Love, Death, & Robots - cg animation

"and 100 more" (nth256) 04/06/2019 at 23:07 • Filed to: None

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Has anyone else started watching this? Content aside (in brief: I enjoy it, but can see how others would not), I can of get over how clean the computer animation is. Like, we have crossed the Uncanny Valley. Amazing stuff. 

AestheticsInMotion > and 100 more 04/06/2019 at 23:30

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I watched that first one, from the header image. Yeah, the animation is crazy.

I remember quite clearly back when Final Fantasy The Spirits Within was lauded for having groundbreaking animation.

Deltyn drives a meh car > and 100 more 04/06/2019 at 23:34

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I liked a lot of them, but some of them were gratuitous and had a message that was very on the nose. The animation style varies wildly but I almost always found it top notch quality. T he good ones leave you wanting more, and the bad ones aren’t wasting your time since they’ re all about 10 minutes long. I recall the first and last being my favorites. H ave you seen spiderverse yet?

and 100 more > AestheticsInMotion 04/06/2019 at 23:36

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That comparison came immediately to mind when watching the first episode as well. We've come a looooooong way, it seems. 

and 100 more > Deltyn drives a meh car 04/06/2019 at 23:50

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No, though I hear great things about it. But what’s keeping me from going to see it is the same thing in the episode called Suits (about the alien -hunting farmers) - skipped animation frames. It takes something that is otherwise enjoyable and just ruins it for me. Knights of Sidonia did the same thing , and i see it in a lot of cg lately. I understand they're cutting render time by skipping frames, but it just looks so trashy. 

sn4cktimes > and 100 more 04/06/2019 at 23:57

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I liked the robot tourism episode a lot. Wasn’t terribly “deep”, but it was clever. 

Dusty Ventures > and 100 more 04/07/2019 at 01:41

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Started it yesterday, I’ve seen through Lucky 13 so far. 100% on the animation, some of them are unbelievably realistic, Beyond the Aquila Rift and Lucky 13 in particular. Favorites so far are Sonnie’s Edge, Three Robots, and Good Hunting. If they expanded Good Hunting I would be all for it.

Also I like that cats are both our salvation from Dracula and the end of our species.

BeaterGT > and 100 more 04/07/2019 at 02:15

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I liked most of them, feels like an animated Black Mirror.

and 100 more > Dusty Ventures 04/07/2019 at 02:37

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Good Hunting should really be it’s own series, even if only a short one.

ZA much as I cringe at displays of brutality like towards the end of Sonnie’s Edge , I've gotta say I think that is my favorite so far. There isn't one I haven't liked, tho. 

Longtime Lurker > and 100 more 04/07/2019 at 03:08

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I watched the first one today. Looking forward to seeing the rest.

AdverseMartyr > and 100 more 04/07/2019 at 06:01

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It was an interesting anthology, but I was a bit confused how it all went together. I kept looking for how they tied together for a good amount of them, and then I eventually gave up. Some were really good I thought. Others just sucked.

There was some minor controversy that I read about regarding how people see them in a different order, and theories regarding Netflix algorithms (something about sexism & gender I think.)

Bryan doesn't drive a 1M > AdverseMartyr 04/07/2019 at 11:45

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I read about that. Seems like harmless a/b testing to me. Ruins the idea that the episodes of the anthology fit together into anything, though.

rockingthe2 > Dusty Ventures 04/07/2019 at 13:07

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Dude Aquila Rift was amazing! Loved the story of Good Hunting, and Three Robots is my hands-down favorite.