Not a terrible episode, but a very ‘Meh’ one–which is in it’s way worse because at least terrible had the potential to be pretty horrific, as these scenes from The Stuff (1985) illustrate . When The Yogurt Took Over feels more like visual wallpaper: It’s interesting to look at but when all is said and […]
Sucker of Souls, the fifth episode of Love, Death + Robots, is a lot of fun. Traditional drawn animation, as opposed to CGI, it’s pretty refreshing to see. And the thing is, I’m not a fan of this particular style of animation, though seeing it presented among, so-far, an entirely CGI field makes it pretty […]
Suits is a great episode and if it doesn’t end up ranking among the best I’ll be genuinely shocked. Written by Tim Miller, it’s a love letter to what I imagine are his favorite movies, like Aliens and Starship Troopers. Though what I find most interesting is the animation style–which is very warm and inviting–and […]
This is a particularly clever episode. Take a little The Terminator, add a dash of Wall-E and take a light dusting of The Ghost And the Darkness (?), and you get Three Robots. It’s also fun, and I like the tonal shift. Another good thing is that there are no human characters, so we get […]
I skipped Episode 2 – Three Robots and will get that up in a moment. In any case, The Witness is–for the most part–a clever play on Groundhog Day. The animation is also noteworthy in that, while CGI like the other episodes thus far, it’s more evident that it’s motion capture, which gives it this […]
Netflix recently launched a new anthology series, Love, Death + Robots, that revolves around–if the first episode is any indication–a dystopian world. In the premiere episode, Sonnie’s Edge, we meet Sonnie, who’s the best beast fighter around. Someone offers her hundreds of thousands of dollars to lose a match, which she refuses. But when you […]
Netflix’s The Order is not nearly as good as it should be because when you have a movie that revolves around werewolves versus witches, it goes without saying that you should see lots of werewolves and witches. And you don’t. That being said, they do the best with what is likely a very limited budget […]
Few things are better–whether animated or live action–than a good anthology series and while I don’t know if Love, Death + Robots will rank among the best, if the trailer is any indication, it’s off to a good start. And the pedigree behind this new upcoming Netflix series is beyond impressive. It comes from the […]
I don’t know how I missed this. According to The Hollywood Reporter Netflix’s Travelers is cancelled. The original article appeared February 1, though I don’t recall it (there’s so much information that it can be hard to keep track of it). What a pity. The last episode was particularly interesting in terms of where the […]
I have to admit that I was initially a bit lukewarm about Jordan Peele’s reboot of The Twilight Zone. And that’s less a commentary of Peele’s skills as a writer (I assume he’ll be writing some of the episodes) more than Rod Serling was so iconic that I’m not at all comfortable with the idea […]
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