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- This animated anthology has enough creative Death to satisfy cyberpunk aficionados who Love their Robots to have some Heavy Metal influence, but the series' lofty ambitions are often undercut by a preoccupation with gore and titillation.
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Mar 16, 2019 · David Fincher and Tim Miller’s expensive and expansive sci-fi anthology series seemingly had so much going for it: a smorgasbord of different animation styles and narrative themes spread across...
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Death, Love & Robots show the end point of the animation. Cyberpunk, love, death, technology, apocalyptic, a variety of topics such as space is told. So each viewer can find something in the series. There were criticisms of sexism and violence, but I didn't encounter such a problem.
- Don't expect any electric sheep in this robot fever-dream.
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By Laura Prudom
Updated: Nov 10, 2020 10:57 pm
Posted: Mar 15, 2019 4:45 pm
This is a spoiler-free review of Netflix's new anthology, Love, Death & Robots, which is now streaming on Netflix and was originally reviewed out of its premiere at SXSW.
When Tim Miller and David Fincher set out to create Love, Death & Robots, Fincher says, they just wanted to make something "cool."
Mission accomplished. Netflix's new anthology series - comprised of 18 animated shorts, varying between 5-17 minutes in length - is the epitome of cool; an ambitious, dazzling, f***ed up fever-dream that hops between genres and animation styles to deliver an all-you-can-eat buffet of weirdness, from sentient yogurt to ghost fish to an alternate history that gleefully reimagines the many ways Hitler could've died. The series' closest analogs are the likes of Heavy Metal, Liquid Television, and Adult Swim, but Love, Death & Robots takes things to another level in terms of style, scope, and its ability to shock.
But calling Love, Death & Robots gratuitous is kind of redundant, because that seems to be the whole point - Miller and Fincher were clearly eager to test the boundaries of the medium and create something that could never be found in a mainstream multiplex or on network television, with buckets of gore, copious nudity (both male and female), and elaborate violence. This is storytelling turned up to eleven, and it will quickly become apparent if a particular short is your cup of tea - thankfully, you'll only have to wait a few minutes to see something completely different if it's not.
But much like Black Mirror, one viewer's trash has the potential to be another's treasure, and the chocolate box of possibilities means that if one were to binge the entire three-plus hour selection (as your reviewer did), or just two or three shorts, it's unlikely that you'll be bored, and you'll most certainly come away with at least a couple of stories that you deeply adore.
If your tastes align with mine, the more intimate plots seem the most likely to stay with you (but if you love monsters and epic battle scenes, you'll still find your interests well represented). The artful "Zima Blue" is a surprisingly poignant rumination on the meaning of life, presented with handsome, blocky character design, while "Fish Night," based on a short story by author Joe Lansdale, is an existential desert trip with stunning use of color and imagination. A trio of comedic tales - the sly "Three Robots," succinct "When The Yogurt Took Over," and increasingly ridiculous "Alternate Histories," all directed by Victor Maldonado and Alfredo Torres in wildly different styles - are clear standouts, showcasing the flexibility of the format.
While Love, Death & Robots has a broad scope by design - its only aspiration is to explore interesting stories from across the science fiction, fantasy, horror, and comedy spectrum - it would be interesting to see what a more cohesive, focused collection would look like. There are some coincidentally recurring elements (cats, boobs, and human-animal hybrids among them) but considering what a vast array of genres and styles the anthology is presenting, the possibilities are endless, so it would be easy to imagine a season focused entirely on one aspect of the project's title (death and robots are both in steady supply here, but love, not so much) or a particular genre. Still, this is a smorgasbord of fascinating stories and compelling visuals, and it's a trip that should prove worthwhile for any genre fan looking for a quick detour from reality.
For fans of Heavy Metal, Liquid Television, and Adult Swim, Love, Death & Robots seems like a natural evolution of the medium; bigger, bolder and more brazen, it's insane in the best way. It's not immune to the issues that plague most anthologies, since some stories are more repetitive or derivative than others, but many of the worlds are so fascin...
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This animated anthology has enough creative Death to satisfy cyberpunk aficionados who Love their Robots to have some Heavy Metal influence, but the series' lofty ambitions are often undercut...
