Netflix's sci-fi anthology series, massive hits like Alien 3, Seven, Fight Club, Panic Room, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, and more. Love, Death + Robots was initially conceived as a reboot of the 1981 animated movie Heavy Metal, and the first three seasons had critics and audiences in relative agreement regarding its greatness. However, that has ended with season 4.
A day after its release on Netflix, Love, Death + Robots season 4 has a rare 100% Tomatometer (critic) score on Rotten Tomatoes. This favorable reception is contradicted by the anthology series' audience score, which stands at only 34% with over 50 ratings. Where critics praise Love, Death + Robots season 4's continued creativity, general audiences overwhelmingly complained that the various stories offered by this most recent installment fell flat compared to past seasons.
What Season 4's Split Critic & Audience Reviews Mean for Love, Death + Robots
Is It Good Or Bad?
The split reviews for Love, Death + Robots season 4 make it evident that critics and audiences were looking for different things in this newest batch of episodes. The professional reviews leaned heavily on the series as a whole, discussing how season 4 contributes to the larger picture that is this sci-fi anthology. On the other hand, general audiences were let down by the individual stories within each episode of season 4. Dozens of individual reviews claimed that, out of the 10 episodes in Love, Death + Robots season 4, only a few of them held their attention.
Though the critic scores for season 4 were generally positive, several noted that this installment contained signs of creative fatigue.
Though the critic scores for season 4 were generally positive, several noted that this installment contained signs of creative fatigue. This aligns with what general audiences were saying about the stories in Love, Death + Robots season 4. So, while the percentage of positive reviews differed greatly from viewer to viewer, the general consensus is still that these episodes don't quite contain the same flair as those that came before. It may not have been a deal breaker for critics, but audiences were far more keen to share their disappointment and frustration.
Our Take On Love, Death + Robots Split Rotten Tomatoes Scores
The Long Wait May Have Shifted Audiences' Perspectives
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It's important to what Rotten Tomatoes' scores really mean. The 100% critic score for Love, Death + Robots season 4 doesn't indicate perfection. Instead, it means that all gave generally positive reviews. Similarly, the Rotten Tomatoes audience score indicates that 34% of those who participated gave a positive rating. We can conclude from these figures that season 4 isn't bad, but it doesn't quite stack up to its previous installments. After such a long wait for Love, Death + Robots, this was harder for general audiences to overlook than for the professionals.
Source: Rotten Tomatoes
Love, Death & Robots
- Release Date
- March 15, 2019
- Network
- Netflix
- Directors
- Víctor Maldonado, Alfredo Torres Martínez, Jerome Chen, Robert Valley, Rémi Kozyra, Léon Bérelle, Dominique Boidin, Alberto Mielgo, Maxime Luère, Dave Wilson, David Nicolas, Patrick Osborne, Simon Otto, Damian Nenow, Laurent Nicolas, Kevin Van Der Meiren, Vitaliy Shushko, Emily Dean, Owen Sullivan, István Zorkóczy, Javier Recio Gracia, Oliver Thomas, Jon Yeo, Elliot Dear
Cast
Fred TatascioreCount Dracula-
Scott WhyteSimon
WHERE TO WATCH
- Writers
- Tim Miller, Philip Gelatt
- Creator(s)
- Tim Miller
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