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Which was your favorite from volume 3?!?!
Masons Rats or Jibaro
The Swarm 🖤
Has to be either The Very Pulse of the Machine or In Vaulted Hauls Entombed
Jibaro
Give me half an hour to finish two final episodes!
Bad Traveling was my favorite. Took its time, had an incredible character in Torrin. Felt like a full movie.
It did feel like a full movie.
Was wondering if there'd be a giant heel turn while time.
David Fincher directed it.
I was absolutely engrossed in it, and I agree that Torrin was a great character. He was so smart, and ruthless but the most moral and good of the whole crew
Not having a twist ending felt like a bigger twist than if he suddenly died at the end. Loved Torrin winning the day, such a good antihero, developed in only 20 minutes.
"Jibaro" was created by Alberto Mielgo who was also behind season ones episode "The Witness" and one of the biggest contributers to the Style of "Spiderverse.". If you loved his stuff so far I really recommend looking him up. He is one of the most unique talents in the animation industry and has a lot ot really interesting work to explore!
Alberto Mielgo has also won 3 Emmys and has also just won his first Oscar this year.
The whole time I was watching Jibaro I was thinking that it looks almost exactly like The Witness
I definitely got "The Witness" vibes from it. Obviously the character design, but also the lack of dialogue and the manic pace. Also, the way it looks photreal but also not at all photo real (something the corridor crew brought up on the most recent episode) had me noticing the similarities.
It seems to be about the conquistadors destroying tenochtitlan and thereby the Aztec tradition, yet they speak through time and we're not deaf to their story
I was a little surprised to find that out because “The Witness” was one of my least favorite episodes of Season 1 but “Jibaro” was one of my favorites of Season 3
This season was a huge improvement over the previous one. Was it flawless? No. But are they regaining their magic touch? Absolutely.
Yeah, I prefer wasting a bit of my time with the forgettable episodes if I can get those really great ones. season 2 was kinda meh throughout.
I really liked how truly alien and horrific The Swarm was.
The Zerg
What's funny was this was not alien at all, it's an allegory for the human body.
It was really alien tho. Bunch of aliens there lmao
yeah i'm pretty sure there were indeed aliens involved.
@@passdoutcouchpotatos OMG how did I not see that. Thanks for the enlightment, I´ll go ahead and carry on facepalming
Episode 3 was actually the only one that brought me to tears. I guess it's a very specific thing for me. "Maybe I'm gonna live forever. Or maybe this is just one last dream before dying." For anybody who has thought about this kind of stuff it's incredibly powerful to hear. Well, at least for me it was.
same. I'm also not really into the comic book style but the music and cinematography at the end teared me up in no time.
Abercrombie didn't let me down with Mason's Rats.
It's probably not the best, but I liked it.
What was your favourite?
For me the best story was Bad Traveling, but Jibaro takes it for a pure visual treat.
Bad traveling is so good
Jibaro's metaphor is pretty clear: man trying to exploit nature's resources, and how it hurts both of them, but nature (even in it's new, twisted form) eventually takes the lives of everyone.
I wrote "Kill Team Kill," and I'm heart broken that you gave it a 2/10. 😭 But naw, for real, I wrote that shit as a joke back in 2015, never expected it to get this far. I wish I could say I was trying to intentionally satirize the American mission in Afghanistan, or parody toxic masculinity, but really I just wanted to write a goofy ass story about some suicidally nihilistic infantrymen fighting a big ole robot bear.
Love your channel dude. Keep it up!
When playing music on insanely high volumes, all of it just becomes a wall of noise, impossible to analyze.
I kinda got a similar feeling trying to analyze the themes and the symbolism in the animation. It was all just so loud.
But I do like stupid fun, so it all worked out!👍
@@mahtimonni97 I guess the theme is that the CIA ruins everything?
I enjoyed Kill Team Kill. It wasn't great, but it made me smile.
Dude Jibaro was an absolute masterpiece, my man Alberto delivered on every level, I was right to be hyped
I didn't love Jibaro as much as I enjoyed Bad Travelling, so I wouldn't call it an "absolute masterpiece," but it was aesthetically interesting and a fantastic experience.
@@DarkHorseDanny I loved Bad Traveling, but Jibaro is probably my favorite of the series so far, shortly followed by Zima Blue. Bad Traveling is definitely my second favorite of the season though
@@thebigshep I admire your opinion on why Jibaro is your personal favourite of the entire series
Wow, our tastes diverge in some key ways. While I agree with you on Mason's Rats (it's my favorite for the season) I really enjoyed Kill Team Kill for being fun schlocky horror, and while I can agree that In Vaulted Halls Entombed was kinda bland, I liked the horror of the thing in the temple and the note it ended on, with the last soldier alive (SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS) walking into the sunset having carved out her eyes and cut off her ears. *(SPOILERS END HERE)* But I can take your opinions and understand we have different tastes.
On the other hand, I found Jibaro very confusing and off-putting to watch; I think this animation team did the time travel short before and in both cases the animation and camera work feels unnatural and unsettling, which lowers my enjoyment overall. But Jibaro had a lot of themes to unpack which made it more interesting, and I think that really salvaged my enjoyment of it when I realized what was going on.
And Bad Traveling was gripping from beginning to end. That shot with the thanopod puppeting the corpse? Equally horrific and interesting.
Thanks! I wrote KTK as a joke back in 2015. I literally never expected it to be published, let alone turned into a movie hahaha
Jibaro and Bad Travelling! Jibaro was so good!
Bad Travelling was AMAZING, it was so good I thought maybe that one was the Abercrombie one.
Literally just got on CZcams looking to see if Goblin posted a review yet, thanks Goblin
I clocked Abercrombie in Mason's Rats almost immediately, it was so delightfully messed up and I loved every second of it.
After watching it all, I find this season was my favorite. I loved every episode for what they were doing. Kill Team Kill was a fun goofy Predator meets archer. The Vaulted Halls Entombed felt like a Delta Green/Modern Call of Cthulhu RPG game come to life, Although I am a biased since I loved the Cthulhu Mythos. I didn't feel that there was a weak episode in this season and all played there part well, whether it was goofy, silly, deep or dark. I find Love, Death and Robots always a great sampling of styles and themes. It is what makes the series so great.
Goofy was exactly what I was going for when I wrote KTK
If you liked Swarm, it's basically a word for word adaptation of a short story by Bruce Sterling. Would highly recommend.
which one
@@VinyZikss the short story is also called Swarm
@@jothamstickings4773 oh lol should have guessed that one. thanks
Does the short story end at the same point as the episode, or does it go further?
@@Omni798 I'm afraid so
Kill Team Kill's humor hit harder in 1.25X speed. And the alien temple one was basically House of Ashes (video game) with better aliens, worse character development, and somehow the exact same plot holes😂
Mason's Rats is probably the best piece of art I've experienced in the last few years.
For real daniels reaction to the rats is the same as mine after I finished that episode, it was just great, funny and action packed but one point of edvice for every one who wants to build that kind of robot „don’t waste so many bullets dam it“
As much as I like LDR I really wish they would do more experimental animation styles like the very pulse of the machine instead of the hyper realistic animation they’ve been leaning towards in stuff like bad traveling. That was the best part of season 1 was seeing so many different animation styles and I hope they keep leaning back into it in future seasons
Bad Traveling had some really great character designs, meanwhile Pulse of the Machine just looks very cheap. Guilty Gear Strive did 2D art style with 3D puppets much better.
I actually don't know what is supposed to be experimental about Pulse of the Machine. It's just a bad trip, something many animation productions have pulled of better before, like the Simpsons.
@@hexcodeff6624 but at least it was different. I could have put bad travel on mute and think it was pop squad, snow, sonnie’s edge, secret war, Aquila rift, shape shifter, ice age, drowned giant, life hutch, in vaulted tombs, or hive. I still love a lot of those episodes but really hope new seasons embrace the medium of animation experiment a little more.
@@ethanwilliamson9654 Experimental animation styles? I have not seen anything experimental in that short film I haven't seen anywhere else. It looks like it is from Borderland 3 or Telltale Games. Among all the films in vol. 3, Pulse of the Machine was the worst. I cannot understand why you call this style of animation experimental?
@@LWoodGaming because it goes back to my main complaint of this season being a cgifest that barely showcases the medium of animation. Cool, CGI looks almost lifelike, I know I’ve played CoD recently. Give me something new and different in this medium please
@@LWoodGaming because experimental animation is not about style, it's about using animation to visually represent things that cannot physically exist but may mentally or emotionally exist, or representing the abstract as concrete. It's a movement with a manifesto, kinda riding the coat tails of surrealism.
Games are amazing at this. A good example of this in games would be Disco Elysium, or The Stanley Parable, or Tacoma (by Fullbright), or even Kentucky Route Zero. Might be something to look into, cuz animation is just a tool to explore the experimental.
Bad travelling is easily my favorite episode of the season. It's setting is suburb. It's characters are interesting. It's theme is mature and delivered well. And it truly feel like a unique episode.
I would LOVE an anthology series like this with a focus on fantasy rather than sci-fi
Spot on with Jibaro, special episode. Interesting to see negative reviews as I was blown away.
Bad Travelling was the best short. 20 minutes of god-damned genius. The twist of Torrin was quite the misdirect.
I had the EXACT SAME Jibaro reaction! That hit my like a freight train, so good.
Jibaro,Kill Team Kill,Masons Rats have to be the standouts for me,but this entire season felt like a big improvement over Season 2.
The endings felt a little more satisfying rather than feeling like they ended too soon.
Was Jibaro the same Animation style behind Season 1's The Witness?
I think it was the same animator, yeah
i had the same opinion as you of kill team kill for the first 30 seconds but then they made it something really cool i think i really dk where you’re coming from i must say but much love
I agree with your thoughts on pretty much every short, except “In Vaulted Halls” - I personally loved that one (I’m a sucker for anything Great Old One-y). Over all, a fantastic volume for this series!! Huge improvement over volume 2. :)
☯️ Great show Goblin ‼️🥰
The Very Pulse of the Machine was my favourite, second being Mason's Rats. there is nothing that can get me more hyped than bagpipes, kilts and badass rats
Thank you so much Daniel. I asked my sons but they have not watched it yet, now I can watch it. That was a great review.
Awesome video
Mason's Rats. Booktube channel. Probably should give credit to Neal Asher for the short story too :) (Psst, also wrote Bad Travelling--again, all the love to David Fincher, but none for Neal).
I love me some Joe Abercrombie--but c'mon. Source material :)
I'm also struck by how little you reference the underlying source material on ALL of these, considering 99% of them are based on SF short stories that predate the first LD&R--would really open up your audience (and BookTube audience in general that seems to largely center around Fantasy and YA) to SciFi authors and material they might be interested in :)
Not taking shots. Love your content. But a simple inclusion of the authors behind these stories would go a long way to spreading some love and sending some new readers to those authors who are largely still working and writing SciFi to this day :)
Was I the only one who enjoyed kill team kill? I adored the action and animation, though the characters could have been better.
I mean I also enjoyed it. It's not deep, clever or anything really. But if you take it for what it is then it's quite enjoyable, and plus, it's still fun to see stories like that sometimes.
Netflix has collected the stories all these shirts are based on through season 1-3. Would love to have you dive deeper into the shorts you like and read the short stories and compare.
Jibaro was so odd. It's at the bottom of my ranking for season 3. It was uncomfortable to watch, due to the frame rate? Yet, for some reason, I can't stop thinking about it. I should probably watch it a few more times.
It makes me feel so uncomfortable! When it was over I was like "Huh? What just happened?" and I hate it! But it´s also my favourite episode and I loved everything about it.
I hated it. I appreciate the effort but there was too much I didn't enjoy about it to really want to watch it again.
@@teksnotdead902 I feel that.
i loved the visuals and animation but i felt like it was trying to say something and i didn't get it
@@sorenkair I have a video on my channel on Vol 3, and I talk about that. Like, was it about greed or revenge? Those were the only two themes I picked up on.
LOVED IT! Way to get better from season 2. Very very cool!
Honestly, Jibaro, Swarm, and Bad Travelling felt like they were on the same level as Sonnie's Edge, Beyond the Aquila Rift, Good Hunting, and Zima Blue from Volume 1. The only short from Volume 2 that rose to the same level for me was Pop Squad. Overall, I felt that Volume 3 had far more of Volume 1's quality in it than previous and I hope they seriously continue making this. Fingers crossed for a Volume 4, 5, and 6.
What did you think of The Drowned Giant? That was one of the highlights of season 2, I thought.
@@nathancarter8239 I thought it was interesting metaphor for when a whale washes up on shore or something similar. I thought it was fine but nothing as stand out as the others mentioned.
@@TheAndroidNextDoor Fair enough.
What about Snow In The Desert? That was great.
@@SadPeterPan1977 honestly that felt pretty eh to me because it felt like the first 15 minutes of a larger story that never got fleshed out.
I guess I am in a minority here because I liked season 2 as much as I liked season 3.... Season 2 I believe had that train episode, and that santa episode... and that interesting looking episode about teenagers taking drugs and having that crazy race on a lake. I dunno I would say season 2 was as strong as this one. Good review Daniel!
Jibaro was parkouring between PS2 and cinematic graphics
Jibaro was also my favorite of the season, no dialogue and I understood the story throughout the episode
MASON'S RATS was one of my favourites too. I enjoyed IN VAULTED HALLS ENTOMBED more than yourself, though I did notice the same drawbacks as yourself. I think if they built up to the reveal rather than have it be Lovecraftian out of nowhere it would have landed better -- I think I'm just a sucker for big old beasties so I'd give it a 6/10.
JIBARO was one of the best things I've ever seen. I really love when media goes all-in on sound design. It gives a texture to the viewing experience that I don't think enough filmmakers strive for and I think it adds so much. I rewatched the initial siren song bit like five times in a row after finishing the episode. Such a great, great thing. I'm so glad this show exists so weird stuff like this can exist.
I've stopped really caring for the THREE ROBOTS flicks, they're OK but it feels a bit played out and memey. It needs a twist that isn't cats to pull me back on board. They can do better, story-wise. Though I did notice a marked improvement in the quality of the CGI. There was a lot more weight and texture to the assets.
In Vaulted Halls Entombed gets really stupid when they shoot their 30 bullet magazines at walls covered with thousands of killer spiders instead of just running immediately.
@@hexcodeff6624 Yeah I did roll my eyes at that bit.
Liked In vaulted halls entombed because the visuals of the temple reminded me of some Destiny type of dungeon. It looked really cool, although the execution could indeed be better.
damn, kinda sad you didnt like "the very pulse of the machine". It was one of my favourites alongside "bad travelling". I could feel joe abercrombie's writing in 'mason's rats" and absolutely loved it lol.
I still have watched season 1 lol might have to check it out.
I did not even realize S3 of Love, Death & Robots was out. I'll watch it and then come back.
Still haven't watched season 1 because I thought it wasn't my thing but this makes me rethink that 🤔 sounds like a weird time and I might be into that 😂 love how you can tell the creative differences between each episode and see the hand of the creator behind them, great concept.
you have to watch season one if only for the episode "zima blue"
id say definitely do it, you will only gain things, but if youre still unsure id suggest the following one Sonnie's Edge for action, Beyond Aquila Rift for horror, Good Hunting for character relationships and Zima Blue for some nice bit of interesting weird. thats about 1 hour to watch all of them probably a little less and i can guarantee you will either be hooked or firmly decided it isnt for you when youre done
As someone with a BFA in media arts and animation, I am loving every single one of these. The whole point of LDR is for small animation studios that usually do stuff for games or cg formovies to actually stretch their legs and do something fun that they enjoy and I am so here for it. It's a showcase of animation as art.
I think Pulse of the Machine had the most "classic" Sci-Fi vibes of the bunch this volume. I told you of my love for Jibaro. I don't think we're going to get a follow up to Swarm, but I hope I'm wrong. My other favorites were definitely Mason's Rats and Bad Traveling. Way to go LDR. Bring on volume 4
that finale gave me a mild sensory overload.
Pulse is my favorite. My cousin passed away from cancer in 2019 and I was with him from the day he went into the hospital in June to the day he passed in Aug. I watched him each day get thinner and then in the end he was confused and did not know where he was. I remember looking over at him as he slept and wondered what he was dreaming about. I have no idea if he was having nightmares or if he was living the rest of his life in his head unaware of what was happening in that hospital room. When she is hallucinating and passing away it made me tear up for obvious reasons
Bad travelling was my personal favourite but I gotta say and be basic in saying jibaro was the best one
I kinda want to watch a Fincher directed monster movie now. I know he makes a lot of them where people are the monsters (and its true in Bad Travelling as well), but I’d like to see him do something fantastical.
When you said Joe Abercrombe worked on one of those, I immediately thought it must have been Masons rats. I think my favourite of the season, shortly followed by the swarmi think.
i had no idea what love death robots was about or that it was an animated showcase thing, but from this i very much want to watch it.
"Swarm" is a short story by Bruce Sterling from 80s ... there'll be no part two...It's in Mechanicist / Shaper universe , so there 's that..
The dark Tower fan I am enjoyed the Kill Team Kill loveletter to Shardik
For me season 3 was a big step up from season 2 as well, there were many fun episodes and stories. It's not on the level season 1 was but I'd be satisfied if they continue with this level of quality with a few improvements here and there.
I made sure to watch before getting to this video!
I noticed this season barely has variety of animation but compensates with amazing visuals. Tons of references to ID4, Avatar, Uncharted and I think the writers didn't hold back with mocking humans and gore. I would like to see in future episodes less military stereotypes. I loved the injured rat giving a thumbs-up. Such detail! I hope the next volume will continue the "Swarm."
The Goblin has pinged therefore I am here
Check out Sound & Fury as well it's really cool
There was not enough animation in my opinion, it was all 3D except for Kill Team Kill, which had one short moment with animation that stood out, somewhat.
Are we going to get another Silk Punk Opera piece like "Good Hunting"? Or anything animated really interestingly?
Great series. How is no one talking about Night of the mini dead !! Awesome ep. Bad Travelling and The Swarm probaby my favourite 2 eps.
Pirates were cool:)
Jibaro was terrible yet messmerising, the swarm needs a part 2, i actually liked In vaulted halls entombed, the creatures reminded me of the things in Fragment by warren fahy. Masons rats was excellent and Night of the mini dead was like watching Michael Bentines potty time (look it up lol) justa very good season...aside from the one with the bear
Bad traveling and jibaro were amazing
IVHE seems like they were planning on adapting a Lovecraft story, but they couldn’t get the rights for it.
the emotes in the title make it feel like a random shorts video and I end up ignoring it half the time
One aspect i hope to see more of if theres a 4th season is more Mega-Cities. I enjoyed season 2 more than most because i loved how the city scapes looked in Ice and Pop Squad etc. I like to see more future Earths
I laughed at the end of the first episode! The joke was so in your face, I just loved it 😂
Thats a dope Dune shirt :3 where do i get the same ?
Bad traveling had a very convincing Chasmfiend if I do say so myself
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But what were Jibaro's themes?
Originally, I read it as the tragedy of a woman wanting affection, but surrounded and ultimately betrayed by the man who she initially wanted. What lost me was that her power healed him and ultimately gave her the ability to kill him.
Then I saw a critique that pointed out how much these men looked like fictionalized Spanish conquistadors and how this was a metaphor colonization. That no one wins when the land and the people - the woman - is stripped of her riches and forced to defend herself yet again.
What stays with me is how much she seemed to long for connection. It reminds me of how straight women can struggle to find love when some men really just seek to exploit them. She thought she found someone who was better. And he metaphorically r*ped and murdered her. Even after committing her revenge, she will always bear those scars.
Jibaro was just not the kind of thing I like.
It'll have to go with Swarm and In Vaulted Halls Entombed at the bottom of my list.
Masons Rat's, Bad Traveling and Night of the Mini Dead easily top my list for not only this season but pretty much the entire show.
Mine is the Night of the Mini Dead.
I want The Three Robots to have their own show about their adventures.
I always see Love Death Robots as a bunch of possible concepts animated. The Swarm for example had some crazy stuff, then the vault one with cthulhu I could see my mind forming a D&D one shot based in it, I really liked the concept of the spiders actually being cool robots created to protect the place and not let the monster be freed, could be better executed tho. The rats one was really fun prob my fav. The zombies one was nice and quick. The robots sequel and the mercenaries were my least favorite of the bunch. The one of the ship was great too and the last one with the deaf and the siren was just the weirdest shit ever, I liked it tho.
Swarm was my absolute favorite. I just wanted more
I hoping we get Neal Asher Polity Universe series at some point!
Kill Team Kill is what I imagine Ball Fondlers (from Rick n Morty interdimensional cable) is like. And I liked that I got a chance to glimpse what it could possibly be live. It ain't a brilliant masterwork or anything but I LIKED IT
Ahhhhhh, this season was great! SOOO much better than S2! Bummer you didn't like Kill whatchamacallit though. It reminded me a lot of Venture Bros or Korgoth of Barbaria, and I loved it. The vault entombed one definitely felt a bit hollow though, I feel that. Jibaro, NUTS! The animation at a couple points was clunky, but at many looked like it was actual live action. SO GOOD! Oh gosh, Mason's Rats too, hilaaarious! Thanks for the video Daniel!
You should check out the animatrix if you haven't already.
I loved kill team kill
David Fincher directing this short digital puppet movie is a little dream of mine because I always wanted to see well established and respected live action directors to try their hands at animation/puppetry.
Me watching bad travelling i kept thinking it had a David fincher look to it, that dark undersaturated grainy atmosphere going on, turn out It was him who directed it. One of the 3 masterpiece from season 3. And jibaro lets not even begin that convo.
My favorites were:
Bad Travelling
The Swarm
Mason's Rats
Jibaro didn't do it for me at all, just felt weird to me, and the movements made me want to throw up. Probably a personal thing and not representative though. I actually don't like nightmares.
It making you want to throw up is exactly why it's a masterpiece.
Jibaro creeped me out but I can understand the appeal. The rats episode also had me laughing and was probably my favorite. Season 1 stays highly superior in my opinion.
I have seen season 1 but not season 2, is there any S2 episode you guys recommend?
With 3 seasons now, I need to figure out my Ultimate LD+R lineup.
I can see a pattern with bad episodes: "soldiers encounter bad monster and all eventually die". Hope not to see more of this in future seasons.
Didn't even knew there was another season... I hope it is better then the second, because there were few I really enjoyed.
So I decided to stop the Review and to first watch the new season.
also i kinda liked kill team kill! it was kinda funny in a bro dude frat house kinda way... made me laugh out loud at some points!!
but in vaults entombed or how it was called was lame i agree. although i kinda have doubts about how it ended...
I cant find your video about second season...or did you skipped it ?
I haven’t watched it is it good and should I watch it??
I definitely recommend it....
Daniel, two words for you: Neal. Asher. I recently found your channel, so am not too familiar with your taste in sci fi. A quick search does not turn up anything by Asher that you have reviewed. From this season of LD+R, both "Mason's Rats" and "Bad Traveling" are adaptations of Asher short stories. "Snow in the Desert" from LD+R vol. 2 was also one of his, set in his Polity Universe. Asher is (in my opinion) one of the best sci fi authors writing today, both in epic space opera and short form. For an entry into the "Polity/Runcible" universe, try "Prador Moon." Not required reading before his anthologies, but it helps. If you're hooked, read the Ian Cormac series (starts with Gridlinked), then take the much more interesting Spatteryjay branch (starting with the Skinner), before winding up with the Pennyroyal and Jain books. He also has another series called "The Owner" which is not quite as awesome. For his short story collections, start with "The Engineer (Reconditioned)".
Bad traveling was cosmic horror but not…
My top 3 were Bad Travelling, Mason's Rats, and Jibaro.
Jibaro def top 1
Swarm was really good
Bad travelling was really good
Pulse of the machine i thought i didnt like at first but it gave me some odd « thinking way too deeply about life » feelings even when i think about it several weeks after watching it, so it prob did a good job
Also vaulted hall was fine for me, im easily sold on lovecraftian animation
The witness probably remains my top 1 for all 3 seasons tho