A 'Terminator' Anime Series is Coming to Netflix (variety.com) 75
Variety magazine reports that Netflix has ordered Terminator anime series:
"'Terminator' is one of the most iconic sci-fi stories ever created -- and has only grown more relevant to our world over time," said John Derderian, Netflix's vice president of Japan and anime. "The new animated series will explore this universe in a way that has never been done before. We can't wait for fans to experience this amazing new chapter in the epic battle between machines and humans."
Mattson Tomlin will serve as showrunner and executive producer on the series. Tomlin most recently wrote the Netflix original film "Project Power" and worked on the screenplay for Matt Reeves' upcoming film "The Batman...."
"Anyone who knows my writing knows I believe in taking big swings and going for the heart," Tomlin said. "I'm honored that Netflix and Skydance have given me the opportunity to approach 'Terminator' in a way that breaks conventions, subverts expectations and has real guts."
Mattson Tomlin will serve as showrunner and executive producer on the series. Tomlin most recently wrote the Netflix original film "Project Power" and worked on the screenplay for Matt Reeves' upcoming film "The Batman...."
"Anyone who knows my writing knows I believe in taking big swings and going for the heart," Tomlin said. "I'm honored that Netflix and Skydance have given me the opportunity to approach 'Terminator' in a way that breaks conventions, subverts expectations and has real guts."
Which timeline? (Score:4, Funny)
Terminator universe is non-closed loop timeline:
1) Pre-T1 where John Connor wasn’t fathered by Kyle Reese
2) T2 timeline
3) Sarah Chronicles timeline
4) Rise of the machine
5) Genisys (aka Facebook/Google) timeline
6) Alternate multiverse Genisys timeline where the terminators came from a different universe because they saw John Connor always winning
6) Dark Fate. Eventually it’s going to happen. If it’s not Skynet it’s going to be something else
I’m sure I missed a couple of timelines. I think I’ll watch it just make it fun. And a protagonist that I don’t want to punch. Even John Connor in T2 was annoying.
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Too bad it got cancelled just when things were going to get really interesting.
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Claim: "Constantly talking about marrying underage girls and writing sexual stories about children [goodreads.com] doesn't make you a pedophile."
You know, it actually might?
"paedophile /pid()fl/
noun
noun: pedophile
a person who is sexually attracted to children."
What is the term used to describe a person who has sex with children?
" pederast noun
pederast | \ pe-d-rast
\
Definition of pederast
: a man who desires or engages in sexual activity with a boy"
So pedophiles talk/write/imagine
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Re: Which timeline? (Score:2)
No? It got cancelled because WB jacked up the licensing price to force said cancellation in order to concentrate "Terminator hype" on the upcoming Terminator Salvation. Which was shortsighted and stupid but not surprising.
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It's 3rd on his list.
I agree, it was an incredible series and the best we have had after T2.
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As soon as you introduce time travel as a plot element, all hope of rationality is gone. You just have to enjoy it.
Re: Which timeline? (Score:2)
Primer did fine.
Re: Which timeline? (Score:1)
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Hopefully they will just ignore everything after T2. Well, I'd love to see a continuation of Sarah Connor Chronicles, that has been the only decent Terminator content since T2, but I don't think that is very likely.
Re: Which timeline? (Score:4, Interesting)
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Since Netflix is doing it, expect a fuckton of identity politics that is vastly disproportionate to reality. A recent statistic said the LBGT community is now 7% of the population. I was always generous and said 10% for nice rounding numbers. So when Netflix did Another Life, the dominated the entire story with damn near every character being some form of identity politics. W
That's on purpose to normalize the abnormal. It's also why my youngest has very little access to anything outside of what I bought and put on my server
I'm good with the flamebait mod :)
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Conflict and suffering results in emotional plots and more entertaining stories. Those who identify as being from the 7% have typically gone through more conflict / suffering then those of use from the 90%. Nobody becomes trans-gender because they want to be. Being part of the LGTBQ community used to require risking your life. No longer so in most countries, but it is still difficult.
Now many plots now contain LGTBQ elements because it is no longer taboo and it is an easy way to introduce deep charac
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Re:Painful cliché (Score:2)
My expectation is it will be crap. Good luck.
I can't wait... (Score:2, Insightful)
Re: I can't wait... (Score:2)
Maybe they'll turn Arnold an African American like they did with the L character in Netflix Death Note.
Re: I can't wait... (Score:2)
And don't forget: Netflixâ(TM)s Castlevania Had Alucard Engage In Gay Anal Sex
https://archive.md/CAWnq [archive.md]
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Maybe if it was the 90's or early 2000's, but here in 2020, we've seen the Terminator franchise ruined three times or more.
You better get with skynet and have it send you forward to 2021 with the rest of us.
dumb idea (Score:4, Insightful)
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I would be fine with anime, but not with anime made for Netflix. SAC 2045 is low budget crap.
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But Castlevania is one of the best recent animes I've seen.
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Agreed. Being 1) A video game adaptation and 2) An anime instead of a live action series I was expecting the worst. But I was pleasantly surprised. I the last season was a little weak, but I'm still looking forward to the next one. Hopefully they return true to form.
Re: dumb idea (Score:2)
They went full woke. Netflixâ(TM)s Castlevania Has Alucard Engage In Gay Anal Sex
https://archive.md/CAWnq [archive.md]
Re: dumb idea (Score:2)
"Terminator" new stuff? One thing comes to my mind (Score:2)
"Stop! Stop! He's already dead!"
Enough of sequels and old franchises (Score:1)
The Terminator universe has had 37 years and is well past its sell-by date.
Do something new, damn it. SciFi provides infinite possibilities, why are your minds in a closed box?
Re: Enough of sequels and old franchises (Score:2)
IS anyone going to watch? (Score:1)
The Terminator franchise sucked.
Alien vs Terminator anyone?
The first two were decent.
Sci fi fans will be disappointed.
Re: IS anyone going to watch? (Score:2)
Sci-fi takes at least 5 years of content generally to build out a universe. I think the greatest examples of this are Star Trek and Star Wars. More so the average modern audience, doesn't like to be left confused but instead wondering. This can be a thin line but with sci-fi that has an already built universe, the potential for confusing the audience in a cliff hanger seems reduced. This is why these types of sci-fi are generally preferred (e.g. reboots or alternative timelines). Shit they are still remaki
Re: IS anyone going to watch? (Score:2)
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Obviously it should be Alien vs. Terminator vs. Predator
Then every year or three they can bring out another sequel with yet another baddie added
Needs a new company (Score:2)
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Maybe they could take part of each name: Netflix and Skydance
Do you mean netflix and skynet? Because I think netnet has a nice ring to it.
Sidekick? (Score:2)
It's going to be a crossover (Score:2)
With Violet Evergarden.
Frankenstein (Score:2)
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FrankensteinsMonster
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David and Goliath was an ancient story, so old already by the time someone wrote down the old testament that it had wormed its way in as two different stories in two different places.
Re: Frankenstein (Score:2)
Subverts expectations? (Score:2)
They had me until "subverts expectations". We all know how well that approach went for Star Wars. May the phrase never be uttered again.
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They used to call it "being an auteur", until that became a mocking term because of the results.
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I think he's warning us about his intent (Score:3)
We see a lot of that in the comics and Star Wars world. Lots of conventions being broken, expectations super subverted and in a really consequences be damned gutsy way too...
That ruined franchises for the fans.
Re: I think he's warning us about his intent (Score:2)
And the cherry on that shit sundae: Aside from the woke changes, the remakes will be the *exacty* same story again. Way to break expectations and be new!
Orphan Black is proof, that you can have a show with a strong female character that actually gives girls a better role model, while also having zero wokeness, and appealing to men just as well. (And not due to looks. You'd follow her into battle.)
Post it, whenever any SJW acts like being against wokeness would imply being against women or something. (Which
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It's turned into preaching, which hardens hearts. This is opposed to old Star Trek, which portrayed a better future without preaching, letting people just see it, and converting more easily, without people even noticing.
Re: I think he's warning us about his intent (Score:2)
Re: I think he's warning us about his intent (Score:1)
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You say that like it isn't a better future.
Re: I think he's warning us about his intent (Score:1)
It's also shaming. And based on prejudice. And it's literally {N}ism in the name of being against {N}ism, for every {N}, like sex, ethnicity, etc.
Remember when people had new ideas? (Score:1)
And re-hashing something old was a shameful taboo, that you hid away like Microsoft any of its "inspirations"? ;)
When companies still took risks, because people weren't pussies yet, and losses were then price for the gold nuggets in-between.
Don't want to be a memberberry, but I still remember that time before 1999.
[INB4 triggered people of all generations with no individuality or personality other than the references they get and trinkets they decorate themselves with. ;]
On Cancellations (Score:2)
The platform is littered with shows [in fairness, not just their own] where there are one or maybe two seasons that get made before the show gets canned.
The pragmatist in me realises that this is the cold, hard reality we live in today: if a show isn't supporting the numbers to justify the production costs, it won't get renewed. On the other hand, the fan in me thinks it is so depressing t
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It's the Disney model: three years and done, before the actors can start sticking it to them for big raises.
Five years of 25 shows used to be the goal, because then you had enough to push it into syndication with a different show every weekday, with one repeat. Great for broadcast channel models of ongoing, if lower, additional revenues. But neither broadcast nor serial daily means much anymore with streaming.
Re: On Cancellations (Score:2)
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I can't completely disagree with you here: the style, production values, costumes and context of the show did a fantastic job of presenting the story of the Browncoats vs. The Alliance as being equivalent to the pioneering spirit of the early years of the history of the United States - the farm-steading and wagon trains - with the inexorable encroachment of "civilization" from the East Coast [the railways, the telegraph, etc.].
It was absolutely a throw-back to the early pioneer
Re: Terminator: TSCC (Score:1)
PG-13 Saw and Cube (Score:2)
I am just waiting for a cartoon adoption of the Saw- and Cube-Movies. With PG-13 or younger.
Oh, wait. We already got that one. Infinity Train.
project power sucked balls (Score:1)
I can't wait! (Score:4, Insightful)
Sarah protected by busty schoolgirl in a medieval setting casting spells, running a machine gun, commanding a larger robot, and fucking an octopus - all at once!
I'm in. Fire it up.
The joke is on him (Score:2)
Terminator has been subverting my expectations since T3 back in 2003. I don't get excited about new Terminator announcements anymore. I just idly wonder where on the scale of stupidity and suck this one will land. Can we just move on to different stories guys? Please?
How can it be anime (Score:2)
If not produced by a Japanese company?
Well I for one would have welcomed our wide-eyed killer robot overlords!
Production IG! (Score:2)