The Resistance – The human race isn’t fucked.
20 May
One lazy Friday afternoon in front of the TV, I began watching a new show called Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. I was instantly sucked in and it became my new obsession – downloading the episodes 60 minutes after they aired in the USA as Australia was behind at least 6 episodes.
I started hearing whispers that the show was drastically losing viewers in the States (because that’s apparently, all that matters) and that season 2 was going to be it’s last. All of a sudden – up popped “Save The Sarah Connor Chronicles” websites, twitter accounts, tweets – all dedicated to trying to save T:TSCC.
There were letter writing campaigns, online viewing parties, calling FOX to tell them that they need to keep T:SCC on the air, occasional tweets about what you can do to tell FOX you want another season of T:SCC, bombarding polls like E!’s Save One Show (which was eventually won), purchasing Season 1 on DVD or iTunes, creating video campaigns (like the awesome one below) and more.
I joined in as much as I could, it was hard not to be pulled into it – strangers from all around the world united for one common purpose – to save a TV show. While it probably sounds silly (and at times, some of the tweets sounded like we were fighting an actual battle), I found it truly amazing that people could bond like this. Even some of the writers got involved – and not forgetting an amusing video from John Connor himself. It was truly insane.
In the end, we lost for reasons that were pretty lame. FOX cancelled Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles yesterday morning. But I don’t think I will ever forget all of those people who really did become The Resistance. It’s probably nerdy, but I don’t really care. Some faith in the human race has been instilled back into me.
