Watched the new "season" of LOVE, DEATH + ROBOTS last night.
I was a little disappointed in there only being 8 episodes compared to 18 last time. Barely a 90-minute movie there. But still a lot of different styles and concepts. and nifty authors involved - John Scalzi, Joe Lansdale, Harlan Ellison and more.
It made me think of CREEPSHOW and back when they did those sort of anthology things at the movies. I remember walking home one summer night from that particular show - which came out in 1982 and was really pretty cartoonish, as it was meant to be - and my friend's knees were knocking - literally knocking! I'd heard that as an expression before, but I hadn't thought it actually happened. I remember thinking maybe these silly stories weren't so silly, on some level.
I think that was the summer I started getting interested in fantastic stories for real - King's NIGHT SHIFT, picked up in an airport was my true gateway.
Do we *need* stories like those in L,D+R. I think so. Especially these days, we need to realize we have a bright side and a dark side and we seem to need help recognizing them in ourselves - "Pop Squad" from this season might be a good SF noir example. We need to see our own fear and realize it's okay. We need warnings disguised as humor. And we need to know there are monsters out there.
And, potentially, inside as well.
I was a little disappointed in there only being 8 episodes compared to 18 last time. Barely a 90-minute movie there. But still a lot of different styles and concepts. and nifty authors involved - John Scalzi, Joe Lansdale, Harlan Ellison and more.
It made me think of CREEPSHOW and back when they did those sort of anthology things at the movies. I remember walking home one summer night from that particular show - which came out in 1982 and was really pretty cartoonish, as it was meant to be - and my friend's knees were knocking - literally knocking! I'd heard that as an expression before, but I hadn't thought it actually happened. I remember thinking maybe these silly stories weren't so silly, on some level.
I think that was the summer I started getting interested in fantastic stories for real - King's NIGHT SHIFT, picked up in an airport was my true gateway.
Do we *need* stories like those in L,D+R. I think so. Especially these days, we need to realize we have a bright side and a dark side and we seem to need help recognizing them in ourselves - "Pop Squad" from this season might be a good SF noir example. We need to see our own fear and realize it's okay. We need warnings disguised as humor. And we need to know there are monsters out there.
And, potentially, inside as well.