Suits - Easily my favorite of the first five episodes. Is this a Robert Heinlein story? It feels like one through and through. Somewhere in the future, a community of farmers must defend themselves from an invasion of alien insects. With a chuckle, we discover they are more well-equipped for this job than we might have expected.
This episode toes a fine line between having its tongue in its cheek, and wearing its heart on its sleeve. That is to say, it first seems to be a winking salute to a certain kind of blue-collar kitsch -- but by the end, it had me really feeling something for its goofy-but-human characters. I could have watched a whole movie about these down-home folks and their hi-tech farming hi-jinks.
The animation here looks fittingly hand-drawn and rustic, until the characters move, at which point it becomes obvious that computers were involved. Which is to say, the visual style matches the rustic-meets-hi-tech quality of the story. I found myself thinking of Don Bluth cartoons, those "Brawny" paper-towel commercials featuring the lumberjack (because one character is a dead-ringer), and Heinlein's "Starship Troopers." Surprisingly great stuff!
This episode toes a fine line between having its tongue in its cheek, and wearing its heart on its sleeve. That is to say, it first seems to be a winking salute to a certain kind of blue-collar kitsch -- but by the end, it had me really feeling something for its goofy-but-human characters. I could have watched a whole movie about these down-home folks and their hi-tech farming hi-jinks.
The animation here looks fittingly hand-drawn and rustic, until the characters move, at which point it becomes obvious that computers were involved. Which is to say, the visual style matches the rustic-meets-hi-tech quality of the story. I found myself thinking of Don Bluth cartoons, those "Brawny" paper-towel commercials featuring the lumberjack (because one character is a dead-ringer), and Heinlein's "Starship Troopers." Surprisingly great stuff!