When we first heard about Scottish Robot Overlord Shirley Manson joining the cast of “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles,” I gotta admit to being pretty fucking stoked. Then, I started to get rather irritated at the prospect of actually making a weekly appointment with the television set. You see, I pretty much, on principle, detest television programming with the exception of the late-night talk smartasses, e.g., David Letterman, Jimmy Kimmel. These late-night dudes are ideal to catch a few times per week, and, to worship at their altars is a very noncommittal sort of affair.

In contrast, the thought of being at the mercy of ratings-based stories, which are scripted by writers who have no choice but to help prolong the slow, inevitable death of a series, makes me shriek in sheer horror. Perhaps this attitude was solidified by the last seasons of “The X-Files,” which I cannot bear to even reconsider as part of the canon. This followed the dreadful experience of becoming attached to a certain program, which shall remain unnamed, that ended with a season cliffhanger and program cancellation. Fuck that!

Still, the casting of Shirley Manson in any Terminator-related venture is just…. awesome. This leads us to this sneak peek promo image (click to enlarge) recently issued by FOX:

Manson’s character “Catherine Weaver” is described as the CEO of a “cutting-edge high-tech company” and the “anti-Sarah Connor.”

So, I guess that means watching “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles” will be a necessity, but that doesn’t mean that I’m not gonna bitch about it every step of the way.

Source: SarahConnorSociety.net