18 2008, 2:25 PM EST "You need to watch that film again, if you don't remember her showing a softer side. :)"Definetly! Her soft side was all there. Lena is doing a good job. I believe her to be the character when I am watching. That to me is convincing. Besides, I would love to see Linda in this role...but she would get bored I think. This series has yet to have enough action for Sarah and more than enoough action for the 'female' term. 2 out of 2 found this valuable. Do you? |
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Crevek Crevek |
RE: Does Lena measure up to Linda Hamilton?
Feb 18 2008, 6:55 PM EST I watched most of T2 a few days ago and the fact that people like Linda more than Lena makes me wonder why. Fond memory's of the past I guess... Lena is thinner and equally muscled as far as I could tell, not to mention more visually appealing as a whole. 2 out of 2 found this valuable. Do you? |
 Kevirwin |
RE: Does Lena measure up to Linda Hamilton?
Feb 18 2008, 8:45 PM EST Anyone know (and excuse me if it's already been addressed) if Linda Hamilton was "offered" the TV role??? K e v Do you find this valuable? |
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worriedbeef worriedbeef |
RE: Does Lena measure up to Linda Hamilton?
Feb 18 2008, 8:47 PM EST i think lena is doing a great job. personally i don't think linda's character in T2 was very likable at all. very cold and angry. granted it fit with the them and tone of the film great and T2 is one of the best films of all time. but the tv series needed something fresh and lena (as well as summer glau) are providing that. by the way does anybody else think lena is a spitting image of torri higginson (elizabeth weir from stargate atlantis)? 2 out of 2 found this valuable. Do you? |
 001201091304 |
RE: Does Lena measure up to Linda Hamilton?
Feb 18 2008, 11:05 PM EST I'm not with you guys on this. Lena is an insecure and entitled B (funny how those pair up so often) who takes every chance she can to be rude and condescending to Cameron, smack her across the face with her pistol, tell her, "You don't know John, not - my - John," etc., etc., etc., totally depending on her for information and to be rescued from one situation to the next, only to readily walk away on the rare occasion Cameron needs help herself. The only reason she shot the terminator after the rescue of Derek Reese was because John refused to abandon Cameron to him. Who of you found her immediately easy smile as John drove out of the Depot 37 bunker (E3) compelling? John got it right, his hand shaking sitting at his desk, trying to do his homework at the close of the episode. Do you find this valuable? |
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Xenomorphine Xenomorphine |
RE: Does Lena measure up to Linda Hamilton?
Feb 19 2008, 2:17 AM EST "I watched most of T2 a few days ago and the fact that people like Linda more than Lena makes me wonder why. Fond memory's of the past I guess...WTF have looks got to do with more convincing character portrayals? Lena is a good actress and is undoubtedly following through with what the scripts and directors tell them her performance is meant to be. The trouble is, the various directors' and writers' interpretations of how that character should be, doesn't quite tally with the noted traits and development growth we saw take place in the second film. The 'relaxed self-confidence' thing was compeltely absent in many of the first episodes, for instance. That isn't to say that Lena is doing a bad job, by any means. But I do think that the PRODUCTION TEAM should have studied the films for some psychological inspiration more. 1 out of 2 found this valuable. Do you? |
