What Is ‘Terminator Zero’ About?
The best thingTerminator Zerodoes is thatit gets far, far away from the endless stories about John Connor.
We certainly don’t need any more of those.
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That’s done byfocusing its story in Japan, during two different timelines.
It’s here where the vast majority of the action takes place.
For much ofTerminator Zero, the viewer is left to guess how he could know so much.
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Where is his information coming from?
The use of animation and new characters makes it feel fresh, something that the franchise badly needs.
There is no John Connor, no Sarah Connor, andnot even a Terminator that looks like Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Outside of a few small uses of that iconicTerminatortheme composed byBrad Fiedel,Terminator Zerois its own creation.
One rather interesting subplot is that, in Japan, guns are hard to come by.
When Eiko ends up in 1997, she doesn’t know where to get a gun.
The anime genre is about to be terminated.
There’s also the matter of the Terminator villain itself.
That’s a missed opportunitywith such a great actor on board.
This ties into a larger problem with the series.
So many scenes are simply of Malcom talking to Kokoro on a screen.
If Malcolm can’t convince Kokoro to help, then Skynet will succeed and humanity dies.
Terminator Zeroisn’t a bad series by any means.
If you’re a fan of the movies, definitely check it out, becauseit’s worth a watch.
Just don’t expect to be taken back to the awe-inspiring time of those first two James Cameron movies.
That magic won’t be back.
Terminator Zerois available to watch on Netflix.
