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TV SERIES · 2019– · USA

Love, Death & Robots

Episodes
46

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An anthology of animated short stories spanning science fiction, fantasy, horror and comedy.

12 Interesting Facts About Love, Death & Robots

Interesting Facts (11)

  1. #001

    Netflix announced on Twitter that it was testing different episode orders for the first season, showing four separate sequences to different viewers.

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  2. #002

    Each episode opens with the series' three-line logo shifting into symbols that foreshadow that episode's story.

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  3. #003

    Tim Miller recalled that Alberto Mielgo pitched The Witness as the greatest striptease in animation history, yet the first script he received contained no striptease at all.

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  4. #004

    By season four, John Scalzi is the most-adapted author, with 7 episodes drawn from his stories. He is also the only writer to have turned his own story into a script, which he has done 4 times. The only other screenwriter credited with adapting more than 3 episodes is Philip Gelatt, who wrote 25 scripts across the first three seasons.

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  5. #005

    Creator Tim Miller said in an interview at the International Film Festival of Cartagena de Indias in Colombia that "Heavy Metal" (1981) was the series' main inspiration.

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  6. #006

    The project began as a theatrical reboot of Heavy Metal (1981).

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  7. #007

    Tim Miller said that during development of Heavy Metal, 28 stories were worked up, and 25 of them were short stories he had found that had nothing to do with Heavy Metal; the same approach was applied to Love, Death & Robots.

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  8. #008

    Tim Miller described the episode selection as a physical wall of images showing running times and story titles, with roughly 100 candidates moved in and out of the lineup.

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  9. #009

    Jennifer Yuh Nelson said the blend of animation styles is intentional, because a story pitched as 2D can stand out beside a realistic project.

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  10. #010

    Tim Miller said he and Jennifer Yuh Nelson had talked about letting viewers reorder episodes into a playlist, the way you would make a mixtape for friends.

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  11. #011

    Jennifer Yuh Nelson said Alberto Mielgo does not use motion capture, and every frame of his work is keyframed by an artist.

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Deeper Meaning (1)

  1. #012

    Broken or injured left arms recur throughout the first season.

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