The Reel Rejects - TERMINATOR ZERO Episode 1 & 2 REVIEW!!

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Starting point is 00:01:22 This schedule's down below. Keep a look out. This schedule is down below. I think that's all the housekeeping. Let's jump into this thing. It better live up to all the classic movies. Well done. I color me intrigued.

Starting point is 00:01:48 Well, all right. Let's chiggity chat about it. We don't need to talk for long. We've still got six more episodes to go through. No, we've got to break these down in granular form. It's obviously meant to be. It's obviously meant to be in chat 100%.

Starting point is 00:02:02 I was about to let it just roll into episode three. Yeah, what do you think? Do you like it? I am liking it. I think it's a refreshing take on the Terminator franchise. Ever since Terminator 2, a lot of it has just been like, how do we kind of recapture the magic of the Terminator films

Starting point is 00:02:17 and they've lost sight of it? Sure. I think what they've got here is a unique handle on horror and sci-fi with a bit of a cyberpunk element. And it's not clear yet. feels like a bit of a supernatural element as well but I don't think so I'm not entirely sure maybe it's just by a calculation of like the probabilities of what AI can surmise over some domino effect or something like that because it seems like the advancement of their

Starting point is 00:02:45 technology while being in 1997 is like more state of the art than it is right now sure so I like what they're doing with that that's not just a real make of Terminator. It's not just, you know, Kyle Reese and Terminator. That's why it's not Terminator Genesis. I thought we were doing that for some reason. I thought that's what they were going to do. And then, uh, come to find out it's not at all what they're doing. So I, I like that they're doing like some stuff that feels like nods, but bringing it back to a little bit of the core of what made the first two pretty cool while having unique angles on it. Um, I'm still like i'm enjoying the characters and i think the one thing about the terminator franchise that is

Starting point is 00:03:32 often overlooked besides the cool world is characters you really care about yes you know like if you look at the first movie they had a sarah conner girl who you were pretty much your eye line into and she wasn't she's just like a normal human being you know and you need the you need like human beings you can just sort of like connect with And while I'm in admiration and I'm liking the discussions and so far the world building and the atmosphere, all that good stuff, I'm still waiting again and get latched onto a character after like almost 40 minutes of, almost like 50 minutes of screen time. Yeah. I'm still not like entirely hooked into a character just yet. I feel like.

Starting point is 00:04:19 I got my favorites. I like watching. Sure, sure, sure. Which are the two main characters, Malcolm Lee and the girl. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Which is good, which is what you would hope for. Yeah. Yeah, I mean, I feel like they've done the most character developing,

Starting point is 00:04:33 or at least the most outside of the main plot development for the kids. And, oh, what's the babysitter's name? Masa. Namasaka. Mizzuni. Something like that. I don't know. Yeah.

Starting point is 00:04:48 Yeah, I feel like they've gotten the most sort of ambient time to just be characters. And I think what people often forget in trying to continue term. Terminator is the first term is The Terminator because Sarah Connor's great and I like that it's inspired her and Ellen Ripley have sort of created this trope that people

Starting point is 00:05:07 often go for of like oh the badass mother or woman character and I think people often forget The Terminator in the sense that that movie you spend time with Sarah Connor as a more normal human being who is thrust into this crazy situation and who rises to becoming

Starting point is 00:05:25 the person who she eventually is in Terminator 2. And I feel like people just kind of skip to the inspiration from Terminator 2 instead of remembering that, like, yeah, there is a more tangible place this all began and a more primal set of just tones and flavors. And yeah, like I thought this nicely, at least aside from that, like yeah, like for as much, like I really love the amount of atmosphere they've just given the mood of the present day, of post-judgment day, of the future. You know, it's got a lot of great qualities in that regard.

Starting point is 00:05:57 It would be nice to, yeah, like, actually get some, like, I don't know, character moments that are personal or more touching in some way, not that anyone's asking for this to be like. It's kind of in the same note for every character. Yeah, exactly. Or every character of whatever note they're kind of introduced on, they kind of just keep repeating that same note for them. Yeah, and it would be nice to see people kind of traverse a spectrum of emotions. Yeah. And I get why, like, Malcolm Lee is, like, in rushed and fraught and whatever else. That makes sense for that character.

Starting point is 00:06:25 But, like you said, and I appreciate the momentum. It's not, like, it is interesting. I think it makes sense that, like, your girl from the future would arrive and, like, immediately get to work. At the same time, there is that sort of thing of, like, oh, it would be cool to include some kind of wonder or contrast through the character's eyes, you know, because I don't, you know, aside from her being really cool and capable and laconic, you know, I don't. really have much to attach to with this character and so like experiencing her view on the you know on the present day world could be cool well i think the foreboding dread of artificial intelligence is something that i think they really have a great grip on right now yeah where the other movies sort of lose that and they just kind of become action films i think that's i think

Starting point is 00:07:13 thematically this show is really getting it down really well 100 you know like the converse even this element of almost mysticism with fate fate is something that is discussed in the first two Terminator films and and I actually kind of like proceeds throughout the franchise even a lot of Terminator 3 as well like judgment day is inevitable yeah it's all a question of fate and and I think the way they're illustrating it or determinism at least sort of the way they're like you know connecting the dots with like the children and stuff that it's feeling like they're playing more into the um can we carve our own path or are we bound by fate yeah a little bit of the matrix discussion do we have do we make our own choices free will for real yeah and with that free will

Starting point is 00:07:57 can we put humanity on a better path so yeah there's a lot of really cool like conversation stuff that i think they're doing this feels like the kind of show i'd love to like smoke and just lay back and watch yeah like i got lost in that oh yeah because it's not like it's not like the most thrilling thing yet you know it's not like exciting but it is very interesting and there are moments where I am very like captivated by it and I really do like the animation and this is very much something that's meant

Starting point is 00:08:24 to be binged. Absolutely. And watch us one whole piece versus what we're doing right now. Sure. I guess, yeah, just to close out the thought. Yeah, I think the animation looks really great. I think the combination of classic anime drawing with, you know,

Starting point is 00:08:40 the CG embellishments. We've come so far with that. That stuff looks terrific. I love the conversation between him in the AI, that whole sort of running of the, it's become kind of trite being like, oh, yeah, humanity is the real virus. Like, we've done this a million times and stuff. But I like that they're actually kind of diving into and really probing that idea and using that as a question mark for the motivation of that whole character in general, seeing people

Starting point is 00:09:03 living amongst the machines, the thing with the cat, the thing with the stock boy. I like the intercutting between the two timelines, too. Agree. Because one thing I think that's actually doing is it is having me go, where is this going? exactly you kind of know when you walk into a term of your film where you're gonna get yeah this is like where's this going yeah well yeah and i like that this is kind of opaque in terms of like it feels like it could be happening simultaneously it also kind of almost feels like some alternate side history or a different version and i and i'm glad that i'm hooked and i guess

Starting point is 00:09:34 the the final thing i'll say is like oftentimes it feels like when you tie in an anime like an anime tie-in to a movie franchise can often feel like you're doing a video game tie-in and sometimes it's like oh it's a novel thing but are they really going to let these creators like dive in and really make it their own and go deep and make this worthwhile other than a novelty and so far it feels like they are doing that

Starting point is 00:09:56 or at least it's given me more to chew on and appreciate it's like the only gripe really thus far is just like I say that a couple times but I don't know what other properties that have done it are like bad in that like do you have an example I think of like that Witcher movie which was like fine but I didn't really feel like oh man

Starting point is 00:10:12 this is essential this is like they really let them take it and run with it or even like the Star Wars visions, which I think are really cool in need, but it doesn't feel like they fully fully give them the keys to take it and run with it. Season two is pretty good. Sure, Meldall, I'm glad to hear that and I'll go check it out. But I feel like it is because anime has become a global phenomenon. It's easy, I think, to want to go over there and make some kind of novel spin or take.

Starting point is 00:10:39 Or even, you know, video games, they've turned into anime movies. They're oftentimes feels like, oh, there's a kind of boilerplate plot and we're just going to get some cool action. I mean, there's so much like sci-fi shit of anime, like Ghost in the Shell is a really obvious one to reference. And there's even visuals that kind of look like Ghost in the Shell here at times. So I think it lends itself really well to it. Oh, yeah, it's perfect for the media. Like, of anything to bring over to this medium, this is the perfect thing. Because it's already so inspired by those things, but also with the advance of technology just in the world today, there's still tons you can do to react to the past of anime, cyberpunk, and also build on.

Starting point is 00:11:16 And I also like the taking, the ticking clock adds a bit of focus to the story, I think. It serves as like an audience member because the ticking clock is like right around the corner of Judgment Day versus like, I think Terminator 2 is like 94. So you still like a few years until Judgment Day. Terminator 3 is like on the brink of judgment day. But that's still like a few days. This is like we're hours from judgment day, you know. Yeah. So I like I like how we're doing.

Starting point is 00:11:46 in essentially the you know the trope plot of Terminator and send Terminator back in time to prevent something from happening and it's even still like unclear what it is because it's like oh I thought you're trying to save this guy but she's trying to stop him from doing something like it's got enough of like the familiar classic

Starting point is 00:12:02 beats but in ways that don't just give you what the plot is by simply recreating that like having certain beats happen can often be a telegraph of like oh we're just going to follow the formula and remember this but yeah here it's like oh this is a recognizable motif of the universe.

Starting point is 00:12:17 Yeah. But yeah, we're going to use it maybe slightly differently or use it to, you know, throw your, you know, deduction game or whatever else. Yeah, I get you. Yeah, it's cool. Come on the side or watch for us. Yeah, absolutely. Well, what do you guys think of Terminator zero?

Starting point is 00:12:32 Would you rate it as zero? I sure hope not because it's at least a seven thus far or an eight maybe, you know, could be even better. It could end up being an 11 by the end of it. Leave us your thoughts and we'll catch you for episodes 3 and 4 on the next one. Much love.

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The Reel Rejects - TERMINATOR ZERO Episode 1 & 2 REVIEW!!

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