one day with dekker.

Posted on February 6th, 2009 by
hadley

It’s Friday, February 6th which means we’re just one week (seven short days) away from the return of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles! And as it’s Friday, it also means it’s video podcast day! But come on, how could you forget that?

Now this one is special. You asked for it (check out those comments), and we made it happen. We gave Thomas, our John Connor, a portable flip cam and sent him off to shoot anything and everything during his day on set. This is what he came back with.

Warning! This video is as real as it gets and does get shaky at times… so if you’ve got a case of the motion sickness blues, you may have to fast forward every so often.

Featuring special guest appearances…

Of course you can still visit the podcast as it’s real home. And send it out everywhere — message boards, your blog, facebook page, forehead, etc, etc.

54 Responses to “one day with dekker.”

  1. Funny stuff. Summer looked a little shell shocked when Thomas approached her with the camera.

    That secret set that Thomas was showcasing looks like it could be the tanker from Allison From Palmdale. Hmm…intersting.

    Oh, and one of the make up specialist said the show was definetly coming back for a third season. I’m taking that as gospel and telling the whole internet it’s confirmed. lol :)

  2. Super funny =D Agh, One whole week!!!!

  3. That was cool. Thanks to Thomas and all the folks who let him throw a ipod camera (?) in their face. We appreciate it.

    The Summer Glau fans will go nutso over this but then again.. you guys knew that ;)

  4. Hi-larious.

  5. Thomas, you know we love you. Thanks so much for this! How much fun this was!!!

  6. Excellent video, really interesting and has made me even more excited about the new episodes.

  7. The best video podcast to date! Loved every second of it. Hilarious pictures hanging in that trailer btw, You guys must have a blast making this show :)

    More of this! Give us a day in the life of other cast members too!

  8. Good work Thomas. Best podcast ever!!!

    Summer, you really are a true gem.

  9. Kewl video podcast. Thanks Thomas! I enjoyed seeing the pictures on the wall of the makeup trailer. You guys should make a book out of those pictures. I especially enjoyed seeing the goofy pictures of Lena. Who knew? Summer looked like she was ready to go home. Thanks for being a trooper, Summer!

    You should give cameras to all the cast members to shoot bts videos. You could release them as video podcasts or special features on the S2 DVDs.

  10. Great job Thomas! I love the behind the scenes stuff!

  11. PLEASE, more of those!!

    That was GREAT.

  12. Haha, the makeup trailer pics were my favorite part too! Those silly SCC folks - so unprofessional! ;) Thanks Thomas for showing us around - I had a case of deja vu since I just took that WB tour last week as an out and proud tourist and I’m thinking, whoa, wasn’t I just there?! :)

  13. Oh and as a P.S. - I agree, give these cameras to other cast/crew and see what they come up with! I’d love to see Lena’s antics with a camera!

  14. OMG that was so funny - Thomas is such a NUT! I loved the goofy photos, the cool tour of the Season 1 house, the hints for the back 9 w/ a 2-parter and what looked like more future-war set stuff.

    Oh yeah…and the shoutout to SARAH CONNOR SOCIETY! Thomas you ROCK! Thank you :)

    Keep these cast created podcasts coming - they’re a lot of fun!

  15. I don’t want to act all greedy and such but really, us viewing gives you guys a job so I guess it’s not too crazy to request stuff :P

    I think a LOT of people would totally love to see this “One Day With…” with other cast members. Lena, Summer, Brian, Richard, Shirley, Leven.. it’d be fun and a very cool treat for us loyalists :)

  16. “Oh and as a P.S. - I agree, give these cameras to other cast/crew and see what they come up with! I’d love to see Lena’s antics with a camera!”

    This is a great idea. It would be great to have a different video every day leading up to the show, by different cast members. The next 7 days are going to be painfully slow so this would really help i think :).

  17. Definitely not interesting, but yes, entertaining :)
    Mission accomplished for PFC Thomas Dekker.

    And I agree with Schmacky: Summer fanboys will squee like teenage girls.

  18. This is brilliant! It’s great to see more behind the scenes stuff, especially from the actors themselves.

    Looking forward to more “One day with…” vids from others on the cast, if you make ‘em!

  19. thomas is really cool guy

    and summer…just lovely

  20. Yea… Add one vote for a “One day with Lena”

    Great video, Summer’s confusion was pretty funny. Great pics in the M/U trailer too.

  21. Those goofy photos in the makeup trailer were just awesome!

    Great vid, Thomas!

  22. Tom gave me the feeling it’s “Show up early on the set and wait”. And then wait some more. And now we’re running a little behind schedule, so guess what? Yep, wait some more!

    Fans always enjoy seeing a little behind the scenes though, so thanks Tom and anyone else who had to approve that and get it up on the website. The makeup trailer looked like fun, some fun people in there I’ll bet.

  23. Another vote for daily podcasts from our favorite stars…

  24. A very cool podcast!! The best one yet!

    Thomas, you are a riot! :)

  25. lmao, this podcast made my day!!
    This is the type of stuff I absolutely adore watching!
    Summer’s face was priceless, and Thomas you are hilarious. It was very cool to see the old house again, I do miss that house. Haha and I totally loved that whole John and Cameron had joining rooms thing. xDD

    I can’t wait till the new episodes air.. just one week left…. one weekkk..
    Gah! I’m so excited and this podcast just got me even more hyped up!

  26. By far the best podcast yet. I’d love to see more. I loved when Thomas shoved the camera in random people’s faces. Their reactions were priceless. “It’s not on…” lol. So this really only leaves me with one question…

    How was that Dr. Pepper?

    I can’t wait one more week, but gah I will!

  27. All I got to say;

    PODCAST YET!!

    YES YES YES!! I LOVE T:SCC!!!!!!!!

  28. Well i feel dumb…

    BEST PODCAST YET!!

  29. i want to see one from Summer. more Summer please

  30. Yeah boxer!! you got that right!! This one was very entertaining but definitely hand the cam off to Cam.

  31. BEST. PODCAST. EVER!!!

    thanks thomas, summer, mr. director, m/u crew and everyone!

    please bring us more =)

  32. Arg, fun stuff, but the vertical-scan-induced twisting was hurl-tastic. You’re a television studio for God’s sake! Please get Thomas a better camera.

  33. The on-set outtake they didn’t want you to see of “One Day With Dekker.” And you thought Christian Bale was bad! Look out! Here comes Summer! LOL! ;)

    —-

    Thomas [dramatically turning to the camera; as John Connor]: Cameron! No! Don’t hurt Leven… um… crap! Sorry guys, sorry. I screwed up. [cracks into a gail of laughter along with the crew, Lena, and Leven; Summer, glaring at him, is not amused] Let’s do this bad boy again…

    Summer [grabbing Thomas by the throat and slamming him into the wall]: What don’t you F–KING understand?!! We’ve been through… what…? 20 takes! How many F–KING times do you have to ruin this MOTHERF–KING scene, Dekker?! IT’S F–KING DISTRACTING!! SH#T, you’re such a F–KING amateur!

    Thomas [looking chagrine, and at his feet]: I’m, I’m sorry. I had a late night…

    Summer: OH… YEAH! Partying with all your drunk web girls!! You make me sick, you pathetic, F–KING hoser!

    Thomas [meekly; stammering]: I won’t do it again. I won’t! I… I swear.

    Summer [through gritted teeth]: That’s right you won’t! If you do… I’ll rip your F–KING heart out, stick it on a pike, and feed it to you while it’s still beating!

    Lena [walking up from behind, and placing her hand on Summer's shoulder]: Summer, calm down! Calm down! For godsake are you off your meds?!

    Summer [releasing Dekker, she swings around abruptly, and menacingly marches towards Lena]: CALM DOWN!!?? Don’t tell the G#DDAMN star of this F–KING show to CALM DOWN!!! [Lena backs away slowly with a horror stricken face] Hey! Come back here! I’m gonna kick your F–KING ass! [she accelerates and charges, growling, flying tackles Lena, and they both go crashing into the camera equipment, sprawling and flailing around on the floor with Lena as she screams:] I AM the Terminator, you limey B#TCH!!!!

    Josh [dully into his walkie, as if he's said this same thing 100 times before]: Uhh… could somebody grab the tranq. gun? Yeah, yeah… the one with the elephant darts… it’s Summer… again. Thanks.


    Aaahh! Yet another peaceful and relaxing day on the set of TSCC.

    :D

  34. Dekker needs to embrace all that Summer brings to the show,.

  35. Dan:

    I doubt Summer has such a foul mouth. She’s the epitome of class, even when she’s killing people.

  36. When I saw it was thomas doing the podcast by himself, I knew it would be good as he is a little crazy!
    very good thomas you have the #1 podcast so far! …..very entertaining.
    as for summer doing one…. she didnt even know what the camera was !! LOL
    ” what is that? are you going to take a picture?”
    the funny thing is when thomas came up to her she looked like maybe he just violated a restraining order LOL….. oh no thomas is here and whats that he is pointing at me
    did rest of you notice summer was surrounded by guys!
    The secret set was the ship, so more alison?? that would be good.
    so yeah get lena to do one and summer too [hire her a cameraman] garret and shirley would be good ….hey even savanah.
    and if you would use a better camera, this kinda stuff is what fans would love to see on the dvd’s. and actors could do it while they are …………waiting!

  37. Awesome guys. Thank you Thomas and everyone else in the video. That was so funny. Man i wish i could be working on the set. Looks like so much fun

  38. Thanks for that podcast. You da man Tom! =)

  39. Snake: “I doubt Summer has such a foul mouth. She’s the epitome of class, even when she’s killing people.”

    LOL!

    I did say this was something they didn’t want you to see… EVER! ;)

    Thomas would have to put out a restraining order on HER! Christian Bale would think he’s quite sane. :D

  40. That was hilarious! :D

    Those crazy pics in the make-up trailer and seeing our adorable Summer totally confused, plus being inside Connor’s former house (not to mention the joke about the joining door - LOL :P) all that made this video very funny. Thanks Thomas!

    By the way, seems like there will be a continuum between eps. 18-19 – Interesting ;)

    Thank you guys for posting this great stuff! :)

  41. Thats was a great vid. Tell Thomas he did a great job. I hope that you guys do more of this behind the scenes things. It was really cool, and pretty funny as well in a good way.

  42. That was really exciting! Hopefuly more of these flip-cam video podcasts will be done. It brings a new era in the communication betwen the fanbase and the cast.
    I personaly would love to see “one day with Summer” :)

  43. It’s freaky to hear him NOT be John Connor…

  44. now that i listen to it again he sounds sort of like donatello from the old Ninja Turtles movies!
    great video, best first podcast ive seen ever

  45. sorry for the triple post but there should be a ONE DAY WITH CROMARTIE!!!! [i think its obvious who my favourite character on the show is...]

  46. Great podcast, loved the last bit on the set!

    And yeah, what Justis said. Please someone stalk Dillahunt while he’s still around.

  47. LOLZ!!! Oh My Gawd that was funny! The M/U wall of pictures; HILARIOUS! Thomas Dekker you are amazing! It looks like you guys have as much fun on the set as I would using a catapult to rake the yard (which in case you haven’t tried it, it’s pretty fun!) Though the video was pretty pointless, it was crazy entertaining! I’ve watched it like ten times now! I agree with pretty much everyone whose posted here. MORE “DAY IN THE LIFE OF” PODCASTS!!

    JAMERON IS FOREVER!!!!! (just like star wars, ipenguins, and chinese noodles)

  48. awesome video, best to date, and catching summer irl was truly amazing lol, shes so shy

  49. my favorite video so far. great job thomas! and catching summer irl on camera was epic

  50. ooppps tim and ovenfresh==same person sorry

    i cant help but wonder what the set was that thomas flashed us
    i cant even come up with a guess of my own, though i like Thecolours
    guess on the tanker though

  51. i had the good fortune to be working on the WB lot over the summer, and to stray onto the SCC shoot once - this brought back loads of happy memories! good to know everyone’s still as crazy as ever. nice one thomas.

  52. Love it. The video wasn’t as shaky as I thought it would be. I say give other actors and crew video camera’s. Get Summer to give the next video update. I’m sure Summer would love to pay Thomas back!!!

    The dino, trailers, the set, his boots. LOL I really enjoyed it. And the Jameron comment about sharing a joining bedroom. :) Love it. Yeah Jameron. :)
    Summer LOL that was too funny. But I like that she did show us around later on
    I say post more video’s and tape as much as possible. I love my special features on the DVD sets.

    Come on S3!!!

    Thank you for posting.

  53. Love it. The video wasn’t as shaky as I thought it would be. I say give other actors and crew video camera’s. Get Summer to give the next video update. I’m sure Summer would love to pay Thomas back!!!

    The dino, trailers, the set, his boots. LOL I really enjoyed it. And the Jameron comment about sharing a joining bedroom. Love it. Yeah Jameron.
    Summer LOL that was too funny. But I like that she did show us around later on
    I say post more video’s and tape as much as possible. I love my special features on the DVD sets.

    Come on S3!!!

  54. Nice work…

    I thought this would be the worst blog — but it was a lot of fun.

    Thanks for taking the time to give us extras like this. It’s not like you folks aren’t busy with your “day job”.

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