Love Death & Robots (Three Robots Exit Strategies)

Although all the shorts were entertaining, the sequel to "Three Robots", "Exit Strategies", resonated with me the most. This episode was directed by Patrick Osborne who decided to make the sequel to the original "Three Robots", two seasons earlier because of all the love and attention the first episode received. When Patrick Osborne was interviewed, the key parts of the first episode he really enjoyed was how it was apolitical, "it kind of says that all humans are idiots, and we're all gonna just kill ourselves and kill each other". For a lot of people, myself included, I do not think humans really understand the harm they are doing to the planet until they watch this short film. The robots in the film attempt to understand people through the decades and the reason why and how humanity wiped itself out. The episode really tries to highlight that politics aside, although people can have their opinions, us living our daily lives with unbeknownst ignorance  is really what will cause the downfall. 

The technology used in this episode is relatively "simple" yet complex. The three robots can almost be seen as showing the evolution of technology. The trapezoid robot has no limbs, rolls around, has a camera, and can spit out historical facts in an instant. It has a monotone, "robotic", voice that is very broken and structured. The orange robot is next in the evolution and has a personality, and varying tones of voice, limbs, can jetpack, however still has a digitized, tv-shaped face. The last robot is almost "humanlike" with proportionate arms and legs, with moveable joints,  a face with two eyes, a mouth, and a varying "human-like" voice. Other technology included in the episode are holograms of automated assistants, a flying egg shaped airplane or car, and a spaceship to takes common people to mars. The spaceship taking people to mars is foreshadow of what is to come in the future. Recently, Elon Musk and other competitors have been trying to launch a spaceship that would take common people into space. The end of the film even alluded to Elon Musk in how he would be one of the people who escaped to Mars and left humanity to struggle on Earth. 

A last little note I thought was interesting was at the beginning of the episode, when the robots first enter the survivalist camp the people there were victims who refused government-sponsored healthcare. Affordable healthcare and easy access to it has always been a contentious issue. Millions of people are still without healthcare and unable to get the care they need due to the high cost of healthcare expenses and access to coverage varies based on employment and socioeconomic status. Therefore, one of the major flaws of government sponsored healthcare is the quality of care that would be covered. The people who ultimately refused healthcare on this camp in the episode probably did not agree with the policies, so they never got the care they needed, fell sick, and ultimately died. However, it would be interesting to know if those that refused were taking the plan for granted and being greedy. After all, at the very end of the film after the robots had visited other parts of the post apocalyptic world they said "greed and gratification is hat killed the human race".