Love, Death & Robots: 9 Reasons You MUST Watch
Who doesn't want to see a story combining steampunk with Chinese folklore?
Created by David Fincher (Se7en, Fight Club) and Tim Miller (Deadpool), Netflix's Love, Death & Robots covers intense adult themes, often coated by a dark sense of humour. It’s an animated anthology series with each episode animated by different crews from a range of different countries.
The series is a re-imagining of the 1981 sci-fi film Heavy Metal, and is something Fincher and Miller have been working on for a long time. Heavy Metal is an animated anthology which features themes of graphic violence, sexuality and nudity. Love, Death & Robots explores these themes too, alongside them being categorised further into themes of love, death and/or robots.
The cast includes some recognisable faces such as Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Topher Grace, Gary Cole, Stefan Kapičić and Samira Wiley. Winstead and Topher are the only cast members who don’t have a voice acting role for an animated character, appearing in live-action roles instead.
Love, Death & Robots is a very distinct collection of shorts and the series is something very new when compared to what we usually see on Netflix. It’s also definitely worth checking out, and here's why.
9. Every Episode Is Under 20 Minutes
As an anthology series, the episodes are connected by similar themes but they don’t follow each other. They also vary in runtime, but none of them are longer than 20 minutes. Its easy-to-watch structure makes it perfect for bingeing or dipping in and out of as you please.
Even though the themes are pretty heavy, it’s less overwhelming because of how the episodes are broken up. It’s also not a waste of a full evening if you find Love, Death & Robots isn’t your thing after all. However, its range of episodes means there’s probably something in there that you’ll enjoy.
The short episode lengths definitely don’t affect from how good the series is. Many of them work exceptionally well as shorts, whilst others will make you wish they were turned into a full series, feature length films and even video games because they’re just that entertaining.