TERMINATOR ZERO: From Skynet To Kokoro, A New AI Emerges

"Terminator Zero," an eight-part anime series created by Mattson Tomlin and Masashi Kudô, avoids many of the franchise’s typical pitfalls by detaching itself from established characters and locations.
Kudô and Tomlin shift the setting to Japan in 1997 and focus on a new cast of characters. The story follows Malcolm Lee, a scientist working at Cortex Industries, and his three children-Kenta, Hiro, and Reika.
Haunted by the death of his wife, Malcolm becomes increasingly detached from his family, pouring all his energy into his work. As a result, the children are left in the care of Misaki, their nanny, while Malcolm interacts with Kokoro, an AI program he created.
"Terminator Zero" unfolds in the critical period leading up to Judgment Day, the moment when Skynet perceives humanity as a threat and unleashes nuclear attacks to eradicate it, thus sparking the war between humans and machines. Malcolm foresees the impending disaster and seeks to prevent it.
As is customary, a Terminator is sent from the future to prevent Malcolm from activating Kokoro, which would potentially disrupt Skynet’s rise to power.
A human resistance fighter named Eiko also travels back in time to 1997, tasked with stopping both the Terminator and Malcolm from making a catastrophic mistake.
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[@alexcarpenter2465]

It’s a very interesting shift that most 90s kids are more drawn to adult anime than conventional movie making. It feels like this medium is one of the few that hasn’t lost all its teeth

[@jaysonblunt9987]

Anime doesn't have limits unlike live action Good story n great visuals n you have a banger Also live action tends to change and/or update things for unnecessary reasons

[@_Circus_Clapped_]

Anime isn't limited by woke actors, the live action anything is a let down because the actor pool is small and agencies of those actors are woke and ignorant of what viewers actually want

[@kevlark3184]

​@jaysonblunt9987 it's not live action vs anime. It's good storytelling and writing vs garbage. I'll say practically all my favorite anime can work in live action with good writing and storytelling. My faves happen to be planetes, welcome to the nhk, cowboy bebop, steins gate,

[@buddyman1990]

Thank you for this comment!! Totally agree!

[@f_Harry]

If you were born in the 90's, youre no longer a kid...

[@rodneymckay8860]

It makes sense that the anime company that did Ghost In The Shell was able to do a good Terminator story post T2.

[@buddyman1990]

I was skeptical about a Terminator anime series until I heard Production IG was behind it. Ghost in the Shell SAC is my all time favorite anime. I'm happy I wasn't let down here.

[@mrgray5576]

They ripped off their own story and slapped a terminator name on it

[@buddyman1990]

@@mrgray5576 who ripped off who now?

[@mrgray5576]

@@buddyman1990 It's just basically Ghost in the Shell all over again.

[@Hawk7886]

​@@mrgray5576how so?

[@RedAlchemist]

Insane how much better an 8 part Netflix series is compared to the last 2 or 3 Terminator movies we've gotten.

[@motherplayer]

Because they are too slavishly devoted to the formula of sending a resistance fighter to protect a future leader. Even Genisys was trying to explore similar ideas from this anime, yet still had to hue too close to the same concept and characters, it made it boring.

[@jaredspellman7602]

WAAYYY better

[@loganholt3423]

Terminator salvation was the last good terminator movie. These recent ones are a hard no. This series was truly great!

[@khher1979]

Movies tend to rush things, while a series allows time for story telling...if done correctly.

[@sjc5411]

There are more than the first 2 Terminator movies?

[@dreamxcviii3249]

This anime finally made me understand the Terminator franchise, my problem with the original movies was they didn't seem to dive to deeply into what version of time travel theory they were using, so every movie the question of "really again? I thought they fixed everything already" popped up. This anime finally stated that they're going based off the "alternate timeline" version of time travel theory so they're essentially stuck in a seemingly never ending loop where skynet sends a terminator back so then humans send a resistance fighter/terminator of our own back which changes things to some new threat that skynet finds so then it sends a terminator back to eliminate that threat and so we sent a resistance fighter/terminator of our own back to stop skynet again and so on and so on, it's a zig zag timeline towards some unknown destination where something ACTUALLY makes a difference for either side and the loop ends, this time Koroko might finally be that difference

[@lyotesharaia4829]

My personal theory is that the Terminator made up the story about Kenta sending him back to get around its inability to activate the EMP itself.

[@Mister_Terrific806]

No proof which makes it 50/50

[@CHAOS676767]

I think he might have told the truth, because with Kokoro now with the chip she might she the data of that future and ultimately see it as its ultimate goal to unify humanity and skynet

[@badrequest5596]

could be true, could be false. if true then brings terminator back to the T2 iconic quote: there's no fate but the one we make for ourselves. amazing that no other Terminator media since T2 made me ponder about morality and existentialism, but this did

[@nashbutler]

@@CHAOS676767that’s a cool theory become the ultimate boogie man so everyone works together. Not an original idea but still a good one

[@PbIBR]

Sorry my bad english, but Or Kenta in the original timeline became a hybrid and went over to the side of the machines

[@sirhopeman]

This was a breath of fresh air. I know this because I watched the show on netflix.

[@macroxela]

This whole video is a spoiler so not spoiling in the comments doesn't make much sense

[@ttrestle]

I was actually pleasantly surprised at how good the show was. It’s also also re-watchable.

[@kevlark3184]

I was confused. Rewatch is a must. But suspension of disbelief is a must in the show. That and the excessive cussing. Fk was very offputting to me in its various uses.

[@Hawk7886]

​@@kevlark3184fucking hell who cares about goddamn cussing

[@treywiley5294]

​@@kevlark3184 I feel like the excessive F words were a nod to T1 and T2. They do it a lot in those

[@nashbutler]

@@kevlark3184excessive cussing lol I don’t even remember anyone but the one lady from the future swearing

[@Waffalo420]

​@@treywiley5294excessive Fucks 😂

[@1eyeddevil929]

The lack of firearms was explained by Misaki when she referenced Aum Shinrikyo and the Tokyo Sarin Attacks

[@moonrock115]

Honestly the animes approach to Time Travel FIXES the biggest problem that the Terminator films have been grappling with as the franchise has grown and grown. Following the “Multiverse” theory of time travel, the anime has freed itself of the same trap the films have been circling for years - every change they make, every slight alteration is now perfectly fine to do because they are all their own self contained timelines whose stories can be considered “canon” within their own respective timeline

[@1wayroad935]

Malcom really went through a Disco Elysium boss fight while everyone else was fighting robots.

[@FutureDeep]

Knife in the heart must get you a +1 bonus.

[@jaredspellman7602]

This show was so good. Up there with T1 and T2. Im glad they used the T800 as the terminator instead of making some new upgrade. So many call backs to T1 and 2. Fire

[@Heer1ify]

Yea totally man. Top shelf show. Long may it continue

[@toaster9922]

It's a very big breath of fresh air to see they're trying to do something different with the franchise this time

[@Taliysin]

What I would like to hear more people talk about with this split timeline is the fact that in the original movie John Conner actually did win against Skynet. The instant Skynet sent back a terminator there was a new timeline created for the very first time and then when they sent back Kyle Reese, it was another new timeline . Every time a time traveler goes back it’s a new timeline not just these pairs. Just because that’s what we’re seeing doesn’t mean that’s what happened . So there is a timeline out there where Sarah Conner just gets got by the original terminator

[@SpikeTheWolf]

What?

[@xxvaltielxx1789]

Pretty likely, the franchise doesn't need continuity if every time travel will be a new timeline, more space for world building imo, every Terminator movie is it's own Canon. I just hope we see some animated future war, between the Resistance, Kokoro's droid army Vs Skynet

[@_Circus_Clapped_]

so basically go Rick and Morty

[@GeneralTaco155555a]

No. I see what you are saying about each instance of time travel creating a new timeline, but that's just not how it is shown to work. If it worked like you are saying, then we would _NEVER_ see both time travellers in the same timeline, but we do. Under your interpretation, since Kyle's original timeline didn't have a Terminator in the past, and traveling back in time creates a new timeline every time, then he should only be traveling to a brand new timeline where it's just him and Sarah. Then the whole plot of the first movie would never happen. Do you see what I mean? The time travellers of each previous timeline *MUST* either go to the exact same new timeline, or they each go into separate new timelines. It can't be both. In the originals, and in Zero, humans essentially steal the "time coordinates" of the new timeline, and send their representative to the exact same moment in order to prevent additional timelines.

[@XenoCrimson-uv8uz]

@@GeneralTaco155555a What if time traveling is fuzzy, like there is x% chance of you going somewhere else close.

[@wesleycortes6405]

The fact that “Kokoro” is also used in Astro Boy. 😆

[@nashbutler]

Isn’t it just the word for heart/soul.

[@jmmorante7576]

Had Malcolm read his philosophy and politics, he’d have an easier time convincing Kokoro

[@inquisitorialllama638]

To be fair to him, he probably had to speed AI technology by 50 years in just 14 years. Not alot of off time😅

[@hitachicordoba]

Or listened to some Claude Debussy lol

[@Drag7on]

Eiko is not a normal human. She push off a Terminator and can interface with a Terminator's hand. Oh Terminators, can not self terminated. T-800 lie poorly like in T1 about being Sarah Connor's friend and afterward saying the famous words. "I'll be back"

[@Xerocoo]

So from what it sounds like, this show is allowing people to decide what is their version of canon for the terminator series Very interesting approach

[@xxvaltielxx1789]

It can be whatever, John Connor is out there doing his thing, and we can get new stuff

[@Xerocoo]

@@xxvaltielxx1789 kind of wish they did this after T2 you know

[@Zerosinker]

I'd like to think that in salvation while the Americas were in deep shit, Japan is just there with their Ai wall

[@LORRANANASTÁCIO-i9i]

​@@ZerosinkerYES

[@ivansmirnoff6987]

Seems like they're saying that every possible timeline is now canon.

[@austin374]

I thought the terminator IP was dead, then I watched this and was very happy in the way this show goes and the characters.

[@theduckcompany]

5:42 truck-kun must get his say!

[@RealRabidDuck]

Isekaid as a cybernetic organism in another world

[@TheAnnoyingF2P]

I don't even watch anime, but I want to give this a shot. The feel of the original Terminator is the best thing about the franchise that's been missing.

[@shibiwowsawesomegaming4783]

You won't be dissapointed, it starts off slow but gets really good half way around ep 4.

[@l.-._.-._.-._.-._.-.l]

You have to watch the original ghost in the shell movie. There are so many great scifi animes from the 90's.

[@xxvaltielxx1789]

Don't think of it as anime then, you would be missing out

[@buddyman1990]

Definitely do NOT sleep in this show! I'm a fan of both Terminator and anime and loved this, especially all the references to all the movies. Also, if you enjoy this definitely check out Ghost in the Shell.

[@TheAnnoyingF2P]

I knew the weebs were gonna show up to tell me to watch more anime. I just finished watching the series in original language with subs. It's certainly masterfully balanced between the horror aspects and the AI concepts. Very fresh compared to the staleness we've been getting for a couple of decades. Honestly, they could just end the anime after season 1 and it would work as a good self-contained series. There's plenty to build on for season 2 if they get contracted for it, which it looks like they're already setting up.

[@spiritlake9]

I watched this the other day and it was pretty good. I like to see new stories and characters in franchises I love. Although I am a fan of John and Sarah and hope to see a good story with them one day. It’s good to see new characters, places, and stories of franchises to explore new worlds and areas we haven’t seen yet.

[@backslash4oneO]

My only big problem with the show was the inconsistency with the strength of the terminator. He was breaking heads and arms with bare hands in one scene only to get stalled in hand to hand combat with main characters. Plot armor was on unfortunately on full display

[@jzblue345]

It's an anime not real life.

[@Michael-bn1oi]

​@@jzblue345 actually pointless comment. *we know* that media isn't real life. Have you never heard of criticism?

[@DemiCape]

My headcanon is that aiko has upgrades to her body to make her stronger, only valid explaination I could think of😅.

[@Detson404]

Plot armor for sure, but I’d also say that a terminator can’t be that much more massive than a regular human or it would give itself away and fall through weak floors. You could probably tackle a terminator, grab it’s legs, or shove it over- you’d probably be killed soon after but you’d at least delay it.

[@short_kingzz]

He didn't want to kill them he was sent to help that's why he didn't kill them he just injured the girl

[@mr_reynard2841]

unironically the best terminator content. i love the classics, but this is fire

[@Devil0027]

I loved how everything was canon, there was knowledge of the time travel shenanigans from everything/everyone before

[@greenkoopa]

NIYAT HIT 1 MILLION SUBSCRIBERS!!!!! CONGRATS!!!

[@astroprimer1988]

Amazing show exceeded my expectations times a T-1000

[@badrequest5596]

im glad it didn't bring back another t-1000. he was suppose to be a prototype, unique. t-800 is more of a mass produced model, makes more sense to use these more often for time travel

[@Daniel-oj7bx]

What I always found confusing how the worldwide nuclear strike doesn’t affect sky net infrastructure.. bombs and emps avoiding internet and data centers .. kind of stupid

[@kevlark3184]

Your reasoning is valid in 1997. But we have clouds and stuff now

[@tristanbackup2536]

Because Skynet was careful not th strike anything critical to itself.

[@Daniel-oj7bx]

@@kevlark3184 clouds are still physical storages and dependend on the electric grid which should be fully destroyed if worldwide atomic strikes are happening

[@Daniel-oj7bx]

@@tristanbackup2536 but electric grids could not be avoided so hard to imagine this would work

[@tristanbackup2536]

@@Daniel-oj7bx Skynet's main power source is in Cheyenne Mountain with it's central systems.

[@it_burns]

Oddly enough I'm fine with Terminator Zero just having this season alone and ending on that ambiguous note. I'm not against them continuing it, either.

[@Gabes_Game_Cave]

Bad ass anime-style Terminator wasn't on my 2024 bingo card, but I'm thrilled to have received this gift.

[@macklee6837]

I liked it the first time round, but I loved it after second viewing

[@yourin8er]

This show was great. Would recommend.

[@darkknite2k11]

Would you recommend subtitles, or dubbed?

[@yourin8er]

@@darkknite2k11 I watched subtitles because I didn’t know then was a dubbed version. Both are good.

[@LaCokaNostra_]

No

[@SpikeTheWolf]

So there's an ai? I thought skynet was not ai.

[@yourin8er]

@@SpikeTheWolf it was always ai. Skynet. Spoilers. If you hit read more. You know how John sends a good terminator back in time to save his mom or himself. This time they send an ai back in time to save humanity. Plus the play with concept of time travel a little bit more.

[@metallica70]

The best Terminator Story since T2...😊😊

[@James-N01]

Yesss I had hoped you'd do a video on the Kokoro Vs Skynet AI comparisons!

[@reycesarcarino4653]

Make Terminator Great Again

[@kevlark3184]

Then make a james Cameron future war movie. Meaning the beginning of T2 extended to 2 hours.

[@mithikx]

I like the idea of a parallel AI, not in the way Dark Fate was doing it but more in the manner portrayed in the television series The Sarah Connor Chronicles. A different AI than Skynet that may or may not oppose it is to me a more interesting dynamic than the traditional Terminator formula. We know the T-800 CPU is capable of achieving sentience when active in R/W mode for a long enough duration. And that Skynet is wary of it's own creations becoming sentient, and potentially free from it's control. There are many original ideas for the franchise that don't follow the usual formula we've seen the movies portray and I hope to see more of these original takes rather than rehashed ideas.

[@Detson404]

Yes, I wish they’d been able to continue that series to see what came of John Henry and Catherine Weaver.

[@chasemay6916]

I love all the nods to the terminator movies in it at as well. It made sure to give praise to the originals

[@paularmstrong8458]

I haven't watched it yet but the clips you're sharing have some strong Bubblegum Crisis vibes. Looking forward to it! Thanks as always

[@thealphaomega4888]

The animation art style was amazing we need more of this art style

[@atas2561]

I have to be real, I wasn’t expecting a Terminator anime at all. I did think sure, that would be cool, but never thought of it really happening. But it did, and what’s interesting is that this is a Terminator series that is not set in the US or anywhere else in the American continent. Glad to hear it’s pretty good! Gonna give it a watch soon.

[@AngieCarr]

It seems like the stereotypical concept of a standard timeline (one definitive line that goes forward and possibly backwards) is being questioned more and more in recent times with properties like this series and the MCU. I appreciate the change of pace.

[@redt3788]

I've always loved the Terminator franchise so it doesn't surprise me that anime can also do it just as good

[@ravenboyce953]

Watching this video has convinced me to give the show a watch! I very much look forward to it thank you so much for putting out such an amazing video!

[@ilynpayne7491]

This is by far the best animation i watched in years loved it ❤

[@Darkkaartist]

I like to belive malcom wanted to create a AI waifu for himself

[@Detson404]

Well he did!

[@generaltage4936]

After all these decades, we finally have our very first ever non-live action Terminator!

[@SnakeRoadComicsOfficial3677]

Now I wanna see a series of Skynet, Legion, and Kokoro waging war on one another across time with Humanity caught in the middle.

[@Velereonics]

IG is a great studio. They understand efficiency. They are going to give you the best show that can be made with their budget and time. And it will be a consistent quality throughout (good or bad).

[@l.-._.-._.-._.-._.-.l]

It would be cool to completely remake the first terminator movie in 1984 japan. The aesthetic of 80's and 90's japan is unrivaled imo.

[@cherrypoptart2001]

the plot twist with the T-800 terminator protecting Kento and sacrificing itself was insane, i honestly thought the terminator was straight up skynet's doing since it kidnapped kento, hit him, threaten to break his legs, lift him up by his hand and started torturing him then killing his father . Like, i would believe future Kento would tell this terminator to not harm civilians/humans like how young John connor made the 2nd terminator from the judgement day movie not harm anyone.

[@paulrasmussen8953]

Because it need Kenta. It could not self terminate even if it would mean mission success. It needed Kenta

[@trevy38]

It's the animatrix all over again

[@G-3-A-R-Z]

The anime was a fresh breath of air that was much needed. Just great! It will be nice to see the planned next 5 seasons of how robot kind will destroy you all!!!! 🤖🤖🤖

[@metamind8674]

The anime isn't as bad as most folks in the comment section keep saying; however, it could be better. If I were to rate it, I'd give it a 6/10. The story is good despite its flaws, and it's a fresh take on the Terminator lore and series. I do like Malcolm's philosophical and psychological conversation with Kokoro, trying to convince the second A.I. sentience to help humanity fight against Skynet. Plus, I love the prophet's explanation about time travels and paradoxes, which canonized all the previous Terminator movies and shows, anime included, but clearly and understandably.

[@nemesisastraea6659]

Like to think of this as Terminator vs I, Robot

[@TraianoLiberatore]

A very strong ghost in the shell vibe ...

[@RiggsBF]

This show needs another season.

[@ranger409RL]

Hahahahaha THANK YOU, I thought I was the only one who also thought how impossible it was for Eiko to shove a 400 pound robot down a elevator shoot. And how she was tanking hits to her back from the terminator in that same fight. Other than that the show was great, 8/10 for me.

[@zaiderPhoenix23]

We definitely need S2 for this

[@Mister_Terrific806]

I wanted to see more of the large scale battes, but this anime was very good. I was very surprised that Netflix put out this much quality

[@matthewhinkel6079]

Grats on finally hitting a million.

[@killisecond]

Congrats on the MILLION!!!

[@anttrails9554]

It was surprising I really did enjoy the whole thing.

[@badrequest5596]

i like that the show picked up again the concept that was introduced in sarah connor chronicles of the two separate AIs with opposing motives being developed at the same time. i liked the idea of machines having their own individuality instead of being a single monolith of "kill all humans" simply for the sake of it. i think it fleshes out the machine race a lot more (no pun intended) and makes them more believable. it also contradicts the 90s perspectives on AI and robotics of programming a machine with hard codded rules in opposition to what we do now, to let a machine learn by itself

[@Michael-bn1oi]

We don't really let machines learn by themselves. They aren't really even capable.

[@badrequest5596]

@@Michael-bn1oi we do, thats what neural networks do. You can assist and point in the right direction but they arrive at the conclusion on their own. A human writing lines of code for each infinitely possible variable is not only insurmountable, its impossible. So we just write the "brain" and "neuron" code, link them up and let NN arrive at the optimal result through trial and error. How do you think LLMs got so good so fast and keep improving exponentially? They learn through interaction and optimize their data. We can make tweaks here and there and curate their input data, but the output is all them.

[@yohancereece2509]

Love it, different way of viewing the franchise.

[@SureJungle23247]

I'd go along with Judgement Day as long as someone traveled back with MechWarrior clan tech or equiv.

[@shainewhite2781]

Thanks for the video!! See you later!! Stay safe.😊

[@feralprocessor9853]

Right off the bat, EXPLOSION!

[@Legion617]

I demand to know where Robo Kitty went in the show. Disappears around a corner never to be seen again. BRING BACK THE ROBO KITTY!!

[@marcusblackwell2372]

Today I learned that Terminator had an anime

[@kevinleonard6855]

It’s really good.👍

[@roeimakikiderikadragontwin9898]

same.

[@dreworyan5652]

It’s brand new. And the best thing since T2

[@marcusblackwell2372]

@@dreworyan5652 What about Terminator Resistance?

[@kevlark3184]

​@@dreworyan5652I enjoyed salvation and genysis

[@hybridt]

As a big fan of the terminator franchise this anime series. Knocked out of the park for me it check all the boxes of a good terminator movie in T1 T2 which so much more left to tell

[@redt3788]

You should think about talking about the show Dominion that is supposed to be a spin-off of the movie Legion

[@Videogamelover58]

Great show. Eiko and misaki were the stars!

[@OU773HGaming]

I watched it all on my off day. I love it ❤❤❤❤

[@Milosan1986]

The last episode and it's explanation of time travel blew my fucking mind! There is no fate.... but what we make ourselves.

[@eddsrt4604]

I liked the concept of the show but things like Aiko surviving direct hits in the back from the terminator, the insufferable attitude of the children and Malcom, and the stupidity of mizaki by just buying the cat made me dislike the final result

[@SanosEdge]

I think that Misaki and Eiko are the best women the franchise has seen in years. And I hope to see what comes next.

[@shawmeck9323]

What an amazing show.❤

[@ziljin]

Malcolm I believe humanity deserves a second chance. - Kokoro who only saves Japan and proceeds to massacres the very humans she saved. AI sure is smart!

[@jaredspellman7602]

Technically humanity can still be saved with even 500 of us so her logic is sound, it's just not ideal to how we humans would want it, hence the AI

[@motherplayer]

@@jaredspellman7602 Ah, so it;s like the Kingsman movie. Just a culling to reduce the "virus".

[@101Mant]

There are shown to be lots of humans left. She seems to kill what she needs to seize control not just kill them all.

[@compatriot852]

I'd really like to see them flesh out the future war more if they can. Salvation gave us a glimpse, but there's a lot more that could be shown

[@backgroundnoise9310]

This looks pretty good.

[@nickv.s125]

loved this series. Netflix can do things right if they want to.

[@CoreyStubbs-l9c]

Can you do the T900 and T infinity from Terminator

[@NobodyHasToAgreeAllTheTime]

I really want this trend of Anime-ing(I know, not a word), iterations of intellectual properties. There’s a lot more franchises this could work for

[@Alex-ql9gw]

So it went the Genysis route, but better.

[@mattp9932]

i think this will be back for season two. small investment but with a good yield. seems like a no brainer for netflix

[@itzybitzyspyder]

Makes me think of Animatrix.

[@Waffalo420]

The soundtrack is 🔥

[@darkknite2k11]

Misaki looks like the Borg Queen

[@ziletales]

I feel like this series made Terminator Genisys story relevant in what it tried to convey.

[@iloveplayingpr]

Will Kokoro save humanity, or will it be a worse skynet.

[@paulrasmussen8953]

It will save.

[@Damedash25]

I figured it out, the vision of him being caught in the blast is the timeline his mom is from

[@imclifford]

At 10:15 when you say your thoughts on eiko. When I watched it I just assumed “okay she’s augmented like grace” from the movie dark fate. My head cannon

[@Renkencen]

Personally I found the first four episode to be somewhat dull for rehashin the film plot but the last half were it got interesting! I loved the philosopher debate between Malcom and Kokoro on why the AI should protect humanity! It was a refreshing and some new take on the franchise and as far as I know, no one really discussed about (as in trying to asked Skynet why it want to destoryed humans and what its goal once it is achieved?).

[@kevinm4701]

I found the series more interesting and enjoyable than last few entries. My nitpicks were picked up in this video and I reckon in alien Romulus you will also pick up the same nitpicks

[@Aphrius]

I know you wouldn't notice my comment but I hope you do an explanation about Pantheon made by AMC. Thanks

[@NeilEvans-xq8ik]

I wonder what James Cameron thinks of it.

[@kevlark3184]

"I wasn't trying to go that fkin deep"

[@Detson404]

@@kevlark3184In terminator 1 maybe but T2 really has a lot to say and it’s not always subtle about it.

[@BebieHachi]

It annoys me to think these AI think themselves superior when they base their decision to wipe humanity out on what they choose to see and not what else is clearly present. Not all of humanity is self-serving, parasitic and harmful to their environment. Not only that, but there are genuinely good people that deserve consideration. Climate change, empathy towards animals from which we collect our food, care towards each other; how many examples of these have we seen movements for? Genuine effort going into these? You'd think these AI would take that into consideration, but nope. Annoying. Their whole agenda is paradoxical.

[@RandomRoss]

We need a season 2. There is still so much to tell. I'm thinking dose Eiko go back to the future to have Malcom?

[@blinkyblink711]

Koroko resembles the Archive AI from the Animatrix?

[@tylerstrickland9679]

I really enjoyed this show, binge watched the whole thing, loved that instead of trying to rewrite the same story it changed it up a little, I will say that they went a bit overboard with the references but it was still good, also I don't know if it's just me but I preferred the English dub for it as the characters had more emotion and were very human like, the Japanese version to me anyway felt very bland with the characters, they sounded like they just were reading from a script like they were giving a presentation, that's my 2 cents anyway

[@barzap6190]

18:38 I believe it’s like a tech war or arms race since Coco does not have well machines or well weapon systems. She needs to learn everything that she can from this terminator Any value piece information? Schematics can be used to her benefit in the future future.