Love Death + Robots Is a Stylish Take on FutureSex

April 17, 2019

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New Netflix show has some sexy sci-fi moments.

The interest in exploring the impact of technology on human sexuality continues to rock on, as evidenced by the new Netflix show from acclaimed directors Tim Miller and David Fincher.

An anthology of 18 episodes, each running from five to 15 minutes, Love Death + Robots features the work of animators from all over the world, including Canada, the United States, France, Hungary, and Korea.

Sentient dairy products, werewolf soldiers, and more

According to Indiewire, the show is perfectly described as delving into a wide variety of adult subjects, including free will, human nature, racism, government, war, and sex and feature ”sentient dairy products, werewolf soldiers, robots gone wild, garbage monsters, cyborg bounty hunters, alien spiders and blood-thirsty demons from hell.”Produced by Tim Miller (Deadpool) and David Fincher (whose Mindhunter is a huge hit on Netflix), Love Death + Robots was released on March 15.

Rocking visuals

While it’s extremely hard to categorize Love Death + Robots due to its immense range of styles and subjects, a good capsule could be that the show is a bombastic series of wild images: anime characters, high-rez CGI robot battles, brutal violence and—you guessed it—eroticism.

Of the 15 shorts, some definitely fall into the future sex category. Personal favorites have to be “Zima Blue” by Robert Valley (based on a short story by Alastair Reynolds) that while not explicitly erotic is certainly sensual and strikingly beautiful.

Next would have to be “Good Hunting,” directed by Oliver Thomas, which deftly combines sensuality, Asian mythology, steampunk technofetishism, and a brutal revenge tale all in one entrancing short.

Lastly, “Alternate Histories” by Victor Maldonado & Alfredo Torres (story by John Scalzi) is totally, completely silly: depicting an app that speculates on six different ways Hitler’s death as a young man would change history. The favorite? The one where he is killer after excessive fornication with four Viennese prostitutes–but who in reality are “libidinous travelers from a very sexul parallel dimension” and who lead the world into a gloriously sensual utopia.

Love Death + Robots

Love Death + Robots brings a few interesting takes on the possible evolution of human sexuality—or, at least, takes a playful and outrageous approach to the subject. And, considering the talent behind it, makes it something truly amazing to behold.

Image sources: Netflix

M. Christian

M.Christian (they/them) loves nothing better than exploring the intersections of sex and technology—and speculating on the future of both. A highly regarded erotica writer they have six novels,12 collections, 100+ short stories, and 25 anthologies as an editor to their name. Their non-fiction regularly appears in many sites, but they're most proud of being a regular contributor to Future of Sex.

Of their erotic fiction, Tristan Taormino said that “M.Christian is a literary stylist of the highest caliber: smart, funny, frightening, sexy—there's nothing [they] can't write about… and brilliantly.”

Reflecting their unique ability to sympathetically and convincingly write for a range of genders and sexual orientations, their stories have appeared in multiple editions of Best American Erotica, Best Gay Erotica, Best Lesbian Erotica, The Mammoth Books of Erotica, and others. Their collection of gay erotic fiction, Dirty Words, was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award.

While a majority of their stories have been collected into books like Dirty Words, their fondness for combining sex and science fiction is clearly evident in collections that include Rude Mechanicals, Technorotica, Better Than The Real Thing, Skin Effect Effect, Bachelor Machine, and Hard Drive: The Best Sci-Fi Erotica of M.Christian.

As a novelist, M.Christian’s versatility is on full display with Running Dry, The Very Bloody Marys, Brushes, Painted Doll; and the somewhat controversial queer BDSM/horror/thrillers Finger's Breadth, and Me2.

M.Christian has worked on the industry’s production side as an Associate Publisher for Renaissance E Books and as a Publisher for Digital Parchment Services. The latter dedicated to celebrating the works of science-fiction legends such as William Rotsler, Jerome Bixby, Jody Scott, Arthur Byron Cover, Ernest Hogan, and James Van Hise.

Covering topics like BDSM safety, sexual education, senior sexuality concerns, queer and gender issues, plus reviewing a variety of sex tech products, M.Christian’s non-fiction has appeared on sites like Kinkly, Tickle.Life, Sexpert, Queer Majority, Sex for Every Body, and—of course—their ongoing work for Future of Sex.

If there’s anything M.Christian enjoys more than writing, it’s teaching. A featured presenter, sometimes with their friend Ralph Greco Jr, at national sex and BDSM events, they have lectured on kink play (with an emphasis on safety), polyamory, boosting sexual creativity, and erotica writing--for beginners or those wanting to go pro.

M.Christian is a cohost on two popular sex-education podcasts: Love’s Outer Limits with Dr. Amy Marsh and Licking Non-Vanilla with Ralph Greco, Jr.