Love, Death & Robots 3, the review of the third season
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After a year of waiting, and a second season not very well received by the public, Love, Death & Robots 3 arrives today. The anthological animated series for adults returns with nine new episodes, each created by a different team of artists for each story.David Fincher's project actually started as a film in the early 2000s, in collaboration with Tim Miller. Announced in 2008, it was supposed to be produced by Paramount Pictures, but the two couldn't find enough funding to make it. It was only after the fame acquired by Tim Miller with the release of Deadpool (2016) that David Fincher proposed to him to exploit his popularity to try to make the film again, turning it into an exclusive animated series for Netflix.
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Love, Death & Robots 3: not a show for children
In 2021, expectations for the second season were really high, after having attracted everyone's attention with the first eighteen episodes. Unfortunately for David Fincher and Tim Miller, however, the second chapter did not manage to completely convince most of the spectators, being almost disappointing, especially when compared to the success of the first. With this return, however, Love, Death & Robots seems to have managed to get back on track, both in terms of proposals for animation styles and for the stories told.In an incredible journey between space and time ( and dimensions), this new collection of stories is capable of giving its fans something to think about, in addition to laughter. In fact, if on the one hand we have a trio of robots on vacation to Space in the footsteps of now extinct human beings (Three Robots: exit strategies), on the other hand we have a David Fincher in the direction of a twisted and brutal episode, which spares no one and tests one's moral values (A bad trip).
Love, Death & Robots: Volume 3. Cr. COURTESY OF NETFLIX .. 2022 And if all this is not enough, Love, Death & Robots 3 still has it: legend, love, greed and death are mixed in the plot of Jibaro, a story created by acclaimed artistic director Alberto Mielgo. Already the creator of La testimone, perhaps the most famous of the episodes of the first season, the Spanish director returns to charm the spectators with this story that blends with the myth, giving immeasurable attention to every little detail, as confirmed by the clothes worn from the witch-siren protagonist of the story.
Between new and old knowledge: techniques and studies involved
Love, Death & Robots: Volume 3. Cr. COURTESY OF NETFLIX .. 2022 Present in every collection of Love, Death & Robots, the artists of the English studio have decided to vary the technique used for each episode. So, while in the first volume Helping Hand they aimed at hyper realism, on the contrary The tall grass in the second seems to veer more towards a style that intertwines 3D and painted illustrations, and then totally change course with the caricature style in the brand new Mason and the rats.
Finally, but not least, we can only mention the studio Titmouse, Inc: while for the David Fincher series she dealt with Death to the Death Squad with a style in 2D from 90s cartoons, he had already created another animated hit for Netflix, Big Mouth.
What to expect from Love, Death & Robots 3?
There is therefore no doubt that in this third season of Love, Death & Robots there is something for every taste in terms of animation, returning to raise the level after a not excellent second season. Probably David FIncher and Tim Miller were able to listen to their audience, also understanding that in the last chapter the emotional component to involve the fans was missing.Love, Death & Robots: Volume 3. Cr. COURTESY OF NETFLIX .. 2022 And here there are so many feelings, both on a purely visual and narrative level. Even the lightest episodes seem determined to leave a mark on their viewers: whether it is for the style or for the intrinsic message in the plot, this season of Love, Death & Robots has been able to maintain the high expectations that had been created since the first episode. in 2019.
