Terminator Zero(2024)

The aptly named Terminator Zero, offers fans of the franchise, nothing new. This animated series mixes woke social engineering, with a heavily feminised cast, sitting alongside a bland story that simply re-imagines tropes, that have played out in various Terminator productions. I found myself thoroughly bored and disengaged, by the end of the third episode. In summary, innovative storytelling should be front and…

Reviewed on August 30, 2024

"This animated series mixes woke social engineering, with a heavily feminised cast, sitting alongside a bland story that simply re-imagines tropes, that have played out in various Terminator productions." Half of the above statement is true and the other half is bigoted bullshit. There are numerous successful and acclaimed anime series with female leads going back decades. Ghost in the Shell released in 1995 for…

Reviewed on August 30, 2024

As a Terminator story, the status quo. A basic evolution. As 2024 animation, solid and clean, but certainly not creative top end. However, its main problem was a script decision to place the father in a non-descript room with the AI for almost the entire story. So much damn exposition; lazy, tedious and boring storytelling. If you are invested in the Terminator IP and have Netflix it is worth catching at barely 3…

Reviewed on September 8, 2024

Strange, subdued sound effects. Yet another show where the characters’ motivations are long-winded, tedious philosophical, contrived ideals. Was the lead character (the one from the future) male or female?

Reviewed on September 23, 2024