Is Love, Death, + Robots, the key to small story success?

Animation has always expanded in quality, style, storytelling, and inspiration. But there has never been a series that could do all of that at the same time. A thought that wasn't possible until Netflix released Love, Death, + Robots.

It's like watching a brand new show every episode. This could or already has become the new routine of the spectrum to tell stories in different routes to present a short story. With the newest season to be released this year, to the anticipation of how the newest collection will be presented.

Many shows have been adapted into full length shows or movies from just a short story. Justified was expanded from the short story, Fire in the Hole. Stephen King's Children of The Corn, etc. Having this show created, it brings a whole new attention to the short story creators. Not just one, but many. For example, the episodes Zima Blue and Beyond the Aquila Rift, are from Zima Blue and other stories. Using the same book in two different episodes, with two different styles of animation to present how the story should be presented.

Having this unique form of different with animation, with the plethora of stories to be brought to the world. Love, Death, + Robots might just be the route for the storytellers that have yet to be discovered. Not only that, but to have an animator get their starting point for a show like this to have on their resume. To highlight the underrated talents on the sides of writing and animating.

Tim Miller, the creator of the series, had worked on this project with the sole intention of the animated project to be a remake of David Fincher's 1981 movie, Heavy Metal. With Fincher's collaborations over the years, it fell into development hell, until after the premiere of Deadpool, the project arised again. On the conversation Miller had with Fincher about presenting the story again, Fincher had said, "F*ck the movie stuff, let's take it Netflix, because they'll let us do whatever we want." The delay for almost twenty years, turned out to be the best decision.

There gives a hope for creators to present a story to finally be adapted. A hope for the animators that want to have something to show how they can tell this story with their own unique style that hasn't been used or done before. With the positive acclaim from the first batch of episodes, now the opportunity presents itself for a continuation of one particular episode or a new story to be shown to the world.

Animation has changed every decade. It could be something elaborate and intrigue of style like Beauty and The Beast or The Thief and The Cobbler or simple yet thought provoking like The Loud House or Adventure Time. This is the decade defining series with every part of the style and form into one series. As an homage and game changer in entertainment.

It is nice with this concept that every episode is different, as the creator to choose what the style will be or as the viewer to know there are 16 options of episodes with individual styles to choose from depending on the interest of taste some watchers prefer.

The media loving society that we are is always anticipating for the next unique thing to absorb and to be fascinated. This gamble of an altered project, it paid off in phenomenal ways. This show, this outlet, these creations, this is what the world of entertainment needed.

I anticipate with passive impatience to see what wonders of the tales to show and tell with the release of season 2.