Mission Alert: Lab 101
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When the only way to get at a target is by using a child, MI5 bring in special agents Tom and Zilla...
Making Things Talk: Using Sensors, Networks, and Arduino to See, Hear, and Feel Your World
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The workbenches of hobbyists, hackers, and makers have become overrun with microcontrollers,...
David McK (3705 KP) rated Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018) in Movies
Jul 12, 2020
Or, as they're called in this series (and elsewhere? I don't know) Kaiju and Jaegers respectively.
This is a sequel to the best non-Godzilla Godzilla movie (in all but name), this time starring Star Wars own John Boyega as its reluctant hero, as the son of the "we're cancelling the apocalypse" hero from the first move, and who gets drawn back into the whole military training around the Jaegers 10 years after the events of that last movie.
Just in time, then, for him to be in place as the undersea breaches reopen and more of those Kaiju to come through ...
Dumb fun, but seemingly lacking something (although you can actually see what's happening in the battles this time around!) compared to the original, or to the various 'official' Godzilla/King Kong/etc movies.
You Play the Girl
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We all know who The Girl is. She holds The Hero's hand as he runs through the Pyramids, chasing...
Man vs Mind: Everyday Psychology Explained
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Where do our thoughts come from? Do we all see the same blue? And how much is our eye really like a...
Storm the Train
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A one-way ticket to side-scrolling mayhem! Send your agents on a rampage of destruction against...
Lost Sphear
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The next evolution in this new golden age of JRPG’s arrives with LOST SPHEAR, bringing a fresh...
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Descender, Vol. 2: Machine Moon
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Young Robot boy TIM-21 and his companions struggle to stay alive in a universe where all androids...
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Descenders
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From the developers of Action Henk, Descenders is a fast-paced extreme downhill biking game that's...
Fred (860 KP) rated Love, Death & Robots in TV
Mar 24, 2019
I want to say, overall, the series is great. Most of the animation is great. Some of it, like in the short "The Witness" is so realistic, you'll think you're watching actual film. However, there are some shorts where the animation is done in the choppy, crappy CGI-drawn animation & this takes away from them. Just like the original Heavy Metal, some shorts work, some don't. Fortunately, most of them work, overall. Some have problems with their endings. They seem to either have no ending, or they're just not satisfying enough. I kind of wish they were 20 minutes each. But there are also some where the ending is the best part.
My favorite short is probably "Three Robots", which is about...3 robots. They're "taking a vacation" through an apocalyptic wasteland. It's funny & smart. My least favorite is probably "When the Yogurt Took Over", which is about...sentient yogurt. Fortunately, this one is also the shortest of them. Funny enough, both of these shorts were written by the same writer.
I see people complaining about the show's sexism towards women. Yes, this is a problem. But a minor one. The show does have fan service, especially in the short "The Witness" I mentioned. There's nudity just for the sake of having nudity. I feel that although in this day & age, in America, this is frowned upon, it fits with these shorts. It's not like it's non-stop nudity, it's just here & there. It also fits with the Heavy Metal series & I'm happy that it's there.
I could talk about each short separately, but I don't think they need to be. You can watch the entire series in a few hours & it's worth it. So what you waiting for?