Pantheon, an animated series perfect for fans ofArcaneandTerminator Zero, is now streaming onNetflix.ArcaneandTerminator Zero’s reviewsare overwhelmingly positive, includingArcaneboasting a perfect 100% Tomatometer score onRotten Tomatoesacross its two-season run. Meanwhile, the animeTerminator Zeroseries is widely considered to be the best new story that the long-runningTerminatorfranchise has released in years.
Pantheonhas also been incredibly well-received, leading to a 100% Tomatometer scoreand 94% Popcornmeter score onRotten Tomatoes. The impressivecast ofPantheonfeatures Paul Dano, Aaron Eckhart, Daniel Dae Kim, William Hurt, and Rosemarie DeWitt.ArcaneandTerminator Zeroare among thebest Netflix showsthat are animated and geared towards a more adult audience, butPantheonis able to rival them in many respects.
AMC’s Pantheon Is Now On Netflix – What The Show Is About
Human Consciousness Can Live On Through Uploaded Intelligence
Pantheonseason 1, which originally aired on AMC, is now available to stream on Netflix. The series begins by following Maddie Kim (Katie Chang), a teenager struggling with being bullied and grieving the loss of her father, David Kim (Kim), who passed away two years earlier.When Maddie is helped by a mysterious figure online, she learns that it is her father, whose consciousness has been digitally uploaded, allowing him to live on after his demise. David’s consciousness being digitally uploaded is part of the work that the corporation Logorhythms has been conducting after the death of their founder, Stephen Holostrom (Hurt).
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As Logorhythms tries to complete Holstrom’s vision for Uploaded Intelligence, also known as UI, a brooding and brilliant teenager, Caspian Keyes (Dano), is being monitored by Logorhythms, and the engineer, Vinod Chanda (Raza Jaffrey), is killed and has his consciousness uploaded against his will. The digital worlds where the UI exists go beyond the limits of reality, with some of them being reminiscent ofArcane’s fantasy. In reality and in these fantastical digital worlds, Maddie, David, Caspian, and Vinod become entangled in a complex web as the future of humanity and technology are forever changed.
Pantheon Talks About The Relationship Between Humanity & Technology — But It’s Way More Complicated Than Terminator
Humanity Largely Becomes Technology In Pantheon
LikeTerminator Zero,Pantheonexplores the relationship between humanity and technology, albeit in a much more complex fashion. David and Vinod having their consciousnesses uploaded after their deaths is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Uploaded Intelligence. The technology is a double-edged sword, with some of its positive elements first showcased in how a father and daughter are able to reunite and continue building their relationship even after the father’s premature death. Maddie and David are not the only relationship able to live on due toPantheon’s UI.
It is not just about humans' relationship with technology, but about what sentience is in such a technologically advanced world.
However, Uploaded Intelligence becomes more complex and more dangerous when it becomes accessible to powerful people and institutions across the globe.TheTerminatormoviesexplore how humanity uses and is connected to technology, for better and for worse.Pantheonexplores this as well, but becomes more complex byquestioning what it means when humans become technology, as David, Vinod, and other characters do when their consciousnesses are digitally uploaded. It is not just about humans' relationship with technology, but about what sentience is in such a technologically advanced world.
Why Pantheon Was Canceled
It Was Purely For Financial Reasons
Despite the critical acclaim and having a two-season order at AMC, the network canceledPantheonand pulled it from their streaming service after one season. According toDeadline,Pantheonwas canceled as part of AMC’s initiative to cut costs.This is, unfortunately, only one of many cases in recent years when a series was canceled and then removed from a streaming platform for the sake of studios getting tax write-offs and cutting costs. WhenPantheon’s cancelation was announced, season 2 had already been produced and was initially not going to be released.
DemascusandInvitation to a Bonfireare among the other shows that AMC canceled and removed from AMC+.
Pantheonseason 2 was later picked up and released by Prime Video in Australia and New Zealand in 2023 before season 1 eventually became available to stream on Netflix. The perfect Tomatometer score speaks for itself and the show’s underrated quality can now be seen by a wider range of audiences. WithArcanenow ended, there is even more reason to watchPantheon, whichis a timely, imaginative, and thought-provoking story about humanity’s relationship with technology.
Pantheon
Cast
Pantheon, released in 2022, is centered around a bullied teen who discovers her online helper is her deceased father, David. His consciousness lives on as an Uploaded Intelligence. As a global conspiracy unfolds, the film explores themes of technology and identity, with David as the pioneer of this new existence.
