Love, Death & Robots Volume 4 Review

It's safe to say that one of the best modern adult animated shows out there is Love, Death & Robots as the show quite literally has something for anybody who loves adult animation. Well the show has just released it's fourth season and well since i've not only spoke about all of the previous seasons of this show thus far but also reviewed an episode from it's series as well you all just knew that I had to check out this new season the very first chance that I got and so then me as I review the latest season of the show that proves that animation isn't just for kids with the show in question being called simply "Love, Death & Robots" enjoy.

With this being an anthology show it doesn't have one continuing plot to speak off as all of the episodes have different plots. Now the in of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plots that are actually featured / presented to us in this very show well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plots that are actually featured / presented to us in this very show was in all honesty not that bad with this season of the show having a very ride range of plots with some of them being more dramatic like "Spider Rose" for example and some of them being alot more comedic in nature like for example "The Other Large Thing" both of which have very different tones from one another and yet both of there plots work really well with Spider Rose dealing with someone who is out for revenge against her husbands killer and The Other Large Thing dealing with a cat that has to team up with his owners new robot servant to help to take over the world and yet both of those plots work really well and it's like that for all of this seasons episodes as they are all some really creative plots with the only episode that does let this season down from a plot point of view being "Can't Stop" as it's literally just the Red Hot Chili Peppers performing a song and nothing more then that which is fine but when the rest of this seasons plots are so strong it does make that one stand out all the more but for all of the wrong reasons as it's an episode that doesn't have a plot with that episode being the first episode of this new season it doesn't make sense for hat episode to be the first episode as you always want to lead with your strongest foot forward with the plots in this show also being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this season is Anthony Kiedis , Flea , John Frusciante , Chad Smith , Emily O'Brien and Feodor Chin. Also starring in this season is Piotr Michael , Sumalee Montano , John Boyega , Ed Skrein , Sienna King , Dwane Walcott , Rahul Kohli , Pamela Nomvete , Amar Chadha-Patel , Chris Parnell , John Oliver , Fred Tatasciore , Rachel Kimsey , Rhys Darby , Moe Daniels , Graham McTavish , Phil Morris , Michelle Lukes , Matthew Waterson , MrBeast , Bai Ling , Keston John , Braden Lynch , Roger Craig Smith , Gary Furlong , Bruce Thomas , Andrew Morgado , Scott Whyte , Melissa Villaseñor , Ronny Chieng , Amy Sedaris , Kevin Hart , Josh Brener , Nat Faxon , Niecy Nash-Betts , Brett Goldstein , Dan Stevens , JB Blanc , Nika Futterman , Jane Leeves , Dave B. Mitchell and Jim Broadbent.

Now then in of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very season well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very season was in all honesty not that bad. As all of this seasons episodes do have some really good acting in them which to be fair is something that's to be expected from this show as this show has always had some really good acting in it which is largely due to the fact that all of this season actors are a bunch of really good actors in there own right with alot of them treating there respective episode like it's a big deal and not just an episode of a TV show which is something that they very easily could have dine and yet because they don't do any of that all of this season performances feel alot more real and more authentic then what they had previously done in previous seasons of the show and while yes this could also be because of the fact this seasons actors are some really good actors in there own right the fact that they chose to bring to their game to this show when they really didn't have to do does go to show you even in adult animation you can get some really good acting in it as that's something that's seen not only all throughout this season but all throughout this show as a whole as well with the acting that's in this season also being helped by the fact that this seasons scripts are just so good that all this seasons actors have to do is just say the lines as they are written and a good performance will come out pf them naturally which is something that really does help to raise the overall quality of the acting that's in this very season.

Doing the animation for this show is Blur Studio , Buck , ion Animation Studios , AGBO , Luma Pictures , Titmouse , The Aaron Sims Company and Polygon Pictures. Now then in of what I personally thought / felt about the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very show well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very show was in all honesty really good with each episode having a vastly different set of animation styles to it with some of them blending in live action footage really well on top of that and while most of them do go the typical CGI route with there episodes the CGI is still so good that you forgive it for being something that you've seen before it with it really being hard to say which episode had the best animation to it as all of this episodes animation was to some degree really good which is something that does go to show that you want to see good quality animation the you have to look at shows like this as here you get animation from all over the world but if push does come to shove then the episode with the best animation would have to be "Spider Rose" as that episodes animation was truly breathtaking to look at from time to time with there being lots of little detail just in the titular characters space ship alone that does make the episode worth watching but that is something that could also be said for "The Other Large Thing" as well where the cat looks so good that he could have been done in live action and nobody would be able to tell the difference as that's just how good he looked with even "Golgotha" mixing animation and live action footage to create something that is truly special and something that really does need to be seen to be believed as it's just that good.

If there's one major issue with this seasons episodes it's that what should have been the first episode "Close Encounters of the Mini Kind" should have bee the first episode of this new season where as "Can't Stop" should been somewhere around the middle of this seasons episodes. As Close Encounters Of The Mini Kind was the much more stronger episode to start out on where as the same thing cannot be said for "Can't Stop" as that episode is quite literally just the Red Hot Chili Peppers performing the titular song and that's really it which is something would have been fine if that episode was placed say fifth in this seasons running order as the you could have a good mixture of stronger episode before getting to the one episode is the weakest episode that this show has ever done where as while Close Encounters Of The Mini Kind isn't as good as say "Sonnie's Edge" from the first series or even "Night Of The Mini Dead" from the previous series it still would have been a strong enough episode to start on as well as easing in long time fans of the show and easing them slowly back in with this new season where as with "Can't Stop" that episode felt like that it was placed there just to appease fans of the band and nothing more then that as it doesn't have any of the shows oddness that this show has become known for where as with alot of this seasons episodes they do have that oddness that makes this show standout by a mile as "Can't Stop" is just set in a random concert with the only selling point to that episode being that your seeing this world famous rock band in puppet form and that's really it where as with Close Encounters Of The Mini Kind your seeing the same team that did Night Of The Mini Dead tell an alien invasion storyline but it's done in the exact same way that Night Of The Mini Dead was done in as well.

What was shocking was the fact that this season had an episode where a character only spoke Chinese all throughout the episode. With that episode being of course "The Screaming Of The Tyrannosaur" which was weird as while that episode did have an English speaking person in it in MrBeast he is the only one that speaks English in it as the episode only has two actors with the other one of course being Bai Ling while this was a choice that does make this episode stand out from the rest of the show it's also one that does make it hard to connect to her character as the only way that you'd be able to connect to her character was if you spoke Chinese as then you'd be able to understand what her character but on the flip of that is the fact that it means that the episode has to rely on it's visuals and the characters body language to get across what there thinking and feeling at any given moment in the episode thus forcing us the audience to actually pay attention to what's going on in the episode and while that episode does have a really predictable ending to it what makes it a good episode is working what exactly it is that Bai Ling's character is actually saying as for all we know she could be spoiling the rest of the episode or she could be giving us some her characters backstory either way it does make the episode very interesting to watch as now we will always have that mystery of what it was that she was actually saying in this episode and while the episode as a whole might not be that good what it does have going for it is the fact that one of it's characters only ever speaks one language all throughout it which is something that really does make this episode stand out from all of the other episodes from this season.

As with all of the previous seasons of this show this season does have episodes that deal with alot of very heavy themes. With this seasons final episode "For He Can Creep" dealing with the devil and what it means to be a good person and "Spider Rose" dealing with grief and how you can find ways to deal with it which was something that I personally wasn't expecting from this show and yet at the same time it's something that did work really well as alot of adulty shows just say that there adult by having the characters swearing a couple of times and that's really it where as with this current season there's perhaps not one single episode where a character swears altho there is one that does contain some very brief female nudity but it doesn't last for long with the rest of this season being adult in all of the right reason by tackling these very heavy themes head on and while yes we do get the typical gore alot of the time it's however only used in one episode and even then there's a heavy theme in that episode as it's about one of the characters finding religion after going a particularly harrowing experience with the show dealing more with adult themes then going for cheap thrills that make this show seem adult but not really being adult which is what an adult cartoon should do and while some of them are handled better then others with Spider Rose handling it's main theme and message alot more better then For He Can Creep does for example that doesn't negate the message of that show as learning how to deal with the devil in ways that aren't over the top is just as important as learning how to move on after you've lost someone close to you with it being alot of those episodes that do stand out alot more as while yes the more goofier episodes are still really fun and in some cases funny to watch it's the episodes that do deal with more complex and adult themes that make those episodes and this show alot more memorable then what it really had any to be.

Now then the episodes this season really had a mixture of running times with them all lasting anywhere from six to seventeen minuets. Which to be fair is pretty par the course for a show like this one to have with it really being helped by the fact that alot of this season episodes really did have the right amount of plot there for there respective running time and while some episodes to take as full advantage as they possibly could do given there running time alot of them just don't with very few of them taking the time needed in order to flesh put there plots and characters as while the episode "Can't Stop" doesn't have a plot to it it also doesn't need to to flesh out it's characters as it's characters are real life people but an episode like "400 Boys" really did need to flesh out both of those things as the plot of the short isn't as well developed as it could have been with it seemingly like that all of these gangs just started for no reason and none of that episodes characters are that well developed either with none of them being memorable at all with the same thing also being true for "Spider Rose" as none of that episodes characters come across as being all that memorable this is despite the fact that the plot of that episode is really well done so much so that that episode could be seen as being a pilot episode for a new TV series but even so the episodes characters need a alot of work done to them as we don't find out what this alien was like prior to the death of her husband and nor do we find out why there was a bounty put on both of their heads both of which are things that we should have been told as the latter is a key plot point and the former could have bee used to make the character a little bit more likable then what she already is but I really will it that this season really does have some really good pacing to it tho.

So now then as this is an anthology show that really does mean that I have to actually talk about the actual anthology aspect of the show well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual anthology aspect of the show was in all honesty really good. As we get a good mixture of alot of genre's from comedy to straight up horror and a little bit of drama and action thrown in there as well with the best horror themed episode being "Spider Rose" as they really do do some creative and borderline creepy stuff not only with the main female character but also with her animal sidekick and the best comedy episode is actually a three way tie between "Close Encounters Of The Mini Kind" , "The Other Large Thing" and "Smart Appliances, Stupid Owners" as all three of those episodes have something that just gut bustingly funny about them be it seeing an alien invasion on a mini scale to seeing a cat have this evil monologue to his owners only for it to be revealed that from there point of view he's just meowing or from hearing what normal everyday appliances have to think of there owners there's something in all three of those episodes that will make you laugh at the very least once much like how there's something in all of this seasons episodes for every one as if you like drama then there's "400 Boys" but if you like action then there's "The Screaming Of The Tyrannosaur" and "How Zeke Got Religion" bottom line is there is something for everyone in this season with this season as alot of people will like different episodes of this season as all of them including "Can't Stop" are just good episodes in there own right in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall this seasons episodes were a really good bunch of episodes with it being very easy to see some of these episodes becoming firm fan favorites much like "Sonnie's Edge" was for the first season but at the same time this season as a whole isn't as strong as even the last season of the show was with this season having lot more bad to weak episodes then what season three of this show had in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now the i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in his very season in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very season really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 7.5 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from IMP Awards . Com and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from this very season that I used in this very review being the really great Google Images really simply just due to the fact that really alot of if not really all of the images that are all really from this very season with really alot of them being really better quality then what you'd really think of and really all of the images are really of course up and really on Google Images are also really all fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.