Love Death + Robots Review: Is It Worth Watching?

Love Death + Robots is a hidden gem in Netflix’s vast library. An anthology series featuring eighteen short episodes is helmed by Deadpool director Tim Miller and the iconic David Fincher. Highlighting some of the most beautiful, intricate, and stylish animation and CGI to ever grace a TV series, Love Death + Robots puts animation before the plot.

The show is filled with excessive nudity and gruesome violence but offers a breath of fresh air for anyone looking to experiment.

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3. Is It Worth Watching?

Love Death + Robots is a celebration of animation techniques and gives the collaborating studios complete independence in the plot, runtime, and the style of graphics. This results in a collection of episodes that are dark, funny, dystopian, and definitely NSFW.

LOVE DEATH + ROBOTS | Official Trailer | Netflix

It is a must-watch as the range of stories has something for everyone, and the short running time ensures that you can quickly dip in for a quick fix. The shorter runtime lets you watch several episodes in the time it takes to view a single episode of any drama, but this dulls the excitement and sensational elements of the show.

I. Premise

Love Death and Robots features eighteen episodes of varying lengths in an anthology format. It is a celebration of visual techniques, and most of the events are set in a dystopian future or an alternate reality. Featuring futuristic weapons, robot companions, and characters that are a blend of flesh and machinery, the show ensures that the Robots in the title are well represented.

The episode’s themes revolve around the greed of man and his fall, their evil and exploitive nature, and surprisingly a love for cats.

II. The Episodes

The shortest film in the series is titled ‘When The Yoghurt Took Over’ and is just six minutes long. A silly premise which is masterfully executed shows how a bowl of yogurt became sentient and tried to help humankind, but was eventually forced to take over the chains of command because humans couldn’t control their greed.

It sets the tone of the series that explores a variety of themes. In ‘Lucky 13’, CGI and stop-motion technology of the highest caliber give you an animated short that rivals Star Wars, with a plot filled with horror. ‘Alternate Histories’ shows you how killing Hitler would have had hilarious consequences and ‘Three Robots’ reminds you of Wall-E, and acts as a refreshing palette cleanser.

The best episode of the series in terms of animation is The Witness. A young woman sees a man committing a murder, and a long chase for her survival begins. While running through the neon and brightly lit streets of Hong Kong, words like Crash and Bam float up from the buildings, in a style that reminds one of Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse.

‘Sonnie’s Edge’ introduces you to the underground world of Robot-Monster fighting, while Helping Hand is a 127 Hours movie set in space.

‘Ice Age’ is the only episode of the series that features humans. Topher Grace and Mary Elizabeth Winstead play a couple that discovers an entire miniature civilization living in their freezer. All the episodes are beautifully animated with tight-knit plots and many twists.

III. Visuals

Love Death + Robots is strictly R-rated and has numerous instances of male, female and beastly nudity, gruesome, blood-spewing violence, and fights. It is dark and doesn’t shy away from an opportunity to use animation to get the point across.

A global collaboration of studios has contributed to this anthology, and the different visual styles are as diverse as the stories they are telling. You will be reminded of anime in Good Hunting and Fish Night and childhood cartoons in ‘Zima Blue’ and ‘The Dump’.

The visuals drive the Love Death and Robot, and Tim Miller’s Blur Studios is also behind three of the episodes. Many episodes have an excess of female nudity, and multiple plots revolve around women escaping cruel men. The show uses these episodes to show how a women’s sexuality is exploited by men in power and can be used for his downfall.

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5. Final Thoughts

Love Death + Robots is a genre-defying visual treat that combines satire, horror, drama, and romance under its umbrella. It is a quirky and dark show that surprises Netflix viewers with its vision. The format and short runtime make it a must-watch, and it will leave you surprised and amazed.