Captured One of the Painting Stills From Zima Blue
So many amazing concepts in 10 mins
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Even though the storyline is simple it has so many layers in it.
Why do trivial things give us the more pleasure than big expensive things? Why do we feel a sense of calling for some things? Like for someone it can be jumping off a cliff while others it can be making paintings or something as simple as cleaning the house.
Maybe I'm thinking too much into it but it really made me pause. Must watch episode.
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I can only say... wow.
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Just a little reminder that the little thing are the only thing that matters in the end... brilliant episode. Fascinating.
A simple story with a big meaning.
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One star per minute!
This 10 minute episode shows us that a simple premise, perfectly executed, can be a thing of profound beauty and fulfillment.
And this statement stands as much for this episode as it does for the meaning of the story itself.
Incredible.
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The Idea of Legacy
"Zima Blue" gives so much for the viewer to think on even after the episode is over. There's just so much to unpack; so many different feelings at once; such beautiful animation; astonishing storytelling. This is a genuinely amazing piece of art and the best episode of the "Love, Death + Robots" series. Absolutely stunning.
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Philosophical
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The most profound, philosophical, existential episode delivering some deep truths in beautiful aesthetics. He on the search journey for truth and went always further, higher, more complex - but at last the epiphany is that truth lies in simplicity, in the origin not the end of a way, and so life is a cycle: he went up and above but landed at the beginning again.
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A New Classic
My favorite of the "Love, Death & Robots" series/collection, "Zima Blue" is wonderfully stylish and thoughtfully imaginative. It feels like it evolved from the classics of sci-fi anthology. I am reminded of J.G. Ballard's "Vermilion Sands". A clever twist adds surprise to inspiration. Some may find allegory in its tale of an artist who seeks to achieve the ultimate creation. But its artistic vision alone is enough to celebrate.
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Life of art; art of life.
'Zima Blue (2019)' is clearly the most unique short featured in 'Love, Death + Robots (2019)'. It centres on an elusive artist trying to capture his essence, via a specific shade of blue, on an increasingly large canvas. It's a simple idea, yet it's shrouded in an enigmatic atmosphere and is oddly compelling. In the end, it's even somewhat profound. It feels like the most mature piece in its anthology, despite being the most 'kid-friendly'. It may not be the most exciting, but it's probably the most engaging. Its calm voice-work and distinct aesthetic are real highlights, too. It's a fantastic effort. 8/10
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Deep Blue Something
I've decided to review each of the short films that make up this series individually.
I really liked this one. Zima Blue is about a legendary but reclusive artist who has enhanced his body with the use of robotics to extend his life. Ahead of the release of what will be his final work, he grants access to a journalist and recounts his life story to her.
The animation was a stylised pen and ink type drawings to create a more traditional Saturday morning cartoon type affair, though the episodes lofty, esoteric story extolling that in art, and in life, sometimes it's better to strip everything away and get back to basics. That happiness can lie in simplicity. In a series that too often has utilised nudity and gore to distract from its emptiness, it's astounding that one so philosophically profound would exist alongside them.
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The Citizen Kane of Animated Shorts
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Without giving away the full episode, I can only say that this animated short carries the deepest and most essential meanings among the first season of Love, Death & Robots. It bears several similarities with Citizen Kane, but done so in only ten minutes. A fascinating, inspiring watch. Zima Blue is Rosebud for a new generation.
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Zima blue
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It made me think it really did, Great job.
No matter how rich are you no matter how famous are you we all have a purpose in this life even if it is simple as cleaning the pool
10 min animated film delivered the message perfectly.
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Minimalisam at its best
I rarely ever take a time to comment something on IMBd but man oh man I had to stop and do it for this one. Its meaningful deep purpose is beyond really, presented in its minimal form as in nothing I've ever seen before. No doubt my ultimate favorite episode, hell if not cartoon ever made. I'm simply blown away. I truly appreciate the all different approach to drawings or CGI that they went in all of those episodes, but this one as far its the best for me. I was hooked immediately the moment they rolled the three squares and it just got better with every new drawing scene that passed. I SALUTE the producers on this one!
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Sublime
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Many Sci fi films, books etc, pose the big question or the set up to seduce you into the belief that it can answer the BIG question(s)... why are we here, what is our purpose, that existential , eternal quest/question. We go along for the journey with the belief that this iteration we are watching or, reading may temper or will fill that the hole with an answer we cannot quite articulate or is beyond our mind's grasp. This Zuma Blue, iteration is the only one to come close in answering that question. Least in some measure as a viewer, but definitely for the main protagonist. The story is sublime in it's simplicity and transcendence. I loved it!!
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1x14
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Ok hold on, why was this so good? I'm trying to figure out what it was about this episode but I'm honestly not sure. Maybe it's because I often have philosophical tangents in my head and this episode was pretty philosophical, but I don't think the message was all that revolutionary. Everyone has a purpose, exploring the universe is really just introspection, etc. At a guess, I'd say that Zima deconstructing himself in the swimming pool was what struck me the most. Up to that point the episode had been very good, particularly the narration. Its story was simple yet engaging and I think this episode had the most natural evolution. I can only describe the swimming pool scene as a kind of epiphany, but of what? I have no idea, but seeing that brilliant man regress into the simple cleaning robot he had once been was, and I suppose this really is the best word for it, heartbreaking. But that's not how it was portrayed. It was portrayed as a calm, definite end. I commend those involved for being able to make me experience that in about 10 minutes, because it usually takes much much more than that. I'm going to watch this again one day and I'm sure I'll love it 10x more
High 8
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Since Matrix
It's pure art from all perspectives. I deeply think about that movie. It's in the center of all known.And very close distance to the light. So unique. Well designed. Lean. Thank you 🖖
Combination of everything, masterpiece
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Zima Blue, the most essential origin
The most outstanding episode of the season, at first I was not comfortable with the strange face of the girl, and then I found the art was wonderful too. And the way it tell this crazy story which is very thought provoking, I like it a lot, it talks about where we came from, what we will became, and we will recognize ourselves. No matter how far we will go, we will be back to the most essential and most basic part of the universe, which is actually a good ending. Brilliant. 10/10
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Masterpiece
This is a complete piece of artwork, the best chapter without doubt.
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My favorite of the series
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This episode was the one I liked the most, mostly for its philosophical meaning and the ending that I was not expecting. The animation is also good and although the art style is not my favorite, it managed to grab my attention instantly thanks to the story and characters. We are always questioning ourselves, what is the meaning of our existence? Why are we here? We look in so many places for the answer but always fail to discover what really makes us whole. We are constantly, as a complex form of life, evolving and changing through time. Our environment (including society) usually serves as a distraction from what is more important for us as an individual. We sometimes find ourselves too busy with needs that distance us from what we really want. Definitely would watch several more times, one of the best scfi-Philosophical short animated films I have seen.
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9/10
Amazing: touching story. Voice acting. Nice twist. Deep ending.
Good: animations.
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Profound
One of the most deep tv episodes of all the time. It was such a philosophical episode. The universal question " what is the ultimate happiness" is there any? ,is clearly addressed here. The ultimate happiness - zima blue, the simplest task.
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Strong concept and stylish animation
Finally we get an episode that's all story and character, without any superfluously adolescent sex or violence.
The concept here is rock solid, questioning - and very surprisingly answering - the meaning of art and existence. It's initially presented in voiceover exposition by exactly half of the cast, but we can forgive that because of the very stylish animation showing us what we're being told.
The art is remarkably bold, bordering just the right side of too extreme. Characters have implausibly long legs and exaggerated proportions, with Zima's early art being nearly gorilloid, but this fits well with the concept of an art-obsessed post scarcity society capable of radical body modification.
And the answer to Zima's riddle is surprisingly touching and affecting, resolving ambiguity with a delicious simplicity of purpose. It's both intellectually and emotionally memorable, as all great science fiction should be.
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Food for the mind and imagination
I didn't give this episode 10 just because I really don't like the crooked drugged drawing and/or animation in cartoons. However, the rest is just a masterpiece. Half of the episode looks like mediocre contemporary art hypocritically extolled by pseudo-connoisseurs. But then the story is revealed from the other side. It turns out that this is not just blue color, it turns out that it is not just some arrogant artist here... the ending of the episode leaves an interesting aftertaste in the mind.
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Jawdropping
I was just awestruck the entire time and was staring at the screen even after the credit rolls. The message it gives is so deep. The plus point and the minus point is it was just 15 minutes.
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An impressive 8 minutes.
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I wasn't exactly taken with the almost Dexter's Lab art style at first, but man did I forget that gripe completely by the end. This short dives wonderfully into the topic of meaning, purpose, and happiness. It does so without frills or pretense. The visuals are truly just a backdrop for a story, which feels very rare in modern media. Zima Blue is very out of place in LDR, because it's great, not just 10 minutes of pretty pictures.
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