Love, Death + Robots Volume 3, Episode 1: What Did Santayana Say?
The opening episode of Love, Death + Robots volume 3 «Three Robots: Exit Strategies» teases the audience with a quote from «the great human philosopher Santayana,» before the robot speaking is cut off — so who is Santayana? What did he say, and why is it relevant to the human extinction in Love, Death + Robots? In a similar vein to Black Mirror, the anthology series boasts an array of shorts in each season that toy with sci-fi, fantasy, and horror genres. Created by Deadpool director Tim Miller and produced by Fight Club director David Fincher, the series has won critical acclaim and several Primetime Emmy Awards, mostly for its unique, yet varied animation.
Love, Death + Robots volume 3, episode 1, «Three Robots: Exit Strategies» follows the same three robots last seen in season 1, episode 2. Their sightseeing voyage of a post-apocalyptic world, in which humanity has rendered the world uninhabitable, allows the robots to critique and mock the stupidity of humanity. When at a space station that is surrounded by the dead bodies of people who tried to escape on spaceships designed by the wealthiest people alive, 11-45-G, the robot with an automated voice and the least human-like of the three, tries to reflect upon the words of Santayana. The diminutive robot K-VRC quickly cuts him off, distracted by footage of the only spaceship that was able to escape earth in the universe of Love, Death + Robots' episode.
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The philosopher in question is George Santayana, a Spanish-American philosopher, who was committed to metaphysical naturalism schools of thought. His most famous quote, that the robot 11-45-G most likely referred to, is «Those who cannot remember the past are
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