So who caught the premiere of "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" last night? What'd you think?

My own take: I thought it was pretty good, not great. The storyline was logical in terms of dealing with the first two movies and the time-jumping aspect. Special effects and makeup were pretty sweet on a TV budget.

Of course, you have to get past the fact that the first movie established that only two people went through the time machine, Kyle Reese and the Terminator, before it was smashed. Every new iteration of the Terminator series has to essentially fudge: "Uh, actually, there was a second terminator ... no, make that three ... four terminators ... no, make that 4,359..."

I'm pretty iffy on Summer Glau as the good female terminator. She just doesn't look like a cyborg to me. Since all the male terminators have been muscle-bound supermen, wouldn't the females be all tall and Amazon-y? Like Kristanna Loken in T3?

The producers seem to have said: "Well, this Summer gal did chop-socky in that 'Firefly' show, the geeks love her, so let's have her do chop-socky in our thingee."

All together, I give it 3 stars out of four. I'll keep watching, for now.

By the way, anyone know how many episodes they got in the can before the WGA strike came down? Not sure if I want to commit to a new show that's going to come to a screeching halt after one month...