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- [Clint] When Tim Miller and David Fincher
set out to create Love, Death & Robots,
Fincher says they just wanted to make something cool.
Mission accomplished.
Netfilx's new anthology series is the epitome of cool,
an ambitious, dazzling, (bleep)-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 have died.
The shorts have no unified theme or message.
Some are dark and nihilistic, others poetic and hopeful,
while some are surreal or openly comedic.
But most importantly, with the use of everything
from traditional 2D animation to photo-real motion capture,
no two shorts look the same.
With Love, Death & Robots,
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 an network television.
With buckets of gore, copious nudity, both male and female,
and elaborate violence,
this is storytelling turned up to 11.
Love, Death & Robots has a broad scope by design.
It aspires to explore interesting stories
through science fiction, fantasy, horror, and comedy,
with almost every animation style known to man.
While there are some coincidentally recurring elements,
most notably cats and boobs,
it would be interesting to see
what a more cohesive, focused collection would look like.
Still, this is a smorgasbord of fascinating stories
with extremely compelling visuals.
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Love, Death & Robots is not immune to the issues
that plague most anthologies.
Some stories are more repetitive or derivative than others,
but many of the worlds are so fascinating,
they'll inevitably leave you wanting more,
as all good short fiction does.
This is one visual acid trip that's worth taking,
even if your mileage may vary.
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