He’ll be back, but will he be good?

While I’ve been eagerly awaiting “Cloverfield,” especially following the brilliant shadow campaign at www.1-18-08.com, some other numbers have been thrown around on TV, trying to get us interested in a different countdown.

“The Sarah Conner Chronicles” (7 p.m. Sunday on Fox) hopes to restore glory to the faded Terminator franchise on the small screen.

So far, the concerns from my friends center on production values. Will the Terminator robots look cheesy? Will the special effects live up to the the movies? Will actress Summer Glau wear skimpy clothing for the Greg-happy-making?

OK, that last question is mine, but don’t you judge me!

Regardless, I’ll be interested to see if “Chronicles” can do for Terminator what “Smallville” did for the Superman movies – update a big-time series of movies that got progressively worse over time.

(Seriously, go back and watch “Superman IV: The Quest for Peace” and try to stay interested. Lex Luthor’s nephew is Duckie? No way.)

Is anybody excited about this? I mean, at least it’s something new on TV that isn’t a reality show, right?

– Greg