The Terminator franchise has been going on since the ’80s, and it was one of the projects that helped put former bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger on the map in Hollywood. The first two Terminator movies, especially Terminator 2: Judgment Day, are still considered classics among science-fiction and action movie aficionados. Sadly, the franchise has seen a major downturn in quality since then, but one upcoming project offers a way to revitalize it.Streaming service Netflix and studio Production I.G. are producing a Terminator anime. Seemingly tying into a version of the movies’ events, it offers a chance to see the franchise in a new light. This can manifest in the form of cyberpunk stories, which might fit in perfectly with the scope of the Terminator universe. By going in a new direction while still maintaining the franchise’s core themes, this anime can do for the brand what most of its movies never could.This premise leaves a lot of potential plot threads open that could go in several different directions, though it sounds fairly similar to what was shown in Judgment Day. If it’s able to successfully reinterpret the material, the anime can finally give audiences a worthy new entry in The Terminator canon while offering a new way forward for these kinds of nostalgic franchises. These franchises definitely need this kind of avenue now more than ever, especially if they’re going to be anything more than just an old-school relic. The Terminator’s perception as a pop culture holdover from a bygone era has only increased due to the poor reception given to some of the newer entries that didn’t involve the direction of series creator James Cameron.
The Terminator franchise has been going on since the ’80s, and it was one of the projects that helped put former bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger on the map in Hollywood. The first two Terminator movies, especially Terminator 2: Judgment Day, are still considered classics among science-fiction and action movie aficionados. Sadly, the franchise has seen a major downturn in quality since then, but one upcoming project offers a way to revitalize it.
Streaming service Netflix and studio Production I.G. are producing a Terminator anime. Seemingly tying into a version of the movies’ events, it offers a chance to see the franchise in a new light. This can manifest in the form of cyberpunk stories, which might fit in perfectly with the scope of the Terminator universe. By going in a new direction while still maintaining the franchise’s core themes, this anime can do for the brand what most of its movies never could.
This premise leaves a lot of potential plot threads open that could go in several different directions, though it sounds fairly similar to what was shown in Judgment Day. If it’s able to successfully reinterpret the material, the anime can finally give audiences a worthy new entry in The Terminator canon while offering a new way forward for these kinds of nostalgic franchises. These franchises definitely need this kind of avenue now more than ever, especially if they’re going to be anything more than just an old-school relic. The Terminator’s perception as a pop culture holdover from a bygone era has only increased due to the poor reception given to some of the newer entries that didn’t involve the direction of series creator James Cameron.
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