Love, Death & Robots
Among the huge kind of show and movies on the streaming servicing , Netflix’sLove , Death & Robotscan be well overlook . However , it ’s a regular must - take in , as the experimental sci - fi anthology series is entirely unparalleled and unquestionably not one to be missed .
Produced byDeadpool’sTim Miller and auteur director David Fincher(Se7en , Fight Club , Gone Girl),there ’s arguably something in it for all fans of sci - fi . Be it kaiju - dash monster fight , psychological space - horror , Pacific Rim - style mech wooing battles , or even just all - out gore , Love , Death & Robotshas something for everyone — but what about when it ends ?
Update Sept. 13th , 2021 : Celebrated as one of the most memorable streaming serial of 2019 , Netflix ’s Love , Death , and golem go on to premiere a second time of year in May of 2021 . Though it only boast eight sequence as opposed to the eighteen seen in the show ’s first excursion , it remain as cerebral and creative thinker - melting as ever .
Given how short the episode are , it ’s a jolly speedy series to gormandise , and rooter will be left want until the third season debuts in 2022 . Until then , here are even more off - the - wall sci - fi , thriller , and mystery serial to check out .
Heavy Metal
As perMedium , Love , Death & Robotsstarted out life story as a sequel to the 1981 religious cult classicHeavy Metal . Heavy Metalis a one - of - a - form skill fiction fantasy movie produced byGhostbustersdirector Ivan Reitman . establish on the mag of the same name , theHeavy Metalmovie adjustment include all of the graphic furiousness and gratuitous nakedness that made the original magazine such a cult favorite .
LikeLove , Death & Robots , Heavy Metalis also an anthology film , mean that it ’s made up of a pot of wildly dissimilar , music genre - spanning short films . The film goes from subversive to steampunk , and , likeLove , Death & Robots , different writers and animators worked on each segment , giving them all a very unique feel .
Futurama
Futuramawasn’t exactly known for its gratuitous sex , violence , or nakedness , but , when cerebrate about shows that offer similarly ego - contained stories toLove , Death & Robots , often come up to wildly different and often mind - bending science fiction concepts , Futuramawas the first one to do to mind .
The underrated show ask big sci - fi questions about thing like the ethics of time change of location , it realistically represented going through a sci - fi lens of the eye , and it even had an sequence questioning divinity ’s place in the distant future . Anyone who ’s seen theLove , Death & Robots’episode " When The Yogurt Took Over " can attest to how much it feel like aFuturamaplotline .
Lovecraft Country
Developed by ex - Sons of Anarchywriter Misha Green , Lovecraft Countrywas an HBO - single adjustment of the 2016 novel of the same name by Matt Ruff . While it receive vital acclaim and successfully merged the bleak setting of the Jim Crow - era American south with the every bit dreaded devil of H.P. Lovecraft , it was canceled after a single season .
That say , fan ofLove , Death & Robotsare bound to enjoy this unique take on cosmic revulsion . It ’s very rare to see Lovecraft ’s work evoked so deliberately in modern medium , withLove , Death & Robotsbeing another rare exclusion to that convention .
Event Horizon
Thecompletely underrated 1997 infinite - horrorEvent Horizonis the very definition of a cultus classic . Critically tear apart upon button and bear a miserable 29 % on Rotten Tomatoes , Paul W.S. Anderson ’s science fiction horror movie nevertheless found a fervid fan substructure after being give up on home video .
Its portmanteau word of horrific violence and religious imagery is sure unique , and , despite Anderson ’s reputation as a unspeakable director , Event Horizonstill holds up today with its creepy-crawly lot designing , over - the - top performances , and its still - horrible gore . If " Beyond the Aquilla Rift " was a best-loved episode ofLove , Death & Robotswith its space folly plotline and Lovecraftian repulsion , then definitely check outEvent Horizon .
David Fincher Films
One of the big influence onLove , Death & Robotscomes from its executive producer David Fincher . Fincher is perhaps best lie with for classic films likeSe7enandFight Club , and , more recently , House of Cards , which isalso uncommitted on Netflix .
sports fan of Fincher can see a mess of his usual themes in many of theLove , Death & Robotsepisodes ; from the in darkness lit , ailing sex club in " The Witness " to the general screwed up nature of many of the episode ’s existence . His earmark narcism can be see throughout , even in the weak and funniest drawers like " When the Yogurt Took Over " and " Three Robots . "
The Twilight Zone
Kickstarting the construct of horror anthology on television , The Twilight Zonewas groundbreaking ceremony in its presentation . At a fourth dimension in whichCreature From The Black Lagoonwas considered to beteeth - clenching terrifying , The Twilight Zonewas , in each episode , tender up narration of threat that are still efficient today .
From the macabre story of a greedy family brought to ruination via a stage set of cursed mask to a mysterious animate being apparently haunting an airliner , The Twilight Zonelaid the groundwork for every repugnance - centric television series that would follow .
The Thing
On the case of it , John Carpenter’sThe Thingdoesn’t have too much in common with the story inLove , Death & Robots . But , the classical 1982 goliath movieis tonally very interchangeable to the very best of Netflix ’s anthology series .
The constant dread and trunk repulsion ofThe Thingcan be go out throughout the episode " Beyond the Aquilla Rift . " The grade for a lot of the episodes is reminiscent of John Carpenter ’s own synth scores , too . Executive producer Tim Miller is n’t a stranger to movie references , however , having direct the hugely referentialDeadpool .
Elfen Lied
Love , Death , & golem ' writers have a knack for explaining high - concept sci - fi plots succinctly within a restrictive meter limit , and , while it ’s nowhere near as short , the gum anime adaptation ofElfen Liedweaves one of the most complex scientific discipline fiction tale of all time .
Elfen Liedtells the tale of Lucy , a mutated mechanical man make love as a Diclonious who escapes from containment and takes up residence with a human kinsfolk , creating an alter ego in the process . It ’s an overwhelmingly weird and often gut - wrenching series , andLove , Death , & Robotsfans ought to feel right at home .
A Scanner Darkly
It ’s clear that a good deal of the writer and directors of the stories inLove , Death & Robotsare huge fans of the influential scientific discipline fiction source Philip K. Dick . The whole serial feels like one of his myopic story collections like " We Can Remember It For You Wholesale , " which was conform twice intoTotal Recall . But , the one Philip K. Dick storyLove , Death & Robotsis most reminiscent of isA Scanner Darkly , specifically the 2006 Richard Linklater movie adaption .
Starring Keanu Reeves and Robert Downey Jr , A Scanner Darklyfeels like an extended episode ofLove , Death & Robots;an adult - orient , skill fabrication adjustment , all splendidly animated .
Cowboy Beebop
Apart from the NSFW promise of profanity , ferocity , and nakedness , the appeal ofLove , Death & Robotsis principally within its clear-cut vivification styles . Each installment has a dissimilar style , and each is unambiguously gorgeous . Those who subsist animated science fiction owe it to themselves to check out the pa of sci - fi animation , Shinichirō Watanabe’sCowboy Bebop .
Even thoughCowboy Bebopfollows the ongoing — and occasionally nonsensical — adventures of the crowd of the starship Bebop , each episode is normally moderately standalone . It draws on everything from westerns to noir films , hardcore sci - fi space Opera , and cyber-terrorist . The medicine is fantastic , as is the voice pretend , and the English dub is a swing above the balance .
