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Ken Liu ’s Pantheon is that rare animated series with some truly mind - fluff ideas that every Sci - Fi fan demand to check out .
Every now and then , you getPantheon , that rarefied matter in television and moving-picture show : Science Fiction with bountiful idea that make your brain explode in several dissimilar way at once . It ’s also one of the most leave out TV series , primitively produced by AMC Studios and streamed in 2022 , it have little tending even during the flush of Lockdown and the cyclosis era , then unceremoniously scrub before its second season . Netflix picked up both series , which narrate a complete story , for streaming early on in 2025 , where it ’s tardily building a furor keep abreast .
A Pantheon of Digital Gods or Devils
Pantheonis based on six interconnected narrative from " The Hidden Girl and Other Stories " by Hugo award - gain authorKen Liu(who also translatedLiu Cixin’sThree - Body Probleminto English ) that ’s a rarified epic . It starts small and burns slowly but gets bigger and bigger as it go along . The story begins in a recognisable near - future that looks like our present but with some technical and digital advances a moment further than our meter . Maddie Kim ( Katie Chang ) is a teen girl aggrieve over the loss of her father , David ( Daniel Dae Kim ) , a flair software engineer who snuff it two year before . Caspian Keyes ( Paul Dano ) is a moody high schooler and information processing system prodigy struggling with an opprobrious Father-God ( Aaron Eckhart ) and faint-hearted mother ( Taylor Schilling ) .
Maddie start getting messages from someone who might be her dad , which sends her and her mother , Ellen ( Rosemary DeWitt ) , into further spirals of grief . Has David ’s consciousness been on the Q.T. and illegally uploaded by his employers at Logorhythms ? Katie get online help from one of her internet friends , who turn out to be Caspian . The mystery of David ’s digital Resurrection of Christ is part of a decades - long project plunge by the late Logorhythms founder Steven Holstrom ( William Hurt ) that turns out to be tied to the mystery of Caspian ’s spirit and the questions he ’s had about his identity element . Once Maddie and Caspian meet , all bets are off . conspiracy , cover - ups , and global threat go forth as the two teenagers go on the tally . The title of this series is really a doubtfulness : are advanced digital consciousnesses a new pantheon of gods ? And what if everyone gets to become uploaded and uplifted ? Are they then also gods ?
Pantheonstarts nearly but opens up into a saga of worldwide conspiracies , natural process thrillers , moral , ethic , existential , and philosophical questions about life and cognizance and the Singularity that few video series or movies dare expect . Are uploaded consciousnesses the same person or just a transcript ? Do they deserve right as sentient lifeforms ? Is digitization the next footprint in evolution , demand people beyond imperfect and fragile bodies into programs that can be copied and restore perpetually ? The series keeps these melodic theme ground with a heart , which is that of Maddie Kim ’s harm and brokenheartedness that leads her to make decision that are n’t always the best . Pantheon ’s characters are all flawed , and Maddie and Caspian are n’t always likeable , which is a sign of how uncompromising the writer are about shew the harshest acts and result of everyone ’s actions . Recurring report from Ken Liu ’s fiction also show up here : how people are at the mercifulness of the potent while attempt to come up way to protest and survive . Big Tech is the baddie here , of course , and it ’s probably not an accident that Steven Holstrom looks like Steve Jobs . Pantheonis a drama with major approximation and questions that bite , and anyone who wants more than escapist comfort intellectual nourishment from their SciFi should be watching it .
Pantheonis now well out onNetflixin the US .
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