Everybody Wants to Be Sarah Connor

“I think everybody wants to believe that there is a calling for them, that they can have a positive impact and their existence means something,” says Terminator Producer James Middleton and that’s why he believes people will be drawn into the new series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.“Our audience has always identified with this character that has an enormous task thrust upon her. She starts out as a waitress, her beginnings are not auspicious, but because of the calling she rises to the occasion and transforms into an amazing heroine. I think that’s something we’d all like to believe can happen to each of us, that if such a calling were thrust upon us that we could be strong enough and rise to the occasion.”

There’s no doubting Middleton’s (who acts as Consulting Producer on “Chronicles”) passion for this new series and its characters. You only have to watch the first few minutes to see that this is going to be a no-holds-barred thrill ride, something Terminator fans have come to expect.

The series falls into place a couple of years after the events of Terminator 2 but not exactly before Terminator 3, if that makes any sense. It’s all due to that mind-numbing paradox known as time travel, which, in Terminator lore, allowed John Connor to send his father back in time to actually. . .well. . father him in the first place.

Read the full interview at SFUniverse.com