Love, Death, and Robots: "The Dump"

 Love, Death, and Robots

"The Dump"

    This specific episode of Love, Death, and Robots depicts a future in which an entire city has succumbed to pollution and is deemed inhabitable by the government. While this may be a bit of an over exaggeration, I do not believe that this vision is entirely inaccurate or absurd due to the current state of pollution already seen in the world. One scene in particular that I found to be very interesting was when the main character was fighting a monster constructed of trash after it dragged his friend away. It was clear that the character only fought because he was being directly affected by the pollution. Before it became personal, the man did not care about how the trash was affecting others or the environment. I believe that this is the directors way of showing that we must fight harder against the pollution issue now (even if it is not affecting us directly) because people are suffering, and it will eventually become too big of an issue to solve. Another thing that I found interesting about this episode was how well it showed that humans have the ability to adapt to a wide variety of situations, regardless of how bad it may be. We must take a step back and see the bigger picture of these issues. This is the only way we will be able to acknowledge that there is a problem and eventually attempt to find a solution.