Re: 1st Season Terminator TSCC - What He Beheld - 5 star poll - SPOILERS AHOY !

Rast wrote:
> On Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:11:19 -0800,
> A Watcher (stocksami@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
) wrote:
>> Pete B wrote:
>>> In article <je9vs3t64t6s84vi5023vkeg83tihkmc8b@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>>> DELETEMETOREPLYrobertocastillo@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 says...
>>>> Johnny Cash was an inspired choice for the most toe-tapping
>>>> massacre ever.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Even if it was a budget massacre ;)
>>>
>>
>> I didn't need to see the FBI guys get offed.  I think the way they
>> did it was far superior.  The whole scene was a tragedy as the poor
>> guys didn't have a chance.  The way it was filmed was just right.
>
> The first guy going in the pool was just right.  Dumping all of them
> in was ridiculous -- why is Cromartie throwing agents into the pool
> after he kills them?

Again, it being close quarters and all, he likely punched them to death, 
resulting in their sudden flight.  Hell, Cromartie could have easily done 
that intentionally to clear a space for himself and to place all the
agents 
at a disadvantage together, in case any survived the beat down.

> I think the scene would have been better if we
> just see the one guy slowly drift to the bottom leaking blood, and
> then when the gunfight sounds stop, the camera climbs out of the pool
> again to show bodies strewn all over the place.

Must admit I like that, too!

> Regardless, the FBI raid should have been the very end of the episode,
> coming after the fake-cliffhanger car bomb.

I dunno, I like me some denoument.