Love, Death & Robots
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| German title | Love, Death & Robots |
| Original title | Love, Death & Robots |
 | |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Year (s) | since 2019 |
| Production company |
Blur Studio |
| length | 6-17 minutes |
| Episodes | 18 in 1+ seasons ( list ) |
| genre | Science fiction |
| idea | Tim Miller |
| Initial release | March 15, 2019 on Netflix |
First publication in German |
March 15, 2019 on Netflix |
Love, Death & Robots (stylized as LOVE, DEATH + ROBOTS ) is an American science fiction - Anthology - television series . It consists of 18 animated short films by various artists from around the world. Every short film has a self-contained plot. The first release took place worldwide on March 15, 2019 on the streaming portal Netflix . The order of the episodes is variable: According to Netflix, there are four variants that are displayed to users.
The executive producers included David Fincher and Tim Miller , who, according to their statements, realized their own ideas for a remake of the classic science fiction cartoon, Heavy Metal . The series has almost no real actors. Except for the episodes Eiszeit (Ice Age) with Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Topher Grace as well as spaceship No. 13 (Lucky 13) (including with Samira Wiley ), each of the six to 17 minute long episodes was fully animated.
In June 2019, Netflix announced a second season of the series.
background
The individual episodes each have a completed storyline based on the short stories of various international writers. The scripts were mainly written by Philip Gelatt and realized by 15 different animation studios . All play in future utopias and dystopias , alternative realities, in space or even on strange planets and deal with violence, sex, robots, various artificial intelligences and cats. The series is aimed at adult viewers. Elements of cyberpunk and horror films are used as well as black humor and socially critical content.
synchronization
The German dubbing was created by the dubbing company Berliner Synchron GmbH Wenzel Lüdecke . For the dialogue book and dialogue director was Benjamin Wolf Garten responsible.
Episode list
| No. | German title | Original title | Director | script | Animation studio (s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sonnie's advantage | Sonnie's Edge | Dave Wilson | Philip Gelatt & Peter F. Hamilton | Blur Studio |
| A young woman named Sonnie controls a cybernetic fighting machine with the help of a microchip implanted in her brain , with which she competes against the creatures of other fighters in underground arenas. But a rich businessman has something against Sonnie's success. | |||||
| 2 | Three robots | Three robots | Victor Maldonado & Alfredo Torres | Philip Gelatt & John Scalzi | Blow studio |
| Long after the extinction of mankind, three robots of various designs roam the ruins of an unknown city. In one of the episodes with a bit of black humor, they try to figure out the meaning of people's lives and the reasons for their end in a philosophical way. | |||||
| 3 | The eyewitness | The Witness | Alberto Mielgo | Alberto Mielgo | Pinkman.TV |
| In a brightly colored city in Asia, a young stripper observes a murder in the house opposite. From then on, she and the murderer undertake a surreal hunt through the urban canyons. | |||||
| 4th | Protective suits | Suits | Franck Balson | Philip Gelatt & Steven Lewis | Blur Studio |
| A group of American farmers are trying to stop a long-running invasion by alien insects. To do this, she uses, among other things, self-made combat robots. | |||||
| 5 | Soul catcher | Sucker of Souls | Owen Sullivan | Philip Gelatt & Kirsten Cross | Studio La Cachette |
| In an ancient excavation site, a researcher and a group of mercenaries hired for protection free a bloodthirsty demon. But this one has a weak point - cats. | |||||
| 6th | When the yogurt took control | When the Yogurt Took Over | Victor Maldonado & Alfredo Torres | Janis Robertson & John Scalzi | Blow studio |
| A portion of yoghurt brought to life through a genetic experiment absorbs Ohio, then the USA, finally the world and finally even space. | |||||
| 7th | Beyond the Aquila Rift | Beyond the Aquila Rift | Léon Bérelle, Dominique Boidin, Rémi Kozyra & Maxime Luère |
Philip Gelatt & Alastair Reynolds | Unit image |
| The captain of a space cruiser and his crew go into a hypersleep. As the ship drifts off course, it becomes increasingly difficult for the crew to distinguish between reality and nightmare. | |||||
| 8th | Good hunting grounds | Good hunting | Oliver Thomas | Philip Gelatt & Ken Liu | Red Dog Culture House |
| In China, the son of a ghost hunter has to wage an almost hopeless fight against a Hulijing , a ghost creature that can change its shape. Later, however, he helps the daughter of the spirit being, contrary to the teachings of his father. | |||||
| 9 | The dump | The dump | Javier Recio Gracia | Philip Gelatt & Joe R. Lansdale | Able & Baker |
| A demolished man named Dave lives in a garbage dump. When he receives a visit from an employee of the local public order office, who tells him he has to leave his sanctuary, Dave can only smile tiredly. After all, he had recently defended it against a gigantic garbage monster. | |||||
| 10 | Shapeshifter | Shape shifters | Gabriele Pennacchioli | Philip Gelatt & Marko Kloos | Blur Studio |
| Two US Marines who are superior to their comrades in every respect, both physically and mentally, are deployed in Afghanistan. But in addition to the Taliban, the wolf creatures will soon have to deal with a powerful conspecific. | |||||
| 11 | Helping hand | Helping hand | Jon Yeo | Philip Gelatt & Claudine Griggs | Axis Studio |
| A female astronaut needs to repair a satellite. Her suit and oxygen tank are damaged by a piece of wreckage floating in space. In order to save herself from certain death by suffocation, she uses unusual methods. | |||||
| 12 | Night of the fish | Fish Night | Damian Nenow | Philip Gelatt & Joe Lansdale | Platige Image Studio |
| Two men stranded in the desert after their car breaks down. At night the place turns into a prehistoric ocean. | |||||
| 13 | Spaceship No. 13 | Lucky 13 | Jerome Chen | Philip Gelatt & Marko Kloos | Sony Pictures Imageworks |
| In the future, Earth's military alliances wage war on other planets. The young pilot Lt. At the beginning of her career, Colby was assigned the DropShip Lucky 13 . The woman seems to be the first person to really bring good luck to the ominous ship. But after just under 30 flown missions, her lucky streak breaks. | |||||
| 14th | Zima Blue | Zima Blue | Robert Valley | Philip Gelatt & Alastair Reynolds | Passion animation studios |
| Zima Blue tells the story of a little robot that was designed to clean a pool. With more and more extensive modifications, he eventually becomes the greatest artist in history. | |||||
| 15th | Blind spot | Blind spot | Vitaly Shushko | Vitaly Shushko | Elena Volk |
| A group of cyborg bandits want to rob a heavily armored convoy. But her robot BOB , who was responsible for the planning, forgot to check some of the security measures. | |||||
| 16 | Ice age | Ice Age | Tim Miller | Philip Gelatt & Michael Swanwick | Blur Studio, Digic Pictures & Atomic Fiction |
| A young couple moves into an apartment. The two young people quickly find out that there is a miniature version of the world in the ancient refrigerator they took over. It develops at breakneck speed from the Ice Age through the Middle Ages to the modern age. But as in the “big” world, not everything stays peaceful. | |||||
| 17th | Alternative timelines | Alternate histories | Victor Maldonado & Alfredo Torres | Philip Gelatt & John Scalzi | Sun Creature Studio |
| The revolutionary computer program Multiversity explores in six not entirely serious simulations how various grotesque deaths of Adolf Hitler would have affected the future. | |||||
| 18th | Secret war | The Secret War | István Zorkóczy | Philip Gelatt & David W. Amendola | Digic Pictures |
| A unit of the Red Army goes in search of those who slaughtered an entire village. But she does not lead her almost hopeless fight against human opponents. | |||||
| On March 15, 2019, all episodes of the season were released simultaneously on Netflix. The order corresponds to the episode list of the IMDb , on Netflix itself the episodes are sometimes displayed in a different order. | |||||
production
Fincher realized his "dream project" here. His aim was to draw creatively from the world of science fiction and to make a contribution that is aimed at all adults, no longer just " geeks and nerds ". As a result, he saw the Netflix portal as the most suitable modern platform for his goals. Each of the episodes realized by different studios such as Sony Pictures Imageworks , Blur Studio (both USA), Platige Image (Poland) or Digic Pictures (Hungary) differs from the others in terms of both animation style and tenor.
reception
On Rotten Tomatoes , the format received an average rating of 72% in the first week, while in the IMDB it received 9/10 points with over 22,000 ratings. Magazines such as Digital Spy , Wired or IndieWire criticized the “retrograde” portrayal of women as “sex objects” and “victims”, the “excessive display of stoic supermen and women who were inferior to them” or the high degree of “ hyper masculinism ” and those that go with it connected one-dimensionality. In addition, the level of sexuality and nudity, which sometimes appears forced, is often criticized as "strange". Ben Travers from the website The Daily Beast , on the other hand, praised the series for its “multifaceted handling of violence, humor” and the use of “a well-dosed pinch of heart”.
Web links
- Love, Death & Robots in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Love, Death & Robots on Netflix
Individual evidence
- ↑ Netflix's Love, Death & Robots trailer: First look at Tim Miller and David Fincher's surreal animated anthology , ign.com, accessed on March 17, 2019.
- ↑ Sex and violence on Netflix: That's why the order of the "Love, Death & Robots" episodes is not the same for all , accessed on March 21, 2019
- ↑ How David Fincher and Tim Miller's Heavy Metal reboot became Netflix's Love, Death & Robots , ign.com, accessed on March 17, 2019.
- ↑ Love, Death and Robots | Announcement , Netflix on Facebook, accessed June 10, 2019
- ↑ Love, Death & Robots. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing file , accessed on May 16, 2019 .
- ↑ Love, Death & Robots , serienjunkies.de, accessed on March 20, 2019
- ↑ Love, Death & Robots , rottentomatoes.com, accessed on March 20, 2019 (English)
- ↑ Netflix's Love Death + Robots has one very big problem and it's not okay , digitalspy.com, accessed on March 23, 2019.
- ↑ Love, Death & Robots and the rise of NSFW Netflix , wired.com, accessed March 20, 2019.
- ↑ 'Love, Death & Robots' Review: David Fincher and Tim Miller's Netflix Shorts Are One-Dimensional Beauty , indiewire.com, accessed March 20, 2019
- ↑ Tjark Lorenzen: Love, Death & Robots - episode quide and information about the series. In: netzwelt . March 28, 2019, accessed June 3, 2019 .
- ↑ Netflix's 'Love, Death & Robots' Is a Sex-Filled Sci-Fi Extravaganza , thedailybeast.com, accessed March 20, 2019.