TERMINATOR SALVATION- THE MACHINIMA SERIES
is a story told in six episodes that chronicles the story of Blair Williams. Blair
is on a mission to stop The Ghost who is disrupting Resistance communications in the war against Skynet after Judgment Day. Blair finds out The Ghost is a hacker named Laz Howard. Laz has found a code that interferes with the RF frequency that the Terminators and Resistance communicate
on. Both see him as a threat, but Blair sees him as an asset that must
be saved. Laz can help turn the tide against Skynet.
TERMINATOR SALVATION- THE MACHINIMA SERIES
is an animated feature that combines video games and cinema to create a different type of animated series (using video game
assets to create a series that first aired on the web). I found the animation
to be jarring at first. I know video gamers are used to it, but I can’t
help if an animated TERMINATOR SALVATION tale would look better as an anime. I
found the story to move at a good clip and keep me engaged. It fleshes out the
character of Blair and serves as a good prequel to TERMINATOR SALVATION.
SPECIAL FEATURES:
THE MAKING OF TERMINATOR SALVATION- THE
MACHINIMA SERIES takes a look at Machinima and how it was used to create the six episodes.
You have interviews with the animators and producers involved.
CHARACTER PROFILE: BLAIR WILLIAMS explores
Blair Williams and how Machinima was used to tell the story.
FINAL ANALYSIS: TERMINATOR SALVATION- THE MACHINIMA SERIES is solid and yet I sometimes wish they could do a TERMINATOR
anime.
This DVD review is (c)11-20-2009 David Blackwell and cannot
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