Mason's Rats

Netflix's "Love, Death and Robots" series returns for a Third run. Overall, I enjoyed the first two seasons and wrote short individual reviews for each episode and I think I'll take the same approach here.

Fearing an influx of Rats on his largely roboticised farm, Mason (Craig Ferguson) engages an extermination firm and Nigel (Dan Stevens) sells him a top of the line laser defence. His rats though, have been at the genetically modified seeds and are smarter than anticipated. When they knock out the system, Mason upgrades to a lethal vindictive variant - but even he comes to wonder if it's overkill.

Really liked the look of this one, it's CGI characters, with an basis of realism but with some stylised exaggerations to them. The robot scorpion was sleek and terrifying, relative to the mundane robotics that are in use on the rest of the farm. The vocal performances were good, though admittedly most of Craig Ferguson's were muttering.

It was a decent short story though and a complete one, rather than one that felt like just the opening of one. Neal Asher also wrote "Bad Travelling" this season, which again was a tight but complete story.

Doesn't outstay it's welcome and is a fun time whilst it's on.

Yeah, it's a good story. Maybe with too "fairy tale" of an ending, but maybe that's because it's not only an allegory of the evils and horrors of war, but also a display of hope, that war can not only come to an end, but arrive at a conclusion that is met with mutual admiration and newfound respect.

It's extremely violent for a light-hearted message, and with such cute rats too. But a solid story.

Love, Death + Robots: Mason's Rats (2022) follows a farmer who finds he has a pest problem when the rats on his farm start fighting back. This episode had a fun and silly concept, and I was impressed! I had a lot of fun with it, and found it funny! It's definitely one of the strongest episodes of this season.

The animation was really good but it wasn't as unique as other animation showcased in the series as it was a bit too goofy however I did like the attention to detail! The setting was really beautiful too, and it was quite visually gruesome without being too overbearing!

The sound design was pretty good, and added to the fast and action packed nature of the episode. Also, I really liked the bagpipes used in the score, it was super fun to listen to!

I really liked the voice action for this one, and I found the main character to be funny and likeable! The humour in this episode made me chuckle quite a lot, which I was pleased with as I don't usually like the humour in this show. Also, I appreciated how the writers managed to give a weird sense of humanity to the rats and made the audience really sympathise with them!

The episode was very fast paced and action packed, there was never a dull moment! I thought it was the perfect length too, it told a very simple story quickly but effectively and was super engaging. I also really liked the wholesome and sweet ending!

I really enjoyed watching this one because the farmer ends up having a change of mind. The tech was cool, the rats were awesome. There were some really bloody scenes which were fun to watch. What more can you ask for?

This episode was awesome. The animation was well done, the gore was effective, and the overall tone was brilliant. The right balance of humor and action. Kill Team Kill episode could learn a lot from this one, as it's obvious these episodes were made by entirely different teams.