Thread by @HyveMynd

Against my better judgement, I've started watching #lovedeathandrobots3.

I'll do some single-Tweet capsule reviews.

S3.E1: Three Robots: Exit Strategies

A continuation of an episode from Volume 1. The CGI animation is nice, but the moralizing message is so strong it might as well be a constant punch in the face.

"Twist" ending cheapens it even more.

2 out of 5

S3.E2: Bad Travelling

A story about sacrifice for the greater good, drastically cheapened by the protagonist being given an out.

Excessive violence and gore, decent CGI animation, mildly unsettling character models.

3 out of 5

S3.E3: The Very Pulse of the Machine

A mind-expanding exploration trip of the moon Io.

The most cerebral of this volume so far. The cell-shaded CGI animation is okay, but a bit weird at times. Brief, bloodless violence, no nudity. My favorite so far.

4.5 out of 5

S3.E4: Night of the Mini Dead

Miniature zombie apocalypse.

I can't tell if this was stop motion using what looks like HO-scaled miniatures or CGI.

Either way the animation is horrifically undermined by pointless (miniature) sex, gore, and absolutely no message.

1 out of 5

S3.E5: Kill Team Kill

Special forces fight a cybernetic bear.

Nice to get a break with what looks like hand drawn animation, but the story is non-existent.

This is animation by people who think "adult" means gratuitous blood, swearing, and piss jokes.

1 out of 5.

S3.E6: Swarm

Scientist investigates an alien swarm.

A pretty run of the mill sci-fi story with decent CGI animation, completely ruined by unnecessary sex, gore, and violence against women. There was no reason the protagonists couldn't have worn clothes.

1 out of 5

S3.E7: Mason's Rats

Farmer vs. GMO rats.

Decent, stylized CGI animation, but Jesus fuck.

I try not to "armchair psychoanalyze" the creators of these shorts, but something is wrong with anyone who animates that much blood and violence against animals.

1 out of 5

S3.E8: In Vaulted Halls Entombed

Soldiers uncovered something horrible.

Realistic CGI animation that falls into the uncanny valley. Story-wise, there's nothing here we haven't seen before, and done much better elsewhere.

1 out of 5

S3.E9: JIBARO

Spanish conquistador encounters the supernatural.

Damn near perfectly blended CGI and practical effects with what is basically modern dance. It suffers a bit from violence against women, but is the best of #lovedeathrobots3

5 out of 5

I wanted to talk more about JIBARO — the final episode of #lovedeathrobots3 — because while I rate it 5 out of 5, I honestly don't know if I like it.

Let me explain.

I feel the whole point of animation anthologies like this, is to push the envelope — to do something different.

And like I said, JIBARO is essentially modern dance.

It's strange, different, kind of unsettling, and extremely interesting. The director was DOING something with it.

So many other shorts in #lovedeathrobots3 — and the whole series — didn't. They played it safe.