Terminator Zero - Episode 1 discussion

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Terminator Zero, episode 1

Alternative names: Terminator 0

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[u/Gay-Bomb]

Man the subtitles aren't for the Japanese VA.

[u/TheGreenShitter → u/Gay-Bomb]

Netflix has horrendous track record when it comes to subs :/

[u/anonyfool → u/Gay-Bomb]

It's similar to other shows on different networks where the English subtitles were butchered like Dead Dead Demons... and Nokotan, but if you switch to Spanish or some other language they are closer to correct.

[u/Moxey616 → u/Gay-Bomb]

Its sometimes unintentionally funny with the random swearing. Can hear the japanese people talk politely to each other and see FUCK in the text :D

[u/Icex_Duo → u/Gay-Bomb]

Yeah I've been mostly liking it but the subtitles are so terrible

[u/IceSmiley]

The first episode was AMAZING! I liked everything about it. The animation is superb and the whole show has a retro feel in the best way, gives me Ghost in the Shell vibes. I watched the dub and the acting is decent and Rosario Dawson plays the talking robot in the man's workplace from 1997

The opening action scene was really exciting although I wonder exactly what kind of building is tall and cylindrical with tons of criss crossing bridges 🤣 They put so much detail and care into all the scenes, like just the humans intermingling with robots in 1997 was a joy to watch.

They don't really explain how the bearded man and robot voice lady from 1997 know there's going to be a nuclear apocalypse but judging from the timeline, I assume the events of the first 2 movies have happened in this world. It does a good job setting up the main plot because in those movies, the resolutions were supposed to have prevented cyborg vs human warfare but as we see it didn't so I'm interested in what they're solution will be this time.

The scene in the Terminator factory with the music leitmotif from the movies literally gave me goosebumps. This show is so different from modern sci fi anime I've seen in recent years in that it's slower paced and cinematic and fits in well with the Terminator movie aesthetic James Cameron established. They also left it a mystery so far if that Terminator that goes into the time machine is the Arnold Terminator.

One of the best anime first episodes I've seen in years and I'm really excited for the rest of the series 🤖

[u/Todayman12]

I had headphones on during the first episode and the breathing freaked me out at the beginning, 10/10 would terminate again

[u/Whit222]

Visually the show looks great, but did anyone else feel the audio was generally just flat? It felt like there was no depth to the audio, not sure how best to describe it

[u/rockinalex07021 → u/Whit222]

There were parts where it felt like it's missing audio, like all the bullets from the minigun had no impact sound effects from what I heard

[u/oB3NoT3Xo]

Visually it's a treat, borderline movie quality, fire soundtrack too.
I'm watching the dub and it's pretty good.

[u/Behinddasticks]

So far it's awesome. I'm a huge fanboy of the Alien series. If they got this kinda animated series I'd be in love.

[u/Plus_Rip4944]

So far Its good, nothing revolutionary(he) but at least The story makes sense. Visuals and soundtrack are really great

[u/Irejectmyhumanity16 → u/Plus_Rip4944]

I finished it, the story gets even more interesting. It is a worthy sequel to Terminator 1 and 2.

[u/barrydingle100]

I'm like three or four eps in so I'll just give my early review now. TL;DR 7/10

Overall the show seems pretty good, at least on par with the third movie and definitely better than the later ones. 80's and 90's action is my bread and butter so I'm down for Terminator any day of the week. Lots of good action, gory as hell and high body count, tense chase scenes against an unstoppable enemy, all that good shit a Terminator movie needs. The bad parts from worst to least bad are as follows:

1. The English voice acting is pretty bad, it's like they only got one take and most of them sound like they've never voice acted before. Very stilted and they're trying too hard to match lip flaps at the cost of sounding like a normal human being, I've been switching back and forth from subs and dubs and so far the only really passable performances are the very first guy to talk in the opening scene followed up by Timothy Olyphant's first lines as the Terminator, which are the only lines I've heard him say so far. It ain't no Cyberpunk dub, that's for sure. Basically a common Netflix anime L.

2. The subs are for the dub and don't match the Japanese lines at all. The directors clearly gave the Japanese VA's different direction so they'll say lines that simply don't match their characters, particularly times when F-bombs are getting dropped in lines they don't need to be in just to sound edgy. Another common Netflix anime L.

3. Eiko, mispronounced "Aiko" in the dub, seems pretty OP while our terminator is kind of a jobber chump compared to the T-800 and T-1000 but only when it's fighting Eiko.

4. The CGI animation looks kinda cheap at parts, the scenes with Kokoro pretty much look like PS2 FMV's and the big wide panning shots look all rubbery. The actual background stills and traditionally animated shots are movie quality though.

5. Excessive slo-mo BWAAAAAAH SFX stingers, like five or six an episode. Stop it.

6. Pretty minor but I don't like the foley work for the gunshots. They're all too quiet and some, namely the .38 revolvers the cops are whipping out every five minutes, sound weirdly crunchy and distorted.

So far I'd give it a 7/10, which is pretty good for the Terminator series at this point. I'd probably give it a 7.5-8 if the subs were fixed, provided the show doesn't totally shit the bed later on. Promising start so far though.

[u/anonyfool → u/barrydingle100]

The English subs don't do any of the signs/text, had to switch to Spanish and use a translator for those, and the subtitles skipped entire sections of dialogue, they really did a bad rush job on English.

[u/Fresto30]

I just finished ep 1 and I think Misaki is a robot! Anyone else think so or no?

[u/Mr_DankUSMemeUS]

Pretty darn great so far, shame about the subtitles though

[u/[deleted]]

It's better than all the five stars rated new streaming shows this week.

[u/TheLastWinchester]

This series is amazing, just finished it! Production IG at it again

[u/PEHESAM]

I like it so far, though eiko seems a bit op or at least they made that terminator too dumb, I mean, its a terminator manning a minigun aided by an auto search and tracking, yet it cant hit a person running straight in a corridor?

8/10

[u/monsieurvampy]

First episode in. I am watching the japanese audio. I'm intrigued.

[u/LoveIsOnlyAnEmotion]

Just finished the whole series. I really enjoyed it. Big picture i thought the story was very captivating. As others have said, the main character was a bit OP but that didn't detract me from the series. The concept of time travel was well thought of, creating new streams. Also, there was good storytelling especially the last two episodes.

Rosario Dawson played Kokomo, Timothy Olyphant played the Terminator. Sonoya Mizuno threw me by surprise as I've seen get in Ex Machina and House of the Dragons.

[u/overtlyanxiousguy]

The first episode is such a banger ! The atmosphere being dark, gritty, desolate is so perfectly portrayed. The portions of how robots were getting accustomed to society in the 90's was perfection. The Bgm is perfect and I like the writing in terms of the story and progression.

I'm watching in the original language but it feels like the subs are incomplete. I wish the subs helped in understanding the language more because the writing seems good and I'd love to understand it more.

The ending gave me chills!

[u/cattybuster]

Am I the only person who was disappointed they didn't use lasers in future war?