Love Death + Robots on Netflix

[sdp]

Anyone watching Love Death + Robots (http://miscrave.com/articles/love-death-robots)? It's a bunch of different shorts, different styles, different themes, most of them realistic CG which you don't normally see outside of video games, lots of violence, cursing and nudity to make clear it's not for kids. Such experimental styles by different people really remind me of Cartoon Network's What A Cartoon? and MTV's Liquid Television type shows where they let people be creative and see what stuck. Apparently this show started as a Heavy Metal reboot.

I'm halfway done and not all of them are great but some show potential and i just like the fact that this exists. i'm tired of cartoony looking CG, we've seen it so much over the past two decades and I don't get uncanny valley vibes from the realistic CG. I hope we get to see more stuff and overall the shorts feel very 90s, like let's go extreeeme because we can, I think the 90s are slowly making a comeback; I keep seeing jeans become a little baggier every year. :lol:

[Andrew NDB]

I just finished the Dracula one (which was an odd duck... there was no love OR robots in it). The one before it with the hillbillies in mechs holding back the alien invasion is easily the best so far. It's so short, but still, by the end I completely felt for the characters.

Yeah, this all began as Heavy Metal 3. Kevin himself was working with Fincher to get a deal going, but never got the money.

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Only watched Sonny's Edge so far.

Animation was great, loved the creature designs, but the story seems pretty edgy for edgy's sake.

Makes sense it was a Heavy Metal reboot or whatever. :tlol:

[Andrew NDB]

Animation was great, loved the creature designs, but the story seems pretty edgy for edgy's sake.

You'll find the stories radically vary from episode to episode.

Also, I was a little bit unclear in that first one...

The main girl had gotten banged up/"sliced up"... so she somehow uploaded her human brain into a computer, who then can take control of her new android body (and in turn, take control of that beast?)? Or was she always an android that got banged up/"sliced up," with a computer backup? Was the computer like some kind of cloud-based thing? Was her actual brain somewhere, hooked up to a computer? I didn't get it.

[Papenbrook]

I saw it.

It's literally sexist.

[neatoman]

I saw it.

It's literally sexist.

If you think that, then I feel I have to check it out.

Edit: Seen three episodes now, I kind of want a blu-ray already.

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

You'll find the stories radically vary from episode to episode.

Also, I was a little bit unclear in that first one...

The main girl had gotten banged up/"sliced up"... so she somehow uploaded her human brain into a computer, who then can take control of her new android body (and in turn, take control of that beast?)? Or was she always an android that got banged up/"sliced up," with a computer backup? Was the computer like some kind of cloud-based thing? Was her actual brain somewhere, hooked up to a computer? I didn't get it.

I'm looking forward to more, but saving them for when I only have a few minutes to watch something.

I thought her brain was primarily in the monster, not the computer... yeah, it was a tad unclear.

[sdp]

I agree not all the stories are winners but some are salvageable and the series shows potential. I still have 2 shorts left and so far only 2 stories are worth rewatching, but I've enjoyed watching them all, the worst one for me so far is the Russian one.

, but the story seems pretty edgy for edgy's sake.
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I think it's the appeal of the show, it's 90s edgy or even early 00's edgy, it's refreshing,



Also, I was a little bit unclear in that first one...

The main girl had gotten banged up/"sliced up"... so she somehow uploaded her human brain into a computer, who then can take control of her new android body (and in turn, take control of that beast?)? Or was she always an android that got banged up/"sliced up," with a computer backup? Was the computer like some kind of cloud-based thing? Was her actual brain somewhere, hooked up to a computer? I didn't get it.

They make it fairly clear in the end that her mind is in the monsters, hence why she says that what makes her powerful is that her mind is literally in the beast and she doesn't just control it it's her. The other body is what is not really her and is controlled.

That short is Pokemon if Pokemon was for adults if you think about it lol

[Voltron]

You'll find the stories radically vary from episode to episode.

Also, I was a little bit unclear in that first one...

The main girl had gotten banged up/"sliced up"... so she somehow uploaded her human brain into a computer, who then can take control of her new android body (and in turn, take control of that beast?)? Or was she always an android that got banged up/"sliced up," with a computer backup? Was the computer like some kind of cloud-based thing? Was her actual brain somewhere, hooked up to a computer? I didn't get it.

I was confused by that, too. I thought she was actually the monster. . .

Oddly, this was my favorite one so far. I've only watched the first three, though.

[Andrew NDB]

I was confused by that, too. I thought she was actually the monster. . .

Oddly, this was my favorite one so far. I've only watched the first three, though.

I was totally lost. I thought I took a too loud bite of my teriyaki or something and missed a big revelation there at the end... but I didn't think so. They suddenly threw a lot of stuff at us.

And it is definitely the strongest of the first three. Keep trucking forth. The hillbilly mech people episode is great. That could have easily been a full feature, if refocused.

[Egon1982]

I'm a fan of Heavy Metal, Robot Carnival, Liquid TV and other anthologies and this show was cool.

[Candy Kappa]

watched up to episode 10 and I'm really enjoying this. The great thing about anthology series is that you skip all that drama ******** you have to build for 3 seasons and get right to the good stuff. There's so many characters that I love in this, Sonnie is so cool and badass, Gary and Crazy Mel are fantastic, and the Three Robots are the best.

Really enjoying the various art styles and the animation is so good.

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Three Robots is definitely my favorite.

Starting to feel a bit diminishing returns, though. I liked Sonnie's Edge even though it was uber-90's, and Beyond the Aquila Rift was quite good, too.

I'm realizing that the short span of these stories, though, isn't leaving a lot of room for unpredictability. I don't like being able to predict each and every story beat (with the exception of, say, cats in the Dracula one) and it's been that way for me for about five or six of the episodes. :tgrumble:

[sdp]

I never replied after watching them all, overall I want more, I liked that these things exist. None of the shorts are excellent, some had neat ideas. Have I mentioned I want more? I just love that a platform gave a chance for these crazy stories to exist, no doubt some could be polished into something better or some creative teams behind them could do something great.

[MsMarvelDuckie]

I haven't watched this, but I just saw a clip in my fb feed of the three robots, and a cat, which was pretty funny. Makes me wish I had Netflix.

[Andrew NDB]

I haven't watched this, but I just saw a clip in my fb feed of the three robots, and a cat, which was pretty funny.

Eh, it was OK. Beyond the Aquila Rift was pretty haunting... might be my new favorite. It's between that one and the aforementioned hillbilly mech people vs. the alien invasion one.

The one with the unlucky 13 fighter ship was pretty good, too. By the end I felt for an inanimate object (the ship), so that's a big feat.

I imagine a lot of people are going to come out of these saying the one with the wolf lady that becomes a steam-powered avenging fox is the best, but I didn't care for that one. It's pretty empty, if visually engaging. There's really no takeaway from it.

[Egon1982]

Does this show remind anyone of Heavy Metal and Robot Carnival?

[Andrew NDB]

Does this show remind anyone of Heavy Metal and Robot Carnival?

It should. It was almost Heavy Metal 3 a bunch of years ago. When Kevin was pitching it.

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Eh, it was OK. Beyond the Aquila Rift was pretty haunting... might be my new favorite. It's between that one and the aforementioned hillbilly mech people vs. the alien invasion one.

The one with the unlucky 13 fighter ship was pretty good, too. By the end I felt for an inanimate object (the ship), so that's a big feat.

I imagine a lot of people are going to come out of these saying the one with the wolf lady that becomes a steam-powered avenging fox is the best, but I didn't care for that one. It's pretty empty, if visually engaging. There's really no takeaway from it.

Yeah, the kitsune one bored me.

[Voltron]

I watched the whole series. Those were awesome. A few of them were awesome enough to be their own series.

I think Good Hunting and Suits are the top for me. Secret War is up there, too.

That's not to say the other one's weren't fun, though.

[Andrew NDB]

Saw season 2, which is just out. I liked the one with the Blade Runner-like character who has to kill children. Also the Snow one right after it. The rest are kind of nothing at all, even one with Michael B. Jordan and a robot.

Definitely not as strong as the first season. Also it has about half as many episodes. Better than nothing!

Also lots of offenders on the title. Only a couple of episodes even have "love," and maybe like 2 feature death. Some, none of the three! Like 1 is just aliens and no death, love, or any robots. The one with the giant whales, also the same!

[sdp]

I read they neutered the series and made it PG13 so I haven't gotten around to it. Part of the appeal was that it felt fresh.
As far as episodes Netflix likes to split their episode orders into two, so it cuts down on waiting so likely we see "another" season in a few months when it was already ready and part of the season order.

[Andrew NDB]

It's definitely not PG-13 at all. Lots of F words and gore. And a giant's giant penis.

[sdp]

Just watched vol.2, they're a mixed bag, in a way they are similar to the previous vol. but none of them are truly outstanding episodes or horrible, they're kind of in between. There's less violence/nudity and in general stories don't see as out there, as if the episodes were a bit more controlled on what they were allowed to be. We still some creative episodes here and there

[sdp]

We're getting a third season but most likely it's just the second part of season 2, hopefully it'll be better and sexier than the first part which was meh for the most part

[Andrew NDB]

We're getting a third season but most likely it's just the second part of season 2, hopefully it'll be better and sexier than the first part which was meh for the most part

Yeah, season 2 was lame. The only good episode was the one with the Blade Runner-like guy tracking down breeders. That episode aside it felt like just episodes and material that didn't make the cut for season 1.

[Andrew NDB]

Caught the latest season. Definitely some "meh" ones in there but also some captivating ones. And both episodes about cats, especially the one with the robot assistant, were brilliant.