I Guess That Would Be a Pre-Existing Condition

[snurri]

You know that thing where bright lights make you sneeze? Well, either you do or you don't. It happens to me all the time, and it turns out there's a name for it: the photic sneeze reflex. (Via My Elves Are Different, which also lists some other interesting reflexes.)

I watched the Terminator show last night (I am not sure I will ever remember the actual name, even if it stays on for years). I will watch it again tonight. I'm not sure about it, but it had its moments. I thought Summer Glau was great (I actually cheered for her when she delivered the immortal "Come with me if you want to live" line), but the woman playing Sarah Connor isn't doing much for me. My Sarah Connor is buff, crazy (and not-teenaged) Linda Hamilton from T2; I can't picture this woman doing hundreds of pullups in the mental hospital. The kid is eh. I wonder if Dean Winters will show up again; I like him as an actor, but I'm not sure why he's there. I liked the bank not-robbery, with the time machine; it was an interesting twist. But I didn't so much like the dodging-and-outrunning-every-bullet-ever-fired phenomenon.

Check these out: Swordspoint/Fall of the Kings/Privilege of the Sword shirts for the Ellen Kushner fan in your household. I'm getting the green.

That's only three, but it'll have to do.

Comments

[jocelina.livejournal.com]

I do. It happened just now, actually, though illness may have been a contributing factor too.

[wheatland-press.livejournal.com]

They kept running the promos for the Sarah Connor Chronicles (there, I said it) during the bowl games that were on Fox...so now Nicholas and I look at each other periodically and say, "Get your guns. I'll make pancakes."

I was afraid that was the best line from the whole series though.

[mekkavandexter.livejournal.com]

Summer was the best part. the rest was rather meh, I thought. We'll see what happens tonight. Although, the mentioned "I'll make pancakes" was kind of funny!

[http://users.livejournal.com/_stranger_here/]

Photic! I thought it was just some magic I figured out for myself. Conversely, if I want to stop myself from sneezing, I look at the darkest area/thing visible nearby, and as often as not that will do the trick.

[gregvaneekhout.livejournal.com]

My reactions to The Terminator Show (they should really just call it that) pretty much parallel yours.

This version of Sarah Connor is more interestingly written than acted, maybe. In T2, she had to go from being a crazy machine woman to remembering her humanity. In the show, it seems her humanity has eroded a bit, but it remains close to the surface, so when she has to hurt John to protect him, it's hard on her. The dynamic has potential, at least, to be interesting.

Summer totally rocks, of course. I'm guessing she's been programmed with the personality of someone close to John in the future. Also could be interesting.

[rnb.livejournal.com]

I gave up on it almost immediately, as soon as some genius decided to start a television series with a dream fake out. No thanks, winners.

[dxmachina.livejournal.com]

A phellow photic! Phantastic!

[timakers.livejournal.com]

I enjoyed it. As far as Sarah goes, maybe they're going for a less uber-confident, uber-competent version of the character. Maybe. She's too bitch-skinny, though.

[blueeverglades.livejournal.com]

I have that reflex too! It happens whenever I go out into sunlight, but I can trigger a sneeze by looking into certain lights, too. (Given that everyone always stops and looks at me and thinks it's adorable, well, clearly I try not to do this too often. Can't let them get the wrong idea or anything. ;)

[carnwrite.livejournal.com]

Yep on the sneezing thing. I thought everyone did it until I read otherwise on Slashdot awhile back. Looks like little Jack has inherited this trait, too :)

Sadly, I missed the Terminator show. Probably not a good idea to add another TV show to my watchlist at this point ;)