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- Adult animation does sound like you know,
unclothed cartoon characters,
which it can be.
- When we say adult animation
it's not necessarily very graphic.
It deals with themes that will resonate
with you as an adult.
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- Shot my gun!
- Love, Death and Robots is kind of
creative jam session from artists around the world.
- We can all push each other.
- Halt programs!
- We wanted to hear some new voices,
so bringing Jennifer into the mix was a big one.
- He called me up and said,
do you know anybody that might be interested in
helping out in season two?
And I was like, I raised my hand for that pretty quick.
- Coming from her background in DreamWorks
I did not expect her to be as dark as she was.
(roaring)
(laughing)
(speaking in a foreign language)
- As a supervising director,
you're sort of like this umbrella
over all these other directors in their studios
that are making these episodes
get their personal styles and everything
to an amazing level for the show.
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- The hallmark of the show is the variety.
- We really wanted to have as much of
a celebration of animation as we could,
so that means different techniques.
- One of the films that I'm really excited
for the world to see is All Through the House.
It's our first stop motion animation.
- I hate fucking Christmas,
but I found this little story that was like a weird
version of Christmas to take that whole thing
and fuck with people was awesome.
There is something special about people making puppets
and the handmade armatures and animating them.
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- There's a level of tactility you can't emulate.
(screaming)
(roaring)
- There's a short called Life Hutch.
- We couldn't get any further from stop motion on that one.
- Mind blowing Michael B. Jordan as the main character.
- I'm gonna die here.
(roaring)
- It mixes animation and live action.
- I challenge anyone to try to figure out
which ones are really him
and which one's the CG version of him.
That's the range of how different these episodes are.
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Pop Squad, the one I directed is based
on a short story written by Paolo Bacigalupi.
What would happen if people could live forever?
What would happen to society, to relationships,
to children to marriage, to everything,
if nothing ever ended?
It's part Blade Runner, it's part Noir,
I hope that it makes people
examine what gives life meaning.
It's not necessarily the length of time,
it's about how you experience it
and what you might be able to give.
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- Humor is always a winner.
Luckily we have John Scalzi.
(plopping)
Automated Customer Service,
which John Scalzi wrote for this volume
he wrote alternate histories from last season.
(shocking)
- Ow!
- We gave it to these guys in the Meat Department,
these French directors who do
some really fucking weird shit.
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(screaming)
You mix that raw creativity and channel it,
you come up with something great.
(glass shattering)
(grunting)
(laughing)
You know, when you talk about style,
it's often tied to the director.
We wanted Robert Valley to come back,
Robert did Zima Blue from season one.
It's very different from Zima Blue,
which was the sort of philosophical exploration.
It's more of standby me meets giant frost whales.
(roaring)
- Love, Death and Robots is so important for animation
because it provides freedom
of stories about narrative.
Animation allows you to elaborate on the world
in a way that live action couldn't do.
- We wanna show that animation is not just for kids.
It's just a medium for storytelling.
There are thousands and thousands
of great stories out there,
I feel like we're just getting started.
- If you like season two just you wait
for volume three.
- It's just what I wanted.
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