The Screaming of the Tyrannosaur

The episode in the technical department was really well done, nothing to say. I love this style of animation and would watch hundreds of shorts made in this exact manner.

The problem, however, was everything else. The story, in my opinion, is confusing. Honestly even now that I look back on the episode, I struggle to make sense of the whole plot of the episode. I don't even understand why there are dinosaurs, making them appear in my opinion without any logic (it seems like they were running out of ideas and said 'But why don't we put some triceratops and a t-rex, just to put something in?') Even the final twist I find absolutely without logic. I won't give spoilers but those who have seen the episode will hopefully agree with me.

In conclusion, nothing can be said about the technical department, it is really well done and thought out. The rest, however, is highly insufficient and makes the episode less memorable than it could have been.

Story is not bad and pretty easy understandable, cool gladiator setting in outer space. Visually stunning, the aesthetic of the clothes, patterns, and creatures (dinosaurs) is good. Delivers the core message of the hierarchy and the cruelty in humanity.

Unfortunately the pronunciation and tone of the voice over is so awkward. It actually ruins the whole experience for me as a native Mandarin speaker. Not really understand the reason why behind the voice casting.

Perhaps I will buy the original book since looks fun in the short episode, looking forward to digging the background and characters.

Space aristocrats organize a bloody gladiator match in honor of their marriage.

This is probably one of the most Heavy Metal-like episodes of LD&R. It's got pretty much everything a teenage boy needs: dinosaurs, naked women, and bloody gladiator battles. As an added bonus, it's reminiscent of Taarna in some ways. Certainly not in plot, but it's got the whole "I'm a naked badass chick" thing in spades.

The thing is that there isn't a whole lot to it other than the naked badass chick, which was already done to perfection in Taarna. If you're going in this direction, you might as well push it all the way to 11. Although the art was great, thematically, this was not an 11.

On one hand, it seems to know that it's exploitation. However, it seems to be suffering from delusions of grandeur. This is especially true at the end, when you get this sentimental Big Message. Delivered by a naked chick.

I'm not really sure if Bai Ling was given the correct direction here. She seems to be treating this episode as if it's serious, creating a disconnect between the exploitative content and the serious voice acting. Did nobody tell her that her character was going to be riding naked on a dinosaur?

The announcer did not sound all that good to me. The delivery was probably better than I could have done, but I'm not a professional. It was only later that I saw that it was some YouTuber. That's rather disappointing. I would have thought that LD&R could appeal to big name voice actors.

The big upside to all these complaints, though, is that the art is quite good. It's fast-paced, action-oriented, and suits the story. The aristocrats are appropriately decadent, and the warriors look and act like badasses. It's got a comic book flavor to it, but mostly just in the sense of insane stuff happening for no reason (like dinosaur fights in outer space).

Although this is perhaps the closest LD&R has gotten to Heavy Metal, I think it's more of a pale copy than anything else. Why didn't they get better voice talent? Where's Alberto Mielgo and his incredibly creative, mind-screw episodes? Oh well. At least we got space dinosaurs.

This season has not been filled with hits, but this episode makes me not want to watch it at all anymore. After looking it up and seeing articles written about why they picked him for this, I have lost respect for the creaters of the show.

Getting a disgusting mysoginst as an actor just because he has love, death, & robots posters on his wall and they want his younger audience-who shouldn't be watching most of LDR's episodes anyway-is not a great way to get views.

If viewership is down, pay better writers. We stopped watching after this one and I don't know if we will finish the season, but there were only a couple of episodes that were worth it before this one.

Even without his character, it's not a great episode.

What a fitting role for Mr Beast. Showing off people fighting against each other, killing each other for sport and the entertainment of the elite. Others have pointed out that he appears more human in this animation than he does in real life and for some weird reason that is true. He is a despicable thing in vaguely human form and having him appear in any form of entertainment makes me sad. Although, to re-iterate, the detestable role he plays here very much mirrors what he is doing in real life.

I did enjoy the ending, though. Other commenters said the whole thing doesn't make sense. I mean, fair. It's a very tiny glimpse into a world we know nothing about. But I also don't know what else you need to know. Where the dinosaurs came from? They were just there for the entertainment and for spectacle. There's nothing else to it. Sometimes you need to remember that it's just a story and you should really just relax.