After six films and a television series, the Terminator saga makes its first appearance as an animated series, Terminator Zero. This performance, which has no direct connection with the previous films, attracted the curiosity of James Cameron himself, since he did not participate in the design of the program and therefore knows nothing about its content.
A time travel story, the series takes place in two different eras. The scenes of the apocalyptic future unfold in 2022. That is, a few years after the end of the Terminator Renaissance, more specifically seven years before the first Terminator (T-800) and Kyle Reese’s journey into the past. So kill and protect Sarah Connor.
The final verdict on Netflix
In Terminator Zero, a resistance soldier is sent back in time with a terminator programmed by Skynet. Their target this time is not Sarah Connor or her son John Connor, but a scientist named Malcolm Lee. For the first time, the story does not take place in America, but in Japan.
The main plot of the series takes place in 1997, in the month of August. The detail is far from anecdotal, as the final doomsday – a nuclear apocalypse caused by the SkyNet computer program – is dated August 29, 1997 in the Terminator timeline. Also note that August 29 is also the selected date. by Netflix to launch its series.
Save the world…better destroy?
Therefore, the series will be repeated in the few days leading up to the last judgment, if it ever took place. Since the series is not officially attached to the canon of the Terminator saga, it is allowed to change the course of events. Thus, Malcolm Lee is working on a program that competes with SkyNet, which explains why he is targeted by the Terminator.
The Resistance sends Eiko to protect him, a warrior steeped in the hell of combat since childhood. But is the program developed by Malcolm Lee – which goes by the name Kokoro – useful for humanity? This dilemma will be one of the main themes of the show, which will consist of eight episodes.
The Terminator Zero animated series is now available exclusively on Netflix.
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