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Love, Death + Robots Trailer - Netflix embraces the WTF
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Hit and miss. A couple felt like they were written by 12 year olds. But I still enjoyed it all. Hope we get more like this.
Spiderverse doesn't look as fluid because they did a few frame tricks with movement, didn't really use motion blur, etc.
Don't have the link on hand, but there's a yt vid that discusses what they do and why.
And yeah, some of the shorts were duds. But overall would love to see the series continue. And some episodes expanded into movies or short series.
Huh...only watched 4 so far and my eps order was Sonnie's Edge, Three Robots, The Witness and Suits.
Just got done watching all the shorts. I need to sleep and think it through before I give any in-depth opinion.
Sonnie's Edge is hands down my favorite. That Monster versus Monster control by humans triggered the fuck out of my imagination. What I wouldn't give to have a fleshed our full season of this universe.
Sonnie's Edge is hands down my favorite. That Monster versus Monster control by humans triggered the fuck out of my imagination. What I wouldn't give to have a fleshed our full season of this universe.
Yeah mine was completely different. I got Aquilas rift. Secret War, Sonnies edge, and Sucker of souls
I had no idea about this, just saw a trailer on Netflix last night and decided to try it out. The animation, art styles and graphics are so damn good.
Yeah a lot of the shorts felt like they were written by edgy teen boys. But the art in all of them were amazing. Zima Blue being the stand out for me.
I think the reason Zima Blue is the highlight is because it feels like a story that is complete and doesn't drag on too long or feel too short for character development. I agree with a lot of the thread that there's some stuff that would make good series material here, but that's partially because a lot of them feel like pilot episodes for shows that never got made.
Watched about half of them and am quite enjoying it all. There are a lot of really talented creators involved in this.
Yeah that was a good one. Also liked Helping Hand. The red army one felt like a Metro prequel
Just finished it. I'll agree that story-wise most of them aren't too special, but many of them look just incredible. My favorites were probably The Witness for its visuals, Good Hunting for how it managed to actually surprise me with its steampunk stuff and Zima Blue for actually being a nice, little complete story that actually made me feel something.
Good Hunting was maybe the only big twist that I really liked. The setting was really cool.
Anti-colonialist steampunk with rapist colonisers getting murdered is really cool.
Beyond the Aquila Rift's twist kinda ruined it for me, though it did kinda contextually justify how ridiculous that sex scene was.
I liked them all. Hard not to when they all feel like some really talented and creative people were able to do what the fuck they wanted. Zima Blue is by far the best though. I desperately hope this series becomes a Netflix mainstay.
From my very limited TVTropes knowledge of Saya no Uta, yes they did. No idea why people are saying that is one of the best shorts.
In the characters' faces I totally see it, but in terms of world it felt ten times more Deus Ex Eidos-era to me with the opening shot of a golden futuristic city and a story that is pretty literally transhumanist. Shit, maybe both are influences! Us seeing those related things in it would be rather coincidental.
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Anthology works are of course, by their very nature, inconsistent. I think the majority of these shorts aren't very good (with some being pretty bad) but I still like the idea of this project overall and I hope we can see more projects like this in the future.
I think the only one's I'd recommend are "Good Hunting" and "Zima Blue". Those two feel like complete stories in themselves and they both look great.
I think the only one's I'd recommend are "Good Hunting" and "Zima Blue". Those two feel like complete stories in themselves and they both look great.
I don't think so as the original short story it's based on predates it by a few years.
If its beyond the aquila rift your on about.
Beyond the Aquila Rift" (Originally published in Constellations, edited by Peter Crowther, 2005)
I would bet good dollars that that Werewolf one was a "failed" movie pitch by Miller.
I think these "short films" are a good way for them to get founding for some ideas that they can then later
develop into something. Or a way of saying goodbye to something that never got traction.
I think these "short films" are a good way for them to get founding for some ideas that they can then later
develop into something. Or a way of saying goodbye to something that never got traction.
That's kind of what it is isn't it? Heavy Metal has been a passion project for Fincher for years.
I feel kind of the same. I really like The Witness' Hong Kong aesthetic but some of it is also random and off putting and not particularly great for attracting people not already into the medium.
Is it? Wiki said 2009? Is there a chance Welsh scifi author Alistair Reynolds would be aware of it? And able to read Japanese?
If you must compare Beyond The Aquila Rift to an anime then a better reference would be Magnetic Rose which was directed by Kōji Morimoto and written by Satoshi Kon.
Of course, I sincerely doubt its "copying" either of these works. The basic story idea goes back thousands of years and is a variant of the siren myth. The idea of getting lost on a long sailing voyage and encountering some otherworldly entity is a very old one.
Of course, I sincerely doubt its "copying" either of these works. The basic story idea goes back thousands of years and is a variant of the siren myth. The idea of getting lost on a long sailing voyage and encountering some otherworldly entity is a very old one.
I does bug me the some of the Chinese signage in The Witness is mirrored or the wrong way round. The street scenes are pretty straight forward and based on photos I guess. I think of the Whampoa Gardens, Kowloon Walled City and the Yick Cheong Building thats been used in movies many times.
Whampao Gardens
Whampao Gardens
Yes, there's some extremely impressive CGI (on a technical level) as part of this anthology, not to mention stylistically.
I believe the only live action is in Ice Age.