One episode is a horror masterpiece – forget the rest

Whenever a new season of Love, Death & Robots comes to Netflix, it’s like buying (or streaming) a pig in a poke: because among the animated short films in the sci-fi, horror and fantasy genres is always at least one episode that turns out to be annoyingly wasted lifetime (even if it’s just a few minutes).

But there is always something an episode that stands out from all the others and leaves a lasting impression. Season 3 of Love, Death & Robots is no exception. Even if you don’t watch the Netflix series, you should bad trip (Bad Travelling) is a must-see for a suspense-packed survival-horror excursion.

David Fincher shines in the best Love, Death & Robots episode with his abysmal ocean horror

In Season 3 Love, Death & Robots has Master director David Fincher (Fight Club, Sieben), who is the longtime producer of the series, is also directing an episode himself for the first time. His series excursions have so far been manageable with the first two episodes of House of Cards and the seven episodes of Mindhunter. But waiting for his dark animation trip was worth it.

In Fincher’s Season 3 contribution to Love, Death & Robots, a gripping 20-minute thriller on the ocean: A massive crab-like monster comes aboard a shark trawler and murders most of the crew before the survivors can trap it on the lower deck. The ship’s navigator is sent down to deal with the horror creature. The man-eating shellfish demands to be taken to a nearby island. But can the crew unleash it on countless innocents for their own survival? The moral dilemma draws deep rifts between the sailors.

Bad Journey: What sets the season 3 horror episode above the rest of the Love, Death & Robot episodes

Some Love, Death & Robots episodes on Netflix have the bitter aftertaste that a bloody spectacle is only being held there because of the brutal show values. Episode 5 of Season 3 (Kill It Team!) shows that in the most ugly way with its cyborg bear carnage. Even Jibaro (eps. 9) draws its fascination almost entirely from the visual appeal of a siren and a knight fighting. In Mason’s rats (episode 7), on the other hand, the vermin-hating farmer’s moral reversal at the end after the whole bloodbath seems rather unmotivated. Bad trip, on the other hand, manages to get his within a very short time ghastly murderous menace at the service of the narrative to deliver.

Unlike Episode 1 (Three Robots: Strategies for Retreat) or Episode 4 (Night of the Tiny Dead), it’s not a global apocalypse here, but a small-scale downfall. Just that The limited space of the ship makes the high seas chamber play an intense experience. David Fincher has had experience with this since the Panic Room. Between mutiny and drawing lots for the next monster meal, we can’t help but wonder how we would act on board.

Before a similar one Dilemma (self-protection vs. general public) are also the soldiers in episode 8 of Love, Death and Robots (Buried in the Vault). The Pulse in the Machine (Episode 3) shows a comparable journey with a clear goal but an uncertain outcome. Bad Journey also has the creepy image of strange creatures communicating through people (corpses) in common with Episode 6 (Swarmers). But unlike all those Season 3 episodes, David Fincher’s Netflix adventure doesn’t take away from us glimmer of hopewhich it takes to keep up with all the horror.

These 20 minutes of Love, Death & Robot are packed with substance and excitement

the ambivalent protagonist of the Navigator Torrin (voiced by Troy Baker) turns out to be a good choice to aggravate our moral dilemma. From the victim, who is supposed to negotiate with the giant crab as the weakest link in the chain, he becomes the leader and finally the perpetrator. Who gets the decision to say who gets to live and die? And in the end, is he really still acting for the good of the general public? some story twist comes unexpectedly.

Caught up in the story, we almost forget that everything is animated. But the Animation is fantastic and lends credibility to the horror vision – from drops of salt water on bare skin to the scissors of the monster crab.

When the 20 minutes of the 2nd episode Love, Death & Robots is over, your own heart beats as hard as after an endurance run and it feels more like we have one whole ocean of tension crossed. Everyone should really have that much time left for a spectacular horror excursion with substance.

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How did you like David Fincher’s episode Bad Journey from Love, Death & Robots? Do you have another favorite episode of Season 3?