Love Death+Robots 9/8

After watching "Love Death and Robots", I feel as though I've experienced a new genre of film. The varying animation styles from episode to episode, all unique in their own ways, made the screening process of this series a rollercoaster ride. My favorite episode, however, was the second episode we watched called "Three Robots: Exit Strategies" in season three. The scene is set in a post-apocalyptic society where the characters are navigating the ruins. The characters in this episode, and some prior, are three robots with three distinct personalities carrying human characteristics twined with robotic vocabulary. The android that is least human has the voice of Apple's Siri and is taking pictures of all the ruins. She, or, they if you can even gender a robot, has a plethora of facts and answers to the other more curious robots questions. The little orange robot is more innocent but still a-know-it-all, similar to a toddler, and is brutally honest. Lastly, the taller robot is fearful, and defensive, but takes the spotlight and is coincidentally the most "human". The dialogue revolves around the stupidity of the human race and our consequential demise. The comedic commentary mixed with the realistic post-apocalyptic city make the highly-likely extinction more tangible to our feeble minds. The factual android directly states relating to humanity, which resonated with me the most, “Instead they chose greed, and self-gratification”. This episode uses realistic future scenarios and accurate technology to set the plot and portray the message that humans need to get their shit together, or this is our fate.

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  1. I love the comments you made here! I would say the most telling aspect of "Three Robots: Exit Strategies" would be the part where the robots constantly make fun of the stupid mistakes humans made that ultimately led to their extinction. We are honestly moving in that direction, and I think this short film serves as a warning that if we aren't more careful, we ourselves will go extinct.

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